Monday, December 09, 2019

Another Nero for Mosley

New York City author Walter Mosley, best known for penning the esteemed Easy Rawlins mystery series, has won the 2019 Nero Award for Down the River unto the Sea (Mulholland), which marked the 2018 debut of another protagonist, police investigator-turned-prisoner-turned private eye Joe King Oliver. That announcement was made during the 42nd annual Black Orchid Weekend, which took place from December 6 to 8 in Manhattan.

The Nero has been presented annually, ever since 1979, by the New York-based Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin fan organization, The Wolfe Pack, to “the best American mystery written in the tradition of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe stories.” This was the second time Mosley has taken home that prize. He previously captured the 2004 Nero for Fear Itself, the second book in his Fearless Jones series.

Also over this last weekend, the Wolfe Pack presented its 2019 Black Orchid Novella Award—more familiarly known as the BONA—to author Ted Burge for his story “The Red Taxi.” That honor includes the publication of Burge’s novella in a future issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, which co-sponsors the BONA.

(Hat tip to Classic Mysteries.)

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