Sisters in Crime Australia - 2021 Davitt. Awards Longlists

 

Adult Crime

Kristen Alexander, Riptides (Bantam Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

Belinda Alexandra, The Mystery Woman (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

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

Rachel Amphlett, Her Final Hour (Detective Mark Turpin novel #2) (Saxon Publishing) 

Rachel Amphlett, None the Wiser (Detective Mark Turpin novel #1) (Saxon Publishing) 

Rachel Amphlett, Turn to Dust (Detective Kay Hunter Murder Mystery #9) (Saxon Publishing) 

Jennifer Bacia, Dark Side of the Harbour (Booktopia Editions) 

Amy Barker, Paradise Earth: A novel (Stormbird Press) Debut 

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

Sonya Bates, Inheritance of Secrets (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut 

Joanna Beresford, Every Year I Am Here (Atlas Productions) Debut 

Anne Buist, The Long Shadow (Text Publishing) 

Rae Cairns, The Good Mother (Bandrui Publishing) Debut 

B M Carroll, Who We Were (Serpents Tail, an imprint of Allen & Unwin) 

Lee Christine, Charlotte Pass (Allen & Unwin) Debut 

Phillipa Nefri Clark, Deadly Falls (Charlotte Dean Mysteries #2) (Phillipa Nefri Clark) 

Phillipa Nefri Clark, Deadly Secrets (Charlotte Dean Mysteries #3) (Phillipa Nefri Clark) 

Phillipa Nefri Clark, Last Known Contact (Phillipa Nefri Clark) 

Sherryl Clark, Dead and Gone (Judi Westerholme #2) (Verve Books) 

Sarah Clutton, The Daughter’s Promise (Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette UK) Debut 

Muriel Cooper, Lucid (Pegasus Publishers) Debut 

Tea Cooper, The Cartographer’s Daughter (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Australia) 

Tea Cooper, The Girl in the Painting (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Australia) 

Megan Daymond, Bones of Deception (Andy Knight #2) (Fracture Publishing) 

Kaye Dobbie, The Road to Ironbark (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Ceridwen Dovey, Life After Truth ((Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut 

Anna Downes, The Safe Place (Affirm Press) Debut 

Chris Elliott, Sibanda and the Death’s Head Moth (DI Jabulani Sibanda #2) (Constable, an imprint of Hachette Australia) 

Kirsty Ferguson, Never Ever Tell (Boldwood Books) 

Katherine Firkin, Sticks and Stones (Bantam, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut 

Candice Fox, Gathering Dark (Penguin Random House Australia) 

Darry Fraser, Elsa Goody, Bushranger (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Darry Fraser, The Last Truehart (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Rebecca Freeborn, The Girl She Was (Pantera Press) Debut 

Poppy Gee, Vanishing Falls: A novel (Booktopia Editions) 

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

Brigid George, Tooting Moon (Dusty Kent Mystery #5) (Potoroo Publishing) 

Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

Kerry Greenwood, Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher) (Allen & Unwin) 

Robin Gregory, Traffic (Sandi Kent Mystery #1) (Clan Destine Press) Debut 

Jane Harper, The Survivors (Pan Macmillan Australia) 

Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister (Pan Macmillan Australia) 

D K Hood, Her Broken Wings (Detectives Kane and Alton #8) (Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette UK) 

D K Hood, Her Shallow Grave (Detectives Kane and Alton #9) (Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette UK) 

D K Hood, Promises in the Dark (Detectives Kane and Alton #10) (Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette UK) 

Shona Husk, Close to the Truth (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) Debut 

Helen Iles, Dark Secrets (Linellen Press) Debut 

Nora James, A Shot at Amore (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Alexandra Joel, The Paris Model (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut 

Mary Jones, Troubled Waters (Green Olive Press) Debut 

H R Kemp, Deadly Secrets: What unspeakable truths lurk beneath the lies? (Helmine Kemp) Debut 

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

Katherine Kovacic, The Shifting Landscape (Alex Clayton #3) (Echo Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK) 

L A Larkin, Prey (Olivia Wolfe #2) (Clan Destine Press) 

C A Larmer, And Then There Were 9 (The Agatha Christie Book Club #4) (Larmer Media) 

C A Larmer, Without a Word (Ghostwriter Mystery #7) (Larmer Media) 

Suzanne Leal, The Deceptions (Allen & Unwin) Debut 

Judith Lees, The Silent Syringe (Moonglow Publishing) Debut 

Carol Lefevre, Murmurations (Spinifex Press) Debut 

Leisl Leighton, Blazing Fear (CoalCliff Stud #2) (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Michele Lourie, Deceiving (Michele Lourie) 

Kirsty Manning, The Lost Jewels (Allen & Unwin) 

Annette Marner, A New Name for the Colour Blue (Wakefield Press) Debut

Nicola Marsh, My Sister’s Husband (Bookouture, an imprint of Hachette UK) Debut 

Donna Mazza, Fauna (Allen & Unwin) Debut 

Vanessa McCausland, The Valley of Lost Stories (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) 

Fleur McDonald, Red Dirt Country (Detective Dave Burrows) (Allen & Unwin) 

Kerry McGinnis, Croc Country (Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

Petronella McGovern, The Good Teacher (Allen & Unwin) 

Marie McMillan, The Lost Day: Under Newgrange (Europe Books UK) Debut 

Dervla McTiernan, The Good Turn (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) 

Kate Mildenhall, The Mother Fault (Simon & Schuster Australia) Debut 

Natasha Molt, Cutting the Cord (Impact Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia) Debut 

Alyssa J Montgomery, Five Dates with the Billionaire (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Kayte Nunn, The Silk House (Hachette Australia) 

Tania Park, Double Cross (Tania Park) 

Jan Pearson, Blue Dragon Spring (Celestial Symbols #4) (Proverse Hong Kong) 

J P Powell, The Brisbane Line (Brio Books) Debut 

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

Bronwyn Rodden, Orphan Rock (Ros Gordon Mystery #2) (Bronwyn Rodden) 

Elisabeth Rose, A Light in the Dark (Taylor’s Bend #3) (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Kimberley Starr, Torched (Pantera Press) 

Karen Lee Street, Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead (Poe and Dupin Mystery #3) (Point Blank, an imprint of Wildside Press) 

A M Stuart, Revenge in Rubies (Harriet Gordon Mystery #2) (Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House USA) 

Alison Stuart, The Goldminer’s Sister (Maiden’s Creek #2) (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Chris Stuart, For Reasons of Their Own (Original Sin Press) Debut 

Leah Swann, Sheerwater (4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut 

Sarah Thornton, White Throat (Text Publishing) 

Sandi Wallace, Black Cloud (Gumshoe, an imprint of Next Chapter) 

Anna Willett, Dear Neighbour: No boundary to murder (Cold Peak Media) 

Anna Willett, Savage Bay Nightmare (Lucy Hush #3) (Cold Peak Media)

Belinda Williams, Don’t Let me Forget (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia) 

Young Adult Crime Novels

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

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

Fiona Hardy, How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life (Affirm Press)

Hayley Lawrence, Ruby Tuesday (Penguin Random House Australia) Debut 

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

Fin J Ross, Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie (Clan Destine Press) 

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

Lili Wilkinson, The Erasure Initiative (Allen & Unwin Children’s) 

Children's Crime Novels

Sandra Bennett, Fossil Frenzy (Adamson Adventures #3) (Rosella Ridge Books) Debut 

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

Jacqueline Harvey, Alice-Miranda in the Outback (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

Jacqueline Harvey, Freefall (Kensy and Max #5) (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

Petra James, Henrie’s Hero Hunt (Walker Books Australia) Debut 

Rebecca McRitchie, Havoc!: The untold magic of Cora Bell (Jinxed #2) (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) 

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

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

Christie Nieman, Where We Begin (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut 

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

Laura Sieveking, Musical Mystery (Ella at Eden #3) (Scholastic Press) Debut 

R A Spratt, Near Extinction (The Peski Kids #4) (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) 

A L Tait, The Fire Star (Maven & Reeve Mystery #1) (Penguin Random House Australia) Debut 

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

Renee Treml, Sherlock Bones and the Sea-creature Feature (Allen & Unwin Children’s) 

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

Non Fiction Booksellers

Tanya Bretherton, The Killing Streets: Uncovering Australia’s first serial murderer (Hachette Australia)

Stella Budrikis, The Edward Street Baby Farm: The murder trial that gripped a city (Fremantle Press) Debut 

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

Melissa Davey, The Case of George Pell: Reckoning with child sexual abuse (Scribe Publications) Debut

Heidi Lemon, The First Time He Hit Her: The Shocking True Story of the Murder of Tara Costigan, The Woman Next Door (Hachette Australia) Debut 

Xanthé Mallett, Reasonable Doubt (Pan Macmillan Australia) 

Louise Milligan, Witness: An investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice (Hachette Australia) 

Caroline Overington, Missing William Tyrrell (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) 

Monique Patterson, United in Grief: The tragic story of Stephanie Scott’s murder and the effect it had on the small town of Leeton NSW (Genius Book Company) Debut 

Suzanne Smith, The Altar Boys (ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut 

Angela Williams, Snakes and Ladders: A memoir (Affirm Press) Debut 

2020 Davitt Long List

Sisters in crime Australia have announced the long list for the 2020 Davitt award.  The short list will be announced in July.

Adult crime novels 

Kirsten Alexander, Half Moon Lake (Bantam Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut

Rachel Amphlett, Bridge to Burn (Detective Kay Hunter Murder Mystery #7) (Saxon Publishing)

Rachel Amphlett, Cradle to Grave (Detective Kay Hunter Murder Mystery #8) (Saxon Publishing)

Rachel Amphlett, The Friend Who Lied (Saxon Publishing)

Diane Armstrong, The Collaborator (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Melissa Ashley, The Bee and the Orange Tree (Affirm Press) Debut

Sarah Bailey, Where the Dead Go (Allen & Unwin)

Sarah Barrie, Devil’s Lair (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Susan Bennett, The Whack Club: Four women are about to start a mob war – and fingernails WILL be broken (Clever Pumpkin)

Violeta M Bagia, Jack of Hart: Wildcard (Hart of Darkness #4) (Violeta M Bagia)

Carmel Bird, Field of Poppies (Transit Lounge)

Isobel Blackthorn, A Prison in the Sun (Canary Islands Mysteries #3) (Next Chapter Publishing)

Ashley Kalagian Blunt, My Name Is Revenge (Spineless Wonders) Debut

Carline Bouilhet, The Samui Conspiracy (Austin Macauley Publishers)

Deborah Burrows, Ambulance Girls at War (Ebury Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK)

Suzanne Cass, Bound by Truth (Suzanne Cass)

Dianah Chorlton, The Vanishing of Venice (Austin Macauley Publishers) Debut

Phillipa Nefri Clark, The Christmas Tree Thief (Charlotte Dean Mysteries #1) (Phillipa Nefri Clark)

Sherryl Clark, Trust Me, I’m Dead (Verve Books) Debut

T M Clark, Cry of the Firebird (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Natalie Conyer, Present Tense (Clan Destine Press) Debut

Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress (HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Cindy Davies, The Revolutionary’s Cousin (Odyssey Books) Debut

Livia Day, Keep Calm and Kill the Chef (Café la Femme #3) (Twelfth Planet Press)

Caroline de Costa, Blood Sisters (Wild Dingo Press)

Kaz Delaney, Chocolate and Old Lace (Rosie Hart Mystery #1) (Kerry Lane)

Kaz Delaney, Preserving the Evidence (Rosie Hart Mystery #2) (Kerry Lane)

Joy Dettman, Trails in the Dust (Woody Creek Novel #7) (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Sandie Docker, The Cottage at Rosella Cove (Penguin Random House Australia)

Pip Drysdale, The Strangers We Know (Simon & Schuster)

C M Elliot, Sibanda and the Rainbird (Constable, an imprint of Hachette Australia)

Helen FitzGerald, Worst Case Scenario (Orenda Books UK)

Sara Foster, You Don’t Know Me (Simon & Schuster)

Candice Fox, Gone by Midnight (Penguin Random House Australia)

Sulari Gentill, All the Tears in China (Rowland Sinclair Mysteries #9) (Pantera Press)

J M Green, Shoot Through (Scribe Publications)

Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut

Diane Hester, Die for Me (Slender Thread Publishing)

Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights, Second Chance (Suzie Hindmarsh-Knights)

Rowena Holloway, From the Ashes (Ashes to Ashes #3) (Fractured Press)

Sarah Hopkins, The Subjects (Text Publishing)

Susan Hurley, Eight Lives (Affirm Press) Debut

Nicole Hurley-Moore, Lawson’s Bend (Allen & Unwin)

Wendy James, The Accusation (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Catherine Jinks, Shepherd (Text Publishing)

Maggie Joel, Unforgiving City (Allen & Unwin)

Dorothy Johnston, Gerard Hardy’s Misfortune (For Pity Sake)

Kylie Kaden, The Day the Lies Began (Pantera Press)

Julie Keys, The Artist’s Portrait (Hachette Australia) Debut

Lian Knight, Idle Lies (Hybrid Publishers) Debut

Katherine Kovacic, Painting in the Shadows (Echo Publishing)

C A Larmer, After the Ferry (Larmer Media)

Jess Lea, A Curious Woman (Ylva Publishing) Debut

Leisl Leighton, Climbing Fear (CoalCliff Stud #1) (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Gabrielle Lord, Sisters (Wilkinson Publishing)

Rhonda Matheson-Browne, Bush (Olympia Publishers UK)

Fleur McDonald, Starting from Now (Allen & Unwin)

Fleur McDonald, Without a Doubt (Allen & Unwin)

Kerry McGinnis, The Roadhouse (Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)

Petronella McGovern, Six Minutes (Allen & Unwin) Debut

Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone (4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut

Dervla McTiernan, The Scholar (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

S J Morgan, Hide (MidnightSun Publishing) Debut  

Nicola Moriarty, The Ex (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut

Tara Moss, Dead Man Switch (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Meg Mundell, The Trespassers (University of Queensland Press) Debut

Sonia Orchard, Into the Fire (Affirm Press) Debut

L J M Owen, The Great Divide (Echo Publishing)

Beth Prentice, Fatal Break (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries #15) (Gemma Halliday Publishing)

Leah Purcell, The Drover’s Wife (Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut

Carolyn Re and Loretta Re, Secrets of the IN-group (Resisters) Debut

Carmel Reilly, Life Before (Allen & Unwin) Debut

Kate Richards, Fusion (Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut

Anna Romer, Under the Midnight Sky (Simon & Schuster) Debut

Elisabeth Rose, The Secrets that Lie Within (Taylor’s Bend #1) (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Elisabeth Rose, Where There Is Smoke(Taylor’s Bend #2) (Escape Publishing, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Heather Rose, Bruny (Allen & Unwin)

Annie Seaton, Undara (Mira, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises Australia)

Jennifer Spence, The Lost Girls (Simon & Schuster)

A M Stuart, Singapore Sapphire (Harriet Gordon Mystery #1) (Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House USA)

Sarah Thornton, Lapse (Text Publishing) Debut

M J Tjia, The Death of Me (Heloise Chancey Mystery #3) (Legend Press UK)

Emma Viskic, Darkness for Light (Caleb Zelic #3) (Echo Publishing)

Anna Willett, Cold Valley Nightmare (The Book Folks UK)

Anna Willett, The Woman Behind Her (The Book Folks UK)

Young Adult crime novels 

Joanna Baker, The Elsinore Vanish (Beechworth Trilogy #2) (Soren Press)

K H Canobi, Mindcull (Ford Street Publishing) Debut

Catherine Greer, Love Lie Repeat (Penguin Random House Australia) Debut

Anna Morgan, All That Impossible Space (Lothian Children’s Books, an imprint of Hachette Australia) Debut

Malla Nunn, When the Ground Is Hard (Allen & Unwin)

Tania Park, Stalked (Tania Park Publishing)

Tania Pennell, A Second Helping (Bush N Beach Australia)

Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens (Allen & Unwin) Debut

Children’s crime novels 

Sandra Bennett, A Lighthouse in Time (The Adamson Adventures #2) (Elephant Tree Publishing)

Jenny Blackford, The Girl in the Mirror (Eagle Books, an imprint of Christmas Press) Debut

Fiona Hardy, How to Make a Movie in 12 Days (Affirm Press)

Jacqueline Harvey, Kensy and Max: Undercover (#3) (Penguin Random House Australia)

Rebecca Lim, The Race for the Red Dragon (Children of the Dragon #2) (Allen & Unwin)

Rebecca McRitchie, Jinxed!: The curious curse of Cora Bell (Jinxed #1) (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Katrina Nannestad, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Lucerne (The Girl, the Dog and the Writer #3)(ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Louise Park, Grace’s Secrets (Berbay Books)

Allison Rushby, The Seven Keys (Walker Books)

R A Spratt, Stuck in the Mud (The Peski Kids #3) (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)

Renee Treml, Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery (Allen & Unwin) Debut

Ailsa Wild, Squishy Taylor and the Secret Envelope (Hardie Grant Egmont)

Non-fiction crime books 

Samantha Battams, The Secret Art of Poisoning: The true crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner (Samantha Battams) Debut

Ava Benny-Morrison, The Lost Girls (ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut

Robin Bowles, Death on the Derwent: Sue Neill-Fraser’s story (Scribe Publications)

Tanya Bretherton The Suicide Bride: Mystery of tragedy and family secrets in Edwardian Sydney (Hachette Australia)

Adele Ferguson, Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist’s fight for the truth (ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut

Justine Ford, Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys,Gone Girls (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Catie Gilchrist, Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner’s Court (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Debut

Jane Gilmore, Fixed It: Violence and the representation of women in the media (Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)

Ginger Gorman, Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online hate and its human fallout (Hardie Grant Books) Debut

Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse (Black Inc.) Debut

Sue Ingleton, Making Trouble – Tongued with Fire: An imagined history of Harriet Elphinstone Dick and Alice C Moon (Spinifex Press) Debut

Xanthé Mallett, Cold Case Investigations (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Kate McClymont (with Vanda Carson), Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich (Vintage Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia) Debut

Lucie Morris-Marr, Fallen: The inside story of the secret trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell (Allen & Unwin) Debut

Vikki Petraitis, Inside the Law: 25 years of true crime writing (Clan Destine Press)

Sue Smethurst and Margaret Harrod, Blood on the Rosary (Simon & Schuster)

Loretta Smith, A Spanner in the Works: The extraordinary story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s first all-girl garage (Hachette Australia) Debut

Leigh Straw, Angel of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia’s most beautiful bad woman (ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s most notorious cold case (Nero, a

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