Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel

2010 was the inaugural year of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel.

The award is made for the best crime, mystery, or thriller novel written by a New Zealand citizen or resident, published in New Zealand during the previous year. Decided by a panel of local and international judges, it is named after New Zealand’s most successful crime writer, Dame Ngaio Marsh.

2011

• Blood men by Paul Cleave (Random House) Winner
• Captured by Neil Cross (Simon & Schuster)
• Hunting Blind by Paddy Richardson (Penguin)
• Slaughter Falls by Alix Bosco (Penguin)

Read the blog post on the event.

This year’s winner of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel was announced at a ceremony at the conclusion of the Setting the Stage for Murder event, Sunday 21 August 2011. New York Times bestselling international crime writers Tess Gerritsen and John Hart also appeared at the event. The winner received a distinctive handcrafted trophy designed and created by New Zealand sculptor and Unitec art lecturer Gina Ferguson, a set of Ngaio Marsh novels courtesy of HarperCollins, and a cheque for $1,000 provided by the Christchurch Writers Festival Trust.

2010

• Cut & Run by Alix Bosco Winner
• Burial by Neil Cross
• Containment by Vanda Symon

About the finalists

Alix Bosco

Has written two novels featuring legal researcher Anna Markunas.

Neil Cross

Has written five novels and a memoir and is also a scriptwriter for the Spooks television series.

Vanda Symon

Has written three novels featuring policewoman Sam Shephard.