– AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
– eDUNNIT AWARD
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
– H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12)
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12–16)
– CRIMEFEST FLASHBANG AWARD
– THE PETRONA AWARD
– 2017 AWARD ENTRIES
– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
– PAST WINNERS: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008
CRIMEFEST annually presents its awards at a dinner which in 2017 was held on Saturday, 20 May.
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2016 in both printed and audio formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Ben Aaronovitch for The Hanging Tree, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Rachel Abbott for Kill Me Again, read by Lisa Coleman (Audible / Bolinda)
– Fiona Barton for The Widow, read by Clare Corbett (Audible / Bolinda)
– Lee Child for Night School, read by Jeff Harding (Transworld Digital / Soundings)
– Anthony Horowitz for Magpie Murders, read by Allan Corduner & Samantha Bond (Orion Publishing Group)
– Clare Mackintosh for I See You, read by Rachel Atkins (Hachette Audio / Isis) – WINNER!
– Peter May for Coffin Road, read by Peter Forbes (Riverrun / Jammer)
– Holly Seddon for Try Not to Breathe, read by Jot Davies, Lucy Middleweek & Katy Sobey (Bolinda)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.
eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2016. The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Linwood Barclay for The Twenty-Three (Orion Publishing Group)
– Steph Broadribb for Deep Down Dead (Orenda Books)
– Michael Connelly for The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Orion Publishing Group)
– Ragnar Jonasson for Blackout (Orenda Books)
– Laura Lippman for Wilde Lake (Faber & Faber) – WINNER!
– Ian Rankin for Rather Be the Devil (Orion Publishing Group)
– Andrew Taylor for The Ashes of London (HarperFiction)
– L.C. Tyler for Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2016. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Ken Bruen & Jason Starr for PIMP (Hardcase Crime)
– John Dufresne for I Don’t Like Where This Is Going (Serpent’s Tail)
– Judith Flanders for A Cast of Vultures (Allison & Busby)
– Mick Herron for Real Tigers (John Murray) – WINNER!
– Carl Hiaasen for Razor Girl (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Vaseem Khan for The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Hodder & Stoughton)
– L.C. Tyler for Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)
– Chris Whitaker for Tall Oaks (Twenty7)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in 2016. H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating was one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, and a renowned reviewer and writer of books about crime fiction. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
The nominees are:
– Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan)
– J.C. Berthnal for Queering Agatha Christie (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Barry Forshaw for Brit Noir (No Exit Press) – WINNER!
– Rachel Franks & Alistair Rolls for Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator (Intellect)
– Katharina Hall for Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi (University of Wales Press)
– Megan Hoffman for Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Elizabeth Mannion for The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel (Palgrave Macmillan)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12)
CRIMEFEST is pleased to introduce a new award recognising the outstanding contribution that crime novels for children make to the genre, as well as celebrating the burgeoning interest of children in fiction as a whole. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
The nominees are:
– Lyn Gardner for Rose Campion and The Stolen Secret (Nosy Crow)
– Fleur Hitchcock for Murder In Midwinter (Nosy Crow)
– Gareth P. Jones for The Thornthwaite Betrayal (Piccadilly Press)
– Tom McLaughlin for The Accidental Secret Agent (Oxford University Press)
– Robin Stevens for Murder Most Unladylike: Jolly Foul Play (Puffin)
– Robin Stevens for Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder (Puffin) – WINNER!
– Harriet Whitehorn for Violet and the Smugglers (Simon & Schuster)
– Katherine Woodfine for The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (Egmont)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British reviewers of children’s fiction voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12–16)
CRIMEFEST is pleased to introduce a new award recognising the outstanding contribution that crime novels for young adults make to the genre, as well as celebrating the burgeoning interest in fiction for young adults as a whole. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
The nominees are:
– Leigh Bardugo for Crooked Kingdom (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Kerry Drewery for Cell 7 (Hot Key Books)
– John Grisham for Theodore Boone: The Scandal (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Erin Lange for Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah (Faber & Faber)
– Patrice Lawrence for Orangeboy (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Simon Mason for Kid Got Shot (David Fickling Books) – WINNER!
– Simon Mayo for Blame (Penguin)
– Eliza Wass for In The Dark, In The Woods (Hachette Children’s Group)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British reviewers of young adult fiction voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Also presented at CRIMEFEST will be:
– CRIMEFEST’S FLASHBANG AWARD
for best original short crime story in 150 words
– THE PETRONA AWARD
CRIMEFEST is honoured to host the presentation of The Petrona Award which was created in the memory of Maxine Clarke by her friends and colleagues. The award celebrates the best of Scandinavian crime fiction.
The winner receives a commemorative award.
– AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
– eDUNNIT AWARD
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
– H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12)
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12–16)
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD ENTRIES
| First | Last | Title | Reader | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Aaronovitch | The Hanging Tree | Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Orion |
| Tim | Adler | Hold Still | Katie Moore | Audible Studios |
| M.J. | Arlidge | Hide and Seek | Elizabeth Bower | MJ |
| M.J. | Arlidge | Little Boy Blue | Elizabeth Bower | MJ |
| M.J. | Arlidge | No Way Back | Rosie Jones | MJ |
| Sam | Baker | The Woman Who Ran | Jenny Funnell | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Tim | Baker | Fever City | Dan Russell | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Linwood | Barclay | Far From True | Brian O'Neill,Mark Zeisler | Orion |
| Linwood | Barclay | The Twenty-Three | Jeff Harding | Orion |
| Colin | Bateman | Papercuts | Stephen Armstrong | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Belinda | Bauer | The Beautiful Dead | Andrew Wincott | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Deborah | Bee | The Last Thing I Remember | Yolanda Kettle & Lucy Middleweek | Bolinda Publishing |
| Louise | Beech | The Mountain in My Shoe | Colleen Prendergast, Ross Tomlinson & Andrew Wincott | Orenda Books |
| A.K. | Benedict | Jonathan Dark or The Evidence Of Ghosts | Anna Bentinck | Orion |
| Mark | Billingham | Die of Shame | Mark Billingham | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Harry | Bingham | The Dead House | Siriol Jenkins | Orion |
| Benjamin | Black | Even the Dead | Sean Barrett | Viking |
| Saul | Black | Lovemurder | Christina Delaine | Orion |
| Matthew | Blakstad | Sockpuppet | Penelope Rawlins | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Sharon | Bolton | Daisy in Chains | Antonia Beamish | Transworld Digital |
| Elizabeth | Bonesteel | The Cold Between | Katharine Mangold | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Simon | Booker | Without Trace | Imogen Church | Bolinda Publishing |
| C.J. | Box | Off the Grid | David Chandler | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Amanda | Brooke | The Child's Secret | Kate Rawson | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Chris | Brookmyre | Black Widow | Angus King & Scarlett Mack | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Robert | Bryndza | The Girl in the Ice | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Tracy | Buchanan | No Turning Back | Karen Cass | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Anne | Buist | Dangerous to Know | Gail Knight | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| James Lee | Burke | House of the Rising Sun | Will Patton | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Steve | Burrows | A Cast of Falcons | David Thorpe | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Michel | Bussi | Black Water Lilies | Joan Walker | Orion |
| Alex | Caan | Cut to the Bone | Imogen Church | Bolinda Publishing |
| Helen | Callaghan | Dear Amy | Laura Aikman, John Sackville & Helen Baxendale | MJ |
| Tom | Callaghan | A Spring Betrayal | Saul Reichlin | Quercus |
| Louise | Candlish | The Swimming Pool | Gabrielle Baker | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Donato | Carrisi | The Hunter of the Dark | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Joe | Carter | Undercover | Simon Paisley Day | Cornerstone Digital |
| Andrew | Cartmel | Written in Dead Wax | Ben Allen | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Steve | Cavanagh | The Plea | Adam Sims | Orion |
| Ray | Celestin | Dead Man's Blues | Christopher Ragland | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Kimberley | Chambers | Tainted Love | Annie Aldington | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Lee | Child | Night School | Jeff Harding | Transworld Digital |
| Alice | Clark-Platts | The Taken | Rachel Bavidge | MJ |
| Ann | Cleeves | Cold Earth | Kenny Blyth | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Barbara | Cleverly | Diana's Altar | Terry Wale | Soundings |
| Harlan | Coben | Fool Me Once | January LaVoy | Cornerstone Digital |
| Harlan | Coben | Home | Steven Webber | Cornerstone Digital |
| Tammy | Cohen | When She Was Bad | Avita Jay | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Martina | Cole | Betrayal | Annie Aldington | Headline Digital |
| Michael | Connelly | The Wrong Side of Goodbye | Titus Welliver | Orion |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Chaos | Susan Ericksen | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Jane | Corry | My Husband's Wife | Lily Bevan & Abigail Thaw | Viking |
| Mason | Cross | The Time to Kill | Eric Meyers | Orion |
| Charles | Cumming | A Divided Spy | Jot Davies | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Gayle | Curtis | Too Close | Imogen Church | Bolinda Publishing |
| Lindsey | Davis | The Graveyard of the Hesperides | Sarah Feathers | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Oscar | de Muriel | A Fever of the Blood | Andy Secombe | MJ |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Steel Kiss | Jeff Harding | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Luke | Delaney | The Rule Of Fear | Paul Panting | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Detection Club | Detection Club | The Sinking Admiral | Tom Clegg | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Katerina | Diamond | The Secret | Stevie Lacey | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Katerina | Diamond | The Teacher | Stevie Lacey | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Tamara | Dietrich | The Hummingbird's Cage | Laurence Bouvard | Orion |
| Paul | Doherty | Dark Serpent | Richard Burnip | Headline Digital |
| Claire | Douglas | Local Girl Missing | Emilia Fox & Hannah Murray | MJ |
| Steven | Dunne | Death Do Us Part | Jonathan Keeble | Headline Digital |
| Paul | Durham | The Last Reckoning | Fiona Hardingham | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Sabine | Durrant | Lie With Me | Kirk Bage | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Kate | Ellis | The House of Eyes | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
| Ian C. | Esslemont | Night of Knives | John Banks | Transworld Digital |
| Linda | Fairstein | Killer Look | Barbara Rosenblat | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Joy | Fielding | Someone is Watching | Christina Traister | Bolinda Publishing |
| Paul | Finch | Strangers | Chloe Massey | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Joanne | Fluke | Eyes | Therese Plummer | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Sue | Fortin | The Girl Who Lied | Amy De Bhrun | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Karin | Fossum | Hell Fire | David Rintoul | Vintage Digital |
| Amy S. | Foster | The Rift Uprising | Claire Coffee | HarperCollins Publishers |
| N.J. | Fountain | Painkiller | Nicola Bryant & John Banks | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Strange Tide | Tim Goodman | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Felix | Francis | Triple Crown | Martin Jarvis | Bolinda Publishing |
| Hugh | Fraser | Threat | Annie Aldington | Audible Studios |
| Nicci | French | Saturday Requiem | Beth Chalmers | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Tana | French | The Trespasser | Hilda Fay | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Alan | Furst | A Hero of France | Peter Noble | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ruth | Galm | Into The Valley | Eliza Foss | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ann | Granger | The Dead Woman of Deptford | Gareth Armstrong & Julia Barrie | Headline Digital |
| Camilla | Grebe | The Ice Beneath Her | Phyllida Nash & Katy Sobey | Bolinda Publishing |
| Cass | Green | The Woman Next Door | Anna Bentinck & Bea Holland | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Isabelle | Grey | Shot Through the Heart | Melody Grove | Quercus |
| Michael | Griesbach | The Innocent Killer | Johnny Heller | Cornerstone Digital |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Blood Card | Luke Thompson | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Woman in Blue | Jane McDowell | Quercus |
| John | Grisham | The Whistler | Cassandra Campbell | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Michael | Grothaus | Epiphany Jones | James Lindgren | Orenda Books |
| Bear | Grylls | Burning Angels | Rupert Degas | Orion |
| Lisa | Hall | Tell Me No Lies | Penny Rawlins | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Adam | Hamdy | Pendulum | Luke Thompson | Headline Digital |
| Glen Erik | Hamilton | Hard Cold Winter | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Sophie | Hannah | Closed Casket | Julian Rhind-Tutt | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Sophie | Hannah | The Narrow Bed | Julia Barrie | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Mark | Hardie | Burned and Broken | Rupert Holliday-Evans | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Paul | Hardisty | The Evolution of Fear | Peter Noble | Orenda Books |
| Charlaine | Harris | Night Shift | Susan Bennett | Orion |
| Robert | Harris | Conclave | Roy McMillan | Cornerstone Digital |
| John | Hart | Redemption Road | Scott Shepherd | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Michael | Harvey | Brighton | John Moraitis | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Michael | Harvey | The Governor's Wife | John Chancer | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Mick | Herron | Real Tigers | Se‡n Barrett | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| David | Hewson | Little Sister | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Carl | Hiaasen | Razor Girl | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Kati | Hiekkapelto | The Exiled | Julie Maisey | Orenda Books |
| Sarah | Hilary | Tastes Like Fear | Imogen Church | Headline Digital |
| Antonio | Hill | The Good Suicides | Mark Bramhall | Transworld Digital |
| Joe | Hill | The Fireman | Kate Mulgrew | Orion |
| Antonia | Hodgson | A Death at Fountains Abbey | Joseph Kloska | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anne | Holt | No Echo | Anna Bentinck | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Magpie Murders | Allan Corduner & Samantha Bond | Orion |
| Jorn Lier | Horst | Ordeal | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Catherine Ryan | Howard | Distress Signals | Stephen Armstrong | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| C.C. | Humphreys | Fire | Author | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Graham | Hurley | Finisterre | Roger Davis | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Gregg | Hurwitz | Orphan X | Scott Brick | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Corrie | Jackson | Breaking Dead | Lucy Price-Lewis | Bolinda Publishing |
| Peter | James | Love You Dead | Daniel Weyman | Macmillan Digital Audio |
| Quintin | Jardine | Private Investigations | James Bryce | Headline Digital |
| Amanda | Jennings | In Her Wake | Kate Rawson | Orenda Books |
| Louise | Jensen | The Sister | Natalie Blass | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Jewell | I Found You | Antonia Beamish | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Matt | Johnson | Wicked Game | Leighton Pugh | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Doug | Johnstone | Crash Land | Monty d'Inverno | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ragnar | Jonasson | Blackout | Leighton Pugh | Orenda Books |
| Lene | Kaaberbol | The Considerate Killer | Katherine Kellgren | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Annabel | Kantaria | The Disappearance | Jessica Ball | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Jonas | Karlsson | The Room | George Newbern | Vintage Digital |
| M.R.C. | Kasasian | The Secrets of Gaslight Lane | Emma Gregory | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| John | Katzenbach | The Dead Student | Kirby Heyborne | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Emma | Kavanagh | The Missing Hours | Jenny Funnell & Leighton Pugh | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Francesca | Kay | The Long Room | Finlay Robertson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Faye | Kellerman | The Theory Of Death | Richard Ferrone | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Lars | Kepler | Stalker | Saul Reichlin | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Caroline | Kepnes | Hidden Bodies | Santino Fontana | Simon & Schuster |
| Simon | Kernick | The Witness | Diana Kent, Paul Thornley & Jonathan Keeble | Cornerstone Digital |
| Philip | Kerr | The Other Side of Silence | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Vaseem | Khan | The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown | Sartaj Garewal | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Jess | Kidd | Himself | Aidan Kelly | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Stephen | King | End of Watch | Will Patton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lynn | Knight | The Button Box | Patience Tomlinson | Vintage Digital |
| Dean | Koontz | Ashley Bell | Suzy Jackson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Giles | Kristian | Winter's Fire | Philip Stevens | Transworld Digital |
| Mary | Kubica | Don't You Cry | Kate Rudd & Kirby Heyborne | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Camilla | Lackberg | The Ice Child | Robin Bowerman | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Alex | Lake | Killing Kate | Genevieve Swallow | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Shari | Lapena | The Couple Next Door | Kirstin Potter | Transworld Digital |
| Stephen | Leather | First Response | Paul Thornley | Hodder & Stoughton/Isis Publishing Ltd |
| T.J. | Lebbon | The Family Man | Mark Meadows | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Adam | LeBor | The Reykjavik Assignment | Laurence Bouvard | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Pierre | Lemaitre | Blood Wedding | Peter Noble | Maclehose Press |
| Beth | Lewis | The Wolf Road | Amy McFadden | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Susan | Lewis | Lost Innocence | Anna Bentinck | Cornerstone Digital |
| Susan | Lewis | The Girl Who Came Back | Karen Kass | Cornerstone Digital |
| Howard | Linskey | Behind Dead Eyes | Kieran Bew | MJ |
| Howard | Linskey | No Name Lane | David Leon | MJ |
| Laura | Lippman | Wilde Lake | Regina Reagan | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Elizabeth | Little | Dear Daughter | Bonnie Dennison | Vintage Digital |
| Jane | Lythell | Woman of the Hour | Karen Cass | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Bonnie | MacBird | Art In The Blood | Thomas Judd | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Stuart | MacBride | In the Cold Dark Ground | Steve Worsley | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Siobhan | Macdonald | Twisted River | Sile Bermingham, Alana Kerr Collins, Gerard Doyle & Tom Taylorson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| James | MacManus | Midnight in Berlin | Peter Noble | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Greame | Macrae Burnet | His Bloody Project | Crawford Logan & Cameron Mowat | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Richard | Madeley | The Night Book | Allan Corduner | Simon & Schuster |
| Brooke | Magnanti | The Turning Tide | Joan Walker | Orion |
| Michael J. | Malone | A Suitable Lie | Steven Cree | Orenda Books |
| Henning | Mankell | Quicksand | Sean Barrett | Vintage Digital |
| Scott | Mariani | Star Of Africa | Colin Mace | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Scott | Mariani | The Cassandra Sanction | Colin Mace | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Scott | Mariani | The Devil's Kingdom | Colin Mace | HarperCollins Publishers |
| David | Mark | Dead Pretty | Toby Longworth | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Angela | Marsons | Play Dead | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Steps to the Gallows | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
| Graham | Masterton | Living Death | Aoife McMahon | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Graham | Masterton | Scarlet Widow | Emma Gregory | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Graham | Masterton | Living Death | Aoife McMahon | Lamplight Audio |
| Peter | May | Coffin Road | Peter Forbes | Riverrun |
| Luke | McCallin | The Ashes of Berlin | John Lee | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Charles | McCarry | The Mulberry Bush | Robert Fass | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ava | McCarthy | Dead Secret | Caitlin Thorburn | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Rob | McCarthy | The Hollow Men | Thomas Judd | Hodder & Stoughton |
| A.P. | McCoy | Narrowing the Field | Daniel Weyman | Orion |
| Tiffany | McDaniel | The Summer That Melted Everything | Roger Davis | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Val | McDermid | Out of Bounds | Cathleen McCarron | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Claire | McGowan | A Savage Hunger | Joanne King | Headline Digital |
| Ian | McGuire | The North Water | Jeremy Bobb | Simon & Schuster |
| Andy | McNab | Cold Blood | Paul Thornley | Transworld Digital |
| Kate | Medina | Fire Damage | Clare Corbett | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Louise | Millar | City of Strangers | Scarlett Mack | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| G.J. | Minett | The Hidden Legacy | Jessica Carroll | Bolinda Publishing |
| Chris | Mooney | Every Three Hours | Patricia Rodriguez | MJ |
| Jonathan | Moore | The Poison Artist | Tim Flavin | Orion |
| Ottessa | Moshfegh | Eileen | Alyssa Bresnahan | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Walter | Mosley | Charcoal Joe | Lucian Msamati | Orion |
| Kevin | Murray | Blood of the Rose | Damian Lynch | Audible Studios |
| Barbara | Nadel | On the Bone | Sean Barrett | Headline Digital |
| Fuminori | Nakamura | The Gun | Brian Nishii | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Fuminori | Nakamura | The Kingdom | Lucie Kondo | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| James | Nally | Dance With The Dead | Aidan Kelly | HarperCollins Publishers |
| James | Naughtie | Paris Spring | James Naughtie | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Annemarie | Neary | Siren | Emer O'Connor | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Stuart | Neville | So Say The Fallen | Deirdre O'Connell | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Graham | Norton | Holding | Graham Norton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| James | Oswald | The Damage Done | Ian Hanmore | MJ |
| Nikki | Owen | The Killing Files | Yolanda Kettle | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Brian | Panowich | Bull Mountain | Brian Troxell | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| B.A. | Paris | Behind Closed Doors | Georgia Maguire | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| S.J. | Parris | Conspiracy | Daniel Philpott | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Tony | Parsons | The Hanging Club | Colin Mace | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| James | Patterson | Cross the Line | Ryan Vincent Anderson & Pete Bradbury | Cornerstone Digital |
| James | Patterson | The Games | Jay Snyder | Cornerstone Digital |
| James & Max | Patterson & DiLallo | 113 Minutes | Rosie Jones | Orion |
| James & Candice | Patterson & Fox | Never Never | Federay Holmes | Cornerstone Digital |
| James & Michael | Patterson & Ledwidge | Bullseye | Danny Mastrogiorgio | Cornerstone Digital |
| James & Maxine | Patterson & Paetro | 15th Affair | January LaVoy | Cornerstone Digital |
| James & Maxine | Patterson & Paetro | Woman of God | Therese Plummer | Cornerstone Digital |
| James & Mark | Patterson & Sullivan | Private Paris | Jay Snyder, Jean Brassard & Dion Graham | Cornerstone Digital |
| Chris | Pavone | The Travelers | Dan Russell | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Karen | Perry | Girl Unknown | Conor Maloney, Tracy Keating & Richard Flood | MJ |
| Chris | Petit | Butchers of Berlin | John Keating | Simon & Schuster |
| Marc | Raabe | Cut | Piers Wehner | Bolinda Publishing |
| Caro | Ramsay | Rat Run | Cathleen McCarron | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ian | Rankin | Rather Be the Devil | James Macpherson | Orion |
| Agnes | Ravatn | The Bird Tribunal | Penelope Rawlins | Orenda Books |
| Jaime | Raven | The Madam | Josie Dunn | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Betsy | Reavley | The Quiet Ones | Suzanne Cerreta | Bloodhound Books |
| Dolores | Redondo | The Legacy Of The Bones | Emma Gregory | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Philip | Reeve | Railhead | Malk Williams | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Kathy | Reichs | Swamp Bones | Katherine Borowitz | Cornerstone Digital |
| Lucy | Ribchester | Amber Shadows | Lucy Scott | Simon & Schuster |
| Peter | Robinson | When the Music's Over | Simon Slater | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellström | Box 21 | Saul Reichlin | Riverrun |
| Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellström | Pen 33 | Saul Reichlin | Riverrun |
| James | Runcie | Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation | Peter Wickham | Isis Publishing Ltd |
| Craig | Russell | The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid | Sean Barrett | Quercus |
| Robert | Ryan | The Sign of Fear | Richard Madeley, Sarah Barron | Simon & Schuster |
| John | Sandford | Escape Clause | Eric Conger | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| John | Sandford | Extreme Prey | Richard Ferrone | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| John | Sandford | Gathering Prey | Richard Ferrone | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Dreda | Say Mitchell | Blood Sister | Abigail Hardiman | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Emelie | Schepp | Marked For Life | Christine Lakin | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Nicholas | Searle | The Good Liar | Martin Jarvis | Viking |
| Mark | Sennen | Two Evils | Stevie Lacey | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Gerald | Seymour | No Mortal Thing | Ben Allen | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Daniel | Shand | Fallow | Angus King | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| William | Shaw | The Birdwatcher | Roger Davis | Riverrun |
| Yrsa | Sigurdardottir | Why Did You Lie? | Katherine Manners | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Daniel | Silva | The Black Widow | George Guidall | HarperCollins Publishers |
| James | Silvester | Escape to Perdition | Cameron Stewart | Audible Studios |
| Chris | Simms | Sleeping Dogs | Dean Williamson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| C.J. | Skuse | The Deviants | Aysha Kala & Josie Dunn | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Karin | Slaughter | The Kept Woman | Jennifer Woodward | Cornerstone Digital |
| Anna | Smith | Kill Me Twice | Sarah Barron | Quercus |
| Anna | Smith | Rough Cut | Sarah Barron | Quercus |
| Wilbur | Smith | Predator | Ben Onwukwe | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Anna | Snoekstra | Only Daughter | Saskia Maarleveld | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Jo | Spain | Beneath the Surface | Brian Tynan | Quercus |
| Gunnar | Staalesen | Where Roses Never Die | Colin Mace | Orenda Books |
| Susie | Steiner | Missing, Presumed | Juanita McMahon | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Erik | Storey | Nothing Short of Dying | Richard Burnip | Simon & Schuster |
| Peter | Swanson | The Girl with a Clock for a Heart | John Moraitis | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Andrew | Taylor | Fireside Gothic | Leighton Pugh, Peter Noble & Anna Bentinck | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Andrew | Taylor | The Ashes Of London | Leighton Pugh | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Bernard | Taylor | There Must Be Evil | Gordon Griffin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| C.L. | Taylor | The Missing | Clare Corbett | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Lesley | Thomson | The House With No Rooms | Anna Bentinck | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Robert | Thorogood | The Killing Of Polly Carter | Phil Fox | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Rebecca | Tope | Guilt in the Cotswolds | Caroline Lennon | Soundings |
| Mary | Torjussen | Gone Without A Trace | Emily Pennant-Rea | Headline Digital |
| Vu | Tran | Dragonfish | Adam Sims | No Exit Press |
| S. K. | Tremayne | The Fire Child | Imogen Church & Peter Noble | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Cathi | Unsworth | Without The Moon | Jon Glover | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Carl-Johan | Vallgren | The Tunnel | Peter Noble | Quercus |
| Eric | Van Lustbader | Any Minute Now | Stuart Milligan | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Eric | Van Lustbader | Bourne Enigma | Holter Graham | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Dan | Vyleta | Smoke | Allan Corduner | Orion |
| Martin | Walker | Fatal Pursuit | Peter Noble | Quercus |
| Wendy | Walker | All Is Not Forgotten | Dylan Baker | HarperCollins Publishers |
| T.M.E. | Walsh | For All Our Sins | Julie Maisey | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Natasha | Walter | A Quiet Life | Karen Cass | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Sarah | Ward | A Deadly Thaw | Julia Anthony | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Ruth | Ware | The Woman in Cabin 10 | Imogen Church | Vintage Digital |
| Eleanor | Wasserberg | Foxlowe | Charlie Sanderson | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Camilla | Way | Watching Edie | Chloe Massey & Kathryn Griffiths | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Tim | Weaver | Broken Heart | Joe Coen & John Chancer | MJ |
| Irvine | Welsh | The Blade Artist | Tam Dean Burn | Vintage Digital |
| Sam | Wilson | Zodiac | John Chancer | MJ |
| Jacqueline | Winspear | Journey to Munich | Julie Teal | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Val | Wood | The Doorstep Girls | Anne Dover | Transworld Digital |
| Neil | Woods | Good Cop, Bad War | Malk Williams | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| David | Young | Stasi Child | Julia Barrie | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| Joakim | Zander | The Brother | Malk Williams | Whole Story Audiobooks |
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan | Ahnhem | Victim Without a Face | Head of Zeus |
| Charles | Ardai | The Nice Guys | Hardcase Crime |
| Ace | Atkins | Robert B. Parker's Kickback | No Exit Press |
| R.J. | Bailey | Safe From Harm | Simon & Schuster |
| Jackie | Baldwin | Dead Man's Prayer | HarperFiction |
| Tom | Bale | See How They Run | Bookouture |
| A.J. | Banner | Twilight Wife | Simon & Schuster |
| Linwood | Barclay | Far From True | Orion Publishing Group |
| Linwood | Barclay | The Twenty-Three | Orion Publishing Group |
| Fiona | Barton | The Widow | Transworld |
| Belinda | Bauer | The Beautiful Dead | Transworld |
| Deborah | Bee | The Last Thing I Remember | Twenty7 |
| Louise | Beech | The Mountain in My Shoe | Orenda Books |
| A.K. | Benedict | Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts | Orion Publishing Group |
| Bill | Beverly | Dodgers | No Exit Press |
| Harry | Bingham | The Dead House | Orion Publishing Group |
| Saul | Black | Lovemurder | Orion Publishing Group |
| Sam | Blake | Little Bones | Twenty7 |
| Sharon | Bolton | Daisy in Chains | Transworld |
| Simon | Booker | Without Trace | Twenty7 |
| C.J. | Box | Off The Grid | Head of Zeus |
| Alan | Bradley | Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd | Orion Publishing Group |
| Benet | Brandreth | The Spy of Venice | Twenty7 |
| Simon | Brett | Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations | Severn House Publishers |
| J.C. | Briggs | Murder by Ghostlight | The Mystery Press |
| Steph | Broadribb | Deep Down Dead | Orenda Books |
| Frances | Brody | Death at the Seaside | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Chris | Brookymre | Black Widow | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Alison | Bruce | The Promise | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Ken & Jason | Bruen & Starr | PIMP | Hardcase Crime |
| Robert | Bryndza | The Girl in the Ice | Bookouture |
| Tracy | Buchanan | No Turning Back | Avon |
| Sheila | Bugler | All Things Nice | Brandon |
| Anne | Buist | Medea's Curse | Legend Press |
| Alafair | Burke | The Ex | Faber & Faber |
| James Lee | Burke | The Jealous Kind | Orion Publishing Group |
| Paul | Burston | The Black Path | Accent Press |
| Michel | Bussi | Black Water Lilies | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Alex | Caan | Cut to the Bone | Twenty7 |
| Tom | Callaghan | A Spring Betrayal | Quercus |
| Christoffer | Carlsson | The Falling Detective | Scribe |
| Sam | Carrington | Saving Sophie | Avon |
| Clare | Carson | The Salt Marsh | Head of Zeus |
| Andrew | Cartmel | Vinyl Detective – Written in Dead Wax | Titan Books |
| C.J. | Carver | Spare Me The Truth | Zaffre |
| Steve | Cavanagh | The Plea | Orion Publishing Group |
| Lee | Child | Night School | Transworld |
| Mary Higgins | Clark | As Time Goes By | Simon & Schuster |
| Rosie | Claverton | Captcha Thief | Crime Scene Books |
| Ann | Cleeves | Cold Earth | Macmillan |
| Aoife | Clifford | All These Perfect Strangers | Simon & Schuster |
| Anne | Coates | Dancers in the Wind | Urbane Publications |
| Tammy | Cohen | When She Was Bad | Transworld |
| Martina | Cole | Betrayal | Headline |
| Reed Farrel | Coleman | Robert B Parker's The Devil Wins | No Exit Press |
| Michael | Connelly | The Wrong Side of Goodbye | Orion Publishing Group |
| John | Connolly | A Time of Torment | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lesley | Cookman | Murder on the Run | Accent Press |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Chaos | HarperFiction |
| Julie-Ann | Corrigan | Falling Suns | Accent Press |
| Jane | Corry | My Husband’s Wife | Viking |
| Liz | Cowley | Serial Damage | Urbane Publications |
| Mason | Cross | The Time to Kill | Orion Publishing Group |
| Kieran | Crowley | Hack | Titan Books |
| Charles | Cumming | A Divided Spy | HarperFiction |
| Chris | Curran | Her Turn to Cry | HarperFiction |
| Gayle | Curtis | Too Close | Twenty7 |
| Judith | Cutler | Head Start | Allison & Busby |
| Nadia | Dalbuono | The American | Scribe |
| Lindsey | Davis | The Graveyard of the Hesperides | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lucy | Dawson | You Sent Me a Letter | Corvus |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Steel Kiss | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Victor | del Arbol | The Heart Tastes Bitter | Scribe |
| G.S. | Denning | Warlock Holmes – A Study in Brimstone | Titan Books |
| A.A. | Dhand | Streets of Darkness | Transworld |
| Katerina | Diamond | The Secret | Avon |
| Tamara | Dietrich | The Hummingbird's Cage | Orion Publishing Group |
| Paul | Doherty | Dark Serpent | Headline |
| Eva | Dolan | After You Die | Harvill Secker |
| John | Dufresne | I Don't Like Where This Is Going | Serpent's Tail |
| Steven | Dunne | Death Do Us Part | Headline |
| Jeremy | Duns | Spy Out The Land | Simon & Schuster |
| Sabine | Durrant | Lie With Me | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Cecilia | Ekback | In the Month of the Midnight Sun | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Kate | Ellis | A High Mortality of Doves | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Kjell | Eriksson | Stone Coffin | Allison & Busby |
| Chris | Ewan | Long Time Lost | Faber & Faber |
| Christopher | Farnsworth | Kill File | Zaffre |
| Tanya | Farrelly | The Girl Behind the Lens | HarperFiction |
| Joy | Fielding | Someone is Watching | Zaffre |
| Paul | Finch | Strangers | Avon |
| Joseph | Finder | Guilty Minds | Head of Zeus |
| Helen | Fitzgerald | Viral | Faber & Faber |
| Judith | Flanders | A Cast of Vultures | Allison & Busby |
| Sarah | Flint | Mummy's Favourite | Aria |
| Karin | Fossum | Hellfire | Harvill Secker |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Strange Tide | Transworld |
| Tom | Fox | Exodus | Headline |
| Felix | Francis | Triple Crown | Simon & Schuster |
| Andrea | Frazer | Shadows and Sins | Accent Press |
| Tana | French | The Trespasser | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Alan | Furst | A Hero in France | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Terry | Goodkind | Nest | Head of Zeus |
| Ann | Granger | The Dead Woman of Deptford | Headline |
| Camilla | Grebe | The Ice Beneath Her | Zaffre |
| Cass | Green | The Woman Next Door | HarperFiction |
| Michael | Gregorio | Think wolf | Severn House Publishers |
| Isabelle | Grey | Shot Through the Heart | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Blood Card | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Woman in Blue | Quercus |
| John | Grisham | The Whistler | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Michael | Grothaus | Epiphany Jones | Orenda Books |
| J.M. | Gulvin | The Long Count | Faber & Faber |
| Adam | Hamdy | Pendulum | Headline |
| Lottie & Soren | Hammer | The Vanished | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| C.B. | Hanley | Brother's Blood | The Mystery Press |
| Sophie | Hannah | The Narrow Bed | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Paul | Hardisty | The Evolution of Fear | Orenda Books |
| Joanne | Harris | Different Class | Transworld |
| Oliver | Harris | The House of Fame | Jonathan Cape |
| John | Hart | Redemption Road | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Michael | Harvey | Brighton | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Jonas | Hassen Khemiri | Everything I Don't Remember | Scribner, Simon & Schuster |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Ordeal by Fire | Allison & Busby |
| Mick | Herron | Real Tigers | John Murray Publishers |
| Kati | Hiekkapelto | The Exiled | Orenda Books |
| Sarah | Hilary | Tastes Like Fear | Headline |
| Suzette A. | Hill | The Primrose Pursuit | Allison & Busby |
| James | Hilton | Search and Destroy | Titan Books |
| L.S. | Hilton | Maestra | Zaffre |
| David | Hingley | Birthright | Allison & Busby |
| Chan | Ho-Kei | The Borrowed | Head of Zeus |
| Tami | Hoag | The Bitter Season | Orion Publishing Group |
| Antonia | Hodgson | A Death at Fountains Abbey | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anne | Holt | Death in Oslo | Corvus |
| Tetsuya | Honda | The Silent Dead | Titan Books |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Magpie Murders | Orion Publishing Group |
| Kate | Horsley | The American Girl | HarperFiction |
| Jorn Lier | Horst | Ordeal | Sandstone Press |
| Alex | Howard | An Incidental Death | Head of Zeus |
| Jane | Isaac | Beneath the Ashes | Legend Press |
| Corrie | Jackson | Breaking Dead | Twenty7 |
| David | Jackson | A Tapping at my Door | Zaffre |
| James | Jackson | Treason | Zaffre |
| Hanna | Jameson | Road Kill | Head of Zeus |
| Quintin | Jardine | Private Investigations | Headline |
| Amanda | Jennings | In Her Wake | Orenda Books |
| Louise | Jensen | The Sister | Bookouture |
| Katherine | John | The Vanished | Accent Press |
| Ragnar | Jonasson | Blackout | Orenda Books |
| Ragnar | Jonasson | Rupture | Orenda Books |
| Neil | Jordan | The Drowned Detective | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Mari | Jungstedt | The Fourth Victim | Transworld |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Deadline | Accent Press |
| M.R.C. | Kasasian | The Secrets of Gaslight Lane | Head of Zeus |
| Sanjida | Kay | Bone by Bone | Corvus |
| Lesley | Kelly | A Fine House in Trinity | Sandstone Press |
| Lars | Kepler | Stalker | HarperFiction |
| Caroline | Kepnes | Hidden Bodies | Simon & Schuster |
| Philip | Kerr | The Other Side of Silence | Quercus |
| Vaseem | Khan | The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Raymond | Khoury | The End Game | Orion Publishing Group |
| Laurie R. | King | The Murder of Mary Russell | Allison & Busby |
| Stephen | King | End of Watch | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Penny | Kline | The Gifted Child | Accent Press |
| Volker | Kutscher | Babylon Berlin | Sandstone Press |
| Camilla | Lackberg | The Ice Child | HarperFiction |
| Hans Olav | Lahlum | Chameleon People | Mantle |
| Shari | Lapena | The Couple Next Door | Transworld |
| David & Terence | Lassman & James | The Circle of Sappho | The Mystery Press |
| Stephen | Leather | First Response | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Adam | Lebor | The Reykjavik Assignment | Head of Zeus |
| Anna | Legat | Swimming with Sharks | Accent Press |
| Pierre | Lemaitre | Blood Wedding | Maclehose Press |
| Beth | Lewis | The Wolf Road | HarperFiction |
| Laura | Lippman | Wilde Lake | Faber & Faber |
| Mark | Lock | Dead Man's Hand | Accent Press |
| Christopher | Lowery | The Rwandan Hostage | Urbane Publications |
| Lisa | Lutz | The Passenger | Titan Books |
| Stuart | Macbride | In The Cold Dark Ground | HarperFiction |
| A.J. | MacKenzie | The Body on the Doorstep | Zaffre |
| Clare | Mackintosh | I See You | Little, Brown Book Group |
| S.G. | MacLean | The Black Friar | Quercus |
| Gilly | Macmillan | The Perfect Girl | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Brooke | Magnanti | The Turning Tide | Orion Publishing Group |
| David | Mark | Dead Pretty | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Liza | Marklund | The Final Word | Transworld |
| Angela | Marsons | Blood Lines | Bookouture |
| Angela | Marsons | Play Dead | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Signal for Vengeance | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | Steps to the Gallows | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | The Enemy Within | Allison & Busby |
| Alex | Marwood | The Darkest Secret | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Higgins Clark & Burke | Mary & Alafair | Sleeping Beauty Killer | Simon & Schuster |
| Graham | Masterton | Living Death | Head of Zeus |
| Graham | Masterton | Scarlet Widow | Head of Zeus |
| Peter | May | Coffin Road | Riverrun |
| Anna | Mazzola | The Unseeing | Tinder Press |
| Luke | McCallin | The Ashes of Berlin | No Exit Press |
| David | McCallum | Once a Crooked Man | Sandstone Press |
| Rob | McCarthy | The Hollow Men | Hodder & Stoughton |
| A.P. | McCoy | Narrowing the Field | Orion Publishing Group |
| Tom | McCulloch | A Private Haunting | Sandstone Press |
| Val | McDermid | Out of Bounds | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Andy | McDermott | The Midas Legacy | Headline |
| Claire | McGowan | A Savage Hunger | Headline |
| Ian | McGuire | The North Water | Scribner, Simon & Schuster |
| W.H.S. | McIntyre | Present Tense | Sandstone Press |
| Shirley | McKay | 1588: A Calendar of Crime | Polygon |
| Catriona | McPherson | Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Catriona | McPherson | The Child Garden | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Kate | Medina | Fire Damage | HarperFiction |
| Denzil | Meyrick | The Rat Stone Serenade | Polygon |
| Simon | Michael | An Honest Man | Urbane Publications |
| Raphael | Montes | Perfect Days | Harvill Secker |
| Susan | Moody | The Quick and the Dead | Severn House Publishers |
| Jonathan | Moore | The Poison Artist | Orion Publishing Group |
| Tara | Moore | Fade to Dead | Urbane Publications |
| Eleanor | Moran | Too Close For Comfort | Simon & Schuster |
| Kate | Moretti | The Vanishing Year | Titan Books |
| Peter | Morfoot | Impure Blood | Titan Books |
| Ann | Morgan | Beside Myself | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Vera | Morris | Some Particular Evil | Accent Press |
| Mandy | Morton | The Death of Downton Tabby | Allison & Busby |
| Mandy | Morton | The Ghost of Christmas Paws | Allison & Busby |
| Otessa | Mosfegh | Eileen | Jonathan Cape |
| Walter | Mosley | Charcoal Joe | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Abir | Mukherjee | A Rising Man | Harvill Secker |
| Thomas | Mullen | Darktown | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Peter | Murphy | The Heirs of Owain Glyndwr | No Exit Press |
| Julie | Myerson | The Stopped Heart | Jonathan Cape |
| Barbara | Nadel | On the Bone | Headline |
| James | Naughtie | Paris Spring | Head of Zeus |
| Stuart | Neville | So Say the Fallen | Harvill Secker |
| Chris | Nickson | Modern Crimes | The Mystery Press |
| Chris | Nickson | The New Eastgate Swing | The Mystery Press |
| Graham | Norton | Holding | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Deborah | O'Connor | My Husband's Son | Twenty7 |
| Ronnie | O'Sullivan | Framed | Orion Publishing Group |
| Chris | Ould | The Blood Strand | Titan Books |
| S.J. | Parris | Conspiracy | HarperFiction |
| Simon | Pasternak | Death Zones | Harvill Secker |
| Chris | Pavone | The Travelers | Faber & Faber |
| Daniel | Pembrey | The Harbour Master | No Exit Press |
| Leif G.W. | Persson | The Dying Detective | Transworld |
| Leif G.W. | Persson | The Sword of Justice | Transworld |
| Douglas, Lincoln | Preston & Child | The Obsidian Chamber | Head of Zeus |
| Anthony J. | Quinn | Trespass | Head of Zeus |
| Marc | Raabe | Cut | Manilla |
| Caro | Ramsay | Rat Run | Severn House Publishers |
| Ian | Rankin | Rather Be the Devil | Orion Publishing Group |
| Agnes | Ravatn | The Bird Tribunal | Orenda Books |
| Paul | Read | The Art Teacher | Legend Press |
| Mario | Reading | The Templar Succession | Corvus |
| Cheryl | Rees-Price | Frozen Minds | Accent Press |
| Linda | Regan | Sisterhoods | Accent Press |
| Matthew | Reilly | The Four Legendary Kingdoms | Orion Publishing Group |
| Nick | Rennison | Carver's Truth | Corvus |
| Rod | Reynolds | Black Night Falling | Faber & Faber |
| Marnie | Riches | The Girl Who Had No Fear | Avon |
| Mary-Jane | Riley | After She Fell | HarperFiction |
| Stella | Rimington | Breaking Cover | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Fault | Severn House Publishers |
| Tom | Rob Smith | London Spy | Simon & Schuster |
| Mark | Roberts | Dead Silent | Head of Zeus |
| Craig | Robertson | Murderabilia | Simon & Schuster |
| Peter | Robinson | When the Music's Over | Hodder & Stoughton |
| E.G. | Rodford | The Bursar's Wife | Titan Books |
| Liselotte | Roll | Good Girls Don't Tell | World Editions |
| James & Grant | Rollins & Blackwood | War Hawk | Orion Publishing Group |
| Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellström | Box 21 | Riverrun |
| Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellström | Pen 33 | Riverrun |
| James | Runcie | Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Craig | Russell | The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid | Quercus |
| Robert | Ryan | Sign of Fear | Simon & Schuster |
| Catherine | Ryan Howard | Distress Signals | Corvus |
| James | Sallis | Willnot | No Exit Press |
| John | Sandford | Escape Clause | Simon & Schuster |
| John | Sandford | Extreme Prey | Simon & Schuster |
| Kate | Saunders | The Secrest of Wishtide | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Dreda | Say Mitchell | Blood Sister | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anna | Schaffner | The Truth About Julia | Allen & Unwin |
| Gavin | Scott | The Age of Treachery | Titan Books |
| Holly | Seddon | Try Not To Breathe | Corvus |
| Claire | Seeber | The Stepmother | Bookouture |
| Gerald | Seymour | No Mortal Thing | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Daniel | Shand | Fallow | Sandstone Press |
| William | Shaw | The Birdwatcher | Riverrun |
| Mel | Sherratt | The Girls Next Door | Bookouture |
| Yrsa | Sigurdardottir | Why Did You Lie? | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Daniel | Silva | The Black Widow | HarperFiction |
| K L | Slater | Safe With Me | Bookouture |
| Anna | Smith | Kill Me Twice | Quercus |
| Anna | Smith | Rough Cut | Quercus |
| Martin Cruz | Smith | Girl From Venice | Simon & Schuster |
| Jo | Spain | Beneath the Surface | Quercus |
| Sally | Spencer | The Shivering Turn | Severn House Publishers |
| Gunnar | Staalesen | Where Roses Never Die | Orenda Books |
| Amy | Stewart | Girl Waits With Gun | Scribe |
| Linda | Stratmann | Death in Bayswater | The Mystery Press |
| Linda | Stratmann | The Royal Ghost | The Mystery Press |
| Peter | Straub | The Hellfire Club | Orion Publishing Group |
| Erik Axl | Sund | The Crow Girls | Harvill Secker |
| Martin | Suter | Montecristo | No Exit Press |
| William | Sutton | Lawless and the Flowers of Sin | Titan Books |
| James | Swallow | Nomad | Zaffre |
| David | Swinson | The Second Girl | Mulholland Books |
| Andrew | Taylor | The Ashes of London | HarperFiction |
| C.L. | Taylor | The Missing | Avon |
| June | Taylor | Losing Juliet | HarperFiction |
| Marsali | Taylor | The Ghosts of the Vikings | Accent Press |
| Mike | Thomas | Ash and Bones | Zaffre |
| E.S. | Thomson | Beloved Poison | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lesley | Thomson | The House with No Rooms | Head of Zeus |
| Brad | Thor | Foreign Agent | Simon & Schuster |
| David | Thorne | Promises of Blood | Corvus |
| Rebecca | Tope | Guilt in the Cotswolds | Allison & Busby |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Hawkshead Hostage | Allison & Busby |
| Mary | Torjussen | Gone Without A Trace | Headline |
| Simon | Toyne | Solomon Creed | HarperFiction |
| Vu | Tran | Dragonfish | No Exit Press |
| Peter | Tremayne | Penance of the Damned | Headline |
| S.K. | Tremayne | The Fire Child | HarperFiction |
| Alex | Tresillian | Eyes of the Blind | Urbane Publications |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Mine | Orenda Books |
| L.C. | Tyler | Cat Among the Herrings | Allison & Busby |
| L.C. | Tyler | The Plague Road | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Carl-Johan | Vallgren | The Tunnel | Quercus |
| Eric | Van Lustbader | Any Minute Now | Head of Zeus |
| Eric | Van Lustbader | Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Enigma | Head of Zeus |
| Fred | Vargas | A Climate of Fear | Harvill Secker |
| Luca | Veste | Then She Was Gone | Simon & Schuster |
| Paul | Vidich | An Honorable Man | No Exit Press |
| Flynn & Mills | Vince & Kyle | Order to Kill | Simon & Schuster |
| Richard | Vine | SoHo Sins | Titan Books |
| Martin | Walker | Fatal Pursuit | Quercus |
| Sarah | Ward | A Deadly Thaw | Faber & Faber |
| Ruth | Ware | The Woman in Cabin 10 | Harvill Secker |
| Camilla | Way | Watching Edie | HarperFiction |
| Ashley | Weaver | A Most Novel Revenge | Allison & Busby |
| Lee | Weeks | Cold Killers | Simon & Schuster |
| Matt | Wesolowski | Six Stories | Orenda Books |
| Chris | Whitaker | Tall Oaks | Twenty7 |
| Lucie | Whitehouse | Keep You Close | Bloomsbury Publishers |
| Conrad | Williams | Sonata for the Dead | Titan Books |
| Elizabeth | Wilson | She Died Young | Serpent's Tail |
| Colin | Winnette | Haints Stay | No Exit Press |
| Jacqueline | Winspear | Journey to Munich | Allison & Busby |
| Hanna | Winter | Sacrifice | Manilla |
| Michael | Wood | Outside Looking In | HarperFiction |
| Tom | Wood | A Time to Die | Little, Brown Book Group |
| A.J. | Wright | Striking Murder | Allison & Busby |
| Joakim | Zander | The Brother | Head of Zeus |
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles | Ardai | The Nice Guys | Hardcase Crime |
| Peter | Bartram | Stop Press Murder | John Hunt Publishing |
| M.C. | Beaton | Agatha Raisin – Pushing Up Daisies | Constable & Robinson |
| Alan | Bradley | Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd | Orion Publishing Group |
| Simon | Brett | Mrs Pargeter's Public Relations | Severn House Publishers |
| Ken & Jason | Bruen & Starr | PIMP | Hardcase Crime |
| Andrew | Cartmel | Vinyl Detective – Written in Dead Wax | Titan Books |
| Kieran | Crowley | Hack | Titan Books |
| G.S. | Denning | Warlock Holmes | Titan Books |
| John | Dufresne | I Don't Like Where This Is Going | Serpent's Tail |
| Caroline | Dunford | A Death by Arson | Accent Press |
| Judith | Flanders | A Cast of Vultures | Allison & Busby |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Strange Tide | Transworld |
| Andrea | Frazer | Shadows and Sins | Accent Press |
| Tim | Hallinan | King Maybe | Soho Press |
| Carl | Hiaasen | Razor Girl | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Suzette A | Hill | The Primrose Pursuit | Allison & Busby |
| M.R.C. | Kasasian | Secrets of Gaslight Lane | Head of Zeus |
| Lesley | Kelly | A Fine House in Trinity | Sandstone Press |
| Vaseem | Khan | The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Caimh | McDonnell | A Man with One of Those Faces | McFori Ink |
| W.H.S. | McIntyre | Present Tense | Sandstone Press |
| Catriona | McPherson | Dandy Gilver and a Most Misleading Habit | Hodder & Stoughton |
| F.J. | McQueen | Out Damned Spot! | Urbane Publications |
| Lorna Nicholl | Morgan | Another Little Christmas Murder | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Mandy | Morton | The Death of Downton Tabby | Allison & Busby |
| Mandy | Morton | The Ghost of Christmas Paws | Allison & Busby |
| Hilary | Spiers | Hester and Harriet | Allen & Unwin |
| L.C. | Tyler | A Masterpiece of Corruption | Little, Brown Book Group |
| L.C. | Tyler | Cat Among the Herrings | Allison & Busby |
| Tracy | Whitwell | Sex, Spooks and Sauvignon | Accent Press |
| Chris | Whitaker | Tall Oaks | Twenty7 |
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | Aldridge | Agatha Christie on Screen | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Jean, Carolina & Barbara | Anderson, Miranda & Pezzotti | Serial Crime Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
| J.C. | Berthnal | Queering Agatha Christie | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Barry | Forshaw | Brit Noir | No Exit Press |
| Rachel & Alistair | Franks & Rolls | Crime Uncovered: Private Investigator | Intellect |
| Katharina | Hall | Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi | University of Wales Press |
| Megan | Hoffman | Gender and Representation in British 'Golden Age' Crime Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Elizabeth | Mannion | The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Andrew & David | Pepper & Schmid | Globalization and the State in Contemporary Crime Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Lars Ole | Sauerberg | The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Peter | Swirski | American Crime Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12)
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.J. | Anderson | A Pocket Full of Murder | Hachette Children's Group |
| Tom | Angleberger | Inspector Flytrap | Amulet Books |
| Jan & Sara | Burchett & Vogler | Spy Master: First Blood | Hachette Children's Group |
| Tamsin | Cooke | Scarlet Files: Cat Burglar | Oxford University Press |
| Helen | Dennis | River of Ink: Genesis | Hachette Children's Group |
| Patricia | Elliott | The Connie Carew Mysteries: The Ship of Spectres | Hachette Children's Group |
| Lyn | Gardner | Rose Campion & The Stolen Secret | Nosy Crow |
| Susan | Green | Diamonds and Deception | Walker Books |
| G.B. | Gurland | The Secret Files of Phineas Foster | Austin Macauley |
| Eleanor | Hawken | Felix Frost Time Detective: Ghost Plane | Hachette Children's Group |
| Fleur | Hitchcock | Murder In Midwinter | Nosy Crow |
| Curtis | Jobling | Max Helsing: Monster Hunter | Hachette Children's Group |
| Gareth P. | Jones | The Thornthwaite Betrayal | Piccadilly Press |
| Aby | King | Lupo and the Thief and the Tower of London | Hachette Children's Group |
| Julia | Lee | Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection | Oxford University Press |
| Abie | Longstaff | Tally and Squill in a Sticky Situation | Hachette Children's Group |
| Tom | McLaughlin | The Accidental Secret Agent | Oxford University Press |
| Kate | Pankhurst | Mariella Mystery: The Mystic Moustache | Hachette Children's Group |
| Sarah | Rubin | Alice Jones and the Impossible Clue | Chicken House |
| Julian | Sedgwick | Ghosts of Shanghai: Shadow of the Yangtze | Hachette Children's Group |
| Kim | Slater | A Seven Letter Word | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Robin | Stevens | Murder Most Unladylike: Jolly Foul Play | Puffin |
| Robin | Stevens | Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder | Puffin |
| Harriet | Whitehorn | Violet and the Smugglers | Simon & Schuster |
| Katherine | Woodfine | The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth | Egmont |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12–16)
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh | Bardugo | Crooked Kingdom | Hachette Children's Group |
| Ally | Carter | Embassy Row: See How They Run | Hachette Children's Group |
| Anne | Cassidy | No Virgin | Hot Key Books |
| Nicci | Cloke | Follow Me Back | Hot Key Books |
| Peter | Cocks | Shadow Box | Walker Books |
| Eileen | Cooke | With Malice | Hot Key Books |
| Kerry | Drewery | Cell 7 | Hot Key Books |
| Alan | Gibbons | The Trap | Hachette Children's Group |
| John | Grisham | Theodore Boone: The Scandal | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Leo | Hunt | Eight Rivers of Shadow | Hachette Children's Group |
| Dawn | Kurtagich | The Creeper Man | Hachette Children's Group |
| Erin | Lange | Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah | Faber & Faber |
| Patrice | Lawrence | Orangeboy | Hachette Children's Group |
| Jennifer | Mason-Black | Devil and the Bluebird | Amulet Books |
| Simon | Mason | Kid Got Shot | David Fickling Books |
| Simon | Mayo | Blame | Penguin |
| Robert | Muchamore | CHERUB: New Guard | Hachette Children's Group |
| Sarah | Pinborough | 13 Minutes | Gollancz |
| Peter | Rock | Klickitat | Amulet Books |
| Abbie | Rushton | Consumed | Atom |
| Marcus | Sedgwick | Saint Death | Hachette Children's Group |
| Sara | Shephard | The Amateurs | Hot Key Books |
| Destiny | Soria | Iron Cast | Amulet Books |
| Teri | Terry | Book of Lies | Hachette Children's Group |
| Eliza | Wass | In The Dark, In The Woods | Hachette Children's Group |
| Cat | Winters | The Steep and Thorny Way | Amulet Books |