Neighbour’s Secret Long Listed

April 17, 2025

Sharon’s latest book, The Neighbour’s Secret (Orion, November 2024) has been long-listed for the CWA Twisted Dagger 2025.

New this year, and joining coveted awards such as the Gold, Steel and Non Fiction Daggers, the Twisted Dagger celebrates psychological, suspense and domestic noir thrillers set in any period. The eventual winner is likely to be a dark and twisty tale, with unreliable narrators, disturbed emotions, a healthy dose of moral ambiguity and a sting in the tail. Other long-listed authors include John Marrs (The Stranger in the House), Amanda Jennings (Beautiful People) and NJ Cracknell (The Perfect Couple)

In the past Sharon has been shortlisted for the Gold Dagger (Blood Harvest) and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (The Pact). In 2014, she won the Dagger in the Library, for her body of work.