Sharon Bolton Explained

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

Works

Bolton is the author of ten 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
2. Dead Scared Bantam, 2012
3. Like This For Ever Bantam, 2013 (In the US, Lost, Minotaur)
4. A Dark and Twisted Tide Bantam, 2014
5. The Dark Orion, 2022

Novella

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

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

Craftsman Trilogy

Novels

1. The Craftsman Trapeze, 2018
2. The Buried Orion, 2022

Novella

• Alive Trapeze, 2018

Other books

• Sacrifice Bantam, 2008
• Awakening Bantam, 2009
• Blood Harvest Bantam, 2010
• Little Black Lies Bantam, 2015.
• Daisy In Chains Bantam, 2016
• Dead Woman Walking Bantam, 2017
• The Split Trapeze, 2020
• The Pact Trapeze, 2021
• The Fake Wife Orion, 2023

Film

In 2016, the motion picture of Sacrifice, starring Radha Mitchell and Rupert Graves, and directed by Peter A. 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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.sjbolton.com/blog.php?id=132 I’m Coming Out
2. Glenn Kenny for The New York Times. April 28, 2016 Review: ‘Sacrifice’ Yields Corpses and Clichés
3. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/43013-a-good-night-for-minotaur-at-the-edgars.html A Good Night for Minotaur at the Edgars
4. http://thecwa.co.uk/blood-harvest/ Crime Writers Association, Dagger Awards 2013
5. Sarah Shaffi for The Bookseller. December 5, 2014 Bolton wins CWA Dagger in the Library prize