Sisters in Crime Australia has announced its shortlist for its 23rd Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books – eight adult novels, four YA adults, three children’s novels, three non-fiction books, and six debut novels (most of which are nominated in other categories). The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner on Saturday 2 September by award-winning journalist, true-crime author, and television producer, Debi Marshall. Congrats to the shortlisted titles!
Adult novels
- Lucy Christopher, Release (Text Publishing)
- Aoife Clifford, When We Fall (Ultimo Press)
- Margaret Hickey, Stone Town (Penguin Random House Australia)
- Tracey Lien, All That’s Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction) Debut
- Dinuka McKenzie, The Torrent (HarperCollins Publishing Australia) Debut
- Vikki Petraitis, The Unbelieved (Allen & Unwin) Debut
- Hayley Scrivenor, Dirt Town (Pan Macmillan Australia) Debut
- Emma Styles, No Country for Girls (Sphere, an imprint of Hachette Australia) Debut
Young Adult novels
- Louise Bassett, The Hidden Girl (Walker Books) Debut
- Sarah Epstein, Night Lights (Fourteen Press)
- Fleur Ferris, Seven Days (Penguin Random House Australia)
- Ellie Marney, The Killing Code (Allen & Unwin)
Children’s novels
- Deborah Abela, The Book of Wondrous Possibilities (Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)
- Charlie Archbold, The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat (Text Publishing)
- Lian Tanner, Rita’s Revenge (Allen & Unwin)
Non-fiction books
- Wendy Davis, Don’t Make a Fuss: It’s only the Claremont Serial Killer (Fremantle Press) Debut
- Katrina Marson, Legitimate Sexpectations: The power of sex-ed (Scribe Publications)
- Megan Norris, Out of the Ashes (Big Sky Publishing)
Debut books
- Maryrose Cuskelly, The Cane (Allen & Unwin)
- Tracey Lien, All That’s Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction)
- Dinuka McKenzie, The Torrent (HarperCollins Publishing Australia)
- Vikki Petraitis, The Unbelieved (Allen & Unwin)
- Hayley Scrivenor, Dirt Town (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Emma Styles, No Country for Girls (Sphere, an imprint of Hachette Australia)
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