The powers that be behind LEFT COAST CRIME have announced the nominees for the 2016 LEFTY awards. Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel: LORD OF THE WINGS, by Donna Andrews (Minotaur) PLANTATION SHUDDERS, by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane) FEBRUARY FEVER, by Jess Lourey...
Saturday night, The Nero Wolf Literary Society presented the 2015 Nero Award at the Black Orchid Banquet. The award is presented to a novel, published in 2014) that is written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories. PETER PAN MUST DIE by John Verdon (Crown...
The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award were presented on the 25th, the awards are given in a number of categories, honoring both adult and children's books, but one that applies to our own little world is the Ireland AM Crime Novel Of The Year: The Winner: AFTER...
The Washington Post has announced their best of 2015. There are a number of categories, but our own interest is on one area, the Best Mystery Books and Thrillers. A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES, by Elizabeth George (Viking) BRUSH BACK, by Sara Paretsky (Putnam) DARK...
For a record third time, Don Winslow has won the T. Jefferson Parker Award. The award, presented by The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association, is for THE CARTEL, with earlier ones awarded for THE KINGS OF COOL and SAVAGES. The Southern California...
At a banquet, held during Bouchercon in Raleigh, NC, the Private Eye Writers of America presented the 2015 Shamus Awards BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL Hounded by David Rosenfelt Other nominees The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith Toyko...
