Congratulations the finalists of the 2025 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced.
BEST STANDALONE THRILLER NOVEL
The Paris Widow by Kimberly S. Belle
The Chamber by Will Dean
Worst Case Scenario by L.J. Newman,
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak,
The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline,
BEST STANDALONE MYSTERY NOVEL
Negative Girl by Libby Cudmore,
The Night We lost Him by Laura Dave
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett,
The Life and Death of Rose Doucette by Harry Hunsicker,
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan,
Lake County by Lori Roy
BEST SERIES NOVEL
To Die For by David Baldacci,
The Last Few Miles of the Road by Eric Beetner,
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves,
Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner,
Flashback by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen,
A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado,
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody,
After Image by Jaime deBlanc,
The Astrology House by Carinn Jade,
Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse,
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
BEST AUDIOBOOK
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth, Narrated by Jessica Clarke
Hollywood Hustle by Jon Lindstrom, Narrated by Jon Lindstrom
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall, Narrated by Karissa Vacker
Beyond All Doubt by Hilton Reed, Narrated by George Newbern
Listeen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, Narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Influencer by Adam Cesare,
The Other Lola by Ripley Jones,
Darkly by Marisha Pessl,
49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards,
Girls Like Her by Melanie Sumrow,
BEST SHORT STORY
Not a Dinner Party Person by Stefanie Leder,
Double Parked by Twist Phelan,
Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda,
The Doll's House by Lisa Unger,
And Now, an Inspiring Story of Tragedy Overcome by Joseph S. Walker,
Congratulations t all the nominated authors - Winners will be announced at ThrillerFest XX on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at the New York Hilton Midtown, New York City.
Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) have announced the Shortlists for the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing. Formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, the Awards started in 1984. The annual Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors. Congratulations to all! Winners will be announced Thursday 27 May 2021.
Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo, with a $1000 prize
Marjorie Celona, How a Woman Becomes a Lake, Hamish Hamilton Canada; Penguin Canada
Cecilia Ekbäck, The Historians, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Will Ferguson, The Finder, Simon & Schuster Canada
Thomas King, Obsidian, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Roz Nay, Hurry Home, Simon & Schuster Canada
Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Writers First, with a $500 prize
Raye Anderson, And We Shall Have Snow, Signature Editions
Guglielmo D’Izza, The Transaction, Guernica Editions
Russell Fralich, True Patriots, Dundurn Press
Emily Hepditch, The Woman in the Attic, Flanker Press
Chris Patrick Carolan, The Nightshade Cabal, Parliament House Press
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada sponsored by The Engel Family with a $500 prize
Randall Denley,Payback, Ottawa Press and Publishing
Helen Humphreys, Rabbit Foot Bill, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Ann Lambert,The Dogs of Winter, Second Story Press
Kevin Major,Two for The Tablelands, Breakwater Books
Katrina Onstad, Stay Where I Can See You, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Best Crime Novella sponsored by Mystery Weekly with a $200 prize
C.C. Benison, The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford, At Bay Press
Vicki Delany, Coral Reef Views, Orca Book Publishers
Winona Kent, Salty Dog Blues, Sisters in Crime - Canada West
Sam Wiebe, Never Going Back, Orca Book Publishers
Best Crime Short Story sponsored by Mystery Weekly with a $300 prize
Marcelle Dubé, Cold Wave, Sisters in Crime - Canada West
Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Days Without Name, Carrick Publishing
Twist Phelan, Used to Be, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Christian Giguère, Le printemps des traîtres, Héliotrope NOIR
Guy Lalancette,Les cachettes, VLB éditeur
Jean Lemieux, Les Demoiselles du Havre-Aubert, Éditions Québec Amérique
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by Shaftesbury with a $500 prize
Frances Greenslade, Red Fox Road, Puffin Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Janet Hill, Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House, Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Sheena Kamal, Fight Like a Girl, Penguin Teen, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Kelly Powell, Magic Dark and Strange, Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc.
Tom Ryan, Hope You're Listening, Albert Whitman & Co.
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book sponsored by Simpson & Wellenreiter LLP, Hamilton, with a $300 prize
Jeff Blackstock, Murder in the Family: How the Search For My Mother's Killer Led to My Father, Viking Press
Norm Boucher, Horseplay: My Time Undercover on the Granville Strip, NeWest Press
Silver Donald Cameron, Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes, Viking Press
Justin Ling, Missing From the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community, McClelland & Stewart
Michael Nest with Deanna Reder and Eric Bell, Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett, University of Regina Press
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript with a $500 prize sponsored by ECW Press
The Future by Raymond Bazowski
Predator and Prey by Dianne Scott
Notes on Killing your Wife by Mark Thomas
A Nice Place to Die by Joyce Woollcott
Cat with a Bone by Susan Jane Wright
CWC also announces the 2021 Derrick Murdoch Award recipient Marian Misters.
The Derrick Murdoch Award is a special achievement award for contributions to the Canadian crime writing genre. As co-owner of Toronto’s Sleuth of Baker Street, Marian Misters has been supporting mystery authors since the bookstore opened and CWC from its inception. Through hosting book events, she has helped launch the career of many CWC authors. In addition, Marian served as Jury Chair for the Awards for three years, during which time she streamlined and developed written procedures for the judges. She was also instrumental in guiding CWC to a new, more diverse, Jury Selection Committee format, and has been active on the Awards Committee for five years.
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Good Deed by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)...
Rag and Bone by Joe Clifford (Oceanview Publishing)
Recursion by Blake Crouch(Crown)
They all Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge Books)
The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland Books)
Conviction by Denise Mina (Mulholland Books)
BEST
FIRST NOVEL
My
Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Berkley)
Miracle Creek By Angie Kim(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Good Detective by John McMahon (G.P. Putnam’s Son)
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Celadon Books)
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
BEST
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Girl
Most Likely by Max Allan Collins (Thomas a& Mercer)
Never
Look Back by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Jihadi
Bride by Alistair Luft (Black Rose Writing)
The
Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (Penguin Books)
The
Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)
Such
a Perfect Wife by Kate White (Harper Paperbacks)
BEST
E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Night
Man by Brett Battles (Brett Battles)
The
Deep Abiding by Sean Black (Sean Black)
Murder
Board by Brian Shea (Severn River Publishing)
Leave
No Stone by LynDee Walker (Severn River Publishing)
Close
to You by Kerry Wilkinson (Bookoutre)
BEST
SHORT STORY
“Turistas”
by Hector Acosta (Down & Out Books)
“Call
Me Chuckles” by Michael Cowgill (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“The
Long-Term Tenant” by Tara Laskowski (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Snow
Job” by Lia Matera (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
“Fathers-in-Law” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
BEST
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley (Down
& Out Books)
Catfishing
on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
We
Speak in Storms by Natalie Lund (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers)
Patron
Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Kokila/Penguin Young Readers)
Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan (Albert Whitman & Company)
Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award nominees for 2019 for works published in 2018 have been announced. The winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet at Bouchercon.
Best Original Private Eye Paperback
She Talks to Angels by James D. F. Hannah (Hannah)
No Quarter by John Jantunen (ECW Press)
Shark Bait by Paul Kemprecos (Suspense Publishing)
Second Story Man by Charles Salzberg (Down & Out Books)
The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone (Redhook Books)
Best First Private Eye Novel
The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco (MCD Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould (Dutton)
What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth)
Best Private Eye Short Story
"Fear of the Secular," by Mitch Alderman, AHMM
"Three-Star Sushi," by Barry Lancet, Down & Out
“The Big Creep,” by Elizabeth McKenzie, Santa Cruz Noir
"Game," by Twist Phelan, EQMM
"Chin Yong-Yun Helps a Fool," by S.J. Rozan, EQMM
Best Private Eye Novel
Wrong Light by Matt Coyle (Oceanview Publishing)
What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka (Minotaur Books) The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho C rime) Baby’s First Felony by John Straley (Soho Crime)
2019 Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlists for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing
The annual Arthur Ellis Awards by Crime Writers of Canada recognizes the best in mystery, crime, and suspense fiction and crime nonfiction by Canadian authors. Winners will be announced on May 23rd at the Arthur Ellis Awards Gala in Toronto.
BEST CRIME NOVEL
Cape Diamond by Ron Corbett, ECW Press,
Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery ECW Press
The Winters by Lisa Gabriele, Doubleday Canada
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny, Minotaur Books
The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White, Montlake Romance
BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL (Sponsored by Rakuten Kobo)
Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin NeWest Press
Operation Wormwood by Helen C. Escott, Flanker Press,
Full Disclosure by Beverley McLachlin, Simon & Schuster Canada
Why Was Rachel Murdered? By Bill Prentice, Echo Road,
Find You in the Dark by Nathan Ripley, Simon & Schuster Canada
BEST CRIME NOVELLA – The Lou Allin Memorial Award,
The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife, by Melodie Campbell Orca Book Publishers
Blue Water Hues by Vicki Delany Orca Book Publishers
Murder Among the Pines by John Lawrence Reynolds Orca Book Publishers
BEST CRIME SHORT STORY (Sponsored by Mystery Weekly Magazine)
A Ship Called Pandora by Melodie Campbell, Mystery Weekly Magazine
The Power Man, Baby It's Cold Outside by Therese Greenwood Coffin Hop Press
Game by Twist Phelan Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Terminal City by Linda L. Richards, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books,
Wonderful Life by Sam Wiebe, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH,
Un dernier baiser avant de te tuer, by Jean-Philippe Bernié, Libre Expression
Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme, by Hervé Gagnon Libre Expression
Ces femmes aux yeux cernés by André Jacques, Éditions Druide
Deux coups de pied de trop, by Guillaume Morissette , Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur
Rinzen la beauté intérieure, by Johanne Seymour, Expression noir
BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK
Escape by Linwood Barclay, Puffin Canada
The House of One Thousand Eyes by Michelle Barker, Annick Press
Call of the Wraith by Kevin Sands, Aladdin
The Ruinous Sweep by Tim Wynne-Jones, Candlewick Press
The Rumrunner's Boy by E.R. Yatscoff, TG & R Books
BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK
Dying for a Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away With Murder by Patrick Brode, Biblioasis
The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale by Thomas Giacomaro and Natasha Stoynoff, BenBella Books, Inc,
The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto by Nate Hendley, Five Rivers Publishing
Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer by Eve Lazarus, Arsenal Pulp Press, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT – aka The Unhanged Arthur (Sponsored by Dundurn Press)
Hypnotizing Lions by Jim Bottomley,
Omand’s Creek by Don Macdonald
The Scarlet Cross by Liv McFarlane
One for the Raven Darrow Woods, The Book of Answers by Heather McLeod,
Derrick Murdoch Award
CWC announces the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award recipient Vicki Delany.
The Derrick Murdoch Award is a special achievement award for contributions to the crime genre. Vicki Delany is a successful and prolific Canadian writer, author of (so far) 34 published books, both standalones and series. She has been a strong supporter and advocate for Canadian crime writers through her work with the Crime Writers of Canada, including serving two terms as Chair of the organization. She has also been a strong supporter of literacy and libraries across Canada and she is one of the founders of the Women Killing It literary festival, which has become a much sought after and sold-out event in Prince Edward County every year. 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlists for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing
