The 2026 Ngaio Marsh Award Longlist for Best Novel. The Ngaio Marsh Awards celebrate the best New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense writing. Congratulations to all:
LUCKY THING by Tom Baragwanath (Text Publishing)
CARVED IN BLOOD by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster)
SOFTLY CALL THE DEVIL by Chris Blake (Bonnier Echo)
THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING by Jeffrey Buchanan (Text Publishing)
BLACK SILK & BURIED SECRETS by Deborah Challinor (HarperCollins)
THE DEADLY DISPUTE by Amanda Hampson (Penguin)
BELLA DONNA by Jill Johnson (Black & White/Bonnier)
THE GOOD FATHER by Liam McIlvanney (Bonnier)
WHEN THE DEEP DARK BUSH SWALLOWS YOU WHOLE by Geoff Parkes (Penguin)
THE VANISHING PLACE by Zoe Rankin (Moa Press)
HOOKED UP by Fiona Sussman (Bateman Books)
A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY by Jennifer Trevelyan (Allen & Unwin)
Finalists for all the 2026 categories - Best Novel, Best First Novel, and Best Kids/YA - will be announced later in Spring (Fall in the Northern Hemisphere).
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