INTRODUCTION
Karina Kilmore spent more than 30 years writing and analysing financial crimes as a business journalist and was also book editor at the Herald Sun. Her debut novel, Where the Truth Lies, was a finalist of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (unpublished manuscript), the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards (Best Debut Crime Fiction), two Davitt Awards, and the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards (Best First Novel). She is the new chair of the Australian Crime Writers’ Association. http://karinakilmore.com/