Peter Robinson Award for Best Crime Novel:
• The Retirement Plan, by Sue Hincenbergs (HarperCollins)
• The Hunger We Pass Down, by Jen Sookfong Lee
(McClelland & Stewart)
• Into the Fall, by Tamara L. Miller (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Black Wolf, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, by Eddy Boudel Tan (Viking Canada)
Best Crime First Novel:
• The Beltane Massacre, by Ray Critch (Breakwater)
• Yesterday’s Lies, by Jan Field (La Cloche)
• The Broken Detective, by Joel Nedecky (Run Amok Crime)
• A Painting to Die For, by David L. Tucker (Otter & Osprey Press)
• Too Dark for the Light, by A.L. Wahdel (Butterfly 80)
Best Crime Novel Set in Canada:
• That Other Family, by Lis Angus (Next Chapter)
• Every Fall, by Angela Douglas (Rising Action)
• Detective Aunty, by Uzma Jalaluddin (HarperCollins)• Salt on Her Tongue, by C.S. Porter (Vagrant Press)
• The Hitchhikers, by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin’s Press)
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery:
• The Engineer’s Nemesis, by Shelley Adina (Moonshell)
• Stella Ryman and the Search for Thelma Hu, by Mel Anastasiou (Pulp Literature Press)
• A Dark Death, by Alice Fitzpatrick (Stonehouse)
• Some Justice, by Laury Silvers (Independently published)
• The Cost of a Hostage, by Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions)
Best Crime Short Story:
• “Under the Circumstances,” by Lis Angus (from A Capital Mystery Anthology, edited by Bernadette Cox and Mike Martin (Ottawa Press)
• “The Lost Diner,” by Madeleine Harris Callway (Pulp Literature, Summer 2025)
• “Cold Shock,” by Barbara Fradkin (from A Capital Mystery Anthology)
• “The Headache,” by Billie Livingstone (Dark Yonder, November 2025)
• “Polly Wants a Freakin’ Cracker,” by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (from Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Humorous, edited by John Betancourt, Michael Bracken, and Carla Coupe; Wildside Press)
Best French Language Crime Book:
• Le regard des autres, by Chrystine Brouillet (Druide)
• Jeux d’ombres, by André Jacques (Druide)
• La mémoire du labyrinthe, by Steve Laflamme (Libre Expression)
• Une nuit d’été à Littlebrook, by Maureen Martineau (Héliotrope)
• Delta Zéro, by Martin Michaud (Libre Expression)
Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book:
• The Mystery of the Haunted Dancehall, by Charis Cotter (Tundra)
• Death by Whoopee Cushion, by Vicki Grant (Tundra)
• A Skeleton in the Closet, by Claire Hatcher-Smith (Tundra)
• The City of Lost Cats, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (Tundra)
• Bark Twice for Murder, by John Lekich (Orca)
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Non-fiction Crime Book:
• The Many Names of Robert Cree: How a First Nations Chief, Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People, by Robert Cree with Therese Greenwood (ECW Press)
• Acts of Darkness: Notorious Criminals, Their Defenders, Prosecutors, and Jailers, by John L. Hill (Durvile & UpRoute)
• Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada’s North, by Kathleen Lippa (Dundurn Press)
• On the Lam: Great (and Not So Great) Escapes from Prison, by Lorna Poplak (Dundurn Press)
• Hitman: The Untold Story of Canada’s Deadliest Assassin, by Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman (HarperCollins)
Best Unpublished Crime Novel (manuscript written by an unpublished author):
• Val’s Story, by Anne Burlakoff
• The Less You Know, by William Hall
• Lens Flare, by Francis K. Lalumière
• Death Scent, by Barbara Stokes
• Blistered, by Isabelle Zimmermann
In addition, crime and thriller author Rick Mofina has been selected to receive this year’s Grand Master Award. “This prestigious biennial honor,” says the CWC, “recognizes a Canadian crime writer with a substantial body of work who has garnered significant national and international acclaim while demonstrating a steadfast commitment to the crime-writing community. CWC selected Mofina for this distinction based on his prolific output, professional integrity, and years of dedicated service to both the organization and the genre.”
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