Thanks to J. Kingston Pierce of The Rap Sheet for highlighting the winners of the 2018 Dead Good Reader Awards. Avid readers will also want to check out the other nominees. The awards were presented at the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, England. Check the Web Store for books. https://store.poisonedpen.com
The Holmes and Watson Award for Best Detective Duo:
Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson, created by Elly Griffiths
Also nominated: Arthur Bryant and John May, created by
Christopher Fowler; Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, created by Tess Gerritsen; Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson, created by Elly Griffiths; Marnie Rome and Noah Jake, created by Sarah Hilary; Rosie Strange and Sam Stone, created by Syd Moore; and Gino Rolseth and Leo Magozzi, created by P.J. Tracy
The Whodunnit Award for the Book That Keeps You Guessing:
Let Me Lie, by Clare Mackintosh
Also nominated: I Am Watching You, by Teresa Driscoll; The Lucky Ones, by Mark Edwards; Skin Deep, by Liz Nugent; The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton; and The Lying Game,
by Ruth Ware
The Cabot Cove Award for Best Small-Town Mystery:
The Chalk Man, by C.J. Tudor
Also nominated: 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; and The Dry, by Jane Harper
The Wringer Award for the Character Who’s Been Put Through It All:Jack Reacher, created by Lee Child
Also nominated: Frieda Klein, created by Nicci French; Lottie Parker, created by Patricia Gibney; Ruth Galloway, created by Elly Griffiths; Michael Devlin, created by Tony Kent; and David Raker, created by
Tim Weaver
The House of Horrors Award for Most Dysfunctional Family:
Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell
Also nominated: Little Sister, by Isabel Ashdown; Blood Sisters, by Jane Corry; Good Me, Bad Me, by Ali Land; Let Me Lie, by Clare Mackintosh; and The Good Samaritan, by John Marrs
The Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book:
The Dark Angel, by Elly Griffiths
Also nominated: I Am Watching You, by Teresa Driscoll; Killer Intent, by Tony Kent; Anything You Do Say, by Gillian McAllister; The Fear, by C.L. Taylor; and The Lying Game, by Ruth Ware
These commendations are sponsored annually by the British crime-fiction books site Dead Good.