BEST NOVEL
Your House Will Pay, by Steph Cha (Ecco)
They All Fall Down, by Rachel Howzell
Hall (Forge)
Lady in the Lake, by Laura Lippman
(William Morrow)
The Murder List, by Hank Phillippi Ryan
(Forge)
Miami Midnight, by Alex Segura (Polis
Books)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
The Ninja Daughter, by Tori Eldridge
(Agora Books)
Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah
Crichton Books)
One Night Gone, by Tara Laskowski
(Graydon House)
Three-Fifths, by John Vercher (Agora
Books)
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson
(Random House)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL**
The Unrepentant, by E.A. Aymar (Down
& Out Books)
Murder Knocks Twice, by Susanna Calkins
(Minotaur)
The Pearl Dagger, by L.A. Chandlar
(Kensington)
Scot & Soda, by Catriona McPherson
(Midnight Ink)
The Alchemist’s Illusion, by Gigi
Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Drowned Under, by Wendall Thomas
(Poisoned Pen Press)
The Naming Game, by Gabriel Valjan
(Winter Goose Press)
BEST CRITICAL NON-FICTION WORK
Hitchcock and the Censors, by John
Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated
History of the Collins Crime Club, by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How
Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo
Moulton (Basic Books)
The Trail of Lizzie Borden: A True Story,
by Cara Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
The Five: The Untold Stories of the
Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Turistas,” by Hector Acosta (appearing
in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico)
“Unforgiven,” by Hilary Davidson
(appearing in Murder a-Go-Gos: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the
Go-Go's)
“The Red Zone,” by Alex Segura
(appearing in ¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto
Rico)
“Better Days,” by Art Taylor (appearing
in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019)
“Hard Return,” by Art Taylor (appearing
in Crime Travel)
BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
The Eyes of Texas: Private Investigators
from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books)
¡Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!: Stories to Benefit
the People of Puerto Rico, edited by Angel Luis Colón (Down & Out Books)
Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman
(Wildside Press)
Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible,
edited by Verena Rose, Rita Owen, and Shawn Reilly Simmons (Wildside Press)
Murder A-Go-Go’s: Crime Fiction Inspired
by the Music of the Go-Go's, edited by Holly West (Down & Out Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT**
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry, by Jen
Conley (Down & Out Books)
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer
(Tor Teen)
Killing November, by Adriana Mather
(Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay
(Kokila)
The Deceivers, by Kristen Simmons (Tor
Teen)
Wild and Crooked, by Leah Thomas
(Bloomsbury YA)
** This year, there are two categories
with more than five nominees. This is the result of a tie for fifth place. When
this occurs, according to Bouchercon standing rules, all of the authors who
have tied become nominees.
Congratulations to all the nominated authors
