Author Archives: angelasavage

About angelasavage

Angela Savage is a Melbourne-based crime writer, who has lived and travelled extensively in Asia. Her first novel, Behind the Night Bazaar won the 2004 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. She is a winner of the Scarlett Stiletto Award and has twice been shortlisted for Ned Kelly awards.

Review: Antidote to Murder

Posted on 19/05/2013

Antidote to Murder is the second Edwardian era crime novel by Felicity Young to feature autopsy surgeon Dr Dody McCleland and police Chief Inspector Matthew Pike. I was a fan of the first, A Dissection of Murder, and the sequel … Continue reading →

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One woman’s courage in the line of fire in Cambodia

Posted on 10/05/2013

Phnom Penh Noir, an anthology of short crime fiction, was one of my favourite reads of 2012, and ‘Dark Truths’ by Bopha Porn was one of my favourite stories. I was amazed to read this brave young writer’s real story in … Continue reading →

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Review: Unseen

Posted on 05/05/2013

I’m listening to Bon Jovi in the background as I review  Karin Slaughter’s latest ‘shockbuster’ Unseen and there’s something in that. You can’t call Bon Jovi or Karin Slaughter edifying, let alone highbrow. But both are very good at what they do, their writing … Continue reading →

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Review: The Golden Egg

Posted on 28/04/2013

The Golden Egg is the twenty-second instalment in Donna Leon‘s Commissario Brunetti series set in Venice. As someone just finishing the third book in a crime fiction series, I find it astonishing that anyone could write twenty-two (and counting). Equally … Continue reading →

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Fan mail

Posted on 21/04/2013

This week I received fan mail from Austria via my publisher. Real mail. A hand-made card in an envelop, the message inside written in ink, complete with quote from Emily Dickinson. The sender, Ms Theresia Raditschnigg, asked for my autograph … Continue reading →

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All I Wanna Do is Have Some Fun*

Posted on 21/04/2013

Reblogged from Confessions of a Mystery Novelist…: It’s not easy to write a novel. Any writer will tell you that creating characters, developing the plot, providing closure and all of the other elements of storytelling can be challenging. And that’s … Continue reading →

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Review: getting Up

Posted on 14/04/2013

getting Up by SD Thorpe covers a momentous week in the life of Paul aka Roket, a  sixteen year old ‘Toy’ or burgeoning graffiti writer. Bored, lonely, horny and pissed off,  Roket has dropped out of school and is largely … Continue reading →

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Orphanages: An afterword

Posted on 07/04/2013

Last week I wrote a post about a raid on an orphanage in Cambodia run by an Australian-based Christian charity called Love in Auction. The post was inspired by the parallels between this real-life case and the plot of my novel … Continue reading →

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Cover me*

Posted on 03/04/2013

I am excited to announce that the release date for my new novel The Dying Beach has been brought forward to 26 June 2013. In preparation, the fabulous team at Text Publishing are re-packaging the digital editions of the previous two Jayne … Continue reading →

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Review: The Trusted

Posted on 01/04/2013

This week I’m posting a guest review written by my father Haydn Savage. As an avid reader of political thrillers, he was perfectly placed to review John M Green’s new novel, The Trusted. Beautiful and brilliant Tori Swyft is the central … Continue reading →

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