Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2013) |
The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is the UK's top crime-fiction award, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier.[1] It is awarded annually at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in the UK, held every July, as part of the Harrogate International Festivals.[2] The winner receives £3000 and a small hand-carved oak beer cask carved by one of Britain's last coopers.[3] Novels eligible are those crime novels published in paperback any time during the previous year,[4] thus making the shortlists seem more out-of-date than for most prizes. Voting is by the public with decisions of a jury-panel also taken into account,[5] a fact not-much publicised by the award organisers, who are keen to emphasize the public-voting aspect of the award.
Winners and nominees
2005
- Mark Billingham – Lazybones
- Simon Kernick – The Murder Exchange
- Val McDermid – The Distant Echo
- Ian Rankin – A Question of Blood
- Andrew Taylor – The American Boy
- Minette Walters – Disordered Minds
2006
- Val McDermid – The Torment of Others
- Lindsay Ashford – Strange Blood
- Stephen Booth – One Last Breath
- Martin Edwards – The Coffin Trail
- Susan Hill – The Various Haunts of Men
- Ian Rankin – Fleshmarket Close
2007
- Allan Guthrie – Two-Way Split
- Stephen Booth – The Dead Place
- Christopher Brookmyre – All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye
- Michael Jecks – The Death Ship of Dartmouth
- Stuart MacBride – Cold Granite
- Graham Hurley – Blood and Honey
2008
- Stef Penney – The Tenderness of Wolves[6]
- Simon Beckett - “The Chemistry of Death”
- Mark Billingham - “Buried”
- Christopher Brookmyre - “A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil”
- Reginald Hill - “The Death of Dalzeil”
- Graham Hurley - “One Under”
- Peter James - “Not Dead Enough”
- Simon Kernick - “Relentless”
- Stuart MacBride - “Dying Light”
- Alexander McCall Smith - “Blue Shoes and Happiness”
- Peter Robinson - “Piece Of My Heart”
- C.J. Sansom - “Sovereign”
2009
- Mark Billingham – Death Message[7]
- Reginald Hill - A Cure for All Diseases[8]
- Lee Child - Bad Luck and Trouble[8]
- Val McDermid - Beneath The Bleeding[8]
- Stuart MacBride - Broken Skin[8]
- Peter James - Dead Man’s Footsteps[8]
- Ian Rankin - Exit Music[8]
- Peter Robinson - Friend of the Devil[8]
- David Hewson - Garden of Evil[8]
- John Harvey - Gone to Ground[8]
- Mo Hayder - Ritual[8]
- Chris Simms - Savage Moon[8]
- Tom Cain - The Accident Man[8]
- Declan Hughes - The Colour of Blood[8]
2010
- R J Ellory – A Simple Act of Violence
- Mark Billingham - “In The Dark”
- Tania Carver - “The Surrogate”
- Elly Griffiths - “The Crossing Places”
- Peter James - “Dead Tomorrow”
- Brian McGilloway - “Gallows Lane”
- Ian Rankin - “Doors Open”
- Tom Rob Smith - “Child 44”
2011
- Lee Child – 61 Hours
- Mark Billingham - “From the Dead”
- S.J. Bolton - “Blood Harvest”
- Stuart MacBride - “Dark Blood”
- William Ryan - “The Holy Thief”
- Andrew Taylor - “The Anatomy of Ghosts”
2012
- Denise Mina - The End of the Wasp Season[9]
- S.J. Bolton - Now You See Me
- Christopher Brookmyre - Where the Bodies are Buried
- John Connolly - The Burning Soul
- Steve Mosby - Black Flowers
- S. J. Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
2013
- Denise Mina - Gods and Beasts[10]
- Mark Billingham - Rush of Blood
- Chris Ewan - Safe House
- Peter May - The Lewis Man
- Stuart Neville - Stolen Souls
- Stav Sherez - A Dark Redemption
2014
- Belinda Bauer - Rubbernecker
- Elly Griffiths - Dying Fall
- Malcolm Mackay - Death of Lewis Winter
- Peter May - The Chess Men
- Denise Mina - The Red Road
- Stav Sherez - Eleven Days
2015
- Sarah Hilary - "Someone Else's Skin"
- Antonia Hodgson - "The Devil in the Marshalsea"
- Ray Celestin - "The Axeman’s Jazz"
- Belinda Bauer - "The Facts of Life and Death"
- Peter May - "Entry Island"
- Elly Griffiths - "The Outcast Dead"
2016
- Clare Mackintosh - I Let You Go[11]
- Mark Billingham - Time Of Death
- Robert Galbraith - Career Of Evil
- Eva Dolan - Tell No Tales
- Renee Knight - Disclaimer
- Adrian McKinty - Rain Dogs
References
- ^ "Theakstons Crime Writing Festival -". www.oldpeculiercrimefestival.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2015 | Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival". harrogateinternationalfestivals.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Local author lands top crime writing award". Glamorgan Gem Ltd. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Theakstons Old Peculier Prize | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "2016 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Longlist Revealed | Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival". harrogateinternationalfestivals.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Theakston's Crime award goes to mainstream first novel". The Guardian. London. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2009-07-27). "Mark Billingham wins crime novel of the year award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Book Prize Information". Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ Alison Flood (20 July 2012). "Denise Mina wins crime novel of the year award". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2013
- ^ Sian Cain (21 July 2016). "Clare Mackintosh takes crime novel of the year award". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2016.