Anthony Award - Paperback Original/E-Book Original (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

Awards List

2022

Bloodline
(Winner)
Jess Lourey

Warn Me When It's Time
(Nominee)
Cheryl A. Head

The Ninja Betrayed
(Nominee)
Tori Eldridge

Bury Me in Shadows
(Nominee)
Greg Herren

The Mother Next Door
(Nominee)
Tara Laskowski

2021

Unspeakable Things
(Winner)
Jess Lourey

Dirty Old Town
(Nominee)
Gabriel Valjan

The Lucky One
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

The Fate of a Flapper
(Nominee)
Susanna Calkins

When No One Is Watching
(Nominee)
Alyssa Cole

2019

Under a Dark Sky
(Winner)
Lori Rader-Day

Hiroshima Boy
(Nominee)
Naomi Hirahara

If I Die Tonight
(Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

A Stone's Throw
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin

Hollywood Ending
(Nominee)
Kellye Garrett

2018

The Day I Died
(Winner)
Lori Rader-Day

Bad Boy Boogie
(Nominee)
Thomas Pluck

Uncorking a Lie
(Nominee)
Nadine Nettmann

Cast the First Stone
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin

What We Reckon
(Nominee)
Eryk Pruitt

2017

Rain Dogs
(Nominee)
Adrian McKinty

Heart of Stone
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin

Shot in Detroit
(Nominee)
Patricia Abbott

Salem's Cipher
(Nominee)
Jess Lourey

How to Kill Friends and Implicate People
(Nominee)
Jay Stringer

Leadfoot
(Nominee)
Eric Beetner

2016

The Long and Faraway Gone
(Winner )
Lou Berney

Gun Street Girl
(Nominee)
Adrian McKinty

Stone Cold Dead
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin

Little Pretty Things
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Young Americans
(Nominee)
Josh Stallings

2015

The Day She Died
(Winner)
Catriona McPherson

No Stone Unturned
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin

Stay with Me
(Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

World of Trouble
(Nominee)
Ben H. Winters

The Killer Next Door
(Nominee)
Alex Marwood

2014

As She Left It
(Winner)
Catriona McPherson

Joyland
(Nominee)
Stephen King

The Big Reap
(Nominee)
Chris F. Holm

Purgatory Key
(Nominee)
Darrell James

The Wicked Girls
(Nominee)
Alex Marwood

2013

Big Maria
(Winner)
Johnny Shaw

And She Was
(Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

Blessed Are the Dead
(Nominee)
Malla Nunn

Murder for Choir
(Nominee)
Joelle Charbonneau

Whiplash River
(Nominee)
Lou Berney

2012

Buffalo West Wing
(Winner)
Julie A. Hyzy

The Company Man
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

Vienna Twilight
(Nominee)
Frank Tallis

Fun and Games
(Nominee)
Duane Swierczynski

Death of the Mantis
(Nominee)
Michael Stanley

Choke Hold
(Nominee)
Christa Faust

2011

Expiration Date
(Winner)
Duane Swierczynski

Drive Time
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Vienna Secrets
(Nominee)
Frank Tallis

Long Time Coming
(Nominee)
Robert Goddard

The Hanging Tree
(Nominee)
Bryan Gruley

2010

Starvation Lake
(Winner)
Bryan Gruley

Death and the Lit Chick
(Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Bury Me Deep
(Nominee)
Megan Abbott

Air Time
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Tower
(Nominee)
Ken Bruen

Quarry in the Middle
(Nominee)
Max Allan Collins

2009

State of the Onion
(Winner)
Julie A. Hyzy

Money Shot
(Nominee)
Christa Faust

In a Dark Season
(Nominee)
Vicki Lane

South of Hell
(Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

The First Quarry
(Nominee)
Max Allan Collins

2008

A Thousand Bones
(Winner)
P.J. Parrish

Blood of Paradise
(Nominee)
David Corbett

Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues
(Nominee)
Robert Fate

Queenpin
(Nominee)
Megan Abbott

Slide
(Nominee)
Ken Bruen; Jason Starr

2007

Ashes and Bones
(Winner)
Dana Cameron

Shotgun Opera
(Nominee)
Victor Gischler

Snakeskin Shamisen
(Nominee)
Naomi Hirahara

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers
(Nominee)
Troy Cook

Baby Shark
(Nominee)
Robert Fate

A Dangerous Man
(Nominee)
Charlie Huston

The Cleanup
(Nominee)
Sean Doolittle

2006

The James Deans
(Winner)
Reed Farrel Coleman

The Good Girl's Guide to Murder
(Nominee)
Susan McBride

A Killing Rain
(Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

Kiss Her Goodbye
(Nominee)
Allan Guthrie

Six Bad Things
(Nominee)
Charlie Huston

2005

Twisted City
(Winner)
Jason Starr

Blue Blood
(Nominee)
Susan McBride

Cold Case
(Nominee)
Robin Burcell

Putt to Death
(Nominee)
Roberta Isleib

The Halo Effect
(Nominee)
M.J. Rose

2004

Deadly Legacy
(Winner)
Robin Burcell

Thicker Than Water
(Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

Tough Luck
(Nominee)
Jason Starr

Dealing in Murder
(Nominee)
Elaine Flinn

Find Me Again
(Nominee)
Sylvia Maultash Warsh

2003

Fatal Truth
(Winner)
Robin Burcell

Paint It Black
(Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

A Killing Sky
(Nominee)
Andy Straka

Six Strokes Under
(Nominee)
Roberta Isleib

Black Jack Point
(Nominee)
Jeff Abbott

2002

Dead Until Dark
(Winner)
Charlaine Harris

Dead of Winter
(Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

Dim Sum Dead
(Nominee)
Jerrilyn Farmer

A Kiss Gone Bad
(Nominee)
Jeff Abbott

The Houdini Specter
(Nominee)
Daniel Stashower

2001

Death Dances to a Reggae Beat
(Winner)
Kate Grilley

Bad to the Bone
(Nominee)
Katy Munger

Killing Kin
(Nominee)
Chassie West

The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
(Nominee)
Eric Wright

A Little Death
(Nominee)
Laura Wilson

The Floating Lady Murder
(Nominee)
Daniel Stashower

2000

In Big Trouble
(Winner)
Laura Lippman

Outcast
(Nominee)
Jose LaTour

An Antidote for Avarice
(Nominee)
Caroline Roe

Every Move She Makes
(Nominee)
Robin Burcell

Lucky Man
(Nominee)
Tony Dunbar

1999

Butchers Hill
(Winner)
Laura Lippman

Murder Manual // A Manual of Murder
(Nominee)
Steven Womack

Remedy for Treason
(Nominee)
Caroline Roe

The Widower's Two-Step
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Zen Attitude
(Nominee)
Sujata Massey

1998

Big Red Tequila
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Time Release
(Nominee)
Martin J. Smith

The Salaryman's Wife
(Nominee)
Sujata Massey

23 Shades of Black
(Nominee)
K.J.A. Wishnia / Ken Wishnia

Charm City
(Nominee)
Laura Lippman

1997

Somebody Else's Child
(Winner)
Terris McMahan Grimes

Chain of Fools // Nobody's Chain Lays Straight
(Nominee)
Steven Womack

Walking Rain
(Nominee)
Susan Wade

Fade Away
(Nominee)
Harlan Coben

The Grass Widow
(Nominee)
Teri Holbrook

1996

Deal Breaker
(Winner)
Harlan Coben

Charged with Guilt
(Nominee)
Gloria White

Bad Medicine
(Nominee)
Eileen Dreyer

A Far and Deadly Cry
(Nominee)
Teri Holbrook

Closet
(Nominee)
R.D. Zimmerman

1991

Where's Mommy Now?
(Winner)
Rochelle Majer Krich

Grave Undertaking
(Winner)
James McCahery

Dead in the Scrub
(Nominee)
B.J. Oliphant

Not a Creature Was Stirring
(Nominee)
Jane Haddam

1990

Honeymoon With Murder
(Winner)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart
  • / Cozy Mystery
  • Buy Buy

A Collector of Photographs
(Nominee)
Deborah Valentine

On My Honor
(Nominee)
Malacai Black

Murder by Deception
(Nominee)
D.R. Meredith

Rough Justice
(Nominee)
Keith Peterson

1989

Something Wicked
(Winner)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Murder by Impulse
(Nominee)
D.R. Meredith

Murder Unrenovated
(Nominee)
P.M. Carlson

A Radical Departure
(Nominee)
Lia Matera

High Noon at Midnight
(Nominee)
Michael Avallone

Primary Target
(Nominee)
Marilyn Wallace

The Man Who Died Laughing
(Nominee)
David Handler

Paying the Piper
(Nominee)
Sharyn McCrumb

1988

The Monkey's Raincoat
(Winner)
Robert Crais

Death on Demand
(Nominee)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Where Lawyers Fear to Tread
(Nominee)
Lia Matera
  • / Police Procedural
  • Buy Buy

Bimbos of the Death Sun
(Nominee)
Sharyn McCrumb

Bishop's Gambit Declined
(Nominee)
Conrad Haynes

The Cat Who Played Brahms
(Nominee)
Lilian Jackson Braun

1987

The Junkyard Dog
(Winner)
Robert Campbell

The Back-Door Man
(Nominee)
Rob Kantner

The Cat Who Saw Red
(Nominee)
Lilian Jackson Braun

Too Old a Cat
(Nominee)
Warren Murphy

Trial by Fury
(Nominee)
J.A. Jance

1986

Say No to Murder
(Winner)
Nancy Pickard
  • / Amateur Sleuth
  • Buy Buy

Poverty Bay
(Nominee)
Earl Emerson
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Sleightly Murder
(Nominee)
Patrick Kelley

Murder Is Academic
(Nominee)
P.M. Carlson

Shattered Moon
(Nominee)
Kate Green

Award Categories

Audiobook

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series

Children/Young Adult

Cover Art

Critical Nonfiction

First Novel

Historical

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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