The 2024 Anthony Awards nominees have been announced. The Anthony Awards are given out each year and are voted on by the attendees at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. The 2024 Anthony Awards will be presented at Bouchercon Nashville on August 31. Congratulations to all the nominees.
If you are looking for a new mystery to enjoy, or would like to try a new genre, the 2024 Anthony Awards nominees are a great place to start. And as always, we wish you happy reading.
Best Mystery Novel
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper
Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
Face of Greed by James L’Etoile
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Best First Mystery
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
Play the Fool by Lina Chern
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
Best Paperback Original
No Home for Killers by E.A. Aymar
Hide by Tracy Clark
Because the Night by James D.F. Hannah
The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
Magic City Blues by Bobby Matthews
Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak
Best Short Story
“Real Courage” by Barb Goffman (Black Cat Mystery Magazine, October 2013)
“Knock” by James D.F. Hoffman (Playing Games)
“Green and California Bound” by Curtis Ippolito (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2013)
“Ticket to Ride” by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski (Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles)
“Tell Me No Lies” by Holly West (Shotgun Honey Presents: Thicker Than Water)
Best Juvenile
Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce
The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary by K.B. Jackson
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbar
Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor
A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgan
Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman’s Plot to Watch 201 Christie Adaptations Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband by Teresa Peschel
Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell
Best Anthology or Collection
School of Hard Knox edited by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor
Here in the Dark: Stories by Meagan Lucas
Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles edited by Josh Pachter
The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions by Art Taylor
Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 edited by Holly West
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