BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Minotaur Books) 

Crooks by Lou Berney (William Morrow & Company)

Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts (Minotaur Books)

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books: Pine and Cedar)

 

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove (Berkley Books)

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook (Soho Crime)

Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang (Atria Books(

The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs (William Morrow & Company)

Voices of the Elysian Fields by Michael Rigg (Level Best Books)

Whiskey Business by Adrian Andover (Chestnut Avenue Press)

 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL/E-BOOK/AUDIOBOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Edge by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)

Crimson Thaw by Bruce Robert Coffin (Severn River Publishing)

River of Lies by James L'Etoile (Oceanview Publishing)

This Violent Heart by Heather Levy (Montlake)

Tricks of Fortune by Lina Chern (Bantam)

 

BEST JUVENILE OR YA

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala (Delacorte Press)

Miles in Time by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Wise Wolf Books)

Risky Pursuit by Nancy G. West (Fire & Ice Young Adult Books)

The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson (Quill Tree Books)

Well-Behaved Children Seldom Make History by Chris Chan (Level Best Books)

 

BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK

Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to New England by Dawn M. Barclay (Level Tru)

Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King (Flatiron Books)

L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood by Anne Soon Choi (Third State Books)

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser (Penguin Press)

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy (Vintage)

 

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology edited by Curtis Ippolito (Rock and a Hard Place Press)

Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed: Bouchercon Anthology edited by Don Bruns (Down & Out Books)

Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons edited by John Copenhaver and Salem West (Bywater Books)

Hollywood Kills: An Anthology edited by Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff (Level Short)

​Whatever Kills the Pain by C.W. Blackwell (Rock and a Hard Place Press)

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BEST SHORT STORY

"AITA for Using My Husband's Hobby to Teach Him a Lesson" by Mindy Carlson in Myopic Duplicity: Do the Ends Ever Justify the Means? (Leonardo Audio) 

"Brotherly Love"  by Cheryl A. Head in Every Day I Die a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim  (Level Short)

"Finding Jimmy Baldwin" by Cheryl A. Head in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons (Bywater Books)

"Hollywood Prometheus" by Christa Faust in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons (Bywater Books)

"Six-Armed Robbery"  by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier in Donna Andrews Presents Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Humorous (Wildside Press)

"The Skies Are Red" by Richie Narvaez in On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology (Rock and a Hard Place Press)