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Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
2026

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Lucky Thing
by
Tom Baragwanath

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Carved in Blood
by
Michael Bennett

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Softly Calls the Devil
by
Chris Blake

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The Birds Began to Sing
by
Jeffrey Buchanan

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Black Silk & Buried Secrets
by
Deborah Challinor

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The Deadly Dispute
by
Amanda Hampson

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The Nightshade
by
Jill Johnson

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The Good Father
by
Liam McIlvanney

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When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole
by
Geoff Parkes

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The Vanishing Place
by
Zoë Rankin

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Hooked Up
by
Fiona Sussman

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A Beautiful Family
by
Jennifer Trevelyan

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