Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

Adult novels

• Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist(Anne Buist, Text)
• Fall (Candice Fox, Bantam)
• Give the Devil His Due(Sulari Gentill, Pantera Press)
• Storm Clouds(Bronwyn Parry, Hachette)
• Time to Run(J M Peace,  Macmillan)
• Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic, Echo)

Young adult novels

• In the Skin of a Monster(Kathryn Barker, A&U)
• Risk (Fleur Ferris, Random House)
• Every Move(Ellie Marney, A&U)
• Stay with Me(Maureen McCarthy, A&U)

Children’s Novels

• Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand(Susan Green, Walker)
• Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief(Catherine Jinks, A&U)
• Friday Barnes 2: Under Suspicion (R A Spratt,  Random House)

Nonfiction

• Black Widow(Carol Baxter, A&U)
• Why Did They Do It?(Cheryl Critchley and Helen McGrath, Macmillan)
• The Sting(Kate Kyriacou, Echo)
• Wildman(Alecia Simmonds, Affirm Press)
• Behind Closed Doors (Sue Smetherst, S&S)
• You’re Just Too Good to Be True(Sofija Stefanovic, Penguin)

Debut

• In the Skin of a Monster(Kathryn Barker, A&U)
• Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist(Anne Buist, Text)
• Please Don’t Leave Me Here(Tania Chandler, Scribe)
• Double Madness(Caroline de Costa, Margaret River Press)
• Risk (Fleur Ferris, Random House)
• Good Money(J M Green, Scribe)
• Time to Run(J M Peace, Macmillan)
• The Lost Swimmer(Ann Turner, S&S)
• Resurrection Bay (Emma Viskic, Echo)