Congratulations to the following SHORT-LISTED authors:-

MALONEY'S LAW by ANNE BROOKE
A crime thriller featuring Private Investigator Paul Maloney, called in to help a former partner aiming to take over an Egyptian IT games company. Murder and mayhem abound.
THE RELUCTANT THIEF by ALAN CARMICHAEL
Looks at the London world of crime and violence, into which his hero Tim is drawn, and the moral and psychological forces which drive the criminals.
NO MAN'S WORD by JACQUELINE GLOMSKI
Features Paula, American academic, trying to trace an early scientific manuscript denouncing alchemy. When she suspects that a private collector has a copy she tries to see it, but her problems are just beginning.
PAIN WEARS NO MASK by NIK MORTON
A crime novel related by a nun who was formerly a policewoman. When she finds a body on her way home from a lecture tour she feels she is in a nightmare. It gets worse.
DAUGHTERS OF THIS HOUSE by THERESA WOOD
The story of three women who lived in the big house at Wimbledon during the twentieth century. Stella, the third, discovers the history, and from it draws strength.
NO CURE FOR LOVE by JEAN FULLERTON
The love story of widowed Ellen, who earns money singing in pubs, and Dr Robert Munroe, working at the new London Hospital in the year of the cholera epidemic, 1832.

Others on the LONG LIST were:-

THE BEST OF INTENTIONS by PAUL CURD
A thriller exploring the worlds of the IRA, drugs and crime. When Harry's friend Declan is murdered Harry begins to discover odd facts that change his view of Declan.
THE DARKER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT by PETE FOLEY
Has hero Caine, ex-policeman, suspicious about the apparent suicide of his friend Kenny. With the help of Kenny's girlfriend Precious they have to evade both the crooks and the coppers.
THE TOY COLLECTOR by JULIAN GREEN
Sam and his sister Susie are mudlarks. Sam's life is changed when Susie dies and he is adopted by the toy collector whose watch he once stole. But this man is not all he seems, and Sam encounters more danger.
MERCEDES AND THE RED-RIBBONED JOURNALS by MELANIE GRIFFITHS
Mercedes, reluctantly pregnant, is given her mother's journals. She has always resented and rather despised her mother, but reading the journals changes her perceptions.
DYING TO DATE by DERICK HUDSON
A crime novel about serial killings. Detective Jim Bannon discovers a connection with an online dating agency. He and a mixed team are in a race against time to prevent the next gruesome murder.
RUTH AND THE RAG TRADE by ETHEL LOUISE McCARTHY
The story of a Cockney girl born into a poor, unloving family, who triumphs over misfortunes to become a successful businesswoman.
THE WILD IRISH CHILD by SYBIL WHITESIDE
Erin's mother has just died and she is pregnant. She wants to discover more about her family and talks to Grandmother Kate and Great-grandmother Rose, discovering many surprising facts.