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The Dead Good Reader Awards 2018
Readers, we salute you. We asked you to vote for your favourite crime books and authors and you responded in your thousands. The winners of the Dead Good Reader Awards 2018 were crowned at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, with Mark Lawson presiding over the ceremony.
Here are the six authors honoured with the accolade of being best in class – as voted for by you!
The Holmes and Watson Award for Best Detective Duo:
Winner: Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson – Elly Griffiths
Shortlist:
Arthur Bryant and John May – Christopher Fowler
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles – Tess Gerritsen
Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson – Elly Griffiths
Marnie Rome and Noah Jake – Sarah Hilary
Rosie Strange and Sam Stone – Syd Moore
Gino Rolseth and Leo Magozzi – P J Tracy
The Whodunnit Award for the Book That Keeps You Guessing:
Winner: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Shortlist:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
The Lucky Ones by Mark Edwards
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
The Cabot Cove Award for Best Small Town Mystery:
Winner: The Chalk Man by C J Tudor
Shortlist:
A Murder to Die For by Stevyn Colgan
Dark Pines by Will Dean
The Devil’s Claw by Lara Dearman
Hell in a Handbasket by Denise Grover Swank
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Chalk Man by C J Tudor
The Wringer Award for the Character Who’s Been Put Through It All:
Winner: Jack Reacher – Lee Child
Shortlist:
Jack Reacher – Lee Child
Frieda Klein – Nicci French
Lottie Parker – Patricia Gibney
Ruth Galloway – Elly Griffiths
Michael Devlin – Tony Kent
David Raker – Tim Weaver
The House of Horrors Award for Most Dysfunctional Family:
Winner: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Shortlist:
Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
The Good Samaritan by John Marrs
The Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book:
Winner: The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
Shortlist:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
Killer Intent by Tony Kent
Anything You Do Say by Gillian McAllister
The Fear by C L Taylor
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
Congratulations to all the winning authors and those shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards 2018!
