1996 Anthony Award (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

Awards List

Cover Art

The Body in the Transept
(Winner)
Jeanne M. Dams
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First Novel

Death in Bloodhound Red
(Winner)
Virginia Lanier

Novel

Under the Beetle's Cellar
(Winner)
Mary Willis Walker

Paperback Original

Deal Breaker
(Winner)
Harlan Coben

Cover Art

The Bookman's Wake
(Nominee)
John Dunning

Flashpoint
(Nominee)
Lynn S. Hightower

The Vanishing Smile
(Nominee)
Earl Emerson

Death of a Tenor Man
(Nominee)
Bill Moody

First Novel

Hammurabi's Code
(Nominee)
Charles Kenney

Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca?
(Nominee)
G.M. Ford

The Innocents
(Nominee)
Richard Barre

Murder in Scorpio
(Nominee)
Martha C. Lawrence

Novel

The Last Coyote
(Nominee)
Michael Connelly

True Crime
(Nominee)
Andrew Klavan

Blue Lonesome
(Nominee)
Bill Pronzini

Hard Christmas
(Nominee)
Barbara D'Amato

Paperback Original

Charged with Guilt
(Nominee)
Gloria White

Bad Medicine
(Nominee)
Eileen Dreyer

A Far and Deadly Cry
(Nominee)
Teri Holbrook

Closet
(Nominee)
R.D. Zimmerman

Short Stories/Collection

Crimes of the Heart
(Nominee)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes
(Nominee)
Paula L. Woods

Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation
(Nominee)
Martin H. Greenberg

Short Story

The Dog Who Remembered Too Much
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Daniels Squire
in Malice Domestic 4

Rule of Law
(Nominee)
K.K. Beck
in Malice Domestic 4

Award Categories

Audiobook

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series

Children/Young Adult

Cover Art

Critical Nonfiction

First Novel

Historical

Humorous

Novel

Novel of the Century

Novella (8,000-40,000 words)

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

Short Stories/Collection

Short Story

Young Adult

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