*Denotes winner
Best Contemporary Novel
*Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
Beyond the Truth by Bruce Robert Coffin (Witness Impulse)
Cry Wolf by Annette Dashofy (Henery Press)
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
Best Historical Novel
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
The Gold Pawn by LA Chandlar (Kensington)
*The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink)
Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson (Berkley)
Best First Novel
*(tie) A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
Little Comfort by Edwin Hill (Kensington)
What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell (Level Best Books)
*(tie) Curses Boiled Again by Shari Randall (St. Martin's)
Best Short Story
"All God's Sparrows" by Leslie Budewitz (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"A Postcard for the Dead" by Susanna Calkins in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
"Bug Appetit" by Barb Goffman (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
*"The Case of the Vanishing Professor" by Tara Laskowski (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"English 398: Fiction Workshop" by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Best Young Adult Mystery
*Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Henry Holt)
A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi (Carolrhoda Books)
Best Nonfiction
*Mastering Plot Twists by Jane Cleland (Writer's Digest Books)
Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J Cohen (Orange Grove Press)
Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox (Random House)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson (Pegasus Books)
Wicked Women of Ohio by Jane Ann Turzillo (History Press)
ANTHONY AWARDS Finalists 2019
*David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Lesa Holstine
Best Novel
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Blackout by Alex Segura (Polis Books)
Best First Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)
Best Paperback Original
Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks)
A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
Best Short Story
“The Grass Beneath My Feet” by S.A. Cosby, in Tough (blogazine, August 20, 2018)
“Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November/December 2018)
“Cold Beer No Flies” by Greg Herren, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July/August 2018)
“The Best Laid Plans” by Holly West, in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Mastering Plot Twists: How To Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure To Captivate Your Readers by Jane K. Cleland (Writer’s Digest Books)
Pulp According to David Goodis by Jay A. Gertzman (Down & Out Books)
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS (Canada) 2019
Derrick Murdoch Award
*Vicki Delaney
Best Crime Novel
Ron Corbett, Cape Diamond, ECW Press
*Anne Emery, Though the Heavens Fall, ECW Press
Lisa Gabriele, The Winters, Doubleday Canada
Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind, Minotaur Books
Loreth Anne White, The Girl in the Moss, Montlake Romance
Best First Crime Novel
*A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch, NeWest Press
Helen C. Escott, Operation Wormwood, Flanker Press
Beverley McLachlin, Full Disclosure, Simon & Schuster Canada
Bill Prentice, Why Was Rachel Murdered?, Echo Road
Nathan Ripley, Find You in the Dark, Simon & Schuster Canada
Best Crime Novella
Melodie Campbell, The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife, Orca Book Publishers
Vicki Delany, Blue Water Hues, Orca Book Publishers
*John Lawrence Reynolds, Murder Among the Pines, Orca Book Publishers
Best Crime Short Story
Melodie Campbell, A Ship Called Pandora, Mystery Weekly Magazine
Therese Greenwood, The Power Man, Baby It's Cold Outside, Coffin Hop Press
Twist Phelan, Game, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
*Linda L. Richards, Terminal City, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
Sam Wiebe, Wonderful Life, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
Best Book in French
*Hervé Gagnon, Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme, Libre Expression
André Jacques, Ces femmes aux yeux cernés, Éditions Druide
Guillaume Morissette, Deux coups de pied de trop, Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur
Johanne Seymour, Rinzen la beauté intérieure, Expression noir
Best Juvenile/YA Book
Michelle Barker, The House of One Thousand Eyes, Annick Press
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Ruinous Sweep, Candlewick Press
E.R. Yatscoff, The Rumrunner's Boy, TG & R Books
Best Nonfiction Book
Patrick Brode, Dying for a Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away With Murder, Biblioasis
Thomas Giacomaro and Natasha Stoynoff, The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale, BenBella Books, Inc
Nate Hendley, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto, Five Rivers Publishing
Eve Lazarus, Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer, Arsenal Pulp Press
*Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
The Dundurn Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
Jim Bottomley, Hypnotizing Lions
Don Macdonald, Omand’s Creek
*Liv McFarlane, The Scarlet Cross
Heather McLeod, One for the Raven Darrow Woods, The Book of Answers
AUDIE AWARDS (for Best Audio Books) 2019
Best Mystery
Lethal White, by Robert Galbraith, narrated by Robert Glenister
The Mystery of Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah, narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt
*The Punishment She Deserves, by Elizabeth George, narrated by Simon Vance
The Tuscan Child, by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey
Wild Fire, by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Kenny Blyth
Best Thriller/Suspense
*Crimson Lake, by Candice Fox, narrated by Euan Morton
The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware, narrated by Imogen Church
Macbeth, by Jo Nesbo, narrated by Euan Morton
The Outsider, by Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton
The Terminal List, by Jack Carr, narrated by Ray Porter
Their Lost Daughters, by Joy Ellis, narrated by Richard Armitage
BARRY AWARDS Finalists 2019
Best Novel
Lou Berney, November Road (Morrow)
Michael Connelly, Dark Sacred Night (Little, Brown)
Allen Eskens, The Shadow We Hide (Mulholland)
Craig Johnson, Depth Of Winter (Viking)
Mindy Mejia, Leave No Trace (Atria)
Abir Mukherjee, A Necessary Evil (Pegasus)
Best First Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, The Serial Killer (Doubleday)
Karen Cleveland, Need To Know (Ballantine)
John Copenhaver, Dodging And Burning (Pegasus)
Caz Frear, Sweet Little Lies (Harper)
James A. McLaughlin, Bearskin (Ecco)
C. J. Tudor, The Chalk Man (Crown)
Best Paperback Original
Christine Carbo, A Sharp Solitude (Atria)
David Mark, Dead Pretty (Blue Rider Press)
Dervla McTiernan, The Ruin (Penguin)
Sherry Thomas, The Hollow Of Fear (Berkley)
Emma Viskic, Resurrection Bay (Pushkin Vertigo)
Best Thriller
Jack Carr, The Terminal List (Atria)
Dan Fesperman, Safe Houses (Knopf)
Mick Herron, London Rules (Soho)
Anthony Horowitz, Forever And A Day (Harper)
Nick Petrie, Light It Up (Putnam)
James Swain, The King Tides (Thomas & Mercer)
BEN FRANKLIN AWARDS, MYSTERY/SUSPENSE 2019
GOLD: An Accidental Corpse by Helen A. Harrison
SILVER: Black Hearts White Minds: A Carl Gordon Legal Thriller by Mitch Margo
SILVER: Burning Ridge: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima
SILVER: Welcome to Sugarville: A Novel in Stories by J.J. Haas.
BLOODY SCOTLAND/MCILVANNEY CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018
Follow the Dead, by Lin Anderson (Macmillan)
Places in the Darkness, by Chris Brookmyre (Little, Brown)
Presumed Dead, by Mason Cross (Orion)
The Man Between, by Charles Cumming (HarperCollins)
The Loch of the Dead, by Oscar De Muriel (Michael Joseph)
Perfect Death, by Helen Fields (HarperCollins)
Now She’s Gone, by Alison James (Bookouture)
*The Quaker, by Liam McIlvanney (HarperCollins)
No Time to Cry, by James Oswald (Headline)
The Suffering of Strangers, by Caro Ramsay (Severn House)
The Hunter, by Andrew Reid (Headline)
The Photographer, by Craig Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
BONY BLITHE LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD 2019
Alan Bradley, The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
Vicki Delany, A Scandal in Scarlet
Elizabeth J. Duncan, The Marmalade Murders
*Mike Martin, Darkest Before the Dawn
Auralee Wallace, Haunted Hayride with Murder
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Best Crime and Thriller 2019
*Our House by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster)
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn (HarperFiction)
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (Pan Books)
Close to Home by Cara Hunter (Viking | Penguin Paperbacks)
Macbeth by Jo Nesbo (Hogarth)
In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion)
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS 2019
Best Mystery
Burning Ridge: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books)
*Death by G-String: A Coyote Canyon Ladies Ukulele Club Mystery by C. C. Harrison (Written Dreams Publishing)
Her Kind of Case: A Lee Isaacs, Esq., Novel by Jeanne Winer (Bancroft Press)
Best Thriller
Killing Godiva’s Horse: A Novel by J.M. Mitchell (Prairie Plum Press)
*Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks)
The Circumstantial Man by Gary Reilly (Running Meter Press)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS Finalists 2019
The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award
Simon Brett for A Deadly Habit (Crème de la Crime Severn House)
Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May Hall of Mirrors (Transworld)
Mario Giordano for Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord (John Murray)
Mick Herron for London Rules (John Murray)
Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ HarperCollins)
*Lynne Truss for A Shot in the Dark (Bloomsbury)
Antti Tuomainen for Palm Beach Finland (Orenda Books)
Olga Wojtas for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar (Contraband Saraband)
Sounds of Crime Best Crime Audiobook
Ben Aaronovitch for Lies Sleeping, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
Louise Candlish for Our House, read by Deni Francis & Paul Panting (Whole Story Audiobooks)
Bill Clinton & James Patterson for The President Is Missing, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò and Bill Clinton (Random House Audiobooks)
*Robert Galbraith for Lethal White, read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen for The Wife Between Us, read by Julia Whelan (Pan Macmillan Publishers)
Stephen King for The Outsider, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
Clare Mackintosh for Let Me Lie, read by Gemma Whelan & Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown Book Group)
Peter May for I’ll Keep You Safe, read by Anna Murray & Peter Forbes (riverrun)
Ian Rankin for In a House of Lies, read by James MacPherson (Orion Publishing Group)
Sarah Vaughan for Anatomy of a Scandal, read by Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane and Sarah Feathers (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)
The eDunnit Award (Best crime-fiction e-book)
Leye Adenle for When Trouble Sleeps (Cassava Republic Press)
Steve Cavanagh for Thirteen (Orion Fiction)
Martin Edwards for Gallows Court (Head of Zeus)
*Laura Lippman for Sunburn (Faber and Faber)
Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ HarperCollins)
Andrew Taylor for The Fire Court (HarperCollins)
H.R.F. Keating Award
Nils Clausson for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
Brian Cliff for Irish Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
Glen S. Close for Female Corpses in Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
Laura Joyce & Henry Sutton for Domestic Noir (Palgrave Macmillan)
Barry Forshaw for Historical Noir (No Exit Press)
Steven Powell for The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World (Bloomsbury)
*James Sallis for Difficult Lives Hitching Rides (No Exit Press)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel
David Almond for The Colour of the Sun (Hodder Children’s Books)
Mel Darbon for Rosie Loves Jack (Usborne Publishing)
Julia Gray for Little Liar (Andersen Press)
Tom Pollock for White Rabbit, Red Wolf (Walker Books)
*Nikesh Shukla for Run, Riot (Hodder Children’s Books)
Neal & Jarrod Shusterman for Dry (Walker Books)
Best Children's Crime Novel
P.G. Bell for The Train to Impossible Places (Usborne Publishing)
Fleur Hitchcock for Murder At Twilight (Nosy Crow)
S.A. Patrick for A Darkness of Dragons (Usborne Publishing)
Dave Shelton for The Book Case: An Emily Lime Mystery (David Fickling Books)
*Lauren St. John for Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Nicki Thornton for The Last Chance Hotel (Chicken House)
CWA DAGGER AWARDS Shortlists 2019
Diamond Dagger
*Robert Goddard (2019)
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (for the best crime novel of the year):
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Puppet Show by M W Craven (Constable)
What We Did by Christobel Kent (Sphere)
Unto Us a Son is Given by Donna Leon (William Heinemann)
American by Day by Derek B Miller (Doubleday)
A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood (Scribner)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best crime thriller of the year):
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Picador)
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman (Head of Zeus)
No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings (John Murray)
Lives Laid by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Crime)
To the Lions by Holly Watt (Bloomsbury)
Memo from Turner by Tim Willocks (Jonathan Cape)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (for the best debut crime novel):
All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl (Head Of Zeus)
Scrublands by Chris Hammer (Wildfire)
Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham (HQ)
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
Overkill by Vanda Symon (Orenda)
CWA SAPERE BOOKS Historical Dagger (for the best historical crime novel):
The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney (Harper Fiction)
Destroying Angel by S G MacLean (Quercus Fiction)
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve (Raven Books)
Tombland by C J Sansom (Mantle)
Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Mantle)
CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
All That Remains by Sue Black (Doubleday)
An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman (Canongate)
Murder by the Book by Claire Harman (Viking)
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Hutchinson)
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (Viking)
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold (Doubleday)
CWA Short Story Dagger (for a short crime story published in the UK):
Strangers in a Pub by Martin Edwards in ‘Ten Year Stretch’ edited by Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller (No Exit Press)
Death Becomes Her by Syd Moore in ‘The Strange Casebook’ by Syd Moore (Point Blank Books)
The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing by Danuta Reah* in ‘The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing and other Fantastic Female Fables’ (Fantastic Books)
I Detest Mozart by Teresa Solana in ‘The First Historic Serial Killers and Other Stories’ by Teresa Solana (Bitter Lemon Press)
Bag Man by Lavie Tidhar in ‘The Outcast Hours’ edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin (Solaris)
CWA International Dagger (for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK):
A Long Night in Paris by Dov Alfon tr Daniella Zamir (Maclehose Press)
Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard tr Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (World Noir)
The Cold Summer by Gianrico Carofiglio, tr Howard Curtis (Bitter Lemon Press)
Newcomer by Keigo Higashino, tr Giles Murray (Little, Brown)
The Root of Evil by Håkan Nesser, tr Sarah Death (Mantle)
The Forger by Cay Rademacher, tr Peter Millar (Arcadia Books)
CWA Dagger in the Library (for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries):
M C Beaton
Mark Billingham
John Connolly
Kate Ellis
C J Sansom
Cath Staincliffe
Debut Dagger (for the opening of a crime novel by an author with no publishing contract):
Wake by Shelley Burr
The Mourning Light by Jerry Crause
Hardways by Catherine Hendricks
The Firefly by David Smith
A Thin Sharp Blade by Fran Smith
DANISH CRIMINAL ACADEMY AWARDS 2019
Harald Mogensen Award for Best Crime Book: Solo by Jesper Stein
Debut Award: Kastanjemanden (The Chestnut Man) by Søren Sveistrup
Palle Rosenkrantz Award for Best Foreign Thriller: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
DAPHNE AWARDS 2019
Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Rancher's Covert Christmas by Beth Cornelison
Colton and the Single Mom by Jane Godman
Federal Agent Under Fire by Julie Anne Lindsey
Secret Past by Sharee Stover
*The Sheriff's Secret by Julie Anne Lindsey
Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Killer Debt: A Michael Stoddard American Revolution Mystery by Suzanne Adair
The Naturalist's Daughter by Tea Cooper
A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber
The Good, the Bad, and the Duke by Janna MacGregor
*The Duke Identity by Grace Callaway
Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Darkwater Secrets by Robin Caroll
Deadly Melody by Connie Mann
Cowboy Bodyguard by Dana Mentink
Fatal Recall by Carol J. Post
*Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason
Paranormal (Paranormal/Time Travel/Futuristic) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Hunt the Moon by Kari Cole
Web of Truth by Cecilia Dominic
Sinister Sanctuary: A Wicks Hollow Book by Colleen Gleason
Demons Will Be Demons by AE Jones
*Touch the Sky by Kari Cole
Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Too Far Gone by Allison Brennan
Do or Die Cowboy by June Faver
Perfect Mistake by Sophia Karlson
Threat of Danger by Dana Marton
Undone by JB Schroeder
*Silent Threat by Dana Marton
Mainstream Mystery/Suspense
Abandoned by Allison Brennan
All the Pretty Brides by Marian Lanouette
Formula of Deception by Carrie Stuart Parks
Pushback by John E. Stith
*For Sale by Killer by Catherine Bruns
The overall daphne winner for the 2018 published division
*Silent Threat by Dana Marton
DAVID AWARD (Deadly Ink Conference) 2018
The Case of the Absentee Father by E. J. Copperman/Jeff Cohen
The Black Kachina by Jack Getze
Blind to Sin by Dave White
*The Persian Always Meows Twice by Eileen Watkins
Unsub by Meg Gardiner
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) 2018
Adult Novel
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
The Hidden Hours by Sara Foster
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
*And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic
Young Adult Novel
No Limits by Ellie Marney
Jack of Spades by Sophie Masson
*Ballad for a Mad Girl by Vikki Wakefield
Children’s Novel
Vet Cadets: Welcome to Willowvale (Book 1) by Rebecca Johnson
Whimsy and Woe (Book 1) by Rebecca McRitchie
*The Turnkey by Allison Rushby
Squishy Taylor and the Silver Suitcase (Book 7) by Ailsa Wild
Non-fiction Book
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller by Carol Baxter
*Whiteley on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan
Debut
*The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
Whiteley on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich
The Girl from Keller’s Way by Megan Goldin
Vet Cadets: Welcome to Willowvale (Book 1) by Rebecca Johnson
The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Whimsy and Woe (Book 1) by Rebecca McRitchie
Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Half Wild by Pip Smith
Ballad for a Mad Girl by Vikki Wakefield
Readers' Choice
*Force of Nature by Jane Harper
DERRINGER AWARDS 2019
For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)
Listen Up Peter DiChellis
Don't Text and Drive Robert Petyo
*The Bicycle Thief James Blakey
A Misunderstanding Travis Richardson
Sonny the Wonder Beast Nick Kolakowski
For Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
The Crucial Game Janice Law
*Dying in Dokesville Alan Orloff
The Cabin in the Woods Sylvia Maultash Warsh
The Belle Hope Peter DiChellis
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder Josh Pachter
For Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words)
*With My Eyes Leslie Budewitz
The Case of the Missing Pot Roast Barb Goffman
Mercy Find Me Diana Deverell
The Vanishing Volume Janet Raye Stevens
Till Murder Do Us Part Barb Goffman
For Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words)
Three-Star Sushi Barry Lancet
*The Cambodian Curse Gigi Pandian
Oil Down Brian Silverman
The Adventure of the Manhunting Marshal Jim Doherty
I’ve Got To Get Me a Gun Vincent Zandri
For Best Flash (Up to 1,000 words)
"Cold Turkey" by Patricia Dusenbury, Flash Bang Mysteries ed. Brandon Bourg (Summer 2017)
"Happy Birthday" by Alan Orloff, Shotgun Honey ed. Jen Conley, Angel Luis Colón, and Nick Kolakowski (June 15, 2017)
"Final Testimony" by Travis Richardson, Flash Fiction Offensive ed, Hector Duarte Jr. and Rob Pierce (July 10, 2017)
"Fishing for an Alibi" by Earl Staggs, Flash Bang Mysteries ed. Brandon Bourg (Fall 2017)
"Flash Point" by Elizabeth Zelvin, A Twist of Noir ed. Christopher Grant (March 20, 2017)
For Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words)
"The Kids Keep Coming" by David H. Hendrickson, Fiction River: Tavern Tales ed. Kerrie L. Hughes, WMG Publishing Inc. (January 2017)
"The Cop Who Liked Gilbert and Sullivan" by Robert Lopresti, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #23, ed. Marvin Kaye, Wildside Press (October 2017)
"The New Score" by Alison McMahan, Fish Out of Water: A Guppy Anthology ed. Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press (March 2017)
"The Bank Job" by Stephen D. Rogers, Trigger Warning Short Fiction with Pictures ed. Eric Lindbom and John Skewes (March 16, 2017)
"Every Picture Tells a Story" by Cathi Stoler, Where Crime Never Sleeps: Murder New York Style 4 ed. Elizabeth Zelvin, Level Best Books (September 2017)
For Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words)
"El Asesino" by Rusty Barnes, BULL ed. Ben Drevlow (May 22, 2017)
"The #2 Pencil" by Matt Coyle, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Death in the Serengeti" by David H. Hendrickson, Fiction River: Pulse Pounders: Andrenaline ed. Kevin J. Anderson, WMG Publishing, Inc. (July 2017)
"Matricide and Ice Cream" by William Burton McCormick, The CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour ed. Martin Edwards, Orenda Books (November 2017)
"The Drive-by" by Alison McMahan, Busted: Arresting Stories from the Beat ed. Verena Rose, Harriette Sackler, and Shawn Reilly Simmons, Level Best Books (April 2017)
For Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words)
"Flowing Waters" by Brendan DuBois, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ed. Janet Hutchings, January/February 2017
"Windward" by Paul D. Marks, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"King's Quarter" by Andrew McAleer, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Kill My Wife, Please" by Robert J. Randisi, Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea ed. Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, Down & Out Books (January 2017)
"Trouble Like a Freight Train Coming" by Tina Whittle, Lowcountry Crime: Four Novellas ed. James M. Jackson and Jan Rubens, Wolf's Echo Press (February 2017)
EDGAR AWARDS 2019
BEST NOVEL
The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackstone Publishing)
House Witness by Mike Lawson (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)
A Gambler’s Jury by Victor Methos (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
*Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (Hachette Book Group - Mulholland)
Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne (Penguin Random House – Hogarth)
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper (Seventh Street Books)
The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut (HarperCollins Publishers - Ecco)
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs (Simon & Schuster - Touchstone)
*Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (HarperCollins Publishers - Ecco)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
*If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger (Harlequin – Park Row Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
*Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge First and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler (W.W. Norton & Company - Liveright)
Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal by Jonathan Green (W.W. Norton & Company)
The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure by Carl Hoffman (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Penguin Random House - Viking)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins Publishers - Harper)
The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia by Alex Perry (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland Publishing)
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks)
*Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
Mark X: Who Killed Huck Finn's Father? by Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Taylor & Francis - Routledge)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson (Pegasus Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Rabid – A Mike Bowditch Short Story” by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)
“Paranoid Enough for Two” – The Honorable Traitors by John Lutz (Kensington Publishing)
“Ancient and Modern” – Bloody Scotland by Val McDermid (Pegasus Books)
*“English 398: Fiction Workshop” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Art Taylor (Dell Magazines)
“The Sleep Tight Motel” – Dark Corners Collection by Lisa Unger (Amazon Publishing)
BEST JUVENILE
Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott (HarperCollins Children’s Books – Katherine Tegen Books)
Zap! by Martha Freeman (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective by A.B. Greenfield (Holiday House)
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Company – Henry Holt BFYR)
*Otherwood by Pete Hautman (Candlewick Press)
Charlie & Frog: A Mystery by Karen Kane (Disney Publishing Worldwide – Disney Hyperion)
Zora & Me: The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon (Candlewick Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Contagion by Erin Bowman (HarperCollins Children’s Books - HarperCollins)
Blink by Sasha Dawn (Lerner Publishing Group – Carolrhoda Lab)
After the Fire by Will Hill (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Fire)
A Room Away From the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma (Algonquin Young Readers)
*Sadie by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“The Box” - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Teleplay by Luke Del Tredici (NBC/Universal TV)
“Season 2, Episode 1” – Jack Irish, Teleplay by Andrew Knight (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1” – Mystery Road, Teleplay by Michaeley O’Brien (Acorn TV)
“My Aim is True” – Blue Bloods, Teleplay by Kevin Wade (CBS Eye Productions)
*“The One That Holds Everything” – The Romanoffs, Teleplay by Matthew Weiner & Donald Joh (Amazon Prime Video)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
*“How Does He Die This Time?” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Nancy Novick (Dell Magazines)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
A Death of No Importance by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur Books)
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington Publishing)
Bone on Bone by Julia Keller (Minotaur Books)
*The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier (Minotaur Books)
FALCOLN AWARD (Japan) 2019
*Don Winslow, The Force
FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIEFAB AWARDS 2019
Mystery
A Dying Note by Ann Parker, Poisoned Pen Press
*SILVER WINNER: A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang, Inkshares
*BRONZE WINNER: Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima, Crooked Lane Books
Dark Rhapsody by Helaine Mario, Oceanview Publishing
Duty to Warn by Sara Kersting, Acre Books
Lost in the Quagmire by Jay Ruud, Encircle Publications
*GOLD WINNER: One for the Rock by Kevin Major, Breakwater Books
Secrets Haunt the Lobsters' Sea by Charlene D'Avanzo, Maine Authors Publishing
Shadowed by Death by Mary Adler, Dancing Dog Books
The Center Cannot Hold by Aaron Stander, Writers & Editors
The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn, Henery Press
Three Strikes, You're Dead by Elena Hartwell, Camel Press
*HONORABLE MENTION: Uncivil Liberties by Bernie Lambek, Rootstock Publishinig
Where Privacy Dies by Priscilla Paton, Coffeetown Press
Yesterday's News by R.G. Belsky, Oceanview Publishing
Thriller & Suspense
A Beautiful Voice by Robert Lane, Mason Alley Publishing
A Matter of Chance by Julie Maloney, She Writes Press
Burn Up by Joe Klingler, Cartosi
Death and Taxes by Aperient Press
Death in Chicago: Winter by Dominic J. Grassi, In Extenso Press
*SILVER WINNER: Speed the Dawn by Philip Donlay, Oceanview Publishing
Termination of Benefits by Jane Sloven, Maine Authors Publishing
*BRONZE WINNER: The Astronaut's Son by Tom Seigel, Woodhall Press
The Bone Curse by Carrie Rubin, Science Thrillers Media
The Consultant by Oceanview Publishing
*GOLD WINNER: The Eighteenth Green by Webb Hubbell, Beaufort Books
The Kortelisy Escape by Leonard Rosen, The Permanent Press
Tuning In by Highcrest Books
GERMAN MYSTERY PRIZE (Deutscher Krimi Preis) 2019
German-language winner: Mexikoring, by Simone Buchholz
International category winner: Six Four by Yokoyama Hideo
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, MYSTERY & THRILLER 2018
*Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
HAMMETT PRIZE 2019
William Boyle, The Lonely Witness (Pegasus Crime)
Lisa Unger, Under My Skin (Park Row)
Sam Wiebe, Cut You Down (Random House Canada)
*Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
Robert Olen Butler, Paris in the Dark (The Mysterious Press)
HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION 2018
Exposed, by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin’s Press)
*Proof, by C.E. Tobisman (Thomas & Mercer)
Testimony, by Scott Turow (Grand Central)
INDEPENDENT BOOK PUBLISHER IPPY AWARDS 2018
Mystery/Cozy/Noir
*GOLD: A Sticky Inheritance, by Emily James (Stronghold Books)
SILVER(tie): Uncorking a Lie, by Nadine Nettmann (Midnight Ink)
The Last Train: A Tokyo Mystery, by Michael Pronko (Raked Gravel Press)
BRONZE: A Song for Desmond, by B.R. Laue (Brandy Hill Publishing)
Suspense/Thriller
*GOLD: Hard Dog to Kill, by Craig Holt (Wildblue Press)
SILVER: The Fourth Pularchek, by Samuel Marquis (Mount Sopris Publishing)
BRONZE (tie): Azrael, by M.T. Ellis (Self-Published)
Vacant Eyes, by Christine Mager Wevik (Self-Published)
IRISH INDEPENDENT CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
*Skin Deep – Liz Nugent (Penguin Ireland)
A House of Ghosts – W. C. Ryan (Bonnier Zaffre)
The Confession – Jo Spain (Quercus)
One Click – Andrea Mara (Poolbeg)
The Ruin – Dervla McTiernan (Sphere)
Thirteen – Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
ITW THRILLER AWARDS Finalists 2019
Best Hardcover Novel
Lou Berney — NOVEMBER ROAD (William Morrow)
Julia Heaberlin — PAPER GHOSTS (Ballantine Books)
*Jennifer Hillier — JAR OF HEARTS (Minotaur Books)
Karin Slaughter — PIECES OF HER (William Morrow)
Paul Tremblay — THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
Jack Carr — THE TERMINAL LIST (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
Karen Cleveland — NEED TO KNOW (Ballantine Books)
Ellison Cooper — CAGED (Minotaur Books)
Catherine Steadman — SOMETHING IN THE WATER (Ballantine Books)
*C. J. Tudor — THE CHALK MAN (Crown)
Best Paperback Original Novel
*Jane Harper — THE LOST MAN (Pan Macmillan Australia)
John Marrs — THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Thomas & Mercer)
Andrew Mayne — THE NATURALIST (Thomas & Mercer)
Kirk Russell — GONE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)
Carter Wilson — MISTER TENDER’S GIRL (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Best Short Story
Jeffery Deaver — “The Victims’ Club” (Amazon Original Stories)
Emily Devenport — “10,432 Serial Killers (In Hell)” (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
Scott Loring Sanders — “Window to the Soul” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
*Helen Smith — “Nana” in KILLER WOMEN: CRIME CLUB ANTHOLOGY #2 (Killer Women Ltd.)
Duane Swierczynski — “Tough Guy Ballet” in FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME: STORIES INSPIRED BY THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CANON (Pegasus Books)
Best Young Adult Novel
*Teri Bailey Black — GIRL AT THE GRAVE (Tor Teen)
Gillian French — THE LIES THEY TELL (HarperTeen)
Marie Lu — WARCROSS (Penguin Young Readers/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Dana Mele — PEOPLE LIKE US (Penguin Young Readers/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)
Peter Stone — THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Best E-Book Original Novel
Clare Chase — MURDER ON THE MARSHES (Bookouture)
Gary Grossman — EXECUTIVE FORCE (Diversion Books)
Samantha Hayes — THE REUNION (Bookouture)
T.S. Nichols — THE MEMORY DETECTIVE (Alibi)
*Alan Orloff — PRAY FOR THE INNOCENT (Kindle Press)
KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARDS 2018
Silver Falchion Award: Best Overall Novel
Dana Chamblee Carpenter, The Devil’s Bible
Silver Falchion Award: Best Nonfiction
Shayla McBride, A is for Author
Silver Falchion Award: Best Juvenile Novel
James R. Hannibal, The Fourth Ruby
Silver Falchion Award: Best Suspense
Debra Gaskill, Kissing Fitz
Silver Falchion Award: Best Short Story Collection
Kathryn Lane, Backyard Volcano
Silver Falchion Award: Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Dana Chamblee Carpenter, The Devil’s Bible
Silver Falchion Award: Best Action Adventure
Linda Sands, Grand Theft Cargo
Silver Falchion Award: Best Mystery
Joseph L.S. Terrell, The Last Blue Noon in May
Silver Falchion Award: Best Cozy
Lori Robbins, Lesson Plan for Murder
Silver Falchion Award: Best Procedural
Henry Hack, Forever Young
Silver Falchion Award: Best Thriller
Christopher Greyson, The Girl Who Lived
Silver Falchion Award: Best Attending Author
Maggie Toussaint, Dadgummit
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD LGBT Authors/Themes 2019
Lesbian Mystery
A Matter of Blood, Catherine Maiorisi, Bella Books
*A Study in Honor: A Novel, Claire O’Dell, HarperCollins / HarperVoyager
A Whisper of Bones: A Jane Lawless Mystery, Ellen Hart, Minotaur Books
Alice Isn’t Dead: A Novel, Joseph Fink, Harper Perennial
Gnarled Hollow, Charlotte Greene, Bold Strokes Books
The Locket, Gerri Hill, Bella Books
Secrets of the Last Castle, A. Rose Mathieu, Bold Strokes Books
Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery, Linda J. Wright, Cats Paw Books
Black Diamond Fall, Joseph Olshan, Polis Books
Boystown 11: Heart’s Desire, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Death Checks In, David S. Pederson, Bold Strokes Books
Dodging and Burning: A Mystery, John Copenhaver, Pegasus Books
The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery, Jeffrey Round, Dundurn
*Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Somewhere Over Lorain Road, Bud Gundy, Bold Stroke Books
Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel, Neil S. Plakcy, Samwise Books
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall ThorntonFierce, David Lennon
- Foxed, Garry Ryan
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law
- Baton Rouge Bingo, Greg Herren, Bold Strokes Books
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall Thornton, MLR Press
- Fierce, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
- Foxed, Garry Ryan, NeWest Press
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black, Dreamspinner Press
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson, Lethe Press
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory, Amazon Digital Services Inc
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen, Wilde City Press
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
- Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall Thornton, MLR Press
- Fierce, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
- Foxed, Garry Ryan, NeWest Press
- The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black, Dreamspinner Press
- How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson, Lethe Press
- In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory, Amazon Digital Services Inc
- Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
- Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen, Wilde City Press
- The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Ellen Byron, Mardi Gras Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Ending (Midnight Ink)
Timothy Hallinan, Nighttown (Soho Crime)
Leslie Karst, Death al Fresco (Crooked Lane Books)
Cynthia Kuhn, The Spirit in Question (Henery Press)
*Catriona McPherson, Scot Free (Midnight Ink)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960
Rhys Bowen, Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (Berkeley Prime Crime)
David Corbett, The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday (Black Opal Books)
Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad (Bantam Books)
*Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (Soho Crime)
Ann Parker, A Dying Note (Poisoned Pen Press)
Iona Whishaw, It Begins in Betrayal (Touchwood Editions)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
Tracy Clark, Broken Places (Kensington Books)
A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch (NeWest Press)
A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window (William Morrow)
*Dianne Freeman, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Kensington Books)
Aimee Hix, What Doesn’t Kill You (Midnight Ink)
Keenan Powell, Deadly Solution (Level Best Books)
J.G. Toews, Give Out Creek (Mosaic Press)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
*Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
Matt Coyle, Wrong Light (Oceanview Publishing)
Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind (Minotaur Books)
Lori Rader-Day, Under a Dark Sky (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Terry Shames, A Reckoning in the Back Country (Seventh Street Books)
James W. Ziskin, A Stone’s Throw (Seventh Street Books)
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2019
Mystery/Thriller
Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand, Little, Brown & Co.
Kent Anderson, Green Sun, Mulholland Books/Little, Brown & Co.
Lou Berney, November Road: A Novel, William Morrow
*Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, The Serial Killer: A Novel, Doubleday
Leila Slimani, The Perfect Nanny: A Novel, Penguin Books
MACAVITY AWARDS Finalists 2019
Best Mystery Novel
November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow)
The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Flat Iron Books)
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger (Harlequin - Park Row Books)
Best First Mystery Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman (Ballantine)
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (Crown)
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer by Margalit Fox (Random House)
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (HarperCollins)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson (Pegasus Books)
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman (HarperCollins)
Best Mystery Short Story
“Race to Judgment” by Craig Faustus Buck (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
“All God’s Sparrows” by Leslie Budewitz (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018)
“Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
“Three-Star Sushi” by Barry Lancet (Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3)
“The Cambodian Curse” by Gigi Pandian (The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories)
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018)
Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
City of Ink by Elsa Hart (Minotaur)
Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
A Dying Note by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen)
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd (William Morrow)
Crime Fiction:
Beyond the Truth by Bruce Coffin
*Stowed Away by Barbara Ross
Death and a Pot of Chowde by Lea Wait (writing as Cornelia Kidd)
NED KELLY AWARDS (Australia) Shortlists 2019
Best Crime Fiction:
Killshot by Garry Disher
Gone By Midnight by Candice Fox
The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Other Wife by Michael Robotham
Live and Let Fry by Sue Williams
Best true crime
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper
Siege: Inside the Lindt Cafe by Deborah Snow
Waiting for Elijah by Kate Wild
Best first fiction
The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic
The Yellow House by Emily O'Grady
The Rúin by Dervla McTiernan
Greenlight by Ben Stevenson
NERO WOLF AWARDS 2018
The Nero for Best Mystery
The Dime by Kathleen Kent (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown)
The Lioness is the Hunter by Loren D. Estelman (Forge)
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman (Forge)
*August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho)
Blood for Wine by Warren C. Easley (Poisoned Pen Press)
Black Orchid Novella Award
*Minerva James and the Goddess of Justice by Mark Bruce
NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2018
Mystery
*Heaven's Crooked Finger, by Hank Early (Crooked Lane Books)
Justified Bitch, by H.G. McKinnis (Imbrifex Books
Beholden: A Marlowe Black Mystery, by Gabriel F.W. Koch (Outskirts Press)
Getting off on Frank Sinatra, by Megan Edwards (Imbrifex Books)
The Last Train, by Michael Pronko (Raked Gravel Press)
Two Heads are Deader Than One, by Elena Hartwell (Camel Press)
Suspense
*Remember Me, by M. A. Florence (M & S Publishing)
Forget-me-not Blues (what lies within the beating heart exposed), by Alison Gray (Self-Published)
Pitcher Plant: A Pacific Northwest Suspense, by Melissa Eskue Ousley (Filles Vertes Publishing, LLC)
The Master Hacker, by Steve Burkart (Outskirts Press)
The Old Cape Hollywood Secret, by Barbara Eppich Struna (Self-Published)
The Speechwriter, by J.P. Maximus (CreateSpace)
Thriller
*The Sam Browne, by Thomas Stacey (Outskirts Press)
A Death in Greenwich, by Juri Pill (Self-Published)
Barbaric Justice, by David Coppage (Self-Published)
Forget-me-not Blues (what lies within the beating heart exposed), by Alison Gray (Self-Published)
Past Obsession, by Richard Keith Taylor (Ransom Greene Press)
The Master Hacker, by Steve Burkart (Outskirts Press)
NGAIO MARSH AWARD Finalists 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 Finalists 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 2018
*Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Hart
*Debut Novel: Marcie Rendon
RWA's RITA ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AWARD 2019
The Bastard’s Bargain, by Katee Robert (Piatkus)
Before We Were Strangers, by Brenda Novak (Mira)
Consumed, by J.R. Ward (Gallery)
Cut and Run, by Mary Burton (Montlake Romance)
*Fearless, by Elizabeth Dyer (Independently published)
Reckless Honor, by Tonya Burrows (CreateSpace)
Relentless, by Elizabeth Dyer (Montlake Romance)
RT REVIEWERS CHOICE AWARDS 2018
- The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
- Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
- Dead Scared by S.J. Bolton
- Cop to Corpse by Peter Lovesey
- The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook
- When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris
- The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd
- A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake
- The Yard by Alex Grecian
- The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland
- A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
- The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
- Viral by James Lilliefors
- The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor
- Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
- Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
- Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
- And She Was by Alison Gaylin
- A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
- The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Gem of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian
- Blood, Bath and Beyond by Michelle Rowen
- Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
- Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
- Postcards from the Dead by Laura Childs
- The Twelve Clues of Chrismas by Rhys Bowen
- Sleepwalker by Karen Robards
- Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard
- The Witness by Nora Roberts
- Betrayal by Christina Dodd
- Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell
- Against the Sun by Kat Martin
Career Achievement, suspense: Catherine Coulter
Career Achievement, Thriller: F. Paul Wilson
Career Achievement, Romantic Suspsense: Christina Dodd
Mystery: The Guests on South Battery by Karen White
Amateur Sleuth: A Room with a Brew by Joyce Tremel
Contemporary Mystery: The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake, Terry Shames
Historical Mystery: The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
Suspense: Shattered by Allison Brennan
Thriller: The Lost Order by Steve Berry
SARA PARETSKY AWARD (Best Midwest Crime Writer) 2019
*Scott Turow
SCIBA's T. JEFFERSON PARKER AWARD Finalists 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 Finalists 2019
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
She Talks to Angels, by James D.F. Hannah (Independently published)
No Quarter, by John Jantunen (ECW Press)
Shark Bait, by Paul Kemprecos (Independently published)
Second Story Man, by Charles Salzberg (Down & Out)
The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss, by Max Wirestone (Redhook)
Best First Private Eye Novel
The Best Bad Things, by Katrina Carrasco (MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Broken Places, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Last Looks, by Howard Michael Gould (Dutton)
What Doesn’t Kill You, by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Only to Sleep, by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth)
Best Private Eye Short Story
“Fear of the Secular,” by Mitch Alderman (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November-December 2018)
“Three-Star Sushi,” by Barry Lancet (Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 3)
“The Big Creep,” by Elizabeth McKenzie (from Santa Cruz Noir, edited by Susie Bright; Akashic)
“Game,” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September-October 2018)
“Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool,” by S.J. Rozan (EQMM, September-October 2018)
Best Private Eye Novel
Wrong Light, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview)
What You Want to See, by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur)
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
Baby’s First Felony, by John Straley (Soho Crime)
Cut You Down, by Sam Wiebe (Quercus)
SPOTTED OWL AWARD (Best Pacific NW Crime Novel) 2019
Baron Birtcher – Fistful of Rain
Robert Dugoni – A Steep Price
Warren Easley – Moving Targets
G.M. Ford – Soul Survivor
Elizabeth George – The Punishment She Deserves
Stephen Holgate – Madagascar
*Mike Lawson – House Witness
Martin Limon – The Line
John Straley – Baby’s First Felony
Jon Talton – The Bomb Shelter
SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD, 2019
Lisa Black, Perish (Kensington)
*Sara Paretsky, Shell Game, (William Morrow)
Victoria Thompson, City of Secrets (Berkley)
Charles Todd, A Forgotten Place, (William Morrow)
Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once, (Harper)
Best Novel
A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré (Viking)
The Late Show by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
My Darling Detective by Howard Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Mulholland)
*Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda (Ecco)
Nominees for Best First Novel
My Sister’s Bones: A Novel of Suspense by Nuala Ellwood (William Morrow)
Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito (Other Press)
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Press)
*The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal (William Morrow)
Lola: A Novel by Melissa Scrivner Love (Crown)
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Awards
*Jonathan Gash and JA Jance
Strand Magazine's Publisher of the Year
*Tom Doherty of Tor/Forge 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 Finalists 2019
Belinda Bauer – Snap
Steve Cavanagh – Thirteen
Mick Herron – London Rules
Val McDermid – Broken Ground
Liam McIlvanney – The Quaker
Khurrum Rahman – East of Hounslow
*Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
