Showing posts with label Lovey Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lovey Award. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Lovey Award Nominees

Best First Novel
Honor Above All by J. Bard-Collins
Stinking Rich by Rob Brunet
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day
Death Stalks Door County by Patricia Skalka

Best Traditional or Amateur Sleuth
Dangerous Threads by David Ciambrone
Implications by Richard Davidson
Tradition of Deceit by Kathleen Ernst
Bean in Love by Annie Hansen
Wolf Pack by Jeanne Meeks
Sex Change by T'Gracie Reese and Joe Reese
Fatal Reaction by Jennie Spallone
Dead Between the Lines by Denise Swanson



Best SuspenseBlack Stiletto: Secrets and Lies by Raymond Benson
Once Upon a Crime by Evelyn Cullet
The Conan Doyle Notes by Diane Gilbert Madsen
Titania's Suitor by C.L. Shore
The House on the Dunes by Nancy Sweetland
Murder Across the Ocean by Charlene Wexler

Best Police Procedural or PI 
Mercy by B.J. Daniels
Murder in the Ballpark by Robert Goldsborough
Nobody's Child by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Retribution by Annie Rose Alexander

Best Historical
The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander
From the Charred Remains by Susanna Calkins
Death at Chinatown by Frances McNamara
Shall We Not Revenge by D. M. Pirrone

Best Thriller
Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings by Raymond Benson
Run by Andrew Grant
Death and White Diamonds by Jeffery Markowitz

Best Paranormal or Sci Fi
Unmasked by EM Kaplan
Plagued by Quilt by Molly MacRae
Buried Innocence by Terri Reid

Best Series
The Black Stiletto Mysteries by Raymond Benson
The Miller Sisters Series by Gale Borger
The Nero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough
The Leigh Girard Series by Gail Lukasik
Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries by Molly MacRae
The Emily Cabot Mysteries by Frances McNamara
The Nina Bannister Mysteries by T'Gracie Reese and Joe Reese
The Charlie Fox Series by Zoe Sharp
The Scumble River Mysteries by Denise Swanson

Best Short Story
Death of a Sad Face (A Serafina Florio Short Story) by Susan Russo Anderson
Ghost (MWA  Anthology) by Raymond Benson
Perko's Farm (Down, Out and Dead) by Rob Brunet
What We Do For Love (Kiddieland & Other Misfortunes) by Tim Chapman
Dr. Watson's Casebook  (In the Company of Sherlock Holmes) by Andrew Grant
No Good Deed (Fiction River Crime Edition) by Libby Fischer Hellmann
The Inheritance (Romancing the Lakes of Minnesota -Autumn) by Kathleen Nordstrom
Ghost Light (Romancing the Lakes of Minnesota -Autumn) by Rachael Passan
Tales Around the Jack O'Lantern (A Mary O'Reilly Short Story) by Terri Reid -


The awards will be given out at the Love is Murder XVI  Mystery Writers & Readers Conference in Chicago  February 6-7-8, 2015 


Sunday, 10 February 2013

Agatha Award nominees and Lovey Award results


The Agatha Award nominees have been announced!

Best Novel: 
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best First Novel:
Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown
A Scrapbook of Secrets by Mollie Cox Bryan
A Killer Read by Erika Chase
Faithful Unto Death by Stephanie Jaye Evans

Best Non-fiction:
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly/Declan Burke
Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich, Editor
More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered by D.P. Lyle
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie by Mathew Prichard, Editor

Best Short Story:
"Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Kept in the Dark" by Shelia Connolly (Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon Anthology)
"The Lord is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder)
"Thea's First Husband" by B.K. Stevens (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"When Duty Calls", by Art Taylor (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder)

Best Children's/Young Adult Novel:
Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Best Historical Novel:
The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

The Agatha Awards honour the "traditional mystery."  That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. The winners will be announced at the 2012 Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013.  Malice Domestic 25 is being held at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, MD from May 3-5, 2013.  Congratulations to all the nominees.

The results of the Lovey Awards were announced on Saturday 2 February at the Love is Murder conference banquet. 

Best First Novel: Perfidy by M.E. May
Best Traditional Amateur Sleuth: The Lightkeeper’s Legacy by Kathleen Ernst
Best Thriller: Company Orders by David J. Walker
Best Historical: Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
Best Police Procedural: Portrait of Murder by Rob Riley
Best Suspense: A Bitter Veil by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Best Paranormal/Sci-Fi: Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae
Best Series: Trickster’s Point by William Kent Krueger
Best Short Story: Harry’s Fall From Grace by Luisa Buehler

A full list of the nominees can be found here.