2010 Crimespree Award Nominations

The winners of each of these awards, along with the recipient of this year's Jack Reacher Award will be announced at Bouchercon in San Francisco

Favorite book of 2009

BURY ME DEEP by Megan Abbott

TOWER by Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman

TRUST NO ONE by Gregg Hurwitz

THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH by Charlie Huston

THE AMATEURS Marcus Sakey

Favorite First Book 2009

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL by Jamie Freveletti

EVEN by Andrew Grant

A BAD DAY FOR SORRY by Sophie Littlefield

Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville

Best in an on-going series for 2009

THE SILENT HOUR by Michael Koryta

SHATTER by Michael Robotham

SHANGHAI MOON by SJ Rozan

WALKING DEAD by Greg Rucka

TRUTH by Peter Temple

2009 AGATHA Nominees

The 2009 Agatha Awards will be given for materials first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year 2009 (January 1-December 31), either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or e-published by an e-publishing firm.

The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. For our purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that:

•contain no explicit sex
•contain no excessive gore or gratuitous violence
Materials generally classified as "hard-boiled" are not appropriate.

A ballot listing each category's nominees will be given to all attendees of Malice Domestic 22, which will be held April 30 - May 2, 2010. Attendees will vote by secret ballot, the ballots will be tabulated and the winners will be announced at the 2009 Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010.



Best Novel

Swan for the Money, Donna Andrews, St. Martin’s Minotaur

Bookplate Special, Lorna Barrett, Berkley Prime Crime

Royal Flush, Rhys Bowen, Berkley Prime Crime

A Brutal Telling, Louise Penny, Minotaur Books

Air Time, Hank Phillippi Ryan, MIRA

Best First Novel

For Better For Murder, Lisa Bork, Midnight Ink

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley, Delacorte Press

Posed for Murder, Meredith Cole, St. Martin’s Minotaur

The Cold Light of Mourning, Elizabeth Duncan, St. Martin’s Press

In the Shadow of Gotham, Stefanie Pintoff, Minotaur Books


Best Nonfiction

Duchess of Death, Richard Hack, Phoenix Books

Talking About Detective Fiction, P.D. James, Knopf

Blood on the Stage, 1925 – 1950, Amnon Kabatchnik, Scarecrow Press

Dame Agatha’s Shorts, Elena Santangelo, Bella Rosa Books

The Talented Miss Highsmith, Joan Schenkar, St. Martin’s Press

Best Short Story

“Femme Sole,” Dana Cameron, Boston Noir, Akashic Books

“Handbaskets, Drawers and Killer Cold,” Kaye George, Crooked

“The Worst Noel,” Barb Goffman, The Gift of Murder, Wolfmont Press

“On the House,” Hank Phillippi Ryan, Quarry, Level Best Books

“Death Will Trim Your Tree,” Elizabeth Zelvin, The Gift of Murder, Wolfmont Press

Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel

The Morgue and Me, John C. Ford, Viking Juvenile

The Hanging Hill, Chris Grabenstein, Random House

The Case of the Poisoned Pig, Lewis B. Montgomery, Kane Press

The Other Side of Blue, Valerie O. Patterson, Clarion Books

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline, Nancy Springer, Philomel

2010 Hammett Prize Nominees.

From Janet Rudolph:

The International Association of Crime Writers (IACW) has announced the 2010 Hammett Prize Nominations:

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott(Simon & Schuster)
Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins (Putnam)
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (Penguin)
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead)
The Way Home by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)

IACW/NA awards The Hammett Prize annually for literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the U.S. and/or Canada. The winner receives a "Thin Man" trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger. The Hammett Prize will be handed out at the Bloody Words X Mystery Conference in Toronto, Canada. The event runs from May 28-30