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Minette Walters

(b.1949)

Minette Walters has taken the crime fiction world by storm since her first novel was published in 1992. She lives with her husband and two children in Dorchester.

Awards: CWA (2003), Macavity (1994), Edgar (1994) see all

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Historical

New and upcoming books

December 2024

The Players

Series

Last Hours
1. The Last Hours (2017)
2. The Turn of Midnight (2018)

Novels

   The Ice House (1992)
   The Sculptress (1993)
   The Scold's Bridle (1994)
   The Dark Room (1995)
   The Echo (1997)
   The Breaker (1998)
   The Shape of Snakes (2000)
   Acid Row (2001)
   Fox Evil (2002)
   Disordered Minds (2003)
   The Devil's Feather (2005)
   The Chameleon's Shadow (2007)
   The Swift and the Harrier (2021)
   The Players (2024)

Collections

Imagined Lives (2011) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Tinder Box (2004)
The Cellar (2015)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2006
Chicken Feed (2006)

Quick Reads 2013
A Dreadful Murder (2013)

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Books containing stories by Minette Walters

Deadlier (2017)
100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women
edited by
Sophie Hannah

Writing On the Edge (2010)
Great Contemporary Writers On the Front Line of Crisis
edited by
Dan Crowe

A Moment on the Edge (2002)
100 Years of Crime Stories by Women
edited by
Elizabeth George

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Awards

	2003 CWA Gold Dagger : Fox Evil
	1994 Macavity Award for Best Novel : The Sculptress
	1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel : The Sculptress
	1994 CWA Gold Dagger : The Scold's Bridle
	1992 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger : The Ice House

Award nominations

	2005 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Disordered Minds
	2002 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Acid Row
	1995 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : The Dark Room
	1994 Dilys Award for Best Book (nominee) : The Sculptress
	1994 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Sculptress
	1993 Dilys Award for Best Book (nominee) : The Ice House

Minette Walters recommends

Found (2019)
Erin Kinsley
"Gripping...once started, impossible to put down!"

The Poison Bed (2018)
E C Fremantle
"A thoroughly compelling tale of sexually-charged intrigue and murder. Once started, impossible to put down."

The Devil of Nanking (2004)
Mo Hayder
"A real page-turner, full of suspense, with a terrifying, gritty edge that turns the blood cold."

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