Sharon Bolton

Sharon Bolton is an English author of mystery fiction who has also been published under the name S.J. Bolton. ^[1]

Works

Bolton is the author of nine novels, including the Lacey Flint series of police procedural novels.

Lacey Flint

Lacey Flint is a female detective constable with London's Metropolitan police.

Novels

1. Now You See Me Bantam, 2011 ISBN 978-0593064139
2. Dead Scared Bantam, 2012 ISBN 978-0593064153
3. Like This For Ever Bantam, 2013 ISBN 978-0593069165 (In the US, Lost, Minotaur)
4. A Dark and Twisted Tide Bantam, 2014 ISBN Lacey Flint Series, Book 3

Novellas

If Snow Hadn’t Fallen (Short Story that takes place after Now You See Me), Transworld, 2012 ISBN 9781448168408

Here Be Dragons (Short story that takes place after A Dark and Twisted Tide Transworld Digital, 2016 ISBN 9781473540477

Other books

• Sacrifice Bantam, 2008 ISBN 978-0593059111
• Awakening Bantam, 2009 ISBN 978-0593059234
• Blood Harvest Bantam, 2010 ISBN 978-0593064115
• Little Black Lies Bantam, 2015. ISBN 978-0593069202
• Daisy In Chains Bantam, 2016 ISBN 978-0593076316

Film and TV

In 2016, the motion picture of Sacrifice, starring Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves and David Robb, and directed by Peter Dowling, was released by Luminous Pictures.^[2]

Awards

Bolton's second novel, Awakening, won the 2010 Mary Higgins Clark Award.^[3] Blood Harvest, her third book, was shortlisted for the 2010 Crime Writers Association's (CWA) Gold Dagger Award.^[4] In 2014, she won the CWA's Dagger in the Library award for her body of work.^[5]

References

1. I’m Coming Out, S.J. Bolton Blogpost, 11/4/13
2. Glenn Kenny for The New York Times. April 28, 2016 Review: ‘Sacrifice’ Yields Corpses and Clichés
3. A Good Night for Minotaur at the Edgars ,Publishers Weekly, 4/20/10
4. Crime Writers Association, Dagger Awards 2013, CWA 2013
5. Sarah Shaffi for The Bookseller. December 5, 2014 Bolton wins CWA Dagger in the Library prize