2024 Nashville

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BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

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Winner: All the Sinners Bleed - SA Cosby - Flatiron Books

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Nominees:

 

All the Sinners Bleed - SA Cosby - Flatiron Books

Everybody Knows - Jordan Harper - Mullholland Books

Time’s Undoing - Cheryl A. Head - Dutton

Face of Greed - James L’Etoile - Oceanview Publishing

The Last Devil to Die – Richard Osman - Pamela Dorman Books

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BEST FIRST NOVEL

 

Winner: The Peacock and the Sparrow - IS Berry - Atria Books

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Nominees:

 

The Peacock and the Sparrow - IS Berry - Atria Books

Play the Fool - Lina Chern - Bantam

Scotched Grace - Margo Douaihy - Zando- Gillian Flynn Books

Mother-Daughter Murder Night – Nina Simon - William Morrow & Company

City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita - Berkley Books

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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL/E-BOOK/AUDIOBOOK NOVEL

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Winner: Hide - Tracy Clark - Thomas & Mercer

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Nominees:

 

No Home for Killers - EA Aymar - Thomas & Mercer

Hide – Tracy Clark - Thomas & Mercer

Because of the Night – James DF Hannah - Down & Out Books

The Taken Ones – Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer

Magic City Blues – Bobby Mathews - Shotgun Honey Books

Lowdown Road – Scott Von Doviak - Hard Case Crime

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BEST SHORT STORY

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Winner: Ticket to Ride - Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski - Happiness is a Warm Gun - Down & Out Books

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Nominees:

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Real Courage – Barb Goffman - Black Cat Mystery Magazine/Wildside Press

Knock – James DF Hannah - Playing Games/LB Production

Green and California – Curtis Ippolito - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine/Dell Magazines

Ticket to Ride – Dru  Ann Love & Kristopher Zgorski - Happiness is a Warm Gun - Down & Out Books

Tell Me No Lies – Holly West - Shotgun Honey Presents: Thicker Than Water - Shotgun Honey Books

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BEST ANTHOLOGY

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Winner:  Killin' Time in San Diego - Holly West - Down & Out Books

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Nominees:

 

School of Hard Knox – Donna Andrews - Crippen & Landru Publishers

Here in the Dark – Meagan Lucas - Shotgun Honey Books

The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions – Art Taylor - Crippen & Landru Publishers

Killin’ Time in San Diego – Holly West - Down & Out Books

 

BEST CRITICAL/NONFICTION WORK

 

Winner:  A Fever in the Heartland - Timothy Eagan - Viking

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Nominees:

 

Finders – Anjili Babbar - Syracuse University Press

Spillane – Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor - Mysterious Press

A Mystery of Mysteries – Mark Dawidziak - St. Martin's Press

A Fever in the Heartland – Timothy Egan - Viking

Fallen Angel – Robert Morgan - LSU Press

Agatha Christie, She Watched – Teresa Peschel - Peschel Press

Love Me Fierce in Danger – Steven Powell - Bloomsbury Academic

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BEST CHILDREN/ YA

 

Winner:  Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose - Nancy Springer - Wednesday Books

Nominees:

 

Finney and the Secret Tunnel - Jamie Lane Barber - Level Elevate

Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity – Elizabeth C. Bunce - Algonquin Young Readers

The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary – KB Jackson - Reycraft Books

The Mystery of the Radcliff Riddle – Taryn Souders - Sourcebooks Young Readers

Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose – Nancy Springer - Wednesday Books

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