During a glitzy cocktail party last evening, The Strand Magazine announced the winners of its 2019 Strand Critics Awards.
Best Mystery Novel: Tie—Transcription, by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown), and Sunburn, by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)
Also nominated: Lullaby Road, by James Anderson (Crown); November Road, by Lou Berney (Morrow); Dark Sacred Night, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown); and The Witch Elm, by Tana French (Viking)
Best Debut Mystery Novel: The Chalk Man, by C.J. Tudor (Crown)
Also nominated: Dodging and Burning, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus); The Other Side of Everything, by Lauren Doyle Owens (Touchstone); The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton (Sourcebooks Landmark); and Beautiful Bad, by Annie Ward (Park Row)
In addition, the Strand presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to two prominent authors: Heather Graham and Donna Leon. And it gave Dominique Raccah, the publisher and CEO of Sourcebooks, its Publisher of the Year Award.
(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)
Thursday, July 11, 2019
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