2024 Fingerprint Award Shortlists
Capital Crime Festival has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Fingerprint Awards as follows:

OVERALL BEST CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. The Murder Game, by Tom Hindle (Century)
2. None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell (Century)
3. The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
4. In the Blink of an Eye, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
5. Strange Sally Diamond, by Liz Nugent (Sandycove)

THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. Fearless, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
2. The Silent Man, by David Fennell (Zaffre)
3. The Rule of Three, by Sam Ripley (Simon & Schuster UK)
4. The Only Suspect, by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster UK)
5. The House Hunt, by C.M. Ewan (Macmillan)

HISTORICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. Death of a Lesser God, by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton)
2. The Square of Sevens, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
3. The Murder Wheel, by Tom Mead (Head of Zeus/Aries)
4. The Good Liars, by Anita Frank (HQ)
5. The House of Whispers, by Anna Mazzola (Orion)

GENRE-BUSTING BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. Ink Blood Sister Scribe, by Emma Tšrzs (Century)
2. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, by Janice Hallett (Viper)
3. Killing Jericho, by William Hussey (Zaffre)
4. Murder in the Family, by Cara Hunter (HarperFiction)
5. The Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward (Viper)

DEBUT BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. Death of a Bookseller, by Alice Slater (Hodder & Stoughton)
2. The List, by Yomi Adegoke (Fourth Estate)
3. Geneva, by Richard Armitage (Faber and Faber)
4. The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff (Allen & Unwin)
5. Thirty Days of Darkness, by Jenny Lund Madsen (Orenda)

TRUE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. No Ordinary Day: Espionage, Betrayal, Terrorism and CorruptionŃthe Truth Behind the Murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, by Matt Johnson (Ad Lib)
2. My Girl: The Babes in the Woods Murders. A MotherŐs Fight for Justice, by Michelle Hadaway (Penguin), by Suzie Edge (Wildfire)
3. Vital Organs: A History of the WorldŐs Most Famous Body Parts, by Suzie Edge (Wildfire)
4. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey, by Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC (Doubleday)
5. Order Out of Chaos: A Kidnap NegotiatorŐs Guide to Influence and Persuasion, by Scott Walker (Piatkus)

AUDIO BOOK OF THE YEAR: (5)
1. The Running Grave, by Robert Galbraith (narrated by Robert Glenister; Oakhill)
2. The Blackbird, by Tim Weaver (narrated by Joe Coen, Brendan McDonald, Anjili Mohindra; Penguin Audio)
3. The Bedroom Window, by K.L. Slater (narrated by Clare Corbett; Audible)
4. Conviction, by Jack Jordan (narrated by Sophie Roberts; Audible)
5. Over My Dead Body, by Maz Evans (narrated by Maz Evans; Headline)

The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 30 during Capital Crime Festival to be held at Leonardo Royal Hotel in London (the CAPITAL city of UK). (April 16, 2023)

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