2016 Ngaio Marsh Awards Finalists

Craig Sisterson announced the Finalists for the 2016 Ngaio Marsh Award. What fabulous books. I'm a judge for this Kiwi Award, so I've been reading these great books! Such fun!

Finalists for the 2016 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel:

• INSIDE THE BLACK HORSE by Ray Berard (Mary Egan Publishing);
• MADE TO KILL by Adam Christopher (Titan Books);
• TRUST NO ONE by Paul Cleave (Upstart Press);
• THE LEGEND OF WINSTONE BLACKHAT by Tanya Moir (Vintage);
• AMERICAN BLOOD by Ben Sanders (Allen & Unwin);

The finalists for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel:

• INSIDE THE BLACK HORSE by Ray Berard (Mary Egan Publishing);
• THE FIXER by John Daniell (Upstart Press);
• THE GENTLEMEN’S CLUB by Jen Shieff (Mary Egan Publishing); and
• TWISTER by Jane Woodham (Makaro Press). The judging panelists were crime writing experts from New Zealand, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic countries. The winners will be announced at the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival on 27 August.

The Ngaio Marsh Awards were established in 2010 and are made annually for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novels written by New Zealand citizens and residents. For more information, visit the Awards' Facebook page here or email ngaiomarshaward@gmail.com. Thanks to Craig Sisterson for all he does for this award!

New Zealand Crime/Thriller Contest

Craig Sisterson, Sub Editor & Staff Writer for NZLawyer Magazine sent news of a Crime Watch Giveaway: win a New Zealand Crime or Thriller Novel. As the introduction states, New Zealand crime and fiction novels are hard to find outside Australasia. Few Kiwi authors are published in Europe, and even less in the U.S. Crime Watch to the rescue! So Crime Watch has set up a contest. The winner can choose any Kiwi crime novel currently in print (possibly signed).

How do you win? It's easy, go to the Crime Watch Giveaway page and make a comment on the post that includes: your name and location (not address), a small review of your favorite Kiwi crime/thriller novel (title, author, why you like it OR if you've never read any Kiwi crime fiction, write a short comment on why you'd like to give Kiwi crime fiction a go 3) number of Kiwi authors you've read (alternate choice here, too) and 4) the title and author of the Kiwi crime/thriller book you would like. Winners will be chosen at random.

This contest is great, but what's really terrific is that if you go to this site, you'll be introduced to a whole lot of writers and titles you might have missed otherwise. I'm adding Crime Watch to my RSS feed.

Interested in more info on Murder Down Under? Mystery Readers Journal still has copies of our Murder Down Under issue. To order, go here and scroll down to Volume 20:4.