Just noticed on the Pulp Fiction Press(link is external) website this announcement:

Announcing Café la Femme

Hungry for new mysteries? Craving comedy?

Tansy Rayner Roberts, best known as a fantasy writer, has written us a honey of a crime novel – Café la Femme.  

It introduces Tabitha Darling, policeman’s daughter, professional cook and amateur detective, who’s finding love (and trouble!) in Tasmania. It will debut later in 2008 - stay posted for updates.

For a flavour of Tansy’s writing, go to her website www.tansyrr.com(link is external) and be sure to read her LiveJournal, Velvet Threads, one of the wittiest and most entertaining around. 

The sign of a new Australian crime fiction book is always a happy sign - but I do love the idea of another comic writer entering the fray as well - life's too short without a damn good laugh on a regular basis!