janebbooks
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Stuart Neville just announced on Facebook that his RATLINES has been nominated for the long-list THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR. I think he wants the handmade, engraved beer barrel.
I read Neville and Griffiths...and have some McKinty's and Billingham's in my TBR file.
Who do you read?
2014 marks the tenth year of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The award, run in partnership with T & R Theakston, WHSmith and Radio Times, was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and is open to British and Irish authors whose novels were published in paperback over the previous twelve months.
Crime writing’s most coveted accolade, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels. The winning author receives a cash prize of £3000 and a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakstons Old Peculier.
The 2014 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year long-list in full:
The names of the six short listed titles will be announced on 1 July and YOU – the readers – will be able to help decide which of the six short listed authors will take home the most coveted title in crime fiction, a prize of £3,000 and a hand-carved Theakstons cask, by casting your vote online at: www.theakstons.co.uk.
I read Neville and Griffiths...and have some McKinty's and Billingham's in my TBR file.
Who do you read?
2014 marks the tenth year of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The award, run in partnership with T & R Theakston, WHSmith and Radio Times, was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and is open to British and Irish authors whose novels were published in paperback over the previous twelve months.
Crime writing’s most coveted accolade, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels. The winning author receives a cash prize of £3000 and a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakstons Old Peculier.
The 2014 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year long-list in full:
- Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
- The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham
- Like This, For Ever by Sharon Bolton
- A Wanted Man by Lee Child
- The Honey Guide by Richard Crompton
- The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald
- Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
- Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes
- The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
- The Chessmen by Peter May
- I Hear The Sirens In The Street by Adrian McKinty
- The Red Road by Denise Mina
- Ratlines by Stuart Neville
- Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
- Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson
- Eleven Days by Stav Sherez
- Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth
The names of the six short listed titles will be announced on 1 July and YOU – the readers – will be able to help decide which of the six short listed authors will take home the most coveted title in crime fiction, a prize of £3,000 and a hand-carved Theakstons cask, by casting your vote online at: www.theakstons.co.uk.