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Crime Fiction Awards News for August 2022

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BOUCHERCON GIVES ANTHONY AWARD PERMANENT DESIGN

The Anthony Award trophy has been redesigned. Art Taylor posted a picture: “Anthony Award Design Reveal”.

On Saturday, July 9, Bouchercon hosted the reveal of the new design for the Anthony Award—a design which will be used each year from now on as opposed to having each new Bouchercon design a specific award for their host year. The new design pays homage to Anthony Boucher, writer, critic, and namesake for the convention. I love the pipe and bowtie!

LINDISFARNE PRIZE FOR CRIME FICTION

The Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction is a literary prize which recognizes outstanding writing in the genre of crime or thriller fiction. The 2022 shortlist has been announced.

  • Can’t Hide by Clare Sewell
  • Sharp Focus by Duncan Robb
  • Salted Earth by Katherine Graham
  • The Children of Gaia by Jacqueline Auld
  • The Taste of Iron by Ramona Slusarczyk

The winning entry will be awarded a prize of £2500 to support the completion of their work and funding towards a year’s membership of both the Society of Authors (SoA) and the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and smaller financial awards to shortlisted candidates. 

DEAD GOOD READER AWARDS

The winners of The Dead Good Reader Awards 2022 have been announced.

THE SOMETHING IN THE AIR AWARD FOR MOST ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL

Winner

  • I Know What You’ve Done by Dorothy Koomson

Shortlist

  • Bamburgh by L J Ross
  • Breathless by Amy McCulloch
  • I Know What You’ve Done by Dorothy Koomson
  • No Honour by Awais Khan
  • The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee
  • The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

THE LOVE IS BLIND AWARD FOR MOST TWISTED COUPLE

Winner

  • The Couple at No 9 by Claire Douglas

Shortlist

  • The Couple at No 9 by Claire Douglas
  • The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
  • Into the Dark by Fiona Cummins
  • Lie Beside Me by Gytha Lodge
  • Nasty Little Cuts by Tina Baker
  • Nobody But Us by Laure van Rensburg

THE COLD AS ICE AWARD FOR MOST CHILLING READ

Winner

  • The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Shortlist

  • Breathless by Amy McCulloch
  • Deadly Cure by Mahi Cheshire
  • The Hollows by Mark Edwards
  • The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
  • One For Sorrow by Helen Fields
  • The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

THE RACE-AGAINST-TIME AWARD FOR BEST ACTION THRILLER

Winner

  • Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

Shortlist

  • Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
  • Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
  • Dead Ground by M W Craven
  • The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
  • Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
  • No Way to Die by Tony Kent

THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK AWARD FOR BEST NEW SERIES

Winner

  • Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series

Shortlist

  • Joy Kluver’s Bernadette Noel series
  • Neil Lancaster’s Max Craigie series
  • Val McDermid’s Allie Burns series
  • C K McDonnell’s Stranger Times series
  • Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series
  • Glenda Young’s Helen Dexter series

THE DEAD GOOD RECOMMENDS AWARDS FOR MOST RECOMMENDED BOOK

Winner

  • The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

Shortlist

  • Deadly Cure by Mahi Cheshire
  • Do No Harm by Jack Jordan
  • I Know What You’ve Done by Dorothy Koomson
  • The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean
  • Lie Beside Me by Gytha Lodge
  • The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the stories.]

Crime Marches On

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Or the crime fiction awards do, anyway.

DEAD GOOD READER AWARDS. The Dead Good Reader Awards shortlists were announced June 20. Public voting is open through July 17:

The Nosy Parker Award for Best Amateur Detective
Who’s been sticking their nose in where it doesn’t belong? This award is for the civvie who can’t resist mystery.

  • A Clean Canvas by Elizabeth Mundy
  • The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
  • Red Snow by Will Dean
  • The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
  • The Suspect by Fiona Barton
  • The Taking of Annie Thorne by C J Tudor

The Jury’s Out Award for Most Gripping Courtroom Drama
The stakes are high and the twists and turns are unpredictable. This award is for the book packed full of legal thrills.

  • Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
  • Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
  • Marked for Death by Tony Kent
  • No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister
  • Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
  • Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

The Dish Served Cold Award for Best Revenge Thriller
Retribution’s the name of the game here. This award is for the book serving up just – or unjust – deserts.

  • Do No Harm by L V Hay
  • Final Betrayal by Patricia Gibney
  • Marked for Death by Tony Kent
  • My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
  • The Puppet Show by M W Craven
  • Sticks and Stones by Jo Jakeman

The Cancel All Plans Award for the Book You Can’t Put Down
Clear your diary. Switch off your phone. Call in sick. This award is for the book that demands you keep reading.

  • The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
  • Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan
  • The Night Olivia Fell by Christina Mcdonald
  • The Passengers by John Marrs
  • Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
  • Sleep by C L Taylor

The Cat and Mouse Award for Most Elusive Villain
The hunt is on! This award is for those dastardly cunning criminals who are particularly difficult to pin down.

  • Beautiful Liars by Isabel Ashdown
  • Do No Harm by L V Hay
  • The Infirmary by L J Ross
  • The Last of the Magpies by Mark Edwards
  • The Rumour by Lesley Kara
  • Twisted by Steve Cavanagh

The Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book
Which book do you press into the hands of everyone you meet? This award is for the novel you recommend above all others.

  • The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
  • Now You See Her by Heidi Perks
  • The Passengers by John Marrs
  • Skin Deep by Liz Nugent
  • Sleep by C L Taylor
  • The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths

MCILVANNEY PRIZES. Scottish noir is celebrated by the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime fiction . Here is the McIlvanney Prize 2019 longlist:

  • All the Hidden Truths, Claire Askew (Hodder)
  • No Man’s Land, Neil Broadfoot (Little, Brown)
  • Fallen Angel, Chris Brookmyre (Little, Brown)
  • Breakers, Doug Johnstone (Orenda)
  • All That’s Dead, Stuart MacBride (Harper Collins)
  • In the Silence, M R Mackenzie (Bloodhound Books)
  • Broken Ground, Val McDermid (Little, Brown)
  • A Breath on Dying Embers, Denzil Meyrick (Polygon)
  • Conviction, Denise Mina (Vintage)
  • The Way of All Flesh, Ambrose Parry (Canongate) aka Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman
  • In a House of Lies, Ian Rankin (Orion)
  • A Treachery of Spies, Manda Scott (Transworld)
  • Thunder Bay, Douglas Skelton (Polygon)

Followed by the shortlist for the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Prize. Both awards are handed out at the Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling, Scotland.

  • All the Hidden Truths, Claire Askew* (Hodder)
  • From the Shadows, G R Halliday (Vintage)
  • Black Camp 21, Bill Jones (Polygon)
  • In the Silence, M R Mackenzie* (Bloodhound)
  • The Peat Dead, Allan Martin (Thunderpoint)

They were chosen by an independent panel of readers and booksellers. The finalists for the McIlvanney Prize 2019 will be revealed at the beginning of September and selected by Alison Flood, books reporter for The Guardian and a former news reporter for The Bookseller; James Crawford, chair of Publishing Scotland and presenter of BBC series, Scotland from the Sky and Stuart Cosgrove, writer and broadcaster who was formerly a senior executive at Channel 4. The debut prize will be judged by a panel from the board of Bloody Scotland including crime writers Lin Anderson, Craig Robertson, Gordon Brown and Abir Mukherjee.

Winner will be presented at the Opening Reception of Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling on Friday 20 September 2019.

[Thanks to Cora Buhlert for the story.]