The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 was announced today. Readers are now invited to vote for their favorite novels to reach the shortlist, to be announced on June 13, with the winner revealed on the opening night of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, July 18. The Award is presented by Harrogate International Festivals and sponsored by T&R Theakston Ltd, in partnership with Waterstones and Daily Express, and is open to full-length crime novels published in paperback between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024.
The full Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2024 longlist (in alphabetical order by surname) is:
- The Last Dance by Mark Billingham (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)
- The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus; Little, Brown Book Group)
- In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
- The Close by Jane Casey (Harper Fiction; Harper Collins)
- The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves (Pan Macmillan)
- Fearless by M W Craven (Constable; Little, Brown Book Group)
- The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
- The Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Baskerville; John Murray Press)
- Killing Jericho by William Hussey (Zaffre, Bonnier)
- None of This is True by Lisa Jewell (Century; Cornerstone)
- Conviction by Jack Jordan (Simon & Schuster)
- A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)
- The Broken Afternoon by Simon Mason (riverrun; Quercus)
- Past Lying by Val McDermid (Sphere; Little, Brown Book Group)
- Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent (Sandycove; Penguin Ireland)
- The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan Macmillan)
- The Last Goodbye by Tim Weaver (Michael Joseph; Penguin Random House)
- You Can Run by Trevor Wood (Quercus)
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