The Danger Awards 2025

The Danger Awards honour books featuring Australia as a setting for stories about crime and justice. The winners were announced on 13 September 2025.

Click a category below to view the shortlisted books.

Debut Crime Fiction

Debut Crime Fiction - Winner
 
Winner: A Town Called Treachery by Mitch Jennings
 
Debut Crime Fiction - Shortlist
Shortlist: What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
Shortlist: All You Took from Me by Lisa Kenway
Shortlist: The Crag by Claire Sutherland
Shortlist: Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter

Crime Fiction

Crime Fiction - Winner
 
Winner: Bone Lands by Pip Fioretti
 
Crime Fiction - Shortlist
Shortlist: Shadow City by Natalie Conyer
Shortlist: Sanctuary by Garry Disher
Shortlist: Cutler by David Whish-Wilson
Shortlist: High Wire by Candice Fox
Shortlist: Joy Moody is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne
Shortlist: Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane
Shortlist: Pheasant's Nest by Louise Milligan
Shortlist: The Dream by Iain Ryan
Shortlist: Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor

Crime Non-Fiction

Crime Non-Fiction - Winner
  Winner: Black Witness by Amy McQuire  
Crime Non-Fiction - Shortlist
Shortlist: In the Dead of Night by Greg Haddrick
Shortlist: The Outback Court Reporter by Jemelle Wells
Shortlist: Kingpin and the Crooked Cop by Neil Mercer
Shortlist: Dark City by John Silvester