Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2013 - Longlist

The longlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2013 has been announced. The winner will be announced at Harrogate however we the public will be able to vote on the shortlist of six, announced on 1 July, from 4 July.

The criteria: "...the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and is open to British and Irish authors whose novels are published in paperback from 1 May 2012 – 30 April 2013".

More about the award is on the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival website.

2013 Longlist (links are to Euro Crime reviews)

The Guilty One – Lisa Ballantyne (Piatkus)

Finders Keepers – Belinda Bauer (Transworld)

Rush Of Blood – Mark Billingham (Little Brown)

Dead Scared – S J Bolton (Corgi, Transworld)

The Affair – Lee Child (Transworld)

A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming (Harpercollins)

Safe House - Chris Ewan (Faber and Faber)

Not Dead Yet - Peter James (Macmillan)

Siege – Simon Kernick (Bantam Press)

Prague Fatale – Philip Kerr (Quercus)

The Rage – Gene Kerrigan (Vintage)

Birthdays for the Dead – Stuart MacBride (Harper)

The Dark Winter – David Mark (Quercus)

The Lewis Man – Peter May (Quercus)

Gods And Beasts – Denise Mina (Orion)

Stolen Souls – Stuart Neville (Vintage)

Sacrilege – S. J. Parris (Harper)

A Dark Redemption – Stav Sherez (Faber and Faber)