CRIMEFEST AWARDS SHORTLISTS 2022

CRIMEFEST has announced the shortlists for its annual awards.

Adrian Muller, Co-host of CRIMEFEST, said: “After two years of hosting our awards online due to Covid restrictions, we’re thrilled we will be announcing and celebrating the winners of 2022’s CrimeFest Awards in person at our convention in Bristol in May. These shortlists show how valuable books have been to all ages, particularly in times of isolation, as sources of escapism, entertainment and enrichment. We’d like to thank Audible and Specsavers for their on-going support of these awards.”

CRIMEFEST has had to postpone its 2020 and 2021 conventions, due to Covid restrictions. Hosted in Bristol, it is one of the biggest crime fiction events in Europe, and one of the most popular dates in the international crime fiction calendar, with circa 60 panel events and 150 authors over four days. CrimeFest will take place in Bristol, U.K. from May 12 -15.

CRIMEFEST 2022 Shortlists

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD

In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for crime novels by previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to the genre.

Abigail Dean, Girl A (HarperCollins)

Janice Hallett, The Appeal (Viper)

Saima Mir, The Khan (Point Blank)

Rahul Raina, How to Kidnap the Rich
(Abacus/ Little, Brown Book Group)

Lara Thompson, One Night, New York
 (Virago/Little, Brown Book Group)

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Winter Counts
(Simon & Schuster)

 

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD

The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks.

Lee and Andrew Child, Better Off Dead read by Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)

Abigail Dean, Girl A read by Holliday Grainger (HarperFiction)

Paula Hawkins, Slow Fire Burning read by Rosamund Pike (Penguin Random House Audio)

Lisa Jewell, The Night She Disappeared read by Joanna Froggatt (Penguin Random House Audio)

Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall read by Caroline Lee (Penguin Random House Audio)

Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice read by Lesley Manville (Penguin Random House Audio)

K.L. Slater, The Marriage read by Lucy Price-Lewis (Audible Studios / Bookouture)

Karin Slaughter, False Witness read by Kathleen Early (HarperCollins)

 

eDUNNIT AWARD

The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction eBook

Megan Abbott, The Turnout (Virago/ Little, Brown Book Group)

Gianrico Carofiglio, The Measure of Time (Bitter Lemon Press)

Michael Connelly, The Dark Hours (Orion Fiction)

Abigail Dean, Girl A (HarperCollins)

Cath Staincliffe, Running Out of Road (Constable/ Little, Brown Book Group)

Andrew Taylor, The Royal Secret (HarperCollins)

 

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD

The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists.

Lucy Andrews, The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (Palgrave Macmillan)

Richard Bradford, Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury, Caravel)

James Fleming, Bond Behind the Iron Curtain (The Book Collector)

Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Carla Valentine, Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie (Sphere/ Little, Brown Book Group)

Stephen James Walker, Hank Janson Under Cover (Telos Publishing Ltd)

 

LAST LAUGH AWARD

The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel.

Simon Brett, An Untidy Death (Severn House)

Andrea Camilleri, Riccardino (Mantle)

Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May: London Bridge is Falling Down (Doubleday)

Janice Hallet, The Appeal (Viper)

Mick Herron, Slough House (Baskerville, John Murray Press)

Antti Tuomainen, The Rabbit Factor (Orenda Books)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR CHILDREN

This award is for the best crime fiction novel for children (aged 8-12)

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Noah's Gold (Macmillan Children's Books)

Maz Evans, Vi Spy: Licence to Chill (Chicken House)

Anthony Horowitz, Nightshade (Walker Books)

Anthony Kessel, The Five Clues (Crown House Publishing)

Jennifer Killick Crater, Lake Evolution (Firefly Press)

M.G. Leonard, Twitch (Walker Books)

Alexandra Page, Wishyouwas: The Tiny Guardian of Lost Letters illustrated by Penny Neville-Lee (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)

Ella Risbridger, The Secret Detectives (Nosy Crow)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS

This award is for the best crime fiction novel for young adults (aged 12-16).

Faridah Àbíké Íyímídé, Ace of Spades (Usborne Publishing)

Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter (Rock the Boat)

Andreina Cordani, The Girl Who … (Atom/ Little, Brown Book Group)

William Hussey, The Outrage (Usborne Publishing)

Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (Electric Monkey)

Patrice Lawrence, Splinters of Sunshine (Hodder Children's Books)

Jonathan Stroud, The Outlaws of Scarlett & Browne (Walker Books)

C.L. Taylor, The Island (HQ)

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