*Denotes winner
AGATHA AWARD Finalists 2020
Best Contemporary Novel
Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (Minotaur)
Fair Game by Annette Dashofy (Henery Press)
The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill (Kensington)
A Better Man by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
The Murder List by Hank Philippi Ryan (Forge)
Best Historical Novel
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen (Penquin)
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur)
The Pearl Dagger by L. A. Chandlar (Kensington)
Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink)
The Naming Game by Gabriel Valjan (Winter Goose Publishing)
Best First Novel
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House, a division of Harlequin)
Murder Once Removed by S. C. Perkins (Minotaur)
When It’s Time for Leaving by Ang Pompano (Encircle Publications)
Staging for Murder by Grace Topping (Henery Press)
Best Short Story
"Grist for the Mill" by Kaye George in A Murder of Crows (Darkhouse Books)
"Alex’s Choice" by Barb Goffman in Crime Travel (Wildside Press)
"The Blue Ribbon" by Cynthia Kuhn in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press)
"The Last Word" by Shawn Reilly Simmons, Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press)
"Better Days" by Art Taylor in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Best Young Adult Mystery
Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers by Shauna Holyoak (Disney Hyperion)
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen MacManus (Delacorte Press)
The Last Crystal by Frances Schoonmaker (Auctus Press)
Top Marks for Murder (A Most Unladylike Mystery)
by Robin Stevens (Puffin)
Jada Sly, Artist and Spy by Sherri Winston (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)
Best Nonfiction
Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrified Los Angeles by Julia Bricklin (Lyons Press)
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep (Knopf)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt)
ANTHONY AWARDS 2019
*David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Lesa Holstine
Best Novel
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
*November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Blackout by Alex Segura (Polis Books)
Best First Novel
*My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)
Best Paperback Original
Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
*Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
Best Short Story
*“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)
“Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
“Cold Beer No Flies” by Greg Herren, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August 2018)
“The Best Laid Plans” by Holly West, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Mastering Plot Twists: How To Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure To Captivate Your Readers by Jane K. Cleland (Writer’s Digest Books)
Pulp According to David Goodis by Jay A. Gertzman (Down & Out Books)
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
*I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS (Canada) 2019
Derrick Murdoch Award
*Vicki Delaney
Best Crime Novel
Ron Corbett, Cape Diamond, ECW Press
*Anne Emery, Though the Heavens Fall, ECW Press
Lisa Gabriele, The Winters, Doubleday Canada
Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind, Minotaur Books
Loreth Anne White, The Girl in the Moss, Montlake Romance
Best First Crime Novel
*A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch, NeWest Press
Helen C. Escott, Operation Wormwood, Flanker Press
Beverley McLachlin, Full Disclosure, Simon & Schuster Canada
Bill Prentice, Why Was Rachel Murdered?, Echo Road
Nathan Ripley, Find You in the Dark, Simon & Schuster Canada
Best Crime Novella
Melodie Campbell, The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife, Orca Book Publishers
Vicki Delany, Blue Water Hues, Orca Book Publishers
*John Lawrence Reynolds, Murder Among the Pines, Orca Book Publishers
Best Crime Short Story
Melodie Campbell, A Ship Called Pandora, Mystery Weekly Magazine
Therese Greenwood, The Power Man, Baby It's Cold Outside, Coffin Hop Press
Twist Phelan, Game, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
*Linda L. Richards, Terminal City, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
Sam Wiebe, Wonderful Life, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
Best Book in French
*Hervé Gagnon, Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme, Libre Expression
André Jacques, Ces femmes aux yeux cernés, Éditions Druide
Guillaume Morissette, Deux coups de pied de trop, Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur
Johanne Seymour, Rinzen la beauté intérieure, Expression noir
Best Juvenile/YA Book
Michelle Barker, The House of One Thousand Eyes, Annick Press
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Ruinous Sweep, Candlewick Press
E.R. Yatscoff, The Rumrunner's Boy, TG & R Books
Best Nonfiction Book
Patrick Brode, Dying for a Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away With Murder, Biblioasis
Thomas Giacomaro and Natasha Stoynoff, The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale, BenBella Books, Inc
Nate Hendley, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto, Five Rivers Publishing
Eve Lazarus, Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer, Arsenal Pulp Press
*Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
The Dundurn Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
Jim Bottomley, Hypnotizing Lions
Don Macdonald, Omand’s Creek
*Liv McFarlane, The Scarlet Cross
Heather McLeod, One for the Raven Darrow Woods, The Book of Answers
AUDIE AWARDS (for Best Audio Books) Finalists 2020
Mystery
Along Came a Spider (25th anniversary edition), by James Patterson, narrated by Taye Diggs (Hachette Audio)
The Boy, by Tami Hoag, narrated by Hillary Huber (Brilliance)
The Chestnut Man, by Søren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble (HarperAudio)
The Lost Man, by Jane Harper, narrated by Stephen Shanahan (Macmillan Audio)
The New Iberia Blues, by James Lee Burke, narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Thriller/Suspense
Blood in the Water, by Jack Flynn, narrated by Dion Graham (Recorded Books)
Freefall, by Jessica Barry, narrated by Hillary Huber, Karissa Vacker, and MacLeod Andrews (HarperAudio)
The Institute, by Stephen King, narrated by Santino Fontana (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman, narrated by Susan Bennett (HarperAudio)
Winter Dark, by Alex Callister, narrated by Ell Potter (Audible Originals)
BARRY AWARDS Finalists 2020
Best Mystery/Crime Novel
The Lost Man, Jane Harper (Flatiron)
If She Wakes, Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
Metropolis, Philip Kerr (Putnam)
The Border, Don Winslow (HarperCollins)
Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha (Ecco)
Thirteen, Steve Cavanagh (Flatiron)
Best First Mystery/Crime Novel
The Chestnut Man, Soren Sveistrup (Harper)
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides (Celadon)
American Spy, Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
Save Me From Dangerous Men, S. A. Lelchuk (Flatiron)
Scrublands, Chris Hammer (Atria)
To The Lions, Holly Watt (Dutton)
Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel
The Godmother, Hannelore Cayre (ECW)
Winner Kills All, R. J. Bailey (Simon & Schuster UK)
Killing Quarry, Max Allan Collins (HardCase Crime)
Fate, Ian Hamilton (Spiderline)
Missing Daughter, Rick Mofina (Mira)
No Good Deed, James Swain (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Thriller
Mission CriticaL, Mark Greaney (Berkley)
Backlash, Brad Thor (Atria/Emily Bester)
The Chain, Adrian McKinty (Mulholland)
The Burglar, Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press)
True Believer, Jack Carr (Atria/Emily Bester)
White Hot Silence, Henry Porter (Mysterious Press)
Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Crown)
November Road, Lou Berney (William Morrow)
Suspect, Robert Crais (Putnam)
The Dry, Jane Harper (Flatiron)
The Black House, Peter May (Quercus)
The Cartel, Don Winslow (Knopf)
BEN FRANKLIN AWARDS, MYSTERY/SUSPENSE 2019
GOLD: An Accidental Corpse by Helen A. Harrison
SILVER: Black Hearts White Minds: A Carl Gordon Legal Thriller by Mitch Margo
SILVER: Burning Ridge: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima
SILVER: Welcome to Sugarville: A Novel in Stories by J.J. Haas.
BLOODY SCOTLAND/MCILVANNEY CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2019
Breakers by Doug Johnstone
*A Treachery of Spies by Manda Scott
Conviction by Denise Mina
The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry
BONY BLITHE LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD 2019
Alan Bradley, The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
Vicki Delany, A Scandal in Scarlet
Elizabeth J. Duncan, The Marmalade Murders
*Mike Martin, Darkest Before the Dawn
Auralee Wallace, Haunted Hayride with Murder
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Best Crime and Thriller 2019
*Our House by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster)
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn (HarperFiction)
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (Pan Books)
Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Viking | Penguin Paperbacks)
Macbeth by Jo Nesbo (Hogarth)
In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion)
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS 2019
Best Mystery
Burning Ridge: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books)
*Death by G-String: A Coyote Canyon Ladies Ukulele Club Mystery by C. C. Harrison (Written Dreams Publishing)
Her Kind of Case: A Lee Isaacs, Esq., Novel by Jeanne Winer (Bancroft Press)
Best Thriller
Killing Godiva’s Horse: A Novel by J.M. Mitchell (Prairie Plum Press)
*Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks)
The Circumstantial Man by Gary Reilly (Running Meter Press)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2019
The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award
Simon Brett for A Deadly Habit (Crème de la Crime Severn House)
Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May Hall of Mirrors (Transworld)
Mario Giordano for Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord (John Murray)
Mick Herron for London Rules (John Murray)
Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ HarperCollins)
*Lynne Truss for A Shot in the Dark (Bloomsbury)
Antti Tuomainen for Palm Beach Finland (Orenda Books)
Olga Wojtas for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar (Contraband Saraband)
Sounds of Crime Best Crime Audiobook
Ben Aaronovitch for Lies Sleeping, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
Louise Candlish for Our House, read by Deni Francis & Paul Panting (Whole Story Audiobooks)
Bill Clinton & James Patterson for The President Is Missing, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò and Bill Clinton (Random House Audiobooks)
*Robert Galbraith for Lethal White, read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen for The Wife Between Us, read by Julia Whelan (Pan Macmillan Publishers)
Stephen King for The Outsider, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
Clare Mackintosh for Let Me Lie, read by Gemma Whelan & Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown Book Group)
Peter May for I’ll Keep You Safe, read by Anna Murray & Peter Forbes (riverrun)
Ian Rankin for In a House of Lies, read by James MacPherson (Orion Publishing Group)
Sarah Vaughan for Anatomy of a Scandal, read by Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane and Sarah Feathers (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)
The eDunnit Award (Best crime-fiction e-book)
Leye Adenle for When Trouble Sleeps (Cassava Republic Press)
Steve Cavanagh for Thirteen (Orion Fiction)
Martin Edwards for Gallows Court (Head of Zeus)
*Laura Lippman for Sunburn (Faber and Faber)
Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ HarperCollins)
Andrew Taylor for The Fire Court (HarperCollins)
H.R.F. Keating Award
Nils Clausson for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
Brian Cliff for Irish Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
Glen S. Close for Female Corpses in Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
Laura Joyce & Henry Sutton for Domestic Noir (Palgrave Macmillan)
Barry Forshaw for Historical Noir (No Exit Press)
Steven Powell for The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World (Bloomsbury)
*James Sallis for Difficult Lives Hitching Rides (No Exit Press)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel
David Almond for The Colour of the Sun (Hodder Children’s Books)
Mel Darbon for Rosie Loves Jack (Usborne Publishing)
Julia Gray for Little Liar (Andersen Press)
Tom Pollock for White Rabbit, Red Wolf (Walker Books)
*Nikesh Shukla for Run, Riot (Hodder Children’s Books)
Neal & Jarrod Shusterman for Dry (Walker Books)
Best Children's Crime Novel
P.G. Bell for The Train to Impossible Places (Usborne Publishing)
Fleur Hitchcock for Murder At Twilight (Nosy Crow)
S.A. Patrick for A Darkness of Dragons (Usborne Publishing)
Dave Shelton for The Book Case: An Emily Lime Mystery (David Fickling Books)
*Lauren St. John for Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Nicki Thornton for The Last Chance Hotel (Chicken House)
CWA DAGGER AWARDS 2019
Diamond Dagger
*Robert Goddard (2019)
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (for the best crime novel of the year):
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew (Hodder & Stoughton)
*The Puppet Show by M W Craven (Constable)
What We Did by Christobel Kent (Sphere)
Unto Us a Son is Given by Donna Leon (William Heinemann)
American by Day by Derek B Miller (Doubleday)
A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood (Scribner)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best crime thriller of the year):
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Picador)
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman (Head of Zeus)
No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings (John Murray)
Lives Laid by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Crime)
*To the Lions by Holly Watt (Bloomsbury)
Memo from Turner by Tim Willocks (Jonathan Cape)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (for the best debut crime novel):
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl (Head Of Zeus)
*Scrublands by Chris Hammer (Wildfire)
Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham (HQ)
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
Overkill by Vanda Symon (Orenda)
CWA SAPERE BOOKS Historical Dagger (for the best historical crime novel):
The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney (Harper Fiction)
*Destroying Angel by S G MacLean (Quercus Fiction)
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve (Raven Books)
Tombland by C J Sansom (Mantle)
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
All That Remains by Sue Black (Doubleday)
An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman (Canongate)
Murder by the Book by Claire Harman (Viking)
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Hutchinson)
*The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (Viking)
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold (Doubleday)
CWA Short Story Dagger (for a short crime story published in the UK):
Strangers in a Pub by Martin Edwards in ‘Ten Year Stretch’ edited by Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller (No Exit Press)
Death Becomes Her by Syd Moore in ‘The Strange Casebook’ by Syd Moore (Point Blank Books)
*The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing by Danuta Reah* in ‘The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing and other Fantastic Female Fables’ (Fantastic Books)
(Also highly recommended) "I Detest Mozart by Teresa Solana in ‘The First Historic Serial Killers and Other Stories’ by Teresa Solana (Bitter Lemon Press)
Bag Man by Lavie Tidhar in ‘The Outcast Hours’ edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin (Solaris)
CWA International Dagger (for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK):
*A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon tr Daniella Zamir (Maclehose Press)
Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard tr Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (World Noir)
The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio, tr Howard Curtis (Bitter Lemon Press)
Newcomer by Keigo Higashino, tr Giles Murray (Little, Brown)
The Root of Evil by Håkan Nesser, tr Sarah Death (Mantle)
The Forger by Cay Rademacher, tr Peter Millar (Arcadia Books)
CWA Dagger in the Library (for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries):
M C Beaton
Mark Billingham
John Connolly
*Kate Ellis
C J Sansom
Cath Staincliffe
Debut Dagger (for the opening of a crime novel by an author with no publishing contract):
*Wake by Shelley Burr
The Mourning Light by Jerry Crause
Hardways by Catherine Hendricks
The Firefly by David Smith
A Thin Sharp Blade by Fran Smith
Publisher of the Year
Faber & Faber
Harper Fiction (HarperCollins)
HQ (HarperCollins)
*No Exit Press (Oldcastle Books)
Orenda Books
Pushkin Vertigo (Pushkin)
Raven (Bloomsbury)
DANISH CRIMINAL ACADEMY AWARDS 2019
Harald Mogensen Award for Best Crime Book: Solo by Jesper Stein
Debut Award: Kastanjemanden (The Chestnut Man) by Søren Sveistrup
Palle Rosenkrantz Award for Best Foreign Thriller: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
DAPHNE AWARDS 2019
Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Rancher's Covert Christmas by Beth Cornelison
Colton and the Single Mom by Jane Godman
Federal Agent Under Fire by Julie Anne Lindsey
Secret Past by Sharee Stover
*The Sheriff's Secret by Julie Anne Lindsey
Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Killer Debt: A Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery by Suzanne Adair
The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper
A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber
The Good, the Bad, and the Duke by Janna MacGregor
*The Duke Identity by Grace Callaway
Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll
Deadly Melody by Connie Mann
Cowboy Bodyguard by Dana Mentink
Fatal Recall by Carol J. Post
*Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason
Paranormal (Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Hunt the Moon by Kari Cole
Web of Truth by Cecilia Dominic
Sinister Sanctuary: A Wicks Hollow Book by Colleen Gleason
Demons Will Be Demons by AE Jones
*Touch the Sky by Kari Cole
Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Too Far Gone by Allison Brennan
Do or Die Cowboy by June Faver
Perfect Mistake by Sophia Karlson
Threat of Danger by Dana Marton
Undone by JB Schroeder
*Silent Threat by Dana Marton
Mainstream Mystery/Suspense
Abandoned by Allison Brennan
All the Pretty Brides by Marian Lanouette
Formula of Deception by Carrie Stuart Parks
Pushback by John E. Stith
*For Sale by Killer by Catherine Bruns
The overall daphne winner for the 2018 published division
*Silent Threat by Dana Marton
DAVID AWARD (Deadly Ink Conference) 2019
*Yesterday’s News by R.G. Belsky
Died In The Wool by Peggy Ehrhart
The Consultant by TJ O’Connor
Misty Treasure by Linda Rawlins
Second Story Man by Charles Salzberg
Feral Attraction by Eileen Watkins
DAVID L. GOODIS AWARD NOIRCON (Biannual) 2018
The David L. Goodis Award: Walter Mosley (author)
The Jay and Deen Kogan Award for Excellence: Max Rudin (publisher, The Library of America)
The Anne Friedberg Award for Contributions to Noir and Its Preservation: Dana Polan (author and professor)
DAVITT AWARDS (Australia) 2019
Adult Novel
This I Would Kill For (Anne Buist, Text)
Second Sight (Aoife Clifford, S&S)
Redemption Point (Candice Fox, Penguin)
Mine (Susi Fox, Michael Joseph)
The Lost Man (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
Wintering (Krissy Kneen, Text)
The Killing of Louisa (Janet Lee, UQP)
*The Rúin (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins)
Live and Let Fry (Sue Williams, Text)
Young Adult Novel
*Small Spaces (Sarah Epstein, Walker)
Found (Fleur Ferris, Random House Australia Children’s)
The Finder (Kate Hendrick, Text)
White Night (Ellie Marney, A&U)
After the Lights Go Out (Lili Wilkinson, A&U)
Children’s Novel
The Relic of the Blue Dragon: Children of the Dragon #1 (Rebecca Lim, A&U)
The Peacock Detectives (Carly Nugent, Text)
His Name Was Walter (Emily Rodda, HarperCollins)
*Wakestone Hall (Judith Rossell, ABC Books)
The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach: The Peski Kids #1 (R A Spratt, Puffin)
Non-fiction Book
Trace: Who killed Maria James? (Rachael Brown, Scribe)
*The Arsonist (Chloe Hooper, Hamish Hamilton)
Eggshell Skull (Bri Lee, A&U)
Gorgeous Girl (Mary Pershall, Viking)
The Lindt Café Siege (Deborah Snow, A&U)
Waiting for Elijah (Kate Wild, Scribe)
Debut
Trace: Who killed Maria James? (Rachael Brown, Scribe)
Small Spaces (Sarah Epstein, Walker)
Mine (Susi Fox, Michael Joseph)
Wintering (Krissy Kneen, Text)
The Finder (Kate Hendrick, Text)
*Eggshell Skull (Bri Lee, A&U)
The Killing of Louisa (Janet Lee, UQP)
The Peacock Detectives (Carly Nugent, Text)
Gorgeous Girl (Mary Pershall, Viking)
The Lindt Café Siege (Deborah Snow, A&U)
Waiting for Elijah (Kate Wild, Scribe)
Readers' Choice
*The Lost Man by Jane Harper
DERRINGER AWARDS 2019
For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)
Listen Up Peter DiChellis
Don't Text and Drive Robert Petyo
*The Bicycle Thief James Blakey
A Misunderstanding Travis Richardson
Sonny the Wonder Beast Nick Kolakowski
For Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
The Crucial Game Janice Law
*Dying in Dokesville Alan Orloff
The Cabin in the Woods Sylvia Maultash Warsh
The Belle Hope Peter DiChellis
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder Josh Pachter
For Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words)
*With My Eyes Leslie Budewitz
The Case of the Missing Pot Roast Barb Goffman
Mercy Find Me Diana Deverell
The Vanishing Volume Janet Raye Stevens
Till Murder Do Us Part Barb Goffman
For Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words)
Three-Star Sushi Barry Lancet
*The Cambodian Curse Gigi Pandian
Oil Down Brian Silverman
The Adventure of the Manhunting Marshal Jim Doherty
I’ve Got To Get Me a Gun Vincent Zandri
For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)
"Cold Turkey" by Patricia Dusenbury, Flash Bang Mysteries ed. Brandon Bourg (Summer 2017)
"Happy Birthday" by Alan Orloff, Shotgun Honey ed. Jen Conley, Angel Luis Colón, and Nick Kolakowski (June 15, 2017)
"Final Testimony" by Travis Richardson, Flash Fiction Offensive ed, Hector Duarte Jr. and Rob Pierce (July 10, 2017)
"Fishing for an Alibi" by Earl Staggs, Flash Bang Mysteries ed. Brandon Bourg (Fall 2017)
"Flash Point" by Elizabeth Zelvin, A Twist of Noir ed. Christopher Grant (March 20, 2017)
For Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
"The Kids Keep Coming" by David H. Hendrickson, Fiction River: Tavern Tales ed. Kerrie L. Hughes, WMG Publishing Inc. (January 2017)
"The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" by Robert Lopresti, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #23, ed. Marvin Kaye, Wildside Press (October 2017)
"The New Score" by Alison McMahan, Fish Out of Water: A Guppy Anthology ed. Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press (March 2017)
"The Bank Job" by Stephen D. Rogers, Trigger Warning Short Fiction with Pictures ed. Eric Lindbom and John Skewes (March 16, 2017)
"Every Picture Tells a Story" by Cathi Stoler, Where Crime Never Sleeps: Murder New York Style 4 ed. Elizabeth Zelvin, Level Best Books (September 2017)
For Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words)
"El Asesino" by Rusty Barnes, BULL ed. Ben Drevlow (May 22, 2017)
"The #2 Pencil" by Matt Coyle, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Death in the Serengeti" by David H. Hendrickson, Fiction River: Pulse Pounders: Andrenaline ed. Kevin J. Anderson, WMG Publishing, Inc. (July 2017)
"Matricide and Ice Cream" by William Burton McCormick, The CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour ed. Martin Edwards, Orenda Books (November 2017)
"The Drive-by" by Alison McMahan, Busted: Arresting Stories from the Beat ed. Verena Rose, Harriette Sackler, and Shawn Reilly Simmons, Level Best Books (April 2017)
For Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words)
"Flowing Waters" by Brendan DuBois, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ed. Janet Hutchings, January/February 2017
"Windward" by Paul D. Marks, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"King's Quarter" by Andrew McAleer, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Kill My Wife, Please" by Robert J. Randisi, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Trouble Like a Freight Train Coming" by Tina Whittle, Lowcountry Crime: Four Novellas ed. James M. Jackson and Jan Rubens, Wolf's Echo Press (February 2017)
EDGAR AWARDS Finalists 2020
BEST NOVEL
Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The River by Peter Heller (Penguin Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee (Pegasus Books)
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Penguin Random House - Berkley)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Farrar Straus and Giroux)
The Good Detective by John McMahon (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (Penguin Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
Three-Fifths by John Vercher (Polis Books – Agora Books)
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Penguin Random House – Random House)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Dread of Winter by Susan Alice Bickford (Kensington Publishing)
Freedom Road by William Lashner (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Mariner Books)
February's Son by Alan Parks (Europa Editions – World Noir)
The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price (Tin House Books)
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)
BEST FACT CRIME
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott (Penguin Random House - Crown)
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan (Penguin Random House - Viking)
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan (Counterpoint Press)
Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin (Counterpoint Press)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury Publishing)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview by Anne McKendry (McFarland)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle
Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton (Hachette Book Group – Basic Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Turistas," from Paque Tu Lo Sepas by Hector Acosta (Down & Out Books)
"One of These Nights," from Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers by Livia Llewellyn (Akashic Books)
"The Passenger," from Sydney Noir by Kirsten Tranter (Akashic Books)
"Home at Last," from Die Behind the Wheel: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Steely Dan by Sam Wiebe (Down & Out Books)
"Brother's Keeper," from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Dave Zeltserman (Dell Magazine)
BEST JUVENILE
The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster by Cary Fagan (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu (HarperCollins Children's Books – Katherine Tegen Books)
The Whispers by Greg Howard (Penguin Young Readers – G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR)
All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker (Penguin Young Readers – Viking BFYR)
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster Children's Books – Paula Wiseman Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer (Tom Doherty Associates – Tor Teen)
Killing November by Adriana Mather (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Penguin Young Readers - Kokila)
The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons (Tom Doherty Associates – Tor Teen)
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (Bloomsbury Publishing)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"Season 5, Episode 3" – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
"Season 5, Episode 4" – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
"Episode 1" – Dublin Murders, Teleplay by Sarah Phelps (STARZ)
"Episode 1" – Manhunt, Teleplay by Ed Whitmore (Acorn TV)
"Episode 1" – The Wisting, Teleplay by Katherine Valen Zeiner & Trygve Allister Diesen (Sundance Now)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"There's a Riot Goin' On," from Milwaukee Noir by Derrick Harriell (Akashic Books)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Harlequin – Graydon House)
Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley (Kensington Publishing)
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)
THE G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
Shamed by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark ( Kensington Publishing)
The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill (Kensington Publishing)
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon (Cincos Puntos Press)
FALCOLN AWARD (Japan) 2019
*Don Winslow, The Force
FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIEFAB AWARDS 2019
Mystery
A Dying Note by Ann Parker, Poisoned Pen Press
*SILVER WINNER: A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang, Inkshares
*BRONZE WINNER: Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima, Crooked Lane Books
Dark Rhapsody by Helaine Mario, Oceanview Publishing
Duty to Warn by Sara Kersting, Acre Books
Lost in the Quagmire by Jay Ruud, Encircle Publications
*GOLD WINNER: One for the Rock by Kevin Major, Breakwater Books
Secrets Haunt the Lobsters' Sea by Charlene D'Avanzo, Maine Authors Publishing
Shadowed by Death by Mary Adler, Dancing Dog Books
The Center Cannot Hold by Aaron Stander, Writers & Editors
The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn, Henery Press
Three Strikes, You're Dead by Elena Hartwell, Camel Press
*HONORABLE MENTION: Uncivil Liberties by Bernie Lambek, Rootstock Publishinig
Where Privacy Dies by Priscilla Paton, Coffeetown Press
Yesterday's News by R.G. Belsky, Oceanview Publishing
Thriller & Suspense
A Beautiful Voice by Robert Lane, Mason Alley Publishing
A Matter of Chance by Julie Maloney, She Writes Press
Burn Up by Joe Klingler, Cartosi
Death and Taxes by Aperient Press
Death in Chicago: Winter by Dominic J. Grassi, In Extenso Press
*SILVER WINNER: Speed the Dawn by Philip Donlay, Oceanview Publishing
Termination of Benefits by Jane Sloven, Maine Authors Publishing
*BRONZE WINNER: The Astronaut's Son by Tom Seigel, Woodhall Press
The Bone Curse by Carrie Rubin, Science Thrillers Media
The Consultant by Oceanview Publishing
*GOLD WINNER: The Eighteenth Green by Webb Hubbell, Beaufort Books
The Kortelisy Escape by Leonard Rosen, The Permanent Press
Tuning In by Highcrest Books
GERMAN MYSTERY PRIZE (Deutscher Krimi Preis) 2019
German-language winner: Mexikoring, by Simone Buchholz
International category winner: Six Four by Yokoyama Hideo
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, MYSTERY & THRILLER 2018
*Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
HAMMETT PRIZE 2019
William Boyle, The Lonely Witness (Pegasus Crime)
Lisa Unger, Under My Skin (Park Row)
Sam Wiebe, Cut You Down (Random House Canada)
*Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
Robert Olen Butler, Paris in the Dark (The Mysterious Press)
HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION 2018
Exposed, by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin’s Press)
*Proof, by C.E. Tobisman (Thomas & Mercer)
Testimony, by Scott Turow (Grand Central)
INDEPENDENT BOOK PUBLISHER IPPY AWARDS 2018
Mystery/Cozy/Noir
*GOLD: A Sticky Inheritance, by Emily James (Stronghold Books)
SILVER(tie): Uncorking a Lie, by Nadine Nettmann (Midnight Ink)
The Last Train: A Tokyo Mystery, by Michael Pronko (Raked Gravel Press)
BRONZE: A Song for Desmond, by B.R. Laue (Brandy Hill Publishing)
Suspense/Thriller
*GOLD: Hard Dog to Kill, by Craig Holt (Wildblue Press)
SILVER: The Fourth Pularchek, by Samuel Marquis (Mount Sopris Publishing)
BRONZE (tie): Azrael, by M.T. Ellis (Self-Published)
Vacant Eyes, by Christine Mager Wevik (Self-Published)
AN POST IRISH INDEPENDENT CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Finalists 2019
Rewind – Catherine Ryan Howard (Corvus)
Cruel Acts – Jane Casey (HarperFiction)
The Chain – Adrian McKinty (Orion)
Twisted – Steve Cavanagh (Orion)/
The Wych Elm – Tana French (Viking)
The Hiding Game – Louise Phillips (Hachette Ireland)
ITW THRILLER AWARDS 2019
Best Hardcover Novel
Lou Berney — NOVEMBER ROAD (William Morrow)
Julia Heaberlin — PAPER GHOSTS (Ballantine Books)
*Jennifer Hillier — JAR OF HEARTS (Minotaur Books)
Karin Slaughter — PIECES OF HER (William Morrow)
Paul Tremblay — THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
Jack Carr — THE TERMINAL LIST (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
Karen Cleveland — NEED TO KNOW (Ballantine Books)
Ellison Cooper — CAGED (Minotaur Books)
Catherine Steadman — SOMETHING IN THE WATER (Ballantine Books)
*C. J. Tudor — THE CHALK MAN (Crown)
Best Paperback Original Novel
*Jane Harper — THE LOST MAN (Pan Macmillan Australia)
John Marrs — THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Thomas & Mercer)
Andrew Mayne — THE NATURALIST (Thomas & Mercer)
Kirk Russell — GONE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)
Carter Wilson — MISTER TENDER’S GIRL (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Best Short Story
Jeffery Deaver — “The Victims’ Club” (Amazon Original Stories)
Emily Devenport — “10,432 Serial Killers (In Hell)” (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
Scott Loring Sanders — “Window to the Soul” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
*Helen Smith — “Nana” in KILLER WOMEN: CRIME CLUB ANTHOLOGY #2 (Killer Women Ltd.)
Duane Swierczynski — “Tough Guy Ballet” in FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME: STORIES INSPIRED BY THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON (Pegasus Books)
Best Young Adult Novel
*Teri Bailey Black — GIRL AT THE GRAVE (Tor Teen)
Gillian French — THE LIES THEY TELL (HarperTeen)
Marie Lu — WARCROSS (Penguin Young Readers/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Dana Mele — PEOPLE LIKE US (Penguin Young Readers/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Peter Stone — THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Best E-Book Original Novel
Clare Chase — MURDER ON THE MARSHES (Bookouture)
Gary Grossman — EXECUTIVE FORCE (Diversion Books)
Samantha Hayes — THE REUNION (Bookouture)
T.S. Nichols — THE MEMORY DETECTIVE (Alibi)
*Alan Orloff — PRAY FOR THE INNOCENT (Kindle Press)
KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARDS 2019
Silver Falchion Award: Book of the Year
Baron R. Birtcher, Fistful of Rain
Silver Falchion Award: Best Action Adventure
Baron R. Birtcher, Fistful of Rain
Silver Falchion Award: Best Cozy
Phyllis Gobbell, Treachery in Tuscany
Silver Falchion Award: Best Juvenile/Y.A.
Julieanne Lynch, Beneath the Lighthouse
Silver Falchion Award: Best Mystery
Bradley Harper, A Knife in the Fog
Silver Falchion Award: Nonfiction
Gretchen Rose, Dancing With the Devil
Silver Falchion Award: Best Procedural
Bruce Robert Coffin, Beyond the Truth
Silver Falchion Award: Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Maggie Toussaint, Confound It
Silver Falchion Award: Best Short Story/Anthology
Carmen Amato, The Artist
Silver Falchion Award: Best Suspense
D.E. Funk, Silent Rage
Silver Falchion Award: Best Thriller (tie)
Michael Niemann, Illegal Holdings
Silver Falchion Award: Best Thriller (tie)
Charley Pearson, Scourge
Silver Falchion Award: Best Attending Author
Baron R. Birtcher, Fistful of Rain
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD LGBT Authors/Themes 2019
Lesbian Mystery
A Matter of Blood, Catherine Maiorisi, Bella Books
*A Study in Honor: A Novel, Claire O’Dell, HarperCollins / HarperVoyager
A Whisper of Bones: A Jane Lawless Mystery, Ellen Hart, Minotaur Books
Alice Isn’t Dead: A Novel, Joseph Fink, Harper Perennial
Gnarled Hollow, Charlotte Greene, Bold Strokes Books
The Locket, Gerri Hill, Bella Books
Secrets of the Last Castle, A. Rose Mathieu, Bold Strokes Books
Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery, Linda J. Wright, Cats Paw Books
Black Diamond Fall, Joseph Olshan, Polis Books
Boystown 11: Heart’s Desire, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Death Checks In, David S. Pederson, Bold Strokes Books
Dodging and Burning: A Mystery, John Copenhaver, Pegasus Books
The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery, Jeffrey Round, Dundurn
*Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Somewhere Over Lorain Road, Bud Gundy, Bold Stroke Books
Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel, Neil S. Plakcy, Samwise Books
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall ThorntonFierce, David Lennon
- Foxed, Garry Ryan
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law
- Baton Rouge Bingo, Greg Herren, Bold Strokes Books
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall Thornton, MLR Press
- Fierce, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
- Foxed, Garry Ryan, NeWest Press
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black, Dreamspinner Press
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson, Lethe Press
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory, Amazon Digital Services Inc
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen, Wilde City Press
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall Thornton, MLR Press
- Fierce, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
- Foxed, Garry Ryan, NeWest Press
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black, Dreamspinner Press
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson, Lethe Press
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory, Amazon Digital Services Inc
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen, Wilde City Press
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
LEFT COAST CRIME AWARDS Finalists 2020
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Ellen Byron, Fatal Cajun Festival (Crooked Lane Books)
Leslie Karst, Murder from Scratch (Crooked Lane Books)
Cynthia Kuhn, The Subject of Malice (Henery Press)
Catriona McPherson, Scot & Soda (Midnight Ink)
Wendall Thomas, Drowned Under (Poisoned Pen Press)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel
Susanna Calkins, Murder Knocks Twice (Minotaur Books)
L.A. Chandlar, The Pearl Dagger (Kensington Books)
Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder (Kensington Books)
Jennifer Kincheloe, The Body in Griffith Park (Seventh Street Books)
Sujata Massey, The Satapur Moonstone (Soho Crime)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
Tori Eldridge, The Ninja Daughter (Agora Books)
Angie Kim, Miracle Creek (Sarah Crichton Books)
Tara Laskowski, One Night Gone (Graydon House)
John Vercher, Three-Fifths (Agora Books)
Carl Vonderau, Murderabilia (Midnight Ink
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay (Ecco)
Tracy Clark, Borrowed Time (Kensington Books)
Matt Coyle, Lost Tomorrows (Oceanview Publishing)
Rachel Howzell Hall, They All Fall Down (Forge Books)
Attica Locke, Heaven, My Home (Mulholland Books)
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalists 2020
Mystery/Thriller
Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay (Ecco)
Michael Connelly, The Night Fire (Little, Brown and Company)
Jane Harper, The Lost Man (Flatiron Books)
Laura Lippman, Lady in the Lake (William Morrow)
Attica Locke, Heaven, My Home (Mulholland Books)
MACAVITY AWARDS 2019
Best Mystery Novel
*November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow)
The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Flat Iron Books)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger (Harlequin - Park Row Books)
Best First Mystery Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
*Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman (Ballantine)
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (Crown)
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer by Margalit Fox (Random House)
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson (Pegasus Books)
*The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (HarperCollins)
Best Mystery Short Story
“Race to Judgment” by Craig Faustus Buck (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
“All God’s Sparrows” by Leslie Budewitz (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018)
“Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
“Three-Star Sushi” by Barry Lancet (Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3)
“The Cambodian Curse” by Gigi Pandian (The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories)
*“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018)
Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
City of Ink by Elsa Hart (Minotaur)
Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
*The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
A Dying Note by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen)
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd (William Morrow)
Crime Fiction:
Beyond the Truth by Bruce Coffin
*Stowed Away by Barbara Ross
Death and a Pot of Chowde by Lea Wait (writing as Cornelia Kidd)
NED KELLY AWARDS (Australia) 2019
Best Crime Fiction:
Killshot by Garry Disher
Gone By Midnight by Candice Fox
The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood
*The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Other Wife by Michael Robotham
Live and Let Fry by Sue Williams
Best true crime
*Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper
Siege: Inside the Lindt Cafe by Deborah Snow
Waiting for Elijah by Kate Wild
Best first fiction
The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic
The Yellow House by Emily O'Grady
*The Rúin by Dervla McTiernan
Greenlight by Ben Stevenson
NERO WOLF AWARDS 2018
The Nero for Best Mystery
The Dime by Kathleen Kent (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown)
The Lioness is the Hunter by Loren D. Estelman (Forge)
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman (Forge)
*August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho)
Blood for Wine by Warren C. Easley (Poisoned Pen Press)
Black Orchid Novella Award
*Minerva James and the Goddess of Justice by Mark Bruce
NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2018
Mystery
*Heaven's Crooked Finger, by Hank Early (Crooked Lane Books)
Justified Bitch, by H.G. McKinnis (Imbrifex Books
Beholden: A Marlowe Black Mystery, by Gabriel F.W. Koch (Outskirts Press)
Getting off on Frank Sinatra, by Megan Edwards (Imbrifex Books)
The Last Train, by Michael Pronko (Raked Gravel Press)
Two Heads are Deader Than One, by Elena Hartwell (Camel Press)
Suspense
*Remember Me, by M. A. Florence (M & S Publishing)
Forget-me-not Blues (what lies within the beating heart exposed), by Alison Gray (Self-Published)
Pitcher Plant: A Pacific Northwest Suspense, by Melissa Eskue Ousley (Filles Vertes Publishing, LLC)
The Master Hacker, by Steve Burkart (Outskirts Press)
The Old Cape Hollywood Secret, by Barbara Eppich Struna (Self-Published)
The Speechwriter, by J.P. Maximus (CreateSpace)
Thriller
*The Sam Browne, by Thomas Stacey (Outskirts Press)
A Death in Greenwich, by Juri Pill (Self-Published)
Barbaric Justice, by David Coppage (Self-Published)
Forget-me-not Blues (what lies within the beating heart exposed), by Alison Gray (Self-Published)
Past Obsession, by Richard Keith Taylor (Ransom Greene Press)
The Master Hacker, by Steve Burkart (Outskirts Press)
NGAIO MARSH AWARD 2019
Best Novel
*This Mortal Boy, by Fiona Kidman (Penguin)
Money in the Morgue, by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy (HarperCollins)
The Quaker, by Liam McIlvanney (HarperCollins)
Call Me Evie, by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
The Vanishing Act, by Jen Shieff (Mary Egan)
Best First Novel
One for Another, by Andrea Jacka (Red River Pony)
Crystal Reign, by Kelly Lyndon (Remnant Press)
*Call Me Evie, by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
Best Non-fiction
The Great New Zealand Robbery, by Scott Bainbridge (Allen & Unwin)
*The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Jane Furlong, by Kelly Dennett (Awa)
Behind Bars, by Anna Leask (Penguin)
The Cause of Death, by Cynric Temple-Camp (HarperCollins)
PETRONA AWARD FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION 2019
The Ice Swimmer, by Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway)
The Whisperer, by Karin Fossum, translated by Kari Dickson (Harvill Secker; Norway)
*The Katharina Code, by Jørn Lier Horst, translated by Anne Bruce (Michael Joseph; Norway)
The Darkness, by Ragnar Jónasson, translated by Victoria Cribb (Penguin Random House; Iceland)
Resin, by Ane Riel, translated by Charlotte Barslund (Doubleday; Denmark)
Big Sister, by Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett (Orenda Books; Norway)
PINCKLEY PRIZES FOR CRIME FICTION 2019
*Lifetime Achievement: Megan Abbott
*Debut Novel: Sarah St. Vincent
RWA's RITA ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AWARD 2019
The Bastard’s Bargain, by Katee Robert (Piatkus)
Before We Were Strangers, by Brenda Novak (Mira)
Consumed, by J.R. Ward (Gallery)
Cut and Run, by Mary Burton (Montlake Romance)
*Fearless, by Elizabeth Dyer (Independently published)
Reckless Honor, by Tonya Burrows (CreateSpace)
Relentless, by Elizabeth Dyer (Montlake Romance)
RT REVIEWERS CHOICE AWARDS 2018
- The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
- Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
- Dead Scared by S.J. Bolton
- Cop to Corpse by Peter Lovesey
- The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook
- When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris
- The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd
- A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake
- The Yard by Alex Grecian
- The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland
- A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
- The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
- Viral by James Lilliefors
- The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor
- Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
- Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
- Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
- And She Was by Alison Gaylin
- A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
- The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Gem of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
- Blood, Bath and Beyond by Michelle Rowen
- Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
- Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
- Postcards from the Dead by Laura Childs
- The Twelve Clues of Chrismas by Rhys Bowen
- Sleepwalker by Karen Robards
- Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard
- The Witness by Nora Roberts
- Betrayal by Christina Dodd
- Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell
- Against the Sun by Kat Martin
Career Achievement, suspense: Catherine Coulter
Career Achievement, Thriller: F. Paul Wilson
Career Achievement, Romantic Suspsense: Christina Dodd
Mystery: The Guests on South Battery by Karen White
Amateur Sleuth: A Room with a Brew by Joyce Tremel
Contemporary Mystery: The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake, Terry Shames
Historical Mystery: The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
Suspense: Shattered by Allison Brennan
Thriller: The Lost Order by Steve Berry
SARA PARETSKY AWARD (Best Midwest Crime Writer) 2019
*Scott Turow
SCIBA's T. JEFFERSON PARKER AWARD 2019
*The Feral Detective, by Jonathan Lethem
The Good Detective, by John McMahon
The Border, by Don Winslow
SEMANA NEGRA DE GIJON AWARDS (Spain) 2017
Dashiell Hammett Award for Best Novel: David Llorente, Madrid: frontera
Rodolfo Walsh Award for True Crime: Miguel Barrero, La tinta del calamar
Silverio Memorial Award for Debut Crime Novel: José María Espinar Mesa for The Weight of the Soul
SHAMUS AWARDS 2019
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
She Talks to Angels, by James D.F. Hannah (Independently published)
No Quarter, by John Jantunen (ECW Press)
Shark Bait, by Paul Kemprecos (Independently published)
Second Story Man, by Charles Salzberg (Down & Out)
*The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss, by Max Wirestone (Redhook)
Best First Private Eye Novel
*The Best Bad Things, by Katrina Carrasco (MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Broken Places, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Last Looks, by Howard Michael Gould (Dutton)
What Doesn’t Kill You, by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Only to Sleep, by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth)
Best Private Eye Short Story
“Fear of the Secular,” by Mitch Alderman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November-December 2018)
“Three-Star Sushi,” by Barry Lancet (Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 3)
“The Big Creep,” by Elizabeth McKenzie (from Santa Cruz Noir, edited by Susie Bright; Akashic)
“Game,” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September-October 2018)
*“Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool,” by S.J. Rozan (EQMM, September-October 2018)
Best Private Eye Novel
Wrong Light, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
*What You Want to See, by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur)
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
Baby’s First Felony, by John Straley (Soho Crime)
Cut You Down, by Sam Wiebe (Quercus)
SPOTTED OWL AWARD (Best Pacific NW Crime Novel) 2019
Baron Birtcher – Fistful of Rain
Robert Dugoni – A Steep Price
Warren Easley – Moving Targets
G.M. Ford – Soul Survivor
Elizabeth George – The Punishment She Deserves
Stephen Holgate – Madagascar
*Mike Lawson – House Witness
Martin Limon – The Line
John Straley – Baby’s First Felony
Jon Talton – The Bomb Shelter
SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD 2019
Lisa Black, Perish (Kensington)
*Sara Paretsky, Shell Game, (William Morrow)
Victoria Thompson, City of Secrets (Berkley)
Charles Todd, A Forgotten Place, (William Morrow)
Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once, (Harper)
Best Novel
Lullaby Road by James Anderson (Crown)
*(tie) Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown and Company)
November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
The Witch Elm by Tana French (Viking)*0
*(tie) Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus)
*The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (Crown)
The Other Side of Everything by Lauren Doyle Owens (Touchstone)
The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward (Park Row Books)
Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Awards
*Heather Graham and Donna Leon
Strand Magazine's Publisher of the Year
*Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks
The Expats, by Chris Pavone (Crown)
Disappeared, by Anthony Quinn (Mysterious Press/Open Road)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Hachette) - See more at: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2013/03/strand-magazine-critics-awards-nominees.html#.dpuf
The Yard, by Alex Grecian (Putnam)
The Expats, by Chris Pavone (Crown)
Disappeared, by Anthony Quinn (Mysterious Press/Open Road)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Hachette) - See more at: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2013/03/strand-magazine-critics-awards-nominees.html#.dpuf
The Yard, by Alex Grecian (Putnam)
The Expats, by Chris Pavone (Crown)
Disappeared, by Anthony Quinn (Mysterious Press/Open Road)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Hachette) - See more at: http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2013/03/strand-magazine-critics-awards-nominees.html#.dpuf
THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2019
Belinda Bauer – Snap
*Steve Cavanagh – Thirteen
Mick Herron – London Rules
Val McDermid – Broken Ground
Liam McIlvanney – The Quaker
Khurrum Rahman – East of Hounslow
*Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
