2021 Davitt Award Winners

Sisters in Crime Australia have announced the 2021 Davitt Award Winners -

Adult Crime Novels 

Winner:- The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Also nominated -

Death Beyond the Limit by B M Allsopp(Fiji Islands Mysteries #3) (Coconut Press)

Deadman’s Track by Sarah Barrie (Calico Mountain #3) (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Australia)

Gathering Dark by Candice Fox (Penguin Random House Australia)

A Testament of Character by Sulari Gentill (Rowland Sinclair #10) (Pantera Press)

Where the Truth Lies by Karina Kilmore (Simon & Schuster Australia)

The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal (Allen & Unwin)

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe (University of Queensland Press)

Torched by Kimberley Starr (Pantera Press)

Young Adult Crime Novels

Winner:- Where We Begin by Christie Nieman (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Also nominated -

The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell (Text Publishing)

Deep Water by Sarah Epstein (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney(Allen & Unwin Children’s)

The Girl with the Gold Bikini by Lisa Walker(Wakefield Press)

Children’s Crime Novels

Winner:- A Clue for Clara by Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

Also nominated -

The Ghost of Howlers Beach by Jackie French (Butter O’Bryan Mysteries #1) (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press)

The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri (Affirm Press)

The Mummy Smugglers of Crumblin Castle by Pamela Rushby (Walker Books Australia)

The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting (Walker Books Australia)

Non-fiction Crime Books 

Winner:- Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice by Louise Milligan (Hachette Australia)

Also nominated-

After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne by Stephanie Convery (Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)

The Case of George Pell: Reckoning with Child Sexual Abuse by Melissa Davey (Scribe Publications)

Missing William Tyrrell by Caroline Overington (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Snakes and Ladders: A Memoir by Angela Williams, (Affirm Press)

Debut Crime Books

Winner:- Sheerwater by Leah Swann (4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) 

Also nominated - 

Inheritance of Secrets by Sonya Bates (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell (Text Publishing)

The Case of George Pell: Reckoning with Child Sexual Abuse by Melissa Davey (Scribe Publications)

The Safe Place by Anna Downes (Affirm Press)

Troubled Waters by Mary Jones (Green Olive Press)

Where the Truth Lies by Karina Kilmore (Simon & Schuster Australia)

The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press)

The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster Australia)

The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri (Affirm Press)

A Clue for Clara by Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

The Girl with the Gold Bikini by Lisa Walker (Wakefield Press)

The Winner of the Readers Choice Award 

The Shifting Landscape by Katherine Kovacic