Sunday, July 24, 2022

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

Mick Herron’s Slough House (John Murray) won the 2022 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. It was  announced last night during the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England.

Also nominated were The Night Hawks, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus); True Crime Story, by Joseph Knox (Penguin); Daughters of Night, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan); Midnight at Malabar House, by Vaseem Khan (Hodder Paperbacks); and The Last Thing to Burn, by Will Dean (Hodder Paperbacks).

Michael Connelly was presented with the 2022 Theakston Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.

2 comments:

Betty T said...

Perfect choice!

Marni said...

Loved Slough House and just saw the series based on it and that was very well done, too~