The 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award winners were announced on November 24 at this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival.

The Ngaio Marsh Awards have celebrated the best New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense writing since 2010. 

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Better the Blood, by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster)

BEST NOVEL

• Remember Me, by Charity Norman (Allen & Unwin)

BEST NON-FICTION (a biennial prize)

• Missing Persons, by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins)