Setting Up Rivalries for St. Pete

Organizers of the 2018 Bouchercon, to be held in St. Petersburg, Florida, from September 9 to 12, have announced the nominees for eight Anthony Awards. These contestants are chosen by convention participants, rather than by a jury of critics and authors.

Best Novel:
• The Late Show, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
• Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
• Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke (Mulholland)
• Glass Houses, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• The Force, by Don Winslow (Morrow)

Best First Novel:
• Hollywood Homicide, by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)
• She Rides Shotgun, by Jordan Harper (Ecco)
• The Dry, by Jane Harper (Flatiron)
• Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All, by Christopher Irvin
(Cutlass Press)
• The Last Place You Look, by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original:
• Uncorking a Lie, by Nadine Nettmann (Midnight Ink)
• Bad Boy Boogie, by Thomas Pluck (Down & Out)
• What We Reckon, by Eryk Pruitt (Polis)
• The Day I Died, by Lori Rader-Day (Morrow)
• Cast the First Stone, by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series:
• Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3), by Joe Clifford (Oceanview)
• Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20), by Michael Connelly
(Little, Brown)
• Y Is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25), by Sue Grafton
(Marian Wood/Putnam)
• Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13), by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3), by Alex Segura (Polis)

Best Anthology:
• Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, edited by Joe Clifford (Gutter)
• Killing Malmon, edited by Dan and Kate Malmon (Down & Out)
• Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks (Down & Out)
• Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, edited by John McFetridge (Down & Out)
• The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, edited by Gary Phillips (Three Rooms Press)

Best Short Story:
• “The Trial of Madame Pelletier,” by Susanna Calkins (from Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical, edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons; Wildside Press)
• “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” by Jen Conley (from Just to
Watch Them Die)
• “My Side of the Matter,” by Hilary Davidson (from Killing Malmon)
• “Whose Wine Is It Anyway?” by Barb Goffman (from 50 Shades of Cabernet; Koehler)
• “The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place,” by Debra Goldstein (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017)
• “A Necessary Ingredient,” by Art Taylor (from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea)

Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book:
• From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, by Mattias Boström (Mysterious Press)
• The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, by Martin Edwards
(Poisoned Pen Press)
• Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann (Doubleday)
• Chester B. Himes: A Biography, by Lawrence P. Jackson (Norton)
• Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, by Jessica Lourey (Conari Press)

Best Online Content:
• Writer Types Podcast
• Do Some Damage
• Jungle Red Writers
• Dru’s Book Musings
• BOLO Books

According to the present Bouchercon St. Petersburg schedule, the winners of this year’s Anthony Awards will be declared on Saturday, September 8. Congratulations to all of the contenders!