The powers that be have announced the nominees for the Anthony Awards.
Best Novel
LAMENTATION – Joe Clifford [Oceanview]
THE SECRET PLACE – Tana French [Hodder & Stoughton/Viking]
AFTER I’M GONE – Laura Lippman [William Morrow]
THE LONG WAY HOME – Louise Penny [Minotaur]
TRUTH BE TOLD – Hank Phillippi Ryan [Forge]
Best First Novel
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD – Kristi Belcamino [Witness Impulse]
ICE SHEAR – M.P. Cooley [William Morrow]
INVISIBLE CITY – Julia Dahl [Minotaur]
THE LIFE WE BURY – Allen Eskens [Seventh Street]
THE BLACK HOUR – Lori Rader-Day [Seventh Street]
Best Paperback Original
STAY WITH ME – Alison Gaylin [Harper]
THE KILLER NEXT DOOR – Alex Marwood [Penguin]
THE DAY SHE DIED – Catriona McPherson [Midnight Ink]
WORLD OF TROUBLE – Ben H. Winters [Quirk]
NO STONE UNTURNED – James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street]
Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work
THE FIGURE OF THE DETECTIVE: A LITERARY HISTORY AND ANALYSIS – Charles Brownson [McFarland]
DEATH DEALER: HOW COPS AND CADAVER DOGS BROUGHT A KILLER TO JUSTICe – Kate Clark Flora [New Horizon]
DRU’S BOOK MUSINGS – Dru Ann Love [http://drusbookmusing.com]
POE-LAND: THE HALLOWED HAUNTS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE – J.W. Ocker [Countryman]
WRITES OF PASSAGE: ADVENTURES ON THE WRITER’S JOURNEY – Hank Phillippi Ryan, ed. [Henery]
Best Short Story
“Honeymoon Sweet” Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014 – Craig Faustus Buck [Down & Out]
“The Shadow Knows” Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays – Barb Goffman [Wildside]
“Howling at the Moon” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 – Paul D. Marks [Dell]
“Of Dogs & Deceit” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 – John Shepphird [Dell]
“The Odds Are Against Us” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2014 – Art Taylor [Dell]
Best Anthology or Collection
FACEOFF – David Baldacci, ed. [Simon & Schuster]
MURDER AT THE BEACH: THE BOUCHERCON ANTHOLOGY 2014 – Dana Cameron, ed. [Down & Out]
TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Joe Clifford, ed. [Gutter]
IN THE COMPANY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: STORIES INSPIRED BY THE HOLMES CANON- Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger, eds. [Pegasus Crime]
CAROLINA CRIMES: 19 TALES OF LOVE, LUST, AND LONGING – Karen Pullen, ed. [Wildside]
Nominees were selected by attendees of 2014 Bouchercon in Long Beach and registrants of 2015 Bouchercon in Raleigh. Awards will be determined by Bouchercon attendees in Raleigh, October 8-11.
