Theakstons Old Peculier PrizeShortlist

Given by Theakston's Old Peculier

131 Works 110,775 Books 5,496 Reviews ½ 3.8
The Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award is a crime-fiction award, sponsored by Theakston's Old Peculier. It is awarded annually at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival in the UK, show more held every July. The winner receives £3000 and a small hand-carved oak beer cask carved by one of Britain's last coopers. Novels eligible are those crime novels published in paperback any time during the previous year.  It is also the only such crime-fiction award in the UK to be voted for partly by the public, in addition to a jury-panel. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (19), Shortlist (131), Longlist (313)
Years:
All, 2023 (6), 2022 (6), 2021 (6), 2020 (6), 2019 (6), 2018 (6), 2017 (6), 2016 (6), 2015 (6), 2014 (6), 2013 (6), 2012 (7), 2011 (6), 2010 (8), 2009 (14), 2008 (12), 2007 (6), 2006 (6), 2005 (6)

Shortlist 131

WorkYear
The Botanist by M. W. Craven2023
Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins2023
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths2023
Black Hearts by Doug Johnstone2023
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister2023
The It Girl by Ruth Ware2023
Slough House by Mick Herron2022
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean2022
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths2022
Midnight at Malabar House by Vaseem Khan2022
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox2022
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson2022
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker2021
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths2021
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton2021
The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway2021
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee2021
The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood2021
The Chain by Adrian McKinty2020
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite2020
Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald2020
The Lost Man by Jane Harper2020
Joe Country by Mick Herron2020
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee2020
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh2019
Snap by Belinda Bauer2019
London Rules by Mick Herron2019
Broken Ground by Val McDermid2019
The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney2019
East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman2019
The Intrusions by Stav Sherez2018
Spook Street by Mick Herron2018
Insidious Intent by Val McDermid2018
The Long Drop by Denise Mina2018
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee2018
Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner2018
Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre2017
After You Die by Eva Dolan2017
Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant2017
Real Tigers by Mick Herron2017
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid2017
Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner2017
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh2016
Time of Death by Mark Billingham2016
Tell No Tales by Eva Dolan2016
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith2016
Disclaimer by Renee Knight2016
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty2016
Someone Else's Skin by Sarah Hilary2015
The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer2015
The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths2015
The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson2015
Entry Island by Peter May2015
The Axeman's Jazz by Julie Smith2015
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer2014
Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths2014
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay2014
The Chessmen by Peter May2014
The Red Road by Denise Mina2014
Eleven Days by Stav Sherez2014
Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina2013
Rush of Blood by Mark Billingham2013
Safe House by Chris Ewan2013
The Lewis Man by Peter May2013
Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville2013
A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez2013
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina2012
Now You See Me by S. J. Bolton2012
Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre2012
The Burning Soul by John Connolly2012
Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross2012
Black Flowers by Steve Mosby2012
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson2012
61 Hours by Lee Child2011
From the Dead by Mark Billingham2011
Blood Harvest by S. J. Bolton2011
Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride2011
The Holy Thief by William Ryan2011
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor2011
A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory2010
In the Dark by Mark Billingham2010
The Surrogate by Tania Carver2010
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths2010
Dead Tomorrow by Peter James2010
Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway2010
Doors Open by Ian Rankin2010
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith2010
Death Message by Mark Billingham2009
The Accident Man by Tom Cain2009
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child2009
Gone to Ground by John Harvey2009
Ritual by Mo Hayder2009
The Garden of Evil by David Hewson2009
A Cure for All Diseases by Reginald Hill2009
The Colour of Blood by Declan Hughes2009
Dead Man's Footsteps by Peter James2009
Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride2009
Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid2009
Exit Music by Ian Rankin2009
Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson2009
Savage Moon by Chris Simms2009
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney2008
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett2008
Buried by Mark Billingham2008
A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre2008
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill2008
One Under by Graham Hurley2008
Not Dead Enough by Peter James2008
Relentless by Simon Kernick2008
Dying Light by Stuart MacBride2008
Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson2008
Sovereign by C. J. Sansom2008
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith2008
Two-Way Split by Allan Guthrie2007
The Dead Place by Stephen Booth2007
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre2007
Blood and Honey by Graham Hurley2007
The Death Ship of Dartmouth by Michael Jecks2007
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride2007
The Torment of Others by Val McDermid2006
Strange Blood by Lindsay Ashford2006
One Last Breath by Stephen Booth2006
The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards2006
The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill2006
Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin2006
Lazybones by Mark Billingham2005
The Murder Exchange by Simon Kernick2005
The Distant Echo by Val McDermid2005
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin2005
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor2005
Disordered Minds by Minette Walters2005

Tags

2019(231) 21st century(243) Africa(392) amnesia(259) archaeology(350) audio(279) audiobook(593) Botswana(281) British(664) British mystery(320) Canada(290) contemporary(209) crime(4,031) crime and mystery(257) crime fiction(1,823) detective(963) ebook(1,183) Edinburgh(409) England(1,177) espionage(262) fiction(8,353) goodreads(213) historical(315) historical fiction(858) historical mystery(244) Jack Reacher(381) Kindle(1,012) library(461) London(518) murder(1,041) mysteries(216) mystery(7,397) mystery-thriller(345) novel(923) own(325) police(353) police procedural(649) read(1,376) Rebus(288) Russia(306) Ruth Galloway(210) Scotland(1,262) serial killer(348) series(784) signed(235) suspense(1,035) thriller(3,200) to-read(6,452) uk(320) unread(334)

Top Members

elkiedee (103 works), cctesttc1 (85), RLNunezKPL (83), sangreal (82), RedQueen (76), BethanyG (73), Chatterbox (68), masland (68), DeltaQueen50 (67), Boekenbeestje (65), daliagagne (65), Eowyn1 (65), Larou (64), kitschnsink55 (63), mesquite (62), Lynnebookhound (61), Eyejaybee (60), RowingRabbit (59), TrickyTrickster (57), VivienneR (57), jenniferw88 (55), mick745 (55), lsh63 (54), emessufan (53), austcrimefiction (52), fderby (52), sarahhepworth (50), jimrbrown (49), sesgreen25 (49), vestafan (49), amer_anwar (48), bhowell (48), Ajayg52 (47), KinghornLibrary (47), mffowler (47), claire.rivers (46), meanderer (46), JFBCore (45), JoeB1934 (45), TheRude (45), billielyn (44), booktruffler (44), PaulCranswick (44), Paul_and_Jane (44), dbeckman (43), evacarina (43), woodney (43), atheist_goat (42), devenish (42), Mats_Sigfridsson (42), Patrik.Grip-Jansson (42), feeling.is.first (41), KarenDuff (41), marilynr (41), Olivermagnus (41), smik (41), Sven42 (41), tristes_ennui (41), firedrake1942 (40), helenell (40), MaraBlaise (40), NicholasMead (40), redevils (40), woomik (40), bkmbooks (39), FYreads (39), pgchuis (39), Rivaton (39), Shugsdite (39), Andrew-theQM (38), dclay (38), mellu (38), srfudji (38), timothyhorgan (38), dablackwood (37), davlap (37), kirjen (37), MaikoKirana (37), mccark (37), Urban.Witch (37), aabdelrahmanm (36), AlainCipit (36), benopi (36), flips (36), hoddybook (36), kintonk (36), LeeWood (36), lelapin7 (36), LMitch500 (36), louiseog (36), ltcl (36), mrpabst (36), NanaCC (36), nicx27 (36), Piper-Laurent (36), Robert3167 (36), shellcox (36), ssciltd2 (36), steg.org.uk (36), astleham (35), cathyskye (35), heavydnilbett (35), katiekrug (35), MartyFried (35), mvo62 (35), PunkyMonkey (35), warrenmcg (35), benitastrnad (34), Carol420 (34), CurtCronshaw (34), dogsapples (34), edwardsgt (34), Jilldoyle (34), jkrzok (34), Littlemissbashful (34), Lman (34), LSDWho (34), merganser (34), Vegemite (34), alacow (33), azimrin (33), camon63 (33), carolynm (33), DowntownLibrarian (33), hivetrick (33), Jul_Bookworm (33), Sharon_Chaffin (33), SuzanneW (33), wordsunwasted (33), Bengan (32), Djeech71 (32), fvg (32), KSpeicher (32), lfavreau (32), madeleinescott (32), margx7 (32), MerrylT (32), otterley (32), quartzite (32), Amw100 (31), chive (31), linlef (31), Scorbet (31), Serrana (31), Soupdragon (31), TerryWeyna (31), veracruzlynn (31), wandering_star (31), Canaanlibrary (30), Crazymamie (30), DaveFord (30), FitzWales (30), jeanbmac (30), johnwbeha (30), karen_o (30), LindaEdwards (30), MmeRose (30), pjpfodl (30), terra_incognita (30), ziggiole (30)