CrimeFest Awards Shortlists

Winners will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday 21 May 2017.

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2016 in both printed and audio formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Nominees for Best Unabridged Crime Audiobook:
Kill Me Again by Rachel Abbott read by Lisa Coleman (Bolinda / Audible)
The Widow by Fiona Barton read by Clare Corbett (Bolinda / Audible)
I See You by Clare Mackintosh read by Rachel Atkins (Sphere)
Try Not to Breath by Holly Seddon read by Jot Davies, Lucy Middleweek & Katy Sobey (Bolinda)
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch read by Kobna Holdbrook– Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
Night School by Lee Child read by Jeff Harding (Transworld Digital)
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz read by Allan Corduner & Samantha Bond (Orion Publishing Group)
Coffin Road by Peter May read by Peter Forbes (Riverrun)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.

eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2016.

Nominees for the eDunnit Award:
The Twenty– Three by Linwood Barclay (Orion Publishing Group)
Deep Down Dead  by Steph Broadribb (Orenda Books)

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly (Orion Publishing Group)
Blackout by Ragnar Jonasson (Orenda Books)
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman (Faber & Faber)
Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin (Orion Publishing Group)
The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor (HarperFiction)
Cat Among the Herrings by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2016. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Nominees for the Last Laugh Award:
PIMP  by Ken Bruen & Jason Starr (Hardcase Crime)
I Don’t Like Where This Is Going by John Dufresne (Serpent’s Tail)
A Cast of Vultures by Judith Flanders (Allison & Busby)
Real Tigers by Mick Herron (John Murray)
Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Little, Brown Book Group)
The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton)
Cat Among the Herrings by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker (Twenty7)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in 2016. 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.

Nominees for the H.R.F. Keating Award:
Agatha Christie on Screen by Mark Aldridge (Palgrave Macmillan)

Queering Agatha Christie by J.C. Berthnal (Palgrave Macmillan)
Brit Noir by Barry Forshaw (No Exit Press)
Crime Uncovered: Private investigator by Rachel Franks & Alistair Rolls (Intellect)
Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi by Katharina Hall (University of Wales Press)
Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction by Megan Hoffman (Palgrave Macmillan)
The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel by Elizabeth Mannion (Palgrave Macmillan)

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (08 – 12)
Rose Campion and The Stolen Secret by Lyn Gardner (Nosy Crow)
Murder In Midwinter by Fleur Hitchcock (Nosy Crow)
The Thornthwaite Betrayal by Gareth P. Jones (Piccadilly Press)
The Accidental Secret Agent by Tom McLaughlin (Oxford University Press)
Murder Most Unladylike: Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens(Puffin)
Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens (Puffin)
Violet and the Smugglers by Harriet Whitehorn (Simon & Schuster) 

The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth by Katherine Woodfine (Egmont)

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (12 – 16)

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Hachette Children’s Group)
Cell 7 by Kerry Drewery  (Hot Key Books)
Theodore Boone: The Scandal by John Grisham (Hodder & Stoughton)
Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah  by Erin Lange (Faber & Faber)
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence (Hachette Children’s Group)
Kid Got Shot  by Simon Mason (David Fickling Books)
Blame  by Simon Mayo (Penguin)
In The Dark, In The Woods by Eliza Wass (Hachette Children’s Group)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

Congratulations to all!