Meredith Hambrock is a Canadian fiction and television writer who lives in Vancouver, BC. Her short fiction has appeared in several magazines including
Maisonneuve and
Descant. She’s been a finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize and most recently wrote for the sitcom
Corner Gas Animated.
Hambrock's new novel is
Other People's Secrets.
At CrimeReads she tagged five recent favorite messy female characters that exist in the world of crime fiction, including:
Never Saw Me Coming, by Vera Kurian
Not only does this book have some excellent twists and turns, but Vera Kurian’s Never Saw Me Coming has an unforgettably messy character at the heart of it. I immediately felt for Chloe, then was entertained by her narration and stressed 
out by some of her choices. You learn, almost immediately that Chloe is a diagnosed psychopath who is apparently a genius. She’s part of a study for psychopaths at a University, lured there by a professor for a study where she has to simultaneously wear a smartwatch that tracks her location at all times, and is plotting to murder a fellow student who raped her. While Chloe is extremely confident about a lot of her decisions, she makes some extremely chaotic choices that had me on the edge of my seat. There are some great twists in this read and some scenes that made these psychopaths (there are more in the study that we get to meet) so chaotic and fascinating. They might be self-diagnosed geniuses but they’re also dopey college students and following them made for a heck of a ride.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
Maisonneuve and Descant. She’s been a finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize and most recently wrote for the sitcom Corner Gas Animated.
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