The Dead Good Readers Awards 2017!!

The Dead Good Reader Awards 2017 Shortlist…..

The shortlists are compiled of those authors who received the most nominations in each category. Now the power is back in your hands – it’s time to pick your winners. Does Helen Grace or Ruth Galloway get your vote for favourite fearless female? Is Ian Rankin or James Oswald your go-to for a cracking police procedural? And which book would you recommend above all others?

Great to see so many Irish authors here……

The Kathy Reichs Award for Fearless Female Character

Temperance Brennan is a force to be reckoned with. This award is for the fearless females who take no prisoners.

Lori Anderson, Steph Broadribb

Erika Foster, Robert Bryndza

Ruth Galloway, Elly Griffiths

Helen Grace, M J Arlidge

Isabella Rose, Mark Dawson

Jane Rizzoli, Tess Gerritsen

The Case Closed Award for Best Police Procedural

The cops have it covered – no room for amateurs here.

Let The Dead Speak by Jane Casey

Love You Dead by Peter James

Rather Be The Devil by Ian Rankin

The Taken by Alice Clark-Platts

Written in Bones by James Oswald

The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

The Hidden Depths Award for Most Unreliable Narrator

Alcohol. Memory loss. Barefaced lies. Which book from the past year had you fooled?

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

The Escape by C L Taylor

Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

My Husband’s Wife by Jane Corry

My Sister’s Bones by Nuala Ellwood

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

The Page to Screen Award for Best Adapted Book

Some absolutely stellar crime novels have been adapted for film and television in the past year. Which was your favourite?

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Never Go Back by Lee Child

The Night Manager by John le Carré

The Cat Amongst The Pigeons Award for Most Exceptional Debut

Which fresh new voice in crime fiction caused the biggest stir in the past year?

A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb

The Dry by Jane Harper

Rattle by Fiona Cummins

Sirens by Joseph Knox

The Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book

Is there one book published in the last year that you press into the hands of everyone you meet? This award is for the crime novel that you’d recommend above all others.

The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

The Escape by C L Taylor

Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent

My Husband’s Wife by Jane Corry

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

TO VOTE VISIT HERE