Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Day of the Ned

Two months after the Crime Writers Association of Australia announced its longlist of nominees for the 2007 Ned Kelly Awards, comes the much-abbreviated roster of finalists--courtesy of Damien Gay’s Crime Down Under blog, and with links aplenty (so that readers residing outside of Australia can find out what these books are actually about).

Best Crime Novel:
Chain of Evidence, by Garry Disher (Text)
The Night Ferry, by Michael Robotham (Little, Brown)
The Unknown Terrorist, Richard Flanagan (Macmillan)
The Cleaner, by Paul Cleave (Random House)
Undertow, by Peter Corris (Allen & Unwin)
Spider Trap, by Barry Maitland (Allen & Unwin)

Best First Crime Novel:
The Betrayal of Bindi Mackenzie, by Jaclyn Moriaty (Macmillan)
Diamond Dove, by Adrian Hyland (Text)
Better Dead Than Never, by Laurent Boulanger (C& C International Media Group)
Behind the Night Bazaar, by Angela Savage (Text)

Best True Crime:
Justice for the Dead, by Malcolm Dodd and Beverly Knight (Hachette Livre)
Overboard: The Stories Cruise Ships Don’t Want Told, by Gywn Topham (Random House)
Intractable, by Bernie Matthews (Macmillan)
Written on the Skin, by Liz Porter (Macmillan)
Silent Death, by Karen Kissane (Hachette Livre)
Australian Outlaw, by Derek Pedley (Sly Ink)
Killing for Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders, by Debi Marshall (Random House)
The Dodger, by Duncan McNab (Macmillan)
Things a Killer Would Know, Paula Doneman (Allen & Unwin)

Winners will be announced and “Neddies” handed ’round on August 29 during this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival.

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