The Australian Crime Writers Association is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards.
You can see our standout selections from the last twelve months in Australian crime writing below, separated out by category.
Shortlist: 2020 Best True Crime
Bowraville
by Dan Box
Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich
by Kate McClymont
Shark Arm
by Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher
Snakes and Ladders
by Angela Williams
Shortlist: 2020 Best International Crime Fiction
Cruel Acts
by Jane Casey
The Night Fire
by Michael Connelly
The Chain
by Adrian McKinty
The Last Widow
by Karin Slaughter
Shortlist: 2020 Best Debut Crime Fiction
Present Tense
by Natalie Conyer
Eight Lives
by Susan Hurley
Where the Truth Lies
by Karina Kilmore
The Nancys
by RWR McDonald
Six Minutes
by Petronella McGovern
Lapse
Sarah Thornton
Shortlist: 2020 Best Crime Fiction
Death of a Typographer
by Nick Gadd
The Strangers We Know
by Pip Drysdale
The Scholar
by Dervla McTiernan
The Wife and the Widow
by Christian White
Rivers of Salt
by Dave Warner
True West
by David Whish-Wilson