Death on the Marais, by Adrian Magson has been shortlisted for the East Midlands Book Award 2010 – for best book published by an East Midlands’ writer. Death on the Marais is a captivating crime novel set in the French countryside in the 1960s and is the first in a new series featuring Inspector Lucas Rocco.

He will be competing against the following books for the £1000 cash prize:

Before the Earthquake, Maria Allen
The Poet’s Wife, Judith Allnatt
Hemispheres, Stephen Baker
The Newgate Jig, Ann Featherstone
The Rain Diaries, Rosie Garner
Shod, Mark Goodwin
The Lady of Sorrows , Anne Zouroudi

The winner will be announced at Lowdham Book Festival on Monday 20th June 2011.

For more information visit the Writing East Midlands website.