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MACAVITY AWARDS 2024

Sample of award trophy

Mystery Readers International announced the winners of the 2024 Macavity Awards on October 7.

The Macavity Award is named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats).

Each year the members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and “friends of MRI” nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in five categories.

Best Mystery

  • All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Best First Mystery

  • The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (Atria)

Best Mystery Short Story

  •  “Ticket to Ride” by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski, (Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles, ed. Josh Pachter, Down & Out Books)

Sue Feder Memorial Award For Best Historical Mystery

  • The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)

Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction/Critical 

  • Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbar (Syracuse University Press)

NED KELLY AWARDS

The Australian Crime Writers Association announced the winners of the Ned Kelly Awards. 

Best International Crime Fiction

  • The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish

Best True Crime

  • Crossing the Line by Nick McKenzie

Best Crime Fiction

  • Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

Best Debut Crime Fiction

  • Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point by Matt Francis

PETRONA AWARD

The 2024 shortlist for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year has been released.

The award is open to crime fiction in translation, either written by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia and published in the UK in the previous calendar year. The winning title will be announced on 14 November 2024. 

Yrsa Sigurðardottir – The Prey, Translated by Victoria Cribb (Iceland, Hodder & Stoughton) 

Anne Mette Hancock – The Collector, Translated by Tara F Chace (Denmark, Swift Press)

Jørn Lier Horst – Snow Fall, Translated by Anne Bruce (Norway, Michael Joseph)

Arnaldur Indriðason – The Girl by the Bridge, Translated by Philip Roughton (Iceland, Harvill Secker) 

Jógvan Isaksen – Dead Men Dancing, Translated by Marita Thomsen (Faroe Islands (Denmark), Norvik Press)

Åsa Larsson – The Sins of our Fathers, Translated by Frank Perry (Sweden, MacLehose Press) 

Crime Fiction: A Labor Day of Love

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Here is an array of awards news – recent winners, plus a finally-completed set of shortlists.

BARRY AWARDS

The winners of the 2024 Barry Awards given by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine were announced during Opening Ceremonies at the Nashville Bouchercon on August 29. 

BEST MYSTERY OR CRIME NOVEL

  • Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies (Harper)

BEST FIRST MYSTERY OR CRIME NOVEL

  • I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow (Atria)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL MYSTERY OR CRIME NOVEL

  • Jake Needham, Who The Hell Is Harry Black? (Half Penny)

BEST THRILLER

  • Mick Herron, The Secret Hours (Soho Crime)

SHAMUS AWARDS

The Private Eye Writers of America announced the winners of the 2024 Shamus Awards at Bouchercon in Nashville on August 29. The juried award is given for private eye novels and short stories first published in the United States in 2024.

BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL

  • Heart of the Nile by Will Thomas 

BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK P.I. NOVEL

  • Liar’s Dice by Gabriel Valjan 

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

  • “Errand for a Neighbor” by Bill Bassman 

NGAIO MARSH AWARDS

The winners of the Ngaio Marsh Awards were announced as part of a special event held in association with WORD Christchurch in late August.

BEST NOVEL

  • Ritual of Fire, by D.V. Bishop (Macmillan)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

  • Dice, by Claire Baylis (Allen & Unwin)

BEST KIDS/YA

  • Miracle, by Jennifer Lane

DAVITT AWARDS

Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of  the 24th Davitt Awards on August 31.

ADULT NOVELS 

  • Monica Vuu, When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut

NON-FICTION 

  • Rebecca Hazel, The Schoolgirl, her Teacher and his Wife (Penguin Random House)

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

  • Amy Doak, Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Penguin Random House) Debut

CHILDREN’S NOVELS 

  • Lucinda Gifford, The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Walker Books)

DEBUT AWARD

  • Christine Keighery, The Half Brother (Ultimo Press)

READERS CHOICE AWARD

  • Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies

NED KELLY AWARD

The complete list of finalists for Ned Kelly Awards have been announced by the Australian Crime Writers Association. The winners will be revealed on September 25.

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Crossing the Line by Nick McKenzie
  • Killing for Country by David Marr
  • The Murder Squad by Michael Adams
  • Reckless by Marele Day
  • The Teacher’s Pet by Hedley Thomas

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Four Dogs Missing by Rhys Gard
  • Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter
  • Lowbridge by Lucy Campbell
  • Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point by Matt Francis
  • The Fall Between by Darcy Tindale
  • The Beacon by P.A. Thomas
  • Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl by Fiona Britton

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
  • Dice by Claire Baylis
  • Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
  • The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish
  • The Search Party by Hannah Richell
  • Zero Days by Ruth Ware

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • Killer Traitor Spy by Tim Ayliffe
  • Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
  • Dark Mode by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
  • Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
  • The Seven by Chris Hammer
  • Ripper by Shelley Burr
  • The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson
  • Everyone on this train is a suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Crime Fiction Awards Bulletin

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FINGERPRINT AWARDS

Capital Crime, a crime fiction con in London, announced the winners of The Fingerprint Awards 2024 on May 30.

OVERALL CRIME

  • None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

THRILLER

  • The Only Suspect by Louise Candlish

HISTORICAL

  • The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola

GENRE-BUSTING

  • Killing Jericho by William Hussey

DEBUT

  • Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

TRUE CRIME

  • No Ordinary Day by Matt Johnson and John Murray

AUDIO-BOOK

  • Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans (narrated by Maz Evans)

THALIA PROCTER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

  • Lynda La Plante 

DAVITT AWARDS

Sisters in Crime Australia has announced its shortlists for its 24th Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books. Winners will be announced on August 31.

ADULT NOVELS 

  • Bronwyn Hall, The Chasm (HQ Fiction)
  • Amanda Hampson, The Tea Ladies (Penguin Random House)
  • Christine Keighery, The Half Brother (Ultimo Press) Debut
  • Suzie Miller, Prima Facie (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut
  • Marija Pericic, Exquisite Corpse (Ultimo Press)
  • Darcy Tindale, The Fall Between (Penguin Random House) Debut
  • Monica Vuu, When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut

NON-FICTION 

  • Ahona Guha, Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe Publications) Debut
  • Rebecca Hazel, The Schoolgirl, her Teacher and his Wife (Penguin Random House)
  • Christine Kenneally, Ghosts of the Orphanage (Hachette Australia)
  • Nicole Madigan, Obsession (Pantera Press) Debut

YOUNG ADULT NOVELS

  • Amy Doak, Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer (Penguin Random House) Debut
  • Ellie Marney, Some Shall Break (Allen & Unwin)

CHILDREN’S NOVELS 

  • Lucinda Gifford, The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Walker Books)
  • Kelli Anne Hawkins, Copycat (HarperCollins Australia)
  • Alison Tait, The First Summer of Callie McGee (Scholastic Australia)
  • Anna Zobel, This Camp Is Doomed: A Dennith Grange misadventure (Penguin Random House)

NED KELLY AWARDS

The finalists for two of the four Ned Kelly Awards have been announced by the Australian Crime Writers Association, Best True Crime and Best Debut Crime Fiction. Still to come: Best International and Best Crime Fiction.

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Crossing the Line by Nick McKenzie
  • Killing for Country by David Marr
  • The Murder Squad by Michael Adams
  • Reckless by Marele Day
  • The Teacher’s Pet by Hedley Thomas

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Four Dogs Missing by Rhys Gard
  • Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter
  • Lowbridge by Lucy Campbell
  • Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point by Matt Francis
  • The Fall Between by Darcy Tindale
  • The Beacon by P.A. Thomas
  • Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl by Fiona Britton

Winter Is Here: 2023 Crime Fiction Awards Update

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IRISH INDEPENDENT CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

The An Post Irish Book Award winners were revealed on November 22. The winner in the Crime Fiction category is Liz Nugent.

Winner

  • Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent (Sandycove)

Other Shortlisted Novels

  • The Lock-Up – John Banville (Faber and Faber)
  • The Close – Jane Casey (Harper Fiction)
  • Kill for Me, Kill for You – Steve Cavanagh (Headline)
  • No One Saw a Thing – Andrea Mara (Bantam, Transworld)
  • The Trap – Catherine Ryan Howard (Bantam, Transworld)

NED KELLY AWARDS

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards winners.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Betrayed by Sandi Logan

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

(Published in Australia)

  • The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Wake by Shelley Burr

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • Exiles by Jane Harper

Sizzling Summer Crime Fiction Awards News

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The Ned Kelly and Ngaio Marsh award shortlists, and the Petrona Award longlist have been announced in recent weeks.

NED KELLY AWARDS

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has unveiled the shortlist for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! by Officer A
  • Death Row at Truro by Geoff Plunkett
  • Rattled by Ellis Gunn
  • Betrayed by Sandi Logan
  • Out of the Ashes by Megan Norris

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

(Published in Australia)

  • The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton
  • Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath
  • The Favour by Nicci French
  • The Hitchhiker by Gerwin van der Werf

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Wake by Shelley Burr
  • No Country for Girls by Emma Styles
  • Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
  • Black River by Matthew Spencer
  • How to Kill a Client by Joanna Jenkins
  • The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon
  • Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
  • Denizen by James McKenzie Watson

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • Soulmate by Sally Hepworth 
  • When The Carnival is Over by Greg Woodland
  • Exiles by Jane Harper
  • When We Fall by Aoife Clifford
  • The Tilt by Chris Hammer
  • Those Who Perish by Emma Viskic
  • Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
  • Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham

NGAIO MARSH AWARD

The shortlist for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, the New Zealand crime fiction award, was announced on August 5.

BEST NON-FICTION (a biennial prize)

A New Dawn, by Emeli Sione (Mila’s Books)
The Devil You Know, by Dr. Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne (Faber)
Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay, by Paul Diamond (Massey University Press)
The Fix, by Scott Bainbridge (Bateman)
Missing Persons, by Steve Braunias (HarperCollins)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

One Heart One Spade, by Alistair Luke (Your Books)
Too Far from Antibes, by Bede Scott (Penguin SEA)
Better the Blood, by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster)
Surveillance, by Riley Chance (CopyPress)
The Slow Roll, by Simon Lendrum (Upstart Press)
Paper Cage, by Tom Baragwanath (Text)

BEST NOVEL

Exit .45, by Ben Sanders (Allen & Unwin)
Blue Hotel, by Chad Taylor (Brio)
Remember Me, by Charity Norman (Allen & Unwin)
The Doctor’s Wife, by Fiona Sussman (Bateman)
Better the Blood, by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster)
Blood Matters, by Renée (The Cuba Press)
The Slow Roll, by Simon Lendrum (Upstart Press)

THE PETRONA AWARD

Twelve crime novels from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have made the longlist for the 2023 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.

The award is open to crime fiction in translation, either written by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia and published in the UK in the previous calendar year.

  • Jussi Adler-Olsen — The Shadow Murders. Translated by William Frost (Denmark, Quercus)
  • Lina Areklew — Death in Summer. Translated by Tara F Chace (Sweden, Canelo Crime)
  • Kjell Ola Dahl — Little Drummer. Translated by Don Bartlett (Norway, Orenda Books)
  • Pascal Engman – Femicide. Translated by Michael Gallagher (Sweden, Legend Press)
  • Anne Mette Hancock — The Corpse Flower. Translated by Tara F Chace (Denmark, Swift Press)
  • Susanne Jansson — Winter Water. Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles (Sweden, Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Håkan Nesser — The Axe Woman. Translated by Sarah Death (Sweden, Mantle)
  • Petra Rautiainen — Land of Snow and Ashes. Translated by David Hackston (Finland, Pushkin Press)
  • Joachim B Schmidt – Kalmann. Translated by Jamie Lee Searle (Switzerland, Bitter Lemon Press)
  • Lilja Sigurðardóttir — Red as Blood. Translated by Quentin Bates (Iceland, Orenda Books)
  • Gustaf Skördeman — Codename Faust. Translated by Ian Giles (Sweden, Zaffre)
  • Gunnar Staalesen — Bitter Flowers. Translated by Don Bartlett (Norway, Orenda Books)

2022 Ned Kelly Awards

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The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the  2022 Ned Kelly Awards.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Banjawarn by Josh Kemp (UWA Publishing)

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Banquet: The untold story of Adelaide’s family murders by Debi Marshall (Vintage)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • The Maid by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • The Chase by Candice Fox (Bantam)

Crime Fiction Awards News of July 2022

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NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLIST

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Sweet Jimmy by Bryan Brown(A&U)
  • Shadow Over Edmund Street by Suzanne Frankham(Journey to Words Publishing)
  • Cutters End by Margaret Hickey(Penguin)
  • Banjawarn by Josh Kemp(UWA Publishing)

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar(Macmillan)
  • Larrimah by Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson(A&U)
  • Banquet: The untold story of Adelaide’s family murders by Debi Marshall(Vintage)
  • A Witness of Fact by Drew Rooke(Scribe)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet(Text)
  • The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves(Macmillan)
  • The Maid by Nita Prose(HarperCollins)
  • Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt(HarperCollins)

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe(S&S)
  • The Others by Mark Brandi(Hachette)
  • You Had it Coming by B M Carroll(Profile Books)
  • The Chase by Candice Fox(Bantam)
  • Kill Your Brother by Jack Heath(A&U)
  • The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald(A&U)
  • The Deep by Kyle Perry(Michael Joseph).

BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

The finalists for the 2022 Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year have been revealed.

Eligible writers must either be born in Scotland or living there, and setting their books there.

The winner is awarded a cheque of £500 and a trophy sponsored by The Glencairn Glass.

The shortlisted books are:

  • Tariq Ashkanani, Welcome to Cooper (Thomas & Mercer, Amazon)
  • Frankie Boyle, Meantime (John Murray)
  • Amanda Mitchison, The Wolf Hunters (Fledgling Press)
  • George Paterson, The Girl, The Crow, The Writer and The Fighter (Into Books)
  • Sarah Smith, Hear No Evil (Two Roads)

[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the links.]

2021 Ned Kelly Awards

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The Australian Crime Writing Association announced the shortlists for the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards on August 25.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • Consolation by Garry Disher (Text)

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • The Second Son by Loraine Peck (Text)

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Stalking Claremont: Inside the hunt for a serial killer by Bret Christian (Harper Collins)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • We Begin at the End by Chris Whittaker (Allen and Unwin)

 [Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the story.]

Crime Fiction Award News

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2021 CRIME COLOGNE AWARD SHORTLIST

The shortlist for the 2021 Crime Cologne Award, a German crime fiction award tied to a festival which isn’t being held this year, has been announced. “Crime Cologne Award 2021: Die Shortlist steht fest”.

Here is the list with English translations of the titles, courtesy of Cora Buhlert:

Orkun Ertener – Was bisher geschah (What happened before)
Marcel Huwyler – Frau Morgenstern und der Verrat (Frau Morgenstern and the Betrayal)
Merle Kröger – Die Experten (The Experts)
Ben Riffko – Grünes Öl (Green Oil)
Joachim B. Schmidt – Kalmann (Kalmann)
Matthias Wittekindt – Vor Gericht (In Court)

2021 NED KELLY AWARDS SHORTLISTS

The Australian Crime Writing Association announced the shortlists for the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards on July 28.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • Consolation by Garry Disher (Text)
  • Gathering Dark by Candice Fox (Penguin Random House)
  • A Testament of Character by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
  • The Survivors by Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan)
  • The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (Harper Collins)
  • Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
  • When She Was Good by Michael Robotham (Hachette)
  • White Throat by Sarah Thornton (Text)

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • The Good Mother by Rae Cairns (Bandrui Publishing)
  • The Second Son by Loraine Peck (Text)
  • The Bluffs by Kyle Perry (Penguin Random House)
  • The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland (Text)

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • The Husband Poisoner by Tanya Bretherton (Hachette)
  • Stalking Claremont: Inside the hunt for a serial killer by Bret Christian (Harper Collins)
  • Public Enemies by Mark Dapin (Allen and Unwin)
  • Hazelwood by Tom Doig (Penguin Random House)
  • Witness by Louise Milligan (Hachette)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • The Guest List by Lucy Foley (Harper Collins)
  • The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman (Allen and Unwin)
  • Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar (Text)
  • We Begin at the End by Chris Whittaker (Allen and Unwin)
  • Broken by Don Winslow (Harper Collins)

[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the story.]

2020 Ned Kelly Awards

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The 2020 Ned Kelly Award winners were revealed October 14 in a virtual ceremony on Facebook.

Given by The Australian Crime Writing Association since 1995, the awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing. Each winner receives $1000.

2020 NED KELLY AWARDS

BEST CRIME FICTION

  • The Wife and the Widow by Christian White (Affirm Press)

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

  • Present Tense by Natalie Conyer (Clan Destine Press)

BEST TRUE CRIME

  • Bowraville by Dan Box (Penguin Random House Australia)

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

  • The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Hachette Australia)