A couple of Scandi Kindle bargains

At the time of writing, Stigma by Thomas Enger and Jørn Lier Horst translated by Megan Turney is  99p on UK Kindle, as is The Wolf by by Samuel Bjørk translated by Charlotte Barslund.

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 - Longlist

Apologies for the delay in posting this. I will have a follow-up post shortly regarding the #theakstonssowhite controversy.

In the meantime, please find below the official press release announcing the longlist for the Theakston (Harrogate) Crime Novel of the Year. Eighteen authors have been listed (9 Female, 9 Male).

Until the 16 May you can vote for your favourite book on the longlist here.

Harrogate International Festivals announced ...the 18 titles longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious crime fiction award now in its twentieth year.

The longlist, voted for by an academy of crime writing authors, agents, editors, reviewers and members of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Programming Committee, features stories that transport readers from the burning heat of the Chihuahuan Desert to the chill of nineties Berlin, from down-at-heel Blackpool to the splendour of Georgian London. Crime fiction fans are now invited to vote for their favourite novels to reach the shortlist, with the winner of the coveted Award announced on the opening night of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Thursday 18 July.

Six former winners are vying for top honours, including 2023 champion MW Craven, who is longlisted for his high-octane US-set thriller Fearless, alongside Queen of Crime Val McDermid for cold case mystery Past Lying, and Mick Herron, the author behind Apple TV’s smash-hit series ‘Slow Horses,’ for his elegant stand-alone spy novel The Secret Hours. Also nominated are Chris Brookmyre’s edgy thriller about a murderous hen party on a remote Scottish island, The Cliff House, two times winner Mark Billingham’s The Last Dance, the first novel in his captivating new Blackpool-set detective series and Clare Mackintosh’s reality TV set thriller A Game of Lies. Ann Cleeves, who was awarded the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award in 2023 adds to this illustrious list, nominated for her atmospheric detective novel The Raging Storm.

Among the five hugely talented rising stars longlisted for the first time are Jo Callaghan, nominated for her stunningly original debut In the Blink of An Eye, which introduces intriguing detective duo DCS Kat Frank and her AI colleague Lock, and William Hussey for serial-killer thriller Killing Jericho featuring crime fiction’s first Traveller detective. They are up against Jack Jordan’s addictive legal thriller Conviction, missing persons investigation The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver, and Oxford-set detective novel The Broken Afternoon by Simon Mason.

Showcasing the range of crime fiction subgenres, Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s atmospheric Georgian-set historical crime novel The Square of Sevens, Lisa Jewell’s tantalising domestic noir None of This is True, propulsive thriller You Can Run by New Blood 2020 alumni Trevor Wood and The Last Remains, Elly Griffiths’ final Dr Ruth Gallow mystery, join the 2024 longlist.

Completing the line-up are two phenomenally talented Irish crime writers: Jane Casey for her gripping DS Maeve Kerrigan novel The Close and four-times Irish Book Award winner Liz Nugent for her unnerving thriller Strange Sally Diamond.

The full Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 longlist (in alphabetical order by surname) is:

• The Last Dance by Mark Billingham (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)

• The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus; Little, Brown Book Group)

• In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)

• The Close by Jane Casey (Harper Fiction; Harper Collins)

• The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves (Pan Macmillan)

• Fearless by M W Craven (Constable; Little, Brown Book Group)

• The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)

• The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Baskerville; John Murray Press)

• Killing Jericho by William Hussey (Zaffre, Bonnier)

• None of This is True by Lisa Jewell (Century; Cornerstone)

• Conviction by Jack Jordan (Simon & Schuster)

• A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)

• The Broken Afternoon by Simon Mason (riverrun; Quercus)

• Past Lying by Val McDermid (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)

• Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent (Sandycove; Penguin Ireland)

• The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan Macmillan)

• The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver (Michael Joseph; Penguin Random House)

• You Can Run by Trevor Wood (Quercus)

Simon Theakston, Chairman of T&R Theakston, said: 

“We are delighted to announce the 2024 longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, which truly showcases the depth and breadth of the UK and Ireland’s best crime fiction novels from the past year. The Award is an exciting part of the Festival, and with so many talented writers nominated – both new and established - we’re excited to find out who the public vote for this year.”

The Award is presented by Harrogate International Festivals and sponsored by T&R Theakston Ltd, in partnership with Waterstones and Daily Express, and is open to full-length crime novels published in paperback between 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2024. The public are invited to vote to help create a shortlist of six titles from 8am on Thursday 25 April at www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com

What I've been listening to...

If you're a long-time follower of this blog, you will know I like crime books featuring the British Royal Family.

I've just finished listening to Murder Most Royal, the third in the 'Her Majesty the Queen Investigates' series by S J Bennett.

These books are narrated by Samantha Bond who does a wonderful job and this entry is set at Sandringham and its environs, an area I know reasonably well, which added to my enjoyment.

These first three books are set in the mid to late 2010s whereas the fourth book, which I'm in the queue for, A Death in Diamonds, goes back to 1957.

I've just spotted that a fifth book, The Queen Who Came in from the Cold, is out next February, and is set in 1961.

CrimeFest Awards 2024 - Winners

 Please find below the official press release from CrimeFest for their 2024 Awards.

Winners of 2024 CRIMEFEST Awards Announced

 

CrimeFest, one of Europe’s leading crime fiction conventions, has announced the winners of its annual awards.

 

Now in their 16th year, the awards, which honour the best crime books released in the UK last year, were announced at a gala dinner event during CrimeFest in Bristol [Saturday 11 May].

 

The winner of the highly anticipated Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, and £1,000 prize, is Stig Abell for Death Under a Little Sky published by Hemlock Press (HarperCollins).

 

The gripping crime debut from the Times Radio journalist features London detective Jake Jackson, who discovers that murder lurks even in the most idyllic English locations when a village treasure hunt turns deadly.

 

Bestselling crime authors have heaped praise on the debut including Lee Child, who described it as “truly excellent,” Ann Cleeves who found it “totally immersive” and Vaseem Khan who described it as “beautifully written.”

 

Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder of Specsavers who sponsors the award, said: “It was an incredibly strong shortlist for the judging panel this year, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading all nominated titles. Stig Abell’s debut clinched the top spot. It offers a different slant to the usual detective mysteries, and I was compelled to finish the book and get to the end, which I didn’t guess. His mesmerising prose and deft plot made Death Under a Little Sky unputdownable.”

 

The eDunnit Award for the best e-book goes to Laura Lippman for Prom Mom, published by Faber & Faber. The acclaimed Baltimore author is a two-time CrimeFest eDunnit Award winner for Wild Lake (2017) and Sunburn (2019) and has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Edgar awards.

 

Prom Mom tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past but compulsively drawn back to the prom date who destroyed everything. The LA Times described it as “one of Lippman’s most seductively mesmerising novels.”

 

Winner of the H.R.F Keating Award for best biographical or critical book on crime fiction is The Secret Life of John Le Carré by Adam Sisman, published by Profile Books.

 

A Financial Times and Spectator Book of the Year, it’s been praised for providing new insights into the author who created George Smiley, revealing a hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author.

 

The Last Laugh Award goes to Mick Herron for The Secret Hours, published by Baskerville. Herron is a multiple CrimeFest Award winner; he received the 2023 CrimeFest Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama for Slow Horses; the 2022 CrimeFest Last Laugh Award for Slough House; and the 2018 CrimeFest Last Laugh Award for Spook Street.

 

Praised as ‘pure class,’ by Ian Rankin, The Secret Hours was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. The mesmerising espionage thriller is dripping in wry wit and unexpected twists, as a parliamentary inquiry into the intelligence services turns lethal.

 

Best Crime Novel for Young Adults, aged 12-16, is awarded to Elizabeth Wein for Stateless, which features a group of young pilots who face intrigue and sabotage in a race around Europe in this thrilling murder mystery, from the bestselling author of Code Name Verity. Stateless was praised by the Guardian for its, “intriguing, page-turning plot.”

 

Best Crime Novel for Children, aged 8-12, goes to J.T. Williams for The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison published by Farshore. It’s the second book in the middle grade mystery series that’s inspired by real Black British historical figures, which sees two resourceful amateur sleuths become embroiled in a deadly conspiracy stalking the streets of eighteenth-century London.

 

Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho, praised the series as a “must read” and The Observer praised its “atmospheric setting.”

 

The Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama goes for the second year running to Slow Horses (season 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron. Produced by See-Saw, shown on Apple TV+, the drama, which follows a dysfunctional and disgraced team of MI5 agents, stars Gary Oldman.

 

The award is named in honour of Thalia, a CrimeFest team member and a much-loved figure in the world of crime fiction, and is decided by public vote.

 

Adrian Muller, Co-host of CrimeFest, said: “Crime fiction is recognised as the biggest selling and most influential genre in publishing. As ever, this year’s nominees reflect the genre’s power, reach and popularity, and it was a hotly contested shortlist. We congratulate all 2024 winners, and would especially like to thank Specsavers for their on-going support in celebrating new talent, with the Debut Award. We’re especially proud too to be one of the few genre awards that recognise children’s and Young Adult authors. They do a vital job in enticing children and young people into reading, offering much-needed escapism, connection, and adventure.”

 

Hosted in Bristol, CrimeFest is the biggest crime fiction convention in the UK, and one of the most popular dates in the international crime fiction calendar, with circa 60 panel events and 150 authors attending over four days [9-12 May].

 

2024 featured guests include the author behind the international hit Murdle - G.T. Karber; Diamond Dagger winners James Lee Burke and Lynda La Plante; the acclaimed American author Laura Lippman; and the seminal Scottish author, Denise Mina.

 

The line up also features Ajay Chowdhury, Cathy Ace, Janice Hallett, Abir Mukherjee, Vaseem Khan, Holly Jackson, Kate Ellis, Ruth Dudley Edwards, and Martin Edwards.

 

CrimeFest was created following the hugely successful one-off visit to Bristol in 2006 of the American Left Coast Crime convention. Established in 2008, it follows the egalitarian format of most US conventions, making it open to all commercially published authors and readers alike.

 

All category winners will receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

 

The 2024 CrimeFest Award Winners in full:

 

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD

 

In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize.

 

- Stig Abell Death Under a Little Sky (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins)

 

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 2023. 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.

 

- Adam Sisman The Secret Life of John Le Carré (Profile Books)

LAST LAUGH AWARD

 

The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

- Mick Herron The Secret Hours (Baskerville)

 

eDUNNIT AWARD

 

For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

-Laura Lippman Prom Mom (Faber & Faber)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR CHILDREN

 

This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

- J.T. Williams The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison illustrated by Simone Douglas (Farshore)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION 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 2023.

 

- Elizabeth Wein Stateless (Bloomsbury YA)

 

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 2023. 

 

- Slow Horses (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple)

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The 2024 CrimeFest Award Shortlists in full:

 

SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD

 

In association with headline sponsor, the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award is for debut authors first published in the United Kingdom in 2023. The winning author receives a £1,000 prize.

 

- Stig Abell Death Under a Little Sky (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins)

- Jo Callaghan In The Blink Of An Eye (Simon & Schuster)

- Megan Davis The Messenger (Zaffre)

- Jenny Lund Madsen Thirty Days of Darkness translated by Megan Turney (Orenda Books)

- Natalie Marlow Needless Alley (Baskerville)

- Alice Slater Death of a Bookseller (Hodder & Stoughton)

 

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 2023. 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.

 

- M, J, F & A Dall'Asta, Migozzi, Pagello & Pepper Contemporary European Crime Fiction: Representing History and Politics (Palgrave)

- Lisa Hopkins Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction (Palgrave)

- Kate Jackson How To Survive a Classic Crime Novel (British Library Publishing)

- Steven Powell Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (Bloomsbury Academic)

- Nicholas Shakespeare Ian Fleming: The Complete Man (Harvill Secker)

- Adam Sisman The Secret Life of John Le Carré (Profile Books)

LAST LAUGH AWARD

 

The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

- Mark Billingham The Last Dance (Sphere)

- Elly Griffiths The Great Deceiver (Quercus)

- Mick Herron The Secret Hours (Baskerville)

- Mike Ripley Mr Campion's Memory (Severn House)

- Jesse Sutanto Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (HQ)

- Antti Tuomianen The Beaver Theory (Orenda Books)

 

eDUNNIT AWARD

 

For the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

- Rachel Abbott Don't Look Away (Wildfire)

-Jane Casey The Close (HarperCollins)

-Martin Edwards Sepulchre Street (Head of Zeus)

-Christina Koning Murder at Bletchley Park (Allison & Busby)

-Laura Lippman Prom Mom (Faber & Faber)

-Craig Russell The Devil's Playground (Constable)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL FOR CHILDREN

 

This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2023.

 

- A.M. Howell Mysteries At Sea: Peril On The Atlantic (Usborne Publishing)

- Lis Jardine The Detention Detectives (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Beth Lincoln The Swifts (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Marcus Rashford (with Alex Falase-Koya) The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School (Macmillan Children's Books)

- Robin Stevens The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- J.T. Williams The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison illustrated by Simone Douglas (Farshore)

 

BEST CRIME FICTION 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 2023.

 

- Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Brothers Hawthorne (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Nick Brooks Promise Boys (Macmillan Children's Books)

- Ravena Guron This Book Kills (Usborne Publishing)

- Ravena Guron Catch Your Death (Usborne Publishing)

- Karen M. McManus One of Us is Back (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

- Elizabeth Wein Stateless (Bloomsbury YA)

 

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 2023. 

 

- Dalgliesh (series 2), based on the Inspector Dalgliesh books by P.D. James (Channel 5)

- Reacher (series 2), based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child (Amazon Prime)

- Shetland (series 8), based on the Shetland books by Ann Cleeves (BBC)

- Slow Horses (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron (Apple)

- The Serial Killer's Wife, based on the Serial Killer books by Alice Hunter (Paramount+)

- Vera (series 12), based on the Vera Stanhope books by Ann Cleeves (ITV)

 

CWA Dagger Awards 2024 - Shortlist for the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

The CWA Dagger Shortlists were announced recently at CrimeFest including the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger, formerly the International Dagger.

The shortlist is below and you can check out my list of eligible titles here. 

All the shortlists can be found by clicking on each category on the CWA website and the winners will be announced on 4 July at the CWA Awards Night.

Shortlist:

Juan Gomez-Jurado - Red Queen tr. Nick Caistor (Spain, M, Macmillan)

Asa Larsson - The Sins of our Fathers tr. Frank Perry (Sweden, F, MacLehose Press)

Cloé Mehdi - Nothing is Lost tr. Howard Curtis (France, F, Europa Editions)

Im Seong-Sun - The Consultant tr. An Seon Jae (Korea, M, Raven Books)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir - The Prey tr. Victoria Cribb (Iceland, F, Hodder & Stoughton)

Maud Ventura - My Husband tr. Emma Ramadan (France, F, Hutchinson Heinemann)

[The longlisted - Kotaro Isaka - The Mantis tr. Sam Malissa (Japan, M, Harvill Secker) - has been shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.]

New Releases - March 2024

Here's a snapshot of what I think was published for the first time in March 2024 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 124 titles this month. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment. 

Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known.

Ace, Cathy - The Case of the Bereaved Butler #9 A Wise Enquiries Agency Mystery
Amphlett, Rachel - Three Ways to Die - Case Files
Amphlett, Rachel - A Burning Question #2 Detective Kay Hunter Novella
Ashley, Jennifer - Speculations in Sin #7 Kat Holloway, Victorian Era
Atkinson, Heather - Legacy (ebook only) #17 Dividing Line
Bartlett, Graham - City on Fire #3 Detective Superintendent Jo Howe, Brighton
Black, Cara - Murder at la Villette #21 Aimee Leduc, Paris
Blake, David - Swanton Morley #11 DCI Tanner, Norfolk
Brady, Ric - Cold Case on the Moor #5 ex DCI Henry Ward, Yorkshire
Bright, Verity - A Death in Venice #17 Lady Eleanor Swift, 1920s
Brook, Lee - The Bone Saw Ripper #2 West Yorkshire Crime
Brook, Lee - The Blonde Delilah #3 West Yorkshire Crime
Brook, Lee - The New Forest Village Book Club #8 West Yorkshire Crime
Brook, Lee - Beneath the Surface #15 West Yorkshire Crime
Brown, Benedict - A Novel Way to Kill #1 Lord Edgington Investigates Novella
Bruen, Ken - Galway Confidential #17 Jack Taylor
Burton, Sarah & Poster, Jem - Eliza Mace
Callaghan, Jo - Leave No Trace #2 Kat and Lock
Carlsson, Christoffer - Under the Storm tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles
Carson, John - Ice Into Ashes #1 DCI James Craig
Cartmel, Andrew - Noise Floor #7 Vinyl Detective Mysteries
Casey, Jane - A Stranger in the Family #11 DC Maeve Kerrigan
Chambers, Kimberley - The Brothers #2 The Bonds
Charlton, Karen - The Resurrection Mystery #7 Detective Lavender and Constable Woods
Clarke, Wendy - The Garden Party
Coffey, Edel - In Her Place
Daykin, Judi - The Wild Thyme Farm Murder #6 Detective Sara Hirst, Norfolk
Dean, Abigail - Day One
Devlin, Cara - Taken to the Grave #7 Bow Street Duchess
Douglas, Claire - The Wrong Sister
Dounaeva, Lorna - The Perfect Housemate
Durrant, Helen H - Dig Two Graves #1 DS Hedley Sharpe
Dylan, Michael - Talking of the Dead 3 DI Simon Wise
Edvinsson, Anki - The Mermaid tr. Paul Norlen #2 Detectives von Klint and Berg
Ellory, R J - The Bell Tower
Emerson, T J - The Last Resort
Engman, Pascal - The Widows tr. Neil Smith #3 Detective Vanessa Frank, Stockholm
Field, David - The Assassination Players #2 Bailiff Mountsorrel Tudor Mysteries
Fletcher, Tom - The Assassin #2 Ambassador Ed Barnes
Ford, P F - Death by Kitchen Sink #4 Slater and Norman
Ford, P F - Death by Telephone Box #5 Slater and Norman
Frankland, Maria - I Let Her In
French, Tana - The Hunter #2 Cal Hooper
Gatland, Jack - Harvest For The Reaper #18 DI Declan Walsh
Gatward, D J - See No Evil #17 DCI Harry Grimm
Gayle, Katie - A Country Wedding Murder #5 Julia Bird, Cotswolds
George, Nicholas - A Deadly Walk in Devon #1 A Walk Through England Mystery
Giolito, Malin Persson - Deliver Me tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles
Giuliani, C P - A Deadly Complot #4 Tom Walsingham
Glyn, Eva - The Dubrovnik Book Club
Gold, Robert - Ten Seconds #3 Ben Harper
Gomez-Jurado, Juan - Black Wolf tr. Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia #2 Antonia Scott
Gray, Alex - Out of Darkness #21 DCI Lorimer & psychologist Solomon Brightman, Glasgow
Greene, Morgan - Savage Ridge
Griffee, Andy - Tulip Murders #4 Johnson & Wilde
Hall, Emylia - The Rockpool Murder #3 Shell House Detectives, Cornwall
Hanson, Liam - All That Remains #6 Murder Squad, Cardiff
Harper, Izzie - Murder in the Hare Meadow #5 The Wootton Windmill Mysteries
Hastings, Anastasia - Of Hoaxes and Homicide #2 Dear Miss Hermione, London, 1885
Hathaway, L B - Murder and the Scent of Nutmeg #16 Posie Parker, 1920s
Hayes, Samantha - Mother of the Bride
Hepburn, Holly - The Missing Maid #1 The Baker Street Mysteries
Hillman, Paula - Chapel Field
Hilton, Matt - The Due Season #1 Joe Hunter Short Story
Hodges, David - Diamonds on the Levels #13 DC Kate Hamblin
Hunter, M A - Every Step You Take
Hurst, Daniel - The Wife's Baby
Jackson, Douglas - Blood Roses #1 Warsaw Quartet
James, Jane E - The Godmother
Janet, C L - The Lies Beneath Us #3 Chrissy Ferguson
Johnson, Alan - Death on the Thames #3 Louise Mangan, Met Police
Jones, Conrad - Cuckoos on the Mersey 3 #3 Cuckoos on the Mersey
Jones, Sandie - The Trade Off
Jordan, G R - Scrambled Eggs (ebook only) #31 Highlands and Islands
Kane, Alex - Two Sisters
Kaukonen, Martta - Follow the Butterfly tr. David Hackston
Keogh, Valerie - The Mistress Kildare, Kitty - Death at the Drunken Duck #2 Veronica Vale, 1920s
Kinder, Gomery - Assassin of London #2 Justin Martello
Kurkov, Andrey - The Silver Bone tr. Boris Dralyuk
Lancaster, Mary - Petteril's Portrait #4 Lord Petteril
Lancaster, Neil - The Devil You Know #5 DS Max Craigie, Scotland
Lindsay, Douglas - The Vikstrom Papers: Restoration Man #1 Sam Vikström, PI, New England
Luther, Max - On the Run #2 Alex Drayce
Lynes, S E - The Split
Mahmood, Imran - Finding Sophie
Maloney, Catherine - Crime in the Salon #21 Detective Markham
Marlow, Natalie - The Red Hollow #2 William Garrett, Birmingham
Marsh, Katie - Murder on the Dancefloor #2 Bad Girls Detective Agency
McCleave, Simon - The Chester Killings #18 DI Ruth Hunter
McTiernan, Dervla - What Happened to Nina?
Moray, Keith - The Minstrel's Malady #5 Sandal Castle Medieval Thrillers
Morris, M S - Vigil for the Dead #6 DCI Tom Raven
Mount, Toni - The Colour of Sin #12 Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mystery
Murphy, Peter - With the Passage of Time #9 Ben Schroeder, Lawyer, 1960s
Neill, Fiona - The Haven
Neubauer, Erica Ruth - Secrets of a Scottish Isle #5 Jane Wunderly, 1920s Europe
Oliver, Kelly - Murder in Moscow #5 Fiona Figg
Perrin, Kristen - How to Solve Your Own Murder #1 Castle Knoll Files
Ramsay, Danielle - The Other Wife
Raybourn, Deanna - A Grave Robbery #9 Veronica Speedwell, adventuress and butterfly hunter, Victorian London
Raymond, Andrew - The Last Albion #3 Duncan Grant
Russell, Leigh - Revenge Killing #21 DI Geraldine Steel
Sampson, Freya - Nosy Neighbours
Scarrow, Alex - A Monster Among Us #10 DCI Boyd
Sharp, Zoe - The Girl in the Dark #2 Blake and Byron
Simpson, Carla - A Deadly Deception #7 Angus Brodie and Mikaela Forsythe, Victorian London
Steel, Harriet - Retreat from Nuala #14 Inspector de Silva, Ceylon, 1930s
Steen, Jane - Lady Ambition's Dilemma #3 Scott-De Quincy Mysteries
Sutton, Ann - Village Fetes Can Be Murder #1 Saffron Weald Mysteries
Sweet, Jonny - The Kellerby Code
Taylor, C L - Every Move You Make
Todd, Marion - Bridges to Burn #8 DI Clare Mackay
Tremayne, Peter - Made for Murders - Short Stories
Trinchieri, Camilla - The Road to Murder #4 Nico Doyle, Chianti, Italy
Turner, M K - An Ill Wind #1 JJ Jenson
Watson, Christie - Moral Injuries
White, S R - White Ash Ridge #4 Detective Dana Russo, Australia
Wood, Michael - The Mind of a Murderer #1 Dr Olivia Winter
Woodbury, Sarah - The Admirable Physician #16 Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery
Yarwood-Lovett, Sarah - A Trace of Hares #5 Nell Ward
Zander-Howell, Peter - The Amateur Detective #9 Chief Inspector Bryce Murder, 1950s
Zander-Howell, Peter - Demands with Menaces #10 Chief Inspector Bryce Murder, 1950s
Zander-Howell, Peter - Death of a Safebreaker #11 Chief Inspector Bryce Murder, 1950s

CWA Dagger Awards 2024 - Longlist for the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger

The CWA Dagger Longlists were announced over the weekend. The most important one to me is the Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger, formerly the International Dagger for which I was a judge many years ago. 

The longlist is below and you can check out my list of eligible titles here.

Shortlists will be announced at CrimeFest on 10 May.

Longlist:

Javier Castillo - The Snow Girl tr. Isabelle Scott (Spain, M, Penguin)

Juan Gomez-Jurado - Red Queen tr. Nick Caistor (Spain, M, Macmillan)

Arnaldur Indridason - The Girl by the Bridge tr. Philip Roughton (Iceland, M, Harvill Secker)

Kotaro Isaka - The Mantis tr. Sam Malissa (Japan, M, Harvill Secker)

Asa Larsson - The Sins of our Fathers tr. Frank Perry (Sweden, F, MacLehose Press)

Jenny Lund Madsen - Thirty Days of Darkness tr. Megan E Turney (Denmark, F, Orenda Books)

Cloé Mehdi - Nothing is Lost tr. Howard Curtis (France, F, Europa Editions)

Hansjorg Schneider - The Murder of Anton Livius tr. Mike Mitchell (Switzerland, M, Bitter Lemon Press)

Im Seong-Sun - The Consultant tr. An Seon Jae (Korea, M, Raven Books)

Mikhail Shevelev - Not Russian tr. Brian James Baer & Ellen Vayner (Russia, M, Europa Editions)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir - The Prey tr. Victoria Cribb (Iceland, F, Hodder & Stoughton)

Maud Ventura - My Husband tr. Emma Ramadan (France, F, Hutchinson Heinemann)

Other longlists can be viewed on the CWA Website by clicking on the individual categories.