Now on to the Anthonys

This year’s Bouchercon convention isn’t scheduled to take place in Albany, New York, until the weekend of September 19-22. However, this morning brings news of the nominees for five Anthony Awards to be handed out during that event. They are as follows:

Best Novel:
• Dare Me, by Megan Abbott (Reagan Arthur)
• The Trinity Game, by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• The Beautiful Mystery, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• The Other Woman, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Best First Novel:
• Don’t Ever Get Old, by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne)
• The Professionals, by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• The Expats, by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The 500, by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur)
• Black Fridays, by Michael Sears (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original:
• Whiplash River, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
• Murder for Choir, by Joelle Charbonneau (Berkley Prime Crime)
• And She Was, by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
• Blessed Are the Dead, by Malla Nunn (Emily Bestler)
• Big Maria, by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Short Story:
• “Mischief in Mesopotamia,” by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2012)
• “Kept in the Dark,” by Shelia Connolly (in Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon, edited by Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast, Barbara Ross, and Leslie Wheeler; Level Best)
• “The Lord Is My Shamus,” by Barb Goffman (in Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley; Wildside Press)
• “Peaches,” by Todd Robinson (Grift, Spring 2012)
• “The Unremarkable Heart,” by Karin Slaughter (in Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance, edited by Lee Child; Mulholland)

Best Critical Non-fiction Work:
• Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke (Atria/Emily Bestler)
• Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950, edited by Joseph Goodrich (Perfect Crime)
• More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered, by D.P. Lyle (Medallion Press)
• The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, edited by Mathew Prichard (Harper)
• In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero, edited by Otto Penzler (Smart Pop)

Congratulations to all of the authors and works in contention!