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The Dead Good Reader Awards 2018

Readers, we salute you. We asked you to vote for your favourite crime books and authors and you responded in your thousands. The winners of the Dead Good Reader Awards 2018 were crowned at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, with Mark Lawson presiding over the ceremony.

Here are the six authors honoured with the accolade of being best in class – as voted for by you!

The Holmes and Watson Award for Best Detective Duo:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson – Elly Griffiths

Shortlist:
Arthur Bryant and John May – Christopher Fowler
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles – Tess Gerritsen
Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson – Elly Griffiths
Marnie Rome and Noah Jake – Sarah Hilary
Rosie Strange and Sam Stone – Syd Moore
Gino Rolseth and Leo Magozzi – P J Tracy

The Whodunnit Award for the Book That Keeps You Guessing:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Shortlist:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
The Lucky Ones by Mark Edwards
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

The Cabot Cove Award for Best Small Town Mystery:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: The Chalk Man by C J Tudor

Shortlist:
A Murder to Die For by Stevyn Colgan
Dark Pines by Will Dean
The Devil’s Claw by Lara Dearman
Hell in a Handbasket by Denise Grover Swank
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Chalk Man by C J Tudor

The Wringer Award for the Character Who’s Been Put Through It All:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: Jack Reacher – Lee Child

Shortlist:
Jack Reacher – Lee Child
Frieda Klein – Nicci French
Lottie Parker – Patricia Gibney
Ruth Galloway – Elly Griffiths
Michael Devlin – Tony Kent
David Raker – Tim Weaver

The House of Horrors Award for Most Dysfunctional Family:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Shortlist:
Little Sister by Isabel Ashdown
Blood Sisters by Jane Corry
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
The Good Samaritan by John Marrs

The Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book:

dead good reader awards 2018Winner: The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths

Shortlist:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
Killer Intent by Tony Kent
Anything You Do Say by Gillian McAllister
The Fear by C L Taylor
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

Congratulations to all the winning authors and those shortlisted for the Dead Good Reader Awards 2018!