In April, we mentioned that Piece of My Heart had been named on the longlist for the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel Of The Year prize, to be awarded at the Harrogate festival in July. Well, Piece of My Heart has made it to the shortlist (which is still pretty long, containing 12 novels. The website for the festival and prize hasn’t been updated to show the shortlist yet, but Peter got the word from the organizers. Thanks to all readers who voted for Piece of My Heart to get it into this final round.
Peter Robinson 