Detectives, tea ladies, journos, psychologists – what's the appeal of the crime series and repeat protagonist? Kate Evans with crime writers Michael Robotham, Tim Ayliffe and Amanda Hampson onstage at the BAD Sydney Crime Festival.
GUESTS
Michael Robotham, internationally bestselling crime writer, whose books include the Joe O'Loughlin series and the Cyrus Haven series. His latest is Storm Child.
Tim Ayliffe, journalist and novelist, whose central character is also a media man. John Bailey is his name – and the latest book in that series is The Wrong Man.
Amanda Hampson is an author of many novels, whose crime novels, set in the 1960s, feature tea ladies. Her latest is The Cryptic Clue.
CRIME SERIES MENTIONED IN THE DISCUSSION
Ian Rankin, Rebus series
Michael Connelly, Bosch and McEvoy series
Anne Cleeves, Vera series
Janet Evanovitch, Stephanie Plum series
Kerry Greenwood, Phryne Fischer series
Stieg Larsson, Lisbeth Salander series
Peter Høeg, Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Stephen King's Holly Gibney series
Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta series
Mick Herron's Slow Horses
Tom Clancy, works
Peter Temple's Jack Irish series
John Le Carre, works
Jack Beaumont, Frenchman series
Walter Mosley, Easy Rawlins series
Adrian McKinty, Sean Duffy series
Sulari Gentill, Rowland Sinclair series
Candice Fox, works
Sujata Massey, Perveen Mistry series
Chris Hammer, works
Candice Fox, works
Don Winslow, works
Presenter: Kate Evans
Producer: Kate Evans + Sarah Corbett
Sound engineers: John Jacobs + Tegan Nicholls
Executive Producer: Rhiannon Brown