CRIMEFEST AWARDS SHORTLISTS
Winners will be announced at the
CRIMEFEST Gala Awards Dinner on
Saturday, May 21. Congratulations to all!
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime
audiobook first published in the UK in 2016 in both printed and audio
formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk,
Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of
sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the
£1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass
commemorative award.
Nominees for Best Unabridged Crime Audiobook:
– Rachel Abbott for
Kill Me Again, read by Lisa Coleman (Bolinda / Audible)
– Fiona Barton for
The Widow, read by Clare Corbett (Bolinda / Audible)
– Clare Mackintosh for
I See You, read by Rachel Atkins (Sphere)
– Holly Seddon for
Try Not to Breath, read by Jot Davies, Lucy Middleweek & Katy Sobey (Bolinda)
– Ben Aaronovitch for
The Hanging Tree, read by Kobna Holdbrook– Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Lee Child for
Night School, read by Jeff Harding (Transworld Digital)
– Anthony Horowitz for
Magpie Murders, read by Allan Corduner & Samantha Bond (Orion Publishing Group)
– Peter May for
Coffin Road, read by Peter Forbes (Riverrun)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.
eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published
in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2016.
Nominees for the eDunnit Award:
– Linwood Barclay for
The Twenty– Three (Orion Publishing Group)
– Steph Broadribb for
Deep Down Dead (Orenda Books)
– Michael Connelly for
The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Orion Publishing Group)
– Ragnar Jonasson for
Blackout (Orenda Books)
– Laura Lippman for
Wilde Lake (Faber & Faber)
– Ian Rankin for
Rather Be the Devil (Orion Publishing Group)
– Andrew Taylor for
The Ashes of London (HarperFiction)
– L.C. Tyler for
Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British
crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning
title.
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first
published in the British Isles in 2016. The winner receives a Bristol
Blue Glass commemorative award.
Nominees for the Last Laugh Award:
– Ken Bruen & Jason Starr for
PIMP (Hardcase Crime)
– John Dufresne for
I Don’t Like Where This Is Going (Serpent’s Tail)
– Judith Flanders for
A Cast of Vultures (Allison & Busby)
– Mick Herron for
Real Tigers (John Murray)
– Carl Hiaasen for
Razor Girl (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Vaseem Khan for
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Hodder & Stoughton)
– L.C. Tyler for
Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)
– Chris Whitaker for
Tall Oaks (Twenty7)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British
crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning
title.
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical
book related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in
2016. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s
most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about
crime fiction. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue
Glass award.
Nominees for the H.R.F. Keating Award:
– Mark Aldridge for
Agatha Christie on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan)
– J.C. Berthnal for
Queering Agatha Christie (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Barry Forshaw for
Brit Noir (No Exit Press)
– Rachel Franks & Alistair Rolls for
Crime Uncovered: Private investigator (Intellect)
– Katharina Hall for
Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi (University of Wales Press)
– Megan Hoffman for
Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Elizabeth Mannion for
The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel (Palgrave Macmillan)
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (08 – 12)
– Lyn Gardner for
Rose Campion and The Stolen Secret (Nosy Crow)
– Fleur Hitchcock for
Murder In Midwinter (Nosy Crow)
– Gareth P. Jones for
The Thornthwaite Betrayal (Piccadilly Press)
– Tom McLaughlin for
The Accidental Secret Agent (Oxford University Press)
– Robin Stevens for
Murder Most Unladylike: Jolly Foul Play (Puffin)
– Robin Stevens for
Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder (Puffin)
– Harriet Whitehorn for
Violet and the Smugglers (Simon & Schuster)
– Katherine Woodfine for
The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (Egmont)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of
fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist
and the winning title.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (12 – 16)
– Leigh Bardugo for
Crooked Kingdom (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Kerry Drewery for
Cell 7 (Hot Key Books)
– John Grisham for
Theodore Boone: The Scandal (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Erin Lange for
Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah (Faber & Faber)
– Patrice Lawrence for
Orangeboy (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Simon Mason for
Kid Got Shot (David Fickling Books)
– Simon Mayo for
Blame (Penguin)
– Eliza Wass for
In The Dark, In The Woods (Hachette Children’s Group)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of
fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist
and the winning title.
