Crime Fiction Awards: The Best in Mysteries, Suspense Novels and Thrillers

List of Awards

Agatha

Anthony

Arthur Ellis

Audie

Barry

Benjamin Franklin

Best Books

Blóðdropinn

Bloody Scotland Crime Novel

Bloody Words

Bruce Alexander

CrimeFest

CWA Dagger

Danish Crime Novel

Daphne du Maurier

David

Davitt

Dilys

Edgar

EPIC

Falcon

Finnish Crime Novel

ForeWord

Friedrich Glauser

Glass Key

Grand Prix de Lit. Policière

Grant Allen

Gumshoe

Hammett

Harper Lee

Indie Lit

International Book

IPPY

Irish Book

John Spray

LA Times

Lambda

Lefty

Lovey

Macavity

National (UK)

National Indie

Ned Kelly

Nero

Next Generation

Ngaio Marsh

Petrona Award

Poloni Prize

Premier

Premio Azzeccagarbugli

Premio Fedeli

Prix Mystère

Quill

Reader Views

Reviewers' Choice

Riverton Prize

SCIBA

Shamus

SMM Crime Novel

SMM Private Eye

SMM Traditional

Spotted Owl

Strand Critics

Swedish Crime Novel

Theakstons

Thriller

Tony Hillerman

Whodunit

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The Davitt Award

The Davitt Award is given out each year by Sisters of Crime Australia for the best crime novel by a woman and published in Australia in book form in the previous year. The award is named in honor of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.

 

    2016
  • Best Adult Novel: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (Echo)
  • Best Debut Novel: Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (Echo)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Risk by Fleur Ferris (Random House)
  • Best Children's Novel: Under Suspicion by R. A. Spratt (Random House)
  • Best Non-Fiction: Wild Man by Alecia Simmonds (Affirm Press)
    2015
  • Best Adult Novel: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Pan Macmilla)
  • Best Debut Novel: Intruder by Christine Bongers (Woolshed Press)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Every Word by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
  • Best Children's Novel: Whitering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell (HarperCollins)
  • Best Non-Fiction: Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington (HarperCollins)
  • Readers Choice Award: Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace (Clan Destine Press)
    2014
  • Best Adult Novel: Dark Horse by Honey Brown (Penguin)
  • Best Debut Novel: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: The Midnight Dress by Karen Foxlee (Univ. of Queensland Press)
  • Best Children's Novel: Spooked! by Jen Storer (HarperCollins)
  • Best Non-Fiction: Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport by Anna Krien (Black Inc.)
  • Readers Choice Award: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador)
    2013
  • Best Adult Novel: Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute by Maggie Groff (Pan)
  • Best Debut Novel: Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute by Maggie Groff (Pan)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: The Tunnels of Tarcoola by Jennifer Walsh (Allen & Unwin)
  • Best True Crime: The Waterlow Killings by Pamela Burton (Victory)
  • Readers Choice Award: Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery by Kerry Greenwood (NewSouth Publishing)
    2012
  • Best Adult Novel: A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Surface Tension by Meg McKinlay (Walker Books)
  • Best True Crime: Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science by Liz Porter (Pan/Macmillan)
  • Best Debut Novel: Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
  • Readers Choice Award Tie:
    • The Brotherhood by Y. A. Erskine (Bantam)
    • Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (Bantam)
    2011
  • Best Adult Novel: Cold Justice by Katherine Howell (Pan/Macmillan)
  • Best Young Adult Novel: A Girl Like Me by Penny Matthews (Penguin)
  • Readers Choice Award: The Old School by P. M. Newton (Penguin)
  • Best True Crime: Murderer No More by Colleen Egan (Allen & Unwin)
    2010
  • Best Adult Novel: Sharp Shooter by Marianne Delacourt
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
  • Readers Choice Award: Forbidden Fruit by Kerry Greenwood
  • Best True Crime: Lady Killer by Candace Sutton and Ellen Connolly
    2009
  • Best Adult Novel: A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
  • Readers Choice Award: The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell
    2008
  • Best Adult Novel: Frantic by Katherine Howell
  • Best Young Adult Novel: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Mandy Sayer
  • Readers Choice Award: Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut by Lindy Cameron
    2007
  • Best Adult Novel: Undertow by Sydney Bauer
  • Best Young Adult Novel: The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty
  • Readers Choice Award: Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage by Karen Kissane
  • Readers Choice Award: Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood
    2006
  • Best Adult Novel: The Butterfly Man by Heather Rose
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
  • Readers Choice Award: Rubdown by Leigh Redhead
  • Readers Choice Award: Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood
    2005
  • Best Adult Novel: Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Devastation Road by Joanna Baker
  • Readers Choice Award: Peepshow by Leigh Redhead
    2004
  • Best Adult Novel: Due Preparation for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Muck-Up Day by Ruth Starke
  • Readers Choice Award: Thicker Than Water by Lindy Cameron
    2003
  • Best Adult Novel: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord
  • Best Adult Novel: Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Fireworks and Darkness by Natalie Jane Prior
  • Readers Choice Award: Skin Deep by Cathy Cole
    2002
  • Best Adult Novel: A Simply Death by Carolyn Morwood
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Three-Pronged Dagger by Kerry Greenwood
  • Readers Choice Award: Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron

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