CrimeFest celebrates the best of crime fiction first published in the UK. In general, the titles are sent in by the publishers for consideration, then read and reduced to the list of finalists you see below. A group of British crime fiction reviewers selects both the finalists and the winners. The awards were presented on May 13. The category winners are indicated in red.

Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award

• A Good Day to Die, by Amen Alonge
• Bad for Good, by Graham Bartlett
• The Maid, by Nita Prose
• Ashes in the Snow, by Oriana Rammuno, translated by Katherine Gregor
• Kalmann, by Joachim B. Schmidt, translated by Jamie Lee Searle
• Dirt Town, by Hayley Scrivenor
• The Siege, by John Sutherland
• A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham

eDunnit Award

• The Cliff House, by Chris Brookmyre
• Desert Star, by Michael Connelly
• The Botanist, by M.W. Craven
• The Book of the Most Precious Substance, by Sara Gran
• A Heart Full of Headstones, by Ian Rankin
• Nine Lives, by Peter Swanson

Last Laugh Award (for the best humorous crime novel)

• Bryant & May’s Peculiar London, by Christopher Fowler
• The Locked Room, by Elly Griffiths
• Bad Actors, by Mick Herron
• Hope to Die, by Cara Hunter
• Mr. Campion’s Mosaic, by Mike Ripley
• The Moose Paradox, by Antti Tuomainen

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!