Huge congratulations to our wonderful authors for being longlisted. This award celebrates the best in debut crime fiction published in 2023.
SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy is a sensationally fiery debut featuring a crime-solving queer punk nun that’s ‘so much more than a mystery’ (Gillian Flynn).
MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES by Helen Erichsen is an intelligent thriller introducing a brilliant anti-heroine whose actions grip the reader right from the first page.
