Ellis Peters Award - the 2009 winner is...

The winner of the the 2009 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award has been announced...it is...Philip Kerr's IF THE DEAD RISE NOT.

The other titles shortlisted were:

Rennie Airth THE DEAD OF WINTER, Macmillan

Shona MacLean THE REDEMPTION OF ALEXANDER SEATON, Quercus

Mark Mills THE INFORMATION OFFICER, HarperCollins

Andrew Williams THE INTERROGATOR, John Murray

Laura Wilson AN EMPTY DEATH, Orion