WELCOME TO
THE GUMSHOE SITE
(Opened on January 08, 1996)
Thank you very much for your visit. Okay, this is my 31st year of managing The Gumshoe Site. I cannot 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 same mumblings as last year, 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. Please stay safe and healthy in this unpredictable crazy world!! (January 08, 2026)
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.
Megan Abbott Wins LAT Book Prize
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has announced the winners for the LAT Book Prizes, and the winner in the mystery/thriller category is:
EL DORADO DRIVE, by Megan Abbott (Putnam)
The other finalists in the same category are as follows:
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, by Ace Atkins (Morrow)
CROOKS, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
THE PRIVING GROUND, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
KING OF ASHES, by S.A. Cosby
To see the winners in all the categories, click here. The winners was announced at the Bovard Auditorium on USC Campus on Friday, April 17. (April 19, 2026)
2026 CWA DAGGER AWARD LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED
The Crime Writers' Association of Britain (CWA) has announced the longlists for the 2026 Dagger Awards. The 13 longlistees in the Gold Dagger category are as follows:
Carnival of Lies, by D.V. Bishop (Pan Macmillan/Macmillan)
Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie, by James Lee Burke (Orion Fiction/Orion Fiction)
King of Ashes, by S.A. Cosby (Headline)
The Death of Us, by Abigail Dean (HarperCollins/Hemlock Press)
Not Quite Dead Yet, by Holly Jackson (Penguin Random House/Michael Joseph)
Quantum of Menace, by Vaseem Khan (Bonnier Books UK/Zaffre)
The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon (River Swift Press)
The Rush, by Beth Lewis (Profile Books/Viper)
A Voice in the Night, by Simon Mason (Quercus/Riverrun)
The Good Father, by Liam McIlvanney (Bonnier Books UK/Zaffre)
Hotel Ukraine, by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster UK)
The Art of a Lie, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan Macmillan/Mantle)
A Case of Life and Limb, by Sally Smith (Bloomsbury Publishing/Raven Books)
To see the longlistees in all the categories, click here. The shortlists will be announced on Thursday, May 28, and the winners will be announced at the Dagger Awards Dinner, on Thursday, July 02 in London. (April 18, 2026
2026 Barry Award Nominees Announced
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the nominees for the 2026 Barry Awards. The nominees in the best mystery novel are as follows:
THE IMPOSSIBLE THING, by Belinda Bauer (Atlantic Monthly)
CROOKS, by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
KING OF ASHES, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
THE BLACK WOLF, by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
THE WHITE CROW, by Michael Robotham (Scribner)
PRESUMED GUILTY, by Scott Turow (Grand Central)
To see the nominees in all the categories, click here. The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, October 22 during the opening ceremonies of 2026 Bouchercon to be held in Calgary, Canada. (April 01, 2026)
James L'Etoile Wins Lefty
Left Coast Crime 2026 has announced the winners for its 2026 Lefty Awards as follows:
Best Mystery Novel: RIVER OF LIES, by James L'Etoile (Oceanview Publishing)
Best Debut Mystery Novel: WHISKEY BUSINESS, by Adrian Andover (Chestnut Avenue Press)
Best Historical Mystery Novel: THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID, by Rob Oster (Kensington)
Best Humorous Mystery Novel: SCOT'S EGGS, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
The winners were announced at an awards banquet on Saturday, February 28 during Left Coast Crime Convention held in San Francisco, California. (March 03, 2026)
Mark Billingham To Receive 2026 Diamond Dagger
The Crime Writers' Association of Britain (CWA) has announced that Mark Billingham will receive the 2026 Diamond Dagger for "sustained excellence" in his crime writing career and for his "significant contribution to the genre."
Billingham is well-known as the author of the Detective Inspector Tom thorne series and the new DS Declan Miller series.
He will be presented the Diamond Dagger on at the annual Dagger Award Ceremony on Thursday, July 02 in London. (February 19, 2026)
2026 THRILLER AWARD NOMINEES
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the nomionees for the 2026 Thriller Awards. The nominees in the best standalone novel are as follows:
CROSS MY HEART, by Megan Collins (Atria)
ZIGZAG GIRL, by Ruth Knafo Setton (Black Spring Press)
THE BURNING LIBRARY, by Gilly Macmillan (Morrow)
THE LOCKED WARD, by Sarah Pekkanen (St. Martin's Press)
SO HAPPY TOGETHER, by Olivia Worley (Minotaur)
To see the nominees in all the six categories, click here. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 09, 2026 during ThrillerFest XXI held at the New York Hilton Midtown, New York, N.Y. (February 07, 2026)
2026 AGATHA AWARD NOMINEES
Malice Domestic has announced the nominees for the 2026 Agatha Awards. The five nominees in the Best Contemporary Mystery Novel category are as follows:
A GRAVE DECEPTION, by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane)
AT DEATH'S DOUGH, by MIndy Quigley (Minotaur)
MURDER IN FIFTH POSITION, by Lori Robbins (Level Best Books)
THE DEVIL COMES CALLING, by Annette Dashofy (One More Chapter)
WATERS OF DESTRUCTION, by Leslie Karst (Severn House)
To see the nominees in all the six categories, click here. The winners will be announced on Saturday, April 25 at the Malice Banquet during Malice Domestic 38 to be held in Bethesda, Maryland. (January 27, 2026)
2026 MWA Edgar Award Nominees Announced
Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2026 Edgar Awards. The seven nominees in the best novel category are as follows:
THE BIG EMPTY, by Robert Crais (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
FAGIN THE THIEF, by Allison Epstein (Doubleday)
THE DREAM HOTEL, by Laila Lalami (Pantheon Books)
WILD DARK SHORE, by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books)
HARD TOWN, by Adam Plantinga (Grand Central Publishing)
THE INHERITANCE, by Trisha Sakhlecha (Pamela Dorman Books)
PRESUMD GUILTY, by Scott Turow (Grand Central Publishing)
To see the nominees in all the categories, click here. The Edgar Award winners were announced at the Edgar Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, April 29 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. (January 21, 2026)
2026 MWA Grand Masters Announced
The Mystery Writers of America has announced that Donna Andrews and Lee Child are chosed as the 2026 Grand Masters, that Book Passage, a bookstore and cafe in Corte Madera, California, is the 2026 Raven Award recipient, and that John Scognamiglio, Editor-in-Chief at Kensington Books, will receive the 2026 Ellery Queen Award.
They will be awarded these special Edgar Awards at the Annual Edgar Awards Ceremony in New York City on Wednesday, April 29. (January 14, 2026)
WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON THIS SITE:
THE GUMSHOE SITE is designed to offer you mystery-related news. So, if you have some hot news to post, happy and sad, good and bad, exciting and obsecure, useful and secret, please feel free to let me know. [My email address: jkimura (at) nsknet (dot) or (dot) jp]
As you may know by now, this site is managed by Jiro Kimura.
Copyright (c)1996-2026 by Jiro Kimura
There have been 
visitors to The Gumshoe Site since November 06, 1996. [The previous counter broke down again!! Sorry about that.]