Last month I posted the nominees for Crime Fiction Lovers Awards for Best of Crime Fiction 2021. The winners have just been announced. The awards for best novels are as listed below. The editor of Crime Fiction Lovers reserved the option of choosing his/her own winners (Editor’s Choice), which in each case was different from the winners voted on by the public.

Best Crime Novel
THE NIGHT HAWKS by Elly Griffiths – Winner

RAZORBLADE TEARS by SA Cosby – Editor’s Choice
THE DARK REMAINS by Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE by Steve Cavanagh
I KNOW WHAT I SAW by Imran Mahmood
TRUE CRIME STORY by Joseph Knox
1979 by Val McDermid

Best Debut Crime Novel
THE SOURCE by Sarah Sultoon – Winner

WINTER COUNTS by David Heska Wanbli Weiden – Editor’s Choice
BLACK DROP by Leonora Nattrass
EDGE OF THE GRAVE by Robbie Morrison
THE WAITER by Ajay Chowdhury
BURYING THE NEWSPAPER MAN by Curtis Ippolito

Best Crime Novel in Translation
THE GIRL WHO DIED by Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Victoria Cribb – Winner

RICCARDINO by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli – Editor’s Choice
HOTEL CARTAGENA by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward
BULLET TRAIN by Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa
THE RABBIT FACTOR by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston
COLD AS HELL by Lilja Sigurdardottir, translated by Quentin Bates
LITTLE REBEL by Jerome Leroy, translated by Graham H Roberts