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    • The Fine Art of Murder
    • Decades of Dirt
    • Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
    • Bedlam at the Brickyard
    • Racing Can Be Murder
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories

2021 Sisters in Crime Events

Members Events

Furlong's Shattered Justice on NYTimes 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020 list

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​Susan Furlong's third novel in her Bone Gap Travellers mystery series, Shattered Justice, was recently named as a New York Times 10 Best Crime Novels of 2020. The book is set in the remote Tennessee town of Bone Gap, where you’ll find armed militia encampments pitched in the woods and male strippers doing the grind at local bars. The discovery of a body in a playground brings out Brynn Callahan, a sheriff’s deputy, and her dog, Wilco, both veterans of the wars in the Middle East. 


Just Published
Member author Stephen Terrell has had an article "How to Add Novelist to Your Credentials" published in the American Bar Association's Experience Magazine -- Jan/Feb 2021 issue. He will have another article on the Business of Writing published this spring for the same publication.

Excerpt:
But how do you become a writer? You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to be paid. You don’t need to be published. You just need to write. Like so many skills, writing is developed by doing, preferably daily. A journal is a good way to develop the writing habit. Maybe it’s a gratitude journal, reflections on your day, coffee shop observations, or perhaps story ideas and character sketches. A personal blog is a convenient way to write for some. Whatever you choose, write regularly.
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Chapter Events

Friday November 5th
Write-In with Speed City Sisters in Crime

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Saturday October 23
Book Signing

2-4 p.m.
at Gal's Guide to the Galaxy Library
Trick or Treats
Gal’s Guide Library
107 S. 8th Street
Noblesville, Indiana
Second Floor of the Nickel Plate Arts Campus

Gal’s Guide is pleased to welcome Speed City Sisters in Crime for a book signing of their newest book Trick or Treats.
Meet the Sisters (and Misters)! Dive into 16 frightfully good tales by Indiana authors. Get your signed copy!

Kirklin Art Fair, June 12th
It was a fun day in Kirklin, Indiana for its 7th annual art fair. Janet Williams, Brigitte Kephart and Elizabeth San Miguel staffed the Sisters in Crime book table. Janis Thornton attended with her selection of true crime and more!

What is it about mysteries that readers love?
Is it true that every good story is a mystery story?
Have you ever thought about writing one?

Plainfield Guilford Township Public Library
and Speed City Sisters in Crime Authors present

Putting the Mystery in Mysteries
Author MB Dabney moderates a panel of Speed City Sisters in Crime writers to talk about:
  • What constitutes a mystery (it's more than murder!)
  • How writers unfold the plot over the course of the story
  • What clues to leave in; what clues to leave out
Whether you’re an aspiring mystery author or a reader who wants to peek behind the curtain, you may learn a few things from this program.

Do you love mysteries?
Have you ever thought of writing one?
Want to get inside the heads of a few mystery writers?

The Washington Carnegie Public Library
and Speed City Sisters in Crime Authors present
Demystifying Mystery Writing
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.

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Contact us at sincspeedcity@gmail.com for event information. 
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Speed City Sisters in Crime is the Indiana chapter of the world-wide mystery/crime writers' association Sisters in Crime. The Speed City chapter was founded in 2005.

Members of the organization are published mystery and crime authors, writers working on mysteries and thrillers, and readers and fans of the literary genre. There are currently 40+ members who live in Indiana or the Midwest.

Speed City Sisters in Crime hosts monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest to mystery and crime writing. Past speakers have included police officers, prosecutors, investigative reporters, forensic specialists, weapons experts, researchers, and publishing and media professionals.

Visit our YouTube Channel for recordings of our monthly speakers!

  • Home
    • About Speed City SiC
    • Code of Conduct
    • Board Members
    • Welcome from Chapter President
    • Chapter Documents
  • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Member Author Info
    • Member Published Books
    • Critique Group
  • Monthly Meetings
    • 2023 Speakers
    • 2022 Speakers
    • 2021 Speakers
    • 2020 Speakers
    • 2019 Speakers
    • 2018 Speakers
  • Events
    • 2023 Events
    • 2022 Events
    • 2021 Events
    • 2020 Events
    • 2019 Events >
      • 2019 Nancy Pickard Writing Workshop
      • 2019 Larry Sweazy Short Story Workshop
      • 2019 Guest Speaker L.A. Chandlar
      • Pulaski County Library Award
    • Mystery & Writing Conferences
    • Murder We Wrote Blog
  • Our Anthologies
    • Amber Waves of Graves >
      • Submission Guidelines
      • Cover Submission Guidelines
    • Trick or Treats: Tales of All Hallow's Eve
    • Murder 20/20 Anthology
    • Homicide for the Holidays
    • The Fine Art of Murder
    • Decades of Dirt
    • Hoosier Hoops and Hijinks
    • Bedlam at the Brickyard
    • Racing Can Be Murder
    • Deadbeat (Theatrical)
  • Resources
    • S.S. Van Dine - Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories
    • Father Knox's Decalogue
    • Raymond Chandler's Ten Commandments
    • Frank Gruber's 11 Point Formula for Mystery Short Stories