by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 24, 2013 | Awards
Tonight, in Colorado Springs, the winners of the Left Coast Crime Awards were announced: The Lefty for best humorous mystery novel since 1996: Winner: Brad Parks, The Girl Next Door (Minotaur) Mike Befeler, Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder (Five Star) Laura...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 12, 2013 | Awards, Books
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards. Awards are presented in 22 categories, but here are the finalists for the Mystery categories: Gay Mystery Bokassa’s Last Apostle, by Rod Shelton (Paradise Press UK) Dos Equis,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 3, 2013 | Books, News
On Thursday, The L.A. Times announced the finalists for the 33rd annual L.A. Times Book Prizes. There are ten categories, but here is the one that applies to us: Mystery/Thriller Tana French / Broken Harbor (Viking) Nick Harkaway / Angelmaker (Knopf) Fuminori Nakamura...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 2, 2013 | Books, News
Earlier this week, The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers announced the nominees for their annual HAMMETT PRIZE. Jim Lynch, Truth Like the Sun: A Novel (Knopf) Howard Owen, Oregon Hill (Permanent) Kurt Palka, Patient Number 7...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 2, 2013 | Books, News
The Short Mystery Fiction Society have announced the finalists for the 2013 Derringer Awards. Awards are given in 4 categories based on word count. BEST FLASH STORY (Up to 1,000 words): “An Old-Fashioned Villain” by Nick Andreychuk (Sherlock Holmes Mystery...
