With Britain’s annual Harrogate Crime Writing Festival coming right up (July 23-26), there’s been an announcement of shortlisted nominees for the 2009 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The 14 contenders are as follows:
• Death Message, by Mark Billingham (Little, Brown)
• The Accident Man, by Tom Cain (Bantam Press)
• Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (Bantam Press)
• Gone to Ground, by John Harvey (Heinemann)
• Ritual, by Mo Hayder (Bantam Press)
• The Garden of Evil, by David Hewson (Macmillan)
• A Cure for All Diseases, by Reginald Hill (HarperCollins)
• The Colour of Blood, by Declan Hughes (John Murray)
• Dead Man’s Footsteps, by Peter James (Macmillan)
• Broken Skin, by Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)
• Beneath the Bleeding, by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)
• Exit Music, by Ian Rankin (Orion)
• Friend of the Devil, by Peter Robinson (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Savage Moon, by Chris Simms (Orion)
Members of the general public--which includes you--have the opportunity to choose a winner from this list. Just click here to make your preference known. The winner will be announced on July 23 during the Harrogate festival.
(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)
Monday, June 01, 2009
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