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2026

Winner
A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant

Shortlist
The Christmas Cracker Killer by Alexandra Benedict
Etiquette for Lovers and Killers by Anna Fitzgerald Healy
Little Secrets by Victoria Goldman
A Queer Case by Robert Holtom
Bad Influence by CJ Wray
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Longlist
The Queen Who Came in from the Cold by SJ Bennett
The Margaret Code by Richard Hooton
A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by RL Killmore
Other People’s Houses by Clare Mackintosh
Not Another Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton
A Trial in Three Acts by Guy Morpuss
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2025

Winner
The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl by Lisa Hall

Shortlist
A Death in Diamonds by SJ Bennett
Murder at the Christmas Emporium by Andreina Cordani
A Good Place To Hide A Body by Laura Marshall
A Matrimonial Murder by Meeti Shroff-Shah
Murder at the Matinee by Jamie West

Longlist
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
A Case Of Mice And Murder by Sally Smith
The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
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