Friday, July 01, 2022

The Strand Narrows Its Choices

So much for my mini-vacation. After a week spent hosting a good friend from out of town, followed by a few days of much-needed leisure in Canada with my wife, what should greet me upon my return? Almost 700 unwanted messages needing to be cleared out of my e-mailbox, plus developments aplenty in the world of crime fiction.

In the way of news, let’s begin​ with the announcement, by The Strand Magazine, of its 2022 Critics Awards nominees, in two categories.

Best Mystery Debut:
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews (Little, Brown)
The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria)
Bullet Train, by Kōtarō Isaka (Abrams)
Lightseekers, by Femi Kayode (Mulholland)
Velvet Was the Night, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
All Her Little Secrets, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)

Best Mystery Novel:
The Dark Hours, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
The Low Desert, by Tod Goldberg (Counterpoint)
These Toxic Things, by Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer)
Dream Girl, by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
1979, by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly)

Additionally, The Strand has chosen to give its 2022 Publisher of the Year Award to Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic Inc., and its latest Lifetime Achievement Awards to authors Sandra Brown and Nelson DeMille.

These commendations will be presented in early September.

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