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Winners were announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Dinner on Saturday, 1 June.

- AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
- GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
- eDUNNIT AWARD
- H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
- CRIMEFEST AWARDS LONGLISTS
- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008 WINNERS

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
Audible.co.ukThe Audible Sounds of Crime Award recognises the best crime audiobook published in both print and audio in 2012. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

The nominees are:
- Michael Connelly for The Black Box read by Michael McConnohie (Orion Audio)
- John Grisham for The Racketeer read by J.D. Jackson (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Peter May for The Lewis Man read by Peter Forbes (Quercus)
- Jo Nesbø for Phantom read by Sean Barrett (Random House with Isis Publishing)
- Ian Rankin for Standing In Another Man's Grave read by James MacPherson (Orion Audio) - WINNER!

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.

 

GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
Audible.co.ukThe Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel of 2012. The £500 prize is sponsored by Goldsboro Books, the book collector's bookseller. The winner also receives a Bristol Blue Glass vase.

The nominees are:
- Colin Bateman for The Prisoner of Brenda (Headline)
- Simon Brett for The Corpse on the Court (Severn House)
- Declan Burke for Slaughter's Hound (Liberties Press)
- Ruth Dudley Edwards for Killing The Emperors (Allison & Busby) - WINNER!
- Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Invisible Code (Doubleday, Transworld)
- Hesh Kestin for The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats (Mulholland Books, Hodder & Stoughton)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

 

eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook published in 2012 in both hardcopy and in electronic format. The winning author receives £500, an eReader, as well as a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

The nominees are:
- Andrea Camilleri for The Age of Doubt (Mantle, Macmillan)
- Ruth Dudley Edwards for Killing The Emperors (Allison & Busby)
- Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Invisible Code (Transworld) - WINNER!
- C.J. Sansom for Dominion (Mantle, Macmillan)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

 

THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biography or critical book related to crime fiction published between 2008 and 2012. The award is named for Harry Keating, who died in 2011, one of Britain's most esteemed crime novelists, a reviewer for The Times, and writer of books about crime fiction.The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

The nominees are:
- Declan Burke & John Connolly for Books to Die For (Hodder & Stoughton, 2012)
- John Curran for Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks (HarperCollins, 2009)
- Barry Forshaw (editor) for British Crime Writing: an Encyclopaedia (Greenwood World Publishing, 2008) - WINNER!
- Christopher Fowler for Invisible Ink (Strange Attractor, 2012)
- Maxim Jakubowski (editor) for Following the Detectives (New Holland Publishers, 2010)
- P.D. James for Talking about Detective Fiction (The Bodleian Library, 2009)

Eligible titles were collated by author and crime fiction expert Martin Edwards, and from submissions by CRIMEFEST newsletter subscribers. A team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

 

LONGLISTS:
- AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
- GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
- eDUNNIT AWARD
- NON-FICTION AWARD

 

SOUNDS OF CRIME LONGLIST

FIRST LAST TITLE READER PUBLISHER
Ben Aaronovitch Whispers Under Ground Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Orion Audio
Joe Abercrombie Red Country Steven Pacey Orion Audio
Will Adams Newton's Fire Andrew Cullum HarperFiction
Berenson Alex The Shadow Patrol George Guidhall Headline
Alex Barclay Blood Loss Penelope Rawlins HarperFiction
Colin Bateman The Prisoner of Brenda Stephen Armstrong Whole Story Audiobooks
Belinda Bauer Finders Keepers John Sackville Isis Publishing Ltd
M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin Hiss and Hers Penelope Keith AudioGO
Mark Billingham Rush of Blood Toby Longworth Hachette Digital
Tony Black Murder Mile Garth Cruickshank Isis Publishing Ltd
S J Bolton Dead Scared Lisa Coleman Random House AudioGo
William Boyd Waiting for Sunrise Roger May Whole Story Audiobooks
Simon Brett Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger's Moll Author Isis Publishing Ltd
William Brodrick The Day of the Lie Gordon Griffin Whole Story Audiobooks
Chris Brookmyre When the Devil Drives Sarah Barron Whole Story Audiobooks
James Lee Burke Creole Belle Will Patton Whole Story Audiobooks
Tom Cain Revenger Stephen Crossley AudioGO
Rachel Caine Bitter Blood Katherine Fenton AudioGO
Rachel Caine Black Dawn Katherine Fenton AudioGO
Tania Carver Choked Martyn Waites Hachette Digital
Wiley Cash A Land More Kind Than Home Nick Sullivan, Lorna Raver, Mark Bramhall Whole Story Audiobooks
Ann Cleeves Glass Room, The Charlie Hardwick Soundings
Harlan Coben Seconds Away Eric Meyers Whole Story Audiobooks
Harlan Coben Stay Close Nick Landrum Whole Story Audiobooks
Michael Connelly The Black Box Michael McConnohie Orion Audio
John Connolly Wrath of Angels Jeff Harding Hodder & Stoughton
N. J. Cooper Vengeance in Mind Julia Franklin Soundings
Patricia Cornwell The Bone Bed Lorelei King AudioGO
Robert Crais Taken William Roberts AudioGO
A.J. Cross Gone In Seconds Julie Maisey Orion Audio
Charles Cumming A Foreign Country Jot Davies HarperFiction
Judith Cutler Guilt Trip Diana Bishop Isis Publishing Ltd
Lucy Dawson Little Sister Penelope Rawlins Whole Story Audiobooks
Jeffery Deaver XO Marin Ireland Whole Story Audiobooks
Paul Doherty Bloodstone Terry Wale Soundings
Zoran Drvenkar Sorry Robin Bowerman Blue Door
Patrick Easter The River of Fire Ric Jerrom AudioGO
Sam Eastland Siberian Red Steven Pacey AudioGO
RJ Ellory A Dark and Broken Heart Robert Slade Whole Story Audiobooks
Chris Ewan Safe House Simon Vance AudioGO
Linda Fairstein Night Watch Barbara Rosenblat Whole Story Audiobooks
Barry Fantoni Harry Lipkin William Roberts AudioGO
Gordon Ferris Bitter Water Angus King Isis Publishing Ltd
Karin Fossum In the Darkness David Rintoul Random House AudioGo
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May and the Invisible Code Tim Goodman Whole Story Audiobooks
Felix Francis Bloodline Michael Maloney AudioGO
Anthea Fraser A Question of Identity Anna Bentinck AudioGO
Tana French Broken Harbour Hugh Lee Hodder & Stoughton
Gillian Galbraith The Road to Hell Siobhan Redmond AudioGO
Elizabeth George Believing the Lie Tim Bentinck Hodder & Stoughton
Andrea Gillies The White Lie Daniel Portman Whole Story Audiobooks
Michele Giuttari Black Rose of Florence, The Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd
Robert Goddard Fault Line Philip Franks AudioGO
Ann Granger A Particular Eye for Villainy Laurence Kennedy & Maggie Mash Whole Story Audiobooks
Alex Grecian The Yard Nigel Carrington Whole Story Audiobooks
Elly Griffiths A Room Full of Bones Jane McDowell AudioGO
John Grisham The Racketeer J.D. Jackson Hodder & Stoughton
M R Hall The Flight Joanna David AudioGO
Patricia Hall Death Trap Julie Maisey Soundings
Penny Hancock Tideline Juanita McMahon & Charlotte Strevens Whole Story Audiobooks
Sophie Hannah Kind of Cruel Emma Kay, Jonathan Aris, Anna Bentinck Hodder & Stoughton
John Harvey Good Bait Adjoa Andoh Whole Story Audiobooks
Michael Harvey We All Fall Down John Chancer AudioGO
Veronica Heley Murder in Mind Julia Barrie Soundings
James Henry Fatal Frost Stephen Thorne Isis Publishing Ltd
James Herbert Ash Steven Pacey AudioGO
David Hewson Carnival for the Dead Juanita McMahon Whole Story Audiobooks
Casey Hill Torn Caroline Lennon Whole Story Audiobooks
Susan Hill A Question of Identity Steven Pacey AudioGO
Jilliane Hoffman The Cutting Room Lewis Hancock HarperFiction
Anne Holt The Blind Goddess Rula Lenska AudioGO
Hazel Holt Necessary End, A (Holt) Patricia Gallimore Soundings
A.M. Homes May We Be Forgiven Nathan Osgood Whole Story Audiobooks
Graham Hurley Happy Days Tim Pepper Isis Publishing Ltd
Gregg Hurwitz The Survivor Jeff Harding AudioGO
Conn Iggulden Quantum of Tweed: The Man with the Nissan Micra Conn Iggulden Whole Story Audiobooks
James Jackson Perdition Saul Reichlin Whole Story Audiobooks
J.A. Jance Left for Dead Karen Ziemba Whole Story Audiobooks
Quintin Jardine As Easy as Murder Julie Maisey Soundings
Quintin Jardine Funeral Note James Bryce and others Isis Publishing Ltd
Dean Jason The Wrong Man Jeff Harding Headline
Roderic Jeffries Murdered by Nature Gordon Griffin Soundings
Liz Jensen The Uninvited Colin Mace Whole Story Audiobooks
Mari Jungstedt Dark Angel Simon Shepherd Random House AudioGo
Mari Jungstedt The Killer's Art Simon Shepherd Random House AudioGo
Rose Karen Did You Miss Me? Jennifer Woodward Headline
Jim Kelly Death's Door (Kelly) Roger May Isis Publishing Ltd
Christobel Kent The Dead Season Saul Reichlin Whole Story Audiobooks
Lars Kepler The Nightmare Sean Barrett Blue Door
Simon Kernick Siege Paul Thornley Random House Audiobooks
Max Kinnings Baptism David Bauckham Whole Story Audiobooks
Alanna Knight Deadly Legacy Emma D'Inverno Soundings
Bernard Knight Crowner's Crusade Colin Mace Whole Story Audiobooks
Bernard Knight Dead in the Dog Gordon Griffin Whole Story Audiobooks
Lynda La Plante Backlash Kim Hicks AudioGO
Camilla Lackberg The Drowning Eamonn Riley HarperFiction
William Landay Defending Jacob Eric Meyers Whole Story Audiobooks
Stephen Leather False Friends (Leather) Paul Thornley Isis Publishing Ltd
Stephen Leather Nightmare Paul Thornley Isis Publishing Ltd
Elmore Leonard Raylan Nick Landrum Whole Story Audiobooks
Peter Leonard Voices of the Dead Jeff Harding Whole Story Audiobooks
David Levien The Contract William Roberts AudioGO
Gardner Lisa Catch Me Lorelei King, Kate Harper, Todd Boyce Headline
Attica Locke The Cutting Season Quincy Tyler Bernstine Serpent's Tail
Attica Locke The Cutting Season Lachele Carl AudioGO
Stuart MacBride Birthdays for the Dead Ian Hanmore HarperFiction
Hilary Mantel Bring Up The Bodies Simon Vance Whole Story Audiobooks
Liza Marklund Vanished India Fisher Random House AudioGo
Liza Marklund Last Will India Fisher Random House AudioGo
Andrew Martin Baghdad Railway Club, The Richard Burnip Isis Publishing Ltd
Quirk Matthew The 500 Jay Snyder Headline
Peter May The Lewis Man Peter Forbes Quercus
Keith McCarthy Nor All Your Tears Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd
Val McDermid The Vanishing Point Antonia Beamish Whole Story Audiobooks
Andy McNab Red Notice Colin Buchanan Random House Audiobooks
Deon Meyer 7 Days Saul Reichlin Hodder & Stoughton
Louise Millar The Playdate Clare Corbett AudioGO
Danny Miller The Gilded Edge Paul Thornley Whole Story Audiobooks
Denise Mina Gods and Beasts Cathleen McCarron Isis Publishing Ltd
Thomas Mogford The Shadow of the Rock Daniel Pirrie AudioGO
Peter Moore Damn His Blood Michael Maloney AudioGO
Kate Mosse Citatdel Finty Williams Orion Audio
Amy Myers Classic Calls the Shots Andrew Wincott Soundings
Jo Nesbø Phantom Sean Barrett Random House & Isis
Stuart Neville Stolen Souls Frank Grimes Whole Story Audiobooks
Michael Palin The Truth Alex Jennings Orion Audio
Sara Paretsky Breakdown Liza Ross Isis Publishing Ltd
Chris Pavone The Expats Buffy Davis Whole Story Audiobooks
Mark Peterson Flesh and Blood Paul Thornley Orion Audio
Richard Platt As One Devil to Another Richard Poe Whole Story Audiobooks
Bill Pronzini Hellbox Nick Sullivan AudioGO
Caro Ramsay The Blood of Crows James MacPherson Whole Story Audiobooks
Ian Rankin Standing In Another Man's Grave James MacPherson Orion Audio
Matt Rees A Name in Blood Rula Lenska AudioGO
Ruth Rendell The Saint Zita Society Carole Boyd AudioGO
Michael Ridpath Meltwater Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd
Felix Riley The Inside Job William Roberts AudioGO
Kate Riordan Birdcage Walk Peter Kenny AudioGO
Peter Robinson Watching the Dark Simon Slater Hodder & Stoughton
Michael Robotham Say You're Sorry Sean Barrett Hachette Digital
James Runcie Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death Peter Wickham Isis Publishing Ltd
Craig Russell Dead Men and Broken Hearts Sean Barrett Quercus
Sean Thomas Russell A Ship of War Nick Boulton Whole Story Audiobooks
James Sallis Driven Paul Michael Garcia Whole Story Audiobooks
Alex Scarrow Candle Man, The Robert G. Slade Isis Publishing Ltd
Lisa Scottoline Save Me Cynthia Nixon Whole Story Audiobooks
Gerald Seymour The Outsiders Jonathan Aris Whole Story Audiobooks
Darren Shan Lady of the Shades William Hope AudioGO
Zoe Sharp Die Easy Clare Corbett AudioGO
Lloyd Shepherd The English Monster Steven Crossley Whole Story Audiobooks
Lynn Shepherd Tom-All-Alone's John Telfer AudioGO
Jake Simons The Pure Colin Mace Whole Story Audiobooks
Sally Spencer Blackstone and the Great War Andrew Wincott Soundings
Cath Staincliffe Split Second Julie Maisey Soundings
Cath Staincliffe Dead To Me Julia Barrie Random House AudioGo
Dunne Steven Deity Gareth Armstrong Headline
Jon Stock Dirty Little Secret Colin Mace Whole Story Audiobooks
Paul Sussman The Labyrinth of Osiris Gordon Griffin Whole Story Audiobooks
Rebecca Tope Malice in the Cotswolds Caroline Lennon Soundings
Simon Toyne The Key Jonathan Keeble HarperFiction
M. J. Trow Maxwell's Crossing Peter Wickham Soundings
Peter Turnbull Altered Case, The Gordon Griffin Soundings
Nicola Upson Fear in the Sunlight Sandra Duncan Whole Story Audiobooks
Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones Cherise Boothe Whole Story Audiobooks
Evonne Wareham Never Coming Home Tara Ward Whole Story Audiobooks
Jason Webster A Death in Valencia Mark Meadows AudioGO
Louise Welsh The Girl on the Stairs Jane Wymark Hodder & Stoughton
V.M. Whitworth The Bone Thief Laurence Kennedy Whole Story Audiobooks
Kate Williams The Pleasures of Men Jane Collingwood, Andrew Wincott, Clare Corbett,Penny Rawlins, Karina Fernandez, Harriet Carmichael, Alex Tregear,Roger May Whole Story Audiobooks
Laura Wilson Willing Victim, A Seán Barrett Isis Publishing Ltd
Jacqueline Winspear A Lesson in Secrets Julie Teal Whole Story Audiobooks
Anne Zouroudi The Bull of Mithros Sean Barrett AudioGO
The Medieval Murderers   The First Murder Paul Matthews Whole Story Audiobooks

 

GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD LONGLIST

FIRST LAST TITLE PUBLISHER
Colin Bateman The Prisoner of Brenda Headline
MC Beaton Agatha Raisin: Hiss and Hers Constable
Simon Brett Blotto, Twinks and the Bootleggers Moll Constable Crime
Simon Brett The Corpse on the Court Severn House
Declan Burke Slaughter's Hound Liberties Press
Hannah Dennison A Vicky Hill Exclusive! Robinson
Ruth Dudley Edwards Killing The Emperors Allison & Busby Ltd
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May and the Invisible Code Transworld
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Blood Never Dies Severn House
Ewart Hutton Good People Blue Door
Bill James Undercover Severn House
Hesh Kestin The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats Hodder & Stoughton
Adrian McKinty The Cold Cold Ground Serpent's Tail
Catriona McPherson Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses Hodder & Stoughton
Eileen Robertson Blackmail for Beginners Robert Hale
James Runcie Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death Bloomsbury

 

eDunnit AWARD LONGLIST

FIRST LAST TITLE PUBLISHER
Megan Abbott Dare Me Picador
Will Adams Newton's Fire HarperFiction
Alex Barclay Blood Loss HarperFiction
Belinda Bauer Finders Keepers Transworld
Tom Benn The Doll Princess Jonathan Cape
Alex Berenson The Shadow Patrol Headline
Harry Bingham Talking to the Dead Orion
Benjamin Black Vengeance Mantle
Daniel Blake White Death HarperFiction
S.J. Bolton Dead Scared Transworld
Gyles Brandreth Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol John Murray
Alison Bruce The Silence Constable
Declan Burke Slaughter's Hound Liberties Press
Tanya Byrne Heart-Shaped Bruise Headline
Andrea Camilleri The Age of Doubt Mantle
James Carnac The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper Transworld
Cassandra Clark A Parliament of Spies Allison & Busby Ltd
Rory Clements Traitor John Murray
James Craig Buckingham Palace Blues Robinson
James Craig Never Apologise, Never Explain Robinson
Adam Creed Death in the Sun Faber & Faber
Charles Cumming A Foreign Country HarperFiction
V.T. Davy Black Art Liberation Publishing
Anna Dean A Place of Confinement Allison & Busby Ltd
Jason Dean The Wrong Man Headline
Zoran Drvenkar Sorry Blue Door
Ruth Dudley Edwards Killing The Emperors Allison & Busby Ltd
Steven Dunne Deity Headline
Sam Eastland Siberian Red Faber & Faber
Paul Emanuelli Avon Street The Mystery Press
Thomas Enger Pierced Faber & Faber
Kjell Eriksson The Cruel Stars of the Night Allison & Busby Ltd
Kjell Eriksson The Demon of Dakar Allison & Busby Ltd
Chris Ewan Safe House Faber & Faber
Gordon Ferris Bitter Water Corvus
Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Neil Forsyth San Carlos Jonathan Cape
Karin Fossum In The Darkness Harvill Secker
Christopher Fowler Bryant & May and the Invisible Code Transworld
Lisa Gardner Catch me Headline
Tess Gerritsen Last to Die Transworld
Robert Goddard Fault Line Transworld
Dolores Gordon-Smith Trouble Brewing Severn House
Sue Grafton V is for Vengeance Mantle
Ann Granger A Particular Eye for Villainy Headline
Camilla & Åsa Grebe & Träff Some Kind of Peace Simon & Schuster UK
James Green Another Small Kingdom Accent Press Ltd
Andrew Gross 15 Seconds HarperFiction
M.R. Hall The Flight Mantle
Penny Hancock Tideline Simon & Schuster UK
C.B. Hanley The Sins of the Father The Mystery Press
Mari Hannah Settled Blood Pan
Julia Heaberlin Playing Dead Faber & Faber
James Henry Fatal Frost Transworld
Antonio Hill The Summer of Dead Toys Transworld
Jilliane Hoffman The Cutting Room HarperFiction
Arnaldur Indriðason Black Skies Harvill Secker
Dave Jackson The Helper Macmillan
Hanna Jameson Something You Are Head of Zeus
Doug Johnstone Hit and Run Faber & Faber
Susanna Jones When Nights Were Cold Mantle
Julia Keller A Killing In The Hills Headline
Christobel Kent The Dead Season Corvus
Alanna Knight Deadly Legacy Allison & Busby Ltd
Tom Knox The Babylon Rite HarperFiction
Dean Koontz Odd Apocalypse HarperFiction
Camilla Lackberg The Drowning HarperFiction
Janet Laurence Deadly Inheritance The Mystery Press
Dennis Lehane Live By Night Little, Brown
Simon Lelic The Child Who Mantle
Elmore Leonard Raylan Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Peter Leonard Voices of the Dead Faber & Faber
Cookman Lesley Murder By Magic Accent Press Ltd
Barry Lyga I Hunt Killers Transworld
Stuart MacBride Birthdays for the Dead HarperFiction
Adrian Magson Death on the Pont Noir Allison & Busby Ltd
Henning Mankell The Shadow Girls Harvill Secker
Liza Marklund Vanished Transworld
Edward Marston An Instrument of Slaughter Allison & Busby Ltd
Andrew Martin The Baghdad Railway Club Faber & Faber
Alex Marwood The Wicked Girls Sphere
Claire McGowan The Fall Headline
Melanie McGrath The Boy in the Snow Mantle
Pat McIntosh The Fourth Crow Robinson
Andy McNab Red Notice Transworld
Deon Meyer 7 Days Hodder & Stoughton
Danny Miller The Gilded Edge Robinson
Denise Mina Gods and Beasts Orion
R.N. Morris Summon Up the Blood Severn House
Steve Mosby Dark Room Orion
Walter Mosley All I Did Was Shoot My Man Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Frank Muir Tooth for a Tooth Robinson
Jo Nesbo Phantom Harvill Secker
Jo Nesbo The Bat Harvill Secker
Hakan Nesser The Hour of the Wolf Mantle
Stuart Neville Stolen Souls Harvill Secker
Chris Nickson Come the Fear Severn House
Niamh O'Connor Too Close For Comfort Transworld
Kristina Ohlsson Silenced Simon & Schuster UK
Mark Oldfield The Sentinel Head of Zeus
S J Parris Sacrilege HarperFiction
Chris Pavone The Expats Faber & Faber
Leif G.W. Persson Another Time, Another Life Transworld
Matthew Quirk The 500 Headline
Laurie R. King Garment of Shadows Allison & Busby Ltd
Ian Rankin Standing in Another Man's Grave Orion
John Rector The Grove Simon & Schuster UK
Matt Rees A Name in Blood Corvus
Kate Rhodes Crossbones Yard Hodder & Stoughton
Phil Rickman The Heresy of Dr Dee Corvus
Michael Ridpath Meltwater Corvus
Craig Robertson Cold Grave Simon & Schuster UK
Imogen Robertson Circle of Shadows Headline
Peter Robinson Watching the Dark Hodder & Stoughton
Michael Robotham Say You're Sorry Sphere
Karen Rose Did You Miss Me? Headline
Pauline Rowson A Killing Coast Severn House
Marcus Sakey The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes Transworld
C. J. Sansom Dominion Mantle
Lynn Shepherd Tom-All-Alone's Corsair
Stav Sherez A Dark Redemption Faber & Faber
J.G. Sinclair Seventy Times Seven Faber & Faber
Cath Staincliffe Dead To Me Transworld
Cath Staincliffe Split Second Robinson
Linda Stratmann The Daughters of Gentlemen The Mystery Press
Paul Sussman The Labyrinth of Osiris Transworld
Andrew Swanston The King's Spy Transworld
Rebecca Tope Malice in the Cotswolds Allison & Busby Ltd
Simon Toyne The Key HarperFiction
M.J. Trow Maxwell's Crossing Allison & Busby Ltd
Nicola Upson Fear in the Sunlight Faber & Faber
Andrew Williams The Poison Tide John Murray
Jacqueline Winspear A Lesson in Secrets Allison & Busby Ltd
Jacqueline Winspear Elegy for Eddie Allison & Busby Ltd

 

THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD LONGLIST

FIRST LAST TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR
Declan & John Burke & Connolly Books to Die For Hodder & Stoughton 2012
Agatha & Mathew Christie & Prichard (editor) The Grand Tour - Letters and Photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922 HarperCollins 2012
John Curran Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making HarperCollins 2011
John Curran Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks HarperCollins 2009
Joanne Drayton Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime HarperCollins 2009
Barry Forshaw (editor) British Crime Writing: an Encyclopaedia Greenwood World Publishing 2008
Barry Forshaw Death in a Cold Climate Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Barry Forshaw Guns for Hire: The Modern Adventure Thriller Endeavour Press 2012
Barry Forshaw The Man Who Left Too Soon John Blake 2011
Christopher Fowler Invisible Ink Strange Attractor 2012
Maxim Jakubowski (editor) Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction New Holland Publishers Ltd 2010
P.D. James Talking about Detective Fiction The Bodleian Library 2009
Peter Messent The Crime Fiction Handbook Wiley-Blackwell 2012
Lucy Sussex Women Writers and Detectives in 19th Century Crime Fiction Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Laura Thompson Agatha Christie: An English Mystery Headline Review 2007
Tom Williams Raymond Chandler: A Mysterious Something in the Light Aurum Press 2012
Heather Worthington Key Concepts in Crime Fiction Palgrave Macmillan 2011