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The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award celebrates the very best in crime writing. Run in partnership between Harrogate International Festivals and WHSmith, the award is open to British and Irish authors. The 2013 award is open to novels which have been published in paperback between 1 May 2012 – 30 April 2013.

And the 2013 long-list is …

• The Guilty One – Lisa Ballantyne (Piatkus)
• Finders Keepers – Belinda Bauer (Transworld)
• Rush Of Blood – Mark Billingham (Little Brown)
• Dead Scared – S J Bolton (Corgi, Transworld)
• The Affair – Lee Child (Transworld)
• A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming (Harpercollins)
• Safe House –  Chris Ewan (Faber and Faber)
• Not Dead Yet – Peter James (Macmillan)
• Siege – Simon Kernick (Bantam Press)
• Prague Fatale – Philip Kerr (Quercus)
• The Rage – Gene Kerrigan (Vintage)
• Birthdays for the Dead – Stuart MacBride (Harper)
• The Dark Winter – David Mark (Quercus)
• The Lewis Man – Peter May (Quercus)
• Gods And Beasts – Denise Mina (Orion)
• Stolen Souls – Stuart Neville (Vintage)
• Sacrilege – S. J. Parris (Harper)
• A Dark Redemption – Stav Sherez (Faber and Faber)

For the next stage, a shortlist of six will be announced on 1st July 2013.

Then, to decide the winner, a public online vote will open on 4th July 2013 at www.theakstons.co.uk along with the deliberation of an expert judging panel.

The winner will be announced at the 2013 award ceremony on 18th July at the opening night of the fabulous Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, England.

Many congratulations to all of the long listed authors, and best of luck for the next round.

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