The Australian Crime Writers Association is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards.
You can see our standout selections from the last twelve months in Australian crime writing below, separated out by category.
Shortlist: 2022 Best True Crime
The Mother Wound
by Amani Haydar
Larrimah
by Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson
Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders
by Debi Marshall
A Witness of Fact
by Drew Rooke
Shortlist: 2022 Best International Crime Fiction
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Heron's Cry
by Ann Cleeves
The Maid
by Nita Prose
Cry Wolf
by Hans Rosenfeldt
Shortlist: 2022 Best Debut Crime Fiction
Sweet Jimmy
by Bryan Brown
Shadow Over Edmund Street
by Suzanne Frankham
Cutters End
by Margaret Hickey
Banjawarn
by Josh Kemp
Shortlist: 2022 Best Crime Fiction
The Enemy Within
by Tim Ayliffe
You had it Coming
by BM Carroll
The Others
by Mark Brandi
The Chase
by Candice Fox
Kill Your Brother
by Jack Heath
The Family Doctor
by Debra Oswald
The Deep
by Kyle Perry