The shortlists for the Ned Kelly Awards for excellence in Australian crime writing were announced by the Australian Crime Writers Association at the recent Byron Bay Writers Festival. The winners in each category will be announced during the Brisbane Writers Festival on 7 September
The following links are to the reviews created on Fair Dinkum Crime except where noted. You’ve got a month to get reading so you can compare your thoughts with the judges’.
Best First Fiction
- Steve Lewis & Chris Uhlmann THE MARMALADE FILES
- Zane Lovitt – THE MIDNIGHT PROMISE
- Paul Anderson – THE ROBBERS (review by Kerrie, review by Josh)
- Sue Williams – MURDER WITH THE LOT (review by Kerrie, review by Bernadette)
- Andrew Grimes – THE RICHMOND CONSPIRACY
- Robert Gott – THE HOLIDAY MURDERS
- Katherine Howell – WEB OF DECEIT
- Geoffrey McGeachin – BLACKWATTLE CREEK
- Adrian McKinty – I HEAR THE SIRENS IN THE STREET (review by Bernadette, review by Kerrie)
- Malla Nunn – SILENT VALLEY (this link goes to Book’d Out as this is one of the books Bernadette read but failed to review this year)
The links below take you to various reviews because we’re just not into true crime here at Fair Dinkum
True Crime
- Robin De Crespigny – THE PEOPLE SMUGGLER
- Belinda Hawkins – EVERY PARENTS NIGHTMARE
- Steve Lillebuen – THE DEVIL’S CINEMA
- Derek Pedley – DEAD BY FRIDAY
- Mark Tedeschi QC EUGENIA