Niago Marsh Awards
Winners List
2022
Best Crime Novel
| Before You Knew My Name | Jacqueline Bublitz |
| The Quiet People | Paul Cleave |
| Nancy Business | R. W. R. McDonald |
| She’s a Killer | Kirsten McDougall |
| The Devils You Know | Ben Sanders |
| Quiet in Her Bones | Nalini Singh |
Best First Novel
| Before You Knew My name | Jacqueline Bublitz |
| Isobar Precinct | Angelique Kasmara |
| Small Mouth Demon | Matt Zwartz |
| Shadow over Edmund Street | Suzanne Frankham |
| Waking the Tiger | Mark Wightman |
2021
Best Crime Novel
| Sprigs | Brannavan Gnanalingam |
| The Murder Club | Nikki Crutchley |
| The Tally Stick | Carl Nixon |
| The Secrets of Strangers | Charity Norman |
| Tell Me Lies | J. P. Pomare |
Best First Novel
| For the Reasons of Their Own | Chris Stuart |
| The Girl in the Mirror | Rose Carlyle |
| the Beautiful Dead | Kim Hunt |
| Where the Truth Lies | Karina Kilmore |
| Where the Fantail Lives | Alan Titchall |
Best Young Reader
| Katipo Joe | Brian Falkner |
| Red Edge | Des Hunt |
| A Trio of Sophies | Eileen Merriman |
| Deadhead | Glenn Wood |
Best Non-Fiction
| Black Hands: Inside the Bain Family Murders | Martin Van Beynen |
| Weed: A New Zealand Story | James Borrowdale |
| Rock College: An unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison | Mark Derby |
| From Dog Collar to Dog Collar | Bruce Howat |
| Gangland | Jared Savage |
2020
Best Crime Novel
| Auē | Becky Manawatu |
| Whatever it Takes | Paul Cleave |
| Girl from the Tree House | Gudrun Frerichs |
| The Nancys | R. W. R. McDonald |
| In the Clearing | J. P. Pomare |
| The Wild Card | Renée |
Best First Novel
| The Nancys | R. W. R. McDonald |
| Tugga’s Mob | Stephen Johnson |
| Auē | Becky Manawatu |
| Into the Void | Christina O’Reilly |
2019
Best Crime Novel
| This Mortal Boy | Fiona Kidman |
| Money in the Morgue | Ngaio Marsh & Stella Duffy |
| the Quaker | Liam McIlvanney |
| Call Me Evie | J. P. Pomare |
| The Vanishing Act | Jen Shieff |
Best First Novel
| Call Me Evie | J. P. Pomare |
| One for Another | Andrea Jacka |
| Crystal Reign | Kelly Lyndon |
Best Non-Fiction
| The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Jane Furlong | Kelly Dennett |
| The Great New Zealand Robbery | Scott Bainbridge |
| Behind Bars | Anna Leask |
| The Cause of Death | Cynric Temple-Camp |
2018
Best Crime Novel
| Marlborough Man | Alan Carter |
| See You in September | Charity Norman |
| Tess | Kirsten McDougall |
| The Sound of Her Voice | Nathan Blackwell |
| A Killer Harvest | Paul Cleave |
| The Hidden Room | Stella Duffy |
Best First Novel
| All Our Secrets | Jennifer Lane |
| The Floating Basin | Carolyn Hawes |
| Broken Silence | Helen Vivienne Fletcher |
| The Sound of Her Voice | Nathan Blackwell |
| Nothing Bad Happens Here | Nikki Crutchley |
2017
Best Crime Novel
| The Last Time We Spoke | Fiona Sussman |
| Pancake Money | Finn Bell |
| Spare Me the Truth | C.J. Carver |
| Red Herring | Jonothan Cullinane |
| Marshall’s Law | Ben Sanders |
Best First Novel
| Dead Lemons | Finn Bell |
| Red Herring | Jonothan Cullinane |
| The Ice Shroud | Gordon Ell |
| The Student Body | Simon Wyatt |
| Days Are Like Grass | Sue Younger |
Best Non-Fiction
| In Dark Places | Michael Bennett |
| Double-Edged Sword | Simonne Butler with Andra Jenkin |
| The Scene of the Crime | Steve Braunias |
| The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie | David Hastings |
| Block buster! Fergus Hume and the mystery of a hansom cab | Lucy Sussex |
2016
Best Crime Novel
| Trust No One | Paul Cleave |
| Inside the Black Horse | Ray Berard |
| Made to Kill | Adam Christopher |
| The Legend of Winstone Blackhat | Tanya Moir |
| American Blood | Ben Sanders |
Best First Novel
| Inside the Black Horse | Ray Berard |
| The Fixer | John Daniell |
| The Gentlemen’s Club | Jen Shieff |
| Twister | Jane Woodham |
2015
Best Crime Novel
| Five Minutes Alone | Paul Cleave |
| The Petticoat Men | Barbara Ewing |
| Swimming in the Dark | Paddy Richardson |
| The Children’s Pond | Tina Shaw |
| Fallout | Paul Thomas |
2014
Best Crime Novel
| Where the Dead Men Go | Liam McIlvanney |
| Joe Victim | Paul Cleave |
| Frederick’s Coat | Alan Duff |
| My Brother’s Keeper | Donna Malane |
2013
Best Crime Novel
| Death on Demand | Paul Thomas |
| The Laughterhouse | Paul Cleave |
| Little Sister | Julian Novitz |
| Faceless | Vanda Symon |
2012
Best Crime Novel
| Luther: The Calling | Neil Cross |
| Collecting Cooper | Paul Cleave |
| By Any means | Ben Sanders |
| Bound | Vanda Symon |
2011
Best Crime Novel
| Blood Men | Paul Cleave |
| Captured | Neil Cross |
| Hunting Blind | Paddy Richardson |
| Slaughter Falls | Alix Bosco |
2010
Best Crime Novel
| Cut & Run | Alix Bosco |
| Burial | Neil Cross |
| Containment | Vanda Symon |