Marsh "Madness"
A little addendum for yesterday's Mystery Melange: The finalists for New Zealand’s 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awards were announced since that post, with authors in the three categories vying for the honor of best crime writing in New Zealand. The winners will be handed out on Saturday, September 14, as part of this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival. The nominees are:
Best Novel
This Mortal Boy, by Fiona Kidman (Penguin)
Money in the Morgue, by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy (HarperCollins)
The Quaker, by Liam McIlvanney (HarperCollins)
Call Me Evie, by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
The Vanishing Act, by Jen Shieff (Mary Egan)
Best First Novel
One for Another, by Andrea Jacka (Red River Pony)
Crystal Reign, by Kelly Lyndon (Remnant Press)
Call Me Evie, by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
Best Non-fiction
The Great New Zealand Robbery, by Scott Bainbridge (Allen & Unwin)
The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Jane Furlong, by Kelly Dennett (Awa)
Behind Bars, by Anna Leask (Penguin)
The Cause of Death, by Cynric Temple-Camp (HarperCollins)
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