– 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)
– THE PETRONA AWARD
– 2018 AWARD ENTRIES
– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
– PAST WINNERS: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008
CRIMEFEST annually presents its awards at a dinner which in 2018 was held on Saturday, 19 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 2017 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:
– Fiona Barton, The Child (Audible Studios), read by Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, Fenella Woolgar & Steven Pacey
– Lee Child, The Midnight Line (Transworld), read by Jeff Harding
– J.P. Delaney, The Girl Before (Quercus), read by Emilia Fox, Finty Williams & Lise Aagaard Knudsen – WINNER!
– Sarah A. Denzil, Silent Child (Audible Studios), read by Joanne Froggatt
– Alice Feeney, Sometimes I Lie (HQ – Harper Collins), read by Stephanie Racine
– Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend (Pan Macmillan Audio), read by Antonia Beamish
– Anthony Horowitz, The Word is Murder (Penguin Random House Audio), read by Rory Kinnear
– David Lagercrantz, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Quercus), read by Saul Reichlin
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 2017. The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Ken Bruen, The Ghosts of Galway (Head of Zeus)
– Michael Connelly, The Late Show (Orion) – WINNER!
– Joe Ide, IQ (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
– Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Steve Mosby, You Can Run (Orion)
– Gunnar Staalesen, Wolves in the Dark (Orenda Books)
– Sarah Stovell, Exquisite (Orenda Books)
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 2017. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
The nominees are:
– Simon Brett, Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May – Wild Chamber (Doubleday)
– Mick Herron, Spook Street (John Murray) – WINNER!
– Vaseem Khan, The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (Mullholland Books)
– Khurrum Rahman, East of Hounslow (HQ – HarperCollns)
– C.J. Skuse, Sweetpea (HQ – HarperCollins)
– Antti Tuomainen, The Man Who Died (Orenda Books)
– L.C. Tyler, Herring in the Smoke (Allison & Busby Ltd)
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 2017. 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:
– Martin Edwards, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library)
– Barry Forshaw, American Noir (No Exit Press)
– Sam Naidu, Sherlock Holmes in Context (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Benjamin Poore, Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Mike Ripley, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (HarperCollins) – WINNER!
– Christopher Sandford, The Man Who Would Be Sherlock (The History Press)
– Michael Sims, Arthur & Sherlock (Bloomsbury)
– Nick Triplow, Getting Carter (No Exit Press)
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 presents this award in recognition of 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. Eligible titles are crime novels for children (ages 8-12) first published in the British Isles in 2017. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
– Linwood Barclay, Chase (Orion Children’s Books)
– Kieran Crowley, The Misfits Club (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Helena Duggan, A Place Called Perfect (Usborne Publishing) – WINNER!
– Santa & Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape from the Tower (Simon & Schuster)
– Dermot O’Leary, Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Alex T. Smith, Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Harriet Whitehorn, Violet and the Mummy Mystery (Simon & Schuster)
Entries were submitted by publishers, and a team of British reviewers of young adult fiction voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12–16)
CRIMEFEST presents this award in recognition of 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. Eligible titles are crime novels for children (ages 12-16) first published in the British Isles in 2017. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
– Cat Clarke, Girlhood (Quercus Children’s Books)
– Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared (Orion Children’s Books)
– Will Hill, After the Fire (Usborne Publishing)
– Patrice Lawrence, Indigo Donut (Hodder Children’s Books) – WINNER!
– E. Lockhart, Genuine Fraud (Hot Key Books)
– Sophie McKenzie, SweetFreak (Simon & Schuster)
– Teri Terry, Dark Matter: Contagion (Orchard Books)
– Teresa Toten, Beware That Girl (Hot Key Books)
Entries 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:
– 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 and a complimentary pass to and panel at the following CRIMEFEST.
– 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 Furthest Station | Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Orion Audio |
Jussi | Adler-Olsen | The Scarred Woman | Saul Reichlin | Quercus |
Tove | Alsterdal | The Forgotten Dead | Laurence Bouvard | HarperFiction |
M.J. | Arlidge | Love Me Not | Elizabeth Bower | Penguin Random House Audio |
M.J. | Arlidge | Running Blind | Grace Saif | Penguin Random House Audio |
Jake | Arnott | The Fatal Tree | Brian Bowles,Katherine Manners | Sceptre |
Isabel | Ashdown | Little Sister | Imogen Church | Orion Audio |
David | Ashton | The Lost Daughter | David Ashton,Siobhan Redmond | Two Roads |
Lucy | Atkins | The Night Visitor | Helen Lloyd/Julia Franklin | Quercus |
RJ | Bailey | Safe From Harm | Imogen Church | Simon & Schuster |
Linwood | Barclay | Parting Shot | Jeff Harding | Orion Audio |
J.D. | Barker | The Fourth Monkey | Eduardo Ballerini and Graham Winton | Harlequin |
Joanna | Barnard | Hush Little Baby | Daniel Weyman and Clare Corbett | Penguin Random House Audio |
Sacha | Battany | A Crime in the Family | Christopher Oxford/Karen Cass | Quercus |
Haylen | Beck | Here and Gone | Abby Craden | Penguin Random House Audio |
Simon | Beckett | The Restless Dead | Jonathan Keeble | Penguin Random House Audio |
Flynn | Berry | Under the Harrow | Emma Powell | Orion Audio |
Steve | Berry | The Lost Order | Scott Brick | Hodder & Stoughton |
Simon | Berthon | Woman of State | Emma Gregory | Harlequin |
Mark | Billingham | Love Like Blood | Mark Billingham | Hachette Audio |
Harry | Bingham | The Deepest Grave | Siriol Jenkins | Orion Audio |
L. | Bird | The Good Mother | Jessica Ball, Rupert Farley and Aysha Kala | Harlequin |
Jenny | Blackhurst | The Foster Child | Lisa Coleman | Headline Digital |
Sharon | Bolton | Dead Woman Walking | Julia Barrie | Penguin Random House Audio |
Sam | Bourne | To Kill the President | Jennifer Woodward | HarperFiction |
C.J. | Box | Vicious Circle | David Chandler | Whole Story Audiobooks |
A.F. | Brady | The Blind | Kate Zane | Harlequin |
Pete | Brassett | Duplicity | James Gillies | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Steph | Broadribb | Deep Down Dead | Jennifer Woodward | Audible Studios |
Amanda | Brooke | The Affair | Avita Jay | HarperFiction |
Chris | Brookmyre | Want You Gone | Avita Jay and Angus King | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Vivien | Brown | Lily Alone | Penelope Rawlins | HarperFiction |
Tracy | Buchanan | Her Last Breath | Bea Holland | Avon |
Heather | Burnside | Born Bad | Emma Swan | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Alexandra | Burt | The Good Daughter | Hillary Huber and Ann Marie Lee | Avon |
Michel | Bussi | Don't Let Go | Charles Armstrong | Orion Audio |
Vince | Cable | Open Arms | Seán Barrett | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Tom | Callaghan | A Summer Revenge | Saul Reichlin | Quercus |
Elisabeth | Carpenter | 99 Red Balloons | Sarah Ovens, Victoria Riley, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Dean Williamson and Paul Tyreman | Avon |
Sam | Carrington | Bad Sister | Rachael Louise Miller | Avon |
Chris | Carter | The Caller | Thomas Judd | Simon & Schuster |
Andrew | Cartmel | The Run Out Groove | Finlay Robertson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Jane | Casey | Let the Dead Speak | Caroline Lennon | HarperFiction |
Steve | Cavanagh | The Liar | Adam Sims | Orion Audio |
Kimberley | Chambers | Backstabber | Annie Aldington | HarperFiction |
Lee | Child | No Middle Name | Kerry Shale | Penguin Random House Audio |
Lee | Child | The Midnight Line | Jeff Harding | Penguin Random House Audio |
EO | Chirovici | The Book of Mirrors | Corey Brill, George Newbern, Jonathan Todd Ross, Pete Simonelli | Penguin Random House Audio |
Angela | Clarke | Trust Me | Imogen Wilde | Avon |
Angela | Clarke | Watch Me | Imogen Wilde | Avon |
Lucy | Clarke | Last Seen | Harriet Carmichael, Clare Corbett and Huw Parmenter | HarperFiction |
John | Clarkson | Bronx Requiem | Peter Berkrot | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Ann | Cleeves | The Seagull | Janine Birkett | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Harlan | Coben | Don't Let Go | John Chancer | Penguin Random House Audio |
Tammy | Cohen | They All Fall Down | Elizabeth Bower | Penguin Random House Audio |
Daniel | Cole | Ragdoll | Andrew Wincott | Orion Audio |
Martina | Cole | Damaged | Annie Aldington | Headline Digital |
Michael | Connelly | The Late Show | Katherine Moennig | Orion Audio |
Michael | Connelly | Two Kinds of Truth | Titus Welliver | Orion Audio |
John | Connolly | A Game of Ghosts | Jeff Harding | Hodder & Stoughton |
Liv | Constantine | The Last Mrs Parrish | Suzanne Elise Freeman and Meghan Wolf | HarperFiction |
C.J. | Cooke | I Know My Name | Stephanie Racine and Joshua Manning | HarperFiction |
Mike | Cooper | The Downside | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Julie | Corbin | Now That You're Gone | Helen McAlpine | Mulholland Books |
Julie | Corbin | What Goes Around | Helen McAlpine | Mulholland Books |
Jane | Corry | Blood Sisters | Emilia Fox, Zoe Thorne | Penguin Random House Audio |
TA | Cotterell | What Alice Knew | Gemma Whelan | Penguin Random House Audio |
Josephine | Cox | A Family Secret | Carole Boyd | HarperFiction |
Michael | Crichton | Dragon Teeth | Scott Brick and Michael Crichton | HarperFiction |
Paul | Crilley | Clockwork City | Peter Noble | Hodder & Stoughton |
Elle | Croft | The Guilty Wife | Victoria Fox | Orion Audio |
J. | Cross | A Little Death | Anna Bentinck | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Mason | Cross | Don't Look For Me | Eric Meyers | Orion Audio |
Sinead | Crowley | One Bad Turn | Aoife McMahon | Quercus |
Harriet | Cummings | We All Begin As Strangers | Rachel Atkins | Orion Audio |
Fiona | Cummins | Rattle | Karen Cass | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Emma | Curtis | One Little Mistake | Penelope Rawlins | Penguin Random House Audio |
Lisa | Cutts | Buried Secrets | Deryn Edwards | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Luca | D'Andrea | The Mountain | Peter Noble | Quercus |
Lindsey | Davis | The Third Nero | Lucy Brown | Hodder & Stoughton |
Alex | Day | The Missing Twin | Sarah Agha | HarperFiction |
Sandrone | Dazieri | Kill the Father | Cassandra Campbell | Simon & Schuster |
Anders | de la Motte | The Silenced | Yolanda Kettle | HarperFiction |
Lara | Dearman | The Devil's Claw | Scarlett Mack | Orion Audio |
Jeffery | Deaver | The Burial Hour | Jeff Harding | Hodder & Stoughton |
JP | Delaney | The Girl Before | Emilia Fox/Finty Williams/Lise Aagaard Knudsen | Quercus |
Cara | Delevingne | Mirror, Mirror | R. Jones | Orion Audio |
G.S. | Denning | Warlock Holmes: The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles | Robert Garson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Katerina | Diamond | The Angel | Stevie Lacey | Avon |
Claire | Douglas | Last Seen Alive | Katie Clarkson-Hill | Penguin Random House Audio |
Piu | Eatwell | Black Dahlia, Red Rose | Coronet | |
Kate | Ellis | Mermaid's Scream, The | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
Nuala | Ellwood | My Sister's Bones | Imogen Church/Sally Scott | Penguin / Viking |
Miranda | Emmerson | Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars | Adjoa Andoh | 4th Estate |
Amy | Engel | The Roanoke Girls | Brittany Pressley | Hodder & Stoughton |
Thomas | Enger | Cursed | David Shaw-Parker | Audible Studios |
Caroline | England | Beneath the Skin | Laura Hobson | Avon |
Felicity | Everett | The People at No 9 | Jenny Funnell | Harlequin |
Michael | Farris Smith | Desperation Road | Adam Sims | Audible |
Alice | Feeney | Sometimes I Lie | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
Jessica | Fellowes | The Mitford Murders | Rachel Atkins | Hachette Audio |
Helen | Fields | Perfect Prey | Robin Laing | Avon |
Helen | Fields | Perfect Remains | Angus King | Avon |
Paul | Finch | Shadows | Chloe Massey | Avon |
Paul | Finch | Ashes to Ashes | Paul Thornley | Avon |
Paul | Finch | Shadows | Chloe Massey | Avon |
Mick | Finlay | Arrowood | Malk Williams | HQ |
Sarah | Flint | The Trophy Taker | Charlie Sanderson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sue | Fortin | Sister Sister | Helen Keeley | HarperFiction |
Sue | Fortin | The Birthday Girl | Penelope Rawlins | HarperFiction |
Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Wild Chamber | Tim Goodman | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Caz | Frear | Sweet Little Lies | Jane Collingwood | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Nicci | French | Sunday Morning Coming Down | Beth Chalmers | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Agatha | Frost | Lemonade and Lies | Jilly Bond | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Lisa | Gardner | Right Behind You | Regina Reagan | Headline Digital |
David | Gemmell | Rhyming Rings | Max Dowler | Orion Audio |
Sulari | Gentill | Miles Off Course | Rupert Degas | Wavesound Audio |
Amy | Gentry | Good As Gone | Karen Peakes | Harlequin |
Alex | Gerlis | Vienna Spies | Rupert Bush | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Malin Persson | Giolito | Quicksand | Saskia Maarleveld | Simon & Schuster |
Tim | Glencross | Hoffer | Bill Champion | John Murray |
Sue | Grafton | Y is for Yesterday | Liza Ross | Isis Publishing Ltd |
A J | Grayson | The Boy in the Park | William Hope | HarperFiction |
Cass | Green | In a Cottage In a Wood | Lisa Coleman and Helen Keeley | HarperFiction |
J.M. | Green | Too Easy | Marla Jane Lynch | Wavesound Audio |
Linda | Green | After I've Gone | Emmy Rose/Helen Lloyd | Quercus |
Isabelle | Grey | The Special Girls | Melody Grove | Quercus |
Elly | Griffiths | The Chalk Pit | Jane McDowell | Quercus |
John | Grisham | Camino Island | January LaVoy | Hodder & Stoughton |
John | Grisham | The Rooster Bar | Ari Fliakos | Hodder & Stoughton |
Heather | Gudenkauf | Not A Sound | Julia Whelan | Harlequin |
Johana | Gustawsson | Block 46 | Patricia Rodriguez | Audible Studios |
Lisa | Hall | Between You And Me | Jessica Ball | Harlequin |
Adam | Hamdy | Freefall | Luke Thompson | Headline Digital |
Glen Erik | Hamilton | Every Day Above Ground | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sophie | Hannah | Did You See Melody? | Willow Nash | Hodder & Stoughton |
Elodie | Harper | The Binding Song | Sandra Duncan | Mulholland Books |
Jane | Harper | The Dry | Stephen Shanahan | Hachette Audio |
Carmel | Harrington | The Woman At 27 Derry Lane | Aoife McMahon | HarperFiction |
Charlaine | Harris | Sleep Like a Baby | Therese Plummer | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Paula | Hawkins | Into the Water | Imogen Church, Sophie Aldred, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Bavidge, Laura Aikman | Penguin Random House Audio |
Lucy | Hay | The Other Twin | Kate Rawson | Audible Studios |
James | Henry | Frost at Midnight | Stephen Thorne | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Sam | Hepburn | Her Perfect Life | Stephanie Racine | HarperFiction |
Mick | Herron | Spook Street | Seán Barrett | Isis Publishing Ltd |
David | Hewson | Sleep Baby Sleep | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Mary & Alafair | Higgins Clark & Burke | Every Breath You Take | Heather Lind | Simon & Schuster |
Sarah | Hilary | Quieter Than Killing | Imogen Church | Headline Digital |
Melissa | Hill | Keep You Safe | Aoife McMahon and Caroline Lennon | Harlequin |
L.S. | Hilton | Domina | Emilia Fox | Zaffre |
Susi | Holliday | The Deaths of December | Simon Mattacks | Mulholland Books |
Anthony | Horowitz | The Word is Murder | Rory Kinnear | Penguin Random House Audio |
Anna Lee | Huber | This Side of Murder | Jilly Bond | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Linda | Huber | Baby Dear | Anna Parker-Naples | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Cara | Hunter | Close to Home | Lee Ingleby and Emma Cunniffe | Penguin Random House Audio |
Andrew Michael | Hurley | Devil's Day | Richard Burnip | John Murray |
Joe | Ide | IQ | Sullivan Jones | Orion Audio |
James | Jackson | Cradle | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Maggie | James | Guilty Innocence | Rosie Akerman | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Peter | James | Need You Dead | Daniel Weyman | Macmillan Digital Audio |
Quintin | Jardine | Game Over | James Bryce | Headline Digital |
Quintin | Jardine | State Secrets | James Bryce | Headline Digital |
Jessica | Jarlvi | When I Wake Up | Juliette Burton | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Lisa | Jewell | Then She Was Gone | Gabrielle Glaister | Penguin Random House Audio |
Matt | Johnson | Deadly Game | Leighton Pugh | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Ragnar | Jonasson | Whiteout | Leighton Pugh | Audible Studios |
Dylan | Jones | Anglesey Blue | Malk Williams | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Joseph | Kanon | Defectors | John Bedford Lloyd | Simon & Schuster |
Annabel | Kantaria | The One That Got Away | Thomas Judd and Jessica Ball | Harlequin |
M.R.C. | Kasasian | Dark Dawn Over Steep House | Emma Gregory | Head of Zeus |
Emma | Kavanagh | The Killer On The Wall | Genevieve Swallow | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Faye | Kellerman | Bone Box | Richard Ferrone | HarperFiction |
Erin Kelly | Kelly | He Said/She Said | Helen Johns,Jonathan Broadbent | Hodder & Stoughton |
Claire | Kendal | The Second Sister | Emma Gregory | HarperFiction |
Thomas | Keneally | Crimes of the Father | Humphrey Bower | Sceptre |
Simon | Kernick | The Bone Field | Paul Thornley | Penguin Random House Audio |
Simon | Kernick | The Hanged Man | Paul Thornley | Penguin Random House Audio |
Philip | Kerr | Prussian Blue | Jeff Harding | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Vaseem Khan | Khan | The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star | Madhav Sharma | Mulholland Books |
Margaret | Kirk | Shadow Man | Steve Worsley | Orion Audio |
Joseph | Knox | Sirens | Lewys Taylor | Penguin Random House Audio |
Dean | Koontz | The Silent Corner | Elizabeth Rodgers | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Mary | Kubica | Every Last Lie | Carly Robins and Graham Hamilton | Harlequin |
Lynda | La Plante | Good Friday | Jessica Ball | Zaffre |
David | Lagercrantz | The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | Saul Reichlin | Quercus |
Alex | Lake | Copycat | Karen Cass | HarperFiction |
Ali | Land | Good Me Bad Me | Hannah Murray | Penguin Random House Audio |
Shari | Lapena | A Stranger in the House | Tavia Gilbert | Penguin Random House Audio |
S. | Law | The Fear Within | Lisa Coleman | Headline Digital |
Liz | Lawler | Don't Wake Up | Zara Ramm | Twenty7 |
Peter | Laws | Purged | Ben Higgins | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Peter | Laws | Unleashed | Ben Higgins | Whole Story Audiobooks |
John | le Carre | A Legacy of Spies | Tom Hollander | Penguin Random House Audio |
Stephen | Leather | Light Touch | Paul Thornley | Hodder & Stoughton |
M J | Lee | Death in Shanghai | Hugh Kermode | Harlequin |
Simon | Lelic | The House | Adam Newington/ Gemma Whelan | Penguin / Viking |
Pierre | LeMaitre | Rosy & John | Peter Noble | Quercus |
Pierre | LeMaitre | Three Days and a Life | Peter Noble | Quercus |
Jorn | Lier Horst | When It Grows Dark | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Howard | Linskey | Hunting the Hangman | Damian Lynch | Audible |
Amy | Lloyd | The Innocent Wife | Christina Cole and Lorelei King | Penguin Random House Audio |
Attica | Locke | Bluebird, Bluebird | J.D. Jackson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
T.M. | Logan | Lies | Leighton Pugh | Twenty7 |
Kate | London | Death Message | Antonia Beamish | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sarah | Lotz | The White Road | Helen Johns,Sam Alexander | Hodder & Stoughton |
H.B. | Lyle | The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy | Gareth Armstrong | Hodder & Stoughton |
Winnie | M Li | Dark Chapter | Laurence Bouvard and Kevin Hely | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Bonnie | MacBird | Unquiet Spirits | Simon Darwen | HarperCollins |
Stuart | MacBride | A Dark so Deadly | Steve Worsley | HarperFiction |
Stuart | MacBride | Now We Are Dead | Steve Worsley | HarperFiction |
Brooke | Magnanti | You Don't Know Me | Catherine Harvey | Orion Audio |
Imran | Mahmood | You Don't Know Me | Adam Deacon | Penguin Random House Audio |
Michael J. | Malone | House of Spines | David Elliot | Audible Studios |
Henning | Mankell | After the Fire | Sean Barrett | Penguin Random House Audio |
D.M. | Mark | The Zealot's Bones | Simon Slater | Mulholland Books |
David | Mark | Cruel Mercy | Toby Longworth | Mulholland Books |
Stephanie | Marland | My Little Eye | Victoria Fox,Damian Lynch | Orion Audio |
John | Marrs | The One | Clare Corbett, Vicky Hall, Simon Bubb, Jot Davies, Sophie Aldred | Penguin Random House Audio |
Edward | Marston | Date with the Executioner | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
Becky | Masterman | A Twist of the Knife | Kate Harper | Orion Audio |
Graham | Masterton | The Coven | Emma Gregory | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Peter | May | Cast Iron | Peter Forbes | Quercus |
Gillian | McAllister | Anything You Do Say | Katie Clarkson-Hill | Penguin Random House Audio |
Gillian | McAllister | Everything but the Truth | Colleen Prendergast | Penguin Random House Audio |
Colette | McBeth | An Act of Silence | Julia Franklin, David Thorpe | Headline Digital |
Rob | McCarthy | A Handful of Ashes | Andrew Wincott | Mulholland Books |
Val | McDermid | Insidious Intent | Saul Reichlin | Whole Story Audiobooks |
James | McGee | The Reckoning | David Timson | HarperFiction |
Claire | McGowan | Blood Tide | Joanne King | Headline Digital |
Mel | McGrath | Give Me The Child | Adjoa Andoh | Harlequin |
Jon | McGregor | Reservoir 13 | Matt Bates | 4th Estate |
Laura | McHugh | Arrowood | Sarah Scott | Penguin Random House Audio |
Kate | McQuaile | Without a Word | Aiden Kelly | Quercus |
Kate | Medina | Scared to Death | Clare Corbett | HarperFiction |
Mindy | Mejia | The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman | Caitlin Thorburn/Jeff Harding/John Moraitis | Quercus |
Maile | Meloy | Do Not Become Alarmed | Maile Meloy | Penguin / Viking |
Deon | Meyer | Fever | Jennifer Woodburn,Peter Noble | Hodder & Stoughton |
Jon | Michelet | The Frozen Woman | Sean Barrett | Bolinda |
Denise | Mina | The Long Drop | David Monteath | Penguin Random House Audio |
Megan | Miranda | Fragments of the Lost | Erin Spencer | Penguin Random House Audio |
J.S. | Monroe | Find Me | Avita Jay | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Jonathan | Moore | The Dark Room | Tim Flavin | Orion Audio |
Syd | Moore | Strange Magic | Julia Barrie | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Mandy | Morton | The Michaelmas Murders | Jenny Funnell | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Steve | Mosby | You Can Run | Dugald Bruce-Lockhart | Orion Audio |
Abir | Mukhurjee | A Necessary Evil | Simon Bubb | Penguin Random House Audio |
Barbara | Nadel | Bright Shiny Things | Charles Armstrong | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Fuminori | Nakamura | The Boy in the Earth | Brian Nishii | Whole Story Audiobooks |
James | Nally | Games With The Dead | Aidan Kelly | Avon |
Sarah | Naughton | Tattletale | Dugald Bruce-Lockhart,Penelope Rawlins | Orion Audio |
Jo | Nesbo | The Thirst | Sean Barrett | Penguin Random House Audio |
Liz | Nugent | Unravelling Oliver | Sam O’Mahony, Roy McMillan, Kevin Hely, Tracy Keating, Stephen Hogan, Kathy O’Brien, Steven Laverty and Michele Moran | Penguin Random House Audio |
Kristina | Ohlsson | Buried Lies | Andrew Cullum | Simon & Schuster |
James | Oswald | Written in Bones | Ian Hanmore | Penguin Random House Audio |
Nikki | Owen | The Girl Who Ran | Yolanda Kettle | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sara | Paretsky | Fallout | Liza Ross | Hodder & Stoughton |
B.A. | Paris | The Breakdown | Georgia Maguire | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Tony | Parsons | Die Last | Colin Mace | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Laline | Paull | The Ice | Samuel West | 4th Estate |
Benjamin | Percy | The Dark Net | David Chandler | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sam | Peters | From Darkest Skies | Peter Noble | Orion Audio |
Chris | Petit | Pale Horse Riding | Saskia Reeves | Simon & Schuster |
Andreas | Pfluger | In the Dark | Karen Cass | Whole Story Audiobooks |
James | Phelps | Green is the New Black | Stan Pretty | Wavesound Audio |
Gin | Phillips | Fierce Kingdom | Cassandra Campbell | Penguin Random House Audio |
Sarah | Pinborough | Behind Her Eyes | Anna Bentinck, Josie Dunn, Bea Holland and Huw Parmenter | HarperFiction |
Stuart | Prebble | The Bridge | Gareth Bennett-Ryan | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Andrew | Pyper | The Only Child | Laurence Bouvard | Orion Audio |
Khurrum | Rahman | East of Hounslow | Waleed Akhtar | HQ |
Danielle | Ramsay | The Last Cut | Emma Gregory | Hodder & Stoughton |
Ian | Rankin | The Deathwatch Journal | Jimmy Chisholm | BBC Audio |
Jaime | Raven | The Mother | Genevieve Swallow and Kris Dyer | Avon |
Dolores | Redondo | Offering to the Storm | Emma Gregory | HarperFiction |
Kathy | Reichs | Two Nights | Coleen Marlo, Kim Mai Guest | Penguin Random House Audio |
Lynda | Renham | Remember Me | Rosie Akerman | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Amanda | Reynolds | Close to Me | Rachel Atkins | Headline Digital |
Rachel | Rhys | A Dangerous Crossing | Katherine Manners | Penguin Random House Audio |
Marnie | Riches | Born Bad | Samantha Seager | Avon |
Michael | Ridpath | Amnesia | Seán Barrett | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Adam | Roberts | The Real-Town Murders | Zara Ramm | Orion Audio |
Jane | Robins | White Bodies | Camilla Arfwedson | Harlequin |
Peter | Robinson | Sleeping in the Ground | Hodder & Stoughton | |
Amanda | Robson | Obsession | Stephanie Racine, Helen Keeley, Thomas Judd and Rich Keeble | Avon |
Augustus | Rose | The Readymade Thief | Emily Rankin | Penguin Random House Audio |
Karen | Rose | Monster in the Closet | Anne Wittman | Headline Digital |
Karen | Rose | Edge of Darkness | Susie James | Headline Digital |
Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellstrom | Three Minutes | Saul Reichlin | Quercus |
Kaira | Rouda | Best Day Ever | Graham Halstead and Amy McFadden | Harlequin |
James | Runcie | Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love | Peter Wickham | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Chris | Ryan | Shadow Kill | Barnaby Edwards | Coronet |
Chris | Ryan | Warlord | Michael Fenner | Coronet |
Riley | Sager | Final Girls | Stephanie Cannon | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Ian | Sansom | Essex Poison | Mike Grady | 4th Estate |
Dreda | Say Mitchell | Blood Daughter | Hodder & Stoughton | |
Dreda | Say Mitchell | Blood Mother | Abigail Hardiman | Hodder & Stoughton |
Simon | Scarrow | Playing With Death | Katherine Fenton | Headline Digital |
Emelie | Schepp | Marked For Revenge | Kirsten Potter | Harlequin |
Nicholas | Searle | A Traitor in the Family | Ciarán McMenamin/Lisa Hogg | Penguin / Viking |
Gerald | Seymour | Jericho's War | Leighton Pugh | Whole Story Audiobooks |
M.B. | Shaw | Murder at the Mill | Penelope Rawlins | Orion Audio |
William | Shaw | Sympathy for the Devil | Roger Davis | Quercus |
Lilja | Sigurdardottir | Snare | Suzannah Hampton | Audible Studios |
Yrsa | Sigurdardottir | The Legacy | Lucy Paterson | Hodder & Stoughton |
Daniel | Silva | House of Spies | George Guidall | HarperFiction |
Rob | Sinclair | The Black Hornet | Marston York | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Rob | Sinclair | The Red Cobra | Marston York | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
C J | Skuse | Sweetpea | Georgia Maguire | HQ |
Karin | Slaughter | The Good Daughter | Susie James | HarperFiction |
Anna | Smith | Death Trap | Sarah Barron | Quercus |
Anna | Smith | The Hit | Sarah Barron | Quercus |
Anna | Snoekstra | Little Secrets | Saskia Maarleveld | Harlequin |
Jo | Spain | Sleeping Beauties | Aoife McMahon | Quercus |
Gunnar | Staalesen | Wolves in the Dark | Colin Mace | Audible Studios |
Susie | Steiner | Persons Unknown | Juanita McMahon | HarperFiction |
Lisa | Stone | The Darkness Within | Jilly Bond | Avon |
Sarah | Stovell | Exquisite | Katie Scarfe | Whole Story Audiobooks |
S D | Sykes | City of Masks | Ewan Goddard | Hodder & Stoughton |
Gabriel | Tallent | My Absolute Darling | Alex McKenna | 4th Estate |
Emma | Tallon | Life Game | Shash Hira | Whole Story Audiobooks: QUEST |
Adi | Tantimedh | Her Nightly Embrace | Sendhil Ramamurthy | Hodder & Stoughton |
C.L. | Taylor | The Escape | Katie Scarfe | Avon |
Robert | Thorogood | Death Knocks Twice | Phil Fox | Harlequin |
Sophia | Tobin | The Vanishing | Helen Longworth | Simon & Schuster |
Rebecca | Tope | The Bowness Bequest | Julia Franklin | Soundings |
Simon | Toyne | The Boy Who Saw | Joseph Balderrama | HarperFiction |
S K | Tremayne | The Fire Child | Imogen Church and Peter Noble | HarperFiction |
Beth | Underdown | The Witchfinder's Sister | Lucy Brownhill/Roy McMillan | Penguin / Viking |
Nicola | Upson | Nine Lessons | Sandra Duncan | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Elena | Varvello | Can You Hear Me | Matt Addis | Two Roads |
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T.M.E. | Walsh | The Principle of Evil | Julie Maisey | Harlequin |
Minette | Walters | The Last Hours | Helen Keeley | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Zosia | Wand | Trust Me | Imogen Church | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Rachel | Ward | The Cost of Living | Charlie Sanderson | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Sarah | Ward | A Patient Fury | Helen Lloyd | Whole Story Audiobooks |
Ruth | Ware | The Lying Game | Imogen Church | Penguin Random House Audio |
Tim | Weaver | I am Missing | Joe Coen, Tim Weaver and Charlotte Ritchie | Penguin Random House Audio |
Katherine | Webb | The Hiding Places | Anna Bentinck | Orion Audio |
Matt | Weselowski | Six Stories | Tim Bruce, Helen Johns, Leighton Pugh, Joan Walker, Kris Dyer, Ben Onwukwe, Julius Howe, Homer Todiwala | Audible Studios |
Beatriz | Williams | The Wicked City | Julie McKay and Dara Rosenberg | HarperFiction |
Laura | Wilson | The Other Woman | Karen Cass | Quercus |
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Jussi | Adler-Olsen | The Scarred Woman | Quercus |
Boris | Akunin | All the World's A Stage | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Tove | Alsterdal | The Forgotten Dead | HarperFiction |
Ace | Atkins | Robert B Parker's Slow Burn | No Exit Press |
Lucy | Atkins | The Night Visitor | Quercus |
R.J | Bailey | Safe From Harm | Simon & Schuster |
Linwood | Barclay | Parting Shot | Orion |
Fiona | Barton | The Child | Doubleday |
Sacha | Battany | A Crime in the Family | Quercus |
Simon | Beckett | The Restless Dead | Bantam Press |
Parker | Bilal | Dark Water | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
Samuel | Bjork | The Owl Always Hunts at Night | Doubleday |
Jenny | Blackhurst | The Foster Child | Headline |
Sharon | Bolton | Dead Woman Walking | Bantam Press |
Roxanne | Bouchard | We Were the Salt of the Sea | Orenda Books |
Tom | Bouman | Fateful Mornings | Faber & Faber |
Barbara | Bourland | I'll Eat When I'm Dead | Quercus |
Sam | Bourne | To Kill the President | HarperFiction |
Harry | Brett | Time to Win | Little, Brown Book Group |
Simon | Brett | The Lair in The Library | Severn House |
Steph | Broadribb | Deep Blue Trouble | Orenda Books |
Frances | Brody | Death in the Stars | Little, Brown Book Group |
Chris | Brookmyre | Want You Gone | Little, Brown Book Group |
Dan | Brown | Origin | Bantam Press |
Alison | Bruce | Cambridge Black | Little, Brown Book Group |
Ken | Bruen | The Ghosts of Galway | Head of Zeus |
Simone | Buchholz | Blue Night | Orenda Books |
Michel | Bussi | Don't Let Go | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Helen | Cadbury | Race to the Kill | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Tom | Callaghan | A Summer Revenge | Quercus |
Christoffer | Carlsson | Master, Liar, Traitor, Friend | Scribe UK |
James | Carol | The Quiet Man | Faber & Faber |
Elisabeth | Carpenter | 99 Red Balloons | Avon |
Sam | Carrington | Bad Sister | Avon |
Clare | Carson | The Dark Isle | Head of Zeus |
Chris | Carter | The Caller | Simon & Schuster |
R.M. | Cartmel | The Romanee Vintage | Crime Scene Books |
Jane | Casey | Let the Dead Speak | HarperFiction |
Steve | Cavanagh | The Liar | Orion |
Lee | Child | Midnight Line | Bantam Press |
Mary Higgins | Clark | All By Myself Alone | Simon & Schuster |
Mary Higgins & Alafair | Clark & Burke | Every Breath You Take | Simon & Schuster |
Wensley | Clarkson | Killing Goldfinger | Quercus |
Rosie | Claverton | Terror 404 | Crime Scene Books |
Ann | Cleeves | The Seagull | Pan Macmillan |
Tammy | Cohen | They All Fall Down | Black Swan |
Reed Farrell | Coleman | Robert B Parker's Debt to Pay | No Exit Press |
Tana | Collins | Robbing the Dead | Bloodhound Books |
Michael | Connelly | The Late Show | Orion |
Michael | Connelly | Two Kinds of Truth | Orion |
Liv | Constantine | The Last Mrs Parrish | HarperFiction |
Jane | Corry | Blood Sisters | Penguin / Viking |
T.A. | Cotterell | What Alice Knew | Black Swan |
Michael | Crichton | Dragon Teeth | HarperFiction |
Mason | Cross | Don't Look For Me | Orion |
Sinead | Crowley | One Bad Turn | Quercus |
Fiona | Cummins | Rattle | Pan Macmillan |
Peter | Cunningham | Acts of Allegiance | Sandstone Press |
Chris | Curran | Her Deadly Secret | HarperFiction |
Lisa | Cutts | Buried Secrets | Simon & Schuster |
Luca | D'Andrea | The Mountain | Quercus |
Kjell Ola | Dahl | Faithless | Orenda Books |
Nadia | Dalbuono | The Hit | Scribe UK |
Paula | Daly | The Trophy Child | Bantam Press |
Alex | Day | The Missing Twin | HarperFiction |
Sandrone | Dazieri | Kill the Father | Simon & Schuster |
Anders | de la Motte | The Silenced | HarperFiction |
Delphine | de Vigan | Based on a True Story | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
Jeffery | Deaver | The Burial Hour | Hodder & Stoughton |
J.P. | Delaney | The Girl Before | Quercus |
Rene | Denfeld | The Child Finder | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Candy | Denman | Dead Pretty | Crime Scene Books |
A. | Dhand | Girl Zero | Bantam Press |
Katerina | Diamond | The Angel | Avon |
Emma | Dibdin | The Room by the Lake | Head of Zeus |
Clare | Donoghue | The Night Stalker | Pan Macmillan |
Kate | Ellis | The Mermaid's Scream | Little, Brown Book Group |
Thomas | Enger | Cursed | Orenda Books |
Thomas | Enger | Killed | Orenda Books |
Caroline | England | Beneath The Skin | Avon |
John | Fairfax | Summary Justice | Little, Brown Book Group |
Erica | Ferencik | The River at Night | Raven Books |
Helen | Fields | Perfect Prey | Avon |
Helen | Fields | Perfect Remains | Avon |
Sara | Flannery Murphy | The Possessions | Scribe UK |
Kim | Fleet | Hold Blood | The Mystery Press |
Vince | Flynn | Enemy of the State | Simon & Schuster |
Ashley | Fontaine | Marriage Made Me Do It | HarperFiction |
Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Wild Chamber | Doubleday |
Michelle | Frances | The Girlfriend | Pan Macmillan |
Felix | Francis | Pulse | Simon & Schuster |
Caz | Frear | Sweet Little Lies | Zaffre |
Lisa | Gardner | Right Behind You | Headline |
Tess | Gerritsen | I Know a Secret | Bantam Press |
Valentina | Giambanco | Sweet After Death | Quercus |
Malin Persson | Giolito | Quicksand | Simon & Schuster |
Ann | Granger | Rooted in Evil | Headline |
Cass | Green | In a Cottage In a Wood | HarperFiction |
Linda | Green | After I've Gone | Quercus |
Isabelle | Grey | The Special Girls | Quercus |
Kate | Griffin | Kitty Peck and the Daughter of Sorrow | Faber & Faber |
Elly | Griffiths | The Chalk Pit | Quercus |
John | Grisham | The Rooster Bar | Hodder & Stoughton |
Johana | Gustawsson | Block 46 | Orenda Books |
Adam | Hamdy | Freefall | Headline |
Glen Erik | Hamilton | Every Day Above Ground | Faber & Faber |
Hugo | Hamilton | Headbanger | No Exit Press |
Hugo | Hamilton | Sad Bastard | No Exit Press |
Lotte & Søren | Hammer | The Lake | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
Sophie | Hannah | Did You See Melody | Hodder & Stoughton |
Robyn | Harding | The Party | Simon & Schuster |
Paul E. | Hardisty | Reconciliation for the Dead | Orenda Books |
Elodie | Harper | The Binding Song | Mulholland Books |
Jordan | Harper | A Lesson in Violence | Simon & Schuster |
Colin | Harrison | You Belong to Me | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
Paula | Hawkins | Into the Water | Doubleday |
Lucy | Hay | The Other Twin | Orenda Books |
James | Hazel | The Mayfly | Zaffre |
James | Henry | Frost at Midnight | Bantam Press |
Sam | Hepburn | Her Perfect Life | HarperFiction |
Mick | Herron | Spook Street | John Murray |
Sarah | Hilary | Quieter Than Killing | Headline |
Malcolm | Hollingdrake | Game Point | Bloodhound Books |
Jorn Lier | Horst | When It Grows dark | Sandstone Press |
J. | Howe | The Freedom Broker | Headline |
Andrew | Hughes | The Coroner's Daughter | Doubleday Ireland |
Cara | Hunter | Close to Home | Penguin / Viking |
Joe | Ide | IQ | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Greg | Iles | Mississippi Blood | HarperFiction |
Corrie | Jackson | The Perfect Victim | Zaffre |
Peter | James | Need You Dead | Pan Macmillan |
Quintin | Jardine | Game Over | Headline |
Quintin | Jardine | State Secrets | Headline |
Jessica | Jarlvi | When I Wake Up | Aria |
Matt | Johnson | Deadly Game | Orenda Books |
Ragnar | Jonasson | Whiteout | Orenda Books |
Dylan H | Jones | Anglesey Blue | Bloodhound Books |
Sheena | Kamal | Eyes Like Mine | Zaffre |
Joseph | Kanon | Defectors | Simon & Schuster |
M.R.C. | Kasasian | Dark Dawn over Steep House | Head of Zeus |
Faye | Kellerman | Bone Box | HarperFiction |
Faye | Kellerman | Killing Season | HarperFiction |
Lesley | Kelly | The Health of Strangers | Sandstone Press |
Erin | Kelly | He Said/She Said | Hodder & Stoughton |
Claire | Kendal | The Second Sister | HarperFiction |
J.A. | Kerley | The Death File | HarperFiction |
Philip | Kerr | Prussian Blue | Quercus |
Ausma Zehanat | Khan | The Unquiet Dead | No Exit Press |
Samantha | King | The Choice | Little, Brown Book Group |
Margaret | Kirk | Shadow Man | Orion |
Dean | Koontz | The Silent Corner | HarperFiction |
Dean | Koontz | The Whispering Room | HarperFiction |
Volker | Kutscher | The Silent Death | Sandstone Press |
Lynda | La Plante | Good Friday | Zaffre |
David | Lagercrantz | The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | Quercus |
Alex | Lake | Copycat | HarperFiction |
Shari | Lapena | A Stranger in the House | Bantam Press |
J.S. | Law | The Fear Within | Headline |
Peter | Laws | Purged | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Adam | Lebor | District VIII | Head of Zeus |
Dennis | Lehane | Since We Fell | Little, Brown Book Group |
Simon | Lelic | The House | Penguin / Viking |
Pierre | LeMaitre | Rosy & John | Quercus |
Pierre | LeMaitre | Three Days and a Life | Quercus |
John A | Lenahan | Ice Lake | HarperFiction |
Kristen | Lepionka | The Last Place You Look | Faber & Faber |
Howard | Linskey | Hunting the Hangman | No Exit Press |
Elisa | Lodato | An Unremarkable Body | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
T.M. | Logan | Lies | Twenty7 |
H.B. | Lyle | The Irregular | Hodder & Stoughton |
Stuart | MacBride | A Dark so Deadly | HarperFiction |
Stuart | MacBride | Now We Are Dead | HarperFiction |
Gilly | Macmillan | Odd Child Out | Little, Brown Book Group |
Michael J. | Malone | House of Spines | Orenda Books |
Laura | Marshall | Friend Request | Little, Brown Book Group |
Edward | Marston | A Christmas Railway Mystery | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Becky | Masterman | A Twist of the Knife | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Graham | Masterton | Dead Girls Dancing | Head of Zeus |
Graham | Masterton | The Coven | Head of Zeus |
Peter | May | Cast Iron | Quercus |
Colette | McBeth | An Act of Silence | Wildfire |
Rob | McCarthy | A Handful Of Ashes | Mulholland Books |
Nigel | McCrery | Flesh and Blood | Quercus |
James | McGee | The Reckoning | HarperFiction |
Claire | McGowan | Blood Tide | Headline |
Mel | McGrath | Give Me the Child | HQ |
Sophie | McKenzie | The Black Sheep | Simon & Schuster |
Kate | McQuaile | Without a Word | Quercus |
Kate | Medina | Scared to Death | HarperFiction |
Mindy | Mejia | The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman | Quercus |
Maile | Meloy | Do Not Become Alarmed | Penguin / Viking |
Deon | Meyer | Fever | Hodder & Stoughton |
Andree | Michaud | The Last Summer (aka Boundary) | No Exit Press |
Jon | Michelet | The Frozen Woman | No Exit Press |
Liz | Mistry | Untainted Blood | Bloodhound Books |
Thomas | Mogford | A Thousand Cuts | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
J.S. | Monroe | Find Me | Head of Zeus |
Steve | Mosby | You Can Run | Orion |
Peter | Murphy | Calling Down the Storm | No Exit Press |
Peter | Murphy | Walden of Bermondsey | No Exit Press |
Barbara | Nadel | Bright Shiny Things | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Barbara | Nadel | The House of Four | Headline |
Chris | Nickson | The Holywell Dead | The Mystery Press |
Chris | Nickson | The Year of the Gun | The Mystery Press |
Stephen | Norman | Trading Down | Endeavour Press |
Kem | Nunn | Chance | No Exit Press |
Kristina | Ohlsson | Buried Lies | Simon & Schuster |
Mark | Oldfield | The Dead | Head of Zeus |
Karen | Osman | The Good Mother | Aria |
B.A. | Paris | The Breakdown | HQ |
Alan | Parks | Bloody January | Canongate Books |
Daniel | Pembrey | Night Market | No Exit Press |
Louise | Penny | Glass Houses | Little, Brown Book Group |
Wendy | Perriam | The Tender Murderer | Endeavour Press |
Anne | Perry | An Echo of Murder | Headline |
Anne | Perry | Twenty-One Days | Headline |
Chris | Petit | Pale Horse Riding | Simon & Schuster |
Andreas | Pflüger | In the Dark | Head of Zeus |
Gin | Phillips | Fierce Kingdom | Doubleday |
Sarah | Pinborough | Behind Her Eyes | HarperFiction |
Laura | Purcell | The Silent Companions | Raven Books |
Anthony | Quinn | Undertow | Head of Zeus |
Dolores | Redondo | Offering to the Storm | HarperFiction |
Amanda | Reynolds | Close to Me | Wildfire |
Rachel | Rhys | Dangerous Crossing | Doubleday |
Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Abdication | Severn House |
Mark | Roberts | Day of the Dead | Head of Zeus |
Craig | Robertson | Murderabilia | Simon & Schuster |
Jane | Robins | White Bodies | HQ |
Peter | Robinson | Sleeping In The Ground | Hodder & Stoughton |
Amanda | Robson | Obsession | Avon |
Karen | Rose | Monster in the Closet | Headline |
Karen | Rose | Edge of Darkness | Headline |
Anders & Borge | Roslund & Hellstrom | Three Minutes | Quercus |
James | Runcie | Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love | Bloomsbury Publishing UK |
Mikel | Santiago | The Last Night at Tremore Beach | Simon & Schuster |
Rachel | Sargeant | The Perfect Neighbours | HarperFiction |
Simon & Lee | Scarrow & Francis | Playing With Death | Headline |
Nicholas | Searle | A Traitor in the Family | Penguin / Viking |
E.V. | Seymour | A Deadly Trade | HarperFiction |
E.V. | Seymour | Final Target | HarperFiction |
Gerald | Seymour | Jericho's War | Hodder & Stoughton |
William | Shaw | Sympathy for the Devil | Quercus |
Stav | Sherez | The Intrusions | Faber & Faber |
Lilja | Sigurdardottir | Snare | Orenda Books |
Daniel | Silva | House of Spies | HarperFiction |
J.G. | Sinclair | Walk in Silence | Faber & Faber |
Ian | Skewis | A Murder of Crows | Unbound Digital |
Anna | Smith | Death Trap | Quercus |
Anna | Smith | The Hit | Quercus |
Graham | Smith | The Kindred Killers | Bloodhound Books |
Michael Farris | Smith | Desperation Road | No Exit Press |
Jo | Spain | Sleeping Beauties | Quercus |
Gunnar | Staalesen | Wolves in the Dark | Orenda Books |
Michael | Stanley | Dying to live | Orenda Books |
Katherine | Stansfield | Falling Creatures | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Amy | Stewart | Lady Cop Makes Trouble | Scribe UK |
Erik | Storey | A Promise to Kill | Simon & Schuster |
Sarah | Stovell | Exquisite | Orenda Books |
Linda | Stratmann | A True and Faithful Brother | The Mystery Press |
James | Swallow | Exile | Zaffre |
Peter | Swanson | Her Every Fear | Faber & Faber |
C.L. | Taylor | The Escape | Avon |
Marsali | Taylor | Death in Shetland Waters | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Mike | Thomas | Unforgivable | Zaffre |
Lesley | Thomson | The Dog Walker | Head of Zeus |
Mark | Tilbury | The Abattoir of Dreams | Bloodhound Books |
Sophia | Tobin | The Vanishing | Simon & Schuster |
Simon | Toyne | The Boy Who Saw | HarperFiction |
Peter | Tremayne | Night of the Lightbringer | Headline |
S.K. | Tremayne | The Fire Child | HarperFiction |
Antti | Tuomainen | The Man Who Died | Orenda Books |
Lisa | Tuttle | The Witch at Wayside Cross | Quercus |
L.C. | Tyler | Fire | Little, Brown Book Group |
L.C. | Tyler | Herring in the Smoke | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Beth | Underdown | The Witchfinder's Sister | Penguin / Viking |
Antonin | Varenne | Retribution Road | Quercus |
Paul | Vidich | The Good Assassin | No Exit Press |
Alex | Walters | Death Parts Us | Bloodhound Books |
Zosia | Wand | Trust Me | Head of Zeus |
Rachel | Ward | The Cost of Living | Sandstone Press |
Sarah | Ward | A Patient Fury | Faber & Faber |
Lee | Weeks | Cold Revenge | Simon & Schuster |
Kaite | Welsh | The Wages of Sin | Tinder Press |
Chris | Whitaker | All The Wicked Girls | Zaffre |
Neil | White | From The Shadows | Zaffre |
Robert | White | Breaking Bones | Endeavour Press |
S.W. | Williams | Small Deaths | Crime Scene Books |
Andrew | Wilson | A Talent for Murder | Simon & Schuster |
Laura | Wilson | The Other Woman | Quercus |
Don | Winslow | The Force | HarperFiction |
Emily | Winslow | Look for Her | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Michael | Wood | A Room Full of Killers | HarperFiction |
Felicia | Yap | Yesterday | Wildfire |
David | Young | Stasi Wolf | Zaffre |
Ovidia | Yu | Meddling and Murder | HarperFiction |
Ovidia | Yu | The Frangipani Tree Mystery | Little, Brown Book Group |
First | Last | Title | Publisher |
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C. | Beaton | Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree | Little, Brown Book Group |
Barbara | Bourland | I'll Eat When I'm Dead | Quercus |
Philip | Brady | The Meal of Fortune | Unbound Digital |
Simon | Brett | Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen | Little, Brown Book Group |
Simon | Brett | The Lair in The Library | Severn House |
Julia | Chapman | Date With Death | Pan Macmillan |
Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Wild Chamber | Doubleday |
Mick | Herron | Spook Street | John Murray |
Suzette A | Hill | Shot in Southwold | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Pierre | Hollins | The Karma Farmers | Unbound Digital |
M.R.C. | Kasasian | Dark Dawn Over Steep House | Head of Zeus |
Lesley | Kelly | The Health of Strangers | Sandstone Press |
Vaseem | Khan | The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star | Mullholland Books |
Stuart | MacBride | Now We Are Dead | HarperFiction |
Mandy | Morton | The Michaelmas Murders | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Peter | Murphy | Walden of Bermondsey | No Exit Press |
Khurrum | Rahman | East of Hounslow | HQ |
Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Abdication | Severn House |
CJ | Skuse | Sweetpea | HQ |
Plum | Sykes | Party Girls Die in Pearls | Bloomsbury |
Robert | Thorgood | Death Knocks Twice | HQ |
Antti | Tuomainen | The Man Who Died | Orenda Books |
L C | Tyler | Herring in the Smoke | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Rachel | Ward | The Cost of Living | Sandstone Press |
Ashley | Weaver | The Essence of Malice | Allison & Busby Ltd |
Chris | Whitaker | All The Wicked Girls | Zaffre |
First | Last | Title | Publisher |
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Martin | Edwards | The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books | British Library |
Barry | Forshaw | America Noir | No Exit Press |
Sam | Naidu | Sherlock Holmes in Context | Palgrave Macmillan |
Benjamin | Poore | Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage | Palgrave Macmillan |
Mike | Ripley | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | HarperCollins |
Christopher | Sandford | The Man Who Would Be Sherlock | History Press |
Michael | Sims | Arthur & Sherlock | Bloomsbury |
Nick | Triplow | Getting Carter | No Exit Press |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12)
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Linwood | Barclay | Chase | Orion Children's Books |
Janine | Beacham | Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Andrew | Beasley | Scream: The Mummy's Revenge | Usborne Publishing |
Jan & Sara | Burchett & Vogler | Spy Master: Deadly Storm and Fatal Voyage | Orion Children's Books |
Kieran | Crowley | The Misfits Club | Macmillan Children's Books |
Helen | Dennis | River of Ink: Mortal | Hodder Children's Books |
Helena | Duggan | A Place Called Perfect | Usborne Publishing |
Robert J. | Harris | Artie Conan Doyle and the Garvediggers' Club | Floris Books |
Curtis | Jobling | Max Helsing and the Beast of Bone Creek | Orchard Books |
David | MacPhail | Top-Secret Grandad and Me: Death by Tumble Dryer | Floris Books |
Santa & Simon Sebag | Montefiore | The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape from the Tower | Simon & Schuster |
Dermot | O'Leary | Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape | Hodder Children's Books |
Sarah | Rubin | Alice Jones: The Ghost Light | Chicken House |
Alex T. | Smith | Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure | Hodder Children's Books |
Imogen | White | The Rose Muddle Mysteries: The Amber Pendant | Usborne Publishing |
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Christoffer | Carlsson | October is the Coldest Month | Scribe UK |
Ally | Carter | Embassy Row: Take the Key and Lock Her Up | Hachette Children's Group / Orchard Books |
Anne | Cassidy | No Shame | Hot Key Books |
Cat | Clarke | Girlhood | Hachette Children's Group / Quercus Children's Books |
Nicci | Cloke | Close Your Eyes | Hot Key Books |
Kerry | Drewery | Day 7 | Hot Key Books |
J.D. | Fennell | Sleeper | The Dome Press |
Zana | Fraillon | The Ones That Disappeared | Hachette Children's Group / Orion Children's Books |
ND | Gomes | Blackbird | HQ |
Ryan | Graudin | Invictus | Hachette Children's Group / Orion Children's Books |
Will | Hill | After the Fire | Usborne Publishing |
Leo | Hunt | Seven Trees of Stone | Hachette Children's Group / Orchard Books |
Patrice | Lawrence | Indigo Donut | Hachette Children's Group / Hodder Children's Books |
E | Lockhart | Genuine Fraud | Hot Key Books |
Cathy | MacPhail | Between the Lies | Floris Books |
Sophie | McKenzie | SweetFreak | Simon & Schuster |
Brendan | Reichs | Nemesis | Macmillan Children's Books |
Sara | Shepherd | Follow Me | Hot Key Books |
Sif | Sigmarsdottir | I am Traitor | Hachette Children's Group / Hodder Children's Books |
CL | Taylor | The Treatment | HQ |
Teri | Terry | Dark Matter: Contagion | Hachette Children's Group /Orchard Books |
Teresa | Toten | Beware That Girl | Hot Key Books |