A Most Peculier Shortlist

The finalists for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year have been announced:

LAZYBONES, by Mark Billingham (Little, Brown)
THE MURDER EXCHANGE, by Simon Kernick (Transworld)
THE DISTANT ECHO, by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)
A QUESTION OF BLOOD, by Ian Rankin (Orion)
THE AMERICAN BOY, by Andrew Taylor (HarperCollins)
DISORDERED MINDS, by Minette Walters (MacMillan)

The winner will be chosen on opening night at the Harrogate Festival, which is July 21. You can vote online over here, and the deadline is July 15.

And all I have to say is, it’s going to be tough choosing a winner from this list..