The 2023 CrimeFest Awards will be presented at the convention Gala Awards Dinner on 13 May, 2023.
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
for best 2022 crime novel by a previously unpublished author
– eDUNNIT AWARD
for best 2022 crime ebook
– THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
for best 2022 biography or critical book related to crime fiction
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
for best 2022 humorous crime novel
– 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 2022
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
for best 2022 crime novel for children, ages 8-12
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
for best 2022 crime novel for young adults, ages 12-16
– 2023 AWARD ENTRIES
– PAST WINNERS: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with our headline sponsor, CrimeFest is honoured to present its award for a crime novel by debut author first published in the United Kingdom in 2022. Previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to the genre, and CrimeFest and Specsavers aim to highlight that contribution with this award.
The winning author receives a £1,000 prize (courtesy of headline sponsor Specsavers), a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, and a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CrimeFest.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award nominees:
– Amen Alonge for A Good Day to Die (Quercus)
– Graham Bartlett for Bad for Good (Allison & Busby)
– Nita Prose for The Maid (HarperCollins)
– Oriana Rammuno (translator: Katherine Gregor) for Ashes in the Snow (HarperCollins)
– Joachim B. Schmidt (translator: Jamie Lee Searle) for Kalmann (Bitter Lemon)
– Hayley Scrivenor for Dirt Town (Macmillan)
– John Sutherland for The Siege (Orion Fiction)
– Stacy Willingham for A Flicker in the Dark (HarperCollins)
eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2022.
The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, as well as a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CrimeFest.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
eDunnit Award nominees:
– Chris Brookmyre for The Cliff House (Abacus)
– Michael Connelly for Desert Star (Orion Fiction)
– M.W. Craven for The Botanist (Constable)
– Sara Gran for The Book of the Most Precious Substance (Faber & Faber)
– Ian Rankin for A Heart Full of Headstones (Orion Fiction)
– Peter Swanson for Nine Lives (Faber & Faber)
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 2022. 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.
The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– J.C. Bernthal & Mary Anna Evans for The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie (Bloomsbury Academic)
– John le Carré (edited by Tim Cornwell) for A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 (Viking)
– Martin Edwards for The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators (Collins Crime Club)
– Barry Forshaw for Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films (Oldcastle Books)
– Sian MacArthur for Gender Roles and Political Contexts in Cold War Spy Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Lucy Worsley for Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Hodder & Stoughton)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2022.
The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, as well as a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CrimeFest.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May’s Peculiar London (Doubleday)
– Elly Griffiths for The Locked Room (Quercus)
– Mick Herron for Bad Actors (Baskerville)
– Cara Hunter for Hope to Die (Viking)
– Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Mosaic (Severn House)
– Antti Tuomainen for The Moose Paradox (Orenda Books)
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 2022. The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers establish the shortlist and the winning title.
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 2022.
The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Children (ages 8-12):
– Elly Griffiths for A Girl Called Justice: The Spy at the Window (Quercus Children’s Books)
– Anthony Horowitz for Where Seagulls Dare: A Diamond Brothers Case (Walker Books)
– Sharna Jackson for The Good Turn (Puffin)
– M.G. Leonard for Spark (Walker Books)
– Robin Stevens for The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (Puffin)
– Sarah Todd Taylor for Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble (Nosy Crow)
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 2022.
The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (ages 12-16):
– Holly Jackson for Five Survive (Electric Monkey)
– Patrice Lawrence for Needle (Barrington Stoke)
– Finn Longman for The Butterfly Assassin (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Sophie McKenzie for Truth or Dare (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
– Ruta Sepetys for I Must Betray You (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Jonathan Stroud for The Notorious Scarlett and Browne (Walker Books)
2022 AWARD ENTRIES
As of 29 January 2023
– 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amen | Alonge | A Good Day to Die | Quercus |
| Rosie | Andrews | The Leviathan | Raven- Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Rachelle | Atalla | The Pharmacist | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Emma | Bamford | Deep Water | Simon & Schuster |
| Graham | Bartlett | Bad for Good | Allison & Busby |
| Michael | Bennett | Better The Blood | Simon & Schuster |
| Sarah | Bonner | Her Perfect Twin | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Frankie | Boyle | Meantime | Baskerville |
| Scarlett | Brade | The Hive | Bonnier Books UK |
| Amanda | Cassidy | Breaking | Canelo |
| Summers | Chelsea G. | A Certain Hunger | Faber & Faber |
| Edel | Coffey | Breaking Point | Little, Brown Book Group |
| M.H. | Eccleston | The Trust | Aries |
| Genevieve | Essig | A Deception Most Deadly | Bookouture |
| Ashley | Flowers | All Good People Here | HarperCollins |
| SJ | Ford | The Choice | Aries |
| Robert | Gold | Twelve Secrets | Little, Brown Book Group |
| J.M | Hall | A Spoonful of Murder | Avon |
| Joey | Hartstone | The Local | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Rosemary | Hennigan | The Truth Will Out | Orion Fiction |
| Jack | Jewers | The Lost Diary Of Samuel Pepys | Moonflower Books |
| E. V. | Kelly | Her Last Words | Quercus |
| Ella | King | Bad Fruit | HarperCollins |
| Hannah | King | She and I | Raven- Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Nasheema | Lennon | The Engagement | HarperNorth |
| Jack | Lutz | London in Black | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Caroline | Macon Fleischer | The Roommate | Joffe Books |
| Sally-Anne | Martyn | The Clinic | Joffe Books |
| Amy | McCulloch | Breathless | Michael Joseph |
| Leila | Mottley | Nightcrawling | Raven- Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Harini | Nagadri | The Bangalore Detectives’ Club | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Chandler | Natalie | Believe Me Not | Headline Publishing Group |
| Christie J. | Newport | The Raven’s Mark | Joffe Books |
| Jessica | Payne | Make Me Disappear | Bookouture |
| Rebecca | Pert | Still Water | The Borough Press |
| Nita | Prose | The Maid | HarperCollins |
| Oriana | Rammuno | Ashes in the Snow | HarperCollins |
| Willa C. | Richards | The Comfort of Monsters | Point Blank |
| Joachim B. | Schmidt | Kalmann | Bitter Lemon |
| Hayley | Scrivenor | Dirt Town | Macmillan |
| Daniel | Sellers | Murder in the Gallowgate | Joffe Books |
| Amy | Sheppard | The Beach Party | Bookouture |
| Sarah | Smith | Hear No Evil | Two Roads |
| Emma | Styles | No Country for Girls | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Jacqueline | Sutherland | The Coffin Club | Point Blank |
| John | Sutherland | The Siege | Orion Fiction |
| Tasha | Sylva | The Guest Room | Welbeck |
| Laure | Van Rensburg | Nobody But Us | Michael Joseph |
| FJ | Watson | Dark Hunter | Birlinn Ltd |
| Katy | Watson | The Three Dahlias | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Liz | Webb | The Daughter | Allison & Busby |
| Stacy | Willingham | A Flicker in the Dark | HarperCollins |
eDUNNIT AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Aaronovitch | Amongst Our Weapons | Orion Fiction |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes | Four Tails Publishing ltd |
| Jane A. | Adams | The Girl in the Yellow Dress | Severn House |
| Eva Björg | Ægisdóttir | Night Shadows | Orenda Books |
| Burke | Alafair | The Girl She Was | Faber & Faber |
| Barbara | Allan | Antiques Liquidation | Severn House |
| Claire | Allan | The Nurse | Avon |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder at Primrose Cottage | Bookouture |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder at St Saviour’s | Bookouture |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder at the Priory Hotel | Bookouture |
| Mark | Alpert | The Doomsday Show | Severn House |
| Marty | Ambrose | Forever Past | Severn House |
| Lina | Areklew | Death in the Summer | Canelo |
| M. J. | Arlidge | Cat And Mouse | Orion Fiction |
| Ross | Armstrong | The Getaway | HQ Fiction |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Black Orchid Girls | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Her Frozen Cry | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Last Seen Alive | Bookouture |
| Tariq | Ashkanani | Follow Me to the Edge | Thomas & Mercer |
| Heather | Atkinson | Wicked Girls | Boldwood Books |
| Stephanie | Austin | A Devon Night’s Death | Allison & Busby |
| JA | Baker | Local Girl Missing | Boldwood Books |
| Tina | Baker | Nasty Little Cuts | Viper |
| Carey | Baldwin | The Marriage Secret | Bookouture |
| Sandra | Balzo | French Roast | Severn House |
| Emma | Bamford | Deep Water | Simon & Schuster |
| Ashok | Banker | A Kiss After Dying | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Natalie | Barelli | Unforgivable | Bookouture |
| Graham | Bartlett | Bad for Good | Allison & Busby |
| Fiona | Barton | Local Gone Missing | Bantam |
| Andrea | Bartz | We Were Never Here | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| E C | Bateman | Death at the Auction | One More Chapter |
| Edie | Baylis | Takeover | Boldwood Books |
| David | Beckler | A Long Shadow | Thomas & Mercer |
| Keri | Beevis | The Sleepover | Boldwood Books |
| Alexandra | Benedict | Murder on the Christmas Express | Simon & Schuster |
| Michael | Bennett | Better The Blood | Simon & Schuster |
| S.J. | Bennett | Murder Most Royal | Bonnier Books UK |
| Ilaria | Bernardini | The Girls are Good | HarperCollins |
| Parker | Bilal | The Trenches | Canongate |
| Mark | Billingham | The Murder Book | Little, Brown Book Group |
| D. V. | Bishop | The Darkest Sin | Macmillan |
| Jenny | Blackhurst | The Girl Who Left | Canelo |
| Robin | Blake | Hungry Death | Severn House |
| Rachael | Blok | The Fall | Head of Zeus |
| Shalini | Boland | A Perfect Stranger | Bookouture |
| Shalini | Boland | The Daughter-in-Law | Bookouture |
| Shalini | Boland | The Family Holiday | Bookouture |
| R.P. | Bolton | My Lovely Daughter | HQ Digital |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Dark | Orion Fiction |
| Claire | Booth | Dangerous Consequences | Severn House |
| Roxanne | Bouchard | Whisper of the Seals | Orenda Books |
| Damien | Boyd | Carnival Blues | Thomas & Mercer |
| Frankie | Boyle | Meantime | Baskerville |
| Tom | Bradby | Yesteray’s Spy | Bantam |
| Scarlett | Brade | The Hive | Bonnier Books UK |
| Simon | Brett | Death and the Decorator | Severn House |
| Simon | Brett | Waste of a Life | Severn House |
| Verity | Bright | A Royal Murder | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Death Down the Aisle | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder in an Irish Castle | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | The French for Murder | Bookouture |
| Steph | Broadribb | Death at Paradise Palms | Thomas & Mercer |
| Steph | Broadribb | Death in the Sunshine | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matt | Brolly | The Pier | Thomas & Mercer |
| Chris | Brookmyre | The Cliff House | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Eric | Brown | Murder Most Vile | Severn House |
| Sheryl | Browne | Do I Really Know You? | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | Her First Child | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | The Invite | Bookouture |
| Marion | Brunet | Vanda | Bitter Lemon |
| Simone | Buchholz | River Clyde | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Buckley | Golden Cargoes | Severn House |
| Davis | Bunn | Island of Time | Severn House |
| James Lee | Burke | Every Cloak Rolled In Blood | Orion Fiction |
| Steve | Burrows | A Foreboding of Petrels | Point Blank |
| D. S. | Butler | What She Said | Thomas & Mercer |
| Gu | Byeong-mo | The Old Woman With the Knife | Canongate |
| Dorothy | Cannell | Peril in the Parish | Severn House |
| Jack | Carr | In the Blood | Simon & Schuster |
| Chris | Carter | Genesis | Simon & Schuster |
| Will | Carver | Suicide Thursday | Orenda Books |
| Will | Carver | The Daves Next Door | Orenda Books |
| Wiley | Cash | This Dark Road to Mercy | Faber & Faber |
| Alice | Castle | The Murder Garden | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Lovelace Manor | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Magpie Lodge | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Southwood School | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Silent Little Angels | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Three Small Bones | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | Death Among the Diamonds | Bookouture |
| Lee and Andrew | Child | No Plan B | Bantam |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | The Lost Bones | Bookouture |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | The Taken Ones | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | Her Silent Prayer | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | What They Saw | Bookouture |
| Alys | Clare | The Man in the Shadows | Severn House |
| Cassandra | Clark | Dark Waters Rising | Severn House |
| Lucy | Clarke | One of the Girls | HarperCollins |
| Wendy | Clarke | Childhood Sweetheart | Bookouture |
| Paul | Cleave | The Pain Tourist | Orenda Books |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Rising Tide | Macmillan |
| Rory | Clements | The Man in the Bunker | Bonnier Books UK |
| Edel | Coffey | Breaking Point | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Catherine | Coles | Poison at the Village Show | Boldwood Books |
| Peter | Colt | Death at Fort Devens | Severn House |
| Elle | Connel | You Can Stay | Wildfire |
| Michael | Connelly | Desert Star | Orion Fiction |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Cruise | HarperCollins |
| E. J. | Copperman | And Justice For Mall | Severn House |
| E. J. | Copperman | Witness for the Persecution | Severn House |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Livid | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Jane | Corry | We All Have Our Secrets | Viking |
| Robert | Crais | Racing the Light | Simon & Schuster |
| M W | Craven | The Botanist | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Ellen | Crosby | Bitter Roots | Severn House |
| Georgina | Cross | The Niece | Bookouture |
| Julia | Crouch | The Daughters | Bookouture |
| Morgan | Cry | Six Wounds | Birlinn Ltd |
| Chris | Curran | When the Lights Go Out | One More Chapter |
| Judith | Cutler | A House Divided | Severn House |
| Lisa | Cutts | Murder at the Gardens | Bookouture |
| Alex | Dahl | After She’d Gone | Head of Zeus |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | Little Drummer | Orenda Books |
| Jeanne M. | Dams | A Deadly Web | Severn House |
| Emma | Davies | Death at Beresford Hall | Bookouture |
| Emma | Davies | Death at the Dinner Party | Bookouture |
| Emma | Davies | Death by Candlelight | Bookouture |
| Emma | Davies | Death on the Menu | Bookouture |
| L.G. | Davis | My Husband’s Secret | Bookouture |
| L.G. | Davis | Liar Liar | Bookouture |
| N. R. | Daws | A Silent Way to Die | Thomas & Mercer |
| Leona | Deakin | The Imposter | Transworld |
| Will | Dean | Wolf Pack | Point Blank |
| Jeffery | Deaver | Hunting Time | HarperCollins |
| JP | Delaney | My Darling Daughter | Quercus |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Country Club | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder in First Class | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder on Board | Bookouture |
| Paul | Doherty | The Hanging Tree | Severn House |
| Claire | Douglas | The Girls Who Disappeared | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Samantha | Downing | For Your Own Good | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Catch Her Death | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Gone to Her Grave | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Dranfield | The Birthday Party | Bookouture |
| Charlotte | Duckworth | The Wrong Mother | Quercus |
| S.A. | Dunphy | Her Child’s Cry | Bookouture |
| S.A. | Dunphy | Lost Graves | Bookouture |
| Mark | Edwards | No Place to Run | Thomas & Mercer |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Aldwych Station | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Claridge’s | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the National Gallery | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum | Allison & Busby |
| Jessica | Ellicott | Death in a Blackout | Severn House |
| Laura | Elliot | After the Wedding | Bookouture |
| J. R. | Ellis | The Railway Murders | Thomas & Mercer |
| Joy | Ellis | Solace House | Joffe Books |
| RJ | Ellory | The Darkest Season | Orion Fiction |
| TJ | Emerson | The Perfect Holiday | Boldwood Books |
| Thomas & Jorn | Enger & Lier Horst | Unhinged | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Erskine | The Chemical Cocktail | Point Blank |
| Genevieve | Essig | A Deception Most Deadly | Bookouture |
| Genevieve | Essig | A Plot Most Perilous | Bookouture |
| Genevieve | Essig | A Truth Most Treacherous | Bookouture |
| Frances | Evesham | A Harvest Murder | Boldwood Books |
| Chris | Ewan | The Interview | Macmillan |
| Matthew | Farrell | The Perfect Mother | Bookouture |
| David | Fennell | See No Evil | Bonnier Books UK |
| TP | Fielden | Betraying the Crown | Thomas & Mercer |
| Helen | Fields | The Last Girl To Die | Avon |
| Tricia | Fields | A Reluctant Saint | Severn House |
| Alex | Finlay | The Night Shift | Head of Zeus |
| Caz | Finlay | Payback Time | One More Chapter |
| Trish | Finnegan | Blue Sky | Burning Chair |
| Helen | FitzGerald | Keep Her Sweet | Orenda Books |
| Gwen | Florio | Best Practices | Severn House |
| Sophie | Flynn | If They Knew | Hera |
| Lucy | Foley | The Paris Apartment | HarperCollins |
| Martyn | Ford | Any One of Us | Thomas & Mercer |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May’s Peculiar London | Doubleday |
| Felix | Francis | Hands Down | Simon & Schuster |
| Jack | Fredrickson | Kill Her Twice | Severn House |
| Emily | Freud | What She Left Behind | Quercus |
| Robert | Galbraith | The Ink Black Heart | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Charlie | Gallagher | Last One Alive | Joffe Books |
| Kellye | Garrett | Like a Sister | Simon & Schuster |
| Katie | Gayle | An English Garden Murder | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | Murder in the Library | Bookouture |
| Alex | Gerlis | Agent in Peril | Canelo |
| Tess | Gerritsen | Listen to Me | Bantam |
| Patricia | Gibney | The Guilty Girl | Bookouture |
| Paul | Gitsham | Time to Kill | HQ Digital |
| Tim | Glister | A Loyal Traitor | Point Blank |
| Lucy | Goacher | The Edge | Thomas & Mercer |
| Robert | Goddard | This is the Night They Come for You | Bantam |
| Gillian | Godden | Diamond Geezer | Boldwood Books |
| Robert | Gold | Twelve Secrets | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Dawn | Goodwin | When We Were Young | Head of Zeus |
| Dolores | Gordon-Smith | The Chapel in the Woods | Severn House |
| Claire | Gradidge | A Conflict of Interests | Bonnier Books UK |
| Sara | Gran | The Book of the Most Precious Substance | Faber & Faber |
| Mary | Grand | Good Neighbours | Boldwood Books |
| Alex | Gray | Echo of the Dead | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lisa | Gray | The Dark Room | Thomas & Mercer |
| C.S. | Green | The Whisper House | HarperCollins |
| Hilary | Green | Operation Lightning Bolt | Joffe Books |
| Simon R. | Green | A Matter of Death and Life | Severn House |
| Simon R. | Green | What Song the Sirens Sang | Severn House |
| Stacy | Green | Her Frozen Heart | Bookouture |
| Stacy | Green | The Trapped Ones | Bookouture |
| Ross | Greenwood | The Santa Killer | Boldwood Books |
| Elly | Griffiths | Bleeding Heart Yard | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Locked Room | Quercus |
| Johana | Gustawsson | The Bleeding | Orenda Books |
| J.M | Hall | A Spoonful of Murder | Avon |
| Janice | Hallett | The Twyford Code | Viper |
| Rona | Halsall | The Guest Room | Bookouture |
| Rona | Halsall | The Wife Next Door | Bookouture |
| Barbara | Hambly | Death and Hard Cider | Severn House |
| Mari | Hannah | Her Last Request | Orion Fiction |
| Jordan | Harper | The Last King of California | Simon & Schuster |
| Robert J | Harris | The Devil’s Blaze | Birlinn Ltd |
| Cora | Harrison | Murder in the Cathedral | Severn House |
| Humphrey | Hawksley | Ice Islands | Severn House |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | A Taste for Killing | Allison & Busby |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Ex-Husband | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | The Nanny | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | The New Girl | Bookouture |
| Betty | Hechtman | Making It Write | Severn House |
| Veronica | Heley | Murder for Profit | Severn House |
| Hannah | Hendy | An Unfortunate Christmas Murder | Canelo |
| Mick | Herron | Bad Actors | Baskerville |
| Rita | Herron | Hidden Bones | Bookouture |
| Rita | Herron | Stolen Angels | Bookouture |
| Rita | Herron | The Girl in the River | Bookouture |
| David | Hewson | The Medici Murders | Severn House |
| M.K. | Hill | One Bad Thing | Head of Zeus |
| Matt | Hilton | Fatal Conflict | Severn House |
| Sam | Holland | The Echo Man | HarperCollins |
| Susi | Holliday | The Hike | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mike | Hollow | The Camden Murder | Allison & Busby |
| Noelle | Holten | 6 Ripley Avenue | One More Chapter |
| D.K. | Hood | Chase Her Shadow | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Don’t Look Back | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Her Bleeding Heart | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Kiss Her Goodnight | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Pray for Mercy | Bookouture |
| Lucy | Hooft | The King’s Pawn | Burning Chair |
| Cara | Hunter | Hope to Die | Viking |
| Evie | Hunter | The Scam | Boldwood Books |
| Graham | Hurley | Lights Down | Severn House |
| Gabino | Iglesias | The Devil Takes You Home | Wildfire |
| David | Jackson | No Secrets | Viper |
| Alison | James | The New Couple | Bookouture |
| Bill | James | Low Pastures | Severn House |
| Peter | James | Picture You Dead | Macmillan |
| Emma | Jameson | A Death at Neptune Cove | Bookouture |
| Emma | Jameson | A Death at Silversmith Bay | Bookouture |
| Michael | Jecks | The Merchant Murderers | Severn House |
| Diane | Jeffrey | The Couple at Causeway Cottage | HQ Digital |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The Bridesmaids | Bookouture |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The Midwife | Bookouture |
| Louise | Jensen | All For You | HQ Fiction |
| Alan | Johnson | One of Our Ministers is Missing | Wildfire |
| P N | Johnson | Killer in the Crowd | Burning Chair |
| Antony | Johnston | The Patrios Network | Eye Books |
| Doug | Johnstone | Black Hearts | Orenda Books |
| Stuart | Johnstone | Run to Ground | Allison & Busby |
| Ragnar | Jonasson | Outside | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Jack | Jordan | Do No Harm | Simon & Schuster |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Murder List | One More Chapter |
| Ellery | Kane | The House Sitter | Bookouture |
| Ellery | Kane | The Good Wife | Bookouture |
| Lesley | Kara | The Apartment Upstairs | Bantam |
| Anna | Karolina | The Guilty One | Thomas & Mercer |
| Anna | Karolina | The Missing Man | Thomas & Mercer |
| Leslie | Karst | The Fragrance of Death | Severn House |
| Kerry | Kaya | Betrayal | Boldwood Books |
| Casey | Kelleher | Only Child | Bookouture |
| Christobel | Kent | In Deep Water | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Valerie | Keogh | The Lodger | Boldwood Books |
| Lars | Kepler | The Mirror Man | Bonnier Books UK |
| Jenna | Kernan | The Adoption | Bookouture |
| Jenna | Kernan | The Ex-Wives | Bookouture |
| John | Keyse-Walker | Havana Highwire | Severn House |
| Karen | King | The Mother-in-Law | Bookouture |
| T E | Kinsey | An Act of Foul Play | Thomas & Mercer |
| T E | Kinsey | Rotten to the Core | Thomas & Mercer |
| Joy | Kluver | Left for Dead | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | Find Me | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | Her Deadly Promise | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | One Girl Missing | Bookouture |
| Giles | Kristian | Where Blood Runs Cold | Bantam |
| Lynda | La Plante | Dark Rooms | Bonnier Books UK |
| Lynda | La Plante | Vanished | Bonnier Books UK |
| Liz | Lawler | The Nurse’s Secret | Bookouture |
| Sue | Lawrence | The Green Lady | Contraband (imprint of Saraband) |
| M J | Lee | When the Night Ends | Canelo |
| Georgina | Lees | After the Party | One More Chapter |
| Con | Lehane | Murder by Definition | Severn House |
| Howard | Linskey | The Inheritance | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Gytha | Lodge | Little Sister | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| T.M. | Logan | The Curfew | Bonnier Books UK |
| Rachel | Lynch | Sudden Death | Canelo |
| S.E. | Lynes | The Baby Shower | Bookouture |
| S.E. | Lynes | The Ex | Bookouture |
| Bonnie | MacBird | What Child is This? | HarperCollins |
| Stuart | MacBride | No Less the Devil | Bantam |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body at Lavender Cottage | Bookouture |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body on the Beach | Bookouture |
| Clare | Mackintosh | The Last Party | Little, Brown Book Group |
| S.G. | MacLean | The Bookseller of Inverness | Quercus |
| Claire | MacLeary | Death Drop | Saraband |
| Dan | Malakin | The Box | Viper |
| G.M. | Malliet | Augusta Hawke | Severn House |
| Michael J. | Malone | Quicksand of Memory | Orenda Books |
| Nina | Manning | Queen Bee | Boldwood Books |
| Andrea | Mara | Hide and Seek | Bantam |
| David | Mark | Blind Justice | Severn House |
| David | Mark | The Whispering Dead | Severn House |
| Wes | Markin | The Viaduct Killings | Boldwood Books |
| John | Marrs | Keep It in the Family | Thomas & Mercer |
| Nicola | Marsh | The Ex Between Us | Bookouture |
| Laura | Marshall | My Husband’s Killer | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Angela | Marsons | Hidden Scars | Bookouture |
| Angela | Marsons | Six Graves | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | The Railway Detective’s Christmas Case | Allison & Busby |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal End | HQ Digital |
| Alex | Marwood | The Island of Lost Girls | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Deborah | Masson | From the Ashes | Transworld |
| S R | Masters | The Trial | One More Chapter |
| Simon | Mayo | Tick Tock | Doubleday |
| Gillian | McAllister | Wrong Place Wrong Time | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Simon | McCleave | The Dark Tide | Avon |
| Val | McDermid | 1989 | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lynne | McEwan | Dead Man Deep | Canelo |
| Freida | McFadden | The Housemaid | Bookouture |
| Claire | McGowan | Are You Awake? | Thomas & Mercer |
| Claire | McGowan | The Vanishing Triangle | Little A |
| Andy | McNab | Down to the Wire | Transworld |
| Catriona | McPherson | Scot in a Trap | Severn House |
| Karen | McQuestion | 214 Palmer Street | Bookouture |
| Tom | Mead | Death and the Conjuror | Head of Zeus |
| Stephanie | Merritt | Storm | HarperCollins |
| Teresa | Messineo | What We May Become | Severn House |
| Denzil | Meyrick | The Death of Remembrance | Birlinn Ltd |
| Ant | Middleton | Red Mist | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lia | Middleton | Your World Or Mine | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Mary | Miley | Deadly Spirits | Severn House |
| Carol | Miller | Death Rides A Pony | Severn House |
| Carol | Miller | The Fool Dies Last | Severn House |
| Marks | Mills | Impact | Joffe Books |
| Caroline | Mitchell | The Village | Thomas & Mercer |
| Dreda Say and Ryan Carter | Mitchell, MBE | Say Her Name | Thomas & Mercer |
| Robin | Morgan-Bentley | The Guest House | Orion Fiction |
| Guy | Morpuss | Black Lake Manor | Viper |
| Greg | Mosse | The Coming Darkness | Moonflower Books |
| Anders de la | Motte | Dead of Winter | Bonnier Books UK |
| Anders de la | Motte | Deeds of Autumn | Bonnier Books UK |
| Owen | Mullen | Thief | Boldwood Books |
| Gretta | Mulrooney | Death at the Dolphin | Joffe Books |
| Louise | Mumford | The Safe House | HQ Digital |
| Oscar | Muriel | The Sign of the Devil | Orion Fiction |
| Tamar | Myers | Death by Tart Attack | Severn House |
| J B | Mylet | The Homes | Viper |
| Barbara | Nadel | Web of Lies | Allison & Busby |
| Leonora | Nattrass | Blue Water | Viper |
| John | Nicholl | The Cellar | Boldwood Books |
| Chris | Nickson | A Dark Steel Death | Severn House |
| Lauren | North | All the Wicked Games | Transworld |
| Peggy | O’Neal Peden | Flyin’ Solo | Severn House |
| Jude | O’Reilly | Sleep When You’re Dead | Head of Zeus |
| Chris | Offutt | Shifty’s Boys | No Exit Press |
| Nick | Oldham | Demolition | Severn House |
| Sergio | Olguin | There Are No Happy Loves | Bitter Lemon |
| Kelly | Oliver | Chaos at Carnegie Hall | Boldwood Books |
| Riku | Onda | Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight | Bitter Lemon |
| Margie | Orford | The Eye of the Beholder | Canongate |
| Richard | Osman | The Bullet that Missed | Viking |
| James | Oswald | All That Lives | Wildfire |
| Adam | Oyebanji | A Quiet Teacher | Severn House |
| Alan | Parks | May God Forgive | Canongate |
| Renee | Patrick | Idle Gossip | Severn House |
| Chris | Pavone | Two Nights in Lisbon | Head of Zeus |
| Jessica | Payne | Make Me Disappear | Bookouture |
| Jessica | Payne | The Lucky One | Bookouture |
| Sarah | Pearse | The Retreat | Bantam |
| Helen | Phifer | Find the Girl | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | Silent Angel | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | Sleeping Dolls | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | Their Burning Graves | Bookouture |
| Polly | Phillips | The Reunion | Simon & Schuster |
| Sarah | Pinborough | Insomnia | HarperCollins |
| Alex | Pine | The Winter Killer | Avon |
| Dea | Poirier | The Girls in the Fire | Bookouture |
| Dea | Poirier | Their Final Cry | Bookouture |
| Cate | Quinn | Blood Sisters | Orion Fiction |
| Caro | Ramsay | The Devil Stone | Severn House |
| Ian | Rankin | A Heart Full of Headstones | Orion Fiction |
| Lissa Marie | Redmond | Catch Your Death | Severn House |
| Lisa | Regan | Local Girl Missing | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | The Innocent Wife | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | Watch Her Disappear | Bookouture |
| Kathy | Reichs | Cold Cold Bones | Simon & Schuster |
| Rebecca | Reid | The Will | Transworld |
| Jason | Rekulak | Hidden Pictures | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Kate | Rhodes | The Brutal Tide | Simon & Schuster |
| Willa C. | Richards | The Comfort of Monsters | Point Blank |
| Marnie | Riches | All the Pretty Ones | Bookouture |
| Marnie | Riches | The Silent Dead | Bookouture |
| Arianne | Richmonde | The Breakdown | Bookouture |
| Amanda | Rigby | I Will Find You | Boldwood Books |
| Lucinda | Riley | The Murders at Fleat House | Macmillan |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion’s Mosaic | Severn House |
| Candace | Robb | A Fox in the Fold | Severn House |
| Neil | Robinson | The Other Side of Trust | Burning Chair |
| Michael | Robotham | Lying Beside You | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Gemma | Rogers | The Feud | Boldwood Books |
| C E | Rose | The Shadows of Rutherford House | Hera |
| Zoe | Rosi | Someone’s Watching Me | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matthew | Ross | Burning Bridges | Burning Chair |
| Shari Low and | Ross King | The Rise | Boldwood Books |
| Marie | Rutkoski | Real Easy | Tinder Press |
| Chris | Ryan | Outcast | Bonnier Books UK |
| W. C. | Ryan | The Winter Guest | Bonnier Books UK |
| Jess | Ryder | My Husband’s Lover | Bookouture |
| Lesley | Sanderson | The Widow’s Husband | Bookouture |
| Vanessa | Savage | The Night They Vanished | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Diane | Saxon | My Little Brother | Boldwood Books |
| Louisa | Scarr | Seen to be Believed | Canelo |
| Joachim B. | Schmidt | Kalmann | Bitter Lemon |
| Hansjorg | Schneider | Silver Pebbles | Bitter Lemon |
| Holly | Seddon | The Woman on the Bridge | Orion Fiction |
| Helen | Sedgwick | What Doesn’t Break Us | Point Blank |
| Victoria | Selman | Truly, Darkly, Deeply | Quercus |
| Terry | Shames | Murder at the Jubilee Rally | Severn House |
| Alex | Shaw | Total Control | HQ Digital |
| Jane | Shemilt | The Patient | HarperCollins |
| Amy | Sheppard | The Beach Party | Bookouture |
| Kim | Sherwood | Double or Nothing | HarperCollins |
| Lilja | Sigurdardóttir | Red as Blood | Orenda Books |
| Abi | Silver | The Ambrosia Project | Eye Books |
| Adam | Simcox | The Generation Killer | Gollancz |
| Jonathan | Sims | Family Business | Gollancz |
| Anita | Sivakumaran | Black Rain | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Douglas | Skelton | Where Demons Hide | Birlinn Ltd |
| Douglas | Skelton | An Honourable Thief | Canelo |
| Gustaf | Skordeman | Codename Faust | Bonnier Books UK |
| K.L. | Slater | Missing | Bookouture |
| K.L. | Slater | The Girlfriend | Bookouture |
| Eve | Smith | Off Target | Orenda Books |
| Miranda | Smith | The Family Home | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | The Killer’s Family | Bookouture |
| NJ | Solomons | The Bone Road | Birlinn Ltd |
| Mithran | Somasundrum | The Case of the Vanishing Conman | Joffe Books |
| Stephanie | Sowden | After Everything You Did | Canelo |
| Jo | Spain | The Last to Disappear | Quercus |
| B.R. | Spangler | The Lighthouse Girls | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | Taken Before Dawn | Bookouture |
| Gunnar | Staalesen | Bitter Flowers | Orenda Books |
| LH | Stacey | The Serial Killer’s Girl | Boldwood Books |
| David | Stafford | Skelton’s Guide to Blazing Corpses | Allison & Busby |
| Michael | Stanley | A Deadly Covenant | Orenda Books |
| Wendy Corsi | Staub | The Stranger Vanishes | Severn House |
| Catherine | Steadman | The Family Game | Simon & Schuster |
| Malin | Stehn | Happy New Year | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Peter | Steiner | The Inconvenient German | Severn House |
| Roger | Stelljes | Missing Angel | Bookouture |
| Alex | Stone | The Other Girlfriend | Boldwood Books |
| Linda | Stratmann | Sherlock Holmes and the Ebony Idol | Sapere Books |
| Linda | Stratmann | Sherlock Holmes and the Explorers’ Club | Sapere Books |
| Emma | Styles | No Country for Girls | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Tim | Sullivan | The Patient | Head of Zeus |
| Sarah | Sultoon | The Shot | Orenda Books |
| Chelsea G. | Summers | A Certain Hunger | Faber & Faber |
| Jacqueline | Sutherland | The Coffin Club | Point Blank |
| Peter | Swanson | Nine Lives | Faber & Faber |
| Vanda | Symon | Faceless | Orenda Books |
| Kaoru | Takamura | Lady Joker | Baskerville |
| Marcia | Talley | Disco Dead | Severn House |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Betrayal | Bookouture |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Fight | Bookouture |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Payback | Bookouture |
| C.L | Taylor | The Guilty Couple | Avon |
| Russ | Thomas | Cold Reckoning | Simon & Schuster |
| Marion | Todd | Old Bones Lie | Canelo |
| Rebecca | Tope | Betrayal in the Cotswolds | Allison & Busby |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Threlkeld Theory | Allison & Busby |
| Alsterdal | Tove | We Know You Remember | Faber & Faber |
| Simon | Toyne | Dark Objects | HarperCollins |
| Peter | Tremayne | Death of a Heretic | Severn House |
| Nicole | Trope | His Other Wife | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Trope | The Foster Family | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Trope | The Stepchild | Bookouture |
| M.J. | Trow | The Yeoman’s Tale | Severn House |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Moose Paradox | Orenda Books |
| A.K. | Turner | Life Sentence | Bonnier Books UK |
| J. B. | Turner | Hard Fire | Thomas & Mercer |
| J. B. | Turner | No Way Back | Thomas & Mercer |
| Harriet | Tyce | It Ends At Midnight | Wildfire |
| Nicola | Upson | Dear Little Corpses | Faber & Faber |
| Laure | Van Rensburg | Nobody But Us | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Sarah | Vaughan | Reputation | Simon & Schuster |
| Steven | Veerapen | Of Blood Descended | Birlinn Ltd |
| Elaine | Viets | Late for His Own Funeral | Severn House |
| Anita | Waller | The Family at No. 12 | Boldwood Books |
| B P | Walter | The Locked Attic | One More Chapter |
| Victoria | Walters | Murder at the Summer Fete | Hera |
| Catriona | Ward | Sundial | Viper |
| Ruth | Ware | The It Girl | Simon & Schuster |
| Katy | Watson | The Three Dahlias | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Sue | Watson | The Nursery | Bookouture |
| Sue | Watson | The Resort | Bookouture |
| Anna-Lou | Weatherley | The Night of the Party | Bookouture |
| Tim | Weaver | The Blackbird | Penguin Michael Joseph |
| Liz | Webb | The Daughter | Allison & Busby |
| Tessa | Wegert | Dead Wind | Severn House |
| Tessa | Wegert | The Kind to Kill | Severn House |
| Louise | Welsh | The Second Cut | Canongate |
| Matt | Wesolowski | Demon | Orenda Books |
| Ben | Westwood | Green Shoots | Cranthorpe Millner |
| M J | White | The Silent Child | Hera |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Boyfriend | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Party at Number 12 | Bookouture |
| TA | Williams | Murder in Tuscany | Boldwood Books |
| Glenis | Wilson | Dead Lucky | Severn House |
| Don | Winslow | City on Fire | HarperCollins |
| Jacqueline | Winspear | A Sunlit Weapon | Allison & Busby |
| Laura | Wolfe | The Girl Before Me | Bookouture |
| Leslie | Wolfe | The Girl on Wildfire Ridge | Bookouture |
| Leslie | Wolfe | Missing Girl at Frozen Falls | Bookouture |
| Michael | Wood | The Lost Children | One More Chapter |
| Tom | Wood | Traitor | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Trevor | Wood | Dead End Street | Quercus |
| Patrick | Worrall | The Partisan | Bantam |
| Carol | Wyer | A Life for a Life | Thomas & Mercer |
| Carol | Wyer | Behind Closed Doors | Thomas & Mercer |
| David | Young | Death in Blitz City | Bonnier Books UK |
| Debbie | Young | Wicked Whispers at St Bride’s | Boldwood Books |
| Ovidia | Yu | The Mushroom Tree Mystery | Little, Brown Book Group |
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. & Mary Anna | Bernthal & Evans | The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie | Bloomsbury Academic |
| John le | Carré | A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 | Viking |
| Sally | Cline | After Agatha: Women Write Crime | Oldcastle Books |
| Sulieika | Dawson | The Secret Heart: John le Carré – An Intimate Memoir | Mudlark |
| Martin | Edwards | The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators | Collins Crime Club |
| Barry | Forshaw | Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films | Oldcastle Books |
| Sian | MacArthur | Gender Roles and Political Contexts in Cold War Spy Fiction | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Laura E & Elizabeth | Nym Mayhall & Prevost (Editors) | British Murder Mysteries, 1880-1965 | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Sylvia A. | Pamboukian | Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Lucy | Worsley | Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman | Hodder & Stoughton |
LAST LAUGH AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Aaronovitch | Amongst Our Weapons | Orion Fiction |
| Cathy | Ace | The Case of the Disgraced Duke | Four Tails Publishing Ltd |
| Cathy | Ace | The Case of the Absent Heirs | Four Tails Publishing Ltd |
| Ed | Adams | Eternal Victim | Pegasus Books |
| Barbara | Allan | Antiques Carry On | Severn House |
| Barbara | Allan | Antiques Liquidation | Severn House |
| Sandra | Balzo | French Roast | Severn House |
| M C | Beaton | Agatha Raisin in Devil’s Delight | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Alexandra | Benedict | Murder on the Christmas Express | Simon & Schuster |
| S.J. | Bennett | Murder Most Royal | Bonnier Books UK |
| Peter | Boland | The Charity Shop Detective Agency | Joffe Books |
| Frankie | Boyle | Meantime | Baskerville |
| Simon | Brett | Death and the Decorator | Severn House |
| Simon | Brett | Waste of a Life | Severn House |
| Andrew | Cartmel | The Vinyl Detective: Attack and Decay | Titan Books |
| Catherine | Coles | Poison at the Village Show | Boldwood Books |
| Richard | Coles | Murder Before Evensong | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| E. J. | Copperman | And Justice For Mall | Severn House |
| E. J. | Copperman | Witness for the Persecution | Severn House |
| Jane | Corry | We All Have Our Secrets | Viking |
| Fergus | Craig | Murder at Crime Manor | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Hannah | Dennison | Killer Christmas at Honeychurch Hall | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Victoria | Dowd | A Book of Murder | Joffe Books |
| M.H. | Eccleston | Death on the Isle | Head of Zeus |
| M.H. | Eccleston | The Trust | Head of Zeus |
| Helen | FitzGerald | Keep Her Sweet | Orenda Books |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May’s Peculiar London | Doubleday |
| Chelsea | G. Summers | A Certain Hunger | Faber & Faber |
| Kellye | Garrett | Like a Sister | Simon & Schuster |
| Young | Glenda | Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel | Headline Publishing Group |
| Elly | Griffiths | Bleeding Heart Yard | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Locked Room | Quercus |
| Betty | Hechtman | Making It Write | Severn House |
| Veronica | Heley | Murder for Profit | Severn House |
| Mick | Herron | Bad Actors | Baskerville |
| Cara | Hunter | Hope to Die | Viking |
| T E | Kinsey | An Act of Foul Play | Thomas & Mercer |
| T E | Kinsey | Rotten to the Core | Thomas & Mercer |
| Catriona | McPherson | Scot in a Trap | Severn House |
| Denzil | Meyrick | Ghosts in the Gloaming | Birlinn Ltd |
| Carol | Miller | Death Rides A Pony | Severn House |
| Carol | Miller | The Fool Dies Last | Severn House |
| Tamar | Myers | Death by Tart Attack | Severn House |
| Peggy | O’Neal Peden | Flyin’ Solo | Severn House |
| Kelly | Oliver | Chaos at Carnegie Hall | Boldwood Books |
| Richard | Osman | The Bullet that Missed | Viking |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion’s Mosaic | Severn House |
| Joachim B. | Schmidt | Kalmann | Bitter Lemon |
| Rosemary | Shrager | The Last Supper | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Benjamin | Stevenson | Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone | Michael Joseph |
| Tim | Sullivan | The Patient | Head of Zeus |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Moose Paradox | Orenda Books |
| L C | Tyler | The Summer Birdcage | Little, Brown Book Group |
| TA | Williams | Murder in Tuscany | Boldwood Books |
| Debbie | Young | Wicked Whispers at St Bride’s | Boldwood Books |
THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
| TV Title | Author First | Author Last | Book(s) | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Spy Among Friends | Ben | Macintyre | A Spy Among Friends | ITVX |
| Agatha Raisin – series 4 | M.C. | Beaton | Agatha Raisin books | Sky Max |
| Anatomy of a Scandal | Sarah | Vaughn | Anatomy of a Scandal | Netflix |
| Angel of Death | Igor | Brejdygant | Szadz | All4 / Walter Presents |
| Babylon Berlin – series 4 | Volker | Kutscher | Gereon Rath books | Sky Atlantic |
| Bäckström – series 2 | Leif G.W. | Persson | Evert Bäckström books | Acorn TV |
| Beck – series 8 | Maj & Per | Sjowall & Wahloo | Martin Beck books | BBC4 |
| Black Bird | James & Hillel | Keen & Levin | Black Bird | Apple TV+ |
| Bosch: Legacy | Michael | Connelly | Harry Bosch books | Amazon Freevee |
| Cel 8 | Anders & Börge | Roslund & Hellström | Cel 8 | Viaplay |
| Coroner – series 4 | M.R. | Hall | Jenny Cooper books | Sky Witness |
| Devil in Ohio | Daria | Polatin | Devil in Ohio | Netflix |
| Echo 3 | Amir | Gutfreund | When Heroes Fly | Acorn TV |
| Grace – series 2 | Peter | James | Roy Grace books | ITV |
| Grantchester – series 7 | James | Runcie | Grantchester series | ITV |
| Harlan Coben’s The Five | Harlan | Coben | The Five | Sky Max |
| Holding | Graham | Norton | Holding | ITV |
| Ice Cold Killer – series 2 | Antonio | Manzini | Rocco Schiavone novels | More4 |
| Inspector Montelbano | Andrea | Camilleri | Inspector Montelbano | BBC4 |
| Karen Pirie | Val | McDermid | Karin Pirie books | ITV |
| Killing Eve – series 4 | Luke | Jennings | Villanelle books | BBC |
| Magpie Murders | Anthony | Horowitz | Magpie Murders | BritBox |
| Maria Wern | Anna | Jannson | Maria Wern books | Acorn TV |
| Munich: The Edge of War | Robert | Harris | Munich | Netflix |
| Murder in the Provence | M.L. | Longworth | Verlaque and Bonnet mysteries | BritBox |
| Murdoch Mysteries – series 15 | Maureen | Jennings | Inspector Murdoch Mysteries | Alibi |
| Noughts + Crosses – series 2 | Malorie | Blackman | Noughts + Crosses | BBC |
| Our House | Louise | Candlish | Our House | ITV |
| Perry Mason | Earl Stanley | Gardner | Perry Mason | Sky Atlantic |
| Pieces of Her | Karen | Slaughter | Pieces of Her | Netflix |
| Recipes for Love and Murder | Sally | Andrew | Recipes for Love and Murder | Acorn |
| SAS: Rogue Heroes | Ben | Macintyre | SAS: Rogue Heroes | BBC |
| Shetland – series 7 | Ann | Cleeves | Shetland books | BBC |
| Shining Girls | Lauren | Beukes | n/a | Apple TV+ |
| Slow Horses | Mick | Herron | Slough House | Apple TV+ |
| Slow Horses – series 2 | Mick | Herron | Slough House | Apple TV+ |
| Strike – Troubled Blood (series 4) | Robert | Galbraith | Strike | BBC |
| The Anatomy of a Scandal | Sarah | Vaughn | The Anatomy of a Scandal | Netflix |
| The Confessions of Frannie Langton | Sara | Collins | The Confessions of Frannie Langton | ITVX |
| The Crimson Rivers – series 3 | Jean-Christophe | Grangé | Les rivières pourpres | More4 |
| The Defence – series 2 | Remigiusz | Mróz | Joanna Chylka series | Walter Presents |
| The Ex-Wife | Jess | Ryder | The Ex-Wife | Paramount+ |
| The Fear Index | Robert | Harris | The Fear Index | Sky Atlantic |
| The Fixer-Upper Mysteries | Kate | Carlisle | Fixer-Upper Mystery | Acorn |
| The Ipcress File | Len | Deighton | The Ipcress File | ITV |
| The King of Warsaw | Szczepan | Twardoch | The King of Warsaw | All4 / Walter Presents |
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Walter | Mosley | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Apple TV+ |
| The Lincoln Lawyer | Michael | Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer | Netflix |
| The Old Man | Thomas | Perry | The Old Man | Disney+ |
| The Primal List | Jack | Carr | The Primal List | Amazon Prime |
| The Secret She Keeps – series 2 | Michael | Robotham | The Secret She Keeps | BBC |
| Three Pines | Louise | Penny | Inspector Gamache books | Amazon Prime |
| Tokyo Vice | Jake | Adelstein | Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan | Starzplay/BBC |
| Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – series 3 | Tom | Clancy | Jack Ryan books | Amazon Prime |
| Trom | Jógvan Isaksen | Isaksen | Trom | BBC4 |
| Under the Banner of Heaven | Jon | Krakauer | n/a | Disney+ |
| Van der Valk | Nicolas | Freeling | Van der Valk | ITV |
| Vera – series 11 | Ann | Cleeves | Vera Stanhope books | ITV |
| Vienna Blood – series 3 | Frank | Tallis | Max Liebermann Papers | BBC |
| We Own This City | Justin | Fenton | We Own This City | Sky Atlantic |
| Why Didn’t They Ask Evans | Agatha | Christie | Why Didn’t They Ask Evans | BritBox |
| Wisting | Jorn Lier | Horst | Wisting books | BBC4 |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
| First | Last | Title | Month | Imprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ged | Adamson | The Elephant Detectives | July | Nosy Crow |
| Alasdair | Beckett-King | Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum | Feb | Walker Books |
| Susie | Bower | The Dangerous Life of Ophelia Bottom | August | Pushkin Children’s Books |
| P.J. | Canning | 21% Monster | July | Usborne Publishing |
| Jo | Clarke | Libby and the Parisian Puzzle | March | Firefly Press |
| Eoin | Colfer | Get What They Deserve: The Fowl Twins | June | HarperCollins |
| Sam & Jenny | Copeland & Pearson | The Underpants of Chaos | June | Puffin |
| Alex | Cotter | The Mermaid Call | July | Nosy Crow |
| Sophie | Deen | Agent Asha: Cyber Chop | June | Walker Books |
| Helena | Duggan | The Light Thieves | September | Usborne Publishing |
| Judith | Eagle | The Accidental Stowaway | August | Faber Children’s |
| Justyn | Edwards | The Great Fox Illusion | April | Walker Books |
| Alex | Evelyn | The Secret Wild | May | Walker Books |
| Carrie Hope | Fletcher | The Double Trouble Society | June | Puffin |
| Simon | Fox | Running out of Time | Aug | Nosy Crow |
| Kate | Gilby Smith | Olive Jones and the Memory Thief | June | Orion Children’s Books |
| John Patrick | Green | InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder | July | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| John Patrick | Gren | InvestiGators: Heist and Seek | September | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Elly | Griffiths | A Girl Called Justice: The Spy at the Window | May | Quercus Children’s Books |
| Lev | Grossman | The Golden Swift | July | Bloomsbury |
| Lucy & Zoe | Hawking & Persico | Princess Olivia Investigates: The Wrong Weather | Apr | Puffin |
| Harry | Heape | Indiana Bones and the Lost Library | June | Faber Children’s |
| Fleur | Hitchcock | Murder at Snowfall | November | Nosy Crow |
| Fleur | Hitchcock | Mouse Heart | August | Nosy Crow |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Where Seagulls Dare | June | Walker Books |
| Sharna | Jackson | The Good Turn | May | Puffin |
| Anna & Marco | James & Guadalupi | Pages and Co: the Book Smugglers | Mar | HarperCollins |
| Lis | Jardine | The Detention Detectives | Jan | Puffin |
| Daisy May | Johnson | How to be True | July | Pushkin Children’s Books |
| Gareth | Jones | Solve Your Own Mystery: The Missing Magic | October | Little Tiger |
| Jennifer | Killick | Dread Wood | March | Farshore |
| Jennifer | Killick | Fear Ground | September | Farshore |
| Tanya | Landman | Midwinter Burning | November | Walker Books |
| Kieran | Larwood | Carnival of the Hunted | July | Faber Children’s |
| Kieran | Larwood | Carnival of the Lost | February | Faber Children’s |
| M. G. | Leonard | Spark | September | Walker Books |
| M. G. & Sam | Leonard & Seddman | Sabotage on the Solar Express | February | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| M.G & Sam | Leonard & Sedgman | The Arctic Railway Assassin | October | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Fiona | Longmuir | Looking For Emily | June | Nosy Crow |
| Logan | Macx | Swift and Hawk: Cyberspies | March | Walker Books |
| Logan | Macx | Swift and Hawk: Undercover | Mar | Walker Books |
| Jenny | McLachlan | Dead Good Detectives | July | Farshore |
| Tom | Mitchell | When Things Went Wild | July | HarperCollins |
| Serena | Patel | Anisha, Accidental Detective: Fright Night | September | Usborne Publishing |
| Serena | Patel | Anisha, Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure | April | Usborne Publishing |
| Serena & Emma | Patel & McCann | Anisha, Accidental Detective: Holiday Adventure | Mar | Usborne |
| Clare | Povey | The Unexpected Tale of the Bad Brothers | July | Usborne |
| Mark & Dapo | Powers & Adeola | Space Detectives: Cosmic Pet Puzzle | Aug | Bloomsbury |
| Iona & David | Rangeley & Tazzyman | Einstein the Penguin: The Case of the Fishy Detective | Oct | HarperCollins |
| Marcus & Alex | Rashford & Falase-Koya | The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence | May | Macmillan Children’s Books |
| Annabelle | Sami | Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Smuggler’s Secret | February | Little Tiger |
| Nick | Sheridan | The Case of the Runaway Brain | August | Simon & Schuster Children’s |
| Darren | Simpson | Furthermoor | March | Usborne Publishing |
| Chitra | Soundar | Sindhu and Jeet’s: Missing Star Mystery | September | Bloomsbury Education |
| Robin | Stevens | The Ministry of Unladylike Activity | Sept | Puffin |
| Sarah Todd | Taylor | Alice Éclair Spy Extraordinaire:A Recipe For Trouble | Aug | Nosy Crow |
| Thomas | Taylor | Festergrimm | September | Walker Books |
| Nicki | Thorton | The Poisoned Pie Mystery | May | Chicken House |
| Sarah | Todd Taylor | Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire: A Recipe for Trouble | August | Nosy Crow |
| Hana | Tooke | The Midnighters | June | Puffin |
| Eve | Wersocki Morris | The Bird Singers | February | Hodder Children’s Books |
| J.T. | Williams | The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Drama and Danger | June | Farshore |
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samira | Ahmed | Hollow Fires | Atom |
| Jennifer Lynn | Alvarez | Friends Like These | Penguin |
| Candice | Brathwaite | Cuts Both Ways | Quercus Children’s Books |
| Adam | Cesare | Clown in a Cornfield | HarperCollins |
| Tracy | Darnton | Ready or Not | Little Tiger |
| Benjamin | Dean | The King is Dead | Simon & Schuster Children’s |
| Kristina | Forest | Zyla & Kai | Atom |
| Grace & Mendoza | Frances & Mendoza | Friends Don’t Tell | Hodder Children’s Books |
| Kathleen & Liz | Glasgow & Lawson | The Agathas | Rock the Boat |
| Holly | Jackson | Five Survive | Electric Monkey |
| Tiffany | Jackson | The Weight of Blood | HarperCollins |
| Maureen | Johnson | The Box in the Woods | HarperCollins |
| Amelia | Kahaney | All the Best Liars | Walker Books |
| Anthony | Kessel | Outside Chance | Crown House Pulishing |
| Patrice | Lawrence | Needle | Barrington Stoke |
| Finn | Longman | The Butterfly Assassin | Simon & Schuster Children’s |
| Alexia | Mason | Rock Paper Killers | Simon & Schuster Children’s |
| Sophie | McKenzie | Truth or Dare | Simon & Schuster Children’s |
| Goldy | Moldavsky | Lord of the Fly Fest | Electric Monkey |
| Ginny | Myers Sain | Secrets So Deep | Electric Monkey |
| Ruta | Sepetys | I Must Betray You | Hodder Children’s Books |
| Laura | Steven | The Society for Soulless Girls | Electric Monkey |
| Jonathan | Stroud | The Notorious Scarlett and Browne | Walker Books |
| Alison | Weatherby | The Secrets Act | Chicken House |