Ballots came in mainly from the USA, UK, and Canada, but also a good number from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and some from Africa, Spain, Norway, and Sweden.
I’ve
received 632 ballots in total…and here I thought I’d get maybe a 100 or so. Thank you so
much for taking the time to vote; it proves that you care for the writers and
books that you read. Some of the ballots were incomplete but I tallied all the
votes that were sent. For example, some of you voted only in some of the categories,
sometimes in only one of them, which is why some of the categories have
received more votes than others. In total, there were 2 529 votes.
So, here
are the results, with the Top 5 in each category –including number and % of
votes:
Category INDEPENDENT or SELF-PUBLISHED (any country): 362 votes distributed between
11 different books.
BLOOD TEARS by Michael (J.) MALONE (Scotland) –Five Leaves Publications
(66 votes – 18.2%) -WINNER
A DETAILED MAN by David SWINSON (USA) –Dymaxicon (64 votes – 17.7%)
GHOST MONEY by Andrew NETTE (Australia) –Snubnose Press (47 v – 13%)
HARD BITE by ANONYMOUS-9 (USA) –Blasted Heath (37 v – 10.2%)
TRIAL JUNKIES by Robert Gregory BROWNE (USA) –Penname Press/Braun Haus
Media (35 v – 9.7%)
Category WORLD (other than US, UK, and Canada): 528 votes for
11 books.
PHANTOM by Jo NESBO (Norway) (94 v
– 17.8%) -WINNER
WINTER KILLING by Mons KALLENTOFT (Sweden) (87 v – 16.5%)
SAY YOU’RE SORRY by Michael ROBOTHAM (Australia) (84 v – 15.9%)
CAPTURE by Roger SMITH (South Africa) (71 v – 13.5%)
SEVEN DAYS by Deon MEYER (South Africa) (68 v – 12.9%)
Category UNITED KINGDOM: 576 votes for 13 books.
BROKEN HARBOUR by Tana FRENCH (82 v – 12.5%) -WINNER
DARK ROOM by Steve MOSBY (72 v – 10.8%)
SAFE HOUSE by Chris EWAN (66 v – 10.6%)
STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN’S GRAVE by Ian RANKIN (64 v – 10.2%)
COLD COLD GROUND by Adrian MCKINTY (61 v – 9.7%)
Category CANADA: 492 votes for 11 books.
TRUST YOUR EYES by Linwood BARCLAY (61 v – 12.4%) -WINNER
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA by Peggy BLAIR (53 v – 10.8%)
BLOODMAN by Robert POBI (52 v – 10.6%)
THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen LAUKKANEN (51 v – 10.4%)
THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise PENNY (49 v – 9.9%)
Category UNITED STATES: 601 votes for 21 books.
GONE GIRL by Gillian FLYNN (101 v – 16.8%) -WINNER
LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis LEHANE (87 v – 14.5%)
THE DROP by Michael CONNELLY (81 v – 13.5%)
EL GAVILAN by Craig MCDONALD (53 v – 8.8%)
DEAD HARVEST by Chris F. HOLM (51 v – 8.5%)
Most popular book for Best Crime Novel of 2012:
GONE GIRL
by Gillian FLYNN
CONGRATULATIONS
everyone! I’ve just started contacting the winners of the bundle of books and
will be announcing the names shortly.
UPDATE: here are the 5 lucky winners. Christine Gorman of Toronto, ON (Canada), Joshua Atkins of Westbrook, ME (USA), Grace Koshida of Toronto, ON (Canada), William Cliff of Cardiff (Wales, UK), and Franz Visser of Eindhoven (Nederlands). Congrats and thank you everyone for your amazing participation.
UPDATE: here are the 5 lucky winners. Christine Gorman of Toronto, ON (Canada), Joshua Atkins of Westbrook, ME (USA), Grace Koshida of Toronto, ON (Canada), William Cliff of Cardiff (Wales, UK), and Franz Visser of Eindhoven (Nederlands). Congrats and thank you everyone for your amazing participation.
JF
January
2013
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Thank you so much for sponsoring this contest. My Twitter just blew up and I came over to see the news. It's a great honor when readers vote for a little book like HARD BITE. Thanks JF, and all your followers. news
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