We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bizina in

Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.

The producers of this podcast

recognised the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

Welcome to Crime Fiction Friday with Emily Webb, where I explore the minds that bring us

wicked, terrifying and chilling best-selling reads. The book, Hermit, is a stunner of a debut novel from author Steve White, who goes under

the pen name SR White. It's his first published novel, but he's been writing for years,

admitting he's got a drawful of unpublished book drafts and hundreds of rejection letters.

He hit a sweet spot with hermit. It's a moody intriguing story

set in a regional Australian town where a local shopkeeper is found murdered and a man

who has gone off the radar years ago is found at the

at the scene.

Before we hear from Steve, let's hear how Hermann

begins. in the ink black pools and white spray of pulpit falls.

Dana Russo was here on this morning each year,

and it always seemed the same.

Never rained, never snowed, bruised and sullen every time.

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