Go to the Polls - Petrona Award

I have now set up two polls relating to the Petrona Award - as I do for the International Dagger - and they will close on 29 May. The announcement of the winner of the Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year 2013 will be made on 1 June at CrimeFest.

The first poll is for:

Which book do you want to win the Petrona Award 2013.

The second poll is for:

Which book do you think will win the Petrona Award 2013.

The polls can be found on the top right of the blog.

The candidates are:

PIERCED by Thomas Enger, tr. Charlotte Barslund (Faber and Faber) (review on the Petrona blog)

BLACK SKIES by Arnaldur Indridason, tr. Victoria Cribb (Harvill Secker) (review on Euro Crime website)

LAST WILL by Liza Marklund, tr. Neil Smith (Corgi) (review on Euro Crime website)

ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER LIFE by Leif GW Persson tr. Paul Norlen (Doubleday) (review on Euro Crime website)

Poll Results on International Dagger - 2012

The polls have now closed for voting on who you want to and think will win this year's CWA International Dagger. The Dagger winner will be announced this evening at the CWA Awards Ceremony in London.

There were 119 votes in the "want to win" and 80 votes in the "will win". In both cases the winner was Phantom by Jo Nesbo followed by The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri in the "want to win" and Trackers by Deon Meyer in the "will win".

I will remove the polls in the next couple of days. Many thanks to all those who took part and read the shortlist.

Which book do you want to win the International Dagger?

The Dark Valley got 3 votes (2%).

Which book will win the International Dagger?

 

I Will Have Vengeance received zero votes in this category.

International Dagger 2012 - Polls

As has become traditional, I have now set up two polls relating to the International Dagger. They will close on 4 July. The announcement of the winner of the International Dagger 2012 will be made on 5 July at the CWA's Award Ceremony.

The first poll is for:

Which book do you want to win.

The second poll is for:

Which book do you think will win.

The polls can be found on the RHS of the blog. We'll see how much correlation there is between the two polls - and you can see the results of last year's polls here.

Poll Results on International Dagger - 2011

The polls have now closed for voting on who you want to and think will win this year's CWA International Dagger. The Dagger winner will be announced this evening at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.

There were 147 votes in the "want to win" and 68 votes in the "will win". In both cases the winner was An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas followed by Wings of the Sphinx by Andrea Camilleri in the "want to win" and Three Seconds by Roslund-Hellstrom in the "will win".

The other titles, Needle in a Haystack by Mallo, The Saint-Florentin Murders by Parot, River of Shadows by Varesi and Death on a Galician Shore by Villar, all received votes in both polls.

I will remove the polls in the next couple of days. Many thanks to all those who took part and read the shortlist.



The results in full:

1.Which book do you want to win the international Dagger?
147 votes

Camilleri-Wings of the Sphinx	30 (20%)
Mallo-Needle in a Haystack	20 (13%)
Parot-The Saint-Florentin Murders	9 (6%)
Roslund-Hellstrom-Three Seconds	27 (18%)
Varesi-River of Shadows	7 (4%)
Vargas-An Uncertain Place	45 (30%)
Villar-Death on a Galician Shore	9 (6%)

2. Which book will win the International Dagger?
68 votes

Camilleri-Wings of the Sphinx	13 (19%)
Mallo-Needle in a Haystack	5 (7%)
Parot-The Saint-Florentin Murders	2 (2%)
Roslund-Hellstrom-Three Seconds	19 (27%)
Varesi-River of Shadows	3 (4%)
Vargas-An Uncertain Place	24 (35%)
Villar-Death on a Galician Shore	2 (2%)

International Dagger 2011 - Polls

As has become traditional, I have now set up two polls relating to the International Dagger. They will close on 20 July 12:00 am. The announcement of the winner of the International Dagger 2011 will be made on 22 July at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.

The first poll is for:

Which book do you want to win.

The second poll is for:

Which book do you think will win.

The polls can be found on the RHS of the blog. We'll see how much correlation there is between the two polls - and you can see the results of last year's polls here.

Apologies: The Camilleri is of course The Wings of the Sphinx, no idea why I wrote Phoenix! (twice!!) Now the poll has been voted on I cannot correct it.

The Killing - News

Quite a bit of news about The Killing (Danish original) announced today. Firstly it won a BAFTA last night in the International category, holding off Boardwalk Empire, Glee and Mad Men.

This was followed up by news in the Bookseller that Pan MacMillan are to novelise the series:

Pan Macmillan has acquired the novelisations to Danish TV series "The Killing", shown on BBC4 in the UK this spring and which triumphed at last night’s Baftas.

Senior commissioning editor for fiction Trisha Jackson [] bought world rights following a "hotly contested auction" for the novelisations of the first two series.

Pan Macmillan plans to publish the novelisation of series one in autumn 2012, with negotiations understood to be underway with a "very well-reviewed and highly respected crime author" to write the novels from [scriptwriter Soren] Sveistrup's scripts.

Jackson said: "I knew from watching episode one that this was a book we had to have. The plotting and content are brilliant—revealing, layer by layer, countless red herrings, twists and turns and numerous possible suspects. Sarah Lund is the female detective crime fiction has been waiting for. We see The Killing being a major publishing event across the world."

But here's something you may not have seen, the results of the Euro Crime poll that ran for a week and attracted 66 votes. I lost quite a lot with the Blogger crash:

Have watched The Killing (Danish) and will watch The Killing (US)	4 (6%)
Have watched The Killing (Danish) and might watch The Killing (US)	12 (18%)
Have watched The Killing (Danish) and will not watch The Killing (US)	23 (34%)
Have not watched The Killing (Danish) but might watch The Killing (US)	4 (6%)
Am watching The Killing (US)	17 (25%)
What is The Killing!	6 (9%)

So, over a third of those who voted do not intend to watch the US remake of The Killing which in the UK, is to be shown on Channel 4 later this year.

New Poll - Violence

I just finished listening to Open Book from a couple of editions ago, the one that featured NJ Cooper and Tania Carver (Martyn Waites).

Publishers apparently wanted a UK equivalent to the best-selling US female writers who have a high violence content in their books such as Chelsea Cain and Karin Slaughter and Martyn Waites said that he could do that. He has now co-written with his wife, The Surrogate and The Creeper. Publishers believe that women love to read about violence against women, written by women. So, what do you think? I've put a poll on the top-right of the blog, to see if you agree or disagree with that statement.

Poll Results on International Dagger - 2010

The poll have now closed for voting on who you want to and think will win this year's CWA International Dagger. The Dagger winner will be announced tomorrow evening at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. There were around 50% more votes this year compared to 2009.

There were 222 votes in the "want to win" and 157 votes in the "think will win". In both cases the winner was The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson followed by Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason though the margin is small in the "want to win" and huge in the "think will win".

The other titles, which are a bit obscured in the snapshot below, are Badfellas (Benacquista), August Heat (Camilleri), Thirteen Hours (Meyer) and The Darkest Room (Theorin).


I will remove the polls in the next couple of days. Many thanks to all those who took part and read the shortlist.