ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES 2024
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BEST HARDCOVER
TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DAT / ISBN
All the Sinners Bleed SA Cosby Flatiron Books Hardcover 6/06/23 / 9781250831910
Everybody Knows Jordan Harper Mulholland Books Hardcover 1/10/23 / 9780316457910
Time's Undoing Cheryl A Head Dutton Hardcover 2/28/23 / 9780593471821
Face of Greed James L'Etoile Oceanview Publishing Hardcover 11/07/23 / 9781608095872
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman Pamela Dorman Books Hardcover 9/19/23 / 9780593299425
BEST FIRST NOVEL
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TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DATE / ISBN
The Peacock and the Sparrow IS Berry Atria Books Hardcover 5/30/23 / 9781982194543
Play The Fool Lina Chern Bantam Paperback 3/28/23 / 9780593500668
Scorched Grace Margot Douaihy Zando - Gillian Flynn Books Hardcover 2/21/23 / 9781638930242
Mother-Daughter Murder Night Nina Simon William Morrow & Company Hardcover 9/05/23 / 9780063315044
City Under One Roof Iris Yamashita Berkley Books Hardcover 1/10/23 / 9780593336670
BEST PAPERBACK/EBOOK/AUDIOBOOK
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TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DATE / ISBN
No Home for Killers EA Aymar Thomas & Mercer Paperback 2/01/23 / 9781662504563
Hide Tracy Clark Thomas & Mercer Paperback 1/01/23 / 9781542037570
Because the Night James DF Hannah Down & Out Books Paperback 6/19/23 / 9781643963181
The Taken Ones Jess Lourey Thomas & Mercer Paperback 9/19/23 / 9781662507618 Magic City Blues Bobby Matthews Shotgun Honey Books Paperback 2/24/23 / 9781956957105
Lowdown Road Scott Von Doviak Hard Case Crime Paperback 7/11/23 / 9781803364131
BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
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TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DATE / ISBN
Finney and the Secret Tunnel Jamie Lane Barber Level Elevate Paperback 11/14/23 / 9781685124717
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity Elizabeth C Bunce Algonquin Young Readers Hardcover 10/24/23 / 9781643753140
Paperback 10/24/23 / 9781523524280
The Sasquatch of KB Jackson Reycraft Books Paperback 1/01/23 / 978147887965
Hawthorne Elementary Hardcover 1/17/23 / 9781478868521
The Mystery of the Taryn Souders Sourcebooks Young Readers Hardcover 7/11/23 / 9781728275468
Radcliffe Riddle Paperback 3/15/23 / 9780815637912
Paperback 3/15/23 / 9780815611578
Spillane Max Allan Collins & Mysterious Press Hardcover 2/7/23 / 9781613163795
James L Traylor
A Mystery of Mysteries Mark Dawidziak St. Martin's Press Hardcover 2/14/23 / 9781250792495
A Fever in the Heartland Timothy Egan Viking Hardcover 4/04/23 / 9780735225268 Fallen Angel Robert Morgan LSU Press Hardcover 11/15/23 / 9780807180457
Agatha Christie, She Watched Teresa Peschel Peschel Press Paperback 6/13/23 / 9781950347391
Love Me Fierce in Danger Steven Powell Bloomsbury Academic Paperback 2/09/23 / 9781501367311
BEST ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTION
TITLE EDITOR PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DATE / ISBN
School of Hard Knox Donna Andrews Crippen & LandruPublishers Paperback 8/31/23 / 9781936363780
Here in the Dark Meagan Lucas Shotgun Honey Books Papeback 7/14/23 / 9781956957204
Happiness Is a Warm Gun Josh Pachter Down & Out Books Paperback 10/16/239781643963402
The Adventure of the Castle Art Taylor Crippen & Landru Publishers Paperback 2/8/23 / 9781936363735
Thief and Other Expeditions
and Indiscretions
Killin’ Time in San Diego Holly West Down and Out Books Paperback 8/30/23 / 9781643963280
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BEST SHORT STORY
TITLE AUTHOR SOURCE PUBLISHER FORMAT PUB DATE / ISBN
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Real Courage Barb Goffman Black Cat Mystery Magazine Wildside PressMagazine 10/18/23
Knock James DFHannah Playing Games LB Productions Anthology 1/31/239798375047515
Green and California Curtis Ippolito Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Dell MagazinesMagazine 8/3/23
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Ticket to Ride Dru Ann Love & Happiness Is a Warm Gun Down & Out Books Anthology 10/16/23 / 9781643963402
Kristopher Zgorski
Tell Me No Lies Holly West Shotgun Honey Presents: Shotgun Honey Books Anthology 8/11/23 / 9781956957280
Thicker Than Water
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