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We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 (and the final) #CrimeFestAwards shortlists. Winners will be announced at the live awards ceremony at #CrimeFest hosted in #Bristol on Saturday 17 May. They honour the best crime fiction and non-fiction books released in the UK in the last year

We begin with the hotly-contended Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, with a £1k cash prize. The shortlist is: Tom Baragwanath; Tasha Coryell Cara Miller / C. L. Miller; Akira Otani; Tracy Sierra; Claire Wilson

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for the eDunnit Award for best electronic book is: Martin Edwards; Laurie R King; - Jean Hanff Korelitz; Bella Mackie; Liz Moore; Peter Swanson

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for the H.R.F Keating Award for non-fiction, is: Mark Aldridge; Jem Bloomfield; Ashley Bowden; Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst; Dr Sara Lodge; Lynda La Plante

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for the Best Crime Fiction Award for Children (8-12) is: sufiya ahmed; Natasha Farrant; A M Howell; M. G. Leonard beth lincoln (updates only); Nicki Thornton

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for the Last Laugh Award is: Cathy Ace; DG Coutinho; Bella Mackie; Orlando Murrin; Mike Ripley; Antti Tuomainen

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for Best Crime Fiction Award for Young Adults (12-16) is: HF Askwith; Denise Brown; a j clack; Amie Jordan; Kayvion Lewis; Karen M. McManus Updates

The 2025 #CrimeFest shortlist for The Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama is: Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen; Dalgliesh P.D. James; Lady in the Lake Laura Lippman; Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz; Slow Horses Mick Herron; The Turkish Detective Barbara Nadel

That's it! Please join us in congratulating all the finalists for the #CrimeFestAwards ! It promises to be a historic year as after 17 years sees the final #CrimeFest...See you in #Bristol!

Today (7 May) is the last day CrimeFest will take online reservations! After that, full passes and Friday and Saturday Day tickets will be available at the CrimeFest registration desk at the convention hotel. Get your TICKETS now! Head over to crimefest.com

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the (final) #CrimeFestAwards! The awards ceremony took place this eve (Saturday 17 May) in Bristol. The awards began 17 years ago, and honour the best crime fiction and non-fiction books released in the UK in the last year.

We begin with the hotly-contended Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award, with a £1k cash prize. Congrats Akira Otani (and translator Sam Bett) for The Night of Baba Yaga (Faber) Faber Books

Winner of the #CrimeFest eDunnit Award for best electronic book is: Jean Hanff Korelitz for The Sequel (Faber) Faber Books

Winner of the H.R.F Keating Award for non-fiction, is: Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert on Wickedness (HarperCollins) HarperCollinsUK

Winner of the #CrimeFest Last Laugh Award is: Mike Ripley for Mr Campion's Christmas (Severn House) Severn House

Winner of the #CrimeFest Best Crime Fiction Award for Young Adults (12-16) is: Kayvion Lewis for Heist Royale (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) Simon & Schuster Children's Books Simon YA

Winner of the #CrimeFest Best Crime Fiction Award for Children (8-12) is: sufiya ahmed for Rosie Raja: Undercover Codebreaker(Bloomsbury Education) Bloomsbury Education

Winner of The Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crime Drama is: Slow Horses, Mick Herron (Apple TV) Apple TV

Congrats to all! #CrimeFestAwards

.CrimeFest director Adrian Muller has called on the Crime Writers’ Association "to incorporate children’s and Young Adult categories into their famed Dagger awards", in a bid to boost reading for pleasure among children 👇 thebookseller.com/news/crimefest…