Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, has announced the 2023 Anthony Award nominees.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held in San Diego on September 2.  

BEST HARDCOVER

• Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland Books)
• The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)
• The Bullet that Missed  by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)
• A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• The Maid  by Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)
• Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)  
• Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
• The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra (Pegasus Books)  
• Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane Books)
• The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)  

BEST HUMOROUS NOVEL

• Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron (Berkley Books)  
• Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley Books)  
• A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren (Crooked Lane Books)  
• Scot in a Trap by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
• Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane Books)  

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

• The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur Books)
• In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson (Mobius)
• Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris (William Morrow & Company)
• Danger on the Atlantic by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington Publishing Corporation)
• Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden (Crooked Lane Books)
• Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (Forge)

BEST PAPERRBACK/EBOOK/AUDIOBOOK

• Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford (Thomas & Mercer Audio)
• Dead Drop by James L’Etoile (Level Best Books)
• The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• Hush Hush by Gabriel Valjan (Historia)
• In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong (HarperCollins Publishers)

BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young Readers)  
• #shedeservedit by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes Books)
• The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Vanish Me by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Wise Wolf Books)
• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Still Crazy After All These Years” by E.A. Aymar (Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon) (Down & Out Books)  
• “The Impediment” by Bruce Robert Coffin (Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022)(Crime Spell Books)
• “Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Feb. 2022, Issue 29)
• “The Estate Sale” by Curtis Ippolito (Vautrin Magazine, Summer 2022)
• “C.O.D.” by Gabriel Valjan (Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote)(Berry Content Corporation)  

BEST CRITICAL/NON-FICTION

• The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America by James T. Bartlett (Territory Books)
• The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
• American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)
• Promophobia: Taking the Mystery out of Promoting Crime Fiction by Diane Vallere (Sisters in Crime)  
• Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment. and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman (Ecco Press)
• Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote ed. by Mysti Berry (Berry Content Corporation)  
• Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon ed. byLibby Cudmore and Art Taylor (Down & Out Books)  
• Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022 ed. by Greg Herren (Down & Out Books)
• Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon ed. by Josh Pachter (Down & Out Books)  
• Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top Authors ed. by S.J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press)

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