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1986 - 1989
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1989 · Philadelphia, PA
BEST NOVEL
Winner:
The Silence Of The Lambs – Thomas Harris - St. Martin’s
Nominees:
The Widows Club – Dorothy Cannell - Bantam
“E” Is For Evidence – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
A Thief of Time – Tony Hillerman - Harper & Row
Blood Shot – Sara Paretsky - Delacorte
Dead Crazy – Nancy Picard - Scribner
Shackles – Bill Pronzini - St. Martin’s
Pepper Pike – Les Roberts - St. Martin’s
The Silence Of The Lambs – Thomas Harris - St. Martin’s
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
A Great Deliverance – Elizabeth George - Bantam
Nominees:
Murder Once Done – Mary Lou Bennett - Perseverance
The Killings at Badger’s Drift – Caroline Graham - Adler and Adler
Random Access Murder – Linda Grant - Avon
Fear of the Dark – Gar Anthony Haywood - St. Martin’s
Carolina Skeletons – David Stout - Mysterious
A Great Deliverance – Elizabeth George - Bantam
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Winner:
Something Wicked – Carolyn G. Hart - Bantam
Nominees:
High Noon at Midnight – Michael Avallone - PaperJacks
Murder Unrenovated – P.M. Carlson - Bantam
The Man Who Died Laughing – David Handler - Bantam
A Radical Departure – Lia Matera [Bantam]; Paying the Piper – Sharyn McCrumb - Ballantine
Murder By Impulse – D.R. Meredith - Ballantine
Primary Target – Marilyn Wallace -Bantam
Something Wicked – Carolyn G. Hart - Bantam
1988 · San Diego, CA
BEST NOVEL
Winner:
Skinwalkers – Tony Hillerman - Harper & Row (1st pub Nov’86)
Nominees:
A Trouble Of Fools – Linda Barnes - St. Martin’s
Old Bones – Aaron Elkins Mysterious
Trojan Gold – Elizabeth Peters - Atheneum
Marriage Is Murder – Nancy Pickard - Scribner
Skinwalkers – Tony Hillerman - Harper & Row (1st pub Nov’86)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
Caught Dead In Philadelphia – Gillian Roberts - Scribner
Nominees:
Death on the Rocks – Michael Allegretto - Scribner
The House Of Blue Lights – Robert J. Bowman - St. Martin’s
Murder at the War: A Modern-Day Mystery With a Medieval Setting – Mary Monica Pulver - St. Martin’s
An Infinite Number Of Monkeys – Les Roberts - St. Martin’s
Caught Dead In Philadelphia – Gillian Roberts - Scribner
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Winner:
The Monkey’s Raincoat – Robert Crais - Bantam
Nominees:
The Cat Who Played Brahms – Lilian Jackson Braun - Jove
Death On Demand – Carolyn G. Hart [Crimeline]; Bishop’s Gambit, Declined – Conrad Haynes - Bantam
Where Lawyers Fear To Tread – Lia Matera - Bantam
Bimbos Of The Death Sun – Sharyn McCrumb - TSR
The Monkey’s Raincoat – Robert Crais - Bantam
BEST SHORT STORY
Winner:
“Breakfast Television” – Robert Barnard, EQMM Jan’87, pp.34-43
Nominees:
“Scrap” – Max Allan Collins, The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, pp.161-173 - Black Lizard
“Soft Monkey” – Harlan Ellison, Mystery Scene Reader: A Special Tribute to John D. MacDonald, pp.56-69 - Fedora
“Turn Away” – Ed Gorman, The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, pp.313-323 - Black Lizard
“The Au Pair Girl” – Joyce Harrington, A Matter Of Crime, Vol 1, pp.39-70 - HBJ
“Breakfast Television” – Robert Barnard, EQMM Jan’87, pp.34-43
BEST MOVIE
Winner:
The Big Easy – Jim McBride, dir; Daniel Petrie, Jr., writer
Nominees:
Black Widow – Bob Rafelson, dirRonald Bass, writer
Fatal Attraction – Adrien Lyne, dir; James Dearden, writer
No Way Out – Roger Donaldson, dir; Robert Garland, writer
Robocop – Paul Verhoeven, dir; Edward Neumeir, Michael Miner, writers
Stakeout – John Badham, dir; Jim Kouf, writer
The Big Easy – Jim McBride, dir; Daniel Petrie, Jr., writer
BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Winner:
Mystery! – PBS, WGBH/Boston, prod
Nominees:
The Equalizer – CBS, James MacAdams, prod
Murder She Wrote – CBS, Richard Levinson, William Link, Peter Fisher, prods
Private Eye – NBC, Anthony Yerkovich, pro
Wiseguy – CBS, Stephen J. Cannell, prod
Mystery! – PBS, WGBH/Boston, prod
1987 · Minneapolis, MN
BEST NOVEL
Winner:
“C” Is For Corpse – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
Nominees:
When The Sacred Ginmill Closes – Lawrence Block - Arbor House
Tropical Heat – John Lutz - Henry Holt
No Body – Nancy Pickard - Scribner
Life’s Work – Jonathan Valin - Delacorte
“C” Is For Corpse – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
Too Late To Die – Bill Crider - Walker
Nominees:
Strangled Prose – Joan Hess - St. Martin’s
The Ritual Bath – Faye Kellerman - Arbor House
Floater – Joseph Koenig - Mysterious
Dead Air – Mike Lupica - Villard
Too Late To Die – Bill Crider - Walker
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Winner:
The Junkyard Dog – Robert Campbell - Signet
Nominees:
The Cat Who Saw Red – Lilian Jackson Braun - Jove
Trial By Fury – J.A. Jance - Avon
The Back-Door Man – Rob Kantner - Bantam
Trace: Too Old a Cat – Warren Murphy - Signet
The Junkyard Dog – Robert Campbell - Signet
BEST SHORT STORY
Winner:
“The Parker Shotgun” – Sue Grafton, Mean streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology pp.81-101 - Mysterious
Nominees:
“Body Count” – Wayne D. Dundee, Mean streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology, pp.25-46 - Mysterious
“Scalplock” – Clark Howard, EQMM Jul’86, pp.134-153
“The Parker Shotgun” – Sue Grafton, Mean streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology pp.81-101 - Mysterious
1986 · Baltimore, MD
BEST NOVEL
Winner:
“B” Is For Burglar – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
Nominees:
The Shortest Way to Hades – Sarah Caudwell - Scribner
The Lonely Silver Rain – John D. MacDonald - Knopf
The Plain Old Man – Charlotte MacLeod - Doubleday
Killing Orders – Sara Paretsky - Morrow
“B” Is For Burglar – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
When The Bough Breaks – Jonathan Kellerman - Atheneum
Nominees:
The Gemini Man – Susan Kelly - Walker
Sleeping Dog – Dick Lochte - Arbor House
Doubting Thomas – Robert Reeves - Crown
Flood – Andrew Vachss - Donald I. Fine
When The Bough Breaks – Jonathan Kellerman - Atheneum
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Winner:
Say No To Murder – Nancy Pickard - Avon
Nominees:
Murder is Academic – P.M. Carlson - Avon
Poverty Bay – Earl Emerson - Avon
Shattered Moon – Kate Green - Dell
Sleightly Murder – Patrick A. Kelley -Avon
Say No To Murder – Nancy Pickard - Avon
BEST SHORT STORY
Winner:
“Lucky Penny” – Linda Barnes, New Black Mask Quarterly No. 3, pp.85-11- HBJ
Nominees:
“Eight Mile and Dequindre” – Loren Estleman, AHMM May’85, pp.76-94
“Vandals” – Peter Lovesey, EQMM Dec’85, pp.99-107
(1st pub Woman’s Own Dec 29,’84; pp.12,13(man’s image w/title),14,55
“Ride the Lightening” – John Lutz, AHMM Jan’85, pp.88-107
“The Convolvulus Clock” – Ruth Rendell, EQMM Aug’85, pp.108-119
“Lucky Penny” – Linda Barnes, New Black Mask Quarterly No. 3, pp.85-11- HBJ
BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Winner:
Murder, She Wrote
Nominees:
Hill Street Blues
Moonlighting
Mystery
Spenser For Hire
Murder, She Wrote
BEST MOVIE
Winner: Witness
Nominees:
Blood Simple
Fletch
Jagged Edge
Young Sherlock Holmes
Winner: Witness
GRAND MASTER
Winner: Barbara Mertz (Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters)