Rennie Airth (born 1935)[1] is a South African novelist who currently resides in Italy.[2] Airth has also worked as foreign correspondent for the Reuters news service.[2]

Rennie Airth
Born1935
NationalitySouth African
Notable awardsGrand Prix de Littérature Policière
2000 River of Darkness

Novels

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His works include Snatch! (1969), Once A Spy (1981), and a series of murder mysteries set in England between 1921 and 1949 featuring Detective Inspector John Madden of Scotland Yard (later retired). The first of these, River of Darkness (1999), won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for best international crime novel in 2000 and was nominated for Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards in the States.[3] Airth found inspiration for that tale in a scrapbook about his uncle, a soldier killed in World War I.[4] A sequel, The Blood-Dimmed Tide, was published in 2003, and a third book, The Dead of Winter, in 2009.[5] Although Airth initially intended to write a trilogy about Madden,[6] in 2014 he produced a fourth entry in the series, The Reckoning, and followed that with The Death of Kings (2017).

Awards

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Awards for Airth's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2000 River of Darkness Anthony Award for Best Novel Finalist [7]
Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Finalist [7]
Dilys Award Finalist [7]
Edgar Award for Best Novel Finalist [7][1]
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière Winner [3][1]
Historical Dagger Award Finalist [7]
Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel Finalist [7]
2006 The Blood-Dimmed Tide Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Finalist [7]
2009 The Dead of Winter Historical Dagger Award Finalist [7]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Airth, Rennie 1935–". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Rennie Airth". PanMacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Rennie Airth". Fantastic Fiction. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Rennie Airth – Penguin Group (USA) Authors". Penguin Group (USA). Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Rennie Airth". PanMacmillan.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  6. ^ "CrimeSquad". Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Rennie Airth". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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