Congratulations to everyone on the Anthony Award short lists, and especially thanks due to the volunteers who organized this!
BEST NOVEL
- The Late Show by Michael Connelly
- Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- Glass Houses by Louise Penny
- The Force by Don Winslow
BEST FIRST NOVEL
- Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
- She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
- The Dry by Jane Harper
- Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All by Christopher Irvin
- The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
- Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann
- Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck
- What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt
- The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
- Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
BILL CRIDER AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL IN A SERIES
- Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3) by Joe Clifford
- Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20) by Michael Connelly
- Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton
- Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13) by Louise Penny
- Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3) by Alex Segura
BEST SHORT STORY
- The Trial of Madame Pelletier by Susanna Calkins from Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
- God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Jen Conley from Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash
- My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon
- Whose Wine Is It Anyway by Barb Goffman from 50 Shades of Cabernet
- The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place by Debra Goldstein from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017
- A Necessary Ingredient by Art Taylor from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea
BEST ANTHOLOGY
- Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, Joe Clifford, editor
- Killing Malmon, Dan & Kate Malmon, editors
- Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks, editors
- Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, John McFetridge, editor
- The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor
BEST CRITICAL/NON-FICTION BOOK
- From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström
- The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
- Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction by Jessica Lourey
BEST ONLINE CONTENT
- Writer Types Podcast
- Do Some Damage: An Inside Look at Crime Fiction
- Jungle Red Writers
- Dru’s Book Musings
- BOLO Books
