Best Hardcover Novel

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

Best First Novel

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

Best Paperback/ Ebook/Audiobook

Edge by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Children's/ Young Adult Novel

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

Best Critical/ Non-fiction

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

Best Anthology/ Collection

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

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)

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Best Hardcover Novel

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead)

Best First Novel

You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)

Best Paperback/ Ebook/Audiobook

Echo by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Children's/ Young Adult Novel

When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar (Soho Teen)

Best Critical/ Non-fiction

The Serial Killer's Apprentice by Catherine Ramstand & Tracy Ullman (Crime Ink)

Best Anthology/ Collection

Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem edited by Heather Graham (Down & Out Books)

Best Short Story

"Something to Hold Onto" by Curtis Ippolito in (Dark Yonder)

Best Historical 

The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan (Soho Crime)

Best Paranormal

A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke (Minotaur)

Best Cozy/Humorous

Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane Books)

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Best Hardcover Novel

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Best First Novel

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon (William Morrow & Company)

Best Paperback/ Ebook/Audiobook

Hide by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Children's/ Young Adult Novel

Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)

Best Critical/ Non-fiction

A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan (Viking)

Best Anthology/ Collection

Killin' Time in San Diego edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books)

Best Short Story

"Ticket to Ride" by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski in Happiness is a Warm Gun (Down & Out Books)

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