The 2025 CrimeFest Awards will be presented at the convention Gala Awards Dinner on 17 May, 2025.
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
for best 2024 crime novel by a previously unpublished author
– eDUNNIT AWARD
for best 2024 crime ebook
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
for best 2024 humorous crime novel
– THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
for best 2024 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 2024
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
for best 2024 crime novel for children, ages 8-12
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
for best 2024 crime novel for young adults, ages 12-16
– 2025 AWARD ENTRIES
– PAST WINNERS: 2024, 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.
– Tom Baragwanath for Paper Cage (Baskerville)
– Tasha Coryell for Love Letters to a Serial Killer (Orion Fiction)
– C. L. Miller for The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder (Pan Macmillan)
– Akira Otani (and translator Sam Bett) for The Night of Baba Yaga (Faber & Faber) – WINNER!
– Tracy Sierra for Nightwatching (Viking)
– Claire Wilson for Five by Five (Michael Joseph)
eDUNNIT AWARD
For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2024.
– Martin Edwards for Hemlock Bay (Head of Zeus)
– Laurie R. King for The Lantern’s Dance (Allison & Busby)
– Jean Hanff Korelitz for The Sequel (Faber & Faber) – WINNER!
– Bella Mackie for What A Way To Go (The Borough Press)
– Liz Moore for The God of the Woods (The Borough Press)
– Peter Swanson for A Talent for Murder (Faber & Faber)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2024.
– Cathy Ace for The Case of the Secretive Secretary (Four Tails Publishing Ltd.)
– DG Coutinho for The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin (Harvill Secker)
– Bella Mackie for What A Way To Go (The Borough Press)
– Orlando Murrin for Knife Skills for Beginners (Transworld)
– Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Christmas (Severn House) – WINNER!
– Antti Tuomianen (and translator David Hackston) for The Burning Stones (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 2024. 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.
– Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert in Wickedness (HarperCollins) – WINNER!
– Jem Bloomfield for Allusion in Detective Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Ashley Bowden for Female Detectives in Early Crime Fiction 1841-1920 (Fabula Mysterium Press)
– Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst for Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction (Dead Ink)
– Sara Lodge for The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female (Yale University Press)
– Lynda La Plante for Getting Away With Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen (Zaffre)
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 2024.
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers establish the shortlist and the winning title.
The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
– Bad Monkey, based on the book by Carl Hiaasen (Apple TV+)
– Dalgliesh (series 3), based on the Inspector Dalgliesh books by P.D. James (Channel 5)
– Lady in the Lake based on the book by Laura Lippman (Apple TV+)
– Moonflower Murders based on the book by Anthony Horowitz (BBC)
– Slow Horses (series 4), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple TV+) – WINNER!
– The Turkish Detective, based on the Inspector Ikmen books by Barbara Nadel (BBC)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults vote 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 2024.
– Sufiya Ahmed for Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker (Bloomsbury Education) – WINNER!
– Natasha Farrant for The Secret of Golden Island (Faber & Faber)
– A.M. Howell for Mysteries at Sea: The Hollywood Kidnap Case (Usborne Publishing)
– M. G. Leonard for The Twitchers: Feather (Walker Books)
– Beth Lincoln for The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Nicki Thornton for The Floating Witch Mystery (Faber & Faber)
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 2024.
– H.F. Askwith for A Cruel Twist of Fate (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
– Denise Brown for It All Started With a Lie (Hashtag Press)
– A.J. Clack for Lie or Die (Firefly Press)
– Amie Jordan for All the Hidden Monsters (Chicken House)
– Kayvion Lewis for Heist Royale (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) – WINNER!
– Karen M. McManus for Such Charming Liars (Penguin Random House Children’s UK)
2024 AWARD ENTRIES
As of 16 April 2025
– 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 | Imprint | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzy | Aspley | Crow Moon | Orenda Books | Orenda |
| Daniel | Aubrey | Dark Island | HarperNorth | HarperCollins |
| Tom | Baragwanath | Paper Cage | Baskerville | John Murray Press |
| Eleanor | Barker-White | My Name Was Eden | HarperNorth | HarperCollins |
| Jessica | Bull | Miss Austen Investigates | Michael Joseph | PRH |
| Samuel | Burr | The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers | Orion Fiction | Orion |
| Nilesha | Chauvet | The Revenge of Rita Marsh | Faber | Faber |
| Sarah | Collins | Things Don't Break on Their Own | Viking | PRH |
| Emma | Cook | You Can't Hurt Me | Orion Fiction | Orion |
| Roger | Corke | Deadly Protocol | Diamond Crime | Diamond Books |
| Tasha | Coryell | Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Orion Fiction | Orion |
| Claire | Coughlan | Where They Lie | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster |
| DG | Coutinho | The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| Susie | Dent | Guilty by Definition | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Clara | Dillon | The Playdate | Penguin Sandycove | PRH |
| Joanna | Dodd | The Summer Dare | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Sarah | Dunnakey | The Twelve Murders of Christmas | Avon | HarperCollins |
| R.B. | Egan | One Perfect Stranger | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Tim | Franks | Days of Long Shadows | Crescent Swan | Crescent Swan |
| Ellie | Keel | The Four | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Cathryn | Kemp | A Poisoner's Tale | Transworld | PRH |
| Sarah | Lawton | A Drowning Tide | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Anders | Lustgarten | Three Burials | Hamish Hamilton | PRH |
| Anders | M. Hanen | King's Gambit | Biteback | Biteback |
| C. L. | Miller | The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder | Pan Macmillan | Pan Macmillan |
| Susan J. | Morris | Strange Beasts | Hodderscape | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Orlando | Murrin | Knife Skills for Beginners | Transworld | PRH |
| Sadie | Norman | Catfish | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Adorah | Nworah | House Woman | The Borough Press | HarperCollins |
| Akira | Otani | The Night of Baba Yaga | Faber | Faber |
| Kristen | Perrin | How To Solve Your Own Murder | Quercus | Quercus |
| Isobel | Shirlaw | A Proper Mother | Magpie | OneWorld |
| Isobel | Shirlaw | A Proper Mother | Point Blank (Oneworld) | Oneworld |
| Tracy | Sierra | Nightwatching | Viking | PRH |
| Shane | Spyre | Which Child | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Martyn | Taylor | In The Family | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Marie | Tierney | Deadly Animals | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| James | Warren | That Care Forgot | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Claire | Wilson | Five by Five | Michael Joseph | PRH |
| G.D. | Wright | After the Storm | Avon | HarperCollins |
eDUNNIT AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Imprint | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | Abbott | The Last Time I Saw Him | Wildfire | Headline |
| Stig | Abell | Death in a Lonely Place | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Pearly Smile | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. |
| Eva Björg | Ægisdóttir | Boys Who Hurt | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Alex | Ahndoril | I Will Find the Key | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Ellie | Alexander | The Body in the Bookstore | Storm | Storm |
| Claire | Allan | Affair | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Liz | Alterman | The House on Cold Creek Lane | Severn House | Severn House |
| Heidi | Amsinck | Back from the Dead. A Jensen Thriller | Muswell Press | Muswell Press |
| Jess | Armstrong | The Secret of the Three Fates | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Suzy | Aspley | Crow Moon | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Stephanie | Austin | Death on Dartmoor Edge | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Martine | Bailey | Sharp Scratch | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| J A | Baker | Perfect Parents | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Shirley & Sheila | Ballas & McClure | Dance to the Death | HQ FIction | HarperCollins |
| Emma | Bamford | Eye of the Beholder | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| John | Banville | The Drowned | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Tom | Baragwanath | Paper Cage | Baskerville | John Murray Press |
| Graham | Bartlett | City on Fire | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Fiona | Barton | Talking to Strangers | Transworld | PRH |
| Tony | Bassett | It Never Rains | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Penny | Batchelor | The Reunion Party | Embla Books | Bonnier |
| Keri | Beevis | Cottage by the Sea | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Michael | Bennett | Return to Blood | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| S.J. | Bennett | A Death in Diamonds | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Samuel | Bjork | Dead Island | Transworld | PRH |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Neighbour's Secret | Orion Fiction | Orion Fiction |
| William | Boyd | Gabriel’s Moon | Viking | PRH |
| Natasha | Boydell | Fortune Teller | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Verity | Bright | Murder in Mayfair | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Amanda | Brittany | Now You Are Mine | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Steph & MJ | Broadribb & Arlidge | The Reunion | Orion Fiction | Orion Fiction |
| Duglad | Bruce-Lockhart | Second Skin | Muswell Press | Muswell Press |
| Tracy | Buchanan | Venom in the Blood | Embla Books | Bonnier |
| Simone | Buchholz | The Kitchen | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Jo | Callaghan | Leave No Trace | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Jack | Carr | Red Sky Mourning | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Chris | Carter | The Death Watcher | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Andrew | Cartmel | The Paperback Sleuth - Ashram Assassin | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Andrew | Cartmel | The Vinyl Detective - Noise Floor (Vinyl Detective 7) | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Caro | Carver | Bad Tourists | Transworld | PRH |
| Jane | Casey | A Stranger in the Family | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Jane | Casey | The Outsider | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Amanda | Cassidy | The Perfect Place | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Kimberley | Chambers | The Brothers | HarperFiction | HarperCollins |
| A A | Chaudhuri | Under Her Roof | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Nilesha | Chauvet | The Revenge of Rita Marsh | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Lee Child and Andrew | Child | In Too Deep | Transworld | PRH |
| Ajay | Chowdhury | The Spy | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| Ray | Clark | Impaled | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Sarah | Clarke | The Night She Dies | HQ Digital | HarperCollins |
| Ian | Coates | Backlash | Wallace Publishing | Wallace Publishing |
| Julie Mae | Cohen | Eat Slay Love | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Catherine | Coles | Death at Lovers' Leap | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| James | Comey | Westport | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Elly | Conway | Argylle | Transworld | PRH |
| C.J. | Cooke | The Book of Witching | HarperFiction | HarperCollins |
| Jody | Cooksley | The Small Museum | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Helen | Cooper | My Darling Boy | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Julie | Corbin | Your Best Friend | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Claire | Coughlan | Where They Lie | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| D G | Coutinho | The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| Heather | Critchlow | Unburied | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Julia | Crouch | Surprise Party | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Alex | Dahl | Girl Friends | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Megan | David | Bay of Thieves | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| James | Davidson | The Other Detective | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Lindsey | Davis | Death On The Tiber | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anita | Davison | Murder at Midwinter Manor | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Abigail | Dean | Day One | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| John | Dean | To Catch a Lie | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Jeffery | Deaver | DEAD ENDS | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| James | Delargy | Into the Flames | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Candy | Denman | Hanging Question | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Diane | Dickson | Body in the Way | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder on the French Riviera | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Cory | Doctorow | The Bezzle | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Louise | Douglas | Sea House | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Stuart | Douglas | Death at the Dress Rehearsal | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Gregg | Dunnett | The Lake House Children | Storm | Storm |
| Martin | Edwards | Hemlock Bay | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Lord's Station | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Whitechapel Road Station | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Joy | Ellis | Echoes on the Fens | Joffe Books | Joffe Books |
| Thomas & Jorn | Enger & Lier Horst | Victim | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Helen | Fields | Profile K | Avon | HarperCollins |
| Alex | Finlay | If Something Happens To Me | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| A.J. | Finn | End of Story | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Laurie Elizabeth | Flynn | Till Death Do Us Part | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Vince; Don | Flynn; Bentley | Capture or Kill | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Sue | Fortin | Your Little Lies | Storm | Storm |
| Nev | Fountain | The Fan who Knew Too Much | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Deborah | Fowler | A St Ives Christmas Mystery | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Caz | Frear | Five Bad Deeds | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Nicci | French | Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Tana | French | The Hunter | Viking | PRH |
| Tana | French | The Hunter | Viking | PRH |
| Emily | Freud | Her Last Summer | Quercus | Quercus |
| Jo | Furniss | Dead Mile | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Vanessa | Garbin | The Things We Hide | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Frank | Gardner | Invasion | Transworld | PRH |
| Kellye | Garrett | Missing White Woman | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Alex | Gerlis | Every Spy a Traitor | Canelo | Canelo |
| Tess | Gerritsen | The Spy Coast | Transworld | PRH |
| Patricia | Gibney | Her Last Walk Home | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Mary | Grand | Christmas Murder | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| C.S. | Green | Down Among the Dead | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Morgan | Greene | Savage Ridge | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Ross | Greenwood | Village Killer | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Andrew James | Greig | The Girl in the Loch | Storm | Storm |
| Linda | Hagan | Lasting Influence | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Peter | Hain | The Lion Conspiracy | Muswell Press | Muswell Press |
| Araminta | Hall | One of the Good Guys | Pan Macmillan | Pan Macmillan |
| Lisa | Hall | The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl | Canelo | Canelo |
| Rona | Halsall | Fiance | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Paul E. | Hardisty | The Desent | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Nick | Harkaway | Karla’s Choice | Viking | PRH |
| Barbara | Havelocke | Estella's Revenge | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Alis | Hawkins | The Skeleton Army | Canelo | Canelo |
| Paula | Hawkins | The Blue Hour | Transworld | PRH |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Litany of Lies | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Rebecca | Heath | The Dinner Party | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Iain | Henn | The Devil's Artist | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Angela | Henry | The Perfect Affair | Storm | Storm |
| Holly | Hepburn | Cursed Writer | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Mary; Alafair | Higgins Clark; Burke | It Had To Be You | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Sam | Holland | The Puppet Master | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Mike | Hollow | The Soho Murder | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Mary | Horlock | The Stranger's Companion | Baskerville | John Murray Press |
| E.V. | Hunter | Deadly Affair | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| M A | Hunter | Sleepwalker | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Daniel | Hurst | The Nurse’s Lie | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| William | Hussey | Jericho's Dead | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Greg | Iles | Southern Man | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Kotaro | Isaka | Hotel Lucky Seven | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| Douglas | Jackson | Blood Roses | Canelo | Canelo |
| Lisa | Jackson | Our Little Secret | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Peter | James | They Thought I Was Dead: Sandy's Story | Pan Macmillan | Pan Macmillan |
| Emiko | Jean | The Next Girl | Viking | PRH |
| Louise | Jensen | The Intruders | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Alan | Johnson | Death on the Thames | Wildfire | Headline |
| Jill | Johnson | Hell's Bells | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Antony | Johnston | The Dog Sitter Detective Takes the Lead | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Doug | Johnstone | Living is a Problem | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Collapsing Wave | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Jack | Jordan | Redemption | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Alex | Kane | Two Sisters | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Joseph | Kanon | Shanghai | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Lesley | Kara | The Other Tenant | Transworld | PRH |
| Cathryn | Kemp | A Poisoner's Tale | Transworld | PRH |
| Valerie | Keogh | Wives | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Mairi | Kidd | The Specimens | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Laurie R. | King | The Lantern's Dance | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Joseph | Knox | Imposter Syndrome | Transworld | PRH |
| Jean Hanff | Korelitz | The Sequel | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Camilla | Läckberg | The Cuckoo | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Alex | Lake | Here One Minute | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Neil | Lancaster | The Devil You Know | HQ Digital | HarperCollins |
| Shari | Lapena | What Have You Done? | Transworld | PRH |
| Sarah | Lawton | A Drowning Tide | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Ellery | Lloyd | The Final Act of Juliette Willougby | Pan Macmillan | Pan Macmillan |
| Josie | Lloyd | Miss Beeton's Murder Agency | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| T.M. | Logan | The Dream Home | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Nick | Louth | The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Anders | Lustgarten | Three Burials | Hamish Hamilton | PRH |
| H. M. | Lynn | Head Teacher | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Stuart | MacBride | In a Place of Darkness | Transworld | PRH |
| Colin | MacIntyre | When the Needle Drops | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| N J | Mackay | The Sweetheart Killer | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Bella | Mackie | What A Way To Go | The Borough Press | HarperColllins |
| Richard | Madeley | Father's Day | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Tim | Major | Jekyll & Hide: Consulting Detectives | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Michael J. | Malone | The Torments | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Nina | Manning | Her Last Summer | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Andrea | Mara | Someone in the Attic | Transworld | PRH |
| Blake | Mara | The Dog Park Detectives | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Wes | Markin | Winter Killings | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Natalie | Marlow | The Red Hollow | Baskerville | John Murray Press |
| Angela | Marsons | Guilty Mothers | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Murder in Transit | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | Spring Offensive | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Faith | Martin | Murder on the Train | Joffe Books | Joffe Books |
| Nadine | Matheson | The Kill List | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Simon | McCleave | Last Night in Villa Lucia | Storm | Storm |
| Robert | McCracken | Deadly Move | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Lynne | McEwan | The Gathering Storm | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Freida | McFadden | The Housemaid Is Watching | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Christine | McHaines | The Mystery on the Cornish Coast | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Dinuka | McKenzie | Taken | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Amanda | McKinney | A Marriage of Lies | Storm | Storm |
| Jane | McLoughlin | The Perfect Couple | Lume | Joffe Books |
| Dervla | McTiernan | What Happened to Nina? | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Tom | Mead | Cabaret Macabre | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Deon | Meyer | Leo | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Denzil | Meyrick | The Christmas Stocking Murders | Transworld | PRH |
| Denzil | Meyrick | The Estate | Transworld | PRH |
| Saima | Mir | Vengeance | Magpie | Oneworld |
| Helen | Monks Takhar | Nothing Without Me | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Ian | Moore | Death in le Jardin | Farrago | Duckworth |
| Liz | Moore | The God of the Woods | The Borough Press | HarperColllins |
| Syd | Moore | The Grand Illusion | Magpie | Oneworld |
| Bob | Mortimer | The Hotel Avocado | Gallery UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Mandy | Morton | The Suspicions of Mr Whisker | Farrago | Duckworth |
| Greg | Mosse | Murder At The Fair | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Abir | Mukherjee | Hunted | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| O. J. | Mullen | Wrong Woman | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| T. Orr | Munro | Liars Island | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Stuart | Neville | Blood Like Mine | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| John | Nicholl | Holiday | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Riall | Nolan | Blood on the Sands | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| L. C. | North | Clickbait | Transworld | PRH |
| Bernard | O'Keeffe | Every Trick in the Book | Muswell Press | Muswell Press |
| Kelly | Oliver | Poison in Piccadilly | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| James | Oswald | For Our Sins | Wildfire | Headline |
| Akira | Otani | The Night of Baba Yaga | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Matthew | Palmer | The American Mission | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| B.A. | Paris | The Guest | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| CJ | Parsons | The Winner | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Biba | Pearce | Rough Justice | Mortlake Press | Mortlake Press |
| Sarah | Pekkenan | House of Glass | Orion Fiction | Orion Fiction |
| Malin | Persson Giolito | Deliver Me | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Alex | Pine | The Killer in the Cold | Avon | HarperCollins |
| Morag | Pringle | The Liar's Bones | Storm | Storm |
| Nita | Prose | The Mystery Guest | HarperFiction | HarperCollins |
| Matthew | Quirk | Inside Threat | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Satu | Ramo | The Clues in the Fjord | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Caro | Ramsay | Out of the Dark | Severn House | Severn House |
| Danielle | Ramsay | Taken | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Cheryl | Rees-Price | The Crimson Harvest | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Kathy | Reichs | Fire and Bones | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Amanda | Reynolds | Her Husband's Lie | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Kate | Rhodes | The Stalker | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Lucy | Ribchester | Murder Ballad | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Lloyd Devereaux | Richards | The Runner | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Hannah | Richell | The Search Party | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Sally | Rigby | The Hidden Graves of St Ives | Storm | Storm |
| M. L. | Rio | Graveyard Shift | Wildfire | Headline |
| Brooke | Robinson | The Negotiator | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| Gemma | Rogers | Honeymoon | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Stephen | Ronson | The Berlin Agent | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Jeneva | Rose | Home Is Where the Bodies Are | Orion Fiction | Orion Fiction |
| Sally | Royer-Derr | The Secrets Next Door | Storm | Storm |
| SJ | Rozan | Murder of Mr Ma | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Gareth | Rubin | Holmes and Moriarty | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Kate | Ruby | Everything You Have | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Joanne | Ryan | Alone in the Dark | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Michelle | Salter | Corpse in Christmas Close | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Rosie | Sandler | Murder Takes Root | Embla Books | Bonnier |
| Saskia | Sarginson | Identical | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Diane | Saxon | My Mother's Lies | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Louisa | Scarr | Gallows Wood | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Anna | Schofield | The Midwives | HarperNorth | HarperColllins |
| Mira V | Shah | The House Sitter | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| John | Shen Yen Nee | Murder of Mr Ma | Titan Books | Titan Books |
| Kim | Sherwood | A Spy Like Me | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Tracy | Sierra | Nightwatching | PRH | |
| Jeffrey | Siger | At Any Cost | Severn House | Severn House |
| Yrsa | Sigurdardottir | Can't Run, Can't Hide | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lilja | Sigurdardóttir | Dark as Night | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Daniel | Silva | A DEATH IN CORNWALL | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Doug | Sinclair | Blood Runs Deep | Storm | Storm |
| Rob | Sinclair | Angel of Death | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Douglas | Skelton | A Grave for a Thief | Canelo | Canelo |
| K. L. | Slater | The Married Man | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Karin | Slaughter | This is Why We Lied | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Nikki | Smith | The Guests | Viking | PRH |
| L. D. | Smithson | The Escape Room | Transworld | PRH |
| Ruby | Speechley | Guilty | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Sophia | Spiers | The Family Home | Lume | Joffe Books |
| Gunnar | Staalesen | Pursued By Death | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| L. H. | Stacey | Family Home | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Alison | Stockham | New Girl | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Lisa | Stone | The Murder Room | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Tim | Sullivan | The Teacher | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Sarah | Sultoon | Death Flight | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Leonie | Swann | Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Peter | Swanson | A Talent for Murder | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| C.L. | Swatman | No Son of Mine | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Elliot | Sweeney | A Killing in Paradise | Wildfire | Headline |
| Jonny | Sweet | The Kellerby Code | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Vanda | Symon | Prey | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| C. L. | Taylor | Every Move You Make | Avon | HarperCollins |
| Elena | Taylor | A Cold, Cold World | Severn House | Severn House |
| Russ | Thomas | Sleeping Dogs | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Robert | Thorogood | The Queen of Poisons | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Amy | Tintera | Listen for the Lie | Transworld | PRH |
| Sam | Tobin | Settle The Score | Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Marion | Todd | Bridges to Burn | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Rebecca | Tope | A Lake District Christmas Murder | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Borrowdale Body | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Nicole | Trope | Not a Good Enough Mother | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Burning Stones | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| A.K. | Turner | Dead Fall | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Harriet | Tyce | A Lesson in Cruelty | Wildfire | Headline |
| Charlotte | Vassell | The In Crowd | Faber | Faber and Faber |
| Fiona | Veitch Smith | The Pyramid Murders | Embla Books | Bonnier |
| Samantha | Verant | The Lucky Widow | Storm | Storm |
| Sarah | Ward | Death Rites | Canelo Crime | Canelo |
| Ruth | Ware | One Perfect Couple | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK |
| Sue | Watson | You, Me, Her | Bookouture | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Watts | Bury Your Secrets | Embla Books | Bonnier |
| Liz | Webb | The Saved | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Kate | Wells | Stranger in the Village | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| A. J. | West | The Betrayal of Thomas True | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Mark | West | We Were Seen | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| MJ | White | The Deadly Echoes | Hera Books | Canelo |
| Clare | Whitfield | Poor Girls | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Kate | Wiley | The Killer's Daughter | Storm | Storm |
| Diana | Wilkinson | Girl in Seat 2A | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| T A | Williams | Murder in Portofino | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Stacy | Willingham | Only If You’re Lucky | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| Don | Winslow | City in Ruins | Hemlock Press | HarperCollins |
| Jacqueline | Winspear | The Comfort of Ghosts | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Rachel | Wolf | Five Nights | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
| Karen | Woods | The Truth | HarperNorth | HarperColllins |
| Patrick | Worrall | The Exile | Transworld | PRH |
| Debbie | Young | Death at the Old Curiosity Shop | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Imprint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | Aldridge | Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert on Wickedness | HarperCollins |
| Jem | Bloomfield | Allusion in Detective Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Ashley | Bowden | Female Detectives in Early Crime Fiction 1841-1920 | Fabula Mysterium Press |
| Jared | Cade | Secrets from the Agatha Christie Archives | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Dan & Richard | Coxon & Hirst | Writing the Murder: Essays on Crafting Crime Fiction | Dead Ink |
| Lucyna | Krawczyk-Żywko | Holmes and the Ripper | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Sara | Lodge | The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female | Yale University Press |
| Lynda La | Plante | Getting Away With Murder: My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and Screen | Zaffre |
LAST LAUGH AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Imprint | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy | Ace | The Case of the Bereaved Butler | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. |
| Cathy | Ace | The Case of the Secretive Secretary | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Pearly Smile | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. | Four Tails Publishing Ltd. |
| Kat | Ailes | Dead Tired | Zaffre | Bonnier |
| Traude | Ailinger | Fickle Fortunes | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| JL | Blackhurst | Smoke and Murders | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Sarah | Bonner | How to Slay at Work | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Ric | Brady | Shooter on the Moor | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Katy | Brent | The Murder After the Night Before | HQ Digital | HarperCollins |
| Alexia | Casale | The Best Way to Bury Your Husband | Viking | PRH |
| Julian | Clary | Curtain Call to Murder | Orion Fiction | Orion |
| Jonathan | Coe | The Proof of My Innocence | Viking | PRH |
| E.J. | Copperman | Same Difference | Severn House | Severn House |
| Tasha | Coryell | Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Orion Fiction | Orion |
| D G | Coutinho | The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin | Harvill Secker | PRH |
| S.A. | Falk | The Patient's Secret | Storm | Storm |
| Liz | Fielding | Murder in Bloom | Joffe Books | Joffe Books |
| Nev | Fountain | The Fan Who Knew Too Much | Titan Books | Titan |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Last Word | Quercus | Quercus |
| Julie | Highmore | The Ghostwriter's Study | The Book Folks | The Book Folks |
| Suzette A. | Hill | A Lurking Primrose | Severn House | Severn House |
| Michael | Jecks | Landscape of Murder | Severn House | Severn House |
| Jill | Johnson | Hell's Bells | Black & White Publishing | Black & White Publishing |
| Antony | Johnston | The Dog Sitter Detective Takes the Lead | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| T E | Kinsey | An Assassination on the Agenda | Thomas & Mercer | Amazon |
| Judy | Leigh | Bloodshed on the Boards | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Anders | Lustgarten | Three Burials | Hamish Hamilton | PRH |
| Stuart | MacBride | The Tasting Menu | Amazon Original Story | Amazon |
| Bella | Mackie | What A Way To Go | The Borough Press | HarperCollins |
| Blake | Mara | The Dog Park Detectives | Simon & Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster |
| Katie | Marsh | Murder on the Dancefloor | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Bryan J | Mason | An Old Tin Can | SpellBound Books | Spellbound |
| Denzil | Meyrick | The Christmas Stocking Murders | Transworld | PRH |
| Jo | Middleton | Happy Bloody Christmas | Avon | HarperCollins |
| Ian | Moore | Death in le Jardin | Farrago | Duckworth |
| Bob | Mortimer | The Hotel Avocado | Gallery UK | Simon & Schuster |
| Orlando | Murrin | Knife Skills for Beginners | Transworld | PRH |
| Tamar | Myers | The Mermaid Mystery | Severn House | Severn House |
| Max | Nightingale | Murder in Tinseltown | HarperNorth | HarperCollins |
| Richard | Osman | We Solve Murders | Viking | PRH |
| Nita | Prose | The Mystery Guest | HarperFiction | HarperCollins |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Christmas | Severn House | Severn House |
| Doug | Sinclair | BloodRuns Deep | Storm | Storm |
| Benjamin | Stevenson | Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect | Michael Joseph | PRH |
| Leonie | Swann | Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime | Allison & Busby | Allison & Busby |
| Robert | Thorogood | The Queen of Poisons | HQ Fiction | HarperCollins |
| Amy | Tintera | Listen for the Lie | Transworld | PRH |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Burning Stones | Orenda Books | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Walker | Art of Murder | Boldwood Books | Boldwood Books |
| Jeri | Westerson | The Mummy of Mayfair | Severn House | Severn House |
| Jonathan | Whitelaw | The Concert Hall Killer | HarperNorth | HarperCollins |
| Clare | Whitfield | Poor Girls | Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus |
THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
| TV Title | Author First | Author Last | Book(s) | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Monkey | Carl | Hiaasen | Bad Monkey | Apple TV+ |
| Dalgliesh - series 3 | P.D. | James | Dalgliesh | C5 |
| Grantchester - series 8 | James | Runcie | Grantchester books | ITV |
| Lady in the Lake | Laura | Lippman | Lady in the Lake | Apple TV+ |
| Moonflower Murders | Anthony | Horowitz | Magpie Murders | BBC |
| Reacher - series 2 | Lee | Child | Jack Reacher books | Amazon Prime |
| Slow Horses - series 4 | Mick | Herron | Slough House books | Apple TV+ |
| The Turkish Detective | Barbara | Nadel | Inspector Ikmen books | BBC |
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