CRIME FICTION LOVER AWARDS 2024 SHORTLISTS

Crime Fiction Lover and its readers are celebrating the best in the genre with their awards. Following are the shortlists for 2024. Crime fiction lovers everywhere can vote. Congratulations to all!

CRIME FICTION LOVER AWARDS SHORTLISTS

Best Crime Novel of 2024 Shortlist 

Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin 

The Mercy Chair by MW Craven 

Guide Me Home by Attica Locke 

The Examiner by Janice Hallett 

The Death Watcher by Chris Carter 

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 

Best Crime Debut of 2024 Shortlist 

 

Helle and Death by Oskar Jensen 

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey 

Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin 

Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney 

Crow Moon by Suzy Aspley 

A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman 

Best Crime Novel in Translation of 2024 Shortlist 

 

Black Wolf by Juan Gómez-Jurado, translated by Nicolas Caistor 

The Snow Angel by Anki Edvinsson, translated by Paul Norlen 

The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, translated by Gregory Dowling Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Victoria Cribb 

The Kitchen by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward 

The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, translated by Sam Bett 

Best Indie Crime Novel of 2024 Shortlist 

 

The Corpse with the Pearly Smile by Cathy Ace 

A Killer of Influence by JD Kirk 

Bronco Buster by AJ Devlin 

Westerwick by George Paterson 

Namaste Mart Confidential by Andrew Miller 

Dying For Crystal by Katherine Black 

Best Crime Show of 2024 Shortlist 

Bad Monkey 

Ludwig 

Slow Horses, Season 4

Nordic Murders, Season 5 

Rebus 

True Detective, Season 4 

 

Best Crime Author of 2024 Shortlist 

Tana French 

Ian Rankin 

Attica Locke 

Ace Atkins 

Janice Hallett 

Abir Mukherjee