We hope all our members near (and far!) have been enjoying the fantastic line-up of speakers we've been able to present in 2024.

See below and on our Upcoming Events page for our powerhouse presenters over the next several months.

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Writing a History Mystery: The nuts and bolts of the process that no one tells you about

Headhot of Harini Nagendra.

Harini Nagendra is a professor of ecology at Azim Premji University, where she directs the School of Climate Change and Sustainability. She is internationally recognized for her scholarship on sustainability, with multiple honors and awards including the 2009 Cozzarelli Prize from the US National Academy of Sciences. She has published four non-fiction books on ecology.

Nagendra is also the author of the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club historical mystery series set in 1920s Bangalore. The Bangalore Detectives Club, the first book in the series, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2022, and on the final shortlist for the Anthony, Agatha, Historical Dagger and Left Coast Crime awards. The other books in the series are Murder Under a Red Moon, A Nest of Vipers, and the newly released Into the Leopard's Den.

Nagendra lives in Bangalore, India with her family, in a home filled with maps. She loves trees, mysteries, and traditional recipes.

 

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Three groups of writers affiliated with Toronto Sisters in Crime have released mystery anthologies: Villanous Vacations; 13 O'Clock by the Mesdames of Mayhem; and Nefarious North.

Blog: Mesdames of Mayhem

Blog: The 49th Shelf

Blog: At the Scene of the Crime

Blog: Canadian Bookworm

Blog: Crime Always Pays - writing from a European perspective

Blog: Detectives Beyond Borders - international crime fiction

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