Monday, September 13, 2021

Looking for a Boost

Shotsmag Confidential brings news that ticket holders for London’s Capital Crime Festival and Book Club subscribers have chosen the 10 finalists for the 2021 Amazon Publishing New Voices Award. Entrants had to submit three chapters of an unpublished mystery, crime, or thriller novel written in English. This year’s nominees are:

The Incident at Palmer Road, by Andrea Crossett
The Ice Beneath, by Patti Buff
Wasteland, by Luke Deckard
The Black Pool, by Darren Boyle
Garotte 2, by Mary McQueen
Self Help for Serial Killers: Let Your Creativity Bloom, by
Mairi Campbell-Jack
Five by Five, by Claire Wilson
How Like Wolves, by Andrew Fadairo
The Venom of the Snake, by M.Z. Turner
No Time to Cry, by Casey King

The 2021 winner—to be announced “soon”—will receive £1,000, in addition to “complimentary registration to the next Capital Crime Festival, a trophy, and a potential offer of publication from Thomas & Mercer, the mystery and thriller imprint of Amazon Publishing.”

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