Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 Shortlists Announced

Craig Sisterson, founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery, or thriller writing, announced the 2023 finalists, which celebrate "outstanding Kiwi storytellers whose tales, fictional and factual, explore the investigation of crime or the impact or effects of crime on people and society." The winners will be revealed during the Christchurch WORD writers festival, which runs from 23–27 August. Best wishes to all!

 

Best Nonfiction

The Devil You Know: Encounters in forensic psychiatry (Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne, S&S)
The Fix: The story of one of New Zealand’s biggest swindles (Scott Bainbridge, David Bateman)
Missing Persons (Steve Braunias, HarperCollins)
Downfall: The destruction of Charles Mackay (Paul Diamond, Massey University)
A New Dawn (Emeli Sione, Mila’s Books)

Best Debut Novel

Paper Cage (Tom Baragwanath, Text)
Better the Blood (Michael Bennett, S&S)
Surveillance (Riley Chance, CP Books)
The Slow Roll (Simon Lendrum, Upstart)
One Heart One Spade (Alistair Luke, self-published)
Too Far From Antibes (Bede Scott, PRH SEA)

Best Crime Novel

Better the Blood (Michael Bennett, S&S)
The Slow Roll (Simon Lendrum, Upstart)
Remember Me (Charity Norman, A&U)
Blood Matters (Renée, The Cuba Press)
Exit .45 (Ben Sanders, A&U)
The Doctor’s Wife (Fiona Sussman, Bateman)
Blue Hotel (Chad Taylor, Brio).

 

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