Steiner and Casey longlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
Jane Casey and Susie Steiner have been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award 2021, the UK’s most prestigious prize for crime fiction, awarded to the best crime novel published in paperback in the previous year. The Theakston’s Old Peculier Award is voted for by the public and presented each year at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.
Jane Casey is longlisted for her book THE CUTTING PLACE, the latest in her Sunday Times bestselling Maeve Kerrigan series. Susie Steiner is longlisted for REMAIN SILENT, the third in her Richard and Judy bestselling Manon Bradshaw series. Other authors on the longlist include Steve Cavanagh, Val McDermid, Elly Griffiths, and Rosamund Lupton.
Rumours...
Everyone's heard the rumours about elite gentlemen's clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are outrageous...and what goes on behind closed doors is darker than you could possibly imagine.
Scandals...
Paige Hargreaves was a young journalist working on a story about a club for the most privileged men in London. She was on the brink of exposing a shocking scandal. Then she disappeared.
Secrets...
DS Maeve Kerrigan must immerse herself in the club's world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour to find out what happened. But Maeve is keeping secrets of her own. Will she uncover the truth? Or will time run out for Maeve first?
A tragic death, A town filled with secrets.
A NAMELESS BODY
A young man is found hanging from a tree, with nothing to identify him.
NO LEADS TO FOLLOW
Was he driven to suicide, or was he silenced? Somebody knows, but they're not saying.
WHO'S NEXT?
With potential witnesses too scared to talk to her, can DI Manon Bradshaw discover the truth before more innocent people die?