Seven weeks after releasing the longlist of contenders for Britain’s 2025 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Harrogate International Festivals has announced the half-dozen finalists for that prize, together with the shortlist of candidates for this year’s McDermid Debut Award for new writers.
To begin, here are the Crime Novel of the Year nominees:
• The Cracked Mirror, by Chris Brookmyre (Sphere)
• The Mercy Chair, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
• The Last Word, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
• Hunted, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
• Deadly Animals, by Marie Tierney (Zaffre)
• All the Colours of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker (Orion)
Readers are invited to vote for their favorites from among these half-dozen titles. The balloting will end on Thursday, July 10.
Another six books are vying to win the second annual McDermid Debut Award, named for renowned Scottish crime writer Val McDermid:
• Sick to Death, by Chris Bridges (Avon)
• I Died at Fallow Hall, by Bonnie Burke-Patel (Bedford Square)
• Her Two Lives, by Nilesha Chauvet (Faber & Faber)
• A Reluctant Spy, by David Goodman (Headline)
• Isolation Island, by Louise Minchin (Headline)
• Black Water Rising, by Sean Watkin (Canelo)
The winners of both these commendations are set to be revealed on Thursday, July 17—the opening night of this year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England.
Thursday, June 05, 2025
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