Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award

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The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is one of the UK's top crime-fiction awards, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier. [1] It is awarded annually at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in the UK, held every July, as part of the Harrogate International Festivals. [2] The winner receives £3000 and a small hand-carved oak beer cask carved by one of Britain's last coopers. [3] Novels eligible are those crime novels published in paperback any time during the previous year. [4] Voting is by the public with decisions of a jury-panel also taken into account, [5] a fact not-much publicised by the award organisers, who are keen to emphasize the public-voting aspect of the award.

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Recipients

Award winners and nominees
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2005 Mark Billingham LazybonesWinner
Andrew Taylor The American BoyShortlist
Val McDermid The Distant Echo
Simon Kernick The Murder Exchange
Ian Rankin A Question of Blood
Minette Walters Disordered Minds
2006 Val McDermid The Torment of Others Winner
Martin Edwards The Coffin TrailShortlist
Susan Hill The Various Haunts of Men
Ian Rankin Fleshmarket Close
Stephen Booth One Last Breath
Lindsay Ashford Strange Blood
2007 Allan Guthrie Two-Way SplitWinner
Stephen Booth The Dead PlaceShortlist
Michael Jecks The Death Ship of Dartmouth
Christopher Brookmyre All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
Graham Hurley Blood and Honey
Stuart MacBride Cold Granite
2008 Stef Penney The Tenderness of Wolves Winner [6] [7]
Alexander McCall Smith Blue Shoes and Happiness Shortlist
Mark Billingham Buried
Stuart MacBride Dying Light
Peter James Not Dead Enough
Graham Hurley One Under
Peter Robinson Piece of My Heart
Simon Kernick Relentless
C.J. Sansom Sovereign
Simon Beckett The Chemistry of Death
Reginald Hill The Death of Dalzeil
Christopher Brookmyre A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil
2009 Mark Billingham Death MessageWinner [8]
Tom Cain The Accident Man Shortlist
Declan Hughes The Colour of Blood
Reginald Hill A Cure for All Diseases
Lee Child Bad Luck and Trouble
Val McDermid Beneath the Bleeding
Stuart MacBride Broken Skin
Peter James Dead Man's Footsteps
Ian Rankin Exit Music
Peter Robinson Friend of the Devil
David Hewson Garden of Evil
John Harvey Gone to Ground
Mo Hayder Ritual
Chris Simms Savage Moon
2010 R. J. Ellory A Simple Act of Violence Winner [9]
Elly Griffiths The Crossing PlacesShortlist
Tania Carver The Surrogate
Tom Rob Smith Child 44
Peter James Dead Tomorrow
Ian Rankin Doors Open
Brian McGilloway Gallows Lane
Mark Billingham In the Dark
2011 Lee Child 61 Hours Winner [10]
Andrew Taylor The Anatomy of GhostsShortlist
William RyanThe Holy Thief
S. J. Bolton Blood Harvest
Stuart MacBride Dark Blood
Mark Billingham From the Dead
2012 Denise Mina The End of the Wasp SeasonWinner [11] [12]
John Connolly The Burning SoulShortlist [13]
S. J. Watson Before I Go to Sleep
Steve Mosby Black Flowers
S. J. Bolton Now You See Me
Christopher Brookmyre Where the Bodies are Buried
2013 Denise Mina Gods and BeastsWinner [14]
Stav Sherez A Dark RedemptionShortlist [15]
Peter May The Lewis Man
Mark Billingham Rush of Blood
Chris Ewan Safe House
Stuart Neville Stolen Souls
2014 Belinda Bauer RubberneckerWinner [16] [17]
Peter May The Chess MenShortlist [18]
Denise Mina The Red Road
Malcolm Mackay Death of Lewis Winter
Elly Griffiths Dying Fall
Stav Sherez Eleven Days
2015 Sarah Hilary Someone Else's SkinWinner [19]
Ray Celestin The Axeman’s JazzShortlist [20]
Antonia Hodgson The Devil in the Marshalsea
Belinda Bauer The Facts of Life and Death
Elly Griffiths The Outcast Dead
Peter May Entry Island
2016 Clare Mackintosh I Let You Go Winner [21] [22]
Robert Galbraith Career of Evil Shortlist [23]
Renee Knight Disclaimer
Adrian McKinty Rain Dogs
Eva Dolan Tell No Tales
Mark Billingham Time of Death
2017 Christopher Brookmyre Black WidowWinner [24] [25]
Eva Dolan After You DieShortlist [26]
Sabine Durrant Lie with Me
Susie Steiner Missing, Presumed
Val McDermid Out of Bounds
Mick Herron Real Tigers
2018 Stav Sherez The IntrusionsWinner [27] [28]
Denise Mina The Long DropShortlist [29]
Abir Mukherjee A Rising Man
Val McDermid Insidious Intent
Susie Steiner Persons Unknown
Mick Herron Spook Street
2019 Steve Cavanagh ThirteenWinner [30]
Liam McIlvanney The QuakerShortlist [31]
Val McDermid Broken Ground
Khurrum Rahman East of Hounslow
Mick Herron London Rules
Belinda Bauer Snap
2020 Adrian McKinty The ChainWinner [32] [33]
Jane Harper The Lost ManShortlist [34]
Mick Herron Joe Country
Oyinkan Braithwaite My Sister, the Serial Killer
Abir Mukherjee Smoke and Ashes
Helen Fitzgerald Worst Case Scenario
2021 Chris Whitaker We Begin at the EndWinner [35]
Elly Griffiths The Lantern MenShortlist [36]
Brian McGilloway The Last Crossing
Trevor Wood The Man on the Street
Rosamund Lupton The Three Hours
Abir Mukherjee Death in the East
2022 Mick Herron Slough HouseWinner [37]
Laura Shepherd-Robinson Daughters of NightShortlist [38]
Vaseem Khan Midnight at Malabar House
Will Dean The Last Thing to Burn
Elly Griffiths The Night Hawks
Joseph KnoxTrue Crime Story
2023 M. W. Craven The BotanistWinner [39]
Fiona CumminsInto the DarkShortlist [40]
Elly Griffiths The Locked Room
Doug Johnstone Black Hearts
Gillian McAllister Wrong Place, Wrong time
Ruth Ware The IT Girl

Outstanding Contribution

YearAuthorResultRef.
2022 Michael Connelly Selected
2023 Ann Cleeves Selected [39]

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