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Belinda Bauer


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Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa. She has worked as a journalist and screenwriter, and her script THE LOCKER ROOM earned her the Carl Foreman/Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters, an award that was presented to her by Sidney Poitier. She was a runner-up in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for "Mysterious Ways," about a girl stranded on a desert island with 30,000 Bibles. Belinda now lives in Wales.
 

Awards: Theakston (2014), CWA (2013)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
February 2025

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The Impossible Thing
 
Series
Exmoor trilogy
   1. Blacklands (2009)
   2. Darkside (2011)
   3. Finders Keepers (2012)
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Novels
   Rubbernecker (2013)
   The Facts of Life and Death (2014)
   The Shut Eye (2015)
   The Beautiful Dead (2016)
   Snap (2018)
   Exit (2021)
   The Impossible Thing (2025)
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Awards
2014 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year : Rubbernecker
2013 CWA Dagger in the Library
2010 CWA Gold Dagger : Blacklands

Award nominations
2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Snap
2019 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award (shortlist) : Snap
2018 Booker Prize (longlist) : Snap
2017 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : The Beautiful Dead
2015 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Facts of Life and Death
2015 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : The Shut Eye
2013 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Finders Keepers
2013 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Rubbernecker
2012 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Darkside
2012 CWA Dagger in the Library (shortlist)
2011 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Blacklands


Belinda Bauer recommends
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Deadly Animals (2024)
Marie Tierney
"Marie's writing is beautiful."
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The Last Party (2022)
(DC Morgan, book 1)
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"Detectives Leo and Ffion make a storming debut in this twisty, cleverly-layered tale of worlds colliding."
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The Pact (2021)
Sharon Bolton
"The Secret History for Millennials - the twists start early and only get tighter in this compelling thriller about betrayal, crime and class."

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