Five novels, all published in the United States or Canada last year, have been announced as finalists for the 2023 Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime writing. They are:
• Night Letter, by Sterling Watson (Akashic)
• The Almost Widow, by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Harper Avenue)
• Crook Manifesto, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
• Stealing, by Margaret Verble (Mariner)
• The Quiet Tenant, by Clémence Michallon (Knopf)
Taking its name from American detective novelist Dashiell Hammett, this award has been handed out annually since 1991 by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers. The 2023 winner is to be announced sometime this coming summer.
Saturday, May 04, 2024
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