Saturday, September 6, 2025

Davitt Delights

Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of the Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The awards are named after Ellen Davitt, author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!

Adult Crime NovelTo the River by Vikki Wakefield

Other finalists:

  • The Rewilding by Donna M. Cameron
  • Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran
  • What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
  • Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane

Best Nonfiction: The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of the Century by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Other finalists:

  • In Bad Faith by Dassi Erlich
  • Crimes of the Cross by Anne Manne

Best Young Adult: Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

Other finalists:

Look Me in the Eye by Jane Godwin

Children's Crime Novel: The Midwatch by Judith Rossell

Other finalists:

  • Outlaw Girls by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman
  • Queen of the Dogs by Joe Weatherstone

Best Debut Crime Book:  What I Would Do To You by Georgia Harper

Kerry Greenwood Readers Choice AwardWhat Happened To Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

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