Mystery Lovers! discussion

Alix Bosco, Paul Cleave, Neil Cross, Paul Thomas, and ??

On the evening of Saturday, 30 August, the fifth recipient of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel will be announced following the Great New Zealand Crime Debate event at the WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival 2014. More information about the event can be found at the Festival website here.

There are eight terrific New Zealand novels on the longlist, with the finalists to be announced in the lead-up to the Festival:

- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- Joe Victim: A Thriller by Paul Cleave
- The Beckoning Ice by Joan Druett
- Frederick's Coat by Alan Duff
- My Brother's Keeper by Donna Malane
- Where the Dead Men Go by Liam McIlvanney
- Cross Fingers by Paddy Richardson
- Only the Dead by Ben Sanders

It's a great line-up of New Zealand novels delving into crime, mystery, and thrills, and a very tough decision for the international judging panel.

Congratulations to all the longlisted authors.