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
