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Thank you very much for your visit. Okay, this is my 29th year of managing The Gumshoe Site. Do you believe it? I 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 schedue 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. Please stay safe and healthy in this unpredictable world!! (January 03, 2024)
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James Lee Burke Wins Edgar
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced the winners for the 2024 Edgar Awards as follows:
Best Novel: FLAGS ON THE BAYOU, by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Best First Novel by an American Author: The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)
Best Paperback Original: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
Best Fact Crime: Crooked, by Nathan Masters (Hachette Books)
Best Critical/Biographical: Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy, by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Academic)
Best Short Story: "Hallowed Ground," by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
Best Juvenile The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, by Adrianna Cuevas (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Best Young Adult: Girl Forgotten, by April Henry (Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano Books)
Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Escape from Shit Mountain," Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman (for Poker Face; Peacock)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: The Body in Cell Two," by Kate Hohl (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023)
Mary Higgins Clark Award: Play the Fool, by Lina Chern (Bantam)
Sue Grafton Memorial Award: An Evil Heart, by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award: Glory Be, by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)
Two Grand Master Award Recipients: Katherine Hall Page and R.L. Stine
Ellery Queen Award Recipient: Michaela Hamilton, Executive Editor at Kensington Publishing
The Edgar Award winners were announced at the Edgar Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday, May 01 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. (May 02, 2024)
Tara Laskowski Wins Agatha
Malice Domestic has announced the winners for the 2024 Agatha Awards as follows:
Contemporary Mystery Novel: THE WEEKEND RETREET, by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
Historical Mystery Novel: THE MISTRESS OF BHATIA HOUSE, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
First Mystery Novel: CRIME AND PARCHMENT, by Daphne Silver (Level Best)
Children's/Young Adult Mystery Novel: THE SASQUATCH OF HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft Books)
Mystery Short Story: "Ticket to Ride," by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgarski (from HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN, edited by Josh Pachter; Down & Out Books)
Mystery Non-Fiction: FINDERS, by Anjili Babbar (Syracuse University Press)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Elaine Viets
The winners were announced on Saturday, April 27 at the Malice Banquet held in Bethesda, Maryland. (April 28, 2024)
2024 CWC AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED
The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 CWC Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing (formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards). The shortlistees in the best crime novel category and the recipient for the 2024 Grand Master Award are as follows:
Shortlist for The Peter Robinson Award for Best Crime Novel: (5)
THE DROWNING WOMAN, by Robyn Harding (Grand Central)
EVERYONE HERE IS LYING, by Shari Lapena (Doubleday Canada)
MIDDLEMEN, by Scott Thornley (House of Anansi Press)
SUNSET AND JERICHO, by Sam Wiebe (Harbour)
THE MAID, by Loreth Anne White (Montlake)
2024 Grand Master Award recipient:
Maureen Jennings, for her "substantial body of work that has garnered national and international recognition"
To see the shortlists for all the categories, click here. The winners will be announced on the Crime Writers of Canada website on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (April 28, 2024)
2024 Theakston Crime Award Longlist Announced
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has announced the longlistees for the 2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2024 as follows:
The Last Dance, by Mark Billingham (Sphere)
The Cliff House, by Chris Brookmyre (Abacus)
In the Blink of an Eye, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
The Close, by Jane Casey (Harper Fiction)
The Raging Storm, by Ann Cleeves (Pan Macmillan)
Fearless, by M.W. Craven (Constable)
The Last Remains, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
Killing Jericho, by William Hussey (Zaffre)
None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell (Century)
Conviction, by Jack Jordan (Simon & Schuster)
A Game of Lies, by Clare Mackintosh (Sphere)
The Broken Afternoon, by Simon Mason (Riverrun)
Past Lying, by Val McDermid (Sphere)
Strange Sally Diamond, by Liz Nugent (Sandycove)
The Square of Sevens, by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Pan Macmillan)
The Last Goodbye, by Tim Weaver (Michael Joseph)
You Can Run, by Trevor Wood (Quercus)
The shortlist for the 2024 Theakston Crime Award will be announced on Thursday, June 13, and the winner will be announced on Thursday, July 18 during an opening-night ceremony at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival to be held in Harrogate, England from July 18 thru 21, 2024. (April 28, 2024)
Alafair Burke Receives Pinckley Prize
Alafair Burke has received the 2023 Pinckley Prize for her Distinguished Body of Work from Women's National Book Association of New Orleans (WNBA-NO), to honor "an established woman writer who has created a significant body of work in crime fiction."
Margot Douaihy has received the 2023 Pinckley Prize for Debut Fiction for SCORCHED GRACE (Gillian Flynn/Zando, 2023), which is the first book in the Sister Holiday Mystery series, while Sascha Rothchild has received the 2022 Pinckley Prize for Debut Fiction for BLOOD SUGAR (Penguin/Putnam, 2022).
The recipients were selected by a panel of Pinckley Prize judges. Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction was established in 2012 "to honor the memory of Diana Pinckley (1952-2012), a longtime crime fiction columnist for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, and her passion for mysteries." (April 23, 2024)
2024 CWA DAGGER LONGLISTS
The Crime Writers' Association of Britain (CWA) has announced the longlists for the 2024 Dagger Awards. The 12 shortlistees in the Gold Dagger category are as follows:
Over My Dead Body, by Maz Evans (Headline)
Dead Man's Creek, by Chris Hammer (Wildfire Books)
A Bitter Remedy, by Alis Hawkins (Canelo)
Night Will Find You, by Julia Haeberlin (Penguin/Michael Joseph)
The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Baskerville/John Murray)
The White Lie, by J G Kelly (Hodder & Stoughton)
Death of a Lesser God, by Vaseem Khan (Hodder & Stoughton)
Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane (Abacus/Little Brown)
Tell me What I Am, by Una Mannion (Faber & Faber)
Homecoming, by Kate Morton (Mantle/Pan Macmillan)
Black River, by Nilanjana Roy (Pushkin Vertigo)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Sutanto (HQ/Harper Collins)
To see the other longlists in all the categories, click here. The shortlists will be announced on Friday, May 10 at the UK's largest crime fiction convention, CrimeFest 2024, hosted in Bristol. The winners will be announced at the Dagger Awards Dinner, on Thursday, July 04 in London. (April 21, 2024)
Ivy Pochoda Wins LA Times Book Prize
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books announced the winners for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, and the winner in the mystery/thriller category is SING HER DOWN, by Ivy Pochoda (MCD)
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The other four finalists in the mystery or thriller category are as follows:
DARK RIDE, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
EVERYBODY KNOWS, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
TIME'S UNDOING, by Cheryl A. Head (Dutton)
The prize winners were announced on Friday, April 19 at the Bovard Campus of the University of Southern California. To see all the winners in all the categories, click >here. (April 20, 2024)
2024 CrimeFest Award Shortlists Announced
CrimeFest has announced the shortlists for the 2024 CrimeFest Awards. The six shortlistees in the eDUNNIt Award (for the best crime fiction book first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format) are as follows:
DON'T LOOK AWAY, by Rachel Abbott (Wildfire)
THE CLOSE, by Jane Casey (HarperCollins)
SEPULCHRE STREET, by Martin Edwards (Head of Zeus)
MURDER AT BLETCHLEY PARK, by Christina Koning (Allison & Busby)
PROM MOM, by Laura Lippman (Faber & Faber)
THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, by Craig Russell (Constable)
The shortlistees in all the seven categories, click here.The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 11 during the Gala Awards Dinner of this year's CrimeFest to be held in Bristol, England. (April 16, 2023)
2024 Fingerprint Award Shortlists Announced
Capital Crime Festival has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Fingerprint Awards. The five shortlistees in the Overall Best Crime Book of the Year 2023 are as follows:
THE MURDER GAME, by Tom Hindle (Century)
NONE OF THIS IS TRUE, by Lisa Jewell (Century)
THE SECRET HOURS, by Mick Herron (Baskerville)
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, by Jo Callaghan (Simon & Schuster UK)
STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND, by Liz Nugent (Sandycove)
The shortlistees in all the seven categories, click here. The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 30 during Capital Crime Festival to be held at Leonardo Royal Hotel in London (the CAPITAL city of UK). (April 16, 2023)
Tracy Clark Wins Lefty
Left Coast Crime 2024 announced the winners for its 2024 Lefty Awards as follows:
Best Humorous Mystery Novel: CHEAP TRILLS, by Wendall Thomas (Beyond the Page Books)
Best Historical Mystery Novel: EVERGREEN, by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
Best Debut Mystery Novel: MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, by Nina Simon (William Morrow)
Best Mystery Novel: HIDE, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
The winners were announced during an awards banquet on Saturday, April 13 during Left Coast Crime Convention held in Bellevue, Washington from April 11 thru 14. (April 14, 2024)
David Dean Wins EQMM Readers Award
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Readers Awards in its May/June 2024 issue as follows:
First Place: "Mrs. Hyde," by David Dean (March/April 2023)
Second Place: "Spear Carriers," by Richard Helms (November/December 2023)
Third Place: "Teddy's Favorite Thing," by Paul Ryan O'Connor (September/October 2023)
(April 14, 2024)
2024 Thriller Award Nominees Announced
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the finalists for the 2024 Thriller Awards. The six finalists in the best hardcover novel category are as follows:
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
HER DEADLY GAME, by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
IT'S ONE OF US, by J.T. Ellison (Harlequin/MIRA Books)
THE SECRET HOURS, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
FIXIT, by Joe Ide (Mulholland Books)
THE DRIFT, by C.J. Tudor (Ballantine Books)
To see the finalists in all the categories, click here. The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 01, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City. (February 29, 2024)
2024 Barry Award Nominees Announced
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the nominees for the 2024 Barry Awards in four categories. The nominees in the best mystery or crime novel category are as follows:
DARK RIDE, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
OZARK DAGS, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
EVERYBODY KNOWS, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
SMALL MERCIES, by Dennis Lehane (Harper)
THE DETECTIVE UP LATE, by Adrian McKinty (Blackstone)
To see the nominees in all the categories, click here. The winners will be voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, August 29 during the opening ceremonies of 2024 Bouchercon to be held in Nashville, Tennessee from August 28 through September 01. (February 27, 2024)
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