Ned Hunters

The shortlist of nominees for the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards, “Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true-crime writing,” were announced on Saturday, August 8, by the Australian Crime Writers Association.

Best Crime Novel:
• Sweet One, by Peter Docker (Fremantle Press)
• Eden, by Candice Fox (Transworld)
• A Murder Unmentioned, by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
• Crucifixion Creek, by Barry Maitland (Text)
• Gun Street Girl, by Adrian McKinty (Profile)
• Present Darkness, by Malla Nunn (Atria)

Best First Crime Novel:
• King of the Road, by Nigel Bartlett (Random House)
• What Came Before, by Anna George (Penguin)
• Chasing the Ace, by Nicholas J. Johnson (Simon & Schuster)
• Quota, by Jock Serong (Text)

Best True Crime:
• The Fall, by Amy Dale (Random House)
• This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial,
by Helen Garner (Text)
• The Family Court Murders, by Debi Marshall (Random House)
• He Who Must Be Obeid, by Kate McClymont and Linton Besser (Random House)
• The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, by David Murray (Random House)
• The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, by Liam Pieper (Hamish Hamilton)

S.D. Harvey Short Story (with Kill Your Own Darlings):
• “A Watched Pot,” by Aoife Clifford
• “Short Term People,” by Andrea Gillum
• “Prisoner's Dilemma,” by Stephen Gray
• “Sweetie,” by Grace Heyer
• “Daddy Played the Trumpet,” by Adriane Howell
• “Roux’s Sister,” by Darcy-Lee Tindale

This year’s Ned Kelly Awards recipients will be declared on Saturday August 22, during the Melbourne Writers Festival.

(Hat tip to Shotsmag Confidential.)