In the Short Mystery Fiction Society forums, Rob Lopresti posted news via Ira Matetsky of the Wolfe Pack that the Nero Award, presented each year to an author for the best American Mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories, was won by Ariel Lawhon for her novel, The Frozen River. The Black Orchid Novella Award, presented jointly by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to celebrate the novella format popularized by Stout, went to T. M. Bradshaw for her novella titled "Double Take." It will be published in the July 2025 issue of AHMM. Honorable mentions for the Black Orchid Novella Award include Peter Hoppock's "Precipice"; Andrew Kass's "Deadline"; Jenny Ramaley's "Workplace Rules for a Fire-Breathing Dragon"; and Ella Rutledge's "Murder at the Y.T.D."
The winners of the UK Crime Fiction Lover Awards 2024 were revealed, with a Readers' Choice and Editors' Choice chosen from the shortlists for the categories of Book of the Year, Best Debut Novel, Best in Translation, Best Indie Novel, Best Crime Show, and Best Author. You can read all the winners here and check out all the titles on the shortlists here.
The six titles on AudioFile’s 2024 Best Mystery & Suspense Audiobooks list feature a new voice for a favorite long-running series as well as thrilling tales full of deception and intrigue. The selected titles include: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, read by Saskia Maarleveld; The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny, read by Jean Brassard; A Nest of Vipers by Harini Nagendra, read by Soneela Nankani; The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, read by Julia Whelan; Shanghai by Joseph Kanon, read by Jonathan Davis; and You'll Never Find Me by Allison Brennan, read by Hilary Huber.
Alison Flood’s best crime and thrillers of 2024 picks for The Guardian include Guide Me Home by Attica Locke (Viper); Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra (Penguin); Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French (Simon & Schuster); Bonehead by Mo Hayder (Hodder & Stoughton); and We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Penguin).
And if you're craving more "best of" lists for reading fodder (and gifts!), Jeff Pierce over at The Rap Sheet blog has more from BOLO Books blogger Kristopher Zgorski here, Boston-based critic Steve Donoghue here.
The extended deadline of December 15th is fast approaching for The William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant Program for Unpublished Writers. Interested applicants should submit all documents, including the first three chapters of your work in progress, by the deadline via the following link. The grant includes a $2,500 cash award and a comprehensive registration to Malice Domestic, including two nights' lodging at the convention hotel.
Mystery Readers Journal received so many submissions for the London Mysteries issue, that editor Janet Rudolph has divided it into two issues. She has space for more articles, reviews, and Author Author! essays that focus on Mysteries set in London, with a deadline of January 20, 2025.
In the Q&A roundup, Suspense Magazine interviewed Charlaine Harris, author of series including the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, the Lily Bard mysteries, and the Sookie Stackhouse urban fantasies; and the magazine also spoke with Emma Kenny, a psychologist, TV presenter, writer and expert media commentator, about her book, The Serial Killer Next Door.
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