The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing.

The shortlisted works in each category are:

Best novel

• R&R(Mark Dapin, Viking)
• The Heat(Garry Disher, Text)
• Fall(Candice Fox, Bantam)
• Rain Dogs(Adrian McKinty, A&U)
• Ash Island(Barry Maitland, Text)
• Before it Breaks(Dave Warner, Fremantle Press)

Best first novel

• Please Don’t Leave Me Here(Tania Chandler, Scribe)
• Good Money(J M Green, Scribe)
• Amplify(Mark Hollands, self-published)
• Skin Deep(Gary Kemble, Echo)
• Four Days(Iain Ryan, Broken River Books)
• Resurrection Bay(Emma Viskic, Echo)

Best true crime

• Certain Admissions(Gideon Haigh, Viking)
• The Sting(Kate Kyriacou, Echo)
• A Murder Without Motive(Martin McKenzie-Murray, Scribe)
• Killing Love(Rebecca Poulson, S&S)
• Kidnapped(Mark Tedeschi, S&S)