Round Two, Aussie Style

Fair Dinkum Crime, the blog hosted by Adelaide-based mystery-fiction enthusiasts Kerrie Smith and Bernadette Bean, brings us the shortlist of nominees for the 2016 Davitt Awards, sponsored by Sisters in Crime Australia and “celebrating the best in crime writing by Australian women.” The winners will be declared on August 27.

Adult Novel:
• Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist,
by Anne Buist (Text)
• Fall, by Candice Fox (Penguin Random House)
• Give the Devil His Due, by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
• Storm Clouds, by Bronwyn Parry (Hachette Australia)
• Time to Run, by J.M. Peace, (Pan Macmillan Australia)
• Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic (Echo)

Young Adult Novel:
• In the Skin of a Monster, by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
• Risk, by Fleur Ferris (Penguin Random House)
• Every Move, by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
• Stay with Me, by Maureen McCarthy (Allen & Unwin)

Children’s Novel:
• Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand, by Susan Green (Walker Press)
• Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief, by Catherine Jinks
(Allen & Unwin)
• Friday Barnes 2: Under Suspicion, by R.A. Spratt
(Penguin Random House)

Non-fiction:
• Black Widow, by Carol Baxter (Allen & Unwin)
• Why Did They Do It?, by Cheryl Critchley and Helen McGrath
(Pan Macmillan Australia)
• The Sting, by Kate Kyriacou (Echo)
• Wild Man, by Alecia Simmonds (Affirm Press)
• Behind Closed Doors, by Sue Smetherst (Simon & Schuster)
• You’re Just Too Good to Be True, by Sofija Stefanovic (Penguin Random House)

Debut:
• In the Skin of a Monster, by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
• Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist,
by Anne Buist (Text)
• Please Don’t Leave Me Here, by Tania Chandler (Scribe)
• Double Madness, by Caroline de Costa (Margaret River Press)
• Risk, by Fleur Ferris (Penguin Random House)
• Good Money, by J.M. Green (Scribe)
• Time to Run, by J.M. Peace (Pan Macmillan Australia)
• The Lost Swimmer, by Ann Turner (Simon & Schuster)
• Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic (Echo)

The longlist of 2016 Davitt nominees was announced in June. Congratulations to all of the finalists!