2009 Barry Award Nominations

The 2009 Barry Award nominations have been announced by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine and Mystery News. The Barry Awards will be given out at Bouchercon in Indianapolis.

The nominations are as follows:-

BEST NOVEL
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
Envy the Night by Michael Koryta
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow

BEST FIRST
The Kind One by Tom Epperson
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
City of the Sun by David Levien
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn D. Wall

BEST BRITISH
A Simple Act of Violence by R.J. Ellory
Ritual by Mo Hayder
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson
Shatter by Michael Robotham

Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Money Shot by Christa Faust
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy

The Black Path by Asa Larsson

Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin

BEST THRILLER

Collision by Jeff Abbott
The Deceived by Brett Battles
Finder by Colin Harrison
The Survivor by Tom Cain
Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter
Good People by Marcus Sakey

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Drought" by James O. Born (The Blue Religion)
"The Fallen" by Jan Burke (August EQMM) "A Trace of a Trace" by Brendan DuBois (At the Scene of the Crime)
"A Killing in Midtown" by G. Miki Hayden (January/February AHMM)
"Proof of Love" by Mick Herron (September/October EQMM)
"The Problem of the Secret Patient" by Edward D. Hoch (May EQMM)

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Malice Domestic 2009 Agatha Award results

On Saturday 2nd May 2009 the Malice Domestic Agatha Awards were given out. Congratulations to all the nominee's and winners. Congratulations especially to Canadian author Louise Penny who is two for two on her nominations and wins.

The winners were:-

Best Novel: The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Best First Novel: Death of a Cozy Writer, by G.M. Malliet
(Midnight Ink)
Best Non-fiction: How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries, by Kathy Lynn Emerson (Perseverance Press)
Best Short Story: “The Night Things Changed,” by Dana Cameron (from Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris
and Toni L.P. Kelner; Ace)
Best Children’s/Young Adult: The Crossroads, by Chris Grabenstein (Random HouseChildren’s Books)

Once again congratulations to all the winners.

Edgar Awards

The Edgar Awards were given out on Thursday 30 April 2009 in New York by the Mystery Writers of America. Congratulations to all the nominees. The winners however were -

BEST NOVEL: Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR: The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Picador)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: China Lake by Meg Gardiner (New American Library – Obsidian Mysteries)
BEST FACT CRIME: American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum (Crown Publishers)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL: Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Metro Books)
BEST SHORT STORY: "Skinhead Central" - The Blue Religion by T. Jefferson Parker (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company)
BEST JUVENILE: The Postcard by Tony Abbott (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
BEST YOUNG ADULT: Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dutton Children’s Books)
BEST PLAY: The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza (Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY: “Prayer of the Bone” – Wire in the Blood, Teleplay by Patrick Harbinson (BBC America)
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY: In Bruges, Screenplay by Martin McDonagh (Focus Features)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD: "Buckner's Error" - Queens Noir by Joseph Guglielmelli (Akashic Books)
GRAND MASTERS: James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton
RAVEN AWARDS: Edgar Allan Poe Society, Baltimore, Maryland
Poe House, Baltimore, Maryland
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD: The Killer’s Wife by Bill Floyd (St. Martin’s Minotaur)

A full list of all the nominees can be found here. For an insiders view of what took place read Sarah Weinman's report on the Award ceremony.

Left Coast Crime nominations 2009

The nominations for the Left Coast Crime Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at the Awards Brunch on March 11.

Bruce Alexander Memorial Mystery Award
Nox Dormienda, A Long Night Sleeping - Kelli Stanley (Five Star)
Touchstone - Laurie King (Bantam)
Tell Me Pretty Maiden - Rhys Bowen (St. Martin Press)
A Royal Pain - Rhys Bowen (Berkeley Prime Crime)
A Fatal Waltz - Tasha Alexander (Harper Collins)

Hawaii Five-O
Angel Falls - Baron Birtcher (Iota)
Fractured - Karin Slaughter (Delacorte Press)
The Black Path - Asa Larsson (Delta)
The Angel of Knowlton Place - Kate Floral (Five Star)
Mahu Fire - Neil S. Placky (Alyson Books)
Death of a Cozy Writer - G.M. Malliet (Midnight Ink)

Lefty
Thugs and Kisses - Sue Ann Jaffarian ( Midnight Ink)
Six Geese a Slaying - Donna Andrews (St. Martins)
Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill - N.M.Kelby (Shaye Areheart Books/Random House Group)
Greasing the Pinata - Tim Maleeny (Poisoned Pen Press)
Getting Old is to Die For - Rita Lakin (Dell/Bantam)
It Happened One Knife - Jeffrey Cohen (Berkeley Prime Crime)

Congratulations to all the nominees.