Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Festival at Harrowgate announced the winner of its Crime Novel of the Year Award.

SLOUGH HOUSE by Mick Herron is this year’s winner of the Award

Also shortlisted were these fine crime novels:

THE NIGHT HAWKS, Elly Griffiths
TRUE CRIME STORY, Joseph Knox
DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGHT, Laura Shepherd-Robinson
MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE, Vaseem Khan
THE LAST THING TO BURN, Will Dean