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Thank you very much for your visit. Okay, this is my 30th year of managing The Gumshoe Site. Do you believe it? I still don't believe it! I moved to another place in November 2022 and I am still arranging my boxes of books and books and books. This moving results in my being way behind my schedule of managing this same old site. I am still wondering if I should continue keeping this old site. I have not made a decision yet. Despite of this mumblings, I hope you enjoy this site. Thank you for your warm support. I am now living a modest, slow and lazy life for my own safety. If you want to know what I was doing last year, I wrote something about thie site for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's blog site, "A Mystery Website -- Easy to Launch, But So Hard to Keep Fresh", which was commissioned by Janet Hutchings before she retired as EQMM's Editor at the end of last September. Please stay safe and healthy in this unpredictable world!! (January 15, 2025)
Warning to bloggers! -- When you re-use my info, please do not copy-and-paste it word for word, but quote it or paraphrase it, at least. My wording is so awkwardly distinct or so distinctly awkward, I can easily spot copy-and-paste non-artists, and so can smart blog-readers.
Tariq Ashkanani Wins McIlvanney
Bloody Scotland has announced the winners for the 2025 McIlvanney Prize (formerly known as the Bloody Scotland Prize for Scottish Crime Writing) and the Debut Prize as follows:
McIlvanney Prize: THE MIDNIGHT KING, by Tariq Ashkanani (Viper)
Bloody Scotland Debut Prize: A RELUCTANT SPY, by David Goodman (Headline)
The winners of the both prizes were announced and presented on Friday, September 12 during the Bloody Scotland Festival held in Stirling, Scotland. (September 13, 2024)
Liz Moore Wins Anthony
Bouchercon 2025 announced the winners for the 2025 Anthony awards as follows:
Best Hardcover Novel: THE GOD OF THE WOODS, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
Best First Novel: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)
Best Paperback Novel: ECHO, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Children's/Young Adult Novel: WHEN MIMI WENT MISSING, by Suja Sukimar (Soho Teen)
Best Critical/Non-fiction Book: THE SERIAL KILLER'S APPRENTICE, by Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman (Crime Ink)
Best Anthology/Collections: TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER, AND MAYHEM, edited by Heather Graham (Down & Out)
Best Short Story: "Something to Hold Onto," by Curtis Ippolito (in DARK YONDER, Issue 6; Thalia Press)
Best Historical Novel: THEMURDER OF MR. MA, by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan (Soho Crime)
Best Paranormal Novel: A NEW LEASE ON DEATH, by Olivia Blacke (Minotaur)
Best Cozy/Humorous Novel: CIRQUE DU SLAY, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Craig Johnson
David Thomas Memorial Special Service Award Recipient: Lucinda Surber and Stan Ulrich, for their extraordinary efforts to develop and promote the crime fiction field
The winners were announced on Saturday, September 06 during Bouchercon 2025 held in New Orlean, Louisiana. (September 07, 2025)
Michael Connelly Wins Barry
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the winners for the 2025 Barry Awards as follows:
Best Mystery Novel: THE WAITING, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Best First Mystery Novel: ORDINARY BEAR, by C.B. Bernard (Blackstone)
Best Paperback Original Novel: DOUBLE BARREL BLUFF, by Lou Berney (Morrow Paperbacks)
Best Action Thriller: HERO, by Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press)
The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, September 04 during the opening ceremonies of 2025 Bouchercon held in New Orleans, Louisiana. (September 06, 2025)
Delia Pitts Wins Shamus
The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced the winners for the 2025 Shamus Awards as follows:
Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: TROUBLE IN QUEENSTOWN, by Delia Pitts (Minotaur Books), featuring Vandy Myrick
Best Original Paperback P.I. Novel: CALL OF THE VOID, by J.T. Siemens (NeWest Press9, featuring Sloan Donovan
Best First P.I. Novel: TWICE THE TROUBLE, by Ash Clifton (Crooked Lane Books), introducing Noland Twice
Best P.I. Short Story: "Deadhead," by Tom Andes (Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, Issue 10.1, Fall 2024), featuring Mr.Genest
The Eye Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Christine Matthews
The winners were announced on Thursday, September 04, 2025 at the Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies held at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. (September 06, 2025)
S.A. Cosby Wins Maltese Falcon Again
The Maltese Falcon Society of Japan has announced that S.A. Cosby is the winner of the 2025 Maltese Falcon Award for ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books, 2023) as the best hardboiled/private eye novel published in Japan in the previous year (2024). Shawn Cosby will receive a wood-crafted Falcon statuette. It is his second Falcon Award win. (July 23, 2025)
2025 Macavity Award Nominees Announced
The Mystery Readers International has announced the nominees for the 2025 Macavity Awards. The nominees in the best mystery novel category are as follows:
HALL OF MIRRORS, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Crime)
SERVED COLD, by James L'Etoile (Level Best Books)
THE GOD OF THE WOODS, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
CALIFORNIA BEAR, by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland)
THE IN CROWD, by Charlotte Vassell (Doubleday)
ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, by Chris Whitaker (Crown)
To see all the nominees in all the categories, click here. The winners will be announced in September. (June 18, 2025)
2025 Dashiell Hammett Award Nominees Announced
The International Association of Crime Writers/North America (IACW/NA) announced the nominees for the 2025 Dashiell Hammett Award (for literary excellence in crime writing) as follows:
THE LONG-SHOT TRIAL, by William Deverell (ECW Press)
THE GOD OF THE WOODS, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
CROOKED, by Dietrich Kalteis (ECW Press)
ROUGH TRADE, by Katrina Carrasco (MCD Books)
BOILER, by Eli Cranor (Soho)
The date and place and way of the Hammett Award winner announcemnet will be decided soon. (June 14, 2025)
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