Jacqueline Bublitz swept the field when the winners of the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards for best novel were announced on September 15.

The Ngaio Marsh Awards have celebrated the best New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense writing since 2010. The results were revealed at this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival.

BEST NOVEL

• Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)