*Denotes winner
AGATHA AWARDS Finalists 2023
Best Contemporary Novel
Bayou Book Thief, by Ellen Byron (Berkley Prime Crime)
Death By Bubble Tea, by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
Fatal Reunion, by Annette Dashofy (Level Best Books)
Dead Man's Leap, by Tina de Bellegarde (Level Best Books)
A World of Curiosities, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Best Historical Novel
The Counterfeit Wife, by Mally Becker (Level Best Books)
Because I Could Not Stop for Death, by Amanda Flower (Berkley)
The Lindbergh Nanny, by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)
In Place of Fear, by Catriona McPherson (Mobius)
Under a Veiled Moon, by Karen Odden (Crooked Lane Books)
Best First Novel
Cheddar Off Dead, by Korina Moss (St. Martin’s)
Death in the Aegean, by M. A. Monnin (Level Best Books)
The Bangalore Detectives Club, by Harini Nagendra (Constable)
Devil’s Chew Toy, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane Books)
The Finalist, by Joan Long (Level Best Books)
The Gallery of Beauties, by Nina Wachsman (Level Best Books)
Best Short Story
"Beauty and the Beyotch," by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Magazine, February 2022)
"There Comes a Time," by Cynthia Kuhn, Malice Domestic Murder Most Diabolical (Wildside Press)
"Fly Me to the Morgue," by Lisa Q Mathews, Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical (Wildside Press)
"The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot," by Richie Narvaez, Land of 10,000 Thrills, Bouchercon Anthology (Down & Out Books)
"The Invisible Band," by Art Taylor, Edgar & Shamus Go Golden (Down & Out Books)
Best Nonfiction
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)
The Handbook to Agatha Christie: The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie, by Mary Anna Evans and J. C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury Academic)
The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, by Carla Valentine (Sourcebooks)
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction, by Diane Vallere Ed. (Sisters in Crime)
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)
Best Children's/YA Mystery
Daybreak on Raven Island, by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young People)
In Myrtle Peril, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
#shedeservedit, by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes Books)
Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer, by Frances Schoonmaker (Auctus Publishers)
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)
ANTHONY AWARDS 2022
Best Hardcover Novel
Runner, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
*Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
The Collective, by Alison Gaylin (Morrow)
Clark and Division, by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
These Toxic Things, by Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer)
Best First Novel
Her Name Is Knight, by Yasmin Angoe (Thomas & Mercer)
The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria)
Walking Through Needles, by Heather Levy (Polis)
*Arsenic and Adobo, by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley Prime Crime)
All Her Little Secrets, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)
Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel
The Ninja Betrayed, by Tori Eldridge (Agora)
Warn Me When It’s Time, by Cheryl A. Head (Bywater)
Bury Me in Shadows, by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes)
The Mother Next Door, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
*Bloodline, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Short Story
“The Search for Eric Garcia,” by E.A. Aymar (from Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color, edited by Abby L. Vandiver; Crooked Lane)
“The Vermeer Conspiracy,” by V.M. Burns (from Midnight Hour)
“Lucky Thirteen,” by Tracy Clark (from Midnight Hour)
“Doc’s at Midnight,” by Richie Narvaez (from Midnight Hour)
*“Not My Cross to Bear,” by S.A. Cosby (from Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues, edited by Mark Westmoreland; Down & Out)
“The Locked Room Library,” by Gigi Pandian (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021)
“Burnt Ends,” by Gabriel Valjan (from This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan; Down & Out)
Best Juvenile/Young Adult
Cold-Blooded Myrtle, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
Bury Me in Shadows, by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes)
The Forest of Stolen Girls, by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
*I Play One on TV, by Alan Orloff (Down & Out)
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice, by Jan Brogan (Bright Leaf Press)
Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession, by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell (Andrews McMeel)
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, by Elon Green (Celadon)
*How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America, edited by Lee Child and Laurie R. King (Simon & Schuster)
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story, by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Press)
Best Anthology or Collection
Under the Thumb: Stories of Police Oppression, edited by S.A. Cosby (Rock & A Hard Place Press)
Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color, edited by Abby L. Vandiver (Crooked Lane)
Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues, edited by Mark Westmoreland (Down & Out)
*This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Down & Out)
When a Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta (Hanover Square Press)
CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS (f/k/a ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS) 2022
Grand Master
*Louise Penny, the author of the Inspector Gamache series
Best Crime Novel
Linwood Barclay, Find You First, William Morrow
Daniel Kalla, Lost Immunity, Simon & Schuster
*Dietrich Kalteis, Under the Outlaw Moon, ECW Press
Shari Lapena, Not a Happy Family, Doubleday Canada
Roz Nay, The Hunted, Simon & Schuster
Best First Crime Novel
*Ashley Audrain, The Push, Viking Canada
Fiona King Foster, The Captive, HarperCollins Publishers
Byron TD Smith, Windfall, Shima Kun Press
Katherine Walker, All Is Well, Thistledown Press
David Whitton, Seven Down, Rare Machines
Best Crime Novel Set in Canada
*C. S. Porter, Beneath Her Skin, Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing
Cathy Ace, Corpse with an Iron Will, Four Tails Publishing
Alice Walsh, Death on Darby’s Island, Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing
Sam Wiebe, Hell and Gone, Harbour Publishing Co.
Kevin Major, Three for Trinity, Breakwater Books
Best Crime Novella
Marcelle Dube, Identity Withheld, Falcon Ridge Publishing
Brenda Gayle, Murder in Abstract, Bowstring Books
*Wayne Ng, Letters From Johnny, Guernica Editions
Elvie Simons, Not So Fast, Dr. Quick, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
Best Crime Short Story
Pam Barnsley, What can You Do?, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2021
Hilary Davidson, Weed Man, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2021BR
*Elizabeth Elwood, Number 10 Marlborough Place, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2021
Charlotte Morganti, All My Darlings, Die Laughing
Melissa Yi, Dead Man's Hand, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2021
Best Book in French
Roxanne Bouchard, Le murmure des hakapiks, Libre Expression
Marc-Andre Chabot, Dis-moi qui doit vivre…, Libre Expression
Guillaume Morrissette, Conduite dangereuse, Saint-Jean
*Patrick Senecal, Flots, Editions Alire
Richard Ste-Marie, Stigmates, Editions Alire
Best Juvenile/YA Book
Karen Bass, Blood Donor, Orca Book Publishers
Rachelle Delaney, Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster, Puffin Canada
Cherie Dimaline, Hunting By Stars, Penguin Teen
*Kevin Sands, The Traitor's Blade, Aladdin
Jordyn Taylor, Don't Breathe a Word, HarperTeen
Sarah Berman, Don't Call it a Cult, Viking Canada
Aaron Chapman, Vancouver Vice: Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End, Arsenal Pulp Press
Catherine Fogarty, Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary, Biblioasis
*Nate Hendley, The Beatle Bandit, Dundurn Press
Lorna Poplak, The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail, Dundurn Press
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
Delee Fromm, The Strength to Rise
Pam Isfeld, Captives
*Renee Lehnen, Elmington
Katie Mac, Ken's Corner
Mark Thomas, Part Time Crazy
AUDIE AWARDS (for Best Audio Books) Finalists 2023
Mystery
The Bangalore Detectives Club, by Harini Nagendra, narrated by Soneela Nankani (Blackstone)
The Heron, by Don Winslow, narrated by Ed Harris (Audible Originals)
The Maid, by Nita Prose, narrated by Lauren Ambrose (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray, narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown (Penguin Random House Audio)
Suspect, by Scott Turow, narrated by Helen Laser (Hachette Audio)
Thriller/Suspense
The Boys from Biloxi, by John Grisham, narrated by Michael Beck (Penguin Random House Audio)
Greenwich Park, by Katherine Faulkner, narrated by Laura Kirman (Simon & Schuster Audio)
The Island, by Adrian McKinty, narrated by Mela Lee (Hachette Audio)
The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley, narrated by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson (HarperAudio)
Snowstorm in August, by Marshall Karp, narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel (Blackstone)
Where Secrets Live, by S.C. Richards, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (Dreamscape Media)
BARRY AWARDS Finalists 2023
Best Mystery or Crime Novel
The Accomplice, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
Desert Star, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The Dark Flood, by Deon Meyer (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Shifty’s Boys, by Chris Offutt (Grove Press)
Secret Identity, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)
City on Fire, by Don Winslow (Morrow)
Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel
Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Atria/EmilyBestler)
Don’t Know Tough, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
Shutter, by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
The Maid, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Blood Sugar, by Sascha Rothchild (Putnam)
Dirt Creek, by Hayley Scrivenor (Flatiron)
Best Thriller
In the Blood, by Jack Carr (Atria/Emily Bester)
Winter Work, by Dan Fesperman (Knopf)
Sierra Six, by Mark Greaney (Berkley)
Bad Actors, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
Killers of a Certain Age, by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)
Goering’s Gold, by Richard O’Rawe (Melville House)
BEN FRANKLIN AWARDS, MYSTERY/THRILLER 2020
*GOLD MEDAL: A Veil Removed: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel by Michelle Cox (She Writes Press)
SILVER MEDAL: The Last Getaway by Clay Savage (Ocean Park Press)
BRONZE MEDAL: Bleed Through: Alex Greco, ADA Series Book 2 by Roger Canaff (Brooklyn Writers Press)
BLOODY SCOTLAND/MCILVANNEY CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022
Liam McIlvanney – The Heretic (HarperCollins)
*Alan Parks – May God Forgive (Canongate)
Ambrose Parry – A Corruption of Blood (Canongate)
Louise Welsh – The Second Cut (Canongate)
BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2022
*Tariq Ashkanani, Welcome to Cooper (Thomas & Mercer, Amazon)
Frankie Boyle, Meantime (John Murray)
Amanda Mitchison, The Wolf Hunters (Fledgling Press)
George Paterson, The Girl, The Crow, The Writer and The Fighter (Into Books)
Sarah Smith, Hear No Evil (Two Roads)
BONY BLITHE LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD 2021
Vicki Delany, There’s a Murder Afoot (Crooked Lane Books)
Candas Jane Dorsey, The Adventures of Isabel (ECW Press)
Liz Ireland, Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Kensington Books)
Thomas King, Obsidian (Harper Collins Canada)
*Iona Wishaw, A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood Editios)
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Best Crime and Thriller Finalists 2023
Bamburg by L.J. Ross (Dark Skies)
Murder Before Evensong by Reverend Richard Coles (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (Viking)
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins)
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett (Viper)
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (Penguin Michael Joseph)
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS 2022
Best Mystery
*Red Rabbit on the Run by Jodi Bowersox
Canyonlands Carnage: A National Park Mystery by Scott Graham
Break Bone Fever: A Finnerty and Liccione Mystery by Wanda Venters and Mary Rae
Best Thriller
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
The Secret Next Door: A Novel by Rebecca Taylor
*The Dead Husband: A Novel by Carter Wilson
CRIMEFEST AWARDS Finalists 2023
Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award
A Good Day to Die, by Amen Alonge (Quercus)
Bad for Good, by Graham Bartlett (Allison & Busby)
The Maid, by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)
Ashes in the Snow, by Oriana Rammuno, translated by Katherine Gregor (HarperCollins)
Kalmann, by Joachim B. Schmidt, translated by Jamie Lee Searle (Bitter Lemon)
Dirt Town, by Hayley Scrivenor (Macmillan)
The Siege, by John Sutherland (Orion)
A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham (HarperCollins)
eDunnit Award
The Cliff House, by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus)
Desert Star, by Michael Connelly (Orion)
The Botanist, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
The Book of the Most Precious Substance, by Sara Gran
(Faber and Faber)
A Heart Full of Headstones, by Ian Rankin (Orion)
Nine Lives, by Peter Swanson (Faber and Faber)
H.R.F. Keating Award (for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction)
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie, by J.C. Bernthal and Mary Anna Evans (Bloomsbury Academic)
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré, 1945-2020, by John le Carré, edited by Tim Cornwell (Viking)
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films, by Barry Forshaw (Oldcastle)
Gender Roles and Political Contexts in Cold War Spy Fiction,
by Sian MacArthur (Palgrave Macmillan)
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman, by Lucy Worsley
(Hodder & Stoughton)
Last Laugh Award (for the best humorous crime novel)
Bryant & May’s Peculiar London, by Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)
The Locked Room, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
Bad Actors, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
Hope to Die, by Cara Hunter (Viking)
Mr. Campion’s Mosaic, by Mike Ripley (Severn House)
The Moose Paradox, by Antti Tuomainen (Orenda)
Best Crime Fiction Novel for Children (aged 8-12)
A Girl Called Justice: The Spy at the Window, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus Children’s Books)
Where Seagulls Dare: A Diamond Brothers Case, by Anthony
Horowitz (Walker)
The Good Turn, by Sharna Jackson (Puffin)
Spark, by M.G. Leonard (Walker)
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity, by Robin Stevens (Puffin)
Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Recipe for Trouble, by Sarah
Todd Taylor (Nosy Crow)
Best Crime Fiction Novel for Young Adults (aged 12-16)
Five Survive, by Holly Jackson (Electric Monkey)
Needle, by Patrice Lawrence (Barrington Stoke)
The Butterfly Assassin, by Finn Longman (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
Truth or Dare, by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
I Must Betray You, by Ruta Sepetys (Hodder Children’s Books)
The Notorious Scarlett and Browne, by Jonathan Stroud (Walker)
CWA DAGGER AWARDS 2022
Diamond Dagger
*CJ Sansom
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (for the best crime novel of the year):
Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz (Little, Brown; Sphere)
*Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Pan Macmillan; Mantle)
Razorblade Tears, SA Cosby (Headline Publishing Group; Headline)
The Unwilling, John Hart (Bonnier Books UK Ltd; Zaffre)
The Shadows of Men, Abir Mukherjee (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
The Trawlerman, William Shaw (Quercus; riverrun)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best crime thriller of the year):
Find You First, Linwood Barclay (HarperCollins; HQ)
The Pact, Sharon Bolton (Orion)
The Devil’s Advocate, Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
Razorblade Tears, SA Cosby (Headline Publishing Group)
*Dead Ground, MW Craven (Little, Brown; Constable)
Dream Girl, Laura Lippman (Faber)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (for the best debut crime novel)
Welcome to Cooper, Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer)
Repentance, Eloísa Díaz (Orion Publishing Group; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Mash House, Alan Gillespie (Unbound; Unbound Digital)
*The Appeal, Janice Hallett (Profile Books; Viper Books)
Where Ravens Roost, Karin Nordin (HarperCollins; HQ)
How to Kidnap the Rich, Rahul Raina (Little, Brown)
Waking the Tiger, Mark Wightman (Hobeck Books)
CWA SAPERE BOOKS Historical Dagger (for the best historical crime novel):
April in Spain, John Banville (Faber)
Sunset Swing, Ray Celestin (Pan Macmillan; Mantle)
Crow Court, Andy Charman (Unbound)
Not One of Us, Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
Edge of the Grave, Robbie Morrison (Pan Macmillan; Macmillan)
A Corruption of Blood, Ambrose Parry (Canongate Books)
CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion, Dr Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne (Faber)
The Dublin Railway Murder, Thomas Morris (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
The Unusual Suspect, Ben Machell (Canongate Books)
*The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of justice, Julia Laite (Profile Books)
Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe (Pan Macmillan; Picador)
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire, Julie Kavanagh (Atlantic Books; Grove Press UK)
CWA Short Story Dagger (for a short crime story published in the UK):
‘Blindsided’ by Caroline England in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘London’ in The Jealousy Man and other stories by Jo Nesbⱷ edited by Robert Ferguson (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
‘With the Others’ by TM Logan in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
*‘Flesh of a Fancy Woman’ by Paul Magrs in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘Changeling’ by Bryony Pearce in Criminal Pursuits: Crime Through Time edited by Samantha Lee Howe (Telos Publishing)
‘When I Grow Up’ by Robert Scragg in Afraid of the Shadows edited by Miranda Jewess (Criminal Minds)
CWA International Dagger (for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK):
*Hotel Cartagena, Simone Buchholz translated by Rachel Ward (Orenda Books)
Bullet Train, Kōtarō Isaka translated by Sam Malissa (Penguin Random House; Harvill Secker)
Oxygen, Sacha Naspini translated by Clarissa Botsford (Europa Editions UK Ltd; Europa Editions)
People Like Them, Samira Sedira translated by Lara Vergnaud (Bloomsbury Publishing; Raven Books)
The Rabbit Factor, Antti Tuomainen translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books)
CWA Dagger in the Library (for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries):
Cath Staincliffe
Edward Marston
Lin Anderson
*Mark Billingham
Susan Hill
Debut Dagger (for the opening of a crime novel by an author with no publishing contract):
Henry’s Bomb, Kevin Bartlett
Holloway Castle, Laura Ashton Hill
*The 10:12, Anna Maloney
The Dead of Egypt, David Smith
The Dieppe Letters, Liz Rachel Walker
Publisher of the Year
*Faber & Faber
HarperCollins; Harper Fiction
Penguin Random House; Michael Joseph
Pushkin Press; Pushkin Vertigo
Titan Books
Profile Books; Viper
DANISH CRIMINAL ACADEMY AWARDS Harald Mogensen Prize 2022
*Mørket under isen by Morten Hesseldahl
DAPHNE AWARDS 2021
Long Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: Cold & Deadly by Toni Anderson
2nd place: Jagger (Steele Shadow Investigations) by Amanda McKinney
3rd place: Bishop’s Endgame by Katie Reus
Honorable Mention: Beautiful Vengeance by Kaylea Cross
Honorable Mention: The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel
Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: The Cartographer’s Secret by Tea Cooper
2nd place: A Dangerous Observer by Amanda DeWees
3rd place: Princes of the Lower East Side by Meredith Allison
Honorable Mention: Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert
Honorable Mention: The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews
Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: Dead End by Nancy Mehl
2nd place: Danger on the Ranch by Dana Mentink
3rd place: The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Wright
Honorable Mention: Dangerous Deception by Evelyn M. Hill
Honorable Mention: Lost Down Deep by Sara Davison
Honorable Mention: Standoff (Natchez Trace Park Rangers) by Patricia Bradley
Paranormal (Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: A Killing Moon by Alexis D. Craig
2nd place: Bishop’s Gambit by McKenna Dean
3rd place: Just in Time by NJ Litz
Honorable Mention: Foolish Beliefs by M. Scott Swanson
Honorable Mention: Loving Modigliani The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne by Linda Lappin
Short Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: In His Protection by P.L. Harris
2nd place: Conflicting Evidence by Lena Diaz
3rd place: Steal My Heart by Aimee O’Brian
Honorable Mention: Dirty Daisy by Jordyn Kross
Honorable Mention: Texas Holiday Hideout by Virginia Vaughan
Mainstream Mystery/Suspense
*Winner: In Her Shadow by Kristin Miller
2nd place: Flight Risk by Cara Putman
3rd place: Ten Days Gone by Beverly Long
Honorable Mention: No One Saw by Beverly Long
Honorable Mention: The Study of Secrets (Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries #5) by Cynthia Kuhn
The overall daphne winner for the2021 published division
*Tea Cooper, for The Cartographer’s Secret
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) 2022
The David L. Goodis Award: Megan Abbott
The Jay and Deen Kogan Award for Excellence: Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
The Anne Friedberg Award for Contributions to Noir and Its Preservation: Sarah Weinman
DAVITT AWARDS (Australia) 2021
Adult crime novel
Death Beyond the Limit (Fiji Islands Mysteries #3) (B M Allsopp, Coconut Press)
Deadman’s Track (Calico Mountain #3) (Sarah Barrie, HQ Fiction)
Gathering Dark (Candice Fox, Penguin)
A Testament of Character (Rowland Sinclair #10) (Sulari Gentill, Pantera)
*The Good Sister (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Where the Truth Lies (Karina Kilmore, S&S)
The Deceptions (Suzanne Leal, A&U)
Stone Sky Gold Mountain (Mirandi Riwoe, UQP)
Torched (Kimberley Starr, Pantera)
Young adult crime novel
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love (Davina Bell, Text)
Deep Water (Sarah Epstein, A&U)
None Shall Sleep (Ellie Marney, A&U)
*Where We Begin (Christie Nieman, Pan)
The Girl with the Gold Bikini (Lisa Walker, Wakefield)
Children’s crime novel
The Ghost of Howlers Beach (Butter O’Bryan Mysteries #1) (Jackie French, HarperCollins)
The Grandest Bookshop in the World (Amelia Mellor, Affirm)
The Secret Library of Hummingbird House (Julianne Negri, Affirm)
The Mummy Smugglers of Crumblin Castle (Pamela Rushby, Walker Books)
*A Clue for Clara (Lian Tanner, A&U)
The Book of Chance (Sue Whiting, Walker Books)
Nonfiction crime book
After the Count: The death of Davey Browne (Stephanie Convery, Viking)
The Case of George Pell: Reckoning with child sexual abuse (Melissa Davey, Scribe)
*Witness: An investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice (Louise Milligan, Hachette)
Missing William Tyrrell (Caroline Overington, HarperCollins)
Snakes and Ladders: A memoir (Angela Williams, Affirm)
Debut crime books
Inheritance of Secrets (Sonya Bates, HarperCollins)
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love (Davina Bell, Text)
The Case of George Pell: Reckoning with child sexual abuse (Melissa Davey, Scribe)
The Safe Place (Anna Downes, Affirm)
Troubled Waters (Mary Jones, Green Olive Press)
Where the Truth Lies (Karina Kilmore, S&S)
The Grandest Bookshop in the World (Amelia Mellor, Affirm)
The Mother Fault (Kate Mildenhall, S&S)
The Secret Library of Hummingbird House (Julianne Negri, Affirm)
*Sheerwater (Leah Swann, Fourth Estate)
A Clue for Clara (Lian Tanner, A&U)
The Girl with the Gold Bikini (Lisa Walker, Wakefield)
DERRINGER AWARDS 2022
Best Flash Story (up to 1,000 words)
An Unexpected Reunion by Wil A. Emerson
Smoke And Consequences by C.W. Blackwell
*Tourist Trap by John Floyd
Why Are You Just Sitting There? by Robert Weibezahl
Millicent by Scott Von Doviak
Best Short Story (1,001 to 4,000 words)
Burnt Ends by Gabriel Valjan
The Right to Hang by Brandon Barrows
Tokyo Stranger by Tina Debellegarde
The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin by Kathleen Marple Kalb
*Yelena Tried to Kill Me by Trey Dowell
Best Long Story (4,001 to 8,000 words)
Chicken Coops And Bread Pudding by K.L. Abrahamson
A Study of Death by Teel James Glenn
Burnin Butt, Texas by Mark Troy
Missing Carolyn by Annie Reed
*The Downeaster Alexa by Michael Bracken
Best Novelette (8,001 to 20,000 words)
*Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises by Stacy Woodson
Glass by Jim Benn
Little City Blues by Annie Reed
Aloha Boys by Michael Bracken
A Tale of Two Sisters by Barb Goffman
EDWARD D. HOCH MEMORIAL GOLDEN DERRINGER FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
S.J. Rozan
HALL OF FAME
G.K. Chesterton
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 2023
Best Novel
Devil House by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux – MCD)
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
Gangland by Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
The Maid by Nita Prose (Penguin Random House – Ballantine Books)
Best First Novel
Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Penguin Random House – Bantam)
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Penguin Random House – Tiny Reparations Books)
Best Paperback Original
Quarry’s Blood by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Graydon House
Or Else by Joe Hart (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Best Fact Crime
Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale (Grove Atlantic – Grove Press)
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)
Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles (Hachette Book Group – Workman Publishing – Algonquin Books)
American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C. by Shahan Mufti (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)
Best Critical/Biographical
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins – Collins Crime Club)
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury – Bloomsbury Academic)
The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin (McFarland)
The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman (Simon & Schuster – Gallery Books)
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime)
Best Short Story
“Red Flag,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis (Dell Magazines)
“Backstory,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Charles John Harper (Dell Magazines)
“Locked-In,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by William Burton McCormick (Dell Magazines)
“The Amnesty Box,” Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms by Tim McLoughlin (Akashic Books)
“First You Dream, Then You Die,” Black is the Night by Donna Moore (Titan Books)
Best Juvenile
The Swallowtail Legacy: Wreck at Ada’s Reef by Michael D. Beil (Pixel+Ink)
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum (Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Press)
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Marthe Jocelyn (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books)
Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (Macmillan Children’s Publishing – Feiwel & Friends)
Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon (Random House Children’s Books – Wendy Lamb Books)
Best Young Adult
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne (Random House Children’s Books – Crown BFYR)
Frightmares by Eva V. Gibson (Random House Children’s Books – Underlined)
The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
The Red Palace by June Hur (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
Lock the Doors by Vincent Ralph (Sourcebooks – Fire)
Best TV Episode Teleplay
“One Mighty and Strong” – Under the Banner of Heaven, Written by Brandon Boyce (Hulu/FX)
“Episode 1” – Magpie Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)
“Episode 1″ – Karen Pirie, Written by Emer Kenny (BritBox)
“When Harry Met Fergus” – Harry Wild, Written by David Logan (Acorn TV)
“The Reagan Way” – Blue Bloods, Written by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (CBS)
“Eighteen Wheels A Predator” – Law & Order: SVU, Written by Brianna Yellen, Kathy Dobie & Monet Hurst-Mendoza (NBC Universal)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
“Dogs in the Canyon” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mark Harrison (Dell Magazines)
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
Never Name the Dead by D.M. Rowell (Crooked Lane Books)
The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
An Unforgiving Place by Claire Kells (Crooked Lane Books)
Hideout by Louisa Luna (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group – Doubleday)
Behind the Lie by Emilya Naymark (Crooked Lane Books)
Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood (Knopf Doubleday Publishing – Doubleday)
The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
Desert Getaway by Michael Craft (Brash Books)
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
Grand Master
Michael Connelly
Joanne Fluke
Raven Award
Crime Writers of Color
Eddie Muller for Noir Alley and The Film Noir Foundation
Ellery Queen Award
The Strand Magazine
FALCOLN AWARD (Japan) 2021
*Breaking Point by C.J. Box
GERMAN MYSTERY PRIZE (Deutscher Krimi Preis) 2020
*German-language winner: Zoë Beck - Paradise City
*International category winner: Denise Mina - Götter und Tiere
GLASS KEY AWARD (Scandinavia) 2021
*Tove Alsterdal, We Know You Remember
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, MYSTERY & THRILLER 2020
*The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
HAMMETT PRIZE Finalists 2023
Copperhead Road, by Brad Smith
Gangland, by Chuck Hogan
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor
Pay Dirt Road, by Samantha Jayne Allen
What Happened to the Bennetts, by Lisa Scottoline
HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION 2020
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey
*The Hallows by Victor Methos
An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker
AN POST IRISH INDEPENDENT CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021
*56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
April in Spain by John Banville
The Dark Room by Sam Blake
The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
The Killing Kind by Jane Casey
ITW THRILLER AWARDS 2022
Best Hardcover Novel
Delilah S. Dawson – THE VIOLENCE (Del Rey)
Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Minotaur)
Alma Katsu – THE FERVOR (Penguin/Putnam)
Jennifer McMahon – THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL (Simon & Schuster)
Chris Pavone – TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON (MCD)
Catriona Ward – SUNDIAL (Macmillan)
Best Audiobook
Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie – YOUNG RICH WIDOWS (Audible)
Narrated by Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel Blake
Julie Clark – THE LIES I TELL (Audible)
Narrated by Anna Caputo, Amanda Dolan
J. L. Delozier – THE PHOTO THIEF (CamCat Publishing)
Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs, Jeffrey Kafer
Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Macmillan Audio)
Narrated by Carla Vega
Minka Kent – THE SILENT WOMAN (Blackstone Publishing)
Narrated by Christine Lakin, Kate Rudd
Best First Novel
Lauren Nossett – THE RESEMBLANCE (Flatiron Books)
Sascha Rothchild – BLOOD SUGAR (Penguin/Putnam)
Hayley Scrivenor – DIRT TOWN (Pan Macmillan)
Stacy Willingham – A FLICKER IN THE DARK (Minotaur)
Erin Young – THE FIELDS (Flatiron Books)
Best Paperback Original Novel
Mary Burton – THE LIES I TOLD (Montlake Romance)
Mark Edwards – NO PLACE TO RUN (Thomas & Mercer)
Minka Kent – UNMISSING (Thomas & Mercer)
Freida McFadden – THE HOUSEMAID (Grand Central Publishing)
Wanda Morris – ANYWHERE YOU RUN (William Morrow)
Holly Wainwright – THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS (Pan Macmillan)
Loreth Anne White – THE PATIENT'S SECRET (Montlake Romance)
Best Short Story
Dominique Bibeau – RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Barb Goffman – THE GIFT (Down & Out Books)
Smita Harish Jain – PUBLISH OR PERISH (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Joyce Carol Oates – 33 CLUES INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SISTER (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Anna Scotti – SCHRÖDINGER, CAT (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Catherine Steadman – STOCKHOLM (Amazon Original Stories)
Best Young Adult Novel
Melissa Albert – OUR CROOKED HEARTS (Flatiron Books)
Gillian French – SUGARING OFF (Algonquin Young Readers)
Kate McLaughlin – DAUGHTER (Wednesday Books)
Francesca Padilla – WHAT'S COMING TO ME (Soho Teen)
Courtney Summers – I'M THE GIRL (Wednesday Books)
Best E-Book Original Novel
Bill Byrnes – EVASIVE SPECIES (Self-published)
Diane Jeffrey – THE COUPLE AT CAUSEWAY COTTAGE (HarperCollins)
Grant McKenzie – THE SEVEN TRUTHS OF HANNAH BAXTER (Self-published)
Rick Mofina – THE HOLLOW PLACE (Self-published)
Carrie Rubin – FATAL ROUNDS (Self-published)
KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARDS 2021
Best Action Adventure
The Medina Device / T. J. Champitto
Hot Flash Decisions / Shirley B. Garrett
Dead Men’s Silence / James Lindholm
Trojan Horse / S. Lee Manning
*The Crow’s Nest / Richard Meredith
Best Comedy
*Con Me Once / J. L. Delozier
Risky Whiskey / Lucy Lakestone
Once is Never Enough / Haris Orkin
Slightly Murderous Intent / Lida Sideris
Murder by Milk Bottle / Lynne Truss
Best Cozy
Winter Witness / Tina deBellegarde
Dead Man’s Watch / Kay DiBianca
Three Treats Too Many / Debra H. Goldstein
Family Twist / Bonita Y. McCoy
Murder in First Position / Lori Robbins
Larceny at the Library / Colleen J. Shogan
Seas the Day / Maggie Toussaint
Dr. Shine Cracks the Case / Cathy Tully
*Rose by Any Other Name / Becki Willis
A Sew Deadly Cruise / Lois Winston
Best Historical
Copy Boy / Shelley Blanton-Stroud
Dark Secrets of the Bayou / Kim Carter
A Child Lost / Michelle Cox
*The Lost Wisdom of the Magi / Susie Helme
Death on the Homefront / Frances McNamara
Best Investigator
Narco Noir / Carmen Amato
The Last Scoop / R. G. Belsky
*Within Plain Sight / Bruce Robert Coffin
The Vultures / Mark Hannon
The Garbage Man / Candace Irving
A Palette for Love and Murder / Saralyn Richard
Stardust Trail / J. R. Sanders
Facets of Death / Michael Stanley
In Twilight’s Hush / Laurie Stevens
All We Buried / Elena Taylor
Dirty Old Town / Gabriel Valjan
Best Juvenile / Y.A
The Crossingway / Lynn H. Elliott
*Irish Town / Matthew John Meagher
Kassy O’Roarke Treasure Hunter / Kelly Oliver
Astrobia / James C. Paavola
Someone is Burning My Lord, Kumbaaya / Fiza Pathan and Michaelangelo Zane
Best Mystery
Every Kind of Wicked / Lisa Black
Dark Secrets of the Bayou / Kim Carter
Travels of Quinn / Sasscer Hill
Three Houses on a Hill / Nicholas Holloway
Relative Silence / Carrie Stuart Parks
Calling for the Money / Cathy Perkins
Love Power / Martha Reed
Murder, Forgotten / Deb Richardson-Moore
*Code Gray / Benny Sims
Murder at Lolly Beach / Jane Suen
Best Nonfiction
The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands / Jon Billman
The Five Core Conversations for Couples / David and Julie Bulitt
*Words Whispered in Water / Sandy Rosenthal
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Jeremy and the Witches Medallion / Randy Gauthier
Servant of the Crown / Duncan M. Hamilton
In the Shadow of a Valiant Moon / Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington
Otaku / Chris Kluwe
*Odyssey Tale / Cody Schlegel
Best Short Story Collection / Anthology
Crossing Borders / Lisa Brackmann & Matt Coyle
Judge Lu’s Case Files, Stories of Crime & Mystery in Imperial China / P.A. De Voe
Minnesota Not So Nice: Eighteen Tales of Bad Behavior / Barbara Merritt Deese, Pat Dennis, Michael Allan Mallory, and Timya Owen
*Couch Detective Book 2 / James Glass
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies / John Langan
Best Supernatural
Slipping into Darkness / D. M. Bourgeois
Borrowings of the Shan Van Vocht / Catherine Moore
Wonderland / Zoje Stage
Sisters of the Moon / Alexandrea Weis
*Borrowed Memories / Christine Mager Wevik
Inn the Spirit of Competition / Becki Willis
Best Suspense
Inherent Fate / Alicia Anthony
Purgatory, A Progeny’s Quest / T.M. Brown
The Stepdaughter / Georgina Cross
Athena’s Dilemma / Donna Del Oro
A Thousand Miles from Spokane / S. D. Goldman
*Ring of Conspiracy / J. Robert Kinney
Trojan Horse / S. Lee Manning
The Golden Girl / Dana Perry
Last Call / Cathi Stoler
Let the Guilty Pay / Rick Treon
Best Thriller
Collateral / Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson
Bakersfield Boys Club / Anne Da Vigo
Blind Edge / Candace Irving
The Venezuelan / Bill King
Fall / Leslie McCauley
Percentages of Guilt / Michael Niemann
Ripple in the Sea / Charley Pearson
Hot Ice, Cold Blood / Holly Spofford
*The Divine Devils / R. Weir
Scorpion Scheme / Melissa Yi
KILLER NASHVILLE CLAYMORE AWARDS 2021
Choosing Guilt by Frances Aylor
IoTa by Christopher Bates
*Crooked by Mary Bush
Spooked by Dara Carr
NISEI Rookie by Ray Collins
Blackwood by Claire Dowley
Murdered and Missing by Ardis Eckel
Androcide in Paradise by James Graham
Corniced to Death by Margaret S. Hamilton
Curse of Darkness by Nicholas Knight
Stolen Diary by Kathryn Lane
Cornerstone by Grace Lawler
The Forget-Me-Knot by Richard McGonegal
Dying to Live Here by Shelley Spence
A Bad Week in Wampo by Patricia Stoltey
Zebra by Jill Wallace
Infinity is Not Forever by Michael Wheeler
Unraveling by Judy White
A Star in Her Crown by Darryl Wimberley
Mr. Perfect? By Kelly Woll
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD LGBT Authors/Themes Finalists 2023
Best Mystery/Thriller
A Death in Berlin by David C Dawson
And There He Kept Her by Joshua Moehling
Dead Letters from Paradise by Ann McMan
Dirt Creek: A Novel by Hayley Scrivenor
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen
- 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 2023
Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Ellen Byron, Bayou Book Thief (Berkley Prime Crime)
Jennifer J. Chow, Death by Bubble Tea (Berkley Prime Crime)
A.J. Devlin, Five Moves of Doom (NeWest Press)
T.G. Herren, A Streetcar Named Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
Catriona McPherson, Scot in a Trap (Severn House)
Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel
The Bill Gottfried Memorial for books covering events before 1970
Dianne Freeman, A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder (Kensington Books)
Catriona McPherson, In Place of Fear (Mobius)
Wanda M. Morris, Anywhere You Run (William Morrow)
Karen Odden, Under a Veiled Moon (Crooked Lane Books)
Ann Parker, The Secret in the Wall (Poisoned Pen Press)
Iona Whishaw, Framed in Fire (Touchwood Editions)
Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel
Erin E. Adams, Jackal (Bantam Books)
Eli Cranor, Don’t Know Tough (Soho Crime)
Ramona Emerson, Shutter (Soho Crme)
Meredith Hambrock, Other People’s Secrets (Crooked Lane Books)
Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club (Pegasus Crime)
Rob Osler, Devil’s Chew Toy (Crooked Lane Books)
Jane Pek, The Verifiers (Vintage Books)
Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
Kellye Garrett, Like a Sister (Mulholland Books)
Laurie R. King, Back to the Garden (Bantam Books)
James L’Etoile, Dead Drop (Level Best Books)
Gigi Pandian, Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Minotaur Books)
Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Minotaur Books)
Alex Segura, Secret Identity (Flatiron Books)
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2022
Mystery/Thriller
*The Turnout: A Novel by Megan Abbott
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Razorblade Tears: A Novel by S.A. Cosby
The Collective: A Novel by Alison Gaylin
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
MACAVITY AWARDS 2021
Best Mystery Novel
Before She Was Helen, by Caroline B. Cooney (Ecco Press)
*Blacktop Wasteland, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Blind Vigil, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview Publishing)
All the Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
These Women, by Ivy Pochoda (Poisoned Pen Press)
When She Was Good, by Michael Robotham (Scribner)
Best First Mystery Novel
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, by Deepa Anappara (Random House)
Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March (Minotaur)
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)
*Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weider (Ecco Press)
Darling Rose Gold, by Stephanie Wrobel (Berkley)
Best Critical-Biographical
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy, by Leslie Brody (Seal Press)
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club, edited by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)
Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Erin E. MacDonald (McFarland)
*H R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime, by Sheila Mitchell (Level Best Books)
Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand by Craig Sisterson (Oldcastle Books)
Best Mystery Short Story
“Dear Emily Etiquette" by Barb Goffman (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2020)
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ‘74” by Art Taylor (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020)
*"Elysian Fields" by Gabriel Valjan (California Schemin’: The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Art Taylor; Wildside Press)
“Dog Eat Dog” by Elaine Viets (The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter; Untreed Reads Publishing)
“The Twenty-Five Year Engagement,” by James W. Ziskin (In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King; Pegasus Crime)
Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery
The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen (Berkeley)
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart (Minotaur)
The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson (Quercus)
Mortal Music by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
The Mimosa Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (Constable)
*Turn to Stone by James Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
MAINE LITERARY AWARDS Finalists 2022
Crime Fiction
Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn
Jule Selbo, 10 Days: A Dee Rommel Mystery
Caitlin Wahrer, The Damage
NED KELLY AWARDS (Australia) 2021
Best Crime Fiction
*Consolation (Garry Disher, Text)
Gathering Dark (Candice Fox, Penguin)
A Testament of Character (Sulari Gentill, Pantera)
The Survivors (Jane Harper, Pan)
The Good Turn (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins)
Tell Me Lies (J P Pomare, Hachette)
When She Was Good (Michael Robotham, Hachette)
White Throat (Sarah Thornton, Text)
Best Debut Crime Fiction
The Good Mother (Rae Cairns, Bandrui Publishing)
*The Second Son (Lorraine Peck, Text)
The Bluffs (Kyle Perry, PRH)
The Night Whistler (Greg Woodlands, Text)
Best True Crime
The Husband Poisoner (Tanya Bretherton, Hachette)
*Stalking Claremont: Inside the hunt for a serial killer (Bret Christian, HarperCollins)
Public Enemies (Mark Dapin, A&U)
Hazelwood (Tom Doig, Viking)
Witness (Louise Milligan, Hachette)
Best International Crime Fiction
The Guest List (Lucy Foley, HarperCollins)
The Secrets of Strangers (Charity Norman, A&U)
Take Me Apart (Sara Sligar, Text)
*We Begin at the End (Chris Whittaker, A&U)
Broken (Don Winslow, HarperCollins)
NERO WOLF AWARDS 2020
The Nero for Best Mystery
*Stephen Spotswood for Fortune Favors the Dead (Doubleday)
Black Orchid Novella Award
*Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson for "The Man Who Went Down Under."
"Bad Apples" by Kathleen Marple Kalb (writing as Nikki Knight)
"The Inside Shake" by Jason Koontz
"House of Tigers" by William Burton McCormick
"The Mystery of the Missing Woman" by Regina M. Sestak
"Lovely As" by Jacqueline Vick
NGAIO MARSH AWARD 2021
Best Novel
he Stone Wētā (Olivia Cade, Paper Road Press)
The Girl in the Mirror (Rose Carlyle, A&U)
The Snow Thief (C J Carver, Right Nuisance)
Shakti (Rajorshi Chakraborti, Penguin)
Dance Prone (David Coventry, VUP)
The Murder Club (Nikki Crutchley, Oak House Press)
* Sprigs (Brannavan Gnanalingam, Lawrence and Gibson)
Caught Between (Jeannie McLean)
The Tally Stick (Carl Nixon, RHNZ Vintage)
The Secrets of Strangers (Charity Norman, A&U)
Tell Me Lies (J P Pomare, Hachette)
Soldiers (Tom Remiger, Text)
Best First Novel
Bush Sick Land (Julian Barrett)
The Girl in the Mirror (Rose Carlyle, A&U)
Puzzle Me Dead (Kathy Childs, Jamuna Press)
A Kind of Catharsis (Ann Chapman, Gallica Print)
Dark Empire (John Horrocks, Steele Roberts Aotearoa)
The Beautiful Dead (Kim Hunt)
Where the Truth Lies (Karina Kilmore, S&S)
The Hunted (Jo McCready)
Bull by the Horns (Bruce Miller)
Toto Among the Murderers (Sally J Morgan, Hachette)
Soldiers (Tom Remiger, Text)
Neands (Dan Salmon, OneTree House)
* For Reasons of Their Own (Chris Stuart, Original Sin)
While the Fantail Lives (Alan Titchall, Devon Media)
Best Nonfiction
Ripiro Beach: A Memoir of Life after Near Death (Caroline Barron, Bateman Books)
Weed: A New Zealand story (James Borrowdale, Penguin)
Rock College: An unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison (Mark Derby, Massey University Press)
Ngaio Marsh: A companion to the mystery fiction (Bruce Harding, McFarland and Co Inc)
From Dog Collar to Dog Collar (Bruce Howat)
Memories of a Community Cop (Caroline Lawson, Worldly Press)
Gangland (Jared Savage, HarperCollins NZ)
The Quick and the Dead (Cynric Temple-Camp, HarperCollins NZ)
White Moko: Stories from my life (Tim Tipene, One Tree House)
* Black Hands: Inside the Bain family murders (Martin Van Beynen, PRHNZ)
Best Kids/YA
* Katipo Joe (Brian Falkner, Scholastic NZ)
Red Edge (Des Hunt, Scholastic NZ)
A Trio of Sophies (Eileen Merriman, Penguin)
Deadhead (Glenn Wood, OneTree House)
PETRONA AWARD FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION 2021
A Necessary Death by Anne Holt, tr. Anne Bruce (Corvus; Norway)
Death Deserved by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, tr. Anne Bruce (Orenda Books; Norway)
The Secret Life of Mr. Roos by Håkan Nesser, tr. Sarah Death (Mantle; Sweden)
*To Cook A Bear by Mikael Niemi, tr. Deborah Bragan-Turner (MacLehose Press; Sweden)
The Seven Doors by Agnes Ravatn, tr. Rosie Hedger (Orenda Books; Norway)
Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, tr. Victoria Cribb (Hodder & Stoughton; Iceland)
PINCKLEY PRIZES FOR CRIME FICTION 2021
*Lifetime Achievement: C.S. Harris
*Debut Novel: Angie Kim
* Nonfiction: Emma Copley Eisenberg
SARA PARETSKY AWARD (Best Midwest Crime Writer) 2020
*Scott Turow
SHAMUS AWARDS 2021
Best PI Hardcover
What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark / Kensington
Do No Harm by Max Allan Collins / Tor Forge
*Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle / Oceanview
House on Fire by Joseph Finder / Dutton
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall / Tor Forge
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
Farewell Las Vegas by Grant Bywaters / Wild Rose Press
All Kinds of Ugly by Ralph Dennis / Brash Books
*Brittle Karma by Richard Helms / Black Arch Books
Remember My Face by John Lantigua / Arte Publico
Damaged Goods by Debbi Mack / Renegade Press
Best Private Eye Short Story
“A Dreamboat Gambol” by O’Neil De Noux in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
*“Mustang Sally” by John M. Floyd in Black Cat Mystery Magazine
“Setting the Pick” by April Kelly in Mystery Weekly Magazine
“Show and Zeller” by Gordon Linzer in Black Cat Mystery Magazine
“Nashua River Floater” by Tom MacDonald in Coast to Coast Noir
Best First Private Eye Novel
Squatter’s Rights by Kevin R. Doyle / Camel Press
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa / Epicenter Press
I Know Where You Sleep by Alan Orloff / Down & Out Books
*The Missing American by Kwei Quartey / Soho
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden / Ecco
SPOTTED OWL AWARD (Best Pacific NW Crime Novel) 2022
(1) Warren Easley for No Witness
(2) Robert Dugoni for In Her Tracks
(3) Martin Limon for War Women
(4) Dana Haynes for Sirocco
(5) John Straley for So Far and Good
(6) (tie) Valerie Geary for The Ophelia Killer
Michael Niemann for The Last Straw
(7)Marc Cameron for Bone Rattle
(8) (tie) Dana Stabenow for Spoils of the Dead
Amy Stewart for Miss Kopp Investigates
Best Novel
*Snow by John Banville (Hanover Square Press)
You Again by Debra Jo Immergut (Ecco)
Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley (Mulholland Books)
The Missing American by Kwei Quartey (Soho Crime)
A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown and Company)
Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (William Morrow)
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger (Park Row)
Best First Novel
Amnesty by Aravind Adiga (Scribner)
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Ecco)
*When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole (William Morrow)
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline (William Morrow)
A Burning by Megha Majumdar (Knopf)
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers (The Unnamed Press)
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas (Custom House)
*Lifetime Achievement Awards: Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, and Alexander McCall Smith
*Publisher of the Year Award: Josh Stanton of Blackstone Publishing
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 2021
The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths (Quercus, Quercus Fiction)
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton (Penguin Random House UK, Viking)
The Last Crossing by Brian McGilloway (Little, Brown Book Group, Constable)
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee (VINTAGE, Harvill Secker)
*We Begin At The End by Chris Whitaker (Bonnier Books UK, Zaffre)
The Man on the Street by Trevor Wood (Quercus, Quercus Fiction)
