The winners will be awarded August 28, 2021 at Bouchercon in New Orleans. Congratulations to one and all! Have you registered?
Best Hardcover Novel
What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Best First Novel
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel
The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day
Dirty Old Town by Gabriel Valjan
Best Short Story
“Dear Emily Etiquette” by Barb Goffman
“90 Miles” by Alex Segura
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” by Art Taylor
“Elysian Fields” by Gabriel Valjan
“The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” by James W. Ziskin
Best Juvenile/Young Adult
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez
Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club by Martin Edwards, ed.
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession by Sarah Weinman, ed.
Best Anthology or Collection
Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology by Heather Graham, ed.
Both Sides: Stories from the Border by Gabino Iglesias, ed.
Noiryorican by Richie Narvaez
The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell by Josh Pachter, ed.
California Schemin’ by Art Taylor. ed.
Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds.