Crime Fiction Lover Award Shortlist 2024

The British website Crime Fiction Lover has come out with their awards shortlists. If you would like to vote for the winners in each category please click here.

Best Crime Novel

MIDNIGHT AND BLUE, Ian Rankin
THE MERCY CHAIR, M.W. Craven
GUIDE ME HOME, Attica Locke
THE EXAMINER, Janice Hallett
THE DEATH WATCHER, Chris Carter
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Chris Whitaker

Best Crime Debut

HELLE AND DEATH, Oskar Jensen
THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS, Jennie Godfrey
KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS, Orlando Murrin
DEADLY ANIMALS, Marie Tierney
CROW MOON, Suzy Aspley
A RELUCTANT SPY, David Goodman

Best Crime Novel in Translation

BLACK WOLF, Juan Gómez-Jurado; translated Nicolas Caistor
THE SNOW ANGEL, Anki Edvinsson; translated Paul Norlen
THE LOVER OF NO FIXED ABODE, Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini;
translated Gregory Dowling
DEATH AT THE SANATORIUM, Ragnar Jónasson;
translated Victoria Cribb
THE KITCHEN, Simone Buchholz; translated Rachel Ward
THE NIGHT OF BABA YAGA, Akira Otani; translated Sam Bett

Best Indie Crime Novel

THE CORPSE WITH THE PEARLY SMILE, Cathy Ace
A KILLER OF INFLUENCE, J.D. Kirk
BRONCO BUSTER, A.J. Devlin
WESTERWICK, George Paterson
NAMASTE MART CONFIDENTIAL, Andrew Miller
DYING FOR CRYSTAL, Katherine Black

Thanks to The Rap Sheet for this information.