Allan Guthrie has been shortlisted for yet another award, this time for his third book, Hard Man. His category is The Last Laugh Award for the best humorous crime novel published in the British Isles in 2007.
The shortlist:
Declan Burke, The Big O (Hag’s Head Press)
Ruth Dudley Edwards, Murdering Americans (Poisoned Pen Press UK)
Chris Ewan, The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam (Long Barn Books)
Allan Guthrie, Hard Man (Polygon)
Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave (MIRA Books)
Mike Ripley, Angel’s Share (Allison & Busby)
L. C. Tyler, The Herring Seller’s Apprentice (Macmillan New Writing)
Donald Westlake, What’s So Funny? (Quercus)
The winners of the CrimeFest Awards will be announced at the Gala Dinner on Saturday 07 June 2008.
Allan appeared at the Aye Write! book festival in Glasgow in March. He can be seen here reading from his new novel, Savage Night. 
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