AWARD WINNERS 2023-2024

CONTENTS





Chris Brookmyre Wins McIlvanney

Bloody Scotland has announced the winners for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize (formerly known as the Bloody Scotland Prize for Scottish Crime Writing) and its Debut Prize as follows:

McIlvanney Prize: THE CRACKED MIRROR, by Chris Brookmyre (Sphere)
Bloody Scotland Debut Prize: THE SILENT HOUSE OF SLEEP, by Allan Gaw (SA Press)

The winners of the both prizes were announced and presented on Friday, September 13 during the Bloody Scotland Festival held from September 13 through 15 in Stirling, Scotland. (September 14, 2024)


Dennis Lehane Wins Barry

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the nominees for the 2024 Barry Awards as follows:

Best Mystery or Crime Novel: SMALL MERCIES, by Dennis Lehane (Harper)
Best First Mystery or Crime Novel: THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, by I.S. Berry (Atria)
Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel: WHO THE HELL IS HARRY BLACK?, by Jake Needham (Half Penny)
Best Thriller: THE SECRET HOURS, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)

The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, August 29 during the opening ceremonies of 2024 Bouchercon to be held in Nashville, Tennessee. (September 02, 2024)


S.A. Cosby Wins Anthony


Bouchercon 2024 has announced the winners for the 2024 Anthony AwardsBest as follows:

Best Hardcover Novel: ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
Best First Novel: MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, by Nina Simon (Morrow)
Best Paperback Novel: HIDE, by Tracy Clark (thomas & Mercer)
Best Children's/Young Adult: ENOLA HOLMES AND THE MARK OF THE MONGOOSE, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)
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)
Best Short Story: "Ticket to Ride," by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski (in HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN, edited by Josh Pachter: Down & Out)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Anthony Horowitz
David Thompson Special Service Award Recipient: Crime Writers of Color

The winners were announced on Saturday, August 31, during Bouchercon 2024 held in Nashville, Tennessee from August 28 through September 01. (September 01, 2024)


Will Thomas Wins 2024 Shamus

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced the winners for the 2024 Shamus Awards as follows:

Best PI Hardcover: HEART OF THE NILE, by Will Thomas (Minotaur Books), featuring Cyrus Barker & Thomas Llewelyn
Best Original PI Paperback: LIAR'S DICE, by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books), featuring Shane Cleary
Best First PI Novel: Not given out this year
Best PI Short Story: "Errand for a Neighbor," by Bill Bassman (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2023), Featuring Ray Zino

The winners were announced on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at the Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies held at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. (August 31, 2024)



Colson Whitehead Wins Hammett

The International Association of Crime Writers/North America (IACW/NA) announced that CROOK MANIFESTO, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) is the winner for the 2024 Hammett Award as the best book published in 2023 for literary excellence in crime writing.

The Hammett Award-winning novel is the second installment in the series featuring Harlem furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney, following HARLEM SHUFFLE (2021).

The location of the award presentation of the 2024 Hammett Award will be announced soon. (July 18, 2024)


Jo Callaghan Wins Theakston Crime

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has announced the winners for the 2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and McDermid Debut Award as follows:

Theakston Crime Award: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
McDermid Debut Award: DEADLY ANIMALS, by Marie Tierney (Bonnier)
Theakston Outstanding Contribution Award Recipient: Martina Cole , in recognition of her impressive writing career.

The winners were announced on Thursday, July 18 during an opening-night ceremony at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival held in Harrogate, England. (June 19, 2024)


Una Mannion Wins CWA Gold Dagger

The Crime Writers' Association of Britain (CWA) announced the winners for the 2024 Dagger Awards as follows:

Gold Dagger: TELL ME WHAT I AM, by Una Mannion (Faber & Faber)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: EVERYBODY KNOWS, by Jordan Harper (Faber & Faber)
John Creasey New Blood Dagger: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
Historical Dagger: VIPER'S DREAM, by Jake Lamar (No Exit Press)
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: MY HUSBAND, by Maud Ventura; translated by Emma Ramadan (Hutchinson/Heinemann)
Gold Dagger for Non-fiction: IAN FLEMING: THE COMPLETE MAN, by Nicholas Shakespeare (Vintage)
Short Story Dagger: "The Divide," by Sanjida Kay (from THE BOOK OF BRISTOL; Comma Press)
Dagger in the Library: Anthony Horowitz
Publishers' Dagger: Pushkin Vertigo
Debut Dagger: MAKOTO MURDERS, by Richard Jerram
Red Herring Award Recipients: Jean Briggs and Dea Parkin
Diamond Dagger Recipients: Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke

The winners were announced at the Dagger Awards Dinner, on Thursday, July 04 in London. (July 05, 2024)


S.A. Cosby Wins Thriller

The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners for the 2024 Thriller Awards as follows:

Best Hardcover Novel: ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Best Audiobook: THE LAST ORPHAN, by Gregg Hurwitz (Macmillan), Narrated by Scott Brick
Best First Novel: THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, by I.S. Berry (Atria)
Best Paperback Original Novel: THE PALEONTOLOGIST, by Luke Dumas (Atria)
Best Short Story: "Unknown Caller," by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)
Best Young Adult Novel: STATELESS, by Elizabeth Wein (Little, Brown)
Best E-Book Original Novel: THE KILLING ROOM, by Robert Swartwood (Blackstone Publishing)
ThrillerMaster Award Recipients: Tess Gerritsen and Dennis Lehane
Silver Bullet Award Recipient: Louise Penny
Thriller Legend Award Recipient: Audible
ThrillerFan Award Recipient: Ayo Onatade

The winners were announced at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 01, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City. (June 02, 2024)



Lisa Jewell Wins Fingerprint

Capital Crime Festival announced the winners for the 2024 Fingerprint Awards as follows:

Overall Best Crime Book of the Year: NONE OF THIS IS TRUE, by Lisa Jewell (Century)
Thriller Book of the Year: THE ONLY SUSPECT, by Louise Candlish (Simon & Schuster UK)
Historical Crime Book of the Year: THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS, by Anna Mazzola (Orion)
Genre-Busting Book of the Year: KILLING JERICHO, by William Hussey (Zaffre)
Debut Crime Book of the Year: DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER, by Alice Slater (Hodder & Stoughton)
True Crime Book of the Year: NO ORDINARY DAY, by Matt Johnson (Ad Lib)
Audiobook of the Year: OVER MY DEAD BODY, by Maz Evans (narrated by Maz Evans; Headline)
Thalia Procter Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Lynda La Plante

The winners were voted by readers and announced on Thursday, May 30 during Capital Crime Festival held at Leonardo Royal Hotel in London (the CAPITAL city of UK). (May 31, 2023)


Loren Anne White Wins Canadian Excellence

The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) announced the winners for the 2024 CWC Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing (formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards) as follows:

Best Crime Novel: THE MAID'S DIARY, by Loreth Anne White (Montlake)
Best Crime First Novel: THE BERRY PICKERS, by Amanda Peters (Harper Perennial)
Best Crime Novel Set in Canada: WILD HOPE, by Joan Thomas (Harper Perennial)
Best Traditional Mystery: THE MYSTERY GUEST, by Nita Prose (Viking)
Best Crime Short Story: "Reversion," by Marcelle Dube (Mystery Magazine, April 2023)
Best French Language Crime Book: La sainte paix, by Andre Marois (Heliotrope)
Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book: FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS, by Cherie Dimaline (Tundra)
Best Non-fiction Crime Book: THE HUMAN SCALE, by Michael Lista (Vehicule Press)
Best Unpublished Crime Novel: REQUIEM FOR A LOTUS, by Craig H. Bowlsby
2024 Grand Master Award recipient: Maureen Jennings, for her "substantial body of work that has garnered national and international recognition"

The winners were announced on the Crime Writers of Canada website on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (May 30, 2024)


Laura Lippman Wins CrimeFest Award

CrimeFest has announced the winners for the 2024 CrimeFest Awards as follows:

eDunnit Award: PROM MOM, by Laura Lippman (Faber & Faber)
Debut Crime Novel Award: DEATH UNDER A LITTLE SKY, by Stig Abell (Hemlock Press/HarperCollins)
H.R.F. Keating Award: THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN LE CARRE, by Adam Sisman (Profile Books)
Last Laugh Award: THE SECRET HOURS, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
Thalia Proctor Memorial Award: SLOW HORSES (series 3), based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron, produced by See-Saw (Shown on Apple)
Award for Best Crime Novel for Children: PORTRAITS AND POISON, by J.T. Williams (Farshore)
Award for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults: STATELESS, by Elizabeth Wein (Bloomsbury)

The winners were announced on Saturday, May 11 during the Gala Awards Dinner of this year's CrimeFest held in Bristol, England. (May 12, 2023)


James Lee Burke Wins Edgar

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced the winners for the 2024 Edgar Awards as follows:

Best Novel: FLAGS ON THE BAYOU, by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Best First Novel by an American Author: THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)
Best Paperback Original: VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
Best Fact Crime: CROOKED, by Nathan Masters (Hachette Books)
Best Critical/Biographical: LOVE ME FIERCE: THE LIFE OF JAMES ELLROY, by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Academic)
Best Short Story: "Hallowed Ground," by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
Best Juvenile THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO, by Adrianna Cuevas (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Best Young Adult: GIRL FORGOTTEN, by April Henry (Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano Books)
Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Escape from Shit Mountain," Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman (for Poker Face; Peacock)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: The Body in Cell Two," by Kate Hohl (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023)
Mary Higgins Clark Award: PLAY THE FOOL, by Lina Chern (Bantam)
Sue Grafton Memorial Award: AN EVIL HEART, by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award: GLORY BE, by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)
Two Grand Master Award Recipients: Katherine Hall Page and R.L. Stine
Ellery Queen Award Recipient: Michaela Hamilton, Executive Editor at Kensington Publishing

The Edgar Award winners were announced at the Edgar Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, May 01 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. (May 02, 2024)


Tara Laskowski Wins Agatha

Malice Domestic has announced the winners for the 2024 Agatha Awards as follows:

Contemporary Mystery Novel: THE WEEKEND RETREET, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
Historical Mystery Novel: THE MISTRESS OF BHATIA HOUSE, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
First Mystery Novel: CRIME AND PARCHMENT, by Daphne Silver (Level Best)
Children's/Young Adult Mystery Novel: THE SASQUATCH OF HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft Books)
Mystery Short Story: "Ticket to Ride," by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgarski (from HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN, edited by Josh Pachter; Down & Out Books)
Mystery Non-Fiction: FINDERS, by Anjili Babbar (Syracuse University Press)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Elaine Viets

The winners were announced on Saturday, April 27 at the Malice Banquet held in Bethesda, Maryland. (April 28, 2024)


Alafair Burke Receives Pinckley Prize

Alafair Burke has received the 2023 Pinckley Prize for her Distinguished Body of Work from Women's National Book Association of New Orleans (WNBA-NO), to honor "an established woman writer who has created a significant body of work in crime fiction."

Margot Douaihy has received the 2023 Pinckley Prize for Debut Fiction for SCORCHED GRACE (Gillian Flynn/Zando, 2023), which is the first book in the Sister Holiday Mystery series, while Sascha Rothchild has received the 2022 Pinckley Prize for Debut Fiction for BLOOD SUGAR (Penguin/Putnam, 2022).

The recipients were selected by a panel of Pinckley Prize judges. Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction was established in 2012 "to honor the memory of Diana Pinckley (1952-2012), a longtime crime fiction columnist for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and her passion for mysteries." (April 23, 2024)


Ivy Pochoda Wins LA Times Book Prize

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books announced the winners for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, and the winner in the mystery/thriller category is SING HER DOWN, by Ivy Pochoda (MCD)
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The prize winners were announced on Friday, April 19 at the Bovard Campus of the University of Southern California. To see all the winners in all the categories, click >here. (April 20, 2024)


Tracy Clark Wins Lefty

Left Coast Crime 2024 announced the winners for its 2024 Lefty Awards as follows:

Best Humorous Mystery Novel: CHEAP TRILLS, by Wendall Thomas (Beyond the Page Books)
Best Historical Mystery Novel: EVERGREEN, by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
Best Debut Mystery Novel: MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, by Nina Simon (William Morrow)
Best Mystery Novel: HIDE, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)

The winners were announced during an awards banquet on Saturday, April 13 during Left Coast Crime Convention held in Bellevue, Washington from April 11 thru 14. (April 14, 2024)


David Dean Wins EQMM Readers Award

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Readers Awards in its May/June 2024 issue as follows:

First Place: "Mrs. Hyde," by David Dean (March/April 2023)
Second Place: "Spear Carriers," by Richard Helms (November/December 2023)
Third Place: "Teddy's Favorite Thing," by Paul Ryan O'Connor (September/October 2023)
(April 14, 2024)


Marc Cameron Wins Spotted Owl

Friends of Mystery, a non-profit mystery organization based in Portland, Oregon, announced at their meeting on March 28 that BREADKNECK, by Marc Cameron (Kensington Books, 2023) is the 2024 Spotted Owl Awrd winner as the best mystery novel written by the Pacific Northwest writer published in the previous year. The winning novel is the fifth one featuring Arliss Cutter, a U.S. marshal. (April 09, 2024)



Alex Segura Wins Strand Critics

Finally, The Strand Magazine announced the winners for the 2023 Strand Magazine Critics Awards in as follows:

Best Novel: SECRET IDENTITY, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)
Best Dubut: A FLICKER IN THE DARK, by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur)
Best Mystery Audiobook: THE MAID, by Nita Prose. read by Lauren Ambrose (Random House Audio)
TWO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients: James Lee Burke and Lee Child
Publisher of the Year Recipient: Dan Smetanka, Vice President and Editorial Chief of Counterpoint Press

(January 11, 2024)


Frederick Weisel Wins Nero

On December 02 at the Black Orchid Banquet held in New York City, the Wolfe Pack, the official Nero Wolfe literary society, announced that THE DAY HE LEFT, by Frederick Weisel (Poisoned Pen Press, 2022) won the 2023 Nero Award. The winning novel was the second in the Santa Rosa Violent Crime Investigations Team Mystery.

On the same night, "Alibi in Ice" by Libby Cudmore received the 2023 Black Orchid Nevella Award. The winning novella will be published in the July 2024 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. (December 04, 2023)


Louise Penny Wins Macavity

The Mystery Readers International announced the winners for the 2023 Macavity Awards as follows:

Best Mystery Novel: A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Best First Novel: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Best Mystery Short Story: "Beauty and the Beyotch," by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, January 2022)
Best Mystery Critical/Biographical: THE LIFE OF CRIME, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Sue Feder Momorial Award for Best Historical Mystery: LAVENDER HOUSE, by Lev AC Rosen (Forge)

The winners were finally announced online on Monday, October 23. The announcement was delayed because of the illness of Janet Rudolph, the director of the Mystery Readers International. (October 23, 2023)


Pascal Engman Wins Petrona

Pascal Engman won the 2023 Petrona Award for FEMICIDE (Legend Press, 2022; translated from the Swedish by Michael Gallagher) as the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year.

"The Petrona Award is open to crime fiction in translation, either written by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia, and published in the UK in the previous calendar year," according to its award organizsers. (October 15, 2023)


Callum McSorley Wins McIlvanney

Bloody Scotland 2023 announced the winners for its McIlvanney Prize and the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book Prize of the Year are as follows:

McIlvanney Prize: SQUEAKY CLEAN, by Callum McSorley (Pushkin)
Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Book Prize: THE MAIDEN, by Kate Foster (Mantle)

The winners for the both prizes were announced on Friday September 15 in Stirling, Scotland. (September 16, 2023)



Jane Harper Wins Neddie

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) announced the winners of the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards (aka. Neddies) online in September 01 to celebrate the best in Australian crime writing as follows:

Best Crime Fiction: EXILES, by Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Best Debut Crime Fiction: WAKE, by Shelly Burr (Hachette Australia)
Best True Crime: BETRAYED, by Sandi Logan (Hachette Australia)
Best International Crime Fiction Published in Australia: THE LEMON MAN, by Keith Bruton (Brash Books)

(September 04, 2023)


Kellye Garrett Wins Anthony

Bouchercon 2023 has announced the winners for the 2023 Anthony awards as follows:

Best Hardcover: LIKE A SISTER, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)
Best Paperback: THE QUARRY GIRLS, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
Best First Novel: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Best Humorous: SCOT IN A TRAP, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
Best Short Story: "Beauty and the Beyotch," by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Magazine, February 2022)
Best Critical/Non-fiction: THE LIFE OF CRIME, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Best Children's/Young Adult: ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)
Best Anthology: CRIME HITS HOME, edited by S.J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press)
David Thompson Special Service Award Recipient: Sara Paretsky

The winners were announced on Saturday, September 02 during Bouchercon 2023 held in San Diego, California. (September 03, 2023)


Michael Connelly Wins Barry

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the winners for the 2023 Barry Awards as follows:

Best Mystery or Crime Novel: DESERT STAR, by Michael Connelly (Little,Brown)
Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel: THE MAID, Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Best Thriller: KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)
Don Sandstrom Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: "Mystery" Mike Bursaw

The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, August 31 during the opening ceremonies of 2023 Bouchercon in San Diego, California. (September 03, 2023)


Jonathan Ames Wins Shamus

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) announced the winners for the 2023 Shamus Awards as follows:

Best P.I. Hardcover: THE WHEEL OF DOLL, by Jonathan Ames (Mulholland Books), featuring Happy Doll
Best Original P.I. Paperback: DEAD-BANG FALL, by J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books), featuring Nate Ross
Best First P.I. Novel: THE GOLDENACRE, by Philip Miller (Soho Crime), introducing Thomas Tallis & Shona Sandison
Best P.I. Short Story: "Charlie's Medicine," by Libby Cudmore (in Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon; Down & Out Books), featuring Martin Wade

The winners were announced on Friday, September 01 near the Bouchercon convention hotel in San Diego, California. (September 02, 2023)


Elly Griffiths Wins Fingerprint

Capital Crime Festival has announced the winners for the 2023 Fingerprint Awards as follows:

Crime Book of the Year: BLEEDING HEART YARD, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
Thriller Book of the Year: WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME, by Gillian McAllister (Penguin)
Historical Book of the Year: A FATAL CROSSING, by Tom Hindle (Cornerstone)
Genre-Busting Book of the Year: THE SKELETON KEY, by Erin Kelly (Hodder & Stoughton)
Debut Book of the Year: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)
Audio Book of the Year: ONE LAST SECRET, by Adele Parks; narrated by Kristin Atherton (HQ)
Industry Award of the Year: Richard Osman
Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year: Jane Wood

The winners were announced on Thursday, August 31 during Capital Crime Festival to be held in London (the CAPITAL city of UK). (September 01, 2023)


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