2023 - San Diego, California

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BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

Winner: Like a Sister - Kellye Garrett Mulholland Books

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Nominees:

 

Like a Sister - Kellye Garrett Mulholland Books

The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino Iglesias - Mulholland Books

The Bullet That Missed - Richard Osman - Pamela Dorman Books

A World of Curiosities - Louise Penny - Minotaur Books

Secret Identity - Alex Segura - Flatiron Books

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BEST FIRST NOVEL

 

Winner: The Maid - Nita Prose - Ballantine Books

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Nominees:

 

Don't Know Tough - Eli Cranor - Soho Crime

Shutter - Ramona Emerson - Soho Crime

The Bangalore Detectives Club - Harini Nagendra (Pegasus Books)

Devil's Chew Toy - Rob Osler - Crooked Lane Books

The Maid - Nita Prose - Ballantine Books

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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL/E-BOOK/AUDIOBOOK NOVEL

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Winner: The Quarry Girls - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer

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Nominees:

 

Real Bad Things - Kelly J. Ford - Thomas & Mercer

Dead Drop - James L'Etoile - Level Best Books

The Quarry Girls - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer

Hush Hush - Gabriel Valjan - Historia

In the Dark We Forget - Sandra SG Wong - Harper Collins Publishers

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BEST SHORT STORY

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Winner: "Beauty and the Beyotch" - Barb Goffman - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Feb 2022, Issue 29

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Nominees:

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"Still Crazy After All lTehse Years" - Ed Aymar - Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon - Down and Out Books

"The Impediment" by Bruce Robert Coffin - Deadly Nightshade:Best New England Crime Stories 2022 Crime Spell Books

"Beauty and the Beyotch" - Barb Goffman - Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Feb 2022, Issue 29

"The Estate Sale" - Curtis Ippolito - Bautrin Magazine, Summer 2022

"C.O.D." - Gabriel Valjan - Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote Berry Content Corporation

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BEST ANTHOLOGY

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Winner:  Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors - S. J. Rozan - Hanover Square Press

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Nominees:

 

Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote - Mysti Berry - Berry Content Corporation

Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon - Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor - Down and Out Books

Land of 20,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022, Greg Herren - Down and Out Books

Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon - Josh Pachter - Down and Our Books

Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors - S. J. Rozan - Hanover Square Press

 

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION WORK

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Winner:  The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators - Martin Edwards - Collins Crime Club

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Nominees:

 

The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America - James T. Bartlett - Territory Books

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators - Martin Edwards - Collins Crime Club

American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper - Daniel Stashower - Minotaur Books

Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction - Diane Vallere - Sisters in Crime

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free - Sarah Weinman - Ecco Press

Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman - Lucy Worsley - Pegasus Crime

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BEST CHILDREN/ YA

 

Winner:  Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade - Nancy Springer - Wednesday Books

Nominees:

 

In Myrtle Peril - Elizabeth C. Bumce - Algonquin Young Readers

Daybreak on Raven Island - Fleur Bradley - Viking Books for Young Readers

#shedeservedit - Greg Herren - Bold Strike Books

The New Girl - Jesse Q. Sutanto - Sourcebooks Fire

Vanish Me - Lee Matthew Goldberg - Wise Wolf Books

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade - Nancy Springer - Wednesday Books

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BEST HUMOROUS NOVEL

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Winner: Scot in a Trap - Catriona McPherson - Severn House

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Nominees:

 

Bayou Book Thief - Ellen Byron - Berkley Books

Death by Bubble Tea - Jennifer Chow - Berkley Books

A Streetcar Named Murder - T. G. Herren - Crooked Lane Books

Scot in a Trap - Catriona McPherson - Severn House

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking - Racquel V. Reyes - Crooked Lane Books

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BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

 

Winner:  Anywhere You Run - Wanda M. Morris - William Morrow & Company

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Nominees:

 

The Lindbergh Nanny - Mariah Fredericks - Minotaur Books

In Place of Fear - Catriona McPherson - Mobius

Anywhere You Run - Wanda M. Morris - William Morrow & Company

Danger on the Atlantic - Erica Ruth Neubauer - Kensington Publishing Corporation

Under a Veiled Moon - Karen Odden - Crooked Lane Books

Lavender House - Lev AC Rosen - Forge

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