Crime Fiction Book of the Year Shortlist: An Post Irish Book Awards

The shortlists have been announced for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards. There are multiple categories, but here's the one of import to mystery readers.

CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

• The Truth About Ruby Cooper, by Liz Nugent (Sandycove)
• Everything She Didn’t Say, by Jane Casey (Hemlock Press)
• One of Us Is Guilty, by Steve Cavanagh (Headline)
• Such a Nice Girl, by Andrea Mara (Bantam)
• In Glass Houses, by Edel Coffey (Sphere)
• The Keeper, by Tana French (Viking)
• Never to Be Found, by Jo Spain (Zaffre)
• If These Walls Could Talk, by Michelle McDonagh (Hachette Ireland)

Winners of this year’s prizes are set to be revealed during a special ceremony in Dublin on Tuesday, December 1.

HT: The Rap Sheet

An Post Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year Shortlist

The shortlists have been announced for the An Post Irish Book Awards. There are multiple categories, but here's the 

2024 Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year

Shortlist

A Stranger in the Family, by Jane Casey (Hemlock Press)

Witness 8, by Steve Cavanagh (Headline)
Where They Lie, by Claire Coughlan (Simon & Schuster)
Someone in the Attic, by Andrea Mara (Bantam)
Somebody Knows, by Michelle McDonagh (Hachette Ireland)
When We Were Silent, by Fiona McPhillips (Bantam)

Winners will be announced during in Dublin on Wednesday, November 27. 

HT: The Rap Sheet

Irish Book Awards 2021

Catherine Ryan Howard's 56 Days (Atlantic/Corvus) has won the An Post Irish Book Irish Independent Crime Fiction Book of the Year. It's a great thriller, a real page turner that enfolds over 56 days during the pandemic. Don't miss it!

Other Nominees: 

All Her Fault, by Andrea Mara (Transworld)

April in Spain, by John Banville (Faber and Faber)

The Dark Room, by Sam Blake (Atlantic/Corvus)

The Devil’s Advocate, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion)

The Killing Kind, by Jane Casey (Harper Fiction)

HT: TheRapSheet