Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, announced the finalists for the 2024 Anthony Awards on Facebook today. Winners will be revealed at the event, being held in Nashville from August 28 – September

BEST HARDCOVER 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 PAPERBACK NOVEL

• 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 FIRST NOVEL

• 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 CHILDREN’S/YA

• Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber
• Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunch
• 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/NONFICTION

• 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/COLLECTION

• School of Hard Knox, edited by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor
• Here in the Dark: Stories by Meagan Luca
• 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

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Real Courage” by Barb Goffman
• “Knock” by James D.F. Hannah
• “Green and California Bound” by Curtis Ippolito
• “Ticket to Ride” by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski
• “Tell Me No Lies” by Holly West