Sharon Bolton is a British author of
mystery fiction
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a re ...
who has also been published under the name S.J. Bolton.
Works
Bolton is the author of ten novels, including the Lacey Flint series of
police procedural
The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eithe ...
novels.
Lacey Flint
Lacey Flint is a female detective constable with London's Metropolitan police.
Novels
#''Now You See Me'' Bantam, 2011
#''Dead Scared'' Bantam, 2012
#''Like This For Ever'' Bantam, 2013 (In the US, ''Lost'', Minotaur)
#''A Dark and Twisted Tide'' Bantam, 2014
#''The Dark'' Orion, 2022
Novella
:''If Snow Hadn’t Fallen'' (Short Story that takes place after ''Now You See Me''), Transworld, 2012
:''Here Be Dragons'' (Short story that takes place after ''A Dark and Twisted Tide)'' Transworld Digital, 2016
Craftsman Trilogy
Novels
#''The Craftsman'' Trapeze, 2018
#''The Buried'' Orion, 2022
Novella
*''Alive'' Trapeze, 2018
Other books
*''Sacrifice'' Bantam, 2008
*''Awakening'' Bantam, 2009
*''Blood Harvest'' Bantam, 2010
*''Little Black Lies'' Bantam, 2015.
*''Daisy In Chains'' Bantam, 2016
*''Dead Woman Walking'' Bantam, 2017
*''The Split'' Trapeze, 2020
*''The Pact'' Trapeze, 2021
*''The Fake Wife'' Orion, 2023
Film
In 2016, the
motion picture
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
of ''Sacrifice'', starring
Radha Mitchell
Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell is an Australian actress. She started her career with various appearances on Australian television, including a regular role as Catherine O'Brien in the soap opera '' Neighbours'' (1996–97).
Mitchell l ...
and
Rupert Graves
Rupert Simeon Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in '' A Room with a View'', '' Maurice'', '' The Madness of King George'' and '' The Forsyte Saga''. From 2010 to 2017 he st ...
, and directed by
Peter A. Dowling, was released by Luminous Pictures.
Awards
Bolton's second novel, ''Awakening'', won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark Award. ''Blood Harvest'', her third book, was shortlisted for the 2010 Crime Writers Association's (CWA)
Gold Dagger Award
The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year.
From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From ...
. In 2014, she won the CWA's
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library (Golden Handcuffs in 1992–1994) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to a particular "living author who has given the most pleasure to readers". Yearly shortlists are drawn up of the ten auth ...
award for her body of work.
[Sarah Shaffi for The Bookseller. December 5, 201]
Bolton wins CWA Dagger in the Library prize
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References
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English crime fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people