Finalists for 2014 Nero Award

The Wolfe Pack has announced the finalists for the 2014 Nero Award. The award is presented annually for the best American Mystery and is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, which is traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. Criteria...

2014 Macavity Award Nominees

Janet Rudolph and the Mystery Readers Journal have announced the nominees for the 2014 Macavity Awards. The Macavity Awards are nominated and voted on by members and friends of Mystery Readers International and subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal. Winners will...

Nominees for 2014 Shamus Awards

The Private Eye Writers of America have announced the finalists for the 2014 Shamus Awards. BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton The Good Cop by Brad Parks Nemesis by Bill...

2013 Hammett Prize winner announced

The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers has awarded the the 2013 Hammett Prize to Richard Lange's ANGEL BABY. Other nominees: CATARACT CITY: A NOVEL by Craig Davidson (Doubleday Canada) GREEN LIGHT FOR MURDER by Heywood Gould...

Winners of the 2014 Arthur Ellis Awards

Tonight, the Crime Writers of Canada presented the 2014 Arthur Ellis Awards. Best Novel THE DEVIL'S MAKING by Seán Haldane(Stone Flower Press) Best First Novel BAIT by J. Kent Messum (Penguin Canada) Best Novella THE GODDAUGHTER'S REVENGE by Melodie Campbell (Orca...