2017 Arthur Ellis Award Shortlist

Best Novel

City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong, Penguin Random House of Canada

After James by Michael Helm McClelland & Stewart

Dead Ground in Between by Maureen Jennings McClelland & Stewart

Wishful Seeing by Janet Kellough  Dundurn Press

The Fortunate Brother by Donna Morrissey Viking Canada

Best First Novel (Sponsored by Kobo)

Rum Luck by Ryan Aldred, Five Star Publishing

Cold Girl by R.M.Greenaway Dundurn Press

Where the Bodies Lie by Mark Lisac, NeWest Press

Still Mine by Amy Stuart Simon & Schuster Canada

Strange Things Done by Elle Wild, Dundurn Press

Best Novella The Lou Allin Memorial Award

Rundown by Rick Blechta, Orca Book Publishers

No Trace by Brenda Chapman, Grass Roots Press

The Devil You Know by Jas. R. Petrin, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Dell Publishing

When Blood Lies by Linda L. Richards, Orca Book Publishers

The Village That Lost Its Head by Peter Robinson, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Dell Publishing

Best Short Story

Steve’s Story by Cathy Ace - The Whole She-Bang 3, Toronto Sisters in Crime

A Death at the Parsonage by Susan Daly - The Whole She-Bang 3, Toronto Sisters in Crime

Where There’s a Will by Elizabeth Hosang, The Whole She-Bang 3, Toronto Sisters in Crime

The Ascent by Scott Mackay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Dell Publishing

The Granite Kitchen by David Morrell Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Dell Publishing

Best Book in French

Marie-Eve Bourassa Red Light: Adieu, Mignonne, Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature, vlb éditions

Chrystine Brouillet, Vrai ou faux, Éditions Druide

Guillaume Morrissette, Terreur domestique, Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur

Johanne Seymour, Rinzen et l’homme perdu, Expression Noire

Richard Ste-Marie, Le Blues des sacrifiés, Éditions Alire

Best Juvenile/YA Book

Masterminds: Criminal Destiny by Gordon Korman Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.

Trial by Fire by Norah McClintock, Orca Book Publishers

The Girl in a Coma by John Moss The Poisoned Pencil- Poisoned Pen Press

Shooter by Caroline Pignat Tundra Books

Another Me by Eva Wiseman Tundra Books

Best Nonfiction Book

Life Sentence: Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting — or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System by Christie Blatchford Doubleday Canada

The Ballad of Danny Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw by Joe Friesen Signal McClelland & Stewart

A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story by Jeremy Grimaldi, Dundurn Press

Black River Road: An Unthinkable Crime, an Unlikely Suspect, and the Question of Character by Debra Komar Goose Lane

Shadow of Doubt: The Trial of Dennis Oland by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon Goose Lane

Unhanged Arthur for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (Sponsored by Dundurn Press)

An Absence of Empathy by Mary Fernando

The Golkonda Project by S.J. Jennings

Concrete Becomes Her by Charlotte Morganti

Celtic Knot by Ann Shortell

The Last Dragon by Mark Thomas

The Derrick Murdoch Award is a special achievement award for contributions to the crime genre the 2017 recipient is Christina Jennings who is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury Films. She has won a number of awards, including Genies, Geminis and Canadian Screen Awards, among several other nominations and accolades throughout her career.

Congratulations to all the nominees.  The 2017 Arthur Ellis Award winners will be announced on May 25th 2017 at the award dinner that is due to take place at the Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto, ON