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7/13/08
»› The International Thriller Writers presented the 2008 Thriller Awards at a banquet in New York on July 12, 2008. Click here for full list of nominees
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7/13/08
»› The International Thriller Writers presented the 2008 Thriller Awards at a banquet in New York on July 12, 2008. Click here for full list of nominees
2008 ThrillerMaster: Sandra Brown
Silver Bullet Awards: David Baldacci and Macys
Best Novel: The Ghost by Robert Harris
Best First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Paperback Original: The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
7/12/08
»› The UK Crime Writers' Association has announced the winners of the 2008 Dagger awards, which were presented at a dinner in London on Thursday 10th July. Click here for full list of nominees
Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Novel: Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger: Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti (translated from the French by Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz)
Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction: Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Short Story Dagger: "The Bookbinder's Apprentice" by Martin Edwards (The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries)
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Rees (US title The Collaborator of Bethlehem)
The Dagger in the Library (given to the author whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users): Craig Russell
Debut Dagger Competition (for unpublished novelists, based on opening chapter(s) and a short synopsis of a proposed crime novel): Amer Anwar (UK) for Western Fringes
»› The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers has announced the winner (in blue below) of the annual Hammett Prize at a ceremony on June 7, 2008 in Toronto, during the Bloody Words mystery convention.
The Outlander by Gil Adamson (House of Anansi Press)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
End Games by Michael Dibdin (Pantheon)
Dahlia's Gone by Katie Estill (St. Martin's)
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster)
»› The Wolfe Pack has announced the finalists for the 2008 Nero Wolfe Award, which will be presented at the Black Orchid banquet in New York on December 6, 2008.
Glass Houses by Jane Haddam (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman (William Morrow)
In This Rain by S. J. Rozan (Delacorte)
Anatomy Of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer (William Morrow)
In Secret Service by Mitch Silver (Touchstone)
7/6/08
»› Posted the Barry Awards ballot on the Barry page. If you are a reader of Mystery News and you have not received a ballot, you can print and mail this one.
»› Updated the Calendar page with 5 new events and restored a few that mysteriously went missing with our last update.
6/29/08
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Waterstone's
and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival have announced the
shortlist for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2008,
which will be announced on Thursday 17 July at the opening of the Theakstons
Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett
Buried by Mark Billingham
A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre
The Death of Dalziel by Reginald Hill
One Under by Graham Hurley
Not Dead Enough by Peter James
Relentless by Simon Kernick
Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Piece Of My Heart by Peter Robinson
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
»› The June/July 2008 issue of Mystery News was mailed on June 23, 2008. Pam Lawrence's cover interview is of Jim Kelly, whose fifth novel featuring journalist Philip Dryden and his sidekick Humph was published in North America earlier this spring. Marv Lachman writes about Josephine Tey, an author perhaps best known for The Daughter of Time, whose books remain in print after 50+ years. Virginia R. Knight takes a turn writing our In the beginning column with a feature on Rose Melikan, whose first novel The Blackstone Key is set in 1795 on England's Suffolk coast. Tim Davis reveals the writing duo behind the pseudonym Michael Gregorio, authors of Days of Atonement and Critique of Criminal Reason. Roger M. Sobin's Real to Reel column shines a light on 1932's The Mask of Fu Manchu and Sax Rohmer's series featuring the diabolical doctor. Dave Magayna listens to Anne Perry's Buckingham Palace Gardens and to Daniel Silva's The Messenger. And, of course, our usual columns, reviews, previews and calendar. Updated the Back Issues and added nearly a dozen new events to the Calendar page.
»› Click here to see the winner of the Hammett Award. Click here to see this year's Edgar Award winners.
»› Bouchercon 2008 has announced the nominees for the 2008 Anthony Awards as follows. The awards will be presented at a banquet in Baltimore in early October.
Best Novel:
Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
The Watchman by Robert Crais
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
What the Dead Know by Laura LippmanBest First Novel:
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
In the Woods by Tana French
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Head Games by Craig MacDonald
The Blade Itself by Marcus SakeyBest Paperback Original:
Queenpin by Megan Abbott
Slide by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Robert Fate
A Thousand Bones by P.J. ParrishShort Story:
"Please Watch Your Step" by Rhys Bowen (The Strand Magazine, Feb-May 2007)
"Dear Dr. Watson" by Steve Hockensmith (EQMM, February 2007)
"How Stella Got her Grave Back" by Toni L. P. Kelner (Many Bloody Returns)
"Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippman (Dead Man's Hand)
"Uncle" by Daniel Woodrell (A Hell of A Woman)Critical Work:
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley
The Essential Mystery Lists Compiled by Roger Sobin
The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction by Christiana GregoriouSpecial Services:
Jon and Ruth Jordan - CrimeSpree Magazine
Ali Karim - Shots Magazine
Maddy Van Hertbruggen - 4 Mystery Addicts
Sarah Weinman - Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
Judy Bobalik - for being one of the best friends and supporters of mystery writers anywhereWeb Site:
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind - Sarah Weinman
Rap Sheet/January Magazine - J. Kingston Pierce
Murderati - A Writer's Blog
Stop You're Killing Me - Stan Ulrich & Lucinda Surber
Crime Fiction Dossier - David Montgomery
»› The Mystery Readers International (Mystery Readers Journal) has announced the Macavity Award nominations for works published in 2007. The awards will be presented during opening ceremonies at Bouchercon in Baltimore in October 2008.
Best Mystery NovelSoul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie
What the Dead Know by Laura LippmanBest First MysteryIn the Woods by Tana French
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny )
The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon ReesBest Mystery Short Story"A Rat's Tale" by Donna Andrews (EQMM, Sep-Oct 2007)
"Please Watch Your Step" by Rhys Bowen (The Strand Magazine, Spring 2007)
"The Missing Elevator Puzzle" by Jon L. Breen (EQMM, Feb 2007)
"Brimstone P.I." by Beverle Graves Myers (AHMM, May 2007)
"The Old Wife's Tale" by Gillian Roberts (EQMM, Mar-Apr 2007)Best Mystery Non-FictionRough Guide to Crime Fiction by Barry Forshaw
Chester Gould by Jean Gould O'Connell
Arthur Conan Doyle edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley
Police Procedure and Investigation by Lee Lofland
The Essential Mystery Lists compiled and edited by Roger SobinSue Feder Memorial Historical MysteryHer Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin
Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
The Gravediggers Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
»› The Crime Writers of Canada awarded the Arthur Ellis Awards on Thursday, June 5 in Toronto. Winners in blue below.
Best Novel
Trumpets Sound No More by Jon Redfern
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Snow Candy by Terry Carroll
A Journeyman to Grief by Maureen Jennings
The Cruellest Month by Louise PennyBest First Novel
García's Heart by Liam Durcan
The Line Painter by Claire Cameron
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
Blood of Dreams by Susan Parisi
The Silk Train Murder by Sharon Rowse
Sucker Punch by Marc StrangeBest Short Story
"Turners" by Leslie Watts (Kingston Whig-Standard, July 7, 2007)
"Eight Lords A'Leaping" by Vicki Cameron (Locked Up)
"Wreckwood" by Maureen Jennings (Blood on the Holly)
"The Hounds of Winter" by D.J. McIntosh (Blood on the Holly)
"As Long as We Both Shall Live" by Rick Mofina (Blood on the Holly)Best Crime Writing in FrenchTsiganes by Mario Bolduc
Le Cercle des Pénitents by Johanne Seymour
GHB: Grossier, Horrible et Bête by Pierre H. Richard
Epidermes by Diane Vincent
Scènes de Crimes: Enquêtes sur le Roman Policier Contemporain by Norbert SpehnerBest Non-Fiction
One Child at a Time by Julian Sher
Enter the Babylon System by Rodrigo Bascunan & Christian Pearce
The Last to Die by Robert J. Hoshowsky
The War on Women by Brian Vallée
Where War Lives by Paul WatsonBest Juvenile
Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
Racing for Diamonds by Anita Daher
Spider's Song by Anita Daher
I.D. by Vicki Grant
The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden TaylorBest Unpublished First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur
D.J. McIntosh for The Witch of Babylon
Patricia Flewwelling for Mummer's the Word
Amy Tector for The Paris Letters
Kevin Thornton for Condemned
Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Novel
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield
Night Work by Steve Hamilton
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
A Vengeful Longing by R.N. MorrisDuncan Lawrie International DaggerThe Patience of the Spider by Andrea Camilleri
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti
A Deal With the Devil by Martin Suter
This Night's Foul Work by Fred VargasGold Dagger for Non-FictionNationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi by Francisco Goldman
Violation by David Rose
The Lost Boy by Duncan Staff
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
Into the Darkness by Peter ZimonjicIan Fleming Steel DaggerRitual by Mo Hayder
I See You by Gregg Hurwitz
Shatter by Michael Robotham
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
The Echelon Vendetta by David StoneShort Story Dagger"Provenance" by Robert Barnard (The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries)
"One Dollar Jackpot" by Michael Connelly (Dead Man's Hand)
"The Bookbinder's Apprentice" by Martin Edwards (The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries)
"One True Love" by Laura Lippman (Best American Mystery Stories 2007)
"Glazed" by Danuta Reah (Getting Even)John Creasey (New Blood) DaggerThe Night of the Mi'raj by Zoë Ferraris (US title Finding Nouf)
Die With Me by Elena Forbes
The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Rees (US title The Collaborator of Bethlehem)
Child 44 by Tom Rob SmithThe Dagger In the Library (given to the author whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users)Elizabeth Corley
Andrew Martin
Denise Mina
Craig Russell
CJ Sansom
Chris SimmsDebut Dagger Competition (for unpublished novelists, based on opening chapter(s) and a short synopsis of a proposed crime novel)Amer Anwar (UK) for Western Fringes
Belinda Bauer (UK) for Blacklands
Russell Colman (Canada) for Desert Storm
Peter Dewar (UK) for The Eclipse of Lilith
Bill Harrison (Canada) for Nite Lite
Alison Marlow (UK) for The Stench of Lilies
James Oswald (UK) for The Book of Souls
Susan Schaab (USA) for Wearing the Spider
Ian Simpson (UK) for Devils and Disciples
PJ Watson (USA) for All the Wrong People
»› International Thriller Writers, Inc. has announced the following nominees for the Thriller Awards, which will be announced at ThrillerFest in NY in July.
Best Novel
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The Watchman by Robert Crais
The Ghost by Robert Harris
The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
Trouble by Jesse KellermanBest First Novel
Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
From the Depths by Gerry Doyle
Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe HillBest Paperback Original
The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco
A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish
The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
Shattered by Jay Bonansinga
5/31/08
»› Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures are pleased to announce the nominations for the 2008 Barry Awards. George Easter, founder and editor of DP, created the Barrys 11 years ago as a way of honoring Barry Gardner, who had recently died rather suddenly at a fairly young age. Barry had come to mystery fandom relatively recently and had become a prolific and highly respected reviewer and ambassador of mystery and crime fiction. The Barry Awards will be presented at Bouchercon in Baltimore, Maryland in early October 2008
Best Novel (Published in the U.S. in 2007)Best First Novel (Published in the U.S. in 2007)Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House)
The Unquiet by John Connolly (Atria)
Down River by John Hart (St Martin's Minotaur)
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath (Hyperion)
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
Red Cat by Peter Spiegelman (Knopf)
Best British Crime Novel (Published in the U.K. in 2007, not necessarily written by a British writer nor set in the U.K.)Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (Morrow)
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover (Morrow)
In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees (Soho Press)
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Best ThrillerA Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory (Orion)
Pig Island by Mo Hayder (Bantam Press)
One Under by Graham Hurley (Orion)
The Death List by Paul Johnston (Mira)
The 50/50 Killer bySteve Mosby (Orion)
Damnation Falls by Edward Wright (Orion)
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
The Cleaner by Brett Battles (Delacorte)
The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi (Henry Holt)
Silence by Thomas Perry (Harcourt)
Midnight Rambler by Jim Swain (Ballantine)
Best Paperback Original
Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Black Widow Agency by Felicia Donovan (Midnight Ink)
Choke Point by Jay MacLarty (Pocket)
The Mark by Jason Pinter (Mira)
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas (Penguin)
Who Is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall (Simon & Schuster)
Best Short Story"Dead As a Dog" by Doug Allyn (EQMM July 2007)
"The Book Case" by Dale C. Andrews and Kurt Sercu (EQMM May 2007)
"The Missing Elevator Puzzle" by Jon L. Breen (EQMM February 2007)
"Bump" by Jeffery Deaver (Dead Man's Hand)
"The Problem of the Summer Snowman" by Edward D. Hoch (EQMM November 2007)
"The Old Wife's Tale" by Gillian Roberts (EQMM March-April 2007)
"Murder: A User's Guibe" by Neil Schofield (AHMM July-August 2007)
»› Updated
the Calendar page with 8 new events
4/22/08
»› The April/May 2008 issue of Mystery News is being mailed on April 23, 2008. The cover interview, by Lynn Kaczmarek is of Katherine Hall Page, the author of The Body in the Gallery, seventeenth in the Faith Fairchild series, featuring the New England caterer who finds bodies in the most interesting places. Marv Lachman tells us of Helen Reilly, whose series featuring Inspector Christopher McKee of the Manhattan Homicide Division predates the subgenre of police procedurals. Steve Miller writes about Leighton Gage, whose Blood of the Wicked takes us into the land wars and liberation theology of Brazil. W.E. Reinka gives us a warmly heartfelt tribute to Edward D. Hoch, master of the mystery short story who died in January of this year. Virginia R. Knight talks to Ariana Franklin, whose Mistress of the Art of Death won the 2007 Ellis Peters Award. Roger M. Sobin's Real to Reel column brings us back to the heyday of the 007 films with From Russia, With Love. Dave Magayna's The Sound of Mystery features a review of the audio version of J.A. Konrath's Dirty Martini. We've got a mini-feature of some more of our reviewers' 5 favorite books read in 2007. And, of course, our usual columns, reviews, previews and calendar. Updated the Back Issues and Calendar page.
2/23/08
»› The February/March 2008 issue of Mystery News was mailed on February 19, 2008. The cover interview, by Lynn Kaczmarek is of Steve Hockensmith, whose series featuring the Amlingmeyer brothers, Old Red and Big Red, puts a western spin on the historical and detective mystery. Marv Lachman covers Stuart Palmer, perhaps best known as the author of the Hildegard Withers series, and also a prolific screensriter. Steve Miller introduces us to Craig McDonald, whose debut work, Head Games, takes a gamble or two along the way. We've got a cool conversation in which veteran writer Ken Bruen talks to relative newcomer Marcus Sakey about pleasure-delaying and the algebra of story. Roger M. Sobin's Real to Reel column focuses on The Petrified Forest, and the author of the play on which is is based, Robert E. Sherwood. Dave Magayna is back with The Sound of Mystery, featuring reviews of the audio versions of Matthew Klein's Con Ed and Greg Rucka's Patriot Acts. This is the issue in which our reviewers tell us their 5 (or so) favorite books read in 2007. And, of course, our usual columns, reviews, previews and calendar. Updated the Back Issues, Authors, and Calendar pages.
»› The Mystery Writers of America have announced the nominees for the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which will be presented at a banquet at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on May 1. Update: winners are noted in blue below.
Best Novel:
Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt)
Priest by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House Books)Best First Novel by an American Author:
In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (William Morrow)
Snitch Jacket by Christopher Goffard (Rookery Press)
Head Games by Craig McDonald (Bleak House Books)
Pyres by Derek Nikitas (St. Martin's Minotaur)Best Paperback Original:
Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett (Random House/Mortalis)
Cruel Poetry by Vicki Hendricks (Serpent's Tail)
Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill (Hard Case Crime)
Who is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall (Simon & Schuster)Best Fact Crime:
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (Norton)
The Birthday Party by Stanley Alpert (Putnam)
Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for a Crime I Didn't Commit by Kerry Max Cook (William Morrow)
Relentless Pursuit: A True Story of Family, Murder, and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit by Kevin Flynn (Putnam)
Sacco & Vanzetti: The Men, The Murders and the Judgment of Mankind by Bruce Watson (Viking)Best Critical/Biographical:
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (Penguin Press)
The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson (Random House)
A Counter-History of Crime Fiction: Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational by Maurizio Ascari (Palgrave Macmillan)
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction by Christiana Gregoriou (Palgrave Macmillan)
Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy by Jean Gould O'Connell (McFarland & Company)Best Short Story:
"The Golden Gopher" by Susan Straight (in Los Angeles Noir, edited by Denise Hamilton; Akashic Books)
"The Catch" by Mark Ammons (in Still Waters, edited by Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty & Susan Oleksiw; Level Best Books)
"Blue Note" by Stuart M. Kaminsky (in Chicago Blues, edited by Libby Fischer Hellman; Bleak House Books)
"Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippman (in Dead Man's Hand, edited by Otto Penzler; Harcourt)
"Uncle" by Daniel Woodrell (in A Hell Of A Woman, edited by Megan Abbott; Busted Flush Press)Best Juvenile:
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion)
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch (Little, Brown)
Shadows on Society Hill by Evelyn Coleman (American Girl Publications)
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books)
Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf)Best Young Adult:
Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Dial)
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney (Delacorte Press)
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (Atheneum Books)
Blood Brothers by S.A. Harazin (Delacorte Press)
Fragments by Jeffry W. Johnston (Simon Pulse)
Best Play:
Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers' Festival)
If/Then by David Foley (International Mystery Writers' Festival)
Books by Stuart M. Kaminsky (International Mystery Writers' Festival)Best Television Episode teleplay:
"Pilot" - Burn Notice, teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)
"It's Alive" - Dexter, teleplay by Daniel Cerone (Showtime)
"Yahrzeit" - Waking the Dead, teleplay by Declan Croghan & Barbara Machin (BBC America)
"Pie-Lette" - Pushing Daisies, teleplay by Bryan Fuller (ABC/Warner Bros Television)
"Senseless" - Law & Order: Criminal Intent, teleplay by Julie Martin & Siobhan Byrne O'Connor (Wolf Films/NBC Universal)Best Motion Picture Screenplay:
Michael Clayton, screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)Eastern Promises, screenplay by Steven Knight (Focus Features)
The Lookout, screenplay by Scott Frank (Miramax)
No Country for Old Men, screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, based on the book by Cormac McCarthy (Miramax)
Zodiac, screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the book by Robert Graysmith (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:
"The Catch" by Mark Ammons (in Still Waters, edited by Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty & Susan Oleksiw; Level Best Books)
Grand Master:
Bill Pronzini
Raven Awards:
Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
Kate's Mystery Books (Kate Mattes, owner)The Simon & Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award:
Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault (Penguin Group/Berkley Prime Crime)
In Cold Pursuit by Sarah Andrews (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Inferno by Karen Harper (Harlequin/MIRA Books)
The First Stone by Judith Kelman (Penguin Group/Berkley Prime Crime)
Deadman's Switch by Barbara Seranella (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The Outlander by Gil Adamson (House of Anansi Press)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
End Games by Michael Dibdin (Pantheon)
Dahlia's Gone by Katie Estill (St. Martin's Press)
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster)
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