The Edgar® Awards – 2025 Submissions

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This list includes all submissions received by the MWA national office as of December 10, 2024. Appearance of your work on this list does not mean you have been nominated for an Edgar® Award. It only means your work has been submitted for consideration. Only the judges on each Edgar® committee determine who is nominated and who wins. Nominations will be announced on or around Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday (January 19th) in 2025.  The winners will be announced at the Edgar® Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 1, 2025.  THIS IS THE FINAL LIST OF SUBMISSIONS.

Best Novel

Adams, Parker, THE LOCK BOX
Adler-Olsen, Jussi, LOCKED IN
Ailes, Kat, THE EXPECTANT DETECTIVES
Ailes, Kat, DEAD TIRED
Akhtar, Amina, ALMOST SURELY DEAD
Aleman, Daniel, I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE
Alexander, Tasha, DEATH BY MIDADVENTURE
Allen, Preston L., I DISAPPEARED THEM
Allen, Samantha Jayne, NEXT OF KIN
Alterman, Liz, THE HOUSE ON COLD CREEK LANE
Anderson, Kevin J., NETHER STATION
Andrews, Donna, BETWEEN A FLOCK AND A HARD PLACE
Andrews, Donna, ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHICKADEE
Andrews, Brian &, Wilson, Jeffrey, EMBER
Andrews, Brian &, Wilson, Jeffrey, FOUR MINUTES
Angoe, Yasmin, NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS
Armstrong, Jess, THE SECRET OF THREE FATES
Armstrong, Kelley, THE BOY WHO CRIED BEAR
Armstrong, Kelley, DISTURBING THE DEAD
Armstrong, Kelley, I’LL BE WAITING
Ashby, Madeline Claire, GLASS HOUSES
Atkins, Ace, DON’T LET THE DEVIL RIDE
Atkinson, Kate, DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK
Bahr, Dane, STAG
Bailey, Maggie, QUILTY AS CHARGED
Baldacci, David, A CALAMITY OF SOULS
Baldacci, David, TO DIE FOR
Balzo, Sandra, BREW UNTO OTHERS
Bamford, Emma, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Bannalec, Jean-Luc, DEATH OF A MASTER CHEF
Barclay, Linwood, I WILL RUIN YOU
Barnes, S.A., GHOST STATION
Barra, Paul A., SGT. FORD’S WIDOW
Battle-Felton, Yvonne, CURDLE CREEK
Beaton, M.C. with, Green, R.W., KILLING TIME
Belsky, R.G., BROADCAST BLUES
Benn, James R., THE PHANTOM PATROL
Bennett, Michael, RETURN TO BLOOD
Bennett, Robert Jackson, THE TAINTED CUP
Bentley, Don &, Flynn, Vince, CAPTURE OR KILL
Bernard, C.B., ORDINARY BEAR
Berry, Connie, A COLLECTION OF LIES
Berry, Flynn, TRUST HER
Berry, Freya, THE BIRDCAGE LIBRARY
Berry, Steve, THE ATLAS MANEUVER
Berry, Steve with, Blackwood, Grant, RED STAR FALLING
Billingham, Mark, THE WRONG HANDS
Black, Cara, MURDER AT LA VILLETTE
Black, Lisa, THE DEEPEST KILL
Blackburn, Maggie, A KILLER ROMANCE
Blacke, Olivia, A NEW LEASE ON DEATH
Blair, K.R., THE HUSHED
Blake, Matthew , ANNA O
Bohjalian, Chris, THE PRINCESS OF LAS VEGAS
Bollen, Christopher, HAVOC
Booth, Claire, HOME FIRES
Borgos, Bruce, SHADES OF MERCY
Bowen, Rhys, THE ROSE ARBOR
Bowen, Rhys &, Broyles, Clare, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW
Box, C.J., THREE-INCH TEETH
Boyd, William, GABRIEL’S MOON
Bradley, Alan, WHAT TIME THE SEXTON’S SPADE DOTH RUST
Brannigan, Ellie, DEATH AT AN IRISH WEDDING
Brazier, Eliza Jane, IT HAD TO BE YOU
Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Brook, Allison , BOOKED ON MURDER
Brown, Dale, THE DEVIL’S FORTRESS
Brown, Rita Mae, FELINE FATALE
Brown, Rita Mae, TIME WILL TELL
Bruen, Ken, GALWAY CONFIDENTIAL
Bryant, Kathleen, OVER THE EDGE
Burdette, Lucy, A POISONOUS PALATE
Burke, James Lee, CLETE
Burton, Jeffrey B., THE DEAD YEARS
Campbell, Rick, THE BIN LADEN PLOT
Campisi, Megan, THE WIDOW SPY
Carcaterra, Lorenzo, NONNA MARIA AND THE CASE OF THE LOST TREASURE
Carr, Jack, RED SKY MORNING
Carrasco, Katrina, ROUGH TRADE
Carson, Scott, LOST MAN’S LANE
Castillo, Linda, THE BURNING
Cavanagh, Steve, KILL FOR ME, KILL FOR YOU
Chance, Maia, THE BODY NEXT DOOR
Charles, Paula, HAMMERS AND HOMICIDE
Chase, Nolan, A LONESOME PLACE FOR DYING
Chavez, Heather, WHAT WE’LL BURN LAST
Child, Lee &, Child, Andrew, IN TOO DEEP
Chilton, L.M., SWIPED
Chizmar, Richard, MEMORIALS
Chouinard, Michelle, THE SERIAL KILLER GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Church, Wendy, KNIFE SKILLS
Cleeves, Ann, THE DARK WIVES
Clements, Oliver, THE QUEEN’S LIES
Cobb, May, THE HOLLYWOOD ASSISTANT
Coben, Harlan, THINK TWICE
Cohen, Julie Mae, BAD MEN
Coile, Mason, WILLIAM
Coleman, Reed Farrel, BLIND TO MIDNIGHT
Collins, Sarah-Jane, RADIANT HEAT
Comey, James, WESTPORT
Compton, Johnny, DEVILS KILL DEVILS
Condie, Ally, THE UNWEDDING
Connally, Celeste, ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND TREACHERY
Connelly, Lucy, DEATH AT A SCOTTISH WEDDING
Connelly, Lucy, DEATH AT A SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS
Connolly, John, INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
Constantine, K.C., ANOTHER DAY’S PAIN
Constantine, Liv, THE NEXT MRS. PARRISH
Conway, Elly, ARGYLLE
Copenhaver, John, HALL OF MIRRORS
Cornwell, Patricia, IDENTITY UNKNOWN
Correa, Armando Lucas, THE SILENCE IN HER EYES
Cosimano, Elle, FINLAY DONOVAN ROLLS THE DICE
Costello, Matt &, Roker, Al, MURDER ON DEMAND
Cox, James , GRAND THEFT AI
Cranor, Eli, BROILER
Craven, M.W., NOBODY’S HERO
Crosby, Ellen, DODGE AND BURN
Cutter, Nick, THE QUEEN
Dag, Niklas Natt och, THE ORDER OF THE FURIES
Dahl, Julia, I DREAMED OF FALLING
Dave, Laura, THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM
Davis, Lindsey, DEATH ON THE TIBER
Dawson, Delilah S., IT WILL ONLY HURT FOR A MOMENT
Day, Jamie, ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY
de la Motte, Anders, THE MOUNTAIN KING
de la Pava, Sergio, EVERY ARC BENDS ITS RADIAN
Dean, Abigail, DAY ONE
Deaver, Jeffery &, Madonado, Isabella, FATAL INTRUSION
Delany, Vicki, THE SIGN OF FOUR SPIRITS
Delany, Vicki, A SLAY RIDE TOGETHER WITH YOU
Denfeld, Rene, SLEEPING GIANTS
Dewil, M.M., THE HELPER
Dimberg, Kelsey Rae, SNAKE OIL
Divine, L., AN EPITAPH FOR JEZEBEL
Doctorow, Cory, THE BEZZLE
Dodd, Christina, EVERY SINGLE SECRET
Dodd, Christina, DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA
Doiron, Paul, PITCH DARK
Dolan, Harry, DON’T TURN AROUND
Donlea, Charlie, LONG TIME GONE
Donohue, Keith, THE GIRL IN THE BOG
Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY
Doquang, Mailan, BLOOD RUBIES
Douaihy, Margot, BLESSED WATER
Dovalpage, Teresa, LAST SEEN IN HAVANA
Downes, Anna, RED RIVER ROAD
Downing, David, UNION STATION
Driscoll, Sara, SUMMIT’S EDGE
Driscoll, Sara, ECHOES OF MEMORY
Drysdale, Pip, THE CLOSE UP
Dugoni, Robert, A KILLING ON THE HILL
Dugoni, Robert, BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
Elliot, Kendra &, Leigh, Melinda, ECHO ROAD
Ellis, David, THE BEST LIES
Ellison, J.T., A VERY BAD THING
Elston, Ashley, FIRST LIE WINS
Emerson, Ramona, EXPOSURE
Estleman, Loren D., IRON STAR
Evanovich, Janet, NOW OR NEVER
Ewan, C.M., THE HOUSE HUNT
Ferraro, Nicolás, MY FAVORITE SCAR
Finlay, Alex, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME
Finn, A.J., END OF STORY
Fisher, Tarryn, GOOD HALF GONE
Fitzsimmons, Matthew, THE SLATE
Fletcher, Susan, THE NIGHT IN QUESTION
Flynn, Laurie Elizabeth, TILL DEATH DO US PART
Fram, John, NO ROAD HOME
Francis, Felix, SYNDICATE
Fredericks, Mariah, THE WHARTON PLOT
Freeman, Brian, ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE SHADOW
Freeman, Brian, BREAK EVERY RULE
French, Tana, THE HUNTER
Frick, Kit, THE SPLIT
Frost, Jacqueline, I’LL BE HOME FOR MISCHIEF
Gardiner, Meg, SHADOWHEART
Gardner, Lisa, STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Garrett, Kellye, MISSING WHITE WOMAN
Gates, Eva, THE STRANGER IN THE LIBRARY
Gauntlett, A.E., THE STRANGER AT THE WEDDING
Gerber, Daryl Wood, THE SON’S SECRET
Gilbert, Victoria, A KILLER CLUE
Goldberg, Lee, DREAM TOWN
Goldberg, Lee, ASHES NEVER LIE
Golden, Christopher, THE HOUSE OF LAST RESORT
Golden, S.K., STOLEN PIECES
Goldis, Jaclyn, THE MAIN CHARACTER
Gomez-Jurado, Juan, BLACK WOLF
Grady, James, THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES
Grames, Juliet, THE LOST BOY OF SANTA CHIONIA
Grant, Kimi Cunningham, THE NATURE OF DISAPPEARING
Gray, John MacLachlan, MR. GOOD EVENING
Greene, Katherine, THE LAKE OF LOST GIRLS
Greer, Sierra, ANNIE BOT
Griffiths, Elly, THE LAST WORD
Grippando, James, GOODBYE GIRL
Grisham, John, CAMINO GHOSTS
Grumley, Michael C., DEEP FREEZE
Guggenheim, Marc, IN ANY LIFETIME
Haines, Carolyn, LIGHTS, CAMERA, BONES
Haines, Carolyn, BLUE CHRISTMAS BONES
Hallett, Janice, THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS
Hallett, Janice, THE EXAMINER
Hambly, Barbara, THE NUBIAN’S CURSE
Hamdy, Adam, DEADBEAT
Hamilton, Steve, AN HONORABLE ASSASSIN
Handler, David, THE WOMAN WHO LOWERED THE BOOM
Hanson, Hart, THE SEMINARIAN
Harding, Robyn, THE HATERS
Hardy, Mina, LIKE A MOTHER
Hardy, Mina, BITTER IS THE HEART
Harkaway, Nick, KARLA’S CHOICE
Harris, C.S., WHAT CANNOT BE SAID
Harris, Robert, PRECIPICE
Harrison, Jamie, THE RIVER VIEW
Harrison, Margot, THE MIDNIGHT CLUB
Hart, Matthew, THE LUCIFER CUT
Hart, Rob, ASSASSINS ANONYMOUS
Hart, Rob &, Segura, Alex, DARK SPACE
Hastings, Anastasia, OF HOAXES AND HOMICIDE
Hawkins, Paula, THE BLUE HOUR
Hawkins, Rachel, THE HEIRESS
Hayes, Terry, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST
Hendricks, Jaime Lynn, A LOVELY LIE
Hendricks, T.R., THE INFILTRATOR
Hepworth, Sally, DARLING GIRLS
Higashino, Keigo, INVISIBLE HELIX
Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Hillerman, Anne, LOST BIRDS
Hilliard, M.E., SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Hoag, Tami, BAD LIAR
Hobbs, Elizabeth, MISERY HATES COMPANY
Hoffmann, Jeff, LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED
Hollander, Jenny, EVERYONE WHO CAN FORGIVE ME IS DEAD
Hood, Joshua, BURN OUT
Horowitz, Anthony, CLOSE TO DEATH
Housewright, David, MAN IN THE WATER
Houston, Victoria, AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS
Huchu, T.L. , THE LEGACY OF ARNISTON HOUSE
Huevelt, Thomas Olde, ORACLE
Hurwitz, Gregg, LONE WOLF
Idov, Michael, THE COLLABORATORS
Iglesias, Gabino, HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN
Iles, Greg, SOUTHERN MAN
Jacobs, Nova, THE STARS TURNED INSIDE OUT
James, Elizabeth Gonzalez, THE BULLET SWALLOWER
Jance, J.A., DEN OF INQUITY
January, Ava, THE MAYFAIR DAGGER
Jayatissa, Amanda, ISLAND WITCH
Jean, Emiko, THE RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK
Johansen, Iris, ON THE HUNT
Johansen, Iris and Roy, FLASHBACK
Johnson, Craig, FIRST FROST
Johnson, Craig, TOOTH AND CLAW
Jonasson, Ragnar, DEATH AT THE SANATORIUM
Joris-Peyrafitte, Miles &, Shepard, Sara, GASLIGHT
Justice, Robert, A DREAM IN THE DARK
Kanon, Joseph, SHANGHAI
Karst, Leslie, MOLTEN DEATH
Kashiwai, Hisashi, THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
Katzenbach, John, JACK’S BOYS
Keeland, Vi, THE UNRAVELING
Keir, Linda, THE ROYAL GAME
Kellerman, Jonathan, THE GHOST ORCHID
Kellerman, Jonathan &, Kellerman, Jesse, THE LOST COAST
Kelly, Julia, BETRAYAL AT BLACKTHORN PARK
Kelly, Vanessa, MURDER IN HIGHBURY
Kelson, Maria, NOT THE KILLING KIND
Kenda, Joe, FIRST DO NO HARM
Kenna, Alex, BURN THIS NIGHT
Kerin, Liz, THE FIRST LIGHT
Keyse-Walker, John, SANTO DOMINGO STAKEOUT
Khavari, Kate, A BOTANIST’S GUIDE TO SOCIETY AND SECRETS
King, Laurie R., THE LANTERN’S DANCE
Klavan, Andrew, A WOMAN UNDERGROUND
Kliewer, Marcus, WE USED TO LIVE HERE
Knutsdottir, Hildur, THE NIGHT GUEST
Koontz, Dean, THE BAD WEATHER FRIEND
Koontz, Dean, THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS
Krueger, William Kent, SPIRIT CROSSING
Kubica, Mary, SHE’S NOT SORRY
Kuhn, Cynthia, IN THE EVENT OF MURDER
Kurian, Vera, A STEP PAST DARKNESS
Kurtagich, Dawn, THE MADNESS
Kushner, Rachel, CREATION LAKE
K’wan, , FALSE IDOLS
Landau, A.J., LEAVE NO TRACE
Langan, Sarah, A BETTER WORLD
Lapena, Shari, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Larsen, Samantha, ONCE UPON A MURDER
Lasky, Kathryn, MORTAL RADIANCE
Lawson, Madison, THE REGISTRATION REWRITTEN
Lawson, Mike, KINGPIN
Layden, Emily, ONE MORE FROM THE TOP
Leede, C.J., AMERICAN RAPTURE
Leigh, Sydney, PERIL IN PINK
Lennon, J. Robert, HARD GIRLS
Leon, Donna, A REFINER’S FIRE
Lief, Katia, INVISIBLE WOMAN
Lindholm, James, CALYPSO DOWN
Littell, Robert, A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES
Locke, Attica, GUIDE ME HOME
Lovesey, Peter, AGAINST THE GRAIN
Lowe, Ali, THE SCHOOL RUN
Lowkis, Carmella, SPITTING GOLD
Luna, Louisa, TELL ME WHO YOU ARE
Lupica, Mike, ROBERT B. PARKER’S HOT PROPERTY
Lush, Tara, A BEAN TO DIE FOR
Lynch, Christina, PONY CONFIDENTIAL
Lyons, Matthew, A MAKE OF FLIES
Mack, Catherine, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES
Mackintosh, Clare, A GAME OF LIES
MacNeal, Susan Elia, THE LAST HOPE
Mahmood, Imran, FINDING SOPHIE
Mandelo, Lee, THE WOODS ALL BLACK
Mara, Andrea, SOMEONE IN THE ATTIC
Margolin, Phillip, AN INSIGNIFICANT CASE
Mark, David, WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
Markert, J.H., SLEEP TIGHT
Marlantes, Karl, COLD VICTORY
Marshall, Kate Alice, NO ONE CAN KNOW
Marts, Jennie, KILL OR BEE KILLED
Mathews, Lisa Q., THE JIG IS UP
Maxwell, Jessa, I NEED YOU TO READ THIS
McAlpine, Gordon, AFTER OZ
Mccown, Marjorie, STAR STRUCK
McCreary, Marcy, THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND DEATH
McCreight, Kimberly, LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHER
McCulloch, Amy, MIDNIGHT
McGuire, Rachel, ON THE SURFACE
McHugh, Laura, SAFE AND SOUND
McIver, Ruth, I SHOT THE DEVIL
McKeegan, Colleen, RIP TIDE
Mclaughlin, M.A., THE LOST DRESSES OF ITALY
McPherson, Catriona, DEEP BENEATH US
McPhillips, Fiona, WHEN WE WERE SILENT
McTiernan, Dervla, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?
Mead, Tom, CABARET MACABRE
Medina, Nick, INDIAN BURIAL GROUND
Mejia, Mindy, A WORLD OF HURT
Methos, Victor, THE SILENT WATCHER
Meyer, Nicholas, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE TELEGRAM FROM HELL
Michaelides, Alex, THE FURY
Miller, C.L., THE ANTIQUE HUNTER’S GUIDE TO MURDER
Miller, Philip, THE HOLLOW TREE
Millett, Larry, DEATH IN THE NEWS
Millett, Larry, THE BIRDMAN OF SUMMIT AVE
Millett, Larry, THE GOLD KING
Miranda, Megan, DAUGHTER OF MINE
Mitzner, Adam, THE BROTHERS KENNY
Mizushima, Margaret, GATHERING MIST
Montague, Eugenie, SWALLOW THE GHOST
Montclair, Allison , MURDER AT THE WHITE PALACE
Moore, Graham, THE WEALTH OF SHADOWS
Moore, Liz, THE GOD OF THE WOODS
Moore, Taylor, COLD TRAIL
Moriarity, Liane, HERE ONE MOMENT
Mosley, Walter, FAREWELL, AMETHYSTINE
Mroz, Remigiusz, FINAL APPEAL
Mukherjee, Abir, HUNTED
Mullen, Thomas, THE RUMOR GAME
Muller, Marcia, CIRCLE IN THE WATER
Munier, Paula, THE NIGHT WOODS
Murgia, Jennifer, WHEN I WAS ALICE
Murrary, Andrew Hunter, THE SANCTUARY
Murray James S. &, Wearmouth, Darren, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Myers, Tamar, THE MERMAID MYSTERY
Nagendra, Harini, A NEST OF VIPERS
Nelson, P.J., BOOKED FOR MURDER
Neville, Stuart, BLOOD LIKE MINE
Nichols, Peter, GRANITE HARBOR
Norman, Hilary, PREY
Older, Malka, THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES
Olson, Karen E., AN INCONVENIENT WIFE
Osler, Rob, CIRQUE DU SLAY
Osman, Richard, WE SOLVE MURDERS
Otani, Akira, THE NIGHT OF BABA YAGA
Palombo, Alyssa, THE ASSASSIN OF VENICE
Pandian, Gigi, A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE
Panowich, Brian, NOTHING BUT THE BONES
Paris, B.A., THE GUEST
Parker, T. Jefferson, DESPERATION REEF
Parks, Brad, THE BOUNDARIES WE CROSS
Parlato, Terri, WHAT WAITS IN THE WOODS
Pearse, Sarah, THE WILDS
Peguero, Robin, ONE IN THE CHAMBER
Peikoff, Kira, BABY X
Pekkanen, Sarah, HOUSE OF GLASS
Penny, Louise, THE GREY WOLF
Perry, Thomas, HERO
Petrie, Nick, THE PRICE YOU PAY
Pham, Jacquie, THOSE OPULENT DAYS
Phillips, Gary, ASH DARK AS NIGHT
Phillips, Julia, BEAR
Phillips, Scott, THE DEVIL RAISES HIS OWN
Piazza, Jo, THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE
Pike, Signe, THE SHADOWED LAND
Pinter, Jason, PAST CRIMES
Pitts, Delia, TROUBLE IN QUEENSTOWN
Pokwatka, Aimee, THE PARLIAMENT
Popp, Misha, THE LAST TO PIE
Porter, Regina, THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY
Prak, Michelle, THE RUSH
Preston, Douglas, EXTINCTION
Preston, Douglas &, Child, Lincoln, ANGEL OF VENGEANCE
Price, Richard, LAZARUS MAN
Pryor, Mark, A BLOOD RED MORNING
Quartey, Kwei, THE WHITEWASHED TOMBS
Query, Matt &, Query, Harrison, WILDERNESS REFORM
Quinn, Spencer, A FAREWELL TO ARFS
Ramsay, Caro, OUT OF THE DARK
Ray, Elka, A FRIEND INDEED
Raybourn, Deanna, A GRAVE ROBBERY
Redfearn, S.E., TWO GOOD MEN
Redman, Eric, DEATH IN HILO
Reed, Hilton, BEYOND ALL DOUBT
Reich, Christopher, MATTERHORN
Reichs, Kathy, FIRE AND BONES
Reida, Sarah, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Rekulak, Jason, LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING
Reyes, Raquel V., DOMINOES, DANZON, AND DEATH
Rice, Luanne, LAST NIGHT
Ricks, Thomas E., EVERYONE KNOWS BUT YOU
Rickstad, Eric, LILITH
Ripley, Sam, THE RULE OF THREE
Rivera, Lilliam, TINY THREADS
Robards, Karen, SOME MURDERS IN BERLIN
Robards, Kate, ONLY THE GUILTY SURVIVE
Robb, J.D., RANDOM IN DEATH
Robb, J.D., PASSIONS IN DEATH
Robotham, Michael, STORM CHILD
Romano-Lax, Andromeda, THE DEEPEST LAKE
Rose, Ayla, MURDER ON DEVIL’S POND
Rose, Jeneva, HOME IS WHERE THE BODIES ARE
Rosenberg, Lisa Williamson, MIRROR ME
Rosenfelt, David, DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Rosenfelt, David, THE MORE THE TERRIER
Rotstein, Robert, THE OUT-OF-TOWN LAWYER
Rowell, D.M., SILENT ARE THE DEAD
Rozan, S.J. &, Yen, John Shen, THE MURDER OF MR. MA
Rue, Gretchen, A PIE TO DIE FOR
Rue, Gretchen, THE GRIM STEEPER
Ryan, Hank Phillippi, ONE WRONG WORD
Ryan, Lindy, BLESS YOUR HEART
Ryan, Tom, THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB
Sager, Riley, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Samson, Lily, THE SWITCH
Sandford, John, TOXIC PREY
Schaffhausen, Joanna, ALL THE WAY GONE
Schellman, Katharine, THE LAST NOTE OF WARNING
Schellman, Katharine, A SCANDAL IN MAYFAIR
Schillace, Brandy, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE
Scott, Justin, THE SISTER QUEENS
Scottoline, Lisa, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS
Sears, Michael, LOVE THE STRANGER
Serafin, Shan, THE PARIS VENDETTA
Shames, Terry, PERILOUS WATERS
Shames, Terry, THE TROUBLING DEATH OF MADDY BENSON
Shelton, Paige, THE POISON PEN
Shelton, Paige, PERFECT STORM
Shepherd, Peng, ALL THIS AND MORE
Sherwood, Kim, A SPY LIKE ME
Short, Sharon, TROUBLE ISLAND
Siger, Jeffrey, AT ANY COST
Simon, Clea, BAD BOY BEAT
Slaughter, Karin, THIS IS WHY WE LIED
Solvinic, Nicola, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER
Spufford, Francis, CAHOKIA JAZZ
Stage, Zoje, DEAR HANNA
Staub, Wendy Corsi, DOG DAYS
Steadman, Catherine, LOOK IN THE MIRROR
Stevenson, Benjamin, EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT
Stevenson, Benjamin, EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET
Stone, Greg, DEADLINE ON ARRIVAL
Straczynski, J. Michael, THE GLASS BOX
Straley, John, BIG BREATH IN
Swann, Leonie, AGNES SHARP AND THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
Swanson, Peter, A TALENT FOR MURDER
Swierczynski, Duane, CALIFORNIA BEAR
Tata, A.J., THE PHALANX CODE
Taylor, Elena, A COLD, COLD WORLD
Taylor, Sarah Stewart, AGONY HILL
Thoman, Lauren, YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE
Thomas, Scarlett, THE SLEEPWALKERS
Thomas, Will, DEATH AND GLORY
Thompson, Victoria, MURDER IN ROSE HILL
Thor, Brad, SHADOW OF DOUBT
Thorne, Jennifer, DIAVOLA
Thornton, Chris Harding, LITTLE UNDERWORLD
Tierney, Marie, DEADLY ANIMALS
Tingle, Chuck, BURY YOUR GAYS
Tingle, Steven, BURIED LIES
Tintera, Amy, LISTEN FOR THE LIE
Todd, Ruby, BRIGHT OBJECTS
Topping, Zac, ROGUE SEQUENCE
Tracy, P.J., CITY OF SECRETS
Tremayne, Peter, PROPHET OF BLOOD
Tremel, Joyce, DEADLY TO THE CORE
Trias, Fernanda, PINK SLIME
Trinchieri, Camilla, THE ROAD TO MURDER
Trussoni, Danielle, THE PUZZLE BOX
Tudor, C.J., THE GATHERING
Turaki, Umar, EVERY DROP OF BLOOD IS RED
Turton, Stuart, THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Urszenyi, Steve, OUT IN THE COLD
Valdés, Alisa Lynn, BLOOD MOUNTAIN
van den Berg, Laura, STATE OF PARADISE
van der Borgn, Kate, AND HE SHALL APPEAR
Vassell, Charlotte, THE IN CROWD
Vee, Julie and, Bebelle, Ken, BLOOD JADE
Viets, Elaine, A SCARLET DEATH
Wade, James, HOLLOW OUT THE DARK
Wahlgren, Anna E., THE LAST TIME WE MET
Ware, Ruth, ONE PERFECT COUPLE
Watson, Christie, MORAL INJURIES
Wayne, Teddy, THE WINNER
Weaver, Ashley, LOCKED IN PURSUIT
West, Lilian, PRETTY DEAD THINGS
Westerson, Jeri, THE TWILIGHT QUEEN
Westerson, Jeri, THE MUMMY OF MAYFAIR
Whitaker, Chris, ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK
White, Randy Wayne, ONE DEADLY EYE
Williams, Jen, THE HUNGRY DARK
Willingham, Stacy, ONLY IF YOU’RE LUCKY
Winslow, Don, CITY IN RUINS
Winspear, Jacqueline, THE COMFORTS OF GHOSTS
Winters, Ben H., BIG TIME
Wood, Katherine, LADYKILLER
Woods, Caroline, THE MESMERIST
Wright, Erica, HOLLOW BONES
Yuzuki, Asako, BUTTER
Zunker, Chad, THE WIFE YOU KNOW

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Best First Novel

Adams, Jenny, A DEADLY ENDEAVOR
Alering, Alisa, SMOTHERMOSS
Auffarth, Maggie, BURN IT ALL
Austin, Barbara Gayle, WHAT YOU MADE ME DO
Benoit, Deborah J., THE GARDENER’S PLOT
Brand, Lori, BODIES TO DIE FOR
Brody, Kate, RABBIT HOLE
Brown, Lauren Ling, SOCIETY OF LIES
Burrows, Linda, FLIP CITY
Bush, Marlee, WHEN SHE WAS ME
Champine, Justine, KNIFE RIVER
Cleveland, Caroline, WHEN CICADAS CRY
Clifton, Ash, TWICE THE TROUBLE
Coleman, Ryan C., BILLY THE KID
Copeland, Johanna, OUR KIND OF GAME
Coryell, Tasha, LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER
Croft, Jennifer, THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY
Crook, Angela, HURT MOUNTAIN
Crouch, Sarah, MIDDLETIDE
Davis, Kat, IN A DARK MIRROR
Davis, Andrew and, Biggers, Jeff, DISTURBING THE BONES
DeYoung, Andrew, THE DAY HE NEVER CAME HOME
Dyer, Alli, STRANGE FOLK
Estes, Christina, OFF THE AIR
Flaherty, Brendan, THE DREDGE
Fontaine, Tessa, THE RED GROVE
Friedman, Terry S., BONE PENDANT GIRLS
Garonzik, Sam, A ROUGH WAY TO GO
George, Nicholas, A DEADLY WALK IN DEVON
Gorman, W.R., WE KEPT HER IN THE CELLAR
Greene, M.S., THERE’S NO MURDER LIKE SHOW MURDER
Greisman, Gordon, THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER
Greyling, Asha, THE VAMPIRE OF KINGS STREET
Hakoda, Kerri, COLD TO THE TOUCH
Heider, Elizabeth, MAY THE WOLF DIE
Howard, Scott Alexander, THE OTHER VALLEY
Hutchins, Pamela Fagan, HER SILENT BONES
Jade, Carinn, THE ASTROLOGY HOUSE
Jones, Kristi, MURDER IN THE RANKS
Kahler, Abbott, WHERE YOU END
Koffi, Sara, WHILE WE WERE BURNING
Lee, Audrey, THE MECHANICS OF MEMORY
Lefferts, Daniel, WAYS AND MEANS
Lewis, David, A JEWEL IN THE CROWN
Lewis, Gerri, THE LAST WORD
Lindstrom, Jon, HOLLYWOOD HUSTLE
List, David, WHAT ARE THE ODDS
Lorenz, Megaera C., THE SHABTI
Lyerly, Scott, THE LAST LINE
Lytle, Alana B., MAN’S BEST FRIEND
Ma-Kellams, Christine, THE BAND
Martian, Hannah, LONG TIME GONE
McDonough, Patrice, MURDER BY LAMPLIGHT
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS
Moorhead, Jennifer, BROKEN BAYOU
Morita, Jennifer K., GHOSTS OF WAIKIKI
Murali, Ram, DEATH IN THE AIR
Nguyen, K.T., YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID
Nodarse, Alejandro, BLOOD IN THE CUT
Ochs, Sara, THE RESORT
O’Raghallaigh, Jenny Wilson, MANDATORY REPORTING
Parekh, Nishita, THE NIGHT OF THE STORM
Pearson, Joanna, BRIGHT AND TENDER DARK
Pease, Amy, NORTHWOODS
Pedersen, Kailee, SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS
Perrin, Kristen, HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER
Perry, Joshua, SERAPHIM
Plantinga, Adam, THE ASCENT
Podolski, Gregg, THE RECRUITER
Richter, Morgan, THE DIVIDE
Robbins, Lawrence, THE PRESIDENT’S LAWYER
Sadera, Jennifer, I KNOW SHE WAS THERE
Sands, Stella, WORDHUNTER
Schwartz, Sagit, SINCE SHE’S BEEN GONE
Shi, Hansen, THE EXPAT
Sierra, Tracy, NIGHTWATCHING
Staple, Elizabeth, THE SNAP
Steinberg, Shaina, UNDER THE PAPER MOON
Stephens, Leslie, YOU’RE SAFE HERE
Tietjen, Katie, DEATH IN THE DETAILS
Verona, Emily Ruth, MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET
Walters, Jacquie, DEAREST
Wells, Emma C., THIS GIRL’S A KILLER
Wetsel, Laura, BURNT ENDS
Wiggins, Jen Marie, THE GOOD BRIDE
Wise, Henry, HOLY CITY

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Best Paperback/E-Book Original

Abell, Stig, DEATH UNDER A LITTLE SKY
Afia, Nekesa, A LETHAL LADY
Alexander, Ellie, A SMOKING BUN
Alexander, Ellie, STICKS AND SCONES
Ashford, Lindsay Jayne, THROUGH THE MIST
Asman, Brian, GOOD DOGS
Aspenson, Carolyn Ridder, DARK INTENT
Aymar, E.A., WHEN SHE LEFT
Babitt, Debbie, THE MAN ON THE TRAIN
Bailey, Robert, RICH JUSTICE
Bailey, Samantha M., A FRIEND IN THE DARK
Baker, Shannon, BULL’S EYE
Baker, Shannon, CLOSE RANGE
Barr, Lisa, THE GODDESS OF WARSAW
Beaumont, Jack, DARK ARENA
Belle, Kimberly, THE PARIS WIDOW
Berney, Lou, DOUBLE BARREL BLUFF
Berry, Lucinda, IF YOU TELL A LIE
Bird, Kristen, WATCH IT BURN
Birtcher, Baron, KNIFE RIVER
Bivald, Katarina, MURDERS IN GREAT DIDDLING
Blacke, Olivia, RHYTHM AND CLUES
Blaydes, Sara, THE LAST SECRET OF LILY ADAMS
Block, Sandra, THE BACHELORETTE PARTY
Bock, Kris, SOMEONE ROTTEN RIDING THE RAILS
Bond, Gwenda, THE FRAME-UP
Bowen, L.K., FOR WORSE
Bowen, Sarina, THE FIVE YEAR LIE
Brooks, Elizabeth, THE WOMAN IN THE SABLE COAT
Brown, Amber &, Brown, Danielle, ZETAS TILL WE DIE
Bruton, Keith, MURDER ON THE DODDER
Bryant, Elise, IT’S ELEMENTARY
Bublitz, Jacqueline, LEAVE THE GIRLS BEHIND
Budewitz, Leslie, TO ERR IS CUMIN
Bunzel, Reed, THE FALL OF VIVALDI
Butler, Lyn Liao, WHAT IS MINE
Carlsson, Christoffer, UNDER THE STORM
Carlsson, Christoffer, UNDER THE STORM
Carlyle, Rose, NO ONE WILL KNOW
Carmen, Christa, BENEATH THE POET’S HOUSE
Carter, A.F., JOHNNY-BOY
Casale, Alexia, THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND
Cavanagh, Thomas B., DIAMOND CUT
Cerra, K.L., UNDER HER SPELL
Chandler, James, CONFLICT OF DUTY
Chase, Clare, THE ANTIQUE STORE DETECTIVE
Chien, Vivien, PEKING DUCK AND COVER
Childs, Lisa, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY
Chow, Jennifer J., ILL-FATED FORTUNE
Clark, C. Hope, EDGE OF EDISTO
Clark, C. Hope, LAKE MURRAY MONEY
Clark, Tracy, ECHO
Coggins, Mark, GEISHA CONFIDENTIAL
Collins, Max Allan, QUARREY’S RETURN
Conte, Cate, SHOCK AND PAW
Cook, Emma, YOU CAN’T HURT ME
Cooper, Helen, MY DARLING BOY
Corin, Joshua, ASSUME NOTHING
Cost, Matt, CITY GONE ASKEW
Costa, Shelley, THE DAMAGES
Coughlan, Claire, WHERE THEY LIE
Cudmore, Libby, NEGATIVE GIRL
Cudmore, Libby, NEGATIVE GIRL
Daniels, Betty Ternier, GROUNDS FOR MURDER
Dara, Maxi, A GRIM REAPER’S GUIDE TO CATCHING A KILLER
Dashofy, Annette, WHAT COMES AROUND
Dean, Will, THE CHAMBER
deBlanc, Jaime, AFTER IMAGE
DeCarolis, Stephanie, THE PERFECT SISTER
Deverell, William, THE LONG-SHOT TRIAL
Dixon, Helena, MURDER IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Donnelly, Kathleen, KILLER SECRETS
Dornbush, Jennifer Graeser, FROZEN LIVES
Douglas, Claire, THE WOMAN WHO LIED
Dues, Emma, RETURN TO MIDNIGHT
Dwyer, Kelly, GHOST MOTHER
Emery, Anne, COUNTED AMONG THE DEAD
Fardig, Caroline, SINS OF THE FATHER
Farmer, Jordan, HEAD FULL OF LIES
Ferguson, Ian &, Ferguson, Will, I ONLY READ MURDER
Fisher, Tarryn, GOOD HALF GONE
Fitzgerald, Bea, THE THINGS WENT DARK
Fixsen, Jaima, THE SPECIMEN
Fleury, Clive, OFF SEASON
Fox, Candice, DEVIL’S KITCHEN
Freed, David, DEEP FURY
Frey, Rea, DON’T FORGET ME
Fusilli, Jim, THE PRICE YOU PAY
Gallagher, Elaine, UNEXPLODED REMNANTS
Gayle, Katie, MURDER ON A COUNTRY WALK
Geissinger, J.T., PEN PAL
Gentill, Sulari, THE MYSTERY WRITER
Gerhardsen, Carin, THE SAINT
Gervais, Simon, THE ELIAS NETWORK
Glass, Seraphina Nova, THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10
Gleeson, Paula, ORIGINAL TWIN
Goldman, Matt, STILL WATERS
Graham, Scott, DEATH VALLEY DUEL
Graves, Sydney, THE ARIZONA TRIANGLE
Gray, Claudia, THE PERILS OF LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH
Guggenheim, Marc, IN ANY LIFETIME
Hagstrom, Amy, SMOKE SEASON
Harper, Jordan, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA
Hart, Joe, NEVER COME BACK
Hays, Kim, A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH
Huber, Anna Lee, A DECEPTIVE COMPOSITION
Hunsicker, Harry, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE
Hunt, Margot, THE GUESTS
Hunter, Jennifer, THE ROSE REAPER
James, Kelsey, SECRETS OF ROSE BRIAR HALL
Jeng, Sarah Zachrich, WHEN I’M HER
Johnson, Claire M., FOG CITY
Johnson, Jill, THE WOMAN IN THE GARDEN
Jones, L.R., THE WEDDING PARTY
Jost, Sarah, THE ESTATE
Jurcyzk, Eva, THE NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY
Kalteis, Dietrich, CROOKED
Keel, Ellie, THE FOUR
Keliikoa, Mary, DON’T ASK, DON’T FOLLOW
Kelly, Diane, FOUR-ALARM HOMICIDE
Kelter, Lawrence, BEYOND THE VEIL
Kent, Minka, IMAGINARY STRANGERS
Kipness, Elise Hart, DANGEROUS PLAY
Kirschman, Ellen, CALL ME CARMELA
Kistler, Bonnie, SHELL GAMES
Konen, Leah, KEEP YOUR FRIEND CLOSE
Konkoly, Steven, A CLEAN KILL
Kovacic, Katherine, KILL YOURS, KILLS MINE
Kusel, Lisa, THE WIDOW ON DWYER COURT
Labuskes, Brianna, THE LIES YOU WROTE
Labuskes, Brianna, THE TRUTH YOU TOLD
Lalli, S.C., THE PLUS ONE
Laughlin, Anne, CLEAN KILL
Laurin, Nina, THE LAST THING SHE SAW
Ledford, Deborah J., HAVOC
L’Etoile, James , SERVED COLD
Lillie, Vanessa &, Belle, Kimberly; Holahan, Cate; Fargo, Layne, RICH YOUNG WIDOWS
Lourey, Jess, THE REAPING
Magnani, B.J., WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE POISON
Maldonado, Isabella, A FORGOTTEN KILL
Mancini, Ruth, THE WOMAN ON THE LEDGE
Manning, S. Lee, DEADLY CHOICE
Markowitz, Jeff, THE OTHER
Marr, Elle, THE ALONE TIME
Mayfield, Jahmal, SMOKE KINGS
Mayne, Andrew, DARK DIVE
Mayne, Andrew, DEATH STAKE
McDonald, Christina, WHAT LIES IN DARKNESS
McFadden, Freida, THE TEACHER
McFadden, Freida, THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING
McKinnon, Hannah Mary, ONLY ONE SURVIVES
McLachlin, Beverley, PROOF
McNamara, Frances, THREE-DECKER MURDER IN A NUTSHELL
Menger, Ivar Leon, WHAT MOTHER WON’T TELL ME
Methos, Victor, THE DECEIVING LOOK
Milchman, Jenny, THE USUAL SILENCE
Miller, Timothy, THE STRANGE CASE OF THE PHAROAH’S HEART
Miner, Erica, OVERTURE TO MURDER
Mofina, Rick, SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING
Monago, Ellie, THE MARRIAGE TEST
Monnin, M.A., DEATH IN ST. GEORGE’S
Moraine, Sunny, YOUR SHADOW HALF REMAINS
Morgan, Phoebe, THE TRIP
Morris, Wanda, WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND
Morrison, Robbie, CAST A COLD EYE
Moss, Korina, FONDUE OR DIE
Murphy, K.L., LAST GIRL MISSING
Myers, B.R., THE THIRD WIFE OF FARADAY HOUSE
Nelson, Dale M., NO PRAYERS FOR THE DYING
Nettmann, Nadine, THE BOOTLEGGER’S DAUGHTER
Norlander, Linda, DEATH OF A DREAM CATCHER
Olsen, Gregg, COUGAR POINT
Omer, Mike, BEHIND YOU
Parks, Alan, TO DIE IN JUNE
Pelayo, Cynthia, FORGOTTEN SISTERS
Penney, Elizabeth, MADRIGALS AND MAYHEM
Perry, Dana, THE NOWHERE GIRLS
Peynado, Brenda, TIME’S AGENT
Potter, A.M., SILVER MOON RISING
Pruitt, Eryk, BLOOD RED SUMMER
Quigley, Mindy, SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PIZZA
Quinn, Cate, THE CLINIC
Raybon, Patricia, TRUTH BE TOLD
Regan, Lisa, FACE HER FEAR
Rendon, Marcie R., WHERE THEY LAST SAW HER
Richell, Hannah, THE SEARCH PARTY
Rio, M.L., GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Robinson, Bryan E., WAY DEAD UPON THE SUWANNEE RIVER
Rose, Willow, DON’T LET HER GO
Rose-Marie, Abigail, THE MOONFLOWERS
Rotenberg, Robert, WHAT WE BURIED
Rouda, Kaira, UNDER THE PALMS
Roy, Lori, LAKE COUNTY
Roy, Nilanjana, BLACK RIVER
Santlofer, Jonathan, THE LOST VAN GOFH
Schott, Philipp, ELEVEN HUSKIES
Schultz, Emily, SLEEING WITH FRIENDS
Schultz, Emily, BROOKLYN KILLS MS
Scotti, Kieran, PEOPLE WILL TALK
Shea, Brian, INTO THE GRAY
Shea, Brian &, Belcamino, Kristi, AMONG WOLVES
Shea, Brian &, Byrnes, Raquel, RETROGRADE FLAW
Siegel, Katie, CHARLOTTE ILLES IS NOT A TEACHER
Simpson, Roger, HALIFAX: RESURRECTION
Snider, Laura, MOLLY SAND MUST DIE
Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis, THE ROAD TO HEAVEN
Steil, Ellen Won, BECOMING MARLOW FIN
Stone, Victoria Helen, FOLLOW HER DOWN
Stratton, LS, DO WHAT GODMOTHER SAYS
Strawser, Jessica, CATCH YOU LATER
Strong, A.M. &, Sargent, Sonya, THE LAST GIRL LEFT
Sutanto, Jesse Q., THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE AUNTIES
Swartwood, Robert, ENEMY OF THE STATE
Takhar, Helen Monks, NOTHING WITHOUT ME
Tallo, Katie, BURIED ROAD
Tate, Ashley, TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES
Taylor, Mel &, Shea, Brian, THE EXCLUSIVE
Taylor, Mel &, Shea, Brian, THE ARRANGEMENT
Thomas, Kara, LOST TO DUNE ROAD
Thompson, Aggie Blum, SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY
Torre, A.R., THE LAST PARTY
Troutte, Kimberley, THE PACKAGE
Tschida, Sam, ERRANDS & ESPIONAGE
Valjan, Gabriel, THE BIG LIE
Velton, Sonia, THE NIGHTINGALE’S CASTLE
Wachsman, Nina, THE COURTESAN’S PIRATE
Walker, Laura Jensen, DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE
Walker, LynDee, NO SECRETS REMAIN
Walker, LynDee &, Coffin, Bruce Robert, THE GENERAL’S GOLD
Walker, LynDee &, Coffin, Bruce Robert, THE CARDINAL’S CURSE
Walker, LynDee &, Coffin, Bruce Robert, THE PIRATE’S SECRET
War, Pyae Moe Thet, I DID SOMETHING BAD
Wascom, Kent, THE GREAT STATE OF WEST FLORIDA
Washburn, Frances, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
Webb, Debra, DEEPER THAN THE DEAD
Weizmann, Daniel, CINNAMON GIRL
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, SICK TO DEATH
Weston, Kate, YOU MAY NOW KILL THE BRIDE
Wheeler, Jen, A CURE FOR SORROW
White, Kate, THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM
Wiebe, Sam, OCEAN DRIVE
Wilson, Carter, THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND
Wirt, Tony, PIKE ISLAND
Wishnia, Kenneth, FROM SUN TO SUN
Wolfe, Leslie, IF I GO MISSING
Wolfe, Leslie, THE HOSPITAL
Wolff, Caroline, THE WAYSIDE
Wyler, Allen, DEADLY ODDS 7.0
Zacharias, Pete, THE MAN FEARED BY DARKNESS
Zur, Yigal, CHILD OF DUST

 

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Best Fact Crime

Akbari, Anna, THERE IS NO ETHAN: HOW THREE WOMEN CAUGHT AMERICA’S BIGGEST CATFISH
Anderson, Jake, THE VANISHING AT SMOKESTACK HOLLOW: A MISSING FAMILY, A DESPERATE PLAN, AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY
Bauerlein, Valerie, THE DEVIL AT HIS ELBOW: ALEX MURDAUGH AND THE FALL OF A SOUTHERN DYNASTY
Belascio, April, RAISED BY A SERIAL KILLER: DISCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT MY FATHER
Bernstein, Robin, FREEMAN’S CHALLENGE: THE MURDER THAT SHOOK AMERICA’S ORIGINAL PRISON FOR PROFIT
Brottman, Mikita, GUILTY CREATURES: SEX, GOD, AND MURDER IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Brunelle, Kathleen, SHE’S GONE: FIVE MYSTERIOUS TWENTIETH-CENTURY COLD CASES
Clark, Marcia, TRIAL BY AMBUSH: MURDER, INJUSTICE, AND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CASE OF BARBARA GRAHAM
Cohen, Shawn , COLLEGE GIRL, MISSING: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW A YOUNG WOMAN DISAPPEARED IN PLAIN SIGHT
Cooper, Sean Patrick, THE SHOOTER AT MIDNIGHT: MURDER, CORRUPTION, AND A FARMING TOWN DIVIDED
Eil, Philip, PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN: HOW A ONCE-PROMISING DOCTOR BECAME THE “PILL MILL KILLER”
Eischeid, Susan, MISTRESS OF LIFE AND DEATH: THE DARK JOURNEY OF MARIA MANDL, HEAD OVERSEER OF THE WOMEN’S CAMP AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
Ervin, Kristine E., RABBIT HEART: A MOTHER’S MURDER, A DAUGHER’S STORY
Esau, Alvin A.J., 31 MURDERS: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF SERIAL SEX KILLER EARLE NELSON
Ferrante, Louis, BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA
Figliuzzi, Frank, LONG HAUL: HUNTING THE HIGHWAY SERIAL KILLERS
Flock, Elizabeth, THE FURIES: WOMEN, VENGEANCE, AND JUSTICE
Fox, Margalit, THE TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN ORGANIZED-CRIME BOSS
Gerard, Sarah, CARRIE CAROLYN COCO: MY FRIEND, HER MURDER, AND AN OBSESSION WITH THE UNTHINKABLE
Helli, Lori, CHILDREN OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT: LORI VALLOW AND CHAD DAYBELL – A STORY OF MURDEROUS FAITH
Hemming, Henry, FOUR SHOTS IN THE NIGHT: A TRUE STORY OF SPIES, MURDER, AND JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Hortis, Alex, THE WITCH OF NEW YORK: THE TRIALS OF POLLY BODINE AND THE CURSED BIRTH OF TABLOID JUSTICE
Houghton, Vince, COVERT CITY: THE COLD WAR AND THE MAKING OF MIAMI
Houlahan, Peter, REAP THE WHIRLWIND: VIOLENCE, RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE TRUE STORY OF SAGON PENN
Jobb, Dean, A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF: THE DARING JEWEL HEISTS OF A JAZZ AGE ROGUE
Johnson, Steven, THE INFERNAL MACHINE: A TRUE STORY OF DYNAMITE, TERROR, AND THE RISE OF THE MODERN DETECTIVE
Kahler, Abbott, EDEN UNDONE: A TRUE STORY OF SEX, MURDER, AND THE UTOPIA AT THE DAWN OF WORLD WAR II
Landau, Deb Miller, A DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA: RACE, POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND THE MURDER OF LITA MCCLINTON
Levin, Hillel, SUBMERGED: HOW A COLD CASE CONDEMNED AN INNOCENT MAN TO HIDE A FAMILY’S DARKEST SECRET
Macintyre, Ben, THE SIEGE: A SIX-DAY HOSTAGE CRISIS AND THE DARING SPECIAL-FORCES OPERATION THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD
Mager, Kim with, Pulitzer, Lisa, A HUNGER TO KILL: A SERIAL KILLER, A DETERMINED DETECTIVE, AND THE QUEST FOR A CONFESSION THAT CHANGED A SMALL TOWN FOREVER
Mendez, Jonna, IN TRUE FACE: A WOMAN’S LIFE IN THE CIA, UNMASKED
Murphy, Robert, DECOY: THE GRIPPING TRUE CRIME STORY OF ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST SHOCKING AND SECRETIVE HISTORICAL UNDERCOVER POLICE OPERATIONS
Olsen, Gregg, THE AMISH WIFE: UNRAVELING THE LIES, SECRETS, AND CONSPIRACY THAT LET A KILLER GO FREE
Pederson, Rena, THE KING OF DIAMONDS: THE SEARCH FOR THE ELUSIVE TEXAS JEWEL THIEF
Polchin, James, SHADOW MEN: THE TANGLED STORY OF MURDER, MEDIA, AND PRIVILEDGE THAT SCANDALIZED JAZZ AGE AMERICA
Poston, Jr., McCracken, ZENITH MAN: DEATH, LOVE, AND REDEMPTION IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM
Rail, Evan , THE ABSINTHE FORGER: A TRUE STORY OF DECEPTION, BETRAYAL, AND THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS SPIRIT
Ramsland, Katherine &, Ullman, Tracy, THE SERIAL KILLER’S APPRENTICE: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW HOUSTON’S DEADLIEST MURDERER TURNED A KID INTO A KILLING MACHINE
Read, Simon, SCOTLAND YARD: A HISTORY OF LONDON POLICE FORCE’S MOST INFAMOUS CASES
Romig, Rollo, I AM ON A HIT LIST: A JOURNALIST’S MURDER AND THE RISE OF AUTOCRACY IN INDIA
Ryan, Jason, SWAMP KINGS: THE STORY OF THE MURDAUGH FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND A CENTURY OF BACKWOODS POWER
Sherman, Casey , A MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF TINSELTOWN’S MOST SHOCKING CRIME
Swift, Earl, HELL PUT TO SHAME: THE 1921 MURDER FARM MASSACRE AND THE HORROR OF AMERICA’S SECOND SLAVERY
Winn, Patrick, NARCOTOPIA: IN SEARCH OF THE ASIAN DRUG CARTEL THAT SURVIVED THE CIA
Wolraich, Michael, THE BISHOP AND THE BUTTERFLY: MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE

Best Critical-Biographical

Abrams, Nathan &, Kolker, Robert P., KUBRICK: AN ODYSSEY
Ashman, Nathan, JAMES SALLIS: A COMPANION TO THE MYSTERY FICTION
Biesen, Sheri Chinen, THROUGH A NOIR LENS: ADAPTING FILM NOIR VISUAL STYLE
Booker, M. Keith, AMERICAN FILM NOIR: FROM THE MALTESE FALCON TO GONE GIRL
Chan, Chris, SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE MURDERERS: CRITIQUING THE COLUMBO KILLERS
Chan, Chris &, Chan, Ph.D., Patricia, THE AUSTIC SLEUTH: SCREEN PORTRAYALS OF DETECTIVES ON THE SPECTRUM IN SHERLOCK HOLMES ADAPTATIONS…
Dauber, Jeremy, AMERICAN SCARY: A HISTORY OF HORROR, FROM SALEM TO STEPHEN KING AND BEYOND
Esposito, Richard, JIMMY BRESLIN: THE MAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH
Geherin, David, ORGANIZED CRIME ON PAGE AND SCREEN: PORTRAYALS IN HIT NOVELS, FILMS, TELEVISION SHOW
Lawson, Ashley, ON EDGE: GENDER AND GENRE IN THE WORK OF SHIRLEY JACKSON, PATRICIA HIGHSMITH, AND LEIGH BRACKETT
Mello-Goldner, Diane, A DETECTIVE’S HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING KEY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS THROUGH MYSTERY FICTION
Meuel, David, JOAN CRAWFORD IN FILM NOIR: THE ACTRESS AS AUTEUR
Rausch, Andrew, THE TAKING OF NEW YORK CITY: CRIME ON THE SCREEN AND IN THE STREETS OF THE BIG APPLE IN THE 1970S
Shakespeare, Nicholas, IAN FLEMING: THE COMPLETE MAN

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Best Short Story

Abrahamson, K.L., “ENOUGH THANK-YOU” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Acosta, Hector, “EL ALEMAN” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Ade, William, “PUNCH-DRUNK” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Adler, Mary , “THE LAKE” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Allison, Jason, “CLUB NIGHT” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Allyn, Doug, “CAPONE’S CASTLE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Allyn, Doug, “JENNIFER’S DAUGHTER” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Allyn, Jim, “EVERYBODY PAYS” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Andes, Tom, “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CRACKER JACKS” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Angelella, J.R., “MI SHEBEIRACH” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Anger, Sue, “HURRICANE BUDDIES” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Arisugawa, Alice, “THE TRAGEDY OF BLACK SWAN LODGE” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Armstrong, Lori, “TWISTED SISTER” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Atkins, Ace, “THE HAVANA RUN” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Atwood, Margaret, “CUT AND THIRST” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Avallone, David, “THE GOLDEN ROAD (TO UNLIMITED DEVOTION)” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Balzo, Sandra, “BACK IN BLACK” – BACK IN BLACK
Bartz, Andrea, “THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Bechol, Jay, “RUFUS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Beckstrom, Eric, “THE BIRTH OF THE LONGTOOTH BLUES” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Beetner, Eric, “GOOD FOR SALES” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Belanger, Derrick, “THE CASE OF THE HAPLESS BROTHER” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Bell, Terena Elizabeth, “LITTLE JIM” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Benn, James R., “BOOM IT UP!” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Bennett, S.J., “THE GLORIOUS TWELFTH” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Bernier, Ashley-Ruth M., “AFTERGLOW” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Bernier, Ashley-Ruth M., “MURDER CAN’T STOP DE CARNIVAL” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Bernier, Ashley-Ruth M., “A LI’L SOMETHING EXTRA” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Bernthal, J.C., “A DATE ON YARMOUTH PIER” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Bhuyan, A.F., “THE BORSCH ASSASSINATIONS” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Biebau, Dominque, “WHAT’S BECOME OF THE BABY” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Binney, Robert J., “RESTORATION SOFTWARE” – THE KILLING RAIN
Black, Pat, “CADERE EX STELLAE” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Black, Pat, “MASQUERADE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Blackwicks, Christine, “THE MODERN EPIMETHEUS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Blain, W. Edward, “NATE’S INITIATION” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Bleiweiss, Rick, “SHAKE A LEG” – BACK IN BLACK
Blouin, Geneviève, “SEPPUKU” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Bomey, Kathryn Prater, “RUNNING INTERFERENCE” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Bosworth, John, “A BAD PLACE TO DIE” – THE KILLING RAIN
Bovio, John, “ALFRED” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Bracken, Michael, “BAR NONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Bracken, Michael, “BERMUDA TRIANGLE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Bracken, Michael, “FAMILY BUSINESS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Bracken, Michael, “BARBED WIRE BISON” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Brennert, Alan, “APANA’S LAST CASE” – HONOLULU NOIR
Brightwell, Colin, “RIDE ALONG” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Brooks, Max, “TIGER CHAIR” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Brown, Susan Love, “IN KIND” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Broyles, Clare, “THE ONLY THING TO FEAR” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Bruns, Dave, “GIVIN THE DOG A BONE” – BACK IN BLACK
Bruns, Don, “LET ME PUT MY LOVE INTO YOU” – BACK IN BLACK
Buck, Craig Faustus, “HOME GAME” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Burke, Tim, “STRAYS” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Burns, Valerie (V.M.), “DEAL WITH THE DEVIL” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Campbell, Melodie, “THE MOB, THE MODEL…AND THE COLLEGE REUNION,” MURDER, NEAT
Carpenter, Emily, “LYRE” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Castillo, Linda, “DARK STORM RISING”
Chan, H.C., “TONE DEAF” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Charyn, Jerome, “THE PHANTOM ON THE CONCOURSE PLAZA” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Chase, Joslyn, “SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Chase, Joslyn, “MALL COP CHRISTMAS PARADE” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Chase, Joslyn, “WILLOW, DON’T WEEP” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Chase, Joslyn, “DELIVERING THE EGG MACGUFFIN” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Child, Andrew, “YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG” – BACK IN BLACK
Ciporin, Leone, “POLLY WANTS A CRACKER” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Clarke, Vasa, “THE ADVENTURE OF THE AYRSHIRE HERD” – STRAND MAGAZINE
Coates, Craig Francis, “GRENDEL” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Cody, Liza, “DON’T PUSH ME” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Cody, Michael Amos, “I COULD BE THE ONE” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Coffin, Bruce Robert, “VICTIM OF THE CRIME” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Coleman, Reed Farrel, “SHOOT TO THRILL” – BACK IN BLACK
Collins, Max Allan &, Clemens, Matthew V., THE BIJOUX BIRD” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Connolly, John, “THE PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “AN ALL THE GRAVES OF ALL THE GHOSTS” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “THE EVENINGS WITH EVANS” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “ABELMAN’S LINE” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “THE MIRE AT FOX TOR” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “THE BEAR” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “THE FLAW” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “UNQUIET SLUMBER” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “OUR FRIEND CARLTON” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connolly, John, “HORROR EXPRESS – EXTENDED EDITION” – NIGHT AND DAY
Connor, Bill, “RED DOG” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Constantine, Liv, “EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Cosimano, Elle, “STAGED” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Coward, Mat, “WHERE IS YOUR…?,” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Crandell, Doug, “THE PASTURE AT NIGHT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Crandell, Doug, “BAD HYDROUS” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Cranor, Eli, “MASK UP” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Cudmore, Libby, “ALIBI IN ICE” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Cudmore, Libby, “$400 GETS YOU ELVIS” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Curran, Chris, “WHAT YOU WANTED” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Cutler, Judith, “THE UMPIRE’S DECISION” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
D’Agnese, Joseph, “WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLED” – MURDER, NEAT
Davenport, Kiana, “HAIRSTYLES OF THE JIHADI” – HONOLULU NOIR
Davidson, Hilary, “THE GOOD FATHER” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Davidson, Maddi, “OFF THE BEATEN TRAIL” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
De Noux, O’Neil, “FLESH WOUNDS” – MURDER, NEAT
De Voe, P.A., LOST” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Dean, David, “THE ATONEMENT OF MICHAEL DARCY” – MURDER, NEAT
Dean, David, “THE CARFAX LUNATIC SOCIETY” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Dean, David, “SHALL I BE MOTHER?” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Deaver, Jeffery, “THE RULE OF THREES” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
deBellegarde, Tina, “THE LONGEST NIGHT” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Deck, Margie, “THE CASE OF THE PENSIVE POET” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Deckard, Luke, “ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara, “FIRST STAR” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Dieckerhoff, Christiane, “DAS BESCHERKIND” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Dirckx, John H., “MISSING LINKS” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Dirckx, John H., “THE FINAL WAS MURDER” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Dobbyn, John F., “RIDERS UP” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Dobbyn, John F., “THE MOMENT OF TRUTH” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Dolson, Nikki, “COME LET US KISS AND PARK” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Dowd, Victoria, “THE SOLSTICE SÉANCE” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Drummer, Richard, “THE DEATH OF IGGY IN THE KEY OF G” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Dryer, Stan, “MARY-ELIZABETH, KILLING MACHINE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Dube, Marcelle, “CHUCK BERRY IS MISSING” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Dube, Marcelle, “OF STROGANOFF AND JERRY CANS” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Dubé, Marcelle, “THE BOY” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Dubé, Marcelle, “GETTING BACK INTO HEAVEN” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Dutta, Mary, “THE BOYZ IN THE BAND” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Edwards, Martin, “THE WIDOW” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Egan, Kevin, “NEGATIVE PREGNANT” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Egan, Kevin, “FOXX GOES TO COLLEGE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Eldridge, Tori, “ROCK AND ROLL AIN’T NOISE POLLUTION” – BACK IN BLACK
Ellis, Bob, “CONFESSING” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Ellis, Kate, “FALSE WIDOW” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Elman, Leslie, “THE COMMISSION” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Elman, Leslie, “BEHIND THE DELI” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Elwood, Elizabeth, HOW MARY’S GARDEN GREW” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Elwood, Elizabeth, “THE CHILD” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Eskilson, Christine, “A FAMILY AFFAIR” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Ewing, Lynn, “THE LAST LAP GOODBYE” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Faherty, Terence, “THE CROOKED MAN” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Faherty, Terence, “MARGO AND THE FEMME FATALE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Fallis, Gregory, “WHERE’S DOOKIE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Ferreter, Michael, “MUSIC CITY ROW” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Fiecke, Tyler, “BLOOD AND BUTTER” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Fields, Helen, “LONG WAY DOWN” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Fisher, Eve, “BAD INFLUENCE” – MURDER, NEAT
Fisher, Steve, “IF CHRISTMAS COMES” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Floyd, John M., “BOURBON AND WATER” – MURDER, NEAT
Floyd, John M., “PUSHING JOE CARTER” – STRAND MAGAZINE
Floyd, John M., “A COLD DAY IN HELENA” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Floyd, John M., “MOONSHINE AND ROSES” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Floyd, John M., “SUNLIGHT AND SHADOWS” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Floyd, John M., “WELCOME TO ARMADILLO” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Floyd, John M., “SKEETER DONE SHOT BILLY BOB” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Freeborn, Richard, “THE CLEANSING OF ABEL” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Freimor, Jacqueline, “IN THE END” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Freimore, Jacqueline, “WHERE THE HEART IS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Fuller, Fran, “OH, WHAT NOW?” – THE KILLING RAIN
Fulton, Barry, “FROM BACH TO BLUEGRASS” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Gammarino, Tom, “IT ENTERED MY MIND” – HONOLULU NOIR
Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina, “THE COLLAR” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Gardiner, Wayne J., “YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE AN OLD MAN” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Garrett, Kellye, “ONE LUCKY SUBSCRIBER” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Gates, David Edgerley, “SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO” – MURDER, NEAT
Gaudet, Pat, “THE LEGEND OF PENNY AND THE LUCK OF THE DRAW CASINO” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Gibson, Roberta, “BODYGUARD OF LIES” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Gilbertson, Nils, “APPLE JUICE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Gilbertson, Nils, “A GUT FEELING” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Glatzer, Hal, “WAS IT WOODY’S?” – THE KILLING RAIN
Goffman, Barb, “NEVER HAVE I EVER” – MURDER, NEAT
Goffman, Barb, “A MATTER OF TRUST’ – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Goffman, Barb, “THE POSTMAN ALWAYS FLIRTS TWICE” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Goldberg, Lee, “IF I WERE A RICH MAN” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Goldberg, Tod, “A DOG’S YEAR” – THE KILLING RAIN
Goldberg, Tod, “EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Gonzales, Michael A., “OASIS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Graham, Heather, “MUSIC LIVES FOREVER” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Graham, Heather, “HELLS BELLS” – BACK IN BLACK
Graves, Peter Lance, “NEIGHBORLY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Grossman, Leigh &, Betancourt, John Gregory, “HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’VE BEEN BAD” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Guthrie, Nick, “PROTECTION” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Hall, Rachel Howzell, “SCORPIONS” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Hall, Rachel Howzell, “ALL TOO WELL” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Hamdy, Adam &, Fox, Emily, “THE FEAR IN THEIR EYES” – STRAND MAGAZINE
Han, Stephanie, “THE SWIMMERS” – HONOLULU NOIR
Hangman, Dave, “MIGINGO ISLAND” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Hannah, James D.F., “A TEAR IN HIS HAND” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Hannah, James D.F., “SHAKEDOWN STREET” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Hannah, James D.F., “TWENTY CENTURIES” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Hansen, Vinnie, “DIRE WOLF” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Harrington, Karen, “FISH AROUND AND FIND OUT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Harris, Sherry, “THE ULTIMATE BOUNTY HUNTER” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Hastrup, Julie, “THE POOL BOY” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Hearn, James A., “FOR LYDIA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Helms, Richard, “THE FOUR-NINE PROFILE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Helms, Richard, “THE GASLIGHT SONATA” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Henson, Robby, “GUN IN HAND” – THE KILLING RAIN
Herring, Stephen W., “THE FAMILY MAN” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Hertenstein, Jane, “ZEN GARDEN” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Hilary, Sarah, “KNOCK-KNOCK” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Hockensmith, Steve, “ENCHANTRESS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Hodgkins, H., “WHEN BAPTISTS GO BAD” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Hodgkins, Hope, “MINE!” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Hohl, Kate, “ROSABELLE” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Honerman, Mary Angela, “4TH FLOOR ALICE” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Hung, C.H., “THE QUEBECOIS QUOTIENT” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Iglesias, Gabino, “LIGHTING THE REMORA” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Ireland, Davin, “HUMAN WASTE” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Jacobs, Liska, “DEAD WEIGHT” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Jain, Smita Harish, “OIL AND WATER” – THE KILLING RAIN
Jain, Smita Harish, “HEADS, I WIN, TAILS, YOU LOSE,” MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Jain, Smita Harish, “RUN FOR YOUR LIFE” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Jeng, Sarah Zachrich, “GOODBYE PEARL” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Jeschonek, Robert, “AN IMP IN SPY’S CLOTHING” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Johnson, Douglas Grant, “BLIND LUCK” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Jonasson, Ragnar &, Sigurdardottir, Yrsa, “NINETEEN FORTY-NINE” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Jovena, LaToya, “MATERNITY LEAVE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Jovena, LaToya, “DOWNHILL” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Jovena, LaToya, “WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Kardos, Michael, “QUICK CHANGE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Katsu, Alma, “SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Katsu, Alma, “THE VANISHING MAN” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Katsu, Alma, “ON ENEMY GROUND” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Kepnes, Caroline, “THE BAD FRIEND” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Kikkawa, Scott, “MIDORI” – HONOLULU NOIR
Kirman, Robin, “NOT ALL HAUNTINGS ARE BY GHOSTS” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Kisska, Kristin, “NOT YO’MAMA’S IPA” – MURDER, NEAT
Kobayashi, B.A., “SHADOWS AND HAOLES” – HONOLULU NOIR
Kohler, Sheila, “TURNABOUT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Kolakowski, Nick, “ONE YEAR IN THE LIFE OF MARILYN” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Kolberg, Sharyn, “SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Krouse, Erika, “EAT MY MOOSE” – CONJUNCTIONS
Krouse, Erika, “FEAR ME AS YOU FEAR GOD” – THE SOUTHERN REVIEW
Landrigan, Linda, “BORN CROSS-EYED” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Lansdale, Joe R., “NIGHT TRAIL” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Larsen, Tom, “LA HERMANA DEL ALCALDE” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Larsen, Tom, “EL ABUELO DESCARRIDO” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Larsen, Tom, “LAS HERMANAS CUBANAS” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Larsen, Ward, “WHAT DO YOU DO FOR MONEY HONEY” – BACK IN BLACK
Laskowski, Tara, “THE EX-FILES” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Laskowski, Tara &, Taylor, Art, “AFTER THEIR CONVICTIONS, SIX MURDERERS REFLECT ON HOW KILLING MR. BODDY CHANGED THEIR LIVES” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Latragna, Christopher, “THINGS BEING HOW THEY ARE” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Lavinsky, Avram, “LADY WITH A FAN” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Law, Janice, “THE COLONEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Law, Janice, “UP AND GONE” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Lawhon, Ariel, BARRIERS TO ENTRY
Lawson, B.V., “THE FINAL CHAPTER” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Lawton, R.T., “THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Lawton, R.T., “MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Lawton, R.T., “RICIDIVISIM” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Leder, Stefanie, “NOT A DINNER PARTY PERSON” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Lennon, Paula, “TWO SHARP KNIVES” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
L’Etoile, James, “ESTIMATED PROPHET” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Lewin, Michael Z., “ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Lieunoir, Pete, “FAR FROM THE TREE” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Linn, Ken, “TIME LIES” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Liskow, Steve, “WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM” – MURDER, NEAT
Livingston, Billie, “WHATEVER SATISFIES THE SOUL” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANK’S SUNBEAM” – MURDER, NEAT
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANKS IN RETREAT” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANKS’S ROLE MODEL” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “PROFESSOR PIE IS GOING TO DIE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “WELCOME TO JFR!” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “CHRISTMAS DINNER” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “THE NURSE LOG” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Lovelace, Kai, “HEAD START” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Lowery, R.M., “LUXURY GOODS” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Lundin, Leigh, “RAZING THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Lyle, D.P., “THE FAVOR” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Lynch, Sophia, “RENDERING” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
MacDonald, John D., “THE ACCOMPLICE” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Maddox, Lawrence, “DEEP TIME” – MURDER, NEAT
Malerman, Josh, “CHILDREN AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO KNOW WHERE THE PRESENTS ARE HIDDEN” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Malliet, G.M., “PRIDE OF CUCAMONGA” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Malliet, G.M., “FEAR OF MISSING OUT” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Mallory, Michael, “WHO WANTS TO KILL SOMEONE?” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Mangeot, Robert, “NOBLE ROT” – MURDER, NEAT
Marsh, Charley, “STREETS OF JOY” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Marshall, Vincent, “ICE HIT TRINITY” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Martin, Charles Phillip, “SMASH & GRAB” – THE KILLING RAIN
McAleer, Andrew, “THE SINGULAR CASE OF THE BANDAGED BOBBY” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
McCormick, William Burton, “DEATH IN THE MOONLIGHT” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
McCormick, William Burton, “CITY WITHOUT SHADOW” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
McCormick, William Burton, “BOOM!” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
McCormick, William Burton, “DREAMING OF KHARKIV” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
McHone, Mike, “FRAGMENTS OF A HOUSE” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
McKeon, John J., “THE GREAT WOLF” -EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
McKinney, Chris, “THE GAIJIN” – HONOLULU NOIR
McKinney, Morgan Miryung, “MOTHER’S MOTHER’S MOTHER” – HONOLULU NOIR
McMahon, Jackie, “DEATH AT EVERLEIGH ABBEY” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Mead, Tom, “CALL OF THE NATTERJACK” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Meyer, Adam, “DOUBLE FAULT” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Milliken, Sally, “CANARY IN THE COAL MINE” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Muessig, Chris, “HINDSIGHT” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Muessig, Chris, “VERSES ON THE VESLE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Muller, Marcia, “SCAMMING THE SCAMMER” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Murphy, K.L., “EYES OF THE WORLD” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Murray, Joshua, “THE SPINS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Neri, Kris, “QUEEN FOREVER” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Nerz-Iribarne, Maggie, “A PROCESS” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Nethercott, Michael, “DARK EQUATION” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Norlander, Linda, “THE PLAN” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Oates, Joyce Carol, “THE HEIRESS. THE HIRELING.” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Obey, Erica, “THE PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING SOPRANOS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
O’Connor, Paul Ryan, “NO ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Oleksiw, Susan, “MURDER ALL SEWN UP” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Ong, Lawrence, “MURDER UNDER SEDATION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Orloff, Alan, “MURDER AT HOME” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Orloff, Alan, “MURDER IN THE KITCHEN” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Osborne, Cayce, “CHASING DREAMS IN THE EMERALD CITY” – THE KILLING RAIN
O’Sullivan, Kathryn &, Awad, Paul, “TOUCH OF GREY” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Pachter, Josh, “TEXAS KINDA ATTITUDE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Pachter, Josh, WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Pachter, Josh, “FRIEND OF THE DEVIL” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Pachter, Josh, “THE WIND PHONE” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Pachter, Josh, “THE LAND OF ENTRAPMENT” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Palmer, M., “THE FACE IN MY WINDOW” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Parman, Sue, “GANNETS AND GHOULS” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Passion, Christy, “MERCY” – HONOLULU NOIR
Patterson, Irette Y., “SAFE AT HOME” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Pendjiky, Jane, “THE FALL” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Pennybacker, Mindy Eun Soo, “DIAMOND DREAMS” – HONOLULU NOIR
Persky, Anna Stolley, “THE JEWS ON ELM STREET” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Pham, Savio, “THE PANTHER” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Phelan, Twist, “AIM” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Phelan, Twist, “ARTIFICIAL HEARTS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Phelan, Twist, “BERTHA” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Phelan, Twist, “AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Phelan, Twist, “DOUBLE PARKED” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Pochoda, Ivy, “JACKRABBIT SKIN” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Pochoda, Ivy, “JOHNNY CHRISTMAS” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Poulson, Christine, “ST. JOHN’S EVE” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Proctor, M.E., “DEER TRACKS” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Pronzini, Bill, “THE FINGER” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “FRIENDS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “THE LONELY ONE” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “THE RIGHTEOUS” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “THE HEIST” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Prose, Nita, “THE NOSY NEIGHBOR” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Quinn, Jill K., A FREE BREAKFAST” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Rader-Day, Lori, “[THE APPLAUSE DIES]” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Raichev, R.T., “BLIND WITNESS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Ramaley, Jenny, “RUBY’S RODEO TAILORS AND WESTERN WEAR EMPORIUM” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Randall, Jay, “THE MIDNIGHT CALLER” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Ray, Roz, “THE GRENADE” – THE KILLING RAIN
Richardson, Ivan, “HARRY’S KEEPER” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Richardson, Travis, GOLDEN PARACHUTE” – MURDER, NEAT
Ring, L.P., “ALAN AND FELIX” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Ritchie, Jack, “LET’S SETTLE THIS” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Robson, Merrilee, “THE GUADAGNINI CELLO” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Rogers, Jacquie, “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM OR WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Rogers, Mark, “ROOM 20” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Rogers, Stephen D., “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WITH DESSERT” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Ross, Gary Earl, “NICKEL CITY EAVESDROPPER” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Ross, Gary Earl, “SPLIT WIT” – BLACK CAT WEEKLY
Ross, Stephen, “ROOM OF ICE” – MURDER, NEAT
Ross, Stephen, “THE THIEVES OF ST. IVES” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Rothschild, Peggy, “THE SAME OLD SONG” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Ruland, Jim, “THE DEMO” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, “ARBORETUM HEIGHTS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, “THE BRIDE CASE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Sallis, James, “WELL MET” – BRIGHT SEGMENTS
Santos de Oliveira, Fernando, “A SECOND OPINION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
schlosser, db, “THE BARNUM DOCTRINE” – THE KILLING RAIN
Scotti, Anna, “INTO THE SILENT LAND” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Scotti, Anna, “A NEW WEARINESS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Scotti, Anna, “NOT WITH HIBISCUS, BUT WITH BLOOD” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Serling, Rod, “FIRST SQUAD, FIRST PLATOON,” – STRAND MAGAZINE
Sheil, Steven, “THE ART OF CRUEL EMBROIDERY” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Shepphird, John, SUTTON’S LAW” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Sheriff, John Paxton, “WHAT THE HELL HAS IT GOT TO DO WITH ME” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Shroff-Shah, Meeti, “A RUBY SUN” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Silvis, Randall, “AND THE MOON DISAPPEARS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Simmons, Shawn Reilly, “AN INVITATION TO MURDER” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Simms, Chris, “LIFE GIVER, DEATH BRINGER” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Skinner, Michelle Cruz, “THE UNKNOWN” – HONOLULU NOIR
Slade, H.K., “A PIPER HAS FALLEN” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Slee, Jennifer, “ZARPARAN” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Smith, Anthony Neil, “TWENTY-ELEVEN NISSAN SOMETHING” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Smith, S.A., “MAMA ALWAYS SAYS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Snowden, Faye, “ALTHEA” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Soloway, Jeff, “OUR FATHER’S SECRETS” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Soloway, Jeff, “THE THEFT OF LAS MENINAS” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Soni, M.J., “THE VIDEO GIRL” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Soni, M.J., “GO HOME” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Spencer, Nick, “A DEATH IN THE SWAMP” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Spielman, Rosalie, “OF MICE AND (MURDERED) MEN” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Spring, Bonnar, “GO WITH THE FLOW” – THE KILLING RAIN
Stafford, Clay, “A SHORT GARSH” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Staincliffe, Cath, “SWIPE RIGHT” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Stanley, Kelli, “FOLK SONG” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Stein, Jake, “SPARROW MAKER” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Stephens, Sarah, “A MURDER IN KRAKOW” – MURDER MOST DEVIOUS
Styrsky, Stefen, “RESCUE ME” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Sullivan, Floyd, “OFF THE TOP” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Sullivan, Floyd, “COVER SHOT” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Sun, Qinwen, “SACRIFICE IN WHITE” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Sutanto, Jesse Q., “THE REUNION DINNER” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Sweazy, Larry D., “THE LOW WATERS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Taft, Shannon, “RACE TO THE BOTTOM” -THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Talley, F.J., “CUI BONO” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Talley, Marcia, “A FINE NEW YORK WHINE” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Talley, Marcia, “GRANDPA MINDS THE BABY” – SHAMUS AND ANTHONY COMMIT CAPERS
Taylor, Art, “THE GAINED GROUND” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Taylor, Art, “TUESDAY NIGHT TEAS” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Taylor, Art , “TWO FOR ONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Taylor, Art , “DARK THREAD, LOOSEO STRANDS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Taylor, Sarah Stewart, “MUD SEASON”
Templeton, Robin, “EIGHT SECONDS TO LIVE” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Thayer, Russell, “FLOATING BLOSSOMS ON STILL WATER” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Thielman, Mark, “LYRICS AND MUSIC” – MURDER, NEAT
Thielman, Mark, “THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Thielman, Mark, “SFORTUNA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Thielman, Mark, “STREETWISE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Thielman, Mark, “THE DENOUEMENT OF A MOST CURIOUS CASE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Thielman, Mark, “FROM ABOVE” – AHMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Thompson, Alicia, “A CLASSIC CASE” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STOIRES
Thornton, Brian, “THE CATHERINE WHEEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Thorsen, Mary, “CASADASTRAPHOBIA” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Tippee, Bob, “ANCILLARIES” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Tipton, James, “THE MISTS OF YR WYDDFA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Tipton, James, “THE BESIEGED CITY” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Todd, Charles, “HAVE A DRINK ON ME” – BACK IN BLACK
Todd, Marilyn, “LADY NITRO” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Todo, Yoshinori, “LETTERS FROM TOKYO” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Tolnay, Tom, “POVERTY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Trafford, J.D., “CROSSROADS” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Troy, Mark, “THE CAR HANK DIED IN” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Tyler, L.C., “SUMMER GAMES” – MIDSUMMER MYSTERIES
Ulin, David L., “SHAMASH” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Unger, Lisa, “THE DOLL’S HOUSE” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Valentine, Chad, “THE GIRL FROM NORTH KOREA” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Valjan, Gabriel, “SATAN’S SPIT” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Van Den Bemd, Gert-Jan, PROMISES TO KEEP” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Van Pelt, James, “MIDNIGHT MOVIE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Vincent, Bev, “PAYBACK” – THE KILLING RAIN
Visser, Marlen, “THE NIGHT WATCH” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Waggett, Gerard J., “LACTOSE INTOLERANCE” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Waiwai’ole, Lono, “MELANI’S MAMA – HONOLULU NOIR
Walker, Joseph S., “AND NOW, AN INSPIRING STORY OF TRAGEDY OVERCOME” – THREE STRIKES – YOU’RE DEAD
Walker, Joseph S., “THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED” – FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Wallace, Don, “THIRD NIGHT OF CARNIVAL” – HONOLULU NOIR
Walsh, Justin, “ON THE AIR” – STONE’S THROW ANNUAL
Weagly, John, “THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS” -ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Weisfeld, Vicki, “AMONG THE LONG SHADOWS” – AHMM – JULY-AUGUST 2024
Wells, Elizabeth, “TO MUDDY DEATH” – THE STRAND MAGAZINE
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, “FROM ANOTHER ANGLE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, “THROUGH THICK AND THIN” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Wheet, Mike, “OLD DOG” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
White, Loreth Anne, “THE GHOST WRITER” – AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES
Wiebe, Sam, “THE BARGUZIN SABLE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Wiebe, Sam, “THE LOVER OF EASTLAKE,” – THE KILLING RAIN
Wiley, Michael, “IPSO FACTO” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Willamson, Bob, “ROSES FOR BETH” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Wilson, Matthew, “REDBEARD” – EQMM JULY-AUGUST 2024
Winter, Jim, “BAD WHISKEY” – MURDER, NEAT
Witcher, Melissa, PICK OF THE LITTER” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Wood, J.W., “HIVA-OA” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Woodson, Stacy, “ARMADILLO BY MORNING” – BLACK CAT MYSTERY MAGAZINE #15
Woodson, Stacy, “THE FIGS WE TELL” – AGATHA AND DERRINGER GET COZY
Woolfolk, Casey, “THE HARVEST” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 11
Wright, Erica, “ONE LUCKY BREAK” – TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
Yi, Melissa, “THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Zeltserman, Dave, “SUCKER’S BET” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Zeltserman, Dave, “MARY & SHELLEY” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Zeltserman, Dave, “THE WATER BOTTLE” – AHMM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2024
Zelvin, Elizabeth, “A FRIENDLY GLASS” – MURDER, NEAT
Zelvin, Elizabeth, “SCORCHED EARTH” – BLACK CAT WEEKLY

 

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Best Juvenile

Aldridge, Ethan M., SCRIMSHAW
Alexander, K.R., LAST LAUGH
Alexander, K.R., DEAD GIRL’S DIARY
Allen, Sarah, MONSTER TREE
Arnold, Elana K., HARRIET TELLS THE TRUTH
Atkinson, Cale, SUPER FRENEMIES!
Atkinson, Cate, SUPER FRIENDS!
Bachmann, Stefan, RELEASE THE WOLVES
Bell, P.G., THE BEANSTALK MURDER
Bury, Katryn, WE ARE NOT ALONE
Butler, Dori Hillestad , KING & KAYLA AND THE CASE OF THE DOWNSTAIRS GHOST
Connolly, MarcyKate &, Holmes, Kathryn, THE THIRTEENTH CIRCLE
Currie, Lindsay, THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS
Dao, Julie C., TEAM CHU AND THE WILD GHOST CHASE
davis, g. haron, THE LONELY BELOW
Dow, Alechia &, Badua, Tracy, THE COOKIE CRUMBLES
Downing, Erin Soderberg, THE GREAT PEACH EXPERIMENT 4: DUCK, DUCK, PEACH
Durst, Sarah Beth, SPY RING
Ebbeler, Jeffrey, JERRY, LET ME SEE THE MOON
Eliopulos, Nick &, Clark, Zack Loren, THE DOOMSDAY ARCHIVES: THE WANDERING HOUR
Eliopulos, Nick &, Clark, Zack Loren, THE DOOMSDAY ARCHIVES: THE HEART-STEALER MASK
Evanovich, Alex, KEEPER CHANCE AND THE CONUNDRUM OF CHAOS
Farr, David, SECRET OF THE BLOODRED KEY
Fournet, M.R., DARKNESS AND DEMON SONG
Fox, Janet, MYSTERY OF MYSTIC MOUNTAIN
Gardner, PJ, THE GREAT ZOODINI
Gerber, Alyson, THE LIARS SOCIETY
Gibbs, Stuart, CHARLIE THORNE AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY
Gibbs, Stuart, EVIL SPY SCHOOL: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Gibbs, Stuart, SPY SCHOOL GOES WILD
Green, John Patrick, INVESTIGATORS: CLASS ACTION
Green, John Patrick, Hastings, Christopher, INVESTIGATORS: AGENTS OF S.U.I.T.: FROM BADGER TO WORSE
Guterson, Ben, THE WORLD-FAMOUS NINE
Haddix, Margaret Peterson, MYSTERIES OF TRASH AND TREASURE: THE STOLEN KEY
Hammond, Ryan, VILLIANS ACADEMY
Harrier, Ash, THE DEADLY DAYLIGHT
Hicks, Deron R., THE DARK SKIES MYSTERY
Howard, Amalie, BUMPS IN THE NIGHT
Humphrey, Anna &, Kniivila, Irma, FLUFFLE BUNNIES #1: BUNS GONE BAD
Hung, Louise, HUNGRY BONES
Hutchinson, Shaun David, THE SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS
Johnson, Janet Sumner, THE WINTERTON DECEPTION 2: FAULT LINES
Killick, Jennifer, DREAD DETENTION
Krovatin, Christopher, KILLER HARVEST
Lai, Remy, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
Landis, Matthew, NATIONAL ARCHIVE HUNTERS 1: CAPITOL CHASE
Lim, Aimee, THE SPINDLE OF FATE
Lute, Renee Beauregard, DINNER AT THE BRAKE FAST
Lyall, Casey, WAKING THE DEAD AND OTHER FUN ADVENTURES
Majoka, Salwa &, Chung, Christine D.U., VIEWFINDER
McDunn, Gillian, TROUBLE AT THE TANGERINE
McLachlan, Jenny, DEAD GOOD DETECTIVES
Millington, Allie, OLIVETTI
Moulton, Deke, BENJI ZEB IS A RAVENOUS WEREWOLF
Oshiro, Mark, JASMINE IS HAUNTED
Pachter, Josh, FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET
Patterson, James, ALI CROSS
Phillips, Tom, THE CURIOUS LEAGUE OF DETECTIVES AND THIEVES 3: THE PERUVIAN EXPRESS
Ponti, James, SHERLOCK SOCIETY
Ponti, James, MISSION MANHATTAN
Randall, Julian, THE CHAINBREAKERS
Rellihan, Anne, NOT THE WORST FRIEND IN THE WORLD
Reno, Ginger, FIND HER
Royce, Eden, THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE
Rundberg, Johan, THE QUEEN OF THIEVES
Saxton, K.H., THE A&A DETECTIVE AGENCY: THE GRIMTHORPE GRAVE
Senf, Lora, LONELIEST PLACE
Shapiro, Esme &, Kaufman, Daniel Newell, ROY IS NOT A DOG
Smith, Heather, TIG
Stadelman, Amy Marie, CURIOUS COVE
Standish, Ali, THE IMPROBABLY TALES OF BASKERVILLE HALL BOOK 2: THE SIGN OF THE FIVE
Starmer, Aaron, MATH MYSTERIES: THE FALL FESTIVAL FIASCO
Stevens, Robin, CREAM BUNS AND CRIME
Stevens, Robin, ONCE UPON A CRIME
Stine, R.L., GOBLIN MONDAY
Strand, Jeff, IT WATCHES IN THE DARK
Swinarski, Claire, TAKE IT FROM THE TOP
The Fan Brothers, , BARNABY UNBOXED!
Tordasi, Kathrin, BLACKBERRY FOX
Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell, FOWL PLAY
Ursu, Anne, NOT QUITE A GHOST
VanSickle, Vikki &, Eckwall, Jensine, INTO THE GOBLIN MARKET
Warga, Jasmine, A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL
Williams, Carol, THE SUPERNATURAL FILES OF CJ DELANEY

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Best Young Adult

Àbiké-íyímídé, Faridah, WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE
Adamo, Meredith, NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS
Agyemang, Elizabeth, HEART-SHAPED LIES
Albert, Melissa, THE BAD ONES
Alkaf, Hannah, HYSTERICAL GIRLS OF ST. BERNADETTE’S
Allen, Charlene, MY FAIRY GOD SOMEBODY
Ancrum, K., ICARUS
Anderson, Lily, KILLER HOUSE PARTY
Banghart, Tracy, PERFECT GIRL
Bao, Karen, PANGU’S SHADOW
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn, THE GRANDEST GAME
Benton Walker, Terry J., THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST
Burch, Ciera, SOMETHING KINDRED
Byrne, Elizabeth, BOOK, BEAST, AND CROW
Byrne, Tanya, IN THE SHALLOWS
Campbell, Colin, SILENT FLIGHT HOLY NIGHT
Carter, Aimée, ROYAL SCANDAL
Cast, Kristin &, Dunn, Pintip, SEASICK
Cerilli, Matteo L., LOCKJAW
Cesare, Adam, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD
Cesare, Adam, INFLUENCER
Cipri, Nino, DEAD GIRLS DON’T DREAM
Cobell, K.A., LOOKING FOR SMOKE
Cotugno, Katie, HEMLOCK HOUSE
Davenport, Nia, OUT OF BODY
Davidhizar, Megan, SILENT SISTER
De Souza, Adam, THE GULF
Dean, Benjamin, HOW TO DIE FAMOUS
Dennard, Susan, THE WHISPERING NIGHT
Denner, Adi, THE KISS OF THE NIGHTINGALE
Donne, Alexa, THE BITTER END
Draper, Lauren, RETURN TO SENDER
Dvojack, Sarah, WELCOME TO FEAR CITY
Emill, Jumata, WANDER IN THE DARK
Foxfield, Kathryn, GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Fraistat, Ann, A PLACE FOR VANISHING
Franklin, Madeline Claire, THE WILDERNESS OF GIRLS
Fulton, Victoria &, McClaren, Faith, CURSED CRUISE
Gangsei, Jan, DEAD BELOW DECK
Garber, Romina, CASTLE OF THE CURSED
Giles, Lamar, RUIN ROAD
Glaze, Amanda, THE LIES OF ALMA BLACKWELL
Goldsmith, Amy, OUR WICKED HISTORIES
Gould, Courtney, WHAT THE WOODS TOOK
Gregovic, Lydia, THE MONSTROUS KIND
Griffis, Gigi, WE ARE THE BEASTS
Guron, Ravena, THIS BOOK KILLS
Hall, Desmond, BETTER MUST COME
He, Cindy R.X., PERFECT LITTLE MONSTERS
Henning, Sarah, THE LIES WE CONJURE
Henry, April, STAY DEAD
Hesse, Monica, THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE
Hur, June, A CRANE AMONG WOLVES
Ichaso, Chelsea, SUMMER SHE WENT MISSING
Jackson, Holly, THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE
Jayne, Hannah, WE DID NOTHING WRONG
Johnson, Maureen, DEATH AT MORNING HOUSE
Jones, Ripley, THE OTHER LOLA
Kemp, Leon, TRESPASS AGAINST US
Kennedy, Kara A., I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU
Lee, Wen-yi, THE DARK WE KNOW
Levenseller, Tricia, THE DARKNESS WITHIN US
Levinson, Marilyn, THE DEVIL’S PAWN
Lin, Ann Sei, REBEL SKIES
Lin, Ann Sei, REBEL FIRE
Linsmeier, Amanda, SIX OF SORROW
Lu, Marie, ICON AND INFERNO
Lundy, Trish, THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER
Lutz, Leslie, SWEETEST DARKNESS
Lyle, Jennifer D., SNOW DROWNED
McCauley, Kyrie, BAD GRACES
McGinnis, Mindy, UNDER THIS RED ROCK
McKinney, L.L., ESCAPING MR. ROCHESTER
McLemore, Anna-Marie, FLAWLESS GIRLS
McManus, Karen M., SUCH CHARMING LIARS
Metoui, Meriam, PORTRAIT OF A SHADOW
Miller, Samuel, DARK PARTS OF THE UNIVERSE
Morris, Jordan, YOUTH GROUP
Murphy, Cynthia, LAST ONE TO DIE
Murphy, Cynthia, THE MIDNIGHT GAME
Murphy, Cynthia, SIGNED SEALED DEAD
Oliver, Ben, THE KILL FACTOR
Pacton, Jamie, THE ABSINTHE UNDERGROUND
Parker, Amy Christine, YOU’RE DEAD TO ME
Pessl, Marisha, DARKLY
Peterson, Megan Cooley, DEAD GIRLS TALKING
Preston, Natasha, THE DARE
Preston, Natasha, THE PARTY
Price, Tirzah, IN WANT OF A SUSPECT
Ralph, Vincent, ONE HOUSE LEFT
Ramos, NoNieqa, THEY THOUGHT THEY BURIED US
Rice, Luanne, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
Richards, Natalie D., 49 MILES ALONE
Ritany, Alex, DEAD GIRLS DON’T SAY SORRY
Roque, Rebecca, TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
Sambury, Liselle, TENDER BEASTS
Schneiderhan, Caitlin, MEDICI HEIST
Schrefer, Eliot, THE BRIGHTNESS BETWEEN US
Sharpe, Tess, THE GIRL IN QUESTION
Shukairy, Ream, SIX TRUTHS AND A LIE
Stoffels, Maren, NO ESCAPE
Strychacz, Isabel, HOUSE OF THORNS
Sukumar, Suja, WHEN MIMI WENT MISSING
Sumrow, Melanie, GIRLS LIKE HER
Talley, Robin, EVERYTHING GLITTERED
Tyndall, Nita, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL
Wasley, Robin, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
Wellington, Joelle, BLONDE DIES FIRST
Weston, Kate, MURDER ON A SUMMER BREAK
White, Andrew Joseph, COMPOUND FRACTURE
Williams, Kalela, TANGLEROOT
Winans, Justine Pucella, ONE KILLER PROBLEM
Wolverton, Nicole M., A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS
Wooten, Jeff, KILL CALL
Worley, Oliva, THE DEBUTANTES
Yu, Kelsea, IT’S ONLY A GAME

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Best TV Episode

Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 8” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 7” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 2” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 1” – FOOL ME ONCE
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 1” – REBUS
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 2” – REBUS
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 3”- REBUS
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 4” – REBUS
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 5” – REBUS
Burke, Gregory, “EPISODE 6” – REBUS
Ceniceroz, Jonathan &, Moscovith, Hannah, “DON’T BE AFRAID, JUST START THE TAPE” – ANNE RICE’S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Coben, Charlotte, “EPISODE 3” – FOOL ME ONCE
Farrelly, Tom, “EPISODE 6” – FOOL ME ONCE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 1” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 2” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 3” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 4” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 5” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Fontana, Tom &, Frank, Scott, “EPISODE 6” – MONSIEUR SPADE
Goddard, Drew, “EPISODE 101 – PILOT” – HIGH POTENTIAL
Hanna, Kevin &, Jones, Rolin, “I COULD NOT PREVENT IT” – ANNE RICE’S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE SIX” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE FIVE” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE FOUR” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE THREE” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE TWO” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Horowitz, Anthony, “EPISODE ONE” – MOONFLOWER MURDERS
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE BOY IN THE RIVER” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE GIRL IN THE FOREST” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE MAN IN THE DREAM” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE HYPNOSIS” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “SÉANCE” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE DIARY” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “T” – VERONIKA
Juras, Katja &, Lindblom, Anna Stroman, “THE VICTIM” – VERONIKA
King, Gia &, Squires, Cameron, “DEATH’S HAND IN MIND” – AGATHA ALL ALONG
Logan, David, “DEAD MAN’S TRIGGER” – HARRY WILD
Metivier, Nina, “EPISODE 5” – FOOL ME ONCE
Oyefuwa, Yemi, “EPISODE 4” – FOOL ME ONCE
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “HEAT” – MURDERESSES
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “SPARK” – MURDERESSES
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “BLOOD” – MURDERESSES
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “SCRATCH” – MURDERESSES
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “SHADOW” – MURDERESSES
Piatkowski, Wiktor; , Kaczmarek, Katarzyna; & Kozlowska, Joanna, “MIRROR” – MURDERESSES
Protosevich, Mark, “OLIVIA” – SUGAR
Skuse, C.J., “SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS” – SWEETPEA
Stjarne, Axel; Thunberg, Stefan &, Carlstrom, Bjorn, “EPISODE 4” – END OF SUMMER
Thorogood, Robert, “EPISODE ONE” – THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB
Thorogood, Robert, “EPISODE TWO” – THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB
Thorogood, Robert, “EPISODE THREE” – THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB
Thorogood, Robert, “EPISODE FOUR” – THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB
Thunberg, Stefan &, Carlstrom, Bjorn, “EPISODE 1” – END OF SUMMER
Thunberg, Stefan &, Carlstrom, Bjorn, “EPISODE 2” – END OF SUMMER
Thunberg, Stefan &, Carlstrom, Bjorn, “EPISODE 3” – END OF SUMMER
Thunberg, Stefan &, Carlstrom, Bjorn, “EPISODE 6” – END OF SUMMER
Thunberg, Stefan; Carlstrom, Bjorn; , Olsson, Nivren; & Edvinsson, Pontus, “EPISODE 5” – END OF SUMMER

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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

Drummer, Richard, “THE DEATH OF IGGY IN THE KEY OF G” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024
Gaudet, Pat, “THE LEGEND OF PENNY AND THE LUCK OF THE DRAW CASINO” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Hastrup, Julie, “THE POOL BOY” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Hodgkins, H., “WHEN BAPTISTS GO BAD” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Kobayashi, B.A., “SHADOWS AND HAOLES” – HONOLULU NOIR
Leder, Stefanie, “NOT A DINNER PARTY PERSON” – EIGHT VERY BAD NIGHTS
Lovelace, Kai, “HEAD START” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Lynch, Sophia, “RENDERING” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
McKinney, Morgan Miryung, “MOTHER’S MOTHER’S MOTHER” – HONOLULU NOIR
Ong, Lawrence, “MURDER UNDER SEDATION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Passion, Christy, “MERCY” – HONOLULU NOIR
Persky, Anna Stolley, “THE JEWS ON ELM STREET” – EQMM – SEPT-OCTOBER 2024
Smith, S.A., “MAMA ALWAYS SAYS” – ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, ISSUE 12
Stein, Jake, “SPARROW MAKER” – EQMM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2024

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Mary Higgins Clark Award

Adams, Jenny, A DEADLY ENDEAVOR
Ailes, Kat, THE EXPECTANT DETECTIVES
Ailes, Kat, DEAD TIRED
Alexander, Skye, RUNNING IN THE SHADOWS
Benoit, Deborah J., THE GARDENER’S PLOT
Berry, Connie, A COLLECTION OF LIES
Blacke, Olivia, RHYTHM AND CLUES
Bowen, Rhys, THE ROSE ARBOR
Chouinard, Michelle, THE SERIAL KILLER GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Cook, Emma, YOU CAN’T HURT ME
Dodd, Christina, DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA
Dovalpage, Teresa, LAST SEEN IN HAVANA
Fisher, Tarryn, GOOD HALF GONE
Flower, Amanda, TO SLIP THE BONDS OF EARTH
Fox, Sarah, MURDER MOST OWL
Freeman, Dianne, AN ART LOVER’S GUIDE TO PARIS AND MURDER
Gentill, Sulari, THE MYSTERY WRITER
Goodman, Carol, RETURN TO WYLDCLIFFE HEIGHTS
Hastings, Anastasia, OF HOAXES AND HOMICIDE
Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Hilliard, M.E., SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Hobbs, Elizabeth, MISERY HATES COMPANY
January, Ava, THE MAYFAIR DAGGER
Keliikoa, Mary, DON’T ASK, DON’T FOLLOW
Khavari, Kate, A BOTANIST’S GUIDE TO SOCIETY AND SECRETS
Kubica, Mary, SHE’S NOT SORRY
Larsen, Samantha, ONCE UPON A MURDER
Lyerly, Scott, THE LAST LINE
Mack, Catherine, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES
McKinnon, Hannah Mary, ONLY ONE SURVIVES
Mclaughlin, M.A., THE LOST DRESSES OF ITALY
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS
Morita, Jennifer K., GHOSTS OF WAIKIKI
Moss, Korina, FONDUE OR DIE
Myers, B.R., THE THIRD WIFE OF FARADAY HOUSE
Nagendra, Harini, A NEST OF VIPERS
Pandian, Gigi, A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE
Parlato, Terri, WHAT WAITS IN THE WOODS
Robards, Kate, ONLY THE GUILTY SURVIVE
Robbins, Lori, STUDY GUIDE FOR MURDER
Ryan, Hank Phillippi, ONE WRONG WORD
Schellman, Katharine, A SCANDAL IN MAYFAIR
Schillace, Brandy, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE
Schultz, Emily, SLEEPING WITH FRIENDS
Shelton, Paige, THE POISON PEN
Shelton, Paige, PERFECT STORM
Thompson, Aggie Blum, SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY
Tietjen, Katie, DEATH IN THE DETAILS

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Sue Grafton Award

Alexander, Tasha, DEATH BY MIDADVENTURE
Allen, Samantha Jayne, NEXT OF KIN
Armstrong, Kelley, THE BOY WHO CRIED BEAR
Armstrong, Kelley, DISTURBING THE DEAD
Belsky, R.G., BROADCAST BLUES
Black, Cara, MURDER AT LA VILLETTE
Bock, Kris, SOMEONE ROTTEN RIDING THE RAILS
Bowen, Rhys &, Broyles, Clare, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW
Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Castillo, Linda, THE BURNING
Chan, Chris, SHE RUINED OUR LIVES
Chase, Jennifer, COUNT THEIR GRAVES
Copperman, E.J., SAME DIFFERENCE
Costa, Shelley, THE DAMAGES
Dranfield, Wendy, GRAVE MOUNTAIN
Edwards, Martin, THE HOUSE ON GRAVEYARD LANE
Giarratano, Kimberly G., DEVIL IN PROFILE
Goldberg, Lee, DREAM TOWN
Houston, Victoria, AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS
Johnson, Sara E., THE HUNGRY BONES
Kenna, Alex, BURN THIS NIGHT
Kent, Minka, IMAGINERY STRANGERS
Kipness, Elise Hart, DANGEROUS PLAY
Ledford, Deborah J., HAVOC
Lourey, Jess, THE REAPING
Mackintosh, Clare, A GAME OF LIES
Magnani, B.J., WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE POISON
McCreary, Marcy, THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND DEATH
McDonald, Christina, WHAT LIES IN DARKNESS
McLachlin, Beverley, PROOF
Mejia, Mindy, A WORLD OF HURT
Mizushima, Margaret, GATHERING MIST
Nagendra, Harini, A NEST OF VIPERS
O’Connor, Carlene, YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR
Pruitt, Eryk, BLOOD RED SUMMER
Quartey, Kwei, THE WHITEWASHED TOMBS
Regan, Lisa, HER DYING SECRET
Schaffhausen, Joanna, ALL THE WAY GONE
Schultz, Emily, BROOKLYN KILLS MS
Silverman, Nancy Cole, MURDER ON THE MED
Tracy, P.J., CITY OF SECRETS
Winspear, Jacqueline, THE COMFORTS OF GHOSTS

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Lilian Jackson Braun Award

Abbott, Bailee, EASIER DEAD THAN DRAWN
Alexander, Ellie, A SMOKING BUN
Alexander, Ellie, STICKS AND SCONES
Bailey, Maggie, QUILTY AS CHARGED
Balzo, Sandra, BREW UNTO OTHERS
Benoit, Deborah J., THE GARDENER’S PLOT
Bivald, Katarina, THE MURDERS IN GREAT DIDDLING
Blackburn, Maggie, A KILLER ROMANCE
Blacke, Olivia, RHYTHM AND CLUES
Brannigan, Ellie, DEATH AT AN IRISH WEDDING
Brook, Allison , BOOKED ON MURDER
Bruns, Catherine, IN THE BLINK OF A PIE
Bryant, Elise, IT’S ELEMENTARY
Budewitz, Leslie, TO ERR IS CUMIN
Burdette, Lucy, A POISONOUS PALATE
Burns, Valerie, A CUP OF FLOUR, A PINCH OF DEATH
Byron, Ellen, A VERY WOODSY MURDER
Cahoon, Lynn, FIVE FURRY FAMILIARS
Carlisle, Kate, THE KNIFE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Charles, Paula, HAMMERS AND HOMICIDE
Chien, Vivien, PEKING DUCK AND COVER
Chow, Jennifer J., ILL-FATED FORTUNE
Claire, Ann, A CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO CRIME & CROISSANTS
Connelly, Lucy, DEATH AT A SCOTTISH WEDDING
Connelly, Lucy, DEATH AT A SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS
Conte, Cate, SHOCK AND PAW
Copperman, E.J., SAME DIFFERENCE
Dams, Jeanne M., VILLAGE POLITICS CAN BE MURDER
deBellegarde, Tina, AUTUMN EMBERS
Delany, Vicki, THE SIGN OF FOUR SPIRITS
Delany, Vicki, A SLAY RIDE TOGETHER WITH YOU
DiRiccio, Maria, THE WITLESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY
Fox, Sarah, MURDER MOST OWL
Frost, Jacqueline, I’LL BE HOME FOR MISCHIEF
Gates, Eva, THE STRANGER IN THE LIBRARY
Gayle, Katie, A COUNTRY WEDDING MURDER
George, Nicholas, A DEADLY WALK IN DEVON
Gilbert, Victoria, A KILLER CLUE
Greene, M.S., THERE’S NO MURDER LIKE SHOW MURDER
Haines, Carolyn, BLUE CHRISTMAS BONES
Hill, Suzette A., A LURKING PRIMROSE
James, Miranda, REQUIUM FOR A MOUSE
Karst, Leslie, MOLTEN DEATH
Kelly, Diane, FOUR-ALARM HOMICIDE
Kenney, J.C., PANIC IN THE PANHANDLE
Kuhn, Cynthia, IN THE EVENT OF MURDER
Leigh, Sydney, PERIL IN PINK
Lewis, Gerri, THE LAST WORD
LoTempio, T.C., A CRUST TO DIE FOR
Lush, Tara, A BEAN TO DIE FOR
Lynch, Christina, PONY CONFIDENTIAL
Mack, Catherine, EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION, SOMEONE DIES
Marts, Jennie, KILL OR BEE KILLED
Mathews, Lisa Q., THE JIG IS UP
Mccown, Marjorie, STAR STRUCK
Miller, Carol, MURDER OF A HERMIT
Moore, Ian, DEATH AND FROMAGE
Moss, Korina, FONDUE OR DIE
Myers, Amy, MURDER AT TANTON TOWERS
Nelson, P.J., BOOKED FOR MURDER
Norlander, Linda, THE DEATH OF GOLDIE’S MISTRESS
Osler, Rob, CIRQUE DU SLAY
Pandia, Gigi, A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE
Penney, Elizabeth, MADRIGALS AND MAYHEM
Quigley, Mindy, SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PIZZA
Reida, Sarah, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Reyes, Raquel V., DOMINOES, DANZON, AND DEATH
Robbins, Lori, STUDY GUIDE FOR MURDER
Rose, Ayla, MURDER ON DEVIL’S POND
Rue, Gretchen, A PIE TO DIE FOR
Rue, Gretchen, THE GRIM STEEPER
Ryan, Tom, THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB
Schmitt, Lois, BEARLY EVIDENT
Shea, Susan C., MURDER AND THE MISSING DOG
Shelton, Paige, THE POISON PEN
Shelton, Paige, PERFECT STORM
Siegel, Katie, CHARLOTTE ILLES IS NOT A TEACHER
Staub, Wendy Corsi, DOG DAYS
Swann, Leonie, AGNES SHARP AND THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
Thorogood, Robert, THE QUEEN OF POISONS
Tremel, Joyce, DEADLY TO THE CORE

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