Debut books triumphed at Sisters in Crime’s 24th Davitt Awards for best women’s crime and mystery books on Saturday night (31 August).
Four of the six winning crime and mystery books were first-time forays into the genre: Monica Vuu (Sandfly, Tas) for Best Adult Novel for When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan Australia); Amy Doak (Flora Hill, Vic) for the Best Young Adult Novel for Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer (Penguin Random House Australia); Rebecca Hazel (Northern Beaches, NSW) for Best Non-Fiction Book for The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife (Vintage Press); and Christine Keighery (Southbank, Vic) for The Half Brother (Ultimo Press) for the Debut award.
The two other awards presented were to Lucinda Gifford (Preston, Vic) for the Best Children’s Novel Award for Boris in Switzerland (The Wolves of Greycoat Hall #2) and to Alison Goodman (Brighton, Vic) for The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies for Readers’ Choice award, as judged by the 600 members of Sisters in Crime.
