The Ned Kelly Awards longlists 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2018 longlists for the Ned Kelly Awards for the best in Australian crime writing.
Here are the books longlisted for each category:
Best Fiction
- Marlborough Man by Alan Carter
- Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher
- Redemption Point by Candice Fox
- The Lone Child by Anna George
- Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill
- Class Act by Ged Gillmore
- Pachyderm by Hugh McGinlay
- Big Red Rock by David Owen
- The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham
- The Student by Iain Ryan
- Clear to the Horizon by Dave Warner
Best first fiction
- The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
- Wimmera by Mark Brandi
- The Girl in Keller’s Way by Megan Goldin
- All Our Secrets by Jennifer Lane
- The Echo of Others by SD Rowell
- See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
- She be Damned by MJ Tija
Best true crime
- The Contractor by Mark Abernethy
- Unmaking A Murder by Graham Archer
- The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton
- Whitely on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich
- Last King of the Cross by John Ibrahim
- The Last Escape by John Killick
- The Fatalist by Campbell McConachie
- Once a Copper: The Life and Times of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy by Vikki Petraitis