*Denotes winner
Best Contemporary Novel
Death Overdue: A Haunted Library Mystery by Allison Brook (Crooked Lane Books)
A Cajun Christmas Killing: A Cajun Country Mystery by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
No Way Home: A Zoe Chambers Mystery by Annette Dashofy (Henery Press)
Take Out by Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing)
*Glass Houses: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Best Historical Novel
*In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union Publishing)
Murder in an English Village: A Beryl and Edwina Mystery by Jessica Ellicott (Kensington)
Called to Justice: A Quaker Midwife Mystery by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink)
The Paris Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
Dangerous to Know: A Lillian Frost and Edith Head Novel by Renee Patrick (Forge)
Best First Novel
Adrift: A Mer Cavallo Mystery by Micki Browning (Alibi-Random House)
The Plot is Murder: Mystery Bookshop by V.M. Burns (Kensington)
*Hollywood Homicide: A Detective by Day Mystery by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
Daughters of Bad Men by Laura Oles (Red Adept Publishing)
Protocol: A Maggie O'Malley Mystery by Kathleen Valenti (Henery Press)
Best Nonfiction
*From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström (Mysterious Press)
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards (Poisoned Pen Press)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse (Liveright Publishing Corp.)
Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction by Jess Lourey (Conari Press)
Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin’s Press)
Best Short Story
"Double Deck the Halls" by Gretchen Archer (Henery Press)
“Whose Wine is it Anyway” by Barb Goffman in 50 Shades of Cabernet (Koehler Books)
“The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place” by Debra Goldstein in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May/June 2017)
*“The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn” by Gigi Pandian (Henery Press)
“A Necessary Ingredient” by Art Taylor in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Seat (Down & Out Books)
Best Children’s/Young Adult
City of Angels by Kristi Belcamino (Polis Books)
*Sydney Mackenzie Knocks ‘Em Dead by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)
The World’s Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson (HarperCollins)
Audacity Jones Steals the Show by Kirby Larson (Scholastic Press)
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley (Scholastic Press)
ANTHONY AWARDS 2018
*David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Lesa Holstine
Best Novel
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
*Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Force by Don Winslow
Best First Novel
*Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Dry by Jane Harper
Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All by Christopher Irvin
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Best Paperback Original
Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann
Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck
What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt
*The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
Bill Crider Award For Best Novel In A Series
Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3) by Joe Clifford
Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20) by Michael Connelly
*Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton
Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13) by Louise Penny
Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3) by Alex Segura
Best Short Story
The Trial of Madame Pelletier by Susanna Calkins from Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Jen Conley from Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash
*My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon
Whose Wine Is It Anyway by Barb Goffman from 50 Shades of Cabernet
The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place by Debra H. Goldstein from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
A Necessary Ingredient by Art Taylor from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea
Best Anthology
Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, Joe Clifford, editor
Killing Malmon, Dan & Kate Malmon, editors
Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks, editors
Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, John McFetridge, editor
*The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor
Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
*Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction by Jessica Lourey
Best Online Content
Writer Types Podcast
Do Some Damage: An Inside Look at Crime Fiction
*Jungle Red Writers
Dru’s Book Musings
BOLO Books
ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS (Canada) 2018
Best Crime Novel
The Winners’ Circle, by Gail Bowen, publisher McClelland & Stewart
The Party, by Robyn Harding, publisher Gallery/Scout Press
The White Angel, by John MacLachlan, publisher Gray Douglas and McIntyre
*Sleeping in the Ground, by Peter Robinson, publisher McClelland & Stewart
The Forgotten Girl, by Rio Youers, publisher St. Martin’s Press
Best First Crime Novel
Puzzle of Pieces, by Sally Hill Brouard, publisher Friesen Press
*Full Curl, by Dave Butler, publisher Dundurn Press
Ragged Lake, by Ron Corbett, publisher ECW Press
Flush, by Sky Curtis, publisher Inanna Publications
Our Little Secret, by Roz Nay, publisher Simon & Schuster Canada, Inc.
Best Crime Novella
Snake Oil, by M.H. Callway, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing
*How Lon Pruitt Was Found Murdered in an Open Field with No Footprints Around, by Mike Culpepper, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell
Blood & Belonging, by Vicki Delany, publisher Orca Book Publishers
Dead Clown Blues, by R. Daniel Lester, publisher Shotgun Honey
Money Maker, by Jas R. Petrin, published in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Dell
Best Crime Short Story
*The Outlier, by Catherine Astolfo, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing
There be Dragons, by Jane Petersen Burfield, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing
Jerusalem Syndrome, by Hilary Davidson, published in Passport to Murder Bouchercon Anthology 2017 by Down & Out Books
The Ranchero’s Daughter, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh, published in 13 Claws by Carrick Publishing
The Sin Eaters, by Melissa Yi, published in Montreal Noir by Akashic Noir
Best Book in French
Best Juvenile/YA Book
Best Nonfiction Book
Murder in Plain English, by Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi, publisher Prometheus Books
*The Whisky King, by Trevor Cole, publisher HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Blood, Sweat and Fear, by Eve Lazarus, publisher Arsenal Pulp Press
The Dog Lover Unit, by Rachel Rose, publisher St. Martin's Press
Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, by Alex Roslin, publisher Sugar Hill Books
The Dundurn Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel
The Alibi Network by Raimey Gallant
Finn Slew by Ken MacQueen
*Destruction in Paradise by Dianne Scott
Dig, Dug, Dead by Sylvia Teaves
Condemned by Kevin Thornton
AUDIE AWARDS (for Best Audio Books) 2018
Best Mystery
*The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz, narrated by Simon Vance, published by Random House Audio
Glass Houses by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, narrated by Samantha Bond, published by HarperAudio
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service: A Royal Spyness Mystery, Book by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, published by Audible Studios
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Julia Franklin, published by Macmillan Audio
Best Thriller/Suspense
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris, narrated by Georgia Maguire, published by Macmillan Audio
Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben, narrated by Steven Weber, published by Brilliance Publishing
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer, narrated by Ellen Archer, published by Hachette Audio
*The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton, published by Recorded Books
A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré, narrated by Tom Hollander, published by Penguin Audio
Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles, narrated by Scott Brick, published by HarperAudio
Best Novel
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
*The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton
The Force by Don Winslow
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Best First Novel
*The Dry by Jane Harper
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
The Irregular by H. P. Lyle
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Best Paperback Original
Safe from Harm by R. J. Bailey
*The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
Blessed Are the Peacemakers by Kristi Belcamino
Super Con by James Swain
Best Thriller
Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney
Spook Street by Mick Herron
The Freedom Broker by K. J. Howe
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
*UNSUB by Meg Gardiner
Trap the Devil by Ben Coes
BEN FRANKLIN AWARDS, MYSTERY/SUSPENSE 2018
GOLD WINNER: Full Service Blonde: A Copper Jack Mystery by Megan Edwards
SILVER WINNER: The Old Cape Hollywood Secret by Barbara Eppich Struna
SILVER WINNER: The Ploy by Marilyn Jax
BLOODY SCOTLAND/MCILVANNEY CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR Longlist 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 2018
Cathy Ace, The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor
*E.C. Bell, Dying on Second
Rickie Blair, Digging up Trouble
Vicki Delany, Hark the Herald Angels Slay
Elizabeth J. Duncan, Much Ado About Murder
COLORADO BOOK AWARDS 2018
Best Mystery
*Dead Stop by Barbara Nickless (Thomas & Mercer, Amazon Publishing)
Fractured Families: A Lottie Albright Mystery by Charlotte Hinger (Poisoned Pen Press)
Hunting Hour: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima (Crooked Lane Books)
Best Thriller
Broken Slate: A Sean Coleman Thriller by John A. Daly (BQB Publishing)
Red Sky: A Thriller by Chris Goff (Crooked Lane Books)
*Trafficked: A Mex Anderson Novel by Peg Brantley (Bark Publishing)
CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2018
The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award
Simon Brett, Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen (Little, Brown Book Group)
Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May Wild Chamber (Doubleday)
*Mick Herron, Spook Street (John Murray)
Vaseem Khan, The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (Mullholland Books)
Khurrum Rahman, East of Hounslow (HQ – HarperCollns)
C.J. Skuse, Sweetpea (HQ – HarperCollins)
Antti Tuomainen, The Man Who Died (Orenda Books)
L.C. Tyler, Herring in the Smoke (Allison & Busby Ltd)
Sounds of Crime Best Crime Audiobook
Fiona Barton, The Child (Audible Studios), read by Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, Fenella Woolgar & Steven Pacey
Lee Child, The Midnight Lane (Transworld), read by Jeff Harding
*J.P. Delaney, The Girl Before, (Quercus), read by Emilia Fox, Finty Williams & Lise Aagaard Knudsen
Sarah A. Denzil, Silent Child (Audible Studios), read by Joanne Froggatt
Alice Feeney, Something I Lie (HQ – Harper Collins), read by Stephanie Racine
Michelle Frances, The Girlfriend (Pan Macmillan Audio), read by Antonia Beamish
Anthony Horowitz, The Word is Murder (Penguin Random House Audio), read by Rory Kinnear
David Lagercrantz, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Quercus), read by Sail Reichlin
The eDunnit Award (Best crime-fiction e-book)
Chris Brookmyre, Want You Gone (Little, Brown Book Group)
Ken Bruen, The Ghost of Galway (Head of Zeus)
*Michael Connelly, The Late Show (Orion)
Joe Ide, IQ (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell (Little, Brown Book Group)
Steve Mosby, You Can Run (Orion)
Gunnar Staalesen, Wolves in the Dark (Orenda Books)
Sarah Stovell, Exquisite (Orenda Books)
H.R.F. Keating Award
Martin Edwards, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library)
Barry Forshaw, America Noir (No Exit Press)
Sam Naidu, Sherlock Holmes in Context (Palgrave Macmillan)
Benjamin Poore, Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage (Palgrave Macmillan)
*Mike Ripley, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (HarperCollins)
Christopher Sandford, The Man Who Would Be Sherlock (The History Press)
Michael Sims, Arthur & Sherlock (Bloomsbury)
Nick Triplow, Getting Carter (No Exit Press)
Best Young Adult Crime Novel
Cat Clarke, Girlhood (Quercus Children's Books)
Zana Fraillon, The Ones That Disappeared (Orion Children's Books)
Will Hill, After the Fire (Usborne Publishing)
*Patrice Lawrence, Indigo Donut (Hodder Children's Books)
E. Lockhart, Genuine Fraud (Hot Key Books)
Sophie McKenzie, SweetFreak (Simon & Schuster)
Teri Terry, Dark Matter: Contagion (Orchard Books)
Teresa Toten, Beware That Girl (Hot Key Books)
Best Children's Crime Novel
Kieran Crowley, The Misfits Club (Macmillan Children's Books)
*Helena Duggan, A Place Called Perfect (Usborne Publishing)
Santa & Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape from the Tower (Simon & Schuster)
Dermot O'Leary, Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape (Hodder Children's Books)
Alex T. Smith, Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure (Hodder Children's Books)
Harriet Whitehorn, Violet and the Mummy Mystery (Simon & Schuster)
Diamond Dagger
*Michael Connelly
CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger (for the best crime novel of the year):
*The Liar, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
London Rules, by Mick Herron (John Murray)
Since We Fell, by Dennis Lehane (Little, Brown)
Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke (Serpent’s Tail)
A Necessary Evil, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic (Pushkin Vertigo)
CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best crime thriller of the year):
London Rules, by Mick Herron (John Murray)
If I Die Before I Wake, by Emily Koch (Harvill Secker)
*Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke
An Act of Silence, by Colette McBeth (Wildfire)
The Chalk Man, by C.J. Tudor (Michael Joseph)
The Force, by Don Winslw (Harper Fiction)
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (for the best debut crime novel):
Gravesend, by William Boyle (No Exit Press)
IQ, by Joe Ide (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Girl in Snow, by Danya Kukafka (Picador)
*Lola, by Melissa Scrivner Love (Point Blank)
East of Hounslow, by Khurrum Rahman (HQ)
Resurrection Bay, by Emma Viskic (Pushkin Vertigo)
CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger (for the best historical crime novel):
A Necessary Evil, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
Fire, by L.C. Tyler (Constable)
Lightning Men, by Thomas Mullen (Little, Brown)
Money in the Morgue, by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy (HarperCollins)
Nine Lessons, by Nicola Upson (Faber and Faber)
*Nucleus, by Rory Clements (Zaffre)
CWA Non-fiction Dagger:
Black Dahlia Rose by Piu Eatwell (Coronet)
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Simon & Schuster)
*Blood on the Page by Thomas Harding (Heinemann)
The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Mariano-Lesnevich (Macmillan)
A False Report by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong (Hutchinson)
Rex V Edith Thompson by Laura Thompson (Head of Zeus)
CWA Short Story Dagger (for a short crime story published in the UK):
“The Last Siege of Bothwell Castle,” by Chris Brookmyre (from Bloody Scotland; Historic Environment Scotland)
“Second Son,” by Lee Child (from No Middle Name)
“Smoking Kills,” by Erin Kelly (from Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2)
*“Nemo Me Impune Lacessit,” by Denise Mina (from Bloody Scotland)
“Accounting for Murder,” by Christine Poulson (from Mystery Tour: CWA Anthology of Short Stories, edited by Martin Edwards; Orenda)
CWA International Dagger (for crime fiction translated into English and published in the UK):
Zen and the Art of Murder, by Oliver Bottini, translated by Jamie Bulloch (MacLehose Press)
Three Days and a Life, by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne (MacLehose Press)
*After the Fire, by Henning Mankell, translated by Marlaine Delargy (Harvill Secker)
The Frozen Woman, by Jon Michelet, translated by Don Bartlett (No Exit Press)
Offering to the Storm, by Dolores Redondo, translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garzía (HarperCollins)
The Accordionist, by Fred Vargas, translated by Sian Reynolds (Harvill Secker)
CWA Dagger in the Library (for the author of the most enjoyed collection of work in libraries):
*Martin Edwards
Nicci French
Simon Kernick
Edward Marston
Peter May
Rebecca Tope
Debut Dagger (for the opening of a crime novel by an author with no publishing contract):
*The Eternal Life of Ezra Ben Simeon by Bill Crotty
The Last Googling of Beth Bailly by Luke Melia
Riverine Blood by Joseph James
Original Sins by Linda McLaughlin
Trust Me, I’m Dead by Sherryl Clark
DAPHNE AWARDS 2017
Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Man of Action by Janie Crouch
*Deep Cover Detective by Lena Diaz
Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake
Protecting Her Daughter by Lynette Eason
Urgent Pursuit by Beverly Long
Navy Seal Seduction by Bonnie Vanak
Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*The Devil May Care by Lara Archer
The Viscount Always Knocks Twice by Grace Callaway
Angel Comes to the Devil's Keep by Regina Jeffers
Murmuration by TJ Klune
Six Degrees of Scandal by Caroline Linden
Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Rocky Mountain Pursuit by Mary Alford
*The Stronghold by Lisa Carter
The Dragon Roars, Book Two of The Seven Trilogy by Sara Davison
Classified Christmas Mission by Lynette Eason
Deception by Elizabeth Goddard
Blindsided by Katy Lee
Paranormal Romantic Mystery/Suspense
Glisten by Tricia Cerrone
Don't Let Me Forget You by Cara Crescent
Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox
From This Fae Forward by AE Jones
*Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti
Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense
*Betrayed by Kaylea Cross
Wanted by Marissa Garner
Hard Silence by Mia Kay
Her Darkest Nightmare by Brenda Novak
Killing Game by Chandler Steele
Mainstream Mystery/Suspense
Notorious by Carey Baldwin
Death Among the Doilies (A Cora Crafts Mystery) by Mollie Cox Bryan
Elegy in Scarlet by BV Lawson
Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan
*In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White
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
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)
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)
Best Novel
The Dime by Kathleen Kent (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr (Penguin Random House – Marian Wood Books/G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
*Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee (Pegasus Books)
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti (Penguin Random House – The Dial Press)
Best First Novel
*She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper (HarperCollins – Ecco)
Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li (Polis Books)
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love (Penguin Random House – Crown)
Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy (Macmillan – Flatiron Books)
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (Random House)
Best Paperback Original
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen (Amazon Publishing – Lake Union)
Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett (ECW Press)
Black Fall by Andrew Mayne (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper Paperbacks)
*The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Landmark)
Penance by Kanae Minato (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong (Text Publishing)
Best Fact Crime
*Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Penguin Random House – Doubleday)
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn (Simon & Schuster)
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse (W.W. Norton & Company – Liveright)
The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill and Rachel McCarthy James (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case that Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca (St. Martin’s Press)
Best Critical/Biographical
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women who Created an Icon by Mattias Bostrom (Grove/Atlantic – The Mysterious Press)
Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin’s Press)
Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall by Curtis Evans (McFarland Publishing)
*Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson (W.W. Norton & Company)
Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims (Bloomsbury USA)
Best Short Story
*“Spring Break” – New Haven Noir by John Crowley (Akashic Books)
“Hard to Get” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Jeffery Deaver (Dell Magazines)
“Ace in the Hole” – Montana Noir by Eric Heidle (Akashic Books)
“A Moment of Clarity at the Waffle House” – Atlanta Noir by Kenji Jasper (Akashic Books)
“Chin Yong-Yun Stays at Home” – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by S.J. Rozan (Dell Magazines)
Best Juvenile
Audacity Jones Steals the Show by Kirby Larson (Scholastic – Scholastic Press)
*Vanished! by James Ponti (Simon & Schuster – Aladdin)
The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands (Simon & Schuster – Aladdin)
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
NewsPrints by Ru Xu (Scholastic – Graphix)
Best Young Adult
The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Feiwel & Friends)
Grit by Gillian French (HarperCollins Publishers – HarperTeen)
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak (Simon & Schuster)
*Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (Simon & Schuster – Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers – Balzer + Bray)
Best Television Episode Teleplay
“Episode 1” – Loch Ness, Teleplay by Stephen Brady (Acorn TV)
“Something Happened” – Law and Order: SVU, Teleplay by Michael Chernuchin (NBC Universal/Wolf Entertainment)
*“Somebody to Love” – Fargo, Teleplay by Noah Hawley (FX Networks/MGM)
“Gently and the New Age” – George Gently, Teleplay by Robert Murphy (Acorn TV)
“The Blanket Mire” – Vera, Teleplay by Paul Matthew Thompson & Martha Hillier (Acorn TV)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
*“The Queen of Secrets” – New Haven Noir by Lisa D. Gray (Akashic Books)
Grand Master
Jane Langton
William Link
Peter Lovesey
Raven Award
Kristopher Zgorski, BOLO Books
The Raven Bookstore, Lawrence Kansas
Ellery Queen Award
Robert Pépin
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Awards
The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby (Minotaur)
You’ll Never Know Dear by Hallie Ephron (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
*The Widow’s House by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins – William Morrow Paperbacks)
Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann (Llewellyn Worldwide – Midnight Ink)
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day (HarperCollins – William Morrow Paperbacks)
FOREWORD REVIEWS INDIEFAB 2017
Mystery
*GOLD Winner: A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox
SILVER Winner: The Masterpiercers by Olivia Wildenstein
BRONZE Winner: Clamour of Crows by Ray Merritt
HONORABLE Mention: Jacob's Descent by Sandra Brannan
Thriller & Suspense
*GOLD Winner: Revelation by Carter Wilson
SILVER Winner: Bullet in the Chamber by John Dedakis
BRONZE Winner: Cluster of Lies by Samuel Marquis
HONORABLE Mention: Between Black and White by Robert Bailey
HONORABLE Mention: Law and Disorder by Mike Papantonio
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS, MYSTERY & THRILLER 2017
*Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
HAMMETT PRIZE 2018
The Marsh King’s Daughter: A Novel, by Karen Dionne
The Tragedy of Brady Sims: A Novel, by Ernest J. Gaines
*August Snow, by Stephen Mack Jones
Two Days Gone: A Novel, by Randall Silvis
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 2017
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 Finalists 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)
Best Hardcover Novel
Dan Chaon — Ill Will (Ballantine)
Denise Mina — The Long Drop (Little, Brown and Company)
B.A. Paris — The Breakdown (St. Martin’s Press)
Gin Phillips — Fierce Kingdom (Viking)
*Riley Sager — Final Girls (Dutton)
Best First Novel
Steph Broadribb — Deep Down Dead (Orenda Books)
Daniel Cole — Ragdoll (Ecco)
Walt Gragg — The Red Line (Berkley)
*K.J. Howe — The Freedom Broker (Quercus)
Sheena Kamal — The Lost Ones (William Morrow)
Best Paperback Original Novel
*Christine Bell — Grievance (Lake Union)
Rachel Caine — Stillhouse Lake (Thomas & Mercer)
Layton Green — The Resurrector (Layton Green)
Adrian McKinty — Police At The Station And They Don’t Look Friendly (Seventh Street Books)
Lori Rader-Day — The Day I Died (William Morrow)
Best Short Story
Lee Child — “Too Much Time” (Delacorte)
Mat Coward — “What Could Possibly Go Boing?” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
*Zoë Z. Dean — “Charcoal and Cherry” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Willy Vlautin — “The Kill Switch” (Hachette)
Ben H. Winters — “Test Drive” (Hachette)
Best Young Adult Novel
*Gregg Hurwitz — The Rains (TOR Teen)
Gregg Olsen — The Boy She Left Behind (Polis Books)
Sheryl Scarborough — To Catch A Killer (TOR Teen)
Rysa Walker — The Delphi Effect (Skyscape)
Diana Rodriguez Wallach — Proof Of Lies (Entangled Publishing)
Best E-Book Original Novel
*Sean Black — Second Chance (Sean Black)
Jeff Gunhus — Resurrection America (Seven Guns Press)
Alan McDermott — Trojan (Thomas & Mercer)
Caroline Mitchell — Witness (Thomas & Mercer)
Kevin Wignall — A Fragile Thing (Thomas & Mercer)
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 2018
Lesbian Mystery
A Quiet Death, Cari Hunter, Bold Strokes Books
Fever in the Dark, Ellen Hart, Minotaur
The Girl on the Edge of Summer, M. Redmann, Bold Strokes Books
*Huntress, A.E. Radley, Heartsome Publishing
The Last First Time, Andrea Bramhall, Ylva Publishing
Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery, Kate Jessica Raphael, She Writes Press
Odd Numbers, Anne Holt, Scribner
Repercussions, Jessica L. Webb, Bold Strokes Books
Boystown 10: Gifts Given, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Long Shadows, Kate Sherwood, Riptide Publishing
Love is Heartless, Kim Fielding, Dreamspinner Press
The Mystery of the Curiosities, C. S. Poe, DSP Publications
*Night Drop, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books
Ring of Silence, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
Street People, Michael Nava, Korima Press
Tramps and Thieves, Rhys Ford, Dreamspinner Press
- 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
Donna Andrews, Gone Gull (Minotaur Books)
*Ellen Byron, A Cajun Christmas Killing (Crooked Lane Books)
Marla Cooper, Dying on the Vine (Minotaur Books)
Cynthia Kuhn, The Art of Vanishing (Henery Press)
Cindy Sample, Dying for a Diamond (Cindy Sample Books)
Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial) for books covering events before 1960
*Rhys Bowen, In Farleigh Field (Lake Union Publishing)
Jennifer Kincheloe, The Woman in the Camphor Trunk (Seventh Street Books)
Renee Patrick, Dangerous To Know (Forge)
Priscilla Royal, The Proud Sinner (Poisoned Pen Press)
Jeri Westerson, Season of Blood (Severn House Publishers)
Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel
Susan Alice Bickford, A Short Time To Die (Kensington)
*Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Homicide (Midnight Ink)
Wendall Thomas, Lost Luggage (Poisoned Pen Press)
Nancy Tingley, A Head in Cambodia (Swallow Press)
Kathleen Valenti, Protocol (Henery Press)
Lefty for Best Mystery Novel
Matt Coyle, Blood Truth (Oceanview Publishing)
*William Kent Krueger, Sulfur Springs (Atria Books)
Louise Penny, Glass Houses (Minotaur Books)
Terry Shames, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock (Seventh Street Books)
James W. Ziskin, Cast the First Stone (Seventh Street Books)
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2018
Mystery/Thriller
Michael Connelly, The Late Show, Little, Brown and Company
Paul La Farge, The Night Ocean, Penguin Press
Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird, Mulholland Books
*Joyce Carol Oates, A Book of American Martyrs, Ecco
Ivy Pochoda, Wonder Valley, Ecco
MACAVITY AWARDS 2018
Best Mystery Novel
The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dionne (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
*Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke (Mulholland)
Glass Houses, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
The Old Man, by Thomas Perry (Mysterious)
The Force, by Don Winslow (Wm. Morrow)
Best First Mystery Novel
Hollywood Homicide, by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
The Dry, by Jane Harper (Flatiron)
She Rides Shotgun, by Jordan Harper (Ecco)
*The Lost Ones, by Sheena Kamal (Wm. Morrow)
The Last Place You Look, by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur)
Lost Luggage, by Wendall Thomas (Poisoned Pen)
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, by Mattias Bostrom (Mysterious Press)
*The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, by Martin Edwards (Poisoned Pen/British Library)
Chester B. Himes: A Biography, by Lawrence P. Jackson (W.W. Norton)
The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery, by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (Scribner)
Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes, by Michael Sims (Bloomsbury)
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History, by Tori Telfer (Harper Perennial)
Best Mystery Short Story
“As Ye Sow,” by Craig Faustus Buck, in Passport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017 (Down and Out Books)
“The #2 Pencil,” by Matt Coyle, in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books)
“Infinite Uticas,” by Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017)
“Whose Wine is it Anyway?” Barb Goffman, in 50 Shades of Cabernet (Koehler Books)
*“Windward,” by Paul D. Marks, in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books)
“A Necessary Ingredient,” by Art Taylor, in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books)
Sue Feder Memorial Award: Best Historical Mystery
Dangerous to Know, by Renee Patrick (Forge)
The Devouring, by James R. Benn (Soho Crime)
*In Farleigh Field, by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union Publishing)
Cast the First Stone, by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)
Racing the Devil, by Charles Todd (Wm. Morrow)
A Rising Man, by Abir Mukherjee (Pegasus)
Crime Fiction:
Straw Man by Gerry Boyle
*Solo Act by Richard J. Cass
Led Astray by Kate Flora
NED KELLY AWARDS (Australia) 2018
Best Crime Fiction:
Marlborough Man (Alan Carter, Fremantle Press)
Under Cold Bright Lights (Garry Disher, Text)
Redemption Point (Candice Fox, Bantam)
*Crossing the Lines (Sulari Gentill, Pantera)
The Lone Child (Anna George, Viking)
The Student (Iain Ryan, Echo)
Best true crime
The Contractor (Mark Abernethy, Pan Macmillan)
*Unmaking A Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury)
The Suitcase Baby (Tanya Bretherton, Hachette)
The Fatalist (Campbell McConachie, Hachette)
Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)
Best first fiction
Wimmera (Mark Brandi, Hachette)
*The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey, A&U)
The Girl in Keller’s Way (Megan Goldin, Michael Joseph)
See What I Have Done (Sarah Schmidt, Hachette)
NERO WOLF AWARD Finalists 2018
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)
NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2017
Mystery
*A Black Sail, by Rich Zahradnik (Camel Press)
A Ring of Truth, by Michelle Cox (She Writes Press)
Last Seen: A Dr. Pepper Hunt Mystery, by J.L. Doucette (She Writes Press)
One Dead, Two to Go, by Elena Hartwell (Camel Press)
The XYZ Mysteries, by Iza Moreau (Black Bay Books)
Watermark, by Elise Schiller (CreateSpace)
Suspense
*Baroota: The Hunting Ground, by Zach Fortier (SteeleShark Press
Do Not Assume, by Elaine Williams Crockett, (BookBaby)
Into the MindField, by Steve Allen (CreateSpace)
Montanamo, by Christopher Leibig (Traveller's Playground Press)
Six Little Scars, by Ron Gambrell (Rough River Publishing, LLC)
The Fire Trail, by Christine Sunderland (eLectio Publishing)
Thriller
*Poison Heartbeats, by Temple Emmet Williams (Templeworks Properties, LLC)
Animal Rites, by Michael Panno (Primordial Press)
Beach Kill, by Phyllis Smallman (Self-Published)
The Dolphin, by Craig Bennett Hallenstein (Storyville Press (dba of Pirates!, Inc.)
The Hedgecock Friasko, by Rick Hussey (Trimark Press)
Yellow Death, by Alex Lettau (CreateSpace)
NGAIO MARSH AWARD 2018
Best Crime Novel
*Marlborough Man by Alan Carter (Fremantle Press)
See You In September by Charity Norman (Allen & Unwin)
Tess by Kirsten McDougall (Victoria University Press)
The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackell (Mary Egan Publishing)
A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave (Upstart Press)
The Hidden Room by Stella Duffy (Virago)
Best First Novel
The Floating Basin by Carolyn Hawes
Broken Silence by Helen Vivienne Fletcher (HVF Publishing)
*All Our Secrets by Jennifer Lane (Rosa Mira Books)
The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackwell (Mary Egan Publishing)
Nothing Bad Happens Here by Nikki Crutchley (Oak House Press)
PETRONA AWARD FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION 2018
What My Body Remembers by Agnete Friis, tr. Lindy Falk van Rooyen (Soho Press; Denmark)
*Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito, tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles (Simon & Schuster; Sweden)
After The Fire by Henning Mankell, tr. Marlaine Delargy (Vintage/Harvill Secker; Sweden)
The Darkest Day by Håkan Nesser, tr. Sarah Death (Pan Macmillan/Mantle; Sweden)
The White City by Karolina Ramqvist, tr. Saskia Vogel (Atlantic Books/Grove Press; Sweden)
The Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen, tr. David Hackston (Orenda Books; Finland)
PINCKLEY PRIZES FOR CRIME FICTION 2018
*Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Hart
*Debut Novel: Marcie Rendon
RWA's RITA ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AWARD 2018
Critical Instinct by Janie Crouch
*The Fixer by HelenKay Dimon
Guarding Mr. Fine by HelenKay Dimon
Montana Heat: Escape to You by Jennifer Ryan
Say You’re Sorry by Melinda Leigh
Too Wilde to Tame by Tonya Burrows
Touch of Red by Laura Griffin
The Transporter by Liz Maverick
Under Fire by Scarlett Cole
PETRONA AWARD FOR SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION 2018
What My Body Remembers, by Agnete Friis, translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen (Soho Press; Denmark)
*Quicksand, by Malin Persson Giolito, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles (Simon & Schuster; Sweden)
After the Fire, by Henning Mankell, translated by Marlaine Delargy (Vintage/Harvill Secker; Sweden)
The Darkest Day, by Håkan Nesser, translated by Sarah Death (Pan Macmillan/Mantle; Sweden)
The White City, by Karolina Ramqvist, translated by Saskia Vogel (Atlantic Books/Grove Press; Sweden)
The Man Who Died, by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books; Finland)
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) 2017
*Sara Paretsky
SCIBA's T. JEFFERSON PARKER AWARD 2017
Shadow Man: A Novel, Alan Drew
Blue Light Yokohama: A Crime Novel, Nicolas Obregon
*The Force: A Novel, 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 2018
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
Play a Cold Hand by Terence Faherty
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
Dames Fight Harder by M. Ruth Myers
The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli
*Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik
Best First Private Eye Novel
Under Water by Casey Barrett
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
*The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Best Private Eye Short Story
Eric Beetner, “Out of Business,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Reed Farrel Coleman, “Breakage,” in Down & Out, The Magazine Vol 1/ Issue 1, edited by Rick Ollerman
Brendan Dubois, “Random,” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb
*Robert S. Levinson, “Rosalie Marx is Missing,” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, May/June
Paul D. Marks, “Windward,” in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks
Best Private Eye Novel
Dark Water by Parker Bilal
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
*The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker
Monument Road by Michael Wiley
SPOTTED OWL AWARD (Best Pacific Northwest Crime Novel) 2018
*Ingrid Thoft for Duplicity
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 2018
Spook Street, by Mick Herron (John Murray)
The Long Drop, by Denise Mina (Harvill Secker)
A Rising Man, by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill Secker)
*The Intrusions, by Stav Sherez (Faber and Faber)
Persons Unknown, by Susie Steiner (The Borough Press)
Insidious Intent, by Val McDermid (Little, Brown)
*Hearts of the Missing by Carol Potenza
