Saturday, at the Los Angeles Festival Of Books, The winners of the 2015 L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced, with Don Winslow being awarded the Mystery/Thriller Prize for THE CARTEL, his follow-up to 2005's POWER OF THE DOG. Other Finalists THE LONG AND FARAWAY...

The International Thriller Writers have announced the nominees for the 2016 Thriller Awards. Best Hardcover Novel: THE FIFTH GOSPEL, by Ian Caldwell (Simon & Schuster) PLAYING WITH FIRE, by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins...

  The Short Mystery Fiction Society has announced the finalists for 2016 Derringer Awards .Group voting to determine the winner in each category runs March 1–30. Winners announced March 31. For Best Flash Story (Up to 1,000 words) Jack Bates, "The Hard Screw"...

This weekend, at LEFT COAST CRIME 2016,  the winners were announced for the 2016 LEFTY awards. Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: LORD OF THE WINGS, by Donna Andrews (Minotaur) Other nominees PLANTATION SHUDDERS, by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane) FEBRUARY FEVER, by...

The folks behind Malice Domestic have announced the nominees for the 2015 Agatha Awards. Best Contemporary Novel: BURNED BRIDGES, Annette Dashofy (Henery Press) LONG UPON THE LAND, Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing) THE CHILD GARDEN, Catriona McPherson...

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library announced the nominees for the 28th annual  Minnesota Book Awards. Below are the nominees for Genre fiction: Genre Fiction (sponsored by Macalester College) THE DEVEREAUX DECISION by Steve McEllistrem (Calumet Editions)...