CrimeFest 2013 Award Winners

Crimefest bills itself as “a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics.” In other words, a convention for everyone in the world. And since CrimeFest 2013, held as it is every year in Bristol, England, included a panel discussion with the creators of BBC’s Sherlock, we’re figuring the world (and his wife) attended.

Naturally, CrimeFest bestows awards, and here is a list of this year’s nominees and winners (in bold):
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award, for best audiobook crime novel

• The Black Box by Michael Connelly, read by Michael McConnohie
• The Racketeer by John Grisham, read by J.D. Jackson
• The Lewis Man by Peter May, read by Peter Forbes
• Phantom by Jo Nesbø, read by Sean Barrett
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• Standing In Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin; read by James MacPherson

The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award, for best humorous crime novel

• The Prisoner of Brenda by Colin Bateman
• The Corpse on the Court by Simon Brett
• Slaughter’s Hound by Declan Burke
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• Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards
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• Bryant & May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler
• The Iron Will of Shoeshine Cats by Hesh Kestin

eDunnit Award, for best crime novel published in both hardcover and ebook format

• The Age of Doubt by Andrea Camilleri
• Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards
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• Bryant & May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler
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• Dominion by C.J. Sansom

H. R. F. Keating Award, for best biography or critical book related to crime fiction published between 2008 and 2012

• Books to Die For by Declan Burke & John Connolly (2012)
• Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks by John Curran (2009)
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• British Crime Writing: an Encyclopaedia Barry Forshaw, editor (2008)
• Invisible Ink by Christopher Fowler (2012)
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• Following the Detectives Maxim Jakubowski, editor (2010