From the Booking Desk:
The nominations have been announced for this year’s Anthony Awards. These awards will be given out at this year’s Bouchercon and celebrate books published in 2013. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Best Mystery Novel
Suspect – Robert Crais
A Cold and Lonely Place – Sara J. Henry
Ordinary Grace – William Kent Krueger
The Wrong Girl – Hank Phillippi Ryan
Through the Evil Days – Julia Spencer-Fleming
Best First Mystery
Yesterday’s Echo – Matt Coyle
Ghostman – Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying – Becky Masterman
Reconstructing Amelia – Kimberly McCreight
The Hard Bounce – Todd Robinson
Best Paperback Original
The Big Reap – Chris F. Holm
Purgatory Key – Darrell James
Joyland – Stephen King
The Wicked Girls – Alex Marwood
As She Left It – Catriona McPherson
Best Short Story
Dead Ends – Craig Faustus Buck (Untreed Books)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository – John Connolly (Bibliomysteries, The Mysterious Bookshop)
Annie and the Greatful Dead – Denise Dietz (The Sound and the Fury)
Incident on the 405 – Travis Richardson (Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble)
The Care and Feeding of Houseplants – Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes – Maria Konnikova
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines – Cate Lineberry
All the Wild Children – Josh Stallings
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War – Daniel Stashower
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives – edited by Sarah Weinman
Best Children’s or Young Adult Novel
The Testing – Joelle Charbonneau
Escape Theory – Margaux Froley
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library – Chris Grabenstein
Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy – Elizabeth Kiem
The Code Busters Club: The Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure – Penny Warner
Best Television Episode Teleplay (first aired in 2013)
The Blacklist – Pilot (by Jon Bokenkamp)
Breaking Bad – Felina (by Vince Gilligan)
The Fall – Dark Decent (by Allan Cubitt)
The Following – Pilot (by Kevin Williamson)
Justified – Hole in the Wall (by Graham Yost)
Best Audio Book
Crescendo – Deborah J. Ledford (read by Christina Cox)
The Cuckoo’s Calling – Robert Gailbraith (read by Robert Glenister)
Death and the Lit Chick – G. M. Malliet (read by Davina Porte)
Hour of the Rat – Lisa Brackmann (read by Tracey Sallows)
Man in the Empty Suit – Sean Ferrell (read by Mauro Hantman)
From the Booking Desk:
Thanks to the Stop You’re Killing Me website for their work on this year’s Anthony Award process. Good luck to everyone! See you in Long Beach.