*Denotes winner
AGATHA AWARDS 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 Nominations 2020
Best Novel
Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha (Ecco)
They All Fall Down, by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge)
Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
The Murder List, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
Miami Midnight, by Alex Segura (Polis Books)
Best First Novel
The Ninja Daughter, by Tori Eldridge (Agora Books)
Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books)
One Night Gone, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
Three-Fifths, by John Vercher (Agora Books)
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
Best Paperback Original
The Unrepentant, by E.A. Aymar (Down & Out Books)
Murder Knocks Twice, by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur)
The Pearl Dagger, by L.A. Chandlar (Kensington)
Scot & Soda, by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)
The Alchemist’s Illusion, by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Drowned Under, by Wendall Thomas (Poisoned Pen Press)
The Naming Game, by Gabriel Valjan (Winter Goose Press)
Best Short Story
“Turistas,” by Hector Acosta (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)
“Unforgiven,” by Hilary Davidson (appearing in Murder a-Go-Gos: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Gos)
“The Red Zone,” by Alex Segura (appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)
“Better Days,” by Art Taylor (appearing in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019)
“Hard Return,” by Art Taylor (appearing in Crime Travel)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book
Hitchcock and the Censors, by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of the Collins Crime Club, by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story, by Cara Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
The Five: The Untold Stories of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Best Anthology or Collection
The Eyes of Texas: Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books)
¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico, edited by Angel Luis Colón (Down & Out Books)
Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman (Wildside Press)
Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (Wildside Press)
Murder A-Go-Go’s: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Gos, edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books)
Best Young Adult
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry, by Jen Conley (Down & Out Books)
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
Killing November, by Adriana Mather (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay (Kokila)
The Deceivers, by Kristen Simmons (Tor Teen)
Wild and Crooked, by Leah Thomas (Bloomsbury YA)
ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS (Canada) Finalists 2020
Grand Master Award
*Peter Robinson
Best Crime Novel
Michael Christie, Greenwood, MacClelland & Stewart
Ian Hamilton, Fate, House of Anansi Press
Nicole Lundrigan, Hideaway, Penguin Random House Canada
Marissa Stapley, The Last Resort, Simon & Schuster Canada
Loreth Anne White, In the Dark, Montlake Romance
Best First Crime Novel
Philip Elliott, Nobody Move, Into the Void Press
Denis Coupal, Blindshot, Linda Leith Publishing
Nicole Bross, Past Presence, Literary Wanderlust
Best Crime Novella
The Red Chesterfield, Wayne Arthurson (University of Calgary Press)
Blood Ties, Barbara Fradkin (Orca Book Publishers)
Too Close to Home, Brenda Chapman (Grass Roots Press)
The Goddaughter Does Vegas, Melodie Campbell (Orca Book Publishers)
The Woman in Apartment 615, Devon Shepherd (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine)
Best Crime Short Story
Y.S. Lee, In Plain Sight, Life is Short and Then You Die, Macmillan Publishers
Peter Sellers, Closing Doors, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Zandra Renwick, The Dead Man's Dog, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Best Book in French
Louis Carmain, Les offrandes, VLB Éditeur
Andrée Michaud, Tempêtes, Éditions Québec Amériques
Martin Michaud, Ghetto X, Libre Expression
Guillaume Morrissette, Le tribunal de la rue Quirion, Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur
Félix Ravenelle-Arcouette, Le cercle de cendres, Héliotrope
Best Juvenile/YA Book
Liam O'Donnell & Mike Dean, Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Tentacle Terror, Orca Book Publishers
Jo Treggiari, The Grey Sisters, Penguin Teen
Tom Ryan, Keep This to Yourself, Albert Whitman & Company
David A. Robertson, Ghosts, HighWater Press
Katie Daubs, The Missing Millionaire: The True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed with Finding Him, MacClelland & Stewart
Kevin Donovan, The Billionaire Murders, Penguin Random House
Debra Komar, The Court of Better Fiction, Dundurn Press
Vanessa Brown, The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice, ECW Press
Charlotte Gray, Murdered Midas: A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
The Dundurn Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
B.L. Smith, Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
K.P. Bartlett, Henry's Bomb
Max Folsom, One Bad Day After Another
Liz Rachel Walker, The Dieppe Letters
Pam Barnsley, The River Cage
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/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 Longlist 2020
Lin Anderson, Time for the Dead (Macmillan)
Lisa Gray, Bad Memory (Thomas & Mercer)
Andrew James Greig, Whirligig (Fledgling)
Doug Johnstone, A Dark Matter (Orenda)
Val McDermid, How the Dead Speak (Little, Brown)
Ben McPherson, The Island (HarperCollins)
James Oswald, Bury Them Deep (Headline)
Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Canongate) aka Chris Broomyre and Marisa Haetzman
Mary Paulson-Ellis, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing (Mantle)
Caro Ramsay, The Red, Red Snow (Severn House)
Craig Robertson, Watch Him Die (Simon & Schuster)
Francine Toon, Pine (Doubleday)
BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR Finalists 2020
Deborah Masson, Hold Your Tongue (Transworld)
Stephen O’Rourke, The Crown Agent (Sandstone)
Marion Todd, See Them Run (Canelo)
Francine Toon, Pine (Doubleday)
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 2020 Finalists
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Atlantic Books)
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins)
How The Dead Speaks by Val McDermid (Little Brown)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Orion)
The Imposter by L J Ross (Dark Skies Publishing)
Blue Moon by Lee Child (Bantam Press)
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS 2019
Best Mystery
*Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Lost Lake by Emily Littlejohn (Minotaur Books)
Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books)
Best Thriller
Black Pearl, A Cold Case Suspense by Donnell Ann Bell (Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books)
The Extinction Agenda by Michael Laurence (St. Martin’s Press)
*The Dead Girl in 2A by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2020
Specsavers Crime Debut Award
The Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine (Point Blank)
Evil Things by Katja Ivar (Bitter Lemon Press)
The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby (No Exit Press)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Orion Fiction)
*Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
To The Lions by Holly Watt (Raven Books)
Last Laugh Award
A Friend is a Gift you Give Yourself by William Boyle (No Exit Press)
Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison (Constable)
Worst Case Scenario by Helen FitzGerald (Orenda Books)
Bryant & May - The Lonely Hour by Christopher Fowler (Transworld)
Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen (Orenda Books)
The Maltese Herring by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)
Audible Sounds of Crime Best Crime Audiobook
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson narrated by Jason Isaacs (Penguin Random House Audio)
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite narrated by Weruche Opia (W F Howes)
Winter Dark by Alex Callister narrated by Ell Potter (Audible Studios)
*Blue Moon by Lee Child narrated by Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell narrated by Tamaryn Payne, Bea Holland, Dominic Thorburn (Penguin Random House Audio)
The Holiday by T.M. Logan narrated by Laura Kirman (Zaffre)
The Man with No Face by Peter May narrated by Peter Forbes (Quercus, Fiction)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides narrated by Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins (Orion)
The eDunnit Award (Best crime-fiction e-book)
Worst Case Scenario by Helen FitzGerald (Orenda Books)
Never Be Broken by Sarah Hilary (Headline)
The King's Evil by Andrew Taylor (HarperFiction)
The Maltese Herring by L.C. Tyler (Allison & Busby)
*To The Lions by Holly Watt (Raven Books)
The Border by Don Winslow (HarperFiction)
H.R.F. Keating Award
Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury Publishing)
*The Hooded Gunman by John Curran (HarperCollins Crime Club)
Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide by Barry Forshaw (No Exit Press)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel (Ages 12-16)
*Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans (Usborne Publishing)
Theodore Boone: The Accomplice by John Grisham (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods by Samuel J. Halpin (Usborne Publishing)
Hey Sherlock! By Simon Mason (David Fickling Books)
Heartstream by Tom Pollock (Walker Books)
The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla (Hodder Children's Books)
Best Children's Crime Novel (Ages 8-12)
The Great Brain Robbery by P.G. Bell (Usborne Publishing)
The Steam Whistle Theatre Company by Vivian French (Walker Books)
Potkin and Stubbs by Sophie Green (Bonnier Books)
The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell (Usborne Publishing)
The Haven by Simon Lelic (Hodder Children's Books)
*Malamander by Thomas Taylor (Walker Books)
CWA DAGGER AWARDS Shortlists 2020
Diamond Dagger
*Martin Edwards (2020)
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (for the best crime novel of the year):
Claire Askew: What You Pay For (Hodder & Stoughton)
Lou Berney: November Road (Harper Fiction)
John Fairfax: Forced Confessions (Little, Brown)
Mick Herron: Joe Country (John Murray)
Abir Mukherjee: Death in the East (Harvill Secker)
Michael Robotham: Good Girl, Bad Girl (Sphere)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best crime thriller of the year):
Lou Berney: November Road (Harper Fiction)
Tom Chatfield: This is Gomorrah (Hodder & Stoughton)
AA Dhand: One Way Out (Bantam Press)
Eva Dolan: Between Two Evils (Raven Books)
David Koepp: Cold Storage (HQ)
Alex North: The Whisper Man (Michael Joseph)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (for the best debut crime novel):
Steph Cha: Your House Will Pay (Faber & Faber)
Samantha Downing: My Lovely Wife (Michael Joseph)
Philippa East: Little White Lies (HQ)
Robin Morgan-Bentley: The Wreckage (Trapeze)
Trevor Wood: The Man on the Street (Quercus Fiction)
CWA SAPERE BOOKS Historical Dagger (for the best historical crime novel):
Alis Hawkins: In Two Minds (The Dome Press)
Philip Kerr: Metropolis (Quercus Fiction)
SG MacLean: The Bear Pit (Quercus Fiction)
Abir Mukherjee: Death in the East (Harvill Secker)
Alex Reeve: The Anarchists’ Club (Raven Books)
Ovidia Yu: The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Constable)
CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
Peter Everett: Corrupt Bodies (Icon Books)
Caroline Goode: Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod (Oneworld Publications)
Sean O’Connor: The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury (Simon & Schuster)
Adam Sisman: The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking (Profile Books)
Susannah Stapleton: The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective (Picador)
CWA Short Story Dagger (for a short crime story published in the UK):
Jeffery Deaver: The Bully in Exit Wounds, edited by Paul B Kane and Marie O’Regan (Titan Books)
Paul Finch: The New Lad in Exit Wounds, edited by Paul B Kane and Marie O’Regan (Titan Books)
Christopher Fowler: The Washing in Invisible Blood, edited by Maxim Jakubowski (Titan Books)
Lauren Henderson: #Me Too in Invisible Blood, edited by Maxim Jakubowski (Titan Books)
Louise Jensen: The Recipe in Exit Wounds, edited by Paul B Kane and Marie O’Regan (Titan Books)
Syd Moore: Easily Made in 12 Strange Days of Christmas (Point Blank Press)
CWA International Dagger (for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK):
Marion Brunet: Summer of Reckoning, translated by Katherine Gregor (Bitter Lemon Press)
Hannelore Cayre: The Godmother, translated by Stephanie Smee (Old Street Publishing)
K Ferrari: Like Flies from Afar, translated by Adrian Nathan West (Canongate Books)
Jorge Galán: November, translated by Jason Wilson (Constable)
Sergio Olguin: The Fragility of Bodies, translated by Miranda France (Bitter Lemon Press)
Antti Tuomainen: Little Siberia, translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books)
CWA Dagger in the Library (for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries):
Christopher Brookmyre
Jane Casey
Alex Gray
Quintin Jardine
Debut Dagger (for the opening of a crime novel by an author with no publishing contract):
Anna Caig: The Spae-Wife
Leanne Fry: Whipstick
Kim Hays: Pesticide
Nicholas Morrish: Emergency Drill
Josephine Moulds: Revolution Never Lies
Michael Munro: Bitter Lake
Publisher of the Year
Bitter Lemon Press
Harvill Secker
Head of Zeus
HQ
Michael Joseph
Orenda Books
Raven Books
Severn House
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 (Cancelled for 2020)
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) Finalists 2020
Adult Crime Novels
Bruny, Heather Rose (Allen & Unwin)
Eight Lives, Susan Hurley (Affirm Press) Debut
Life Before, Carmel Reilly (Allen & Unwin) Debut
Present Tense, Natalie Conyer (Clan Destine Press) Debut
The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Australia)
Six Minutes, Petronella McGovern (Allen & Unwin) Debut
The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press) Debut
Young Adult Crime Novels
All That Impossible Space, Anna Morgan (Lothian Children’s Books, a Hachette Australia imprint) Debut
Four Dead Queens, Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin) Debut
When the Ground is Hard, Malla Nunn (Allen & Unwin)
Children’s Crime Novels
The Girl in the Mirror, Jenny Blackford (Eagle Books, an imprint of Christmas Press) Debut
The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Lucerne, Katrina Nannestad (The Girl, the Dog and the Writer #3, ABC Books, a HarperCollins Australia imprint)
Jinxed!: The curious curse of Cora Bell, Rebecca McRitchie (Jinxed #1, HarperCollins Australia)
Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery, Renée Treml (Allen & Unwin) Debut
Non-fiction Crime Books
Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist’s fight for the truth, Adele Ferguson
(ABC Books, ABC Books, a HarperCollins Australia imprint) Debut
Fallen: The inside story of the secret trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell, Lucie Morris-Marr (Allen & Unwin) Debut
Fixed It: Violence and the representation of women in the media, Jane Gilmore (Viking, an imprint
of Penguin Random House Australia)
See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse, Jess Hill (Black Inc.) Debut
Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online hate and its human fallout, Ginger Gorman (Hardie Grant
Books)
Debut crime books
Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist’s fight for the truth, Adele Ferguson (ABC Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Australia)
Bee and the Orange Tree, The, Melissa Ashley (Affirm Press)
Drover’s Wife, The, Leah Purcell (Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia)
Eight Lives, Susan Hurley (Affirm Press)
Four Dead Queens, Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin)
Life Before, Carmel Reilly (Allen & Unwin)
Present Tense, Natalie Conyer (Clan Destine Press)
Six Minutes, Petronella McGovern (Allen & Unwin)
Troll Hunting: Inside the world of online hate and its human fallout, Ginger Gorman (Hardie Grant Books)
DERRINGER AWARDS 2020
Best Flash Story (up to 1,000 words)
“Lucky,” by Trey Dowell
*“The Two-Body Problem,” by Josh Pachter
“2 Percent,” by Lissa Marie Redmond
“Birdbrain,” by C.J. Verburg
“The Six-Year-Old Serial Killer,” by Chris Chan
Best Short Story (1,001 to 4,000 words)
“The Kindly Dark,” by J.B. Toner
“Love, or Something Like It,” by Michael Bracken
“A Sure Thing,” by C.C. Guthrie
*“On the Road with Mary Jo,” by John Floyd
“Pig Lickin’ Good,” by Debra H. Goldstein
Best Long Story (4,001 to 8,000 words)
“Miss Starr’s Good-bye,” by Leslie Budewitz
“None Shall Sleep,” by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
“Pretty Dreams,” by Peter W.J. Hayes
“See Humble and Die,” by Rick Helms
*“Lucy’s Tree,” by Sandra Murphy
Best Novelette (8,001 to 20,000 words)
*“Her Sister’s Secrets,” by Brendan DuBois
“The Cripplegate Apprehension,” by Rick Helms
“The Concrete Smile,” by Frank Zafiro
“The Dutchy,” by Doug Allyn
“I Called to Say You’re Dead,” by Stephen Greco
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 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) 2020
*Walter Mosley's Down the River Unto the Sea
FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
Mystery
Gumshoe Rock by Rob Leininger (Oceanview Publishing)
Moonscape by Julie Weston (Five Star)
The Suicide Sonata by BV Lawson (Crimetime Press)
A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert (Persevero Press)
*Below the Fold by R.G. Belsky (Oceanview)
Boxing the Octopus by Tim Maleeny (Poisoned Pen Press)
In the Clutches of the Wicked by David Carlson (Coffeetown Press)
Survival Can Be Deadly by Charlotte Stuart (Amphorae Publishing Group)
This Will Destroy You by Pedram Navab (Spuyten Duyvil Publishing)
Treacherous Strand by Andrea Carter (Oceanview)
Thriller & Suspense
Green Valley by Louis Greenberg (Titan Books)
Looking for Garbo by Jon James Miller (Blank Slate Press)
A Cross to Kill by Andrew Huff (Kregel Publications)
Angel in the Fog by TJ Turner (Oceanview)
High Stakes by John F Dobbyn (Oceanview)
Passport to Death by Yigal Zur (Oceanview)
Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford (Oceanview)
The Guilt We Carry by Samuel W. Gailey (Oceanview)
*The Nine by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg (She Writes Press)
The Unrepentant by E.A. Aymar (Down & Out Books)
GERMAN MYSTERY PRIZE (Deutscher Krimi Preis) 2019
German-language winner: Mexikoring, by Simone Buchholz
International category winner: Six Four by Yokoyama Hideo
GLASS KEY AWARD Finalists 2020
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, MYSTERY & THRILLER 2018
*Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
HAMMETT PRIZE 2020
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer, St. Martin’s Press
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore, Mariner Books
*Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Poisoned Pen Press
The Murals by William Bayer, Severn House
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan, Counterpoint Press
HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION Finalists 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 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 2020
Best Hardcover Novel
David Baldacci — ONE GOOD DEED (Grand Central Publishing)
Joe Clifford — RAG AND BONE (Oceanview Publishing)
Blake Crouch — RECURSION (Crown)
Rachel Howzell Hall — THEY ALL FALL DOWN (Forge Books)
*Adrian McKinty — THE CHAIN (Mulholland Books)
Denise Mina — CONVICTION (Mulholland Books)
Best First Novel
Samantha Downing — MY LOVELY WIFE (Berkley)
*Angie Kim — MIRACLE CREEK (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
John McMahon — THE GOOD DETECTIVE (G.P. Putnam’s Son)
Alex Michaelides — THE SILENT PATIENT (Celadon Books)
Lauren Wilkinson — AMERICAN SPY (Random House)
Best Paperback Original Novel
Max Allan Collins — GIRL MOST LIKELY (Thomas & Mercer)
Alison Gaylin — NEVER LOOK BACK (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Alastair Luft — JIHADI BRIDE (Black Rose Writing)
*Dervla McTiernan — THE SCHOLAR (Penguin Books)
Lisa Sandlin — THE BIRD BOYS (Cinco Puntos Press)
Kate White — SUCH A PERFECT WIFE (Harper Paperbacks)
Best Short Story
Hector Acosta — “Turistas” (Down & Out Books)
Michael Cowgill — “Call Me Chuckles” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
*Tara Laskowski — “The Long-Term Tenant” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Lia Matera — “Snow Job” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Twist Phelan — “Fathers-in-Law” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Best Young Adult Novel
Jen Conley — SEVEN WAYS TO GET RID OF HARRY (Down & Out Books)
Naomi Kritzer — CATFISHING ON CATNET (Tor Teen)
Natalie Lund — WE SPEAK IN STORMS (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers)
Randy Ribay — PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING (Kokila/Penguin Young Readers))
*Tom Ryan — KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF (Albert Whitman & Company)
Best E-Book Original Novel
Brett Battles — NIGHT MAN (Brett Battles)
Sean Black — THE DEEP ABIDING (Sean Black)
Brian Shea — MURDER BOARD (Severn River Publishing)
LynDee Walker — LEAVE NO STONE (Severn River Publishing)
*Kerry Wilkinson — CLOSE TO YOU (Bookouture)
ThrillerMaster Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Diana Gabaldon
2020 Silver Bullet Award recipient: Michael Connelly
2020 Thriller Legend Award recipient: Writers House (a literary agency)
KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARDS 2020
BEST MYSTERY NOVEL
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry
The White Heron by Carl and Jane Bock
The Mammoth Murders by Iris Chacon
Blood Moon Rising by Richard Conrath
Fake by John DeDakis
*Lovely Digits by Jeanine Englert
The Marsh Mallows by Henry Hack
Murder at the Candlelight Vigil by Karen McCarthy
Murder Creek by Jane Suen
The Deadliest Thief by June Trop
BEST THRILLER
Red Specter by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson
All Hollow by Simeon Courtie
Deadly Obsession by Shirley B. Garrett
The Gryphon Heist by James R. Hannibal
Low Country Blood by Sue Hinkin
*Hyperion's Fracture by Thomas Kelso
Rise by Leslie McCauley
The Secret Child by Caroline Mitchell
The Silent Victim by Dana Perry
Downhill Fast by Dana J. Summers
BEST SUSPENSE
Fade to the Edge by Kathryn J. Bain
Below the Fold by R.G. Belsky
Murder on the Third Try by K.P. Gresham
*Queen’s Gambit by Bradley Harper
The Strange Disappearance of Rose Stone by J.E. Irvin
Revenge in Barcelona by Kathryn Lane
The Daughter of Death by Dianne McCartney
VIPER, A Jessica James Mystery by Kelly Oliver
Downhill Fast by Dana J. Summers
The Scions of Atlantis by Claudia Turner
BEST ACTION OR ADVENTURE
Westfarrow Island by Paul A. Barra
The Measure of Ella by Toni Bird Jones
Dangerous Conditions by Jenna Kerna
*The Best Lousy Choice by Jim Nesbitt
Angel in the Fog by Tj Turner
BEST COZY
Two Bites Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein
*A Sip Before Dying by Gemma Halliday
Bad Pick by Linda Lovely
The Fog Ladies by Susan McCormick
Twisted Plots by Bonita McCoy
BEST PROCEDURAL OR PI
Russian Mojito by Carmen Amato
Apprehension by Mark Bergin
The Things That Are Different by Peter W.J. Hayes
*Paid in Spades by Richard Helms
The Dead of Summer by Jean Rabe
BEST JUVENILE OR YA
Daughter Undisclosed by Susan K. Flach
Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner
*The Clockwork Dragon by James R. Hannibal
Kassy O'Roarke, Cub Reporter by Kelly Oliver
This Dark and Bloody Ground by Lori Roberts
BEST SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
Couch Detective by James Glass
Words on Water by Harpeth River Writers
A Midnight Clear by Lindy Ryan
Last Call by Manning Wolf & Laura Oles
*The Muse of Wallace Rose by Bill Woods
BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY OR HORROR
*The Line Between by Tosca Lee
A Single Light by Tosca Lee
To the Bones by Valerie Nieman
Moon Deeds by Palmer Pickering
Dreamed It by Maggie Toussaint
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD LGBT Authors/Themes 2020
Lesbian Mystery
The Blood Runs Cold, Catherine Maiorisi, Bella Books
*Galileo, Ann McMan, Bywater Books
The Hound of Justice, Claire O’Dell, Harper Voyager
The Mirror of Muraro, Amelia Ellis, Newton Pryce Ingram
Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery, Ellen Hart, Minotaur Books
*Carved in Bone: A Henry Rios Novel, Michael Nava, Persigo Press
ChoirMaster: A Mister Puss Mystery, Michael Craft, Questover Press
Death Takes a Bow, David S. Pederson, Bold Strokes Books
The Fourth Courier, Timothy Jay Smith, Arcade Publishing
The Nowhere, Chris Gill, PRNTD Publishing
The Quaker, Liam McIlvanney, Europa Editions/World Noir
Rewind, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Royal Street Reveillon, Greg Herren, Bold Strokes 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
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 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 Finalists 2020
Best Mystery Novel
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Ecco)
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman (Wm. Morrow)
The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland)
The Murder List by Hank Philippi Ryan (Forge)
Sarah Jane by James Sallis (Soho Crime)
Best First Mystery Novel
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge (Agora Books)
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Penguin)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books)
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury)
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan (Counterpoint)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin (Counterpoint Press)
Best Mystery Short Story
“West Texas Barbecue” by Michael Chandos (The Eyes of Texas, edited by Michael Bracken—Down & Out Books)
“Alex's Choice” by Barb Goffman (Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman—Wildside Press)
“The Cardboard Box” by Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019)
"Whiteout” by G.M. Malliet (EQMM, Jan/Feb 2019)
“Brother’s Keeper” by Dave Zeltserman (EQMM, May/June 2019)
“Better Days,” by Art Taylor (EQMM, May/June 2019)
Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur)
The Pearl Dagger by L.A. Chandlar (Kensington)
A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink)
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (Vintage)
MAINE LITERARY AWARDS Finalists 2020
Crime Fiction:
*Gerry Boyle, Random Act
Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Wake
Joseph Souza, Pray for the Girl
NED KELLY AWARDS (Australia) Shortlists 2020
Best Crime Fiction:
Death of a Typographer (Nick Gadd, Australian Scholarly Publishing)
River of Salt (Dave Warner, Fremantle Press)
The Scholar (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins)
The Strangers We Know (Pip Drysdale, S&S)
True West (David Whish-Wilson, Fremantle Press)
The Wife and the Widow (Christian White, Affirm)
Best Debut Crime Fiction
Eight Lives (Susan Hurley, Affirm)
Lapse (Sarah Thornton, Text)
The Nancys (R W R McDonald, A&U)
Present Tense (Natalie Conyer, Clan Destine Press)
Six Minutes (Petronella McGovern, A&U)
Where the Truth Lies (Karina Kilmore, S&S)
Best True Crime
Bowraville (Dan Box, Viking)
Dead Man Walking: The murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich (Kate McClymont, Vintage)
Shark Arm (Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher, A&U)
Snakes and Ladders (Angela Williams, Affirm)
Best International Crime Fiction
Cruel Acts (Jane Casey, HarperCollins)
The Chain (Adrian McKinty, Hachette)
The Last Widow (Karin Slaughter, HarperCollins)
The Night Fire (Michael Connelly, A&U)
NERO WOLF AWARDS 2019
The Nero for Best Mystery
*Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
The Fallen Architect by Charles Belfoure
The Man Who Couldn't Miss by David Handler
Black Orchid Novella Award
*Ted Burge for his novella, The Red Taxi
NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2018
Mystery
*The Lord Chamberlain's Daughter, by Ron Fritsch (Asymmetric Worlds)
A Dream of Death, by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
Before Familiar Woods, by Ian Pisarcik (Crooked Lane Books)
Catch Me When I'm Falling, by Cheryl A Head (Bywater Books)
On A Quiet Street, A Dr. Pepper Hunt Mystery, by J. L. Doucette (She Writes Press)
The Seer Renee, by C.R. Daems (Talon Novels)
Suspense
*We All Will Be Received, by Leslie Vryenhoek (Breakwater Books Ltd)
A Dream to Die For, by Susan Z.Ritz (She Writes Press)
Ashes in a Coconut, by Bo Kearns (Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC)
Revenge in Barcelona, by Kathryn Lane (Tortuga Publishing, LLC)
Stay Mad, Sweetheart, by Heleen Kist (Red Dog Press)
The Enchantress of Atacama, by Richard Francaviglia, Illustrated by Sarah Gayle (cover art) (Dancing Moon Press)
Thriller
*Squared Away, by Alicia Dill (White Bird Publications)
A Simple Lie, by Mary Bush (Bloodhound Publishing)
Alone, Together, Nevermore, by Thomas Stacey (Outskirts Press)
Boomwild, by Kildare (Kildare Press)
The Bakken Blade, A Zeke Traynor Mystery, by Jeff Siebold (Siebold Group Consulting, LLC)
The Price of Safety, by Michael Bland (World Castle Publishing)
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 (Cancelled for 2020)
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 2020
Best PI Hardcover
The Tower of Songs by Casey Barrett (Kensington)
*Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
The Shallows by Matt Goldman (Forge)
Below the Line by Michael Gould (Dutton)
The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller (Minotaur)
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
The Skin Game by JD Allen (Midnight Ink)
*Behind the Wall of Sleep by James DF Hannah (author)
Paid in Spades by Richard Helms (Clay Stafford Books)
Ration of Lies by M. Ruth Myers (author)
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)
Best Private Eye Short Story
"The Smoking Bandit of Lakeside Terrace" by Chad Baker (May/June EQMM)
*"Sac-A-Lait Man" by O'Neil De Noux (Sept/Oct EQMM)
"The Dunes of Saulkrasti" by William Burton McCormick (Sept/Oct EQMM)
"The Fourteenth Floor" by Adam Meyer (Crime Travel)
"Weathering the Storm" by Michael Pool (The Eyes of Texas)
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)
THE STRAND CRITICS AWARD Finalists 2020
Best Novel
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown and Co.)
The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Flatiron Books)
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke (Mulholland Books)
The Border by Don Winslow (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
Scrublands by Chris Hammer (Atria Books)
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books, FSG)
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books)
Three-Fifths by John Vercher (Agora Books)
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 2020
My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Joe Country by Mick Herron
*The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Smoke And Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
*Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
