2024 DAVITT AWARD SHORTLISTS: Sisters in Crime Australia

Sisters in Crime Australia has announced its shortlist for its 24th Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books. Congratulations to all. Winners will be announced on August 31.

2024 DAVITT SHORTLISTS

Adult Novels 

Bronwyn Hall, The Chasm (HQ Fiction)
Amanda Hampson, The Tea Ladies (Penguin Random House)
Christine Keighery, The Half Brother (Ultimo Press) Debut
Suzie Miller, Prima Facie (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut
Marija Pericic, Exquisite Corpse (Ultimo Press)
Darcy Tindale, The Fall Between (Penguin Random House) Debut
Monica Vuu, When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut

Non-Fiction 

Ahona Guha, Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe Publications) Debut
Rebecca Hazel, The Schoolgirl, her Teacher and his Wife (Penguin Random House)
Christine Kenneally, Ghosts of the Orphanage (Hachette Australia)
Nicole Madigan, Obsession (Pantera Press) Debut

Young Adult Novels

Amy Doak, Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Penguin Random House) Debut
Ellie Marney, Some Shall Break (Allen & Unwin)

Children’s Novels 

Lucinda Gifford, The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Walker Books)
Kelli Anne Hawkins, Copycat (HarperCollins Australia)
Alison Tait, The First Summer of Callie McGee (Scholastic Australia)
Anna Zobel, This Camp Is Doomed: A Dennith Grange misadventure (Penguin Random House)