Now Come the Anthonys

Bouchercon 2018 will be shutting its doors today in St. Petersburg, Florida, after a four-day run. But not before handing out one final set of award winners. Last evening brought the announcement of which books and authors won this year’s Anthony Awards.

Best Novel:
Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke (Mulholland)

Also nominated: The Late Show, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown); Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz (Harper); Glass Houses, by Louise Penny (Minotaur); and The Force, by Don Winslow (Morrow)

Best First Novel:
Hollywood Homicide, by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)

Also nominated: 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); and The Last Place You Look, by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original:
The Day I Died, by Lori Rader-Day (Morrow)

Also nominated: Uncorking a Lie, by Nadine Nettmann (Midnight Ink); Bad Boy Boogie, by Thomas Pluck (Down & Out); What We Reckon, by Eryk Pruitt (Polis); and Cast the First Stone, by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series: Y Is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25), by Sue Grafton (Marian Wood/Putnam)

Also nominated: Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3), by Joe Clifford (Oceanview); Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20), by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown); Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13), by Louise Penny (Minotaur); and Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3), by Alex Segura (Polis)

Best Anthology: The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, edited by Gary Phillips (Three Rooms Press)

Also nominated: 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); and Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, edited by John McFetridge (Down & Out)

Best Short Story: “My Side of the Matter,” by Hilary Davidson (from Killing Malmon, edited by Dan and Kate Malmon; Down & Out)

Also nominated: “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: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, edited by Joe Clifford; Gutter); “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); and “A Necessary Ingredient,” by Art Taylor (from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks; Down & Out)

Best Critical/Non-Fiction Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann (Doubleday)

Also nominated: 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); Chester B. Himes: A Biography, by Lawrence P. Jackson (Norton); and Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, by Jessica Lourey (Conari Press)

Best Online Content: Jungle Red Writers

Also nominated: Writer Types Podcast; Do Some Damage; Dru’s Book Musings; and BOLO Books

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ian Rankin

David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award: Lesa Holstine

Congratulations to everyone who was considered for a prize!

Next year’s Bouchercon will be held in Dallas, Texas, from October 31 to November 3. It will mark this convention’s 50th year.

READ MORE: “Bouchercon 2018—The BOLO Books Recap,” by Kristopher Zgorski (BOLO Books).