Cloning people is wrong. It’s forbidden by law, isn’t it? No responsible doctor or scientist would dream of it… But when Sydney gynaecologist Dr Malcolm Gledhill, elegant, rich and clever, is called to the hospital bedside of his only son Simon, in 1997, he makes a sudden and momentous decision. A decision that leads within […]
Caroline’s new book was released by Allen and Unwin on 4th May 2021. Written byy invitation from the publishers, The Women’s Doc contains 73 pieces, some short, some longer, with stories of Caroline’s practice in medicine and particularly women’s health, over fifty years. Included too are many stories from Ireland, Australia and Papua-New Guinea about […]
Caroline was awarded the AM, the Membership of the Order of Australia, in June 2014. She was honoured and humbled to receive the award, which was for her service in the area of healthcare for Aboriginal and recently-arrived immigrant women. She appreciated then, and appreciates now, the work and convictions of those people who made […]
Women’s Crime and Mystery Short Story Competition Since 1995, the Scarlett Stiletto Awards have celebrated short stories, written by Australian women and featuring a strong female protagonist. In the 2020 Awards Caroline was Highly Commended for two stories: Combustible and Love in the time of coronavirus. Owing to the latter condition sweeping the planet, the […]
It’s always a pleasure to see a good new crime novelist appear in the Australian ranks. Caroline de Costa is a professor in the School of Medicine on the Cairns campus of James Cook University, and both her tropical address and her medical knowledge have provided some excellent background material for her debut novel, which […]
It’s always a pleasure to see a good new crime novelist appear in the Australian ranks. Caroline de Costa is a professor in the School of Medicine on the Cairns campus of James Cook University, and both her tropical address and her medical knowledge have provided some excellent background material for her debut novel, which […]
If you like detective stories and a rollicking good read, with a nice dose of voyeurism thrown in, this first novel by Caroline de Costa, is definitely for you. “Double Madness” is a crime novel set in far North Queensland. Not surprisingly, place is a very strong element throughout the novel, reflecting the beauty of […]
In Double Madness, Caroline de Costa presents for our delectation, the psychological oddity of ‘Folie a Deux’ – or ‘Induced Delusional Disorder’ – as the basis for a murder mystery. In this disturbed state, two people develop and inhabit a shared delusion, and then act out their lives accordingly. A very intriguing premise that is […]
Three weeks after Cyclone Yasi swept through Far North Queensland, a woman is found tied to a tree in the Kuranda rainforest, her limbs bound by silk Hermes scarves, her body battered by the storm. The disappearance of a woman like this, clad in red-soled Louboutin shoes and the finest French clothes, would surely be […]