Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 24th Davitt Awards for the best women’s crime and mystery books by Australian authors. The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865. The awards are handsome wooden trophies featuring the front cover of the winning novel under perspex. Congrats to the winners and finalists!
Adult Novel: When One of Us Hurts, by Monica Vuu (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Also nominated:
- The Chasm, by Bronwyn Hall (HQ Fiction)
- The Tea Ladies, by Amanda Hampson (Penguin Random House)
- The Half Brother, by Christine Keighery (Ultimo Press)
- Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Exquisite Corpse, by Marija Pericic (Ultimo Press)
- The Fall Between, by Darcy Tindale Penguin Random House)
Young Adult Novel: Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer, by Amy Doak (Penguin Random House)
Also nominated:
- Some Shall Break, by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
Children’s Novel: The Wolves of Greycoat Hall, by Lucinda Gifford (Walker)
Also nominated:
- Copycat, by Kelli Anne Hawkins (HarperCollins Australia)
- The First Summer of Callie McGee, by Alison Tait (Scholastic Australia)
- This Camp Is Doomed, by Anna Zobel (Penguin Random House)
Non-fiction Book: The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife, by Rebecca Hazel (Penguin Random House)
Also nominated:
- Reclaim: Understanding Complex Trauma and Those Who Abuse, by Ahona Guha (Scribe)
- Ghosts of the Orphanage, by Christine Kenneally (Hachette Australia)
- Obsession, by Nicole Madigan (Pantera Press)
Debut Book: The Half Brother by Christine Keighery (Ultimo Press)
Readers' Choice: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Manner Ladies by Alison Goodman (Berkley)
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