McILVANNEY PRIZE SHORTLIST 2024

The Shortlist for the McIlvanney Prize has been announced by Bloody Scotland. The award, previously known as the Bloody Scotland Prize for Scottish Crime Writing, will be presented on Friday, September 13, on the first night of the Bloody Scotland Festival. Congratulations to all!

THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

The shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023, produced by Harrogate International Festivals, has been announced today, with six bestselling authors competing to win the UK’s most wanted crime writing prize. The public is now invited to vote for the winner here.

This award celebrates excellence, originality, and the very best in crime fiction from UK and Irish authors. Awarded annually as part of Harrogate International Festivals’ Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the winner of the most wanted accolade in crime fiction receives a cheque for £3000, and an engraved oak beer cask, hand-carved by one of Britain’s last coopers from Theakstons Brewery. 

THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLIST

• The Botanist by M.W. Craven (Little, Brown Book Group; Constable)
• Into The Dark by Fiona Cummins (Pan Macmillan; Macmillan/Pan)
• The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
• Black Hearts by Doug Johnstone (Orenda Books)
• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (Penguin Random House; Michael Joseph)
• The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Simon & Schuster)

THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Shortlist

My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Joe Country by Mick Herron
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Smoke And Ashes by Abir Mukherjee

Have your say. Vote for the ONE shortlisted book that you feel most deserves to be crowned the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Voting closes on July 19. Winner will be announced on July 23 in a digital awards ceremony.

Go here to Vote.

2020 marks the 16th year of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. The prize was created to celebrate the very best in crime fiction and is open to UK and Irish crime authors whose novels were published in paperback from 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020. The award is run in partnership with T&R Theakston Ltd, WHSmith, and The Mail on Sunday.

ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS Shortlist: Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

2018 Arthur Ellis Awards for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing Shortlists

Annual Arthur Ellis Awards by Crime Writers of Canada recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense writing in fiction and non-fiction by Canadian writers. Winners will be announced on May 24^th at Arthur Ellis Awards Gala in Toronto. Congratulations to all!

  

BEST CRIME NOVEL

The Winners’ Circle, by Gail Bowen, publisher McClelland & Stewart

The Party, by Robyn Harding, publisher Gallery/Scout Press

The White Angel, by John MacLachlan, publisher Gray Douglas and McIntyre

Sleeping in the Ground, by Peter Robinson, publisher McClelland & Stewart

The Forgotten Girl, by Rio Youers, publisher St. Martin’s Press

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL sponsored by Rakuten Kobo

Puzzle of Pieces, by Sally Hill Brouard, publisher FriesenPress

Full Curl, by Dave Butler, publisher Dundurn Press

Ragged Lake, by Ron Corbett, publisher ECW Press

Flush, by Sky Curtis, publisher Inanna Publications

Our Little Secret, by Roz Nay, publisher Simon & Schuster Canada, Inc.

BEST CRIME NOVELLA – The Lou Allin Memorial Award

Snake Oil, by M.H. Callway, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around, by Mike Culpepper, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell 

Blood & Belonging, by Vicki Delany, publisher Orca Book Publishers

Dead Clown Blues, by R. Daniel Lester, publisher Shotgun Honey

Money Maker, by Jas R. Petrin, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell

BEST CRIME SHORT STORY

The Outlier, by Catherine Astolfo, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

There be Dragons, by Jane Petersen Burfield, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

Jerusalem Syndrome, by Hilary Davidson, published in Passport to Murder Bouchercon Anthology 2017 by Down & Out Books

The Ranchero’s Daughter, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing

The Sin Eaters, by Melissa Yi, published in Montreal Noir by Akashic Noir

BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK

Murder in Plain English, by Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi, publisher Prometheus Books

The Whisky King, by Trevor Cole, publisher HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Blood, Sweat and Fear, by Eve Lazarus, publisher Arsenal Pulp Press

The Dog Lover Unit, by Rachel Rose, publisher St. Martin's Press

Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, by Alex Roslin, publisher Sugar Hill Books

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK

Missing, by Kelley Armstrong, publisher Penguin Random House Doubleday Canada

Chase - Get Ready to Run, by Linwood Barclay, publisher Penguin Random House Puffin Canada

The Disappearance, by Gillian Chan, publisher Annick Press Ltd.

Thistlewood, by Donna Chubaty, publisher Grasmere Publishing

The Lives of Desperate Girls, by MacKenzie Common, publisher Penguin Random House Penguin Teen Canada

BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH

Amqui, by Éric Forbes, publisher Héliotrope Noir

La vie rêvée de Frank Bélair, by Maxime Houde, publisher Éditions Alire Inc.

Les clefs du silence, by Jean Lemieux, publisher Québec Amérique

La mort en bleu pastel, by Maryse Rouy, publisher Éditions Druide

Les Tricoteuses, by Marie Saur, publisher Héliotrope Noir

BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT sponsored by Dundurn Press

The Alibi Network by Raimey Gallant

Finn Slew by Ken MacQueen

Destruction in Paradise by Dianne Scott

Dig, Dug, Dead by Sylvia Teaves

Condemned by Kevin Thornton

The Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master Award for 2018 will be presented to Gail Bowen

Gail Bowen is being recognized by Crime Writers of Canada for her long and illustrious career as a crime fiction author. She has almost 20 books in her long running Joanne Kilbourn series, several of which were either nominated for or received awards, including the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel in 1994, for A Colder Kind of Death. She has also written four Rapid Reads novellas and several plays. She is well established in Canada, highly respected in the writing community and much sought after by readers. She is frequently a guest at literary events. Several of her Joanne Kilbourn books were turned into a TV series.

About Crime Writers of Canada                            

Crime Writers of Canada was founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. 

Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist

The Australian Crime Writers Association announced its shortlist for the 2017 Ned Kelly Awards, in three categories.

Best Fiction:

• An Isolated Incident, by Emily Maquire (Picador)

• Crimson Lake, by Candice Fox (Bantam)

• Out of the Ice, by Ann Turner (Simon & Schuster)

• Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly, by Adrian
McKinty (Serpent’s Tail)

• The Golden Child, by Wendy James (Commercial Women’s Fiction)

• The Rules of Backyard Cricket, by Jock Serong (Text)

Best First Fiction:

• Burn Patterns, by Ron Elliott (Fremantle Press)

• Goodwood, by Holly Throsby (Allen & Unwin)

• Only Daughter, by Anna Snoekstra (Harlequin)

• Something for Nothing, by Andy Muir (Affirm Press)

• The Dry, by Jane Harper (Pan)

• The Love of a Bad Man, by Laura Elizabeth Woollett (Scribe)

True Crime:

• Code of Silence, by Colin Dillon with Tom Gilling (Allen & Unwin)

• Denny Day, by Terry Smyth (Ebury)

• Getting Away with Murder, by Duncan McNab (Vintage)

• Murder at Myall Creek, by Mark Tedeschi (Simon & Schuster)

• The Drowned Man, by Brendan James Murray (Echo)

Winners will be announced on September 1 during the annual Ned Kelly Awards Presentation in Melbourne.

HT: The Rap Sheet

CWA Dagger Awards Shortlist

The CWA (Crime Writers Association) just announced The Dagger Award Shortlists. The winner will be announced at our Awards Dinner in October. Congratulations to All.

CWA Gold Dagger
The Beautiful Dead (Bantam Press) by Belinda Bauer
Dead Man's Blues (Mantle) by Ray Celestin
The Dry (Little, Brown) by Jane Harper
Spook Street (John Murray) by Mick Herron
A Rising Man (Harvill Secker) by Abir Mukherjee
The Girl in Green (Faber & Faber) by Derek B. Miller


CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
You Will Know Me (Pleador) by Megan Abbott
The Killing Game (Bookouture) by J S Carol
We Go Around in the Night and are Consumed by Fire (Myraid Editions) by Jules Grant
Redemption Road (Nodder & Stoughton) by John Hart
Spook Street (John Murray) by Mick Herron
The Constant Soldier (Mantle) by William Ryan

CWA John Creasey (NewBlood) Dagger
The Pictures (Point Break) by Guy Bolton
Ragdoll (Trapeze) by Daniel Cole
Distress Signals (Corvus) by Catherine Ryan Howard
Sirens (Doubleday) by Joseph Knox
Good Me, Bad Me (Michael Joseph) by Ali Land
Tall Oaks (Twenty7) by Chris Whitaker

CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger
The Devil's Feast (Fig Tree) by M J Carter
The Ashes of Berlin (No Exit Press) by Luke McCallin
The Long Drop (Harvill Seeker) by Denise Mina
A Rising Man (Harvill Seeker) by Abir Mukherjee
By Gaslight (Point Blank) by Steven Price
The City in Darkness (Constable) by Michael Russell

CWA International Dagger

A Cold Death (4th Estate) by Antonio Manzini, Tr Antony Shugaar
A Fine Line (Bitter Lemon Press) by Gianrico Carofiglio, Tr Howard Curtis
Blood Wedding (MacLehose Press) by Pierre Lemaitre, Tr Frank Wynne
Climate of Fear (Harvill Seeker) by Fred Vargas, Tr Sian Reynolds
The Dying Detective (Doubleday) by Leif GW Persson, Tr Neil Smith
The Legacy of the Bones (HarperCollins) by Delores Redondo, Tr Nick Carter and Lorenza Garcia

CWA NonFiction Dagger
A Dangerous Place (The History Press) by Simon Farquhar
Close But No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro's Cuba (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) by Stephen Purvis
The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of Marriage (Text Publishing) by Anja Reich-Osang
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer (Bloomsbury Publishing) by Kate Summerscale
A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II (Jonathan Cape) by A T Williams
Another Day in the Death of America (Guardian Faber Publishing) by Gary Younge

CWA Short Story Dagger
The Assassination by Leye Adenle in Sunshine Noir (White Sun Books) Edited by AnnaMaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley
Murder and its Motives by Martin Edwards in Motives for Murder (Sphere) Edited by Martin Edwards
The Super Recogniser of Vik by Michael Ridpath in Motives for Murder (Sphere) Edited by Martin Edwards
What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis in The Highway Kind (Mulholland Books) Edited by Patrick Millikin
The Trials of Margaret by LC Tyler in Motives for Murder (Sphere) Edited by Martin Edwards
Snakeskin by Ovidia Yu in Sunshine Noir (White Sun Books) Edited by AnnaMaria Alfieri and Michael Stanley

CWA Debut Dagger
Strange Fire by Sherry Rankin
The Reincarnation of Himmat Gupte by Neeraj Shah
Lost Boys by Spike Dawkins
Red Haven by Metter McLeod
Broken by Victoria Slotover

NED KELLY AWARDS 2013 SHORTLIST

The Australian Crime Writers Association announced the shortlist for the 2013 Ned Kelly Awards.

Best First Fiction
Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann – The Marmalade Files
Zane Lovitt - The Midnight Promise
Paul Anderson - The Robbers
Sue Williams - Murder With The Lot
Andrew Grimes - The Richmond Conspiracy

Best Fiction
Robert Gott - The Holiday Murders
Katherine Howell - Web of Deceit
Geoffrey McGeachin - Blackwattle Creek
Adrian McKinty - I Hear The Sirens In The Street
Malla Nunn - Silent Valley

True Crime
Robin de Crespigny - The People Smuggler
Belinda Hawkins - Every Parent’s Nightmare
Steve Lillebuen - The Devil’s Cinema
Derek Pedley - Dead by Friday
Mark Tedeschi QC – Eugenia

HT: Jeremy Lynch, Crimespree

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist

This news just in: Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist 

• Now You See Me by SJ Bolton (Transworld)
• Where the Bodies are Buried by Chris Brookmyre (Little, Brown)
• The Burning Soul by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina (Orion)
• Black Flowers by Steve Mosby (Orion)
• Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson (Transworld)

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is one of the most prestigious crime writing prizes in the UK.

Now in its eighth year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, in partnership with Asda – who will promote the shortlisted titles in stores nationwide from today – and in association with the Daily Mirror, was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and is open to British and Irish authors whose novels were published in paperback from 1st June 2011 to 31st May 2012.

The overall winner will be decided by a public vote and a panel of experts which this year comprises DI Tom Thorne actor David Morrissey, Festival chair Mark Billingham, Daily Mirror Literary Editor and crime novelist Henry Sutton, Asda Fiction Buyer Ruth Lewis, and Simon Theakston, Executive Director of T&R Theakston Ltd.

The public vote opens today, Thursday 5th July (UK time), and closes on Tuesday 17th July at www.theakstons.co.uk

The winner of the prize will be announced by title sponsor Simon Theakston at an award ceremony hosted by radio broadcaster and Festival regular Mark Lawson on Thursday 19th July, the opening night of the 10^th Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. The winner will receive a £3,000 cash prize as well as a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakstons brewery.

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