ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS, Bouchercon 2007

Announced July 25, 2007, by the Bouchercon07 Steering Committee

BEST NOVEL: 

Burke, Jan. KIDNAPPED, Simon & Schuster

Lippman, Laura. NO GOOD DEEDS, Harper

Mina, Denise. THE DEAD HOUR, Little Brown & Co.

Pickard, Nancy. THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS, Ballantine

Spencer-Fleming, Julia. ALL MORTAL FLESH, St. Martins

BEST FIRST NOVEL: 

Hart, John. THE KING OF LIES, St. Martins

Hockensmith, Steve. HOLMES ON THE RANGE, St. Martins

Penny, Louise. STILL LIFE, St. Martins

Read, Cornelia. A FIELD OF DARKNESS, Mysterious Press

Sokoloff, Alexandra. THE HARROWING, St. Martins

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: 

Cameron, Dana. ASHES AND BONES, Avon

Cook, Troy. 47 RULES OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BANK ROBBERS, Capital Crime Press

Doolittle, Sean. THE CLEANUP, Dell

Fate, Robert. BABY SHARK, Capital Crime Press

Gischler, Victor. SHOTGUN OPERA, Dell

Hirahara, Naomi. SNAKESKIN SHAMISEN, Bantam Dell - Delta

Huston, Charlie. A DANGEROUS MAN, Ballantine

BEST SHORT STORY: 

Abbott, Megan. “Policy,” DAMN NEAR DEAD, Busted Flush Press

Cameron, Dana. “The Lords of Misrule,” SUGARPLUMS AND SCANDAL, Avon

Crider, Bill. “Cranked,” DAMN NEAR DEAD, Busted Flush Press

Kelner, Toni. “Sleeping with the Plush,” Alfred Hitchcock Mag

Viets, Elaine. “After the Fall,” Alfred Hitchcock Mag

Wood, Simon. “My Father’s Secret,” Crime Spree Magazine, Bcon Spec Issue ’06

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION: 

Huang, Jim and Austin Lugar, Editors. MYSTERY MUSES, Crum Creek Press

Niebuhr, Gary Warren. READ ‘EM THEIR WRITES, Libraries Unlimited                                                                            

Roerden, Chris. DON’T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY, Bella Rosa Books

Stashower, Daniel. THE BEAUTIFUL CIGAR GIRL, Dutton

Wagoner, E.J., THE SCIENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, John Wiley & Sons

SPECIAL SERVICES AWARD: 

Ardal, Charles. Hard Case Crime

Easter, George. Deadly Pleasures

Huang, Jim. Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company

Jordan, Jon and Ruth. CrimeSpree Magazine

Kaczmarek, Lynn and Chris Aldrich. Mystery News

Karim, Ali. Shots Magazine

Wheeler, Franchi & Sharon. reviewingtheevidence.com

Van Hertbruggen, Maddy. 4 Mystery Addicts

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Due to a lack of nominations, we regret that there will be no award given for Best Young Adult Novel this year.

New Mystery Reader Magazine  editor@newmysteryreader.com