In Line for the Anthonys

Organizers of Bouchercon 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina, today broadcast the list of nominees for this year’s Anthony Awards. There are a number of easily anticipated contenders, along with a few out-of-left-field choices. The winners will be determined by a vote of Bouchercon attendees, and then announced during a ceremony at the conference on Saturday, October 10.

Best Novel:

• Lamentation, by Joe Clifford (Oceanview)
• The Secret Place, by Tana French (Viking)
• After I’m Gone, by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
• The Long Way Home, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

• Truth Be Told, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Best First Novel:

• Blessed Are the Dead, by Kristi Belcamino (Witness Impulse)

• Ice Shear, by M.P. Cooley (Morrow)

• Invisible City, by Julia Dahl (Minotaur)

• The Life We Bury, by Allen Eskens (Seventh Street)

• The Black Hour, by Lori Rader-Day (Seventh Street)

Best Paperback Original:

• Stay with Me, by Alison Gaylin (Harper)

• The Killer Next Door, by Alex Marwood (Penguin)

• The Day She Died, by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)

• World of Trouble, by Ben H. Winters (Quirk)

• No Stone Unturned, by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

Best Critical or Non-fiction Work:

• The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis, by Charles Brownson (McFarland)

• Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice, by Kate Clark Flora (New Horizon)

• Dru’s Book Musings, by Dru Ann Love

• Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe, by J.W. Ocker (Countryman)

• Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey, edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan  (Henery Press)

Best Short Story:

• “Honeymoon Sweet,” by Craig Faustus Buck (from Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014; Down & Out)

• “The Shadow Knows,” by Barb Goffman (from Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, edited by Barb Goffman and Marcia Talley; Wildside Press)

• “Howling at the Moon,” by Paul D. Marks (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], November 2014)

• “Of Dogs & Deceit,” by John Shepphird (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November 2014)

• “The Odds Are Against Us,” by Art Taylor (EQMM, November 2014)

Best Anthology or Collection:

• FaceOff, edited by David Baldacci (Simon & Schuster)

• Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron (Down & Out)

• Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, edited by Joe Clifford (Gutter)

• In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus)

• Carolina Crimes: Nineteen Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing, edited by Karen Pullen; Wildside Press)

Congratulations to all of the nominees!

In addition, North Carolina author Margaret Maron will be presented with the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award.