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Jun 2021
Readers have whittled the potential winners of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award down to six authors.
Organised by Harrogate International Festivals, the award is widely regarded as the most prestigious in crime fiction.
The shortlist is designed to celebrate the best of crime writing and transports readers around the world from Calcutta to California.
Author Chris Whitaker hopes to claim the trophy on his first ever nomination with We Begin at The End, which is a story of crime, punishment, love and redemption in California.
Sunday Times bestselling author Rosamund Lupton’s Three Hours tells the story of gunmen opening fire on a school in Somerset and explores white supremacy and radicalisation.
The winner receives £3,000 and a handmade, engraved beer barrel from Theakston Old Peculier.
The full shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021 is:
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