I spent the better part of this week entertaining a friend who’d flown in from Minneapolis, so I wasn’t exactly on top of the crime-fiction news. That meant I missed alerting readers to the half-dozen nominees for the 2026 McDermid Debut Award. They are:
• A Bad, Bad Place, by Frances Crawford (Penguin Random House)
• The Exes, by Leodora Darlington (Michael Joseph)
• Innocent Guilt, by Remi Kone (Quercus)
• The Quiet, by Barnaby Martin (Pan Macmillan)
• A Murder for Miss Hortense, by Mel Pennant (John Murray)
• How to Get Away With Murder, by Rebecca Philipson (Penguin Random House)
According to a news release, “The shortlist for this year’s McDermid Debut Award, named in recognition of world-famous crime writer Val McDermid, showcases ‘original and assured’ new voices writing across a broad range of subgenres … Now in its third year, the award has established a successful track record for discovering emerging talent, with the two previous winning books, Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney (2024) and A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman (2025), going on to become bestsellers.”
The latest prize recipient is set to be announced on Thursday, July 23, which is opening night of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
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