Sisters in Crime Australia has released its longlists of contenders for the 25th Davitt Awards. There are four categories of “best crime and mystery books”: Adult Novels, Non-fiction, Young Adult Novels, and Children’s Novels. Here are the Adult Novels candidates:
• The Rewilding, by Donna M. Cameron (Transit Lounge)
• Safe Haven, by Shankari Chandran (Ultimo Press)
• Woman, Missing, by Sherryl Clark (HQ)
• Red River Road, by Anna Downes (Affirm Press)
• The Cryptic Clue, by Amanda Hampson (Penguin Random
House Australia)
• What I Would Do to You, by Georgia Harper (Penguin Random
House Australia)
• The Creeper, by Margaret Hickey (Penguin Random House Australia)
• The Chilling, by Riley James (Allen & Unwin)
• Highway 13, by Fiona McFarlane (Allen & Unwin)
• What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Australia)
• The Search Party, by Hannah Richell (Simon & Schuster Australia)
• The Crag, by Claire Sutherland (Affirm Press)
• Gone, by Glenna Thompson (Penguin Random House Australia)
• To the River, by Vikki Wakefield (Text)
• Vengeance Planning for Amateurs, by Lee Winter (Ylva)
You will find all of the longlists here. The 600-plus members of Sisters in Crime Australia will also be asked to select a Readers’ Award Choice recipient; voting in that race will open shortly and is scheduled to close on Sunday, July 27.
This year’s shortlists of nominees are expected in July, with the winners to be named during a late August dinner in Melbourne.
(Hat tip to In Reference to Murder.)
Friday, May 30, 2025
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