2025 ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES
Bouchercon 2025 has announced the winners for the 2025 Anthony awards as follows:

Best Hardcover Novel : (5)
Missing White Woman, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)
The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Alter Ego, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)
California Bear, by Duane Swiercynski (Mulholland)

Best First Novel: (5)
The Mechanics of Memory, by Audrey Lee (CamCat)
Ghosts of Waikiki, by Jennifer K. Morita (Crooked Lane)
You Know What You Did, by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)
Good-Looking Ugly, by Rob D. Smith (Shotgun Honey)
Holy City, by Henry Wise (Atlantic Monthly Press)

Best Paperback/E-book/Audiobook: (5)
The Last Few Miles of Road, by Eric Beetner (Level Best)
Echo, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
Served Cold, by James L'Etoile (Level Best)
Late Checkout, by Alan Orloff (Level Best)
The Big Lie, by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best/Historia)

Best Children's/Young Adult: (5)
The Big Grey Men of Ben MacDhui, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft)
The Sasquatch of Harriman Lake, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft)
First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet, by Josh Proctor (Level Elevate)
The Sherlock Society, by James Ponti (Aladdin Paperbacks)
When Mimi Went Missing, by Suja Sukumar (Soho Teen)

Best Critical/Non-fiction: (5)
Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors' Perspectives on Their Craft, edited by Phyllis M. Betz (McFarland)
Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers, by Chris Chan (Level Best)
On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett, by Ashley Lawson (Ohio State University Press)
Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder, by Greg Lilly (History Press)
The Serial Killer's Apprentice, by Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman (Crime Ink)

Best Anthology/Collection: (5)
Murder, Neat: A Sleuthslayer's Anthology, edited by Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman (Level Short)
Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House, edited by Michael Bracken and Stacy Woodson (Down & Out)
Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir, edited by Tod Goldberg (Soho Crime)
Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024, edited by Heather Graham (Down & Out)
Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead, edited by Josh Pachter (Down & Out)

Best Short Story: (5)
"A Matter of Trust," by Barb Goffman (from Three Strikes -- You're Dead, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley; Wildside Press)
"Twenty Centuries," by James D.F. Hannah (from Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir, edited by Tod Goldberg; Soho Crime)
"Something to Hold Onto," by Curtis Ippolito (from Dark Yonder, Issue 6, edited by Katy Munger and Eryk Pruitt; Thalia Press)
"SatanŐs Spit," by Gabriel Valjan (from Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024, edited by Heather Graham; Down & Out)
"Reynisfjara," by Kristopher Zgorski (from Mystery Most International, edited by Rita Owen, Verena Rose, and Shawn Reilly Simmons; Level Short)

Best Historical: (5)
The LanternŐs Dance, by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
The Witching Hour, by Catriona McPherson (Mobius)
The Bootlegger's Daughter, by Nadine Nettmann (Lake Union)
The Murder of Mr. Ma, by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan (Soho Crime)
The Courtesan's Pirate, by Nina Wachsman (Level Best/Historia)

Best Paranormal: (5)
A New Lease on Death, by Olivia Blacke (Minotaur)
Five Furry Familiars, by Lynn Cahoon (Kensington Cozies)
Exposure, by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
Lights, Cameras, Bones, by Carolyn Haines (Minotaur)
Death in Ghostly Hue, by Susan Van Kirk (Level Best)

Best Cozy/Humorous: (6)
A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death, by Valerie Burns (Kensington Cozies)
A Very Woodsy Murder, by Ellen Byron (Kensington Cozies)
Ill-Fated Fortune, by Jennifer J. Chow (Minotaur)
Scotzilla, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
Cirque du Slay, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)
Dominoes, Danzon, and Death, by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane)

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Craig Johnson

The winners will be announced on Saturday, September 06 during Bouchercon 2025 to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from September 03 through September 07.

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