Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel

 The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award 

for Best Novel 

Return To Blood by Michael Bennett (Simon & Schuster)

The Hitchhiker by Gabriel Bergmoser (Harpercollins)

A Divine Fury by D V Bishop (Macmillan)

Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)

Woman, Missing by Sherryl Clark (HQ Fiction)

Hell’s Bells by Jill Johnson (Black & White)

The Mires by Tina Makereti (Ultimo Press)

A Fly Under the Radar by William Mccartney

Home Truths by Charity Norman (Allen & Unwin)

17 Years Later by J P Pomare (Hachette)

Okiwi Brown by Cristina Sanders (The Cuba Press)

A House Built on Sand by Tina Shaw (Text Publishing)

The Call by Gavin Strawhan (Allen & Unwin)

Prey by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books)

The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth & Louise Ward (Penguin)

The finalists for Best Novel, Best First Novel, and Best Non-Fiction will be announced in mid-August, with the finalists celebrated and the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award winners announced as part of a special event in conjunction with WORD Christchurch and the Court Theatre on Thursday, 25 September.

2022 Barry Award Nominations

 

The 2022 Barry Award nominations have been announced by George Easter of Deadly Pleasures Magazine.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.

Best Mystery/Crime Novel

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Last Redemption by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
Clark And Division by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
Billy Summers by Stephen King (Scribner)
We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker (Henry Holt)

Best First Mystery/Crime Novel

Who Is Maude Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews (Little, Brown)
Girl A by Abigail Dean (Viking)
Down Range by Taylor Moore (William Morrow)
Falling by T. J. Newman (Simon & Schuster)
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan (Emily Bestler/Atria)
Steel Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann (Bantam)

Best Paperback Original

The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser (Harpercollins)
Arsenic And Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
Black Coral by Andrew Mayne (Thomas & Mercer)
The Good Turn by Dervla Mctiernan (Blackstone)
Search For Her by Rick Mofina (Mira)
Bound by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books)

Best Thriller

The Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr (Emily Bestler/Atria)
The Nameless Ones by John Connolly (Emily Bestler/Atria)
Dead By Dawn by Paul Doiron (Minotaur)
Relentless by Mark Greaney (Berkley)
Slough House by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
Five Decembers by James Kestrel (Hardcase Crime)

The winners of the Barry Awards will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies at the Minneapolis Bouchercon on 8^th September 2022.