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...

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...