Welcome to Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Winners and Nominees
1990 - 1994
Click buttons to move
from page to page
1994 · Seattle, WA
BEST NOVEL
Winner:
Wolf In The Shadows – Marcia Muller - Mysterious
Nominees:
The Black Ice – Michael Connelly - Little, Brown
Morons and Madmen – Earl Emerson - William Morrow
O Little Town Of Maggody – Joan Hess - E.P. Dutton
Sacred Clowns – Tony Hillerman - HarperCollins
Old Enemies – Janet LaPierre - Scribner
Southern Discomfort – Margaret Maron - Mysterious
To Live And Die In Dixie – Kathy Hogan Trocheck - HarperCollins
The Sculptress – Minette Walters - St. Martin’s
Consider The Crows – Charlene Weir - St. Martin’s
Wolf In The Shadows – Marcia Muller - Mysterious
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
Track Of The Cat – Nevada Barr - G.P. Putnam
Nominees:
Goodnight, Irene – Jan Burke - Simon & Schuster
A Grave Talent – Laurie R. King - St. Martin’s
Death Comes As Epiphany – Sharan Newman - Tor
Child Of Silence – Abigail Padgett - Mysterious
Track Of The Cat – Nevada Barr - G.P. Putnam
BEST TRUE CRIME
Winner:
A Rose For Her Grave: and Other True Cases – Ann Rule - Pocket
Nominees:
Driven To Kill: Westley Allan Dodd – Gary C. King - Pinnacle
The Misbegotten Son: A Serial Killer and His Victims: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross – Jack Olsen - Delacorte
Until The Twelfth Of Never: The Deadly Divorce of Dan & Betty Broderick – Bella Stumbo - Pocket
A Rose For Her Grave: and Other True Cases – Ann Rule - Pocket
BEST INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORY
Winner:
“Checkout” – Susan Dunlap, Malice Domestic 2 (Mary Higgins Clark presents), pp.114-142 - Pocket
Nominees:
“A Romance in the Rockies” – K.K. Beck, Malice Domestic 2 (Mary Higgins Clark presents), pp.93-113 - Pocket
Kim’s Game” – M.D. Lake, Malice Domestic 2 (Mary Higgins Clark presents), pp.203-214 - Pocket
“Crow’s Feat” – Robert Lopresti, Constable New Crimes 2, pp.206-216 - Constable
“Checkout” – Susan Dunlap, Malice Domestic 2 (Mary Higgins Clark presents), pp.114-142 - Pocket
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION / ANTHOLOGY
Winner:
Mary Higgins Clark Presents Malice Domestic 2 – Martin H. Greenberg, ed. - Pocket
Nominees:
Some Days You Get The Bear – Lawrence Block -William Morrow
Bohannon’s Country – Joseph Hansen - Viking
The Year’s Best Mystery And Suspense Stories-1993 – Ed Hoch, ed. - Walker
Criminal Intent 1 – Marcia Muller, Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini - Dark Harvest
Mary Higgins Clark Presents Malice Domestic 2 – Martin H. Greenberg, ed. - Pocket
BEST CRITICAL WORK
Winner:
The Fine Art Of Murder: The Mystery Reader’s Indispensable Companion – Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff, eds., w/Jon L. Breen - Carroll & Graf
Nominees:
The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film And Television – Burl Barer - McFarland
A Reader’s Guide To The American Novel Of Detection – Marvin Lachman - G.K. Hall
A Reader’s Guide To The Private Eye Novel – Gary Warren Niebuhr - G.K. Hall
Dorothy L Sayers; Her Life and Soul – Barbara Reynolds - St. Martin’s
The Fine Art Of Murder: The Mystery Reader’s Indispensable Companion – Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff, eds., w/Jon L. Breen - Carroll & Graf
1993 · Omaha, Nebraska
BEST NOVEL
Winner: Bootlegger’s Daughter – Margaret Maron - Mysterious
Nominees:
Lullaby Town – Robert Crais - Bantam
Booked To Die – John Dunning - Scribner
Southern Ghost – Carolyn Hart - Bantam
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter – Sharon McCrumb - Macmillan/Scribner
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner: Blanche On The Lam – Barbara Neely - St. Martins
Nominees:
Thyme Of Death – Susan Wittig Albert - Macmillan/Scribner
Decked – Carol Higgins Clark - Grand Central]Warne
The Black Echo – Michael Connelly - Little, Brown
The Winter Widow – Charlene Weir - St. Martins
BEST TRUE CRIME
Winner: The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Branion Murder Case – Barbara D’Amato - Noble
Nominees:
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd – Jana Bommersbach - Simon & Schuster
Blood Echoes: The True Story of an Infamous Mass Murder and Its Aftermath – Thomas H. Cook - NAL/Dutton
The Shadow Of Death : The Hunt for a Serial Killer – Philip E. Ginsburg - Macmillan/Scribner] - (copyright 1993)
Everything She Ever Wanted: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Murder, and Betrayal – Ann Rule - Simon & Schuster
BEST CRITICAL WORK
Winner: Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 – Ellen Nehr - Offspring
Nominees:
Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life – David Coomes - Lion USA
Alias S.S. Van Dine – John Loughery - Scribner
BEST INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORY
Winner: “Cold Turkey” – Diane Mott Davidson, Sisters in Crime 5, pp.171-188 - Berkley
Nominees:
“Candles in the Rain” – Doug Allyn, EQMM Nov’92, pp.4-33
“The Summer of Our Discontent” – Edward D. Hoch, EQMM Nov’92, pp.51-71
“One Hit Wonder”- Gabrielle Kraft, Sisters In Crime 5, pp.102-120 - Berkley
“A Golden Opportunity” – Rochelle Krich, Sisters In Crime 5, pp.89-101 - Berkley
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Winner: The Crying Game
Nominees:
The Bodyguard
A Few Good Men
The Player
Single White Female
1992 · Toronto, ON
BEST NOVEL (hardcover or paperback)
Winner: The Last Detective – Peter Lovesey - Doubleday
Nominees:
Rogue Wave – Susan Dunlap - Villard
Love Nor Money – Linda Grant - Scribner
Hour Of The Hunter – J.A. Jance - Morrow
I.O.U. – Nancy Pickard - Pocket
A Single Stone – Marilyn Wallace - Doubleday
BEST FIRST NOVEL (hardcover or paperback)
Winner: Murder On The Iditarod Trail – Sue Henry - Atlantic
Nominees: Carpool – Mary Cahill - Random House
A Relative Stranger – Margaret Lucke - St. Martin’s
The Bulrush Murders – Rebecca Rothenberg - Carroll & Graf
The Chocolate Box – Leslie Watts - General
Murder On The Run – Gloria White - Dell
BEST TRUE CRIME
Winner: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets – David Simon - Houghton Mifflin
Nominees:
And The Sea Will Tell – Vincent Bugliosi, w/Bruce B. Henderson - Norton
Sins Of The father: The Landmark Franklin Case: a daughter, a memory, and a murder – Eileen Franklin, William Wright - Crown
Witnesses From The Grave: The Stories Bones Tell – Christopher Joyce, Eric Stover - Little, Brown
Plausible Denial – Mark Lane - Thunders Mouth
Cruel Doubt – Joe McGinniss - Simon & Schuster
BEST INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORY
Winner: “Lucky Dip” – Liza Cody, A Woman’s Eye, pp.1-27 - Delacorte
Nominees: “Last Rites” – Linda Grant, Sisters in Crime 4, pp.282-305 - Berkley
“Nine Sons” – Wendy Hornsby, Sisters in Crime 4, pp.214-226 - Berkley
“Deborah’s Judgment” – Margaret Maron, A Woman’s Eye, pp.299-322 - Delacorte
“The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown” – Peter Lovesey, EQMM May’91, pp.5-19
“Wolf Winter” – Maxine O’Callaghan, Sisters in Crime 4, pp.80-90 - Berkley
BEST SHORT STORY COLLECTION / ANTHOLOGY
Winner: A Woman’s Eye – Sara Paretsky, ed. - Delacorte
Nominees: Cat Crimes – Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman, eds. - Donald I. Fine
Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Sweet Homicide – Cathleen Jordan, ed. - Walker & Co
Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder – Charlotte MacLeod, ed. - Mysterious
Fifty Years Of The Best From Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine – Eleanor Sullivan, ed. - Carroll & Graf
Sisters in Crime 4 – Marilyn Wallace, ed. - Berkley
BEST CRITICAL WORK
Winner: 100 Great Detectives – Maxim Jakubowski, ed. - Carroll & Graf
Nominees: Locked Room Murders – Robert Adey - Crossover
Out Of The Woodpile – Frankie Y. Bailey - Greenwood
Twentieth Century Crime And Mystery Writers, 3rd ed – Lesley Henderson - St. James
Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman – Tony Hillerman - Univ of New Mexico
]im Thompson: Sleep with the Devil – M.J. McCauley - Mysterious
1991 · Pasadena, CA
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
Winner: “G” Is For Gumshoe – Sue Grafton - Henry Holt
Nominees:
A Ticket To The Boneyard – Lawrence Block - William Morrow
he Good Fight – Lia Matera - Simon & Schuster
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O – Sharyn McCrumb - Scribner
New Orleans Mourning – Julie Smith- St. Martin’s
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner: Postmortem – Patricia Daniels Cornwell - Scribner
Nominees: Catering to Nobody – Diane Mott Davidson - St. Martin’s
Kindred Crimes – Janet Dawson
Where’s Mommy Now? – Rochelle Krich - Pinnacle
Grave Undertaking – James McCahery - Knightsbridge
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL (tie)
Winners: Where’s Mommy Now? – Rochelle Krich - Pinnacle
Grave Undertaking – James McCahery - Knightsbridge
Nominees:
Not A Creature Was Stirring – Jane Haddam - Bantam Dead In The Scrub – G.J. Oliphant - Fawcett
Sisters In Crime 2 – Marilyn Wallace, ed. - Berkley
BEST SHORT STORY
Winner: “The Celestial Buffet” – Susan Dunlap, Sisters In Crime 2, pp.28-35 - Berkley
Nominees:
“The Luncheon” – Sharyn McCrumb, Sisters In Crime 2, pp.212-220 - Berkley
“Remains to be Seen” – Sharyn McCrumb, Mummy Stories, pp.73-79 - Ballantine
“Say You’re Sorry” – Sarah Shankman, Sisters In Crime 3, pp.227-242 - Berkley
“A Tale of Two Pretties” – Marilyn Wallace, Sisters In Crime 3, pp.259-275 - Berkley
BEST CRITICAL WORK
Winner: Synod Of sSleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction – Jon L. Breen, Martin H. Greenberg, eds. - Scarecrow
Nominees:
Deadly Doses: A Writer’s Guide to Poisons – Serita Deborah Stevens, w/Anne Klarner - Writer’s Digest
Eric Ambler – Peter Lewis - Continuum
John Dickson Carr: a Critical Study – S.T. Joshi - Bowling Green St Univ Popular
Trouble Is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film & Television, 1927-1988 – John Conquest - Garland
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Winner: Presumed Innocent
Nominees:
Good Fellas
The Grifters
BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Winner: Mystery! – PBS
Nominees:
Gabriel’s Fire – ABC
Law & Order – NBC
Matlock – NBC
Murder, She Wrote – CBS
1990 · London, UK
BEST NOVEL
Winner: The Sirens Sang Of Murder – Sarah Caudwell - Delacorte
Nominees:
Pious Deception – Susan Dunlap - Villard
A Little Class On Murder – Carolyn G. Hart -Doubleday
Corpus Christmas – Margaret Maron - Doubleday
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Winner: Katwalk – Karen Kijewski - St. Martin’s
Nominees: Grime And Punishment – Jill Churchill - Bantam
The Mother Shadow – Melodie Johnson Howe - Viking
The Mark Twain Murders – Edith Skom - Council Oak
The Last Billable Hour – Susan Wolfe - St. Martin’s
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Winner: Honeymoon With Murder – Carolyn G. Hart - Bantam
Nominees:
On My Honor – Malacai
Black (Barbara D’Amato) - Pinnacle
Murder By Deception – D.R. Meredith - Ballantine
Rough Justice – Keith Peterson (Andrew Klavan) - Crimeline
A Collector Of Photographs – Deborah Valentine - Bantam
BEST SHORT STORY
Winner: “Afraid All The Time” – Nancy Pickard, Sisters in Crime, pp.86-98 - Berkley
Nominees:
“No Safety” – Susan Dunlap, Sisters in Crime, pp.241-249 - Berkley
“A Wee Doch and Doris” – Sharyn McCrumb, Mistletoe Mysteries, pp.134-148 - Mysterious
“A Terrible Thing” – Shelly Singer, Sisters in Crime, pp.51-65 - Berkley
BEST TV SERIES
Winner: Inspector Morse
BEST MOVIE
Winner: Crimes And Misdemeanors