Eighteen. That’s how many UK books have been longlisted for the 2025 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Choosing the best of this bunch won’t be easy in the slightest:
• The Cracked Mirror, by Chris Brookmyre (Sphere)
• Our Holiday, by Louise Candlish (HQ)
• A Stranger in the Family, by Jane Casey (Hemlock Press)
• The Mercy Chair, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
• The Wrong Sister, by Claire Douglas (Michael Joseph)
• The Last Word, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
• Estella’s Revenge, by Barbara Havelocke (Hera)
• Redemption, by Jack Jordan (Simon & Schuster UK)
• The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby, by Ellery Lloyd (Pan)
• Finding Sophie, by Imran Mahmood (Raven)
• The Woman on the Ledge, by Ruth Mancini (Century)
• The Kill List, by Nadine Matheson (HQ)
• Hunted, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
• Blood Like Mine, by Stuart Neville (Simon & Schuster UK)
• To Die in June, by Alan Parks (Canongate)
• Deadly Animals, by Marie Tierney (Zaffre)
• The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton (Raven)
• All the Colours of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker (Orion)
Now in its 21st year, this prize is presented by Harrogate International Festivals and sponsored by the brewery T&R Theakston, in partnership with Waterstones and the Daily Express. Readers are invited to help develop a shortlist of nominees by going here to cast ballots for their half-dozen favorites from among the original 18 works. Voting is set to close on Thursday, May 15, with the winner to be announced on Thursday, July 17—the opening night of this year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England.
(Hat tip to Crimespree Magazine.)
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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