McDermid Debut Award
2025

winner

A Reluctant Spy
by
David Goodman

shortlist

Isolation Island
by
Louise Minchin

shortlist

Black Water Rising
by
Sean Watkin

shortlist

Sick to Death
by
Chris Bridges

shortlist

I Died at Fallow Hall
by
Bonnie Burke-Patel

shortlist

Her Two Lives
by
Nilesha Chauvet

About the Harrogate Theakston Crime Awards

The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is held annually in Harrogate, UK. Website

Years when the McDermid Debut Award was given

2024 2025

Other Harrogate Theakston Crime Awards given in 2025

McDermid Debut Award2025