It’s time for crime readers to have something in their basket – 2014 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlists. Whether you like reading fiction or true crime stories, here you are, you have some very good some selections. Presented by Australian Crime Writers Association, Ned Kelly Awards praise some outstanding crime writings, including crime fiction, true crime, and debut fiction title.
The shortlists for this year 2014:
BEST CRIME NOVEL
Bitter wash road by Garry Disher,
Fatal impact by Kathryn Fox
In the morning I’ll be gone by Adrian McKinty
Beams falling by PM Newton
One boy missing by Stephen Orr
The dying beach by Angela Savage
2014 BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL
Dead cat bounce by Peter Cotton
Hades by Candice Fox
Blood witness by Alex Hammond
Every breath by Ellie Marney
2014 BEST TRUE CRIME
Disgraced by Paul Dale
Forever nine by John Kidman & Denise Hofman
No mercy by Eleanor Learmonth & Jenny Tabakoff
JFK: The smoking gun by Colin McLaren
Outlaw bikers in Australia by Duncan McNab
Murder in Mississippi by John Safran
2014 SANDRA HARVEY SHORT STORY AWARD
Housewarming by Louise Bassett
The scars of noir by Darcy-Lee Tindale
Voices of SOI 22 by Roger Vickery
Splinter by Emma Viskic
Web design by Emma Viskic
More info on http://www.austcrimewriters.com/content/2014-ned-kelly-awards.