The long list for the Theakstons Old Peculier prize, given
out at Harrogate Crime Festival in July, has been announced.
You can vote online. The shortlist of six is then selected
and there's a second round of voting.
The nominees:
Dead Place by Stephen Booth All Fun and Games Until Somebody
Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre Death of a Chancellor
by David Dickinson Never Go Back by Robert Goddard Two Way
Split by Allan Guthrie Little Face by Sophie Hannah Ash &
Bone by John Harvey The Stranger House by Reginald Hill The
Pure in Heart by Susan Hill Blood and Honey by Graham Hurley
The Lighthouse by PD James The Death Ship of Dartmouth by
Michael Jecks Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride The Train
Excursion by Edward Marston Ratcatcher by James McGee After
the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson Dance with Death by
Barbara Nadel Jacquot and the Angel by Martin O'Brien End in
Tears by Ruth Rendell Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
Vote Here:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1319
My congrats to all. I'm posting this here because at least
one Rara-Avis regular, Allan Guthrie, is on the list. I am
particularly pleased to see his nomination, as it's good to
see something truly on the hardboiled/noir end of the
spectrum being noticed.
In general, when I see the lists for a lot of awards it seems
they pick up what I'd call the comfortable middle ground. In
Canada that means the cozies.
I hope in Al's case this means reaching a wider
audience.
Cheers, Sandra
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