And the winner is Yrsa Sigurdadottir for THE SILENCE OF THE SEA translated by Victoria Cribb and published by Hodder and Stoughton.
The trophy was presented by the Godmother of modern Scandinavian crime fiction, Maj Sjöwall, co-author with Per Wahlöö of the Martin Beck series.
As well as the trophy, Yrsa Sigurdardottr will also receive a pass to and panel at next year's CrimeFest.
The judges picked several terrific-sounding works of crime fiction and wrote good explanations about the books.
ReplyDeleteWhat stood out about the winning book? (I have listed all of the nominees on my to be read list.)