Mysteries and My Musings: Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and Shamus Awards

Several awards were presented at Bourchercon World Mystery Convention held last weekend in Raleigh North Carolina. Book awards are a great way to find new books to try. Check out this list with a varied array of worthy titles, you might find your new favorite among them.

Anthony Awards 2015

The Anthony Awards, voted on by the members of the convention, were presented at Bouchercon 2015 on October 10, 2015.

Best Mystery Novel
*     After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman [Winner]
°     Lamentation by Joe Clifford
°     The Secret Place by Tana French
°     The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
°     Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best First Mystery *     The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day [Winner]
°     Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino
°     Ice Shear by M.P. Cooley
°     Invisible City by Julia Dahl
°     The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

Best Paperback Original
*     The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson [Winner]
°     Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin
°     The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
°     World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters
°     No Stone Unturned by James W. Ziskin

Best Short Story
*     “The Odds Are Against Us” by Art Taylor
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2014 [Winner]
°     “Honeymoon Sweet” by Craig Faustus Buck
Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014
°     “The Shadow Knows” by Barb Goffman
Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
°     “Howling at the Moon” by Paul D. Marks
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2014
°     “Of Dogs & Deceit” by John Shepphird
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November 2014

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work
*     Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan [Winner]
°     The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson
°     Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice by Kate Clark Flora
°     Dru’s Book Musings by Dru Ann Love
°     Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J.W. Ocker

Best Anthology or Collection
*     In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon edited by Laurie R. King & Leslie S. Klinger [Winner]
°     Face Off edited by David Baldacci
°     Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014 edited by Dana Cameron
°     Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen edited by Joe Clifford
°     Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Love, Lust, and Longing edited by Karen Pullen

Barry Awards

The Barry Awards, voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, were presented at Bouchercon 2015

Best Novel
*     Natchez Burning by Greg Iles [Winner]
°     The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
°     Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason
°     The Rest Is Silence by James R. Benn
°     The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman
°     Providence Rag by Bruce DeSilva

Best First Novel
*     Invisible City by Julia Dahl [Winner]
°     Night Heron by Adam Brookes
°     Ice Shear by M.P. Cooley
°     Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
°     The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
°     She’s Leaving Home by William Shaw

Best Paperback Original
*     The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens [Winner]
°     The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
°     The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
°     Present Darkness by Malla Nunn
°     The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day
°     Eleven Days by Stav Sherez

Best Thriller
*     Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta [Winner]
°     Suspicion by Joe Finder
°     The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton
°     An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
°     I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
°     House Reckoning by Mike Lawson

Macavity Awards
The Macavity Awards, voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, were also presented at Bouchercon 2015.

Best Mystery Novel
*     The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood [Winner]
°     The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
°     The Lewis Man by Peter May
°     The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson
°     The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
°     The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames

Best First Mystery Novel
*     Invisible City by Julia Dahl [Winner]
°     Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino
°     Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
°     Someone Else’s Skin by Sarah Hilary
°     Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
°     The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day

Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
*     Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan [Winner]
°     The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson
°     Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J. W. Ocker
°     400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman by Adam Plantinga

Best Mystery Short Story
*     “Honeymoon Sweet” by Craig Faustus Buck Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014 [Winner]
°     “The Shadow Knows” by Barb Goffman Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays
°     “Howling at the Moon” by Paul D. Marks Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2014
°     “The Proxy” by Travis Richardson Thuglit #13, September/October 2014
°     “The Odds Are Against Us” by Art Taylor
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2014

Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award
*     A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson [Winner]
°     Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen
°     Things Half in Shadow by Alan Finn
°     An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
°     Present Darkness by Malla Nunn
°     Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd

Shamus Awards
The Shamus Awards, awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America, were presented at the Shamus Award Banquet at Big Ed’s during Bouchercon 2015

The Eye Award for Lifetime Achievement:     Parnell Hall

Best P.I. Novel
*     Hounded by David Rosenfelt [Winner]
°     The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman
°     The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
°     Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet
°     Peter Pan Must Die by John Verdon

Best P.I. Paperback Original
*     Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri [Winner]
°     The Detective & the Pipe Girl by Michael Craven
°     Beauty with a Bomb by M.C. Grant
°     Critical Damage by Robert K. Lewis
°     Street Justice by Kris Nelscott

Best First P.I. Novel
*     Invisible City by Julia Dahl [Winner]
°     Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler-Willis
°     Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie
°     Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
°     City of Brick and Shadow by Tim Wirkus

Best P.I. Short Story
*     “Clear Recent History” by Gon Ben Ari Tel Aviv Noir [Winner]
°     “The Ehrengraf Fandango” by Lawrence Block Defender of the Innocent
°     “Busting Red Heads” by Richard Helms Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March 2014
°     “Fear Is The Best Keeper of Secrets” by Vali Khalili Tehran Noir
°     “Mei Kwei, I Love You” by Suchen Christine Lim Singapore Noir

Best Indie P.I. Novel
*     The Shadow Broker by Trace Conger [Winner]
°     Nobody’s Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
°     Played To Death by BV Lawson
°     The Kids Are All Right by Steve Liskow
°     Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

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