Crowning the Victors at CrimeFest

Following on yesterday’s announcement about the British Crime Writers’ Association’s 2019 Dagger Award nominees, we now bring you (thanks to on-the-spot reporting by our own Ali Karim) tonight’s winners of seven separate prizes at CrimeFest. These commendations were given out during a celebratory dinner held in Bristol, England. You can watch Ali’s video of the announcements here.

Audible Sounds of Crime Award (for the best unabridged crime audiobook): Lethal White, by “Robert Galbraith,” aka J.K. Rowling; read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)

Also nominated: Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion); Our House, by Louise Candlish, read by Deni Francis and Paul Panting (Whole Story Audiobooks); The President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò, and Bill Clinton (Random House Audiobooks); The Wife Between Us, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, read by Julia Whelan (Pan Macmillan); The Outsider, by Stephen King, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton); Let Me Lie, by Clare Mackintosh, read by Gemma Whelan and Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown); I’ll Keep You Safe, by Peter May, read by Anna Murray and Peter Forbes (Riverrun); In a House of Lies, by Ian Rankin, read by James MacPherson (Orion); and Anatomy of a Scandal, by Sarah Vaughan, read by Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane, and Sarah Feathers (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)

eDunnit Award (“for the best crime fiction e-book first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format”): Sunburn, by Laura Lippman (Faber and Faber)

Also nominated: When Trouble Sleeps, by Leye Adenle (Cassava Republic Press); Thirteen, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion); Gallows Court, by Martin Edwards (Head of Zeus); Homegrown Hero, by Khurrum Rahman (HQ); The Fire Court, by Andrew Taylor (HarperCollins); and The Shrouded Path, by Sarah Ward (Faber and Faber)

Last Laugh Award (for the best humorous crime novel): A Shot in the Dark, by Lynne Truss (Bloomsbury)

Also nominated: A Deadly Habit, by Simon Brett (Crème de la Crime); Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors, by Christopher Fowler (Transworld); Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord, by Mario Giordano (John Murray); London Rules, by Mick Herron (John Murray); Homegrown Hero, by Khurrum Rahman (HQ); Palm Beach Finland, by Antti Tuomainen (Orenda); and Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar, by Olga Wojtas (Contraband)

H.R.F. Keating Award (for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction): Difficult Lives–Hitching Rides, by James Sallis (No Exit Press)

Also nominated: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction, by Nils Clausson (Cambridge Scholars); Irish Crime Fiction, by Brian Cliff (Palgrave Macmillan); Female Corpses in Crime Fiction, by Glen S. Close (Palgrave Macmillan); Domestic Noir, by Laura Joyce and Henry Sutton (Palgrave Macmillan); Historical Noir, by Barry Forshaw (No Exit Press); and The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World, by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury)

Best Crime Novel for Children (aged 8-12): Kat Wolfe Investigates, by Lauren St. John (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Also nominated: The Train to Impossible Places, by P.G. Bell (Usborne); Murder At Twilight, by Fleur Hitchcock (Nosy Crow); A Darkness of Dragons, by S.A. Patrick (Usborne); The Book Case, by Dave Shelton (David Fickling); and The Last Chance Hotel, by Nicki Thornton (Chicken House)

Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (aged 12-16): Run, Riot, by Nikesh Shukla (Hodder Children’s Books)

Also nominated: The Colour of the Sun, by David Almond (Hodder Children’s Books); Rosie Loves Jack, by Mel Darbon (Usborne); Little Liar, by Julia Gray (Andersen Press); White Rabbit, Red Wolf, by Tom Pollock (Walker); and Dry, by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman (Walker)

Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year:
The Katharina Code, by Jørn Lier Horst, translated by Anne Bruce (Michael Joseph; Norway)

Also nominated: The Ice Swimmer, by Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway); The Whisperer, by Karin Fossum, translated by Kari Dickson (Harvill Secker; Norway); The Darkness, by Ragnar Jónasson, translated by Victoria Cribb (Penguin Random House; Iceland); Resin, by Ane Riel, translated by Charlotte Barslund (Doubleday; Denmark); and Big Sister, by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway).

Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!