The 2024 CrimeFest Awards were presented at the convention Gala Awards Dinner on 11 May, 2024.
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
for best 2023 crime novel by a previously unpublished author
– eDUNNIT AWARD
for best 2023 crime ebook
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
for best 2023 humorous crime novel
– THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
for best 2023 biography or critical book related to crime fiction
– THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
for best television crime drama based on a book, first screened in the UK in 2023
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
for best 2023 crime novel for children, ages 8-12
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
for best 2023 crime novel for young adults, ages 12-16
– 2024 AWARD ENTRIES
– PAST WINNERS: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
All winners receive a commemorative a Bristol Blue Glass Award.
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize.
– Stig Abell for Death Under a Little Sky (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins) – WINNER!
– Jo Callaghan for In The Blink Of An Eye (Simon & Schuster)
– Megan Davis for The Messenger (Zaffre)
– Jenny Lund Madsen for Thirty Days of Darkness; translated by Megan Turney (Orenda Books)
– Natalie Marlow for Needless Alley (Baskerville)
– Alice Slater for Death of a Bookseller (Hodder & Stoughton)
eDUNNIT AWARD
For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2023.
– Rachel Abbott for Don’t Look Away (Wildfire)
– Jane Casey for The Close (HarperCollins)
– Martin Edwards for Sepulchre Street (Head of Zeus)
– Christina Koning for Murder at Bletchley Park (Allison & Busby)
– Laura Lippman for Prom Mom (Faber & Faber) – WINNER!
– Craig Russell for The Devil’s Playground (Constable)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
– Mark Billingham for The Last Dance (Sphere)
– Elly Griffiths for The Great Deceiver (Quercus)
– Mick Herron for The Secret Hours (Baskerville) – WINNER!
– Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Memory (Severn House)
– Jesse Sutanto for Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (HQ)
– Antti Tuomianen for The Beaver Theory (Orenda Books)
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 United Kingdom in 2023. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction.
– M, J, F & A Dall’Asta, Migozzi, Pagello & Pepper for Contemporary European Crime Fiction: Representing History and Politics (Palgrave)
– Lisa Hopkins for Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction (Palgrave)
– Kate Jackson for How To Survive a Classic Crime Novel (British Library Publishing)
– Steven Powell for Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (Bloomsbury Academic)
– Nicholas Shakespeare for Ian Fleming: The Complete Man (Harvill Secker)
– Adam Sisman for The Secret Life of John Le Carré (Profile Books) – WINNER!
THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
This award is for the best television crime drama based on a book, and first screened in the UK in 2023.
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers established the shortlist and the winning title.
The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
– Dalgliesh (series 2), based on the Inspector Dalgliesh books by P.D. James (Channel 5)
– Reacher (series 2), based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child (Amazon Prime)
– Shetland (series 8), based on the Shetland books by Ann Cleeves (BBC)
– Slow Horses (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple) – WINNER!
– The Serial Killer’s Wife, based on the Serial Killer books by Alice Hunter (Paramount+)
– Vera (series 12), based on the Vera Stanhope books by Ann Cleeves (ITV)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted alongside volunteering members of the School Library Association (SLA) to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
The winners receive a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
– A.M. Howell for Mysteries At Sea: Peril On The Atlantic (Usborne Publishing)
– Lis Jardine for The Detention Detectives (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Beth Lincoln for The Swifts (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Marcus Rashford (with Alex Falase-Koya) for The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Robin Stevens for The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– J.T. Williams for The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison, illustrated by Simone Douglas (Farshore) – WINNER!
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.
– Jennifer Lynn for Barnes The Brothers Hawthorne (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Nick Brooks for Promise Boys (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Ravena Guron for This Book Kills (Usborne Publishing)
– Ravena Guron for Catch Your Death (Usborne Publishing)
– Karen M. McManus for One of Us is Back (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Elizabeth Wein for Stateless (Bloomsbury YA) – WINNER!
2023 AWARD ENTRIES
As of 5 April 2024
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
– eDUNNIT AWARD
– H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
– THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stig | Abell | Death Under a Little Sky | HarperCollins |
| Richard | Armitage | Geneva | Faber & Faber |
| Lucy | Ashe | Clara & Olivia | Magpie |
| Julia | Bartz | The Writing Retreat | Magpie |
| Anna | Britton | Shot in the Dark | Canelo |
| Abigail | Burdess | Mother's Day | Wildfire |
| Jo | Callaghan | In The Blink Of An Eye | Simon & Schuster |
| L.M. | Chilton | Don't Swipe Right | Head of Zeus |
| James | Comey | Central Park West | Head of Zeus |
| Holly | Craig | The Shallows | Thomas & Mercer |
| Emily | Critchley | One Puzzling Afternoon | Zaffre |
| Heather | Critchlow | Unsolved | Canelo |
| Megan | Davis | The Messenger | Zaffre |
| F.L. | Everett | A Report of Murder | Bookouture |
| Aoife | Fitzpatrick | The Red Bird Sings | Virago |
| Kate | Foster | The MaidenApril | Mantle |
| Robin | Gigl | By Way of Sorrow | Verve |
| Rebecca | Heath | The Summer Party | Head of Zeus |
| Katrin | Juliusdóttir | Dead Sweet | Orenda Books |
| Martin | Kemp | The Game | HarperCollins |
| Casey | King | Deceit | Joffe Books |
| Charlotte | Langley | The Blame | No Exit Press |
| Helen & Sin | Macdonald & Blaché | Prophet | Jonathan Cape |
| Jenny Lund | Madsen | Thirty Days of Darkness | Orenda Books |
| Joanna | Margaret | The Bequest | Head of Zeus |
| Natalie | Marlow | Needless Alley | Baskerville |
| Jessa | Maxwell | The Golden Spoon | Michael Joseph |
| Dann | McDorman | West Heart Kill | Raven Books |
| S.L. | McManus | The Secret at No.4 | HarperNorth |
| Kitty | Murphy | Death in Heels | Thomas & Mercer |
| Suk | Pannu | Mrs Sidhu’s ‘Dead and Scone’ | HarperCollins |
| Brooke | Robinson | The Interpreter | Harvill Secker |
| Alice | Slater | Death of a Bookseller | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Hayley | Smith | The Perfect Girlfriend | Bookouture |
| Alison | Stockham | The Cuckoo Sister | Boldwood Books |
| Elliot | Sweeney | The Next to Die | Wildfire |
| Joanna | Wallace | You'd Look Better as a Ghost | Viper |
| Kate | Wells | Murder on the Farm | Boldwood Books |
| Rose | Wilding | Speak of the Devil | Baskerville |
eDUNNIT AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | Abbott | Don't Look Away | Wildfire |
| Stig | Abell | Death Under a Little Sky | HarperCollins |
| Stacey | Abrams | Rogue Justice | HarperCollins |
| Jane A. | Adams | The Room with Eight Windows | Severn House |
| Eva Björg | Ægisdóttir | You Can't See Me | Orenda Books |
| Catherine | Aird | Constable Country | Allison & Busby |
| Samantha | Allen | Patricia Wants to Cuddle | Faber & Faber |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder at Abbeymead Farm | Bookouture |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder in a French Village | Bookouture |
| Lin | Anderson | The Wild Coast | Macmillan |
| Richard | Armitage | Geneva | Faber & Faber |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Her Final Breath | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Her Last Words | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Taken Girls | Bookouture |
| Heather | Atkinson | Savage Sisters | Boldwood Books |
| Ashley | Audrain | The Whispers | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Stephanie | Austin | A Devon Midwinter Murder | Allison & Busby |
| Stephanie | Austin | Death Comes to Dartmoor | Allison & Busby |
| Jane | Bailey | Stay | Orion Fiction |
| J.A. | Baker | The Woman In The Woods | Boldwood Books |
| David | Baldacci | Simply Lies | Macmillan |
| Carey | Baldwin | Second Wives | Bookouture |
| Shirley & Sheila | Ballas & McClure | Murder on the Dance Floor | HQ Fiction |
| Graham | Bartlett | Force of Hate | Allison & Busby |
| Andrea | Bartz | The Spare Room | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Edie | Baylis | Judgement | Boldwood Books |
| Charles | Beaumont | A Spy Alone | Canelo |
| David | Beckler | A Nuclear Reaction | Thomas & Mercer |
| David | Beckler | A Stolen Memory | Thomas & Mercer |
| Keri | Beevis | The Summer House | Boldwood Books |
| Alison | Belsham | The Girl's Last Cry | Bookouture |
| Alison | Belsham | The Girls on Chalk Hill | Bookouture |
| Alison | Belsham | The Innocent Angels | Bookouture |
| Alexandra | Benedict | The Christmas Jigsaw Murders | Simon & Schuster |
| Tom | Benjamin | Last Testament in Bologna | Constable |
| Jane | Bettany | Murder in Merrywell | HQ Digital |
| D. V. | Bishop | Ritual of Fire | Macmillan |
| Jenny | Blackhurst | The Hiking Trip | Canelo |
| Jenny | Blackhurst | The Summer Girl | Canelo |
| Jenny | Blackhurst | Three Card Murder | HQ Fiction |
| Shalini | Boland | The Silent Bride | Thomas & Mercer |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Fake Wife | Orion Fiction |
| Hilary | Bonner | The Deadliest Legacy | Severn House |
| Damien | Boyd | Death Message | Thomas & Mercer |
| Katherine | Bradley | The Sisterhood | Simon & Schuster |
| Verity | Bright | Death on Deck | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder by Invitation | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder in Manhattan | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder on the Cornish Cliffs | Bookouture |
| Anna | Britton | A Shot in the Dark | Canelo |
| Steph | Broadribb | Death on the Beach | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matt | Brolly | The Bridge | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matt | Brolly | The Running Girls | Thomas & Mercer |
| Sheryl | Browne | My Husband's House | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | We All Keep Secrets | Bookouture |
| Simone | Buchholz | The Acapulco | Orenda Books |
| Sheila | Bugler | Black Valley Farm | Canelo |
| D.S. | Butler | Find Her Alive | Thomas & Mercer |
| Helen | Callaghan | The Drowning Girls | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Jo | Callaghan | In The Blink Of An Eye | Simon & Schuster |
| Marc | Cameron | Tom Clancy Command and Control | Sphere |
| Louise | Candlish | The Only Suspect | Simon & Schuster |
| Elisabeth | Carpenter | The Family on Smith Street | Bookouture |
| Jack | Carr | Only The Dead | Simon & Schuster |
| Andrew | Cartmel | Death in Fine Condition | Titan Books |
| Will | Carver | Upstairs at the Beresford | Orenda Books |
| Jane | Casey | The Close | HarperCollins |
| Amanda | Cassidy | The Returned | Canelo |
| Javier | Castillo | The Snow Girl | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Alice | Castle | The Murder Affair | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Farfield Castle | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Saltwater Cottages | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Her Dying Kiss | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | The First Girl | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | The Rose Girls | Bookouture |
| A.A. | Chaudhuri | The Final Party | Hera |
| Fliss | Chester | Death by a Cornish Cove | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | Death in the Highlands | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | Death on the Scotland Express | Bookouture |
| Jill | Childs | The Mother at Number 5 | Bookouture |
| L.M. | Chilton | Don't Swipe Right | Head of Zeus |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | Out of Sight | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | Angels in the Snow | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | Little Lost Dolls | Bookouture |
| Ajay | Chowdhury | The Detective | Harvill Secker |
| Eliza | Clark | Penance | Faber & Faber |
| Lucy | Clarke | The Hike | HarperCollins |
| Sarah | Clarke | The Ski Trip | HQ Digital |
| Wendy | Clarke | The Night Out | Bookouture |
| Paul | Cleave | His Favourite Graves | Orenda Books |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Raging Storm | Macmillan |
| James | Comey | Central Park West | Head of Zeus |
| C.J. | Cooke | A Haunting in the Arctic | HarperCollins |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Island | HarperCollins |
| Claire | Cooper | The Birthday Reunion | Bookouture |
| Claire | Cooper | The Elevator | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Unnatural Death | Sphere |
| Holly | Craig | The Shallows | Thomas & Mercer |
| M.W. | Craven | Fearless | Constable |
| Heather | Critchlow | Unsolved | Canelo |
| Kathryn | Croft | The Lie | Bookouture |
| Kathryn | Croft | The Suspect | Bookouture |
| Kathryn | Croft | The Wedding Guest | Bookouture |
| A.J. | Cross | Reflections of Deviance | Severn House |
| Julia | Crouch | The Perfect Date | Bookouture |
| Martin | Cruz Smith | Independence Square | Simon & Schuster |
| Charles | Cumming | KENNEDY 35 | HarperCollins |
| Fiona | Cummins | All of Us Are Broken | Macmillan |
| Nick | Curran | I Know Who You Were | Constable |
| Judith | Cutler | The Dead Hand | Severn House |
| Fflur | Dafydd | The Library Suicides | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | The Lazarus Solution | Orenda Books |
| L.G. | Davis | The Nanny's Child | Bookouture |
| L.G. | Davis | The New Nanny | Bookouture |
| Anita | Davison | Murder in the Bookshop | Boldwood Books |
| N. R. | Daws | A Perfect Time to Murder | Thomas & Mercer |
| Lucy | Dawson | The Night She Lied | Bookouture |
| Will | Dean | The Last Passenger | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Watchmaker’s Hand | HarperCollins |
| J.P. | Delaney | The New Wife | Quercus |
| Nelson and Alex | DeMille | Blood Lines | Sphere |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Beauty Pageant | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Charity Ball | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Highland Castle | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Village Fair | Bookouture |
| Claire | Douglas | The Woman Who Lied | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| DL | Douglas | Dr. Spilsbury & the Camden Town Killer | Orion Fiction |
| Louise | Douglas | The Secret of Villa Alba | Boldwood Books |
| Samantha | Downing | A Twisted Love Story | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Her Lonely Bones | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Dranfield | The Night She Vanished | Bookouture |
| Teresa | Driscoll | Tell Me Lies | Thomas & Mercer |
| Philippa | East | I'll Never Tell | HQ Fiction |
| M.H. | Eccleston | Death Comes to the Costa del Sol | Head of Zeus |
| Anki | Edvinsson | The Snow Angel | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mark | Edwards | Keep Her Secret | Thomas & Mercer |
| Martin | Edwards | Sepulchre Street | Head of Zeus |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Down Street Station | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Louvre | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Tower of London | Allison & Busby |
| Laura | Elliot | The Marriage Retreat | Bookouture |
| J.R. | Ellis | The Brewery Murders | Thomas & Mercer |
| T.J. | Emerson | The Ideal Man | Boldwood Books |
| Amy | Engel | I Did It For You | HQ Fiction |
| Thomas & Jorn | Enger & Lier Horst | Stigma | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Erskine | The Chemical Code | Point Blank |
| F.L. | Everett | A Report of Murder | Bookouture |
| F.L. | Everett | Murder in a Country Village | Bookouture |
| C. M. | Ewan | The House Hunt | Macmillan |
| Matthew | Farrell | The Woman at Number 6 | Bookouture |
| C.J. | Farringdon | Last Stop on the Murder Express | Constable |
| Alice | Feeney | Good Bad Girl | Macmillan |
| David | Fennell | The Silent Dead | Zaffre |
| Kate | Foster | The Maiden | Mantle |
| Essie | Fox | The Fascination | Orenda Books |
| Michelle | Frances | The Playground | Macmillan |
| Felix | Francis | No Reserve | Zaffre |
| Anita | Frank | The Good Liars | HQ Fiction |
| Maria | Frankland | Last Christmas | Bookouture |
| Nicci | French | The Favour | Simon & Schuster |
| Chris | Frost | The Killer's Christmas List | HarperNorth |
| Robert | Galbraith | The Running Grave | Sphere |
| Katie | Gayle | A Village Fete Murder | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | Murder at the Inn | Bookouture |
| Alex | Gerlis | Agent in the Shadows | Canelo |
| Patricia | Gibney | The Altar Girls | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Gibney | Three Widows | Bookouture |
| Robyn | Gigl | By Way of Sorrow | Verve Books |
| Robyn | Gigl | Survivor's Guilt | Verve Books |
| Tim | Glister | A Game of Deceit | Point Blank |
| Lucy | Goacher | Small Secrets | Thomas & Mercer |
| Gillian | Godden | The Bad Boy | Boldwood Books |
| Robert | Gold | Eleven Liars | Sphere |
| Lee | Goldberg | Calico | Severn House |
| Megan | Goldin | Dark Corners | Canelo |
| Mary | Grand | Death at Castle Cove | Boldwood Books |
| Alex | Gray | Questions for a Dead Man | Sphere |
| Lisa | Gray | To Die For | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mark | Greaney | Burner | Sphere |
| Stacy | Green | Bone Lake | Bookouture |
| Stacy | Green | Her Last Tear | Bookouture |
| Ross | Greenwood | Death on Cromer Beach | Boldwood Books |
| Martin | Griffin | The Second Stranger | Sphere |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Great Deceiver | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Last Remains | Quercus |
| Jacqueline | Grima | My Daughter's Killer | HQ Digital |
| Johana | Gustawsson | Yule Island | Orenda Books |
| Philip | Gwynne Jones | The Venetian Candidate | Constable |
| Emylia | Hall | The Harbour Lights Mystery | Thomas & Mercer |
| Emylia | Hall | The Shell House Detectives | Thomas & Mercer |
| Lisa | Hall | The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black | Hera |
| Janice | Hallett | The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels | Viper |
| Rona | Halsall | The Bigamist | Bookouture |
| Mari | Hannah | Black Fell | Orion Fiction |
| Paul E. | Hardisty | The Forcing | Orenda Books |
| Jane | Harper | Exiles | Macmillan |
| Jordan | Harper | Everybody Knows | Faber & Faber |
| Cynthia | Harrod-Eagles | Before I Sleep | Severn House |
| Chris | Hauty | The Devil You Know | Simon & Schuster |
| Alis | Hawkins | A Bitter Remedy | Canelo |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Too Good to Hang | Allison & Busby |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Engagement | Bookouture |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Inheritance | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | The Party on Laurel Street | Bookouture |
| Rebecca | Heath | The Summer Party | Head of Zeus |
| Hannah | Hendy | A Frightfully Fatal Affair | Canelo |
| Hannah | Hendy | A Terrible Village Poisoning | Canelo |
| Camilla Läckberg | Henrik Fexeus | Cult | HarperCollins |
| Sam | Hepburn | The Mistake I Made | Bookouture |
| Mick | Herron | The Secret Hours | Baskerville |
| Rita | Herron | Widow Lake | Bookouture |
| J.M | Hewitt | The Crew | Canelo |
| David | Hewson | The Borgia Portrait | Severn House |
| Mary and Alafair | Higgins Clark and Burke | Where Are The Children Now? | Simon & Schuster |
| Sarah | Hilary | Black Thorn | Macmillan |
| M.K. | Hill | Zero Kill | Head of Zeus |
| Reginald | Hill | A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories | HarperCollins |
| Sam | Holland | The Twenty | HarperCollins |
| Susi | Holliday | The Street | Thomas & Mercer |
| Shannon | Hollinger | The Girl Who Lied | Bookouture |
| Mike | Hollow | The Covent Garden Murder | Allison & Busby |
| M.J. | Hollows | The German Messenger | HQ Digital |
| D.K. | Hood | Now You See Me | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Shadow Angels | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Their Wicked Games | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Where Hidden Souls Lie | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Wildflower Girls | Bookouture |
| Colleen | Hoover | Too Late | Sphere |
| B.M. | Howard | Blood & Fireflies | Canelo |
| B.M. | Howard | Blood on the Tiber | Canelo |
| Cara | Hunter | Murder in the Family | HarperCollins |
| E.V. | Hunter | A Date To Die For | Boldwood Books |
| Evie | Hunter | The Kill | Boldwood Books |
| M.A. | Hunter | Adrift | Boldwood Books |
| Daniel | Hurst | The Doctor's Mistress | Bookouture |
| Daniel | Hurst | The Doctor's Widow | Bookouture |
| Daniel | Hurst | The Doctor's Wife | Bookouture |
| Daniel | Hurst | The Holiday Home | Bookouture |
| Gregg | Hurwitz | The Last Orphan | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| William | Hussey | Killing Jericho | Zaffre |
| Maxim | Jakubowski | Just A Girl With A Gun | Telos Publishing Ltd |
| Alison | James | The House Guest | Bookouture |
| Alison | James | The Woman in Carriage 3 | Bookouture |
| Peter | James | Stop Them Dead | Macmillan |
| Emma | Jameson | A Death at Bay View Hotel | Bookouture |
| Michael | Jecks | Portrait of a Murder | Severn House |
| Diane | Jeffrey | The Other Couple | HQ Digital |
| Victoria | Jenkins | Happily Married | Bookouture |
| Louise | Jensen | The Fall | HQ Fiction |
| Jane | Jesmond | Cut Adrift | Verve Books |
| Jane | Jesmond | A Quiet Contagion | Verve Books |
| Jill | Johnson | Devil's Breath | Black & White Publishing |
| Antony | Johnston | The Dog Sitter Detective | Allison & Busby |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Opposite of Lonely | Orenda Books |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Space Between Us | Orenda Books |
| Ragnar | Jonasson | Reykjavik | Michael Joseph |
| Jack | Jordan | Conviction | Simon & Schuster |
| Katrin | Juliusdóttir | Dead Sweet | Orenda Books |
| Alex | Kane | Janey | Hera |
| Ellery | Kane | The Wrong Family | Bookouture |
| S.W. | Kane | The Drowning Place | Thomas & Mercer |
| M.R.C | Kasasian | The Horror of Haglin House | Canelo |
| Kerry | Kaya | Revenge | Boldwood Books |
| Casey | Kelleher | The Babysitter's Secret | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Kelly | The Villa | Pan |
| Kathleen | Kent | Black Wolf | Head of Zeus |
| Valerie | Keogh | The Nurse | Boldwood Books |
| Lars | Kepler | The Spider | Zaffre |
| Caroline | Kepnes | For You And Only You | Simon & Schuster |
| Jenna | Kernan | The Nurse | Bookouture |
| Vaseem | Khan | Death of a Lesser God | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Karen | King | The Family Reunion | Bookouture |
| Karen | King | The Retreat | Bookouture |
| T.E. | Kinsey | A Fire at the Exhibition | Thomas & Mercer |
| Emily | Koch | What July Knew | Harvill Secker |
| Leah | Konen | You Should Have Told Me | Michael Joseph |
| Christina | Koning | Murder at Bletchley Park | Allison & Busby |
| Christina | Koning | Murder in Dublin | Allison & Busby |
| Carla | Kovach | Her Hidden Shadow | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | Their Cold Hearts | Bookouture |
| Roberta | Kray | Cheated | Sphere |
| Rebecca | Kuang | Yellowface | Borough Press |
| Mary | Kubica | Just the Nicest Couple | HQ Fiction |
| Eleni | Kyriacou | The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou | Head of Zeus |
| Lynda | La Plante | Pure Evil | Zaffre |
| Lynda | La Plante | Taste of Blood | Zaffre |
| Alex | Lake | Final Call | HarperCollins |
| Nelle | Lamarr | The Family Guest | Bookouture |
| L.A. | Larkin | Next Girl Missing | Bookouture |
| Liz | Lawler | My Husband's Lies | Bookouture |
| M.J. | Lee | What the Shadows Hide | Canelo |
| Judy | Leigh | Foul Play at Seal Bay | Boldwood Books |
| Luana | Lewis | The Perfect Patient | Bookouture |
| Susan | Lewis | I Know It's You | HarperCollins |
| Laura | Lippman | Prom Mom | Faber & Faber |
| Gytha | Lodge | A Killer In The Family | Michael Joseph |
| T.M. | Logan | The Mother | Zaffre |
| Nick | Louth | The Body in Nightingale Park | Canelo |
| Nick | Louth | The Body in the Shadows | Canelo |
| Peter | Lovesey | Showstopper | Sphere |
| Shari/Ross | Low/King | The Catch | Boldwood Books |
| Max | Luther | Nowhere to Hide | Canelo |
| Rachel | Lynch | Silent Bones | Canelo |
| Rachel | Lynch | The Rich | Canelo |
| S.E. | Lynes | The Summer Holiday | Bookouture |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body in a Cornish Village | Bookouture |
| N.J. | Mackay | The Quiet Dead | Hera |
| Clare | Mackintosh | A Game of Lies | Sphere |
| S.G. | Maclean | The Winter List | Quercus |
| Jenny Lund | Madsen | Thirty Days of Darkness | Orenda Books |
| G M | Malliet | The Washing Away of Wrongs | Constable |
| G.M. | Malliet | Death in Print | Severn House |
| Michael J. | Malone | The Murmurs | Orenda Books |
| Louise | Mangos | The Secrets of Morgarten | Mana Press |
| Nina | Manning | The Beach House | Boldwood Books |
| Joanna | Margaret | The Bequest | Head of Zeus |
| Javier | Marías | Tomás Nevinson | Hamish Hamilton |
| D.L. | Mark | Twist of Fate | Head of Zeus |
| David | Mark | Flesh and Blood | Severn House |
| David | Mark | The Burning Time | Severn House |
| Wes | Markin | The Crying Cave Killings | Boldwood Books |
| Katie | Marsh | How Not To Murder Your Ex | Boldwood Books |
| D.L. | Marshall | 77 North | Canelo |
| Angela | Marsons | Bad Blood | Bookouture |
| Angela | Marsons | Deadly Fate | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Danger of Defeat | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | Death at the Terminus | Allison & Busby |
| Jessa | Maxwell | The Golden Spoon | Michael Joseph |
| Anna | Mazzola | The House of Whispers | Orion Fiction |
| Gillian | McCallister | Just Another Missing Person | Michael Joseph |
| Anthony | McCarten | Going Zero | Macmillan |
| Amy | McCulloch | Midnight | Michael Joseph |
| Val | McDermid | Past Lying | Sphere |
| Lesley | McEvoy | A Deadly Likeness | Zaffre |
| Lynne | McEwan | The Girls in the Glen | Canelo |
| Freida | McFadden | The Housemaid's Secret | Bookouture |
| Claire | McGowan | Let Me In | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mel | McGrath | Tell Me Your Secrets | HQ Fiction |
| Dinuka | McKenzie | The Torrent | Canelo |
| Tom | Mead | The Murder Wheel | Head of Zeus |
| Leah | Mercer | The Mother Next Door | Bookouture |
| Chris | Merritt | Committed | Wildfire |
| Denise | Mina | The Second Murderer | Harvill Secker |
| Liz | Mistry | End Game | HQ Digital |
| Caroline | Mitchell | The Islanders | Thomas & Mercer |
| Dreda Say | Mitchell, Ryan Carter | Believe Me | Thomas & Mercer |
| Nicola | Monaghan | Wish You Were Here | Verve Books |
| Ada | Moncrieff | Murder at Maybridge Castle | Harvill Secker |
| J.S. | Monroe | No Place To Hide | Head of Zeus |
| Donna | Moore | The Unpicking | Fly on the Wall Press |
| Sarah | Moorhead | The Treatment | Canelo |
| Robbie | Morrison | Cast a Cold Eye | Macmillan |
| O.J. | Mullen | Three Sisters | Boldwood Books |
| Thomas | Mullen | The Blind Spots | Abacus |
| Louise | Mumford | The Hotel | HQ Digital |
| Kitty | Murphy | Death in the Dark | Thomas & Mercer |
| Kitty Murphy | Murphy | Death in Heels | Thomas & Mercer |
| M.K. | Murphy | Dead Man Walking | HQ Digital |
| Guillaume | Musso | The Stranger in the Seine | WeidenFeld & Nicolson |
| Leonora | Nattrass | Scarlet Town | Viper |
| James | Naughtie | The Spy Across The Water | Head of Zeus |
| Rebecca | Netley | The Black Feathers | Michael Joseph |
| T.J. | Newman | Drowning | Simon & Schuster |
| John | Nicholl | The Bride | Boldwood Books |
| Fabian | Nicieza | The Self-Made Widow | Titan Books |
| Chris | Nickson | The Dead Will Rise | Severn House |
| Karin | Nordin | Sweet Little Lies | HQ Digital |
| Alex | North | The Half Burnt House | Michael Joseph |
| Lauren | North | My Word Against His | Bookouture |
| Lauren | North | She Says She's My Daughter | Bookouture |
| Joseph | O'Connor | My Father's House | Harvill Secker |
| Nick | Oldham | Death Ride | Severn House |
| Kelly | Oliver | Arsenic at Ascot | Boldwood Books |
| Tina | Orr Munro | Slaughterhouse Farm | HQ Fiction |
| Suk | Pannu | Mrs Sidhu’s ‘Dead and Scone’ | HarperCollins |
| Adele | Parks | Just Between Us | HQ Fiction |
| Alan | Parks | To Die in June | Canongate Books |
| S.J. | Parris | Alchemy | HarperCollins |
| Ambrose | Parry | Voices of the Dead | Canongate Books |
| Jessica | Payne | The Good Doctor | Bookouture |
| N.V. | Peacock | The Brother | Hera |
| Biba | Pearce | The Marlow Murders | Joffe Books |
| Karen | Perry | The Worst Thing You Ever Did | Michael Joseph |
| Robert | Peston | The Crash | Zaffre |
| Helen | Phifer | Hold Your Breath | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | Stolen Darlings | Bookouture |
| Dea | Poirier | Have You Seen Her? | Bookouture |
| Dea | Poirier | The Marriage Counselor | Bookouture |
| Caro | Ramsay | In Her Blood | Severn House |
| Danielle | Ramsay | The Perfect Husband | Boldwood Books |
| Lisa | Regan | Close Her Eyes | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | My Child is Missing | Bookouture |
| Kathy | Reichs | The Bone Hacker | Simon & Schuster |
| Amanda | Reynolds | The Assistant | Boldwood Books |
| Kate | Rhodes | Hangman Island | Simon & Schuster |
| Arianne | Richmonde | The Prenup | Bookouture |
| Sally/Amanda | Rigby/Ashby | The Ex-Wife | Boldwood Books |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Memory | Severn House |
| Sam | Ripley | The Rule Of Three | Simon & Schuster |
| Tom | Rob Smith | Cold People | Simon & Schuster |
| Holly S. | Roberts | Lost Little Angels | Bookouture |
| Holly S. | Roberts | Only Girl Alive | Bookouture |
| Holly S. | Roberts | Pray For Her | Bookouture |
| S.D. | Robertson | The Playground | Bookouture |
| Brooke | Robinson | The Interpreter | Harvill Secker |
| Gemma | Rogers | The Neighbour | Boldwood Books |
| C.E. | Rose | The Attic at Wilton Place | Hera |
| Gareth | Rubin | The Turnglass | Simon & Schuster |
| Craig | Russell | The Devil's Playground | Constable |
| Leigh | Russell | Barking Up the Right Tree | Crime and Mystery Club |
| Michael | Russell | The City of God | Constable |
| Shari J. | Ryan | The Homemaker | Bookouture |
| Michelle | Salter | Murder at Waldenmere Lake | Boldwood Books |
| Lesley | Sanderson | Her Perfect Revenge | Bookouture |
| Lesley | Sanderson | The Mistress Next Door | Bookouture |
| John | Sandford | Judgment Prey | Simon & Schuster |
| Diane | Saxon | The Stepson | Boldwood Books |
| Daniel | Scanlan | The Exploit | Head of Zeus |
| Louisa | Scarr | Out of the Ashes | Canelo |
| Holly | Seddon | The Short Straw | Orion Fiction |
| Victoria | Selman | All the Little Liars | Quercus |
| Terry | Shames | Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store | Severn House |
| Jane | Shemilt | All Her Secrets | HarperCollins |
| Laura | Shepherd-Robinson | The Square of Sevens | Mantle |
| Amy | Sheppard | The Last Holiday | Bookouture |
| Emily | Shiner | The Hotel | Bookouture |
| Emily | Shiner | The Wife in the Photo | Bookouture |
| Lilja | Sigurdardottir | White as Snow | Orenda Books |
| Daniel | Silva | The Collector | HarperCollins |
| Kate | Simants | Freeze | Viper |
| Douglas | Skelton | A Thief's Justice | Canelo |
| K.L. | Slater | Husband and Wife | Bookouture |
| K.L. | Slater | The Bedroom Window | Bookouture |
| Karin | Slaugher | After that Night | HarperCollins |
| Eve | Smith | ONE | Orenda Books |
| G.N. | Smith | The Flood | Bookouture |
| G.N. | Smith | The Island | Bookouture |
| G.N. | Smith | The Shelter | Bookouture |
| Hayley | Smith | Such A Loving Couple | Bookouture |
| Hayley | Smith | The Perfect Girlfriend | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | The School Trip | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | The Weekend Away | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | Our Sister's Grave | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | Their Resting Place | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | Two Little Souls | Bookouture |
| Ruby | Speechley | Gone | Boldwood Books |
| Sally | Spencer | The Final Beat of the Drum | Severn House |
| Gunnar | Staalesen | Mirror Image | Orenda Books |
| L.H | Stacey | The Weekend | Boldwood Books |
| Lyndon | Stacey | Bad Blood | Severn House |
| Roger | Stelljes | The Snow Graves | Bookouture |
| Roger | Stelljes | Their Lost Souls | Bookouture |
| Danielle | Stewart | The Girl at the Party | Bookouture |
| Danielle | Stewart | The Teacher | Bookouture |
| Alison | Stockham | The Cuckoo Sister | Boldwood Books |
| Alex | Stone | The Good Patient | Boldwood Books |
| Lisa | Stone | The Gathering | HarperCollins |
| Amy | Stuart | A Death At The Party | Michael Joseph |
| Tim | Sullivan | The Monk | Head of Zeus |
| Sarah | Sultoon | Dirt | Orenda Books |
| Jesse | Sutanto | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | HQ Fiction |
| Jacqueline | Sutherland | Twin Truths | Point Blank |
| John | Sutherland | The Fallen | Orion Fiction |
| Halley | Sutton | The Hurricane Blonde | Allison & Busby |
| Leonie | Swann | The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp | Allison & Busby |
| Peter | Swanson | The Christmas Guest | Faber & Faber |
| Daniel | Sweren-Becker | Kill Show | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Vanda | Symon | Expectant | Orenda Books |
| Kaoru | Takamura | Lady Joker: Volume 2 | Baskerville |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Enemy | Bookouture |
| Andrew | Taylor | The Shadows of London | HarperCollins |
| Annie | Taylor | The Truth About Her | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Aline | Templeton | Blind Eye | Allison & Busby |
| Lesley | Thomson | The Mystery of Yew Tree House | Head of Zeus |
| Marion | Todd | A Blind Eye | Canelo |
| Rebecca | Tope | A Discovery in the Cotswold | Allison & Busby |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Askham Accusation | Allison & Busby |
| Simon | Toyne | The Clearing | HarperCollins |
| Lydia | Travers | Murder in the Scottish Hills | Bookouture |
| Lydia | Travers | Mystery in the Highlands | Bookouture |
| Lydia | Travers | The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency | Bookouture |
| Nick | Triplow | Never Walk Away | No Exit Press |
| Nicole | Trope | The Day After the Party | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Trope | The Stay-at-Home Mother | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Trope | The Truth about the Accident | Bookouture |
| C.J. | Tudor | The Drift | Michael Joseph |
| Antti | Tuomianen | The Beaver Theory | Orenda Books |
| A.K. | Turner | Case Sensitive | Zaffre |
| J.B. | Turner | Hard Exit | Thomas & Mercer |
| J.B. | Turner | Long Way Home | Thomas & Mercer |
| Ronnie | Turner | So Pretty | Orenda Books |
| Nicola | Upson | Shot with Crimson | Faber & Faber |
| Laure | Van Rensburg | The Good Daughter | Michael Joseph |
| Luca | Veste | Trust in Me | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Celia | Walden | The Square | Sphere |
| Anita | Waller | Fatal Secrets | Boldwood Books |
| Tríona | Walsh | The Party | Bookouture |
| Tríona | Walsh | The Snowstorm | Bookouture |
| Alex | Walters | Old Evils | Canelo |
| Cameron | Ward | The Safe House | Michael Joseph |
| Rachel | Ward | The Girl Who Vanished | HQ Digital |
| Sarah | Ward | The Birthday Girl | Canelo |
| Sarah | Ward | The Sixth Lie | Canelo |
| Ruth | Ware | Zero Days | Simon & Schuster |
| Roz | Watkins | The Red House | HQ Fiction |
| Katy | Watson | A Very Lively Murder | Constable |
| Sue | Watson | The Lodge | Bookouture |
| Sue | Watson | The Wedding Day | Bookouture |
| Anna-Lou | Weatherley | The Lie in Our Marriage | Bookouture |
| Kate | Webb | Laying Out the Bones | Quercus |
| Kate | Wells | Murder on the Farm | Boldwood Books |
| M.J. | White | Leave No Trace | Hera |
| Jonathan | Whitelaw | The Village Hall Vendetta | HarperNorth |
| Diana | Wilkinson | The Woman In My Home | Boldwood Books |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | After the Sleepover | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Night of the Sleepover | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The One Who Fell | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The One Who Was Taken | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Ones Who Are Buried | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Ones Who Are Hidden | Bookouture |
| Nicola | Williams | Until Proven Innocent | Hamish Hamilton |
| T.A. | Williams | Murder in Siena | Boldwood Books |
| Stacy | Willingham | All the Dangerous Things | HarperCollins |
| Don | Winslow | City of Dreams | HarperCollins |
| Jacqueline | Winspear | The White Lady | Allison & Busby |
| Ashley | Winstead | Midnight is the Darkest Hour | Head of Zeus |
| Laura | Wolfe | Prom Queen | Bookouture |
| Laura | Wolfe | The In-Laws | Bookouture |
| Lesie | Wolfe | The Surgeon | Bookouture |
| Tom | Wood | Blood Debt | Sphere |
| Trevor | Wood | You Can Run | Quercus |
| Karen | Woods | The Con | HarperNorth |
| Carol | Wyer | A Truth for a Truth | Thomas & Mercer |
| Debbie | Young | Murder in the Highlands | Boldwood Books |
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Imprint |
|---|---|---|---|
| M, J, F & A | Dall'Asta, Migozzi, Pagello & Pepper | Contemporary European Crime Fiction: Representing History and Politics | Palgrave |
| Sally & Tony | Hope | Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections | Book Guild |
| Lisa | Hopkins | Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction | Palgrave |
| Kate | Jackson | How To Survive a Classic Crime Novel | British Library Publishing |
| Sarah J. | Link | A Narratological Approach to Lists in Detective Fiction | Palgrave |
| Stephen | Powell | Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Nicholas | Shakespeare | Ian Fleming: The Complete Man | Harvill Secker |
| Adam | Sisman | The Secret Life of John Le Carré | Profile Books |
| Marta | Usiekniewicz | Food, Consumption, and Masculinity in American Hardboiled Fiction | Palgrave |
LAST LAUGH AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kat | Ailes | The Expectant Detectives | Zaffre |
| Barbara | Allan | Antiques Foe | Severn House |
| Samantha | Allen | Patricia Wants to Cuddle | Faber & Faber |
| Julia | Bartz | The Writing Retreat | Magpie |
| M.C. | Beaton | Agatha Raisin: Dead on Target | Constable |
| Alexandra | Benedict | The Christmas Jigsaw Murders | Simon & Schuster |
| Mark | Billingham | The Last Dance | Sphere |
| Jenny | Blackhurst | Three Card Murder | HQ |
| Katy | Brent | How to Kill Men and Get Away With It | HQ Digital |
| Simon | Brett | Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors' Gold | Constable |
| Simon | Brett | Mrs Pargeter's Patio | Severn House |
| Abigail | Burdess | Mother's Day | Wildfire |
| L.M. | Chilton | Don't Swipe Right | Head of Zeus |
| Julie Mae | Cohen | Bad Men | Zaffre |
| Richard | Coles | A Death in the Parish | Weidenfeld & Nicholson |
| E.J. | Copperman | My Cousin Skinny | Severn House |
| E.J. | Copperman | Ukulele of Death | Severn House |
| Victoria | Dowd | Murder Most Cold | Joffe Books |
| M.H. | Eccleston | Death Comes to the Costa del Sol | Head of Zeus |
| P.J. | Ellis | Love & Other Scams | HarperNorth |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Great Deceiver | Quercus |
| Hannah | Hendy | A Frightfully Fatal Affair | Canelo |
| Hannah | Hendy | A Terrible Village Poisoning | Canelo |
| Mick | Herron | The Secret Hours | Baskerville |
| M.K. | Hill | Zero Kill | Head of Zeus |
| E.V. | Hunter | A Date To Die For | Boldwood Books |
| Michael | Jecks | Portrait of a Murder | Severn House |
| Antony | Johnston | The Dog Sitter Detective | Allison & Busby |
| Leslie | Karst | A Sense for Murder | Severn House |
| Caroline | Kepnes | For You And Only You | Simon & Schuster |
| T.E. | Kinsey | A Fire at the Exhibition | Thomas & Mercer |
| Geri | Krotow | The Kielbasa Killer | Severn House |
| Rebecca | Kuang | Yellowface | Borough Press |
| Judy | Leigh | Foul Play at Seal Bay | Boldwood Books |
| Jenny Lund | Madsen | Thirty Days of Darkness | Orenda Books |
| Katie | Marsh | How Not To Murder Your Ex | Boldwood Books |
| Sophie | McCartney | Mother Hens | HarperNorth |
| Catriona | McPherson | Hop Scot | Severn House |
| Kelly | Oliver | Arsenic at Ascot | Boldwood Books |
| Suk | Pannu | Mrs Sidhu’s ‘Dead and Scone’ | HarperCollins |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Memory | Severn House |
| Rebecca | Rogers | The Purgatory Poisoning | HarperCollins |
| Leigh | Russell | Barking Mad | Crime and Mystery Club |
| Leigh | Russell | Barking Up the Right Tree | Crime and Mystery Club |
| Rosemary | Shrager | The Proof in the Pudding | Constable |
| Jesse | Sutanto | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | HQ |
| Lesley | Thomson | The Mystery of Yew Tree House | Head of Zeus |
| Antti | Tuomianen | The Beaver Theory | Orenda Books |
| L.C. | Tyler | A Well-Earned Death | Constable |
| Joanna | Wallace | You'd Look Better as a Ghost | Viper |
| Jeri | Westerson | The Isolated Séance | Severn House |
| T.A. | Williams | Murder in Siena | Boldwood Books |
| Debbie | Young | Murder in the Highlands | Boldwood Books |
| Glenda | Young | Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel | Headline Publishing Group |
THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
| TV Title | Author First | Author Last | Book(s) | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck - series 9 | Maj & Per | Sjowall & Wahloo | Martin Beck books | BBC4 |
| Bodies | Si | Spencer | Bodies | Netflix |
| Bosch: Legacy - series 2 | Michael | Connelly | Harry Bosch books | FreeVee |
| Chemistry of Death | Simon | Beckett | Dr David Hunter | Paramount+ |
| City on Fire | Garth Risk | Hallberg | City on Fire | Apple TV+ |
| Crime | Irvine | Welsh | Crime | ITVX |
| Dalgliesh - series 2 | P.D. | James | Dalgliesh | C5 |
| Dark Winds | Tony | Hillerman | Chee & Leaphorn books | Alibi |
| Father Brown - series 10 | G.K. | Chesterton | Father Brown series | BBC |
| Grace - series 3 | Peter | James | Roy Grace books | ITV |
| Harlan Coben's Shelter | Harlan | Coben | Mickey Bolitar | Amazon Prime |
| Inspector Ricciardi (aka Il Commissario Ricciardi) | Maurizio | de Giovanni | Commissario Ricciardi | Walter Presents |
| Joe Pickett | C.J. | Box | Joe Pickett series | Paramount+ |
| Justified: City Primeval | Elmore | Leonard | City Primeval and Fire in the Hole | Disney+ |
| Love & Death | James & John | Atkinson & Bloom | Evidence of Love | ITVX |
| Luther - The Fallen Sun | Neil | Cross | Luther books | Netflix |
| Midsomer Murders - series 22 | Caroline | Graham | Midsomer Murders | ITV |
| Murder is Easy | Agatha | Christie | Murder is Easy | BBC |
| Murdoch Mysteries - series 16 | Maureen | Jennings | Murdoch Mysteries | Alibi |
| Obsession | Josephine | Hart | Damage | Netflix |
| Perry Mason (series 2) | Earl Stanley | Gardner | Perry Mason | Sky Atlantic |
| Platform 7 | Louise | Doughty | Platform Seven | ITVX |
| Reacher - series 2 | Lee | Child | Jack Reacher books | Amazon Prime |
| Shetland - series 8 | Ann | Cleeves | Shetland books | BBC |
| Six Four | Hideo | Yokoyama | Six Four | ITVX |
| Slow Horses - series 3 | Mick | Herron | Slough House books | Apple TV+ |
| The Burning Girls | C.J. | Tudor | The Burning Girls | C5 |
| The Castaways | Lucy | Clarke | The Castaways | Paramount+ |
| The Consultant | Bentley | Little | The Consultant | Amazon Prime |
| The Defence - series 3 | Remigiusz | Mróz | Joanna Chylka series | Walter Presents |
| The Doll Factory | Elizabeth | Macneal | The Doll Factory | Paramount+ |
| The Ex-Wife | Jess | Ryder | The Ex-Wife | C5 |
| The Famous Five - The Curse of Kirren Island | Enid | Blyton | Famous Five | BBC |
| The Hunter (Il cacciatore) | Alfonso | Sabella | Cacciatore di mafiosi | Walter Presents |
| The Killing Kind | Jane | Casey | The Killing Kind | Paramount+ |
| The Last Thing He Told Me | Laura | Dave | The Last Thing He Told Me | Apple TV+ |
| The Lincoln Lawyer - series 2 | Michael | Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer | Netflix |
| The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | Holly | Ringland | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | Amazon Prime |
| The Night Agent | Matthew | Quirk | The Night Agent | Netflix |
| The Power | Naomi | Alderman | The Power | Amazon Prime |
| The Serial Killer's Wife | Alice | Hunter | The Serial Killer's Wife | Paramount+ |
| The Snow Girl (aka La chica de nieve) | Javier Castillo | Javier Castillo | La chica de nieve | Netflix |
| The Tower - series 2 | Kate | London | Collins and Griffiths books | ITV |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - series 3 | Tom | Clancy | Jack Ryan books | Amazon Prime |
| Top Dog | Jens | Lapidus | Dark Stockholm | Walter Presents |
| Truth be Told | Kathleen | Barber | Are You Sleeping? | Apple TV+ |
| Van der Valk - series 3 | Nicolas | Freeling | Van der Valk | ITV |
| Vera - series 12 | Ann | Cleeves | Vera Stanhope books | ITV |
| White House Plumbers | Bud & Matthew | Krogh | White House Plumbers | Sky Max |
| Wilderness | B.E. | Jones | Wilderness | Amazon Prime |
| Will Trent | Karin | Slaughter | Will Trent | Disney+ |
| Wolf | Mo | Hayder | Jack Caffrey books | BBC |
| You - series 4 | Caroline | Kepnes | You | Netflix |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sufiya | Ahmed | Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo | Bloomsbury Education |
| Alasdair | Beckett-King | Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum | Walker Books |
| Jo | Clarke | Libby and the Highland Heist | Firefly Press |
| Frank | Cottrell-Boyce | The Wonder Brothers | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Judith | Eagle | The Stolen Songbird | Faber (Faber Children's) |
| Natasha | Farrant | The Rescue of Ravenwood | Faber (Faber Children's) |
| Simon | Fox | Deadlock | Nosy Crow |
| Cat | Gray | The Spirit Snatcher | Usborne Publishing |
| Ravena | Guron | The Thief of Farrowfell | Faber (Faber Children's) |
| Adam | Hills | Rockstar Detectives: Murder at the Movies | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Nightshade Revenge | Walker Books |
| A.M. | Howell | Mysteries At Sea: Peril On The Atlantic | Usborne Publishing |
| Lis | Jardine | The Detention Detectives | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Gareth P. | Jones | Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express | Little Tiger |
| Iszi | Lawrence | Blackbeard's Treasure | Bloomsbury Education |
| M. G. | Leonard | Clutch | Walker Books |
| Beth | Lincoln | The Swifts | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Logan | Macx | Swift and Hawk: Undercover | Walker Books |
| Karen | Owen | Major and Mynah: Operation Raven | Firefly Press |
| John | Patrick Green | InvestiGators: All Tide Up | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Helen | Peters | Friends and Traitors | Nosy Crow |
| Marcus | Rashford | The Breakfast Club Advenutres: The Ghoul in the School | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Marcus | Rashford | The Breakfast Club Advenutres: The Phantom Thief | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Ellie | Robinson | Gold Medal Mysteries: Thief on the Track | Simon & Schuster Children's Books |
| Gabrielle and Satish | Shewhorak | Rani Reports - On the Missing Millions | Rock the Boat (Oneworld) |
| Lauren | St John | Finding Wonder | Faber (Faber Children's) |
| Robin | Stevens | The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Thomas | Taylor | Mermedusa | Walker Books |
| Sarah | Todd Taylor | Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire: A Spoonful of Spying | Nosy Crow |
| J.T. | Williams | The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison | Farshore |
| Leah | Williamson | The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers | Macmillan Children's Books |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. F. | Askwith | A Dark Inheritance | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Jennifer Lynn | Barnes | The Brothers Hawthorne | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Emily | Barr | This Summer's secret | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Kalynn | Bayron | You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight | Bloomsbury YA |
| Erin | Beaty | Blood and Moonlight | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Erin | Beaty | Silence and Shadow | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Katya de | Becerra | When Ghosts Call Us Home | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Nick | Brooks | Promise Boys | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Angeline | Boulley | Warrior Girl Unearthed | |
| Aimée | Carter | Royal Blood | Usborne Publishing |
| Katie | Cotugno | Liar's Beach | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Melissa de la | Cruz | The Headmaster's List | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Benjamin | Dean | How to Die Famous | Simon & Schuster Children's Books |
| Kathleen & Liz | Glasgow & Lawson | The Night In Question: An Agathas Mystery | |
| Ravena | Guron | Catch Your Death | Usborne Publishing |
| Ravena | Guron | This Book Kills | Usborne Publishing |
| Marie | Lu | Stars and Smoke | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Kesia | Lupo | Let's Play Murder | Bloomsbury YA |
| Karen M. | McManus | One of Us is Back | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Tomi | Oyemakinde | The Changing Man | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Elizabeth | Wein | Stateless | Bloomsbury YA |
| Joelle | Wellington | Their Vicious Games | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Kate | Weston | Murder on a School Night | Electric Monkey |