2013 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award Longlist Revealed

2013 marks the ninth year of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The award, run in partnership with WHSmith, was created to celebrate the very best in crime writing and is open to British and Irish authors whose novels were published in paperback over the previous twelve months.

Crime writing’s most wanted accolade, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels. The winning author receives a cash prize of £3000 and a handmade, engraved beer barrel provided by Theakstons Old Peculier.

2013 Longlist

• The Guilty One – Lisa Ballantyne (Piatkus)
• Finders Keepers – Belinda Bauer (Transworld)
• Rush Of Blood – Mark Billingham (Little Brown)
• Dead Scared – S J Bolton (Corgi, Transworld)
• The Affair – Lee Child (Transworld)
• A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming (Harpercollins)
• Safe House -  Chris Ewan (Faber and Faber)
• Not Dead Yet - Peter James (Macmillan)
• Siege – Simon Kernick (Bantam Press)
• Prague Fatale – Philip Kerr (Quercus)
• The Rage – Gene Kerrigan (Vintage)
• Birthdays for the Dead – Stuart MacBride (Harper)
• The Dark Winter – David Mark (Quercus)
• The Lewis Man – Peter May (Quercus)
• Gods And Beasts – Denise Mina (Orion)
• Stolen Souls – Stuart Neville (Vintage)
• Sacrilege – S. J. Parris (Harper)
• A Dark Redemption – Stav Sherez (Faber and Faber)

2013 Shortlist Announcement and Readers’ Online Vote

The names of the six shortlisted titles will be announced on Monday 1 July 2013 and YOU – the readers – will be able to help decide which of the six short-listed authors will take home the most coveted title in crime fiction, by casting your vote online at www.theakstons.co.uk