2018 Strand Critic Awards

The Strand Magazine announced the winners for the 2018 Strand Critics Awards. Winners were announced on July 11 during “an invitation-only cocktail party in New York City, hosted by The Strand Magazine.”

 
Best Novel:
Wonder Valley, by Ivy Pochoda (Ecco)

Best First Novel:
The Lost Ones, by Sheena Kamal (Morrow)

Lifetime Achievement Awards: 
Jonathan Gash (aka John Grant), British creator of the antiques-focused Lovejoy mysteries;
and
J.A. Jance, best known for her J.P. Beaumont series and her Joanna Brady series. Both of those authors will receive their commendations during that same July 11 fête.

Publisher of the Year Award:

Tom Doherty of Tor/Forge books

Congratulations to All!

Thanks to the Rap Sheet for the information.

2018 Strand Critics Awards

The Strand Magazine have announced its nominees for the 2018 Strand Critics Awards.

Best Novel:
A Legacy of Spies, by John le Carré (Viking)
The Late Show, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
My Darling Detective, by Howard Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke (Mulholland)
Wonder Valley, by Ivy Pochoda (Ecco)

Best First Novel:
My Sister’s Bones, by Nuala Ellwood (Morrow)
Quicksand, by Malin Persson Giolito (Other Press)
August Snow, by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Press)
The Lost Ones, by Sheena Kamal (Morrow)
Lola, by Melissa Scrivner Love (Crown)
See What I Have Done, by Sarah Schmidt (Atlantic Monthly Press)

Winners will be awarded on July 11 during “an invitation-only cocktail party in New York City, hosted by The Strand Magazine.”

Lifetime Achievement Awards:  
Jonathan Gash (aka John Grant), British creator of the antiques-focused Lovejoy mysteries;
and
J.A. Jance, best known for her J.P. Beaumont series and her Joanna Brady series. Both of those authors will receive their commendations during that same July 11 fête.

Tom Doherty, publisher of Tor/Forge books, will be given The Strand’s Publisher of the Year Award.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.

H/T Mystery Fanfare

Shamus Award Nominees: Private Eye Writers of America

PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEES 2016
for works published in 2015.

The winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon in New Orleans.

Best Original Private Eye Paperback  
Circling the Runway by J.L. Abramo. Down & Out Books
The Long Cold by O'Neil De Noux. Big Kiss Productions
Split  to Splinters by Max Everhart. Camel Press
The Man in the Window by Dana King. Independent
Red Desert by Clive Rosengren Moonshine Cove Publishing

Best First Private Eye Novel:
The Red Storm by Grant Bywaters. St. Martins/Minotaur
Night Tremors by Matt Coyle. Oceanview Publishing
Trouble in Rooster Paradise by T.W. Emory. Coffeetown Press
Depth by Lev Ac Rosen. Regan Arts
The Do-Right by Lisa Sandlin. Cinco Puntos Press

Best Private Eye Short Story
“The Runaway Girl from Portland, Oregon” by C.B. Forrest in  Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 2015
 “The Sleep of Death” by David Edgerley Gates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 2015
“The Dead Client” by Parnell Hall in  Dark City Lights: New York Stories (edited by Lawrence Block)
“The Dead Detective” by Robert S. Levinson in Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea (edited by Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks)
“The Continental Opposite” by Evan Lewis in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 2015

Best Private Eye Novel
The Promise by Robert Crais. G.P. Putnam's Sons
Dance of the Bones by J.A. Jance.  William Morris
Gumshoe by Robert Leininger. Oceanview Publishing
Brush Back by Sara Paretsky. G.P. Putnam's Sons
Brutality by Ingrid Thoft. G.P. Putnam's Sons

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Hat Tip Mystery Fanfare!