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Best Novel
Runner by Tracy Clark
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
The Collective by Alison Gaylin
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall

Best First Novel
Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Walking Through Needles by Heather Levy
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Best Paperback / EBook / AudioBook
The Ninja Betrayed by Tori Eldridge
Warn Me When It’s Time by Cheryl A. Head
Bury Me In Shadows by Greg Herren
The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski
Bloodline by Jess Lourey

Best Short Story
The Search for Eric Garcia by E.A. Aymar
The Vermeer Conspiracy by V.M. Burns
Lucky Thirteen by Tracy Clark
Doc’s at Midnight by Richie Narvaez
Not My Cross to Bear by S.A. Cosby
The Locked Room Library by Gigi Pandian
Burnt Ends by Gabriel Valjan

Best Anthology
Under the Thumb by S.A. Cosby
Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color by Abby L. Vandiver
Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and Blues by Mark Westmoreland
This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021 by Hank Phillippi Ryan
When a Stranger Comes to Town by Michael Koryta

Best Critical / Non-Fiction
The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice by Jan Brogan
Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America by Lee Child & Laurie R. King
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale

Best Childrens / YA
Cold Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth Bunce
Bury Me in Shadows by Greg Herren
The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
I Play One on TV by Alan Orloff
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer