Nominees for 2014 Anthony Awards

The 2014 Bouchercon has announced the nominees for this year's Anthony Awards. The awards will be presented on Saturday evening, November 15th. Best Novel Robert Crais, Suspect (Putnam) Sara J. Henry, A Cold and Lonely Place (Crown Publishers) William Kent Krueger,...

Shortlists for CWA Dagger Awards

At CrimeFest, the shortlists were announced for the CWA Dagger Awards. The CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger: DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA, by Antonia Hodgson (Hodder & Stoughton) THE LATE SCHOLAR, by Jill Paton Walsh (Hodder & Stoughton) TREACHERY, by S.J. Parris...

2013 Agatha Award winners

Today, at the Malice Domestic mystery conference, the 2013 Agatha Awards were presented: Best First Novel DEATH AL DENTE by Leslie Budewitz (Berkley Prime Crime) Best Historical Novel   A Question of Honor by Charles Todd (William Morrow) Best Contemporary Novel...

2014 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners for the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Best Novel  ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books) Best First Novel RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster - Scribner) Best...

Shortlists for 3 CrimeFest awards

The powers that be behind CrimeFest have announced  the shortlists of nominees for three prizes from the event: Audible Sounds of Crime Award (for “the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2013 in both printed and audio formats,...