Love All Around

The winners of the 2013 Lovey Awards, given out last weekend during the Love Is Murder convention in Chicago, are as follows:

Best First Novel: Perfidy, by Michele May (True Grit)

Best Traditional/Amateur Sleuth: The Light Keeper’s Legacy,
by Kathleen Ernst (Midnight Ink)

Best Thriller: Company Orders, by David J. Walker (Allium Press)

Best Historical: Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, by Robert Goldsborough
(Mysterious Press/Open Road)

Best Police Procedural: Portrait of Murder, by Rob Riley (Orange Hat)

Best Suspense: A Bitter Veil, by Libby Fischer Hellman (Allium Press)

Best Paranormal/Sci-fi: Last Wool and Testament,
by Molly MacRae (Signet)

Best Series: Trickster’s Point, by William Kent Krueger (Atria)

Best Short Story: “Harry’s Fall from Grace,” by Luisa Buehler
(Amazon Digital)

A full list of the nominees can be found here.

READ MORE: “Love Is Murder,” by Lee Goldberg (A Writer’s Life).