Anthony Awards Eligible Titles for Bouchercon 2026

This page lists the titles which I believe are eligible for Anthony Awards at Bouchercon 2026, which will be held October 21 to October 25 at the Calgary Telus Convention Center; it is not an official list approved by Bouchercon

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*Eligible means published during the calendar year 2025 (January 1-December 31). Criteria for eligibility are provided here.

Anthony Nominations will begin March 1, 2026

Deadline for Ballots is 30 April 2026 at midnight.

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Candidates are alphabetized by First Name. The categories are:

• Best Hardcover Novel
• Best Paperback Original/E-Book/ Audiobook Original Novel
• Best Short Story
• Best First Novel
• Best Juvenile or YA
• Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
• Best Anthology or Collection

Best Hardcover Novel

NOTE: Bouchercon Rules: if novel appeared in Hardcover, then it goes to Hardcover unless a Debut.

• Allison Brook. Death On Dickens Island.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Devious Daughter.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Unfortunate Fortune Teller.
• Cathy Ace. The Corpse with the Amber Neck.
• Catriona McPherson. Scot’s Eggs.
• Catriona McPherson. The Edinburgh Murders.
• Celeste Connally. Revenge, Served Royal.
• Claire Booth. Throwing Shadows.
• Delia Pitts. Death of an Ex.
• Hank Phillippi Ryan. All This Could Be Yours.
• Janet Evanovich. King’s Ransom.
• Leslie Karst. Waters of Destruction.
• Leslie Meier. Bridal Shower Murder.
• Lew Paper. Legacy of Lies.
• Libby Klein. Vice and Virtue: A Layla Virtue Mystery.
• Lori-Rader Day. Wreck Your Heart.
• Radha Vastal. No. 10 Doyers Street.

Best Paperback Original. E-book / Audiobook Original Novel

• Abigail Keam. Death by Trauma.
• Agatha Frost. Millionaire’s Shortbread and Murder.
• Agatha Frost. The Fatal First Edition.
• Aggie Blum Thompson. You Deserve To Know.
• Albert Waitt. Springbrookville.
• Alice Duncan. Spirits Adopted.
• Allie Pleiter. One Sharp Stitch.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Arleigh.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Two Weddings and a Murder.
• Amanda Flower. Newlyweds Can Be Knocked Off.
• Amanda M. Lee. Crone Sweet Crone.
• Amy Gregg. Fowl Play.
• Andrea Johnson. Deceptive Justice
• Andrew McAleer. A Casebook of Crime.
• Ang Pompano. Blood Ties and Deadly Lies.
• Anna Lee Huber. A Tarnished Canvas.
• Anna Scotti. It’s Not Even Past.
• Anna St. John. Dolled up For Murder.
• Anne Howland. Jumping to Conclusions.
• Annette Dashofy. The Devil Comes Calling.
• Bailee Abbott. A Tint of Murder.
• Beth Dolgner. Spells and Subterfuge.
• Betty Hechtman. Death Among the Stitches.
• Betty Hechtman. Murder by the Hook.
• Bill Noel. Bowen Island.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. Crimson Thaw.
• Carlene O’Connor. Murder in an Irish Garden.
• Carol Bruce. The Pilgrim Road to Death.
• Carol Miller. The Magician’s Deception.
• Carol Pouliot. Murder at the Moulin Rouge.
• Carolyn Haines. Doggone Bones.
• Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. Pour Some Potion on Me.
• Catherine Bruns. Death of the Hula Girl.
• Catherine Maiorisi. Blood of the Inncocents.
• Cathi Stoler. No Good Time-Nick Donahue.
• Cathrine Bruns. Death Whisk.
• Charlotte Stuart. Insurance Blues.
• Chrissy Chicory. Mums and Pumpkin Pie.
• Christopher Chambers. Streetwhys.
• Christy Barritt. If You’re Reading This.
• Cindy Goyette. Diamond in the Ruff.
• Claire Johnson. City Lights.
• Clara McKenna. Murder at Cottonwood Creek.
• Clea Simon. The Cat’s Eye Charm.
• Cleo Coyle. No Roast for the Weary.
• Colin Campbell. Devil’s Coast.
• Connie Berry. A Grave Deception.
• Connie Shelton. Deceptions Can Be Murder.
• Connie Shelton. Garden Sweets.
• Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. Easeful Death.
• D.M. Barr. Deadly When Disturbed.
• Dahlia Donovan. Deleted Scenes.
• Dale Mayer. X-Ray in the Xanth.
• Dana Stabenow. Abduction of a Slave.
• Daniel Miller. Den of Lions.            
• Daryl Wood Gerber. A Jingle of Justice.
• David Putnam,. The Obsessions of Harvey Usher.
• David Putnam. Imogene’s Grand Fiasco.
• David Rosenfelt. Dogged Pursuit.
• DeAnna Dodson. Away and in Danger.
• DeAnna Dodson. Hounded by the Past.
• Desmond Paul Ryan. Dangerous Assumptions.
• Diane Fanning. Lizzie.
• Diane Kelly. Dead Post Society.
• Dianne Freeman. A Daughter’s Guide to Mothers and Murder.
• Donna Mumma. First Comes Marriage…Then Comes Murder.
• DonnaRae Menard. Murder on US Route 116.
• Drek Wheeless. Seven For A Secret Never To Be Told.
• E.J. Copperman. All Spooked Up.
• Eileen Watkins. Vintage Villany.
• Elise Bryant. The Game Is Afoot.
• Elizabeth Crowens. Bye Bye Blackbird.
• Elizabeth Penney. Rapid Decline.
• Elizabeth Spann Craig. Shelf Life.
• Elle Cosimano. Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave.
• Elle Jauffret. Cosplayed to Death.
• Ellen Byron. Crescent City Christmas Chaos.
• Ellen Byron. Solid Gold Murder.
• Ellery Adams. The Tattered Cover.
• Ellie Alexander. A Body at the Beach.
• Ellie Alexander. A Body at the Book Fair.
• Ellie Alexander. A Victim at Valentine’s.
• Ellie Alexander. Killing Me Soufflé.
• Emily Rosee. Swallowtail.
• Emily Sullivan. A Death on Corfu.
• Eric Beetner. Real Bad Real Soon.
• Erica Ruth Neubauer. Homicide in the Indian Hills.
• Erik Meyers. Murder on the Mississippi.
• Esme Addison. A Brew for Chaos.
• Eva Gates. Shot Through the Book.
• Frances McNamara. Joy Street Jail Murder in a Nutshell.
• Gabriel Valjan. Eyes to Deceit.
• Gayle Roper. Paw & Order.
• Geraldine Moorkens Byrne. Face The Music!
• Gina X. Grant. The Unlikely Murder Club.
• Ginger Bolton. Sour Crime Donuts.
• Harani Nagendra. Into The Leopard’s Den.
• Heather Levy. This Violent Heart.
• Heather Weidner. A Tisket a Tasket Not Another Casket.
• Helen Harrison. A Willful Corpse.
• Iris Kingsley. Murder at the Inn.
• Ivanka Fear. Cold Query.
• Ivanka Fear. How Deep is the Body.
• J. C. Eaton. A Plattering of Murder.
• J. Michael Orenduff. The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin.
• Jackie Layton. Bleeding Heart Librarian.
• James L’Etoile. River of Lies.
• James L’Etoile. Sins of the Father.
• Jane Rubin. Over There.
• Janet Evanovich. The King’s Ransom.
• Janice Thompson. Mistletoe and Mayhem.
• Jeff Macfee. The Contest.
• Jenna Bennett. Peril in Piccadilly.
• Jenna Rollins. Goats Just Wanna Have Fun.
• Jenna St. James. Deadly Hour.
• Jennifer Burke. Matricide.
• Jennifer J. Chow. Star-Crossed Egg Tarts.
• Jenny Dandy. The Penthouse on Park Avenue.
• Jim Fusilli. A Song for Katy Shane.
• Joan Raymond. Road Trips and Runaways.
• Joanne Fluke. Pumpkin Chiffon Pie Murder.
• Johnnie Alexander. Breeding Discontent.
• Jonny Thompson. Murder at Winkleberry Farm.
• Judy L. Murray. Villain in the Vineyard.
• Julie Bates. No Greater Loss.
• Julie Titterington. Danger Lurks In The Three Hounds Bakery.
• Justin Kiska. Cops & Robbers.
• K.B. Jackson. Frightened to Depths.
• K.B. Jackson. Secrets Will Link.
• K.J. Emrick and Ellie Emcee. Deadly Checkout.
• K.L. Murphy. The Murderer’s Girl.
• Katherine Fast. Caboose.
• Katherine Ramsland. You Can’t Hide, and Other Cases.
• Kathi Daley. Haunting or Homicide.
• Kathleen Kalb. A Fatal Waltz.
• Kathleen Kalb. The Stuff of Mayhem.
• Katie Tietjen. Murder in Miniature.
• Kelley Armstrong. Death at a Highland Wedding.
• Kelly Oliver. The Case of the Christie Conspiracy.
• Kerry Peresta. The Shaking.
• Kirsten Weiss. Matcha Murder.
• Korina Moss. Bait and Swiss.
• Krista Davis. The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg.
• Krista Davis. The Wagtail Murder Club.
• Kristy T. Dixon. A Suite Case of Murder.
• L.A. Chandlar. The Hindenburg Spy.
• Laraine Stephens. The White Feather Murders.
• Laura Childs. High Tea and Misdemeanors.
• Lauren Elliott. A Spirited Blend.
• Laurie R. King. Knave of Diamonds.
• Leighann Dobbs. The Case of the Vanishing Valuables.
• Leslie Budewitz. Lavendaer Lies Bleeding.
• Leslie Langtry. Medal for Murder.
• Leslie Meier. Bridal Shower Murder.
• Libby Klein. Vice and Virtue.
• Lily Harper Hart. Graveyard Shift.
• Lina Chern. Tricks of Fortune.
• Linda Fitzgerald. A Superior Way to Die.
• Linda Lovely. Beyond the Gates.
• Linda Norlander. And the Lake Will Take Them.
• Linda Norlander. The Pines Were Watching.
• Linda Rawlins. Misty Midway.
• Lis Angus. That Other Family.
• Lise McClendon. A Filthy Affair.
• Liz Milliron, The Lies We Live.
• Liz Milliron. Silent Witness.
• Lois Winston. Seams Like the Perfect Crime.
• Lori Robbins. Murder in Fifth Position.
• Lorraine Bartlett. After the Tempest.
• LynDee Walker. The Pastor’s Wife.
• Lynn Cahoon. Dying to Read.
• Lynn Cahoon. Merry Murder Season.
• Lynn Cahoon. Vows of Murder.
• Lynn-Steven Johanson. Reprisal Road.
• M. A. Knights. Werewolves in the Kitchen, Vampires at the Door.
• M.E. Proctor. Catch Me on a Blue Day.
• Maddie Day. Scone Cold Dead.
• Mara Webb. Snacks and Specters.
• Marjory Sorrell Rockwell. Next Generation.
• Martha Grimes. The Red.
• Martha Reed.The Seven Gates of Guinee.
• Mary Karnes. Unveiled Secrets.
• Mary Keliikoa. Killer Tracks.
• Matt Cost. The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed.
• Matthew Booth. The Serpent’s Fang.
• Matthew Costello. Killer Pitch.
• Meg Benjamin. The Wine Jelly Murder.
• Meghan Quinn. Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal.
• Michael Amedeo. Fade to Black.
• Mindy Quigley. At Death’s Dough.
• Miranda James. Something Whiskered.
• Misty Simon. A Ferry Long Way to Go.
• Molly MacRae. There’ll Be Shell to Pay.
• Nancy Bilyeau. The Versailles Formula.
• Nancy Coco. Fudge and Marriage.
• Neil Richards. Killer Pitch.
• Neil S. Plakcy and Joanna Campbell Slan. Death at the Dog Park.
• Neil S. Plakcy. Dog of Deliverance.
• Neil S. Plakcy. Dog’s Kitchen.
• Nick Kolalowski. Where The Bones Lie.
• Norman Woolworth. The Bolden Cylinder.
• Paige Shelton. Written in Stone.
• Pat Jenkins. Kids on the Corner.
• Patricia Smiley. A Dark September Night.
• Patsy Hicks. Biscuits, Butter, and Betrayal.
• Patti Benning. Pawsitively Perilous.
• Paul Sinor. Delta to the DMZ.
• Peggy Ehrhart. Last Wool and Testament.
• Rahda Vatsal. No. 10 Doyers Street.
• Rhys Bowen. From Cradle to Grave.
• Rhys Bowen. Silent as the Grave.
• Richard McGonegal. The Substance of Fear.
• Rosalie Spielman. Home Sweet Homicide.
• Ruth J. Hartman. Hairless Hassles.
• Samantha Larsen. A Poetic Pox.
• Sarah Burr. #Throwback for Murder.
• Sarah Fox. Dead Men Wag No Tails.
• Sarah Fox/ Tails from the Crypt.
• Sofie Ryan. Cat Got Your Killer.
• Steven Packwood. The 9MM Murders.
• Suzanne Trauth. The First To Die.
• T.C. LoTempio. Murder On The Books.
• T.J. O’Conner. The Whisper Legacy.
• Tam Lumière. Falling Leaves & Vile Deeds.
• Tamara Berry. Murder Runs in the Family.
• Tara Randel. Justice Swerved.
• Teresa Trent. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.
• Terrence McCauley. Dallas ’63.
• Terrie Farley Moran. The Body in the Trees.
• Tom Mead. The House at Devil’s Neck.
• Tori Eldridge. Kaua’i Storm.
• Tracy Clark. Edge.
• Trish Esden. Whisper of Treasures.
• Uzma Jalaluddin. Detective Aunty.
• V.M. Burns. The Next Deadly Chapter.
• Valerie Burns. Icing on the Murder.
• Veronica Heley. Murder for Profit.
• Vicki Delany. The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime.
• Victoria Gilbert. Schooled in Murder.
• Victoria Zackheim. The Curtain Falls in Paris.
• Vinnie Hansen. Crimewriter.
• Vivien Chien. The Chow Maniac.
• Wendy Corsi Staub. Toil and Trouble.
• William Gormley. The Silent Trumpet.

Best Short Story

• Adam Frost. “Rotten Peaches” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Adam Meyer. “Bad Date Rescue” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Adam Meyer. “Killer in the Woods” in Hollywood Kills.
• Alan Orloff. “Kids from the Patch” in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun.
• Alan Orloff. “Not Sorry” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Alan Orloff. “Snitches Local 422” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Alan Orloff. “The Society Set” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Alex Segura. “La Mala Hora” in The End of the World As We Know it.
• Ali Karim. “Avid Fan” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Alison McMahan. “Sister Secrets” in ThrillRide Magazine. Issue 9, Feb 2025.
• Andrew McAleer. “Von Stray and the Five-Fingered Fraudster” in A Casebook of Crime.
• Angie Pompano. “Minnie the Air Raid Warden” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Ann Aptaker. “Heartbreak Alley” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Ann McMan. “Red Dirt and Regret” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Anna Scotti. “Only Three” in Black Cat Weekly. (Oct. 19, 2025).
• Anna Scotti. “The Perfumes of Arabia” in It’s Not Even Past.
• Anna Scotti. “Where Speaking Fails” in It’s Not Even Past.
• Anna Scotti. “When the Monster Came”in  Black Cat Weekly. (August 21, 2025).
• Anna Scotti. “That Feminine Mystique” in Black Cat Weekly. (May 11, 2025).
• Anna Scotti. “Traveler from an Antique Land” in EQMM May/June 2025.
• Anne Laughlin, “Swan Club” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Art Taylor. “Dalliance” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Ashley-Ruth Bernier. “Six-Armed Robbery” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier. “Clean-Up Duty” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Avram Lavinsky. “Funeral for a Friend” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Avram Lavinsky. “The Long Shot” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 20.25.
• Avram Lavinsky. “The Bank Heist Before Armageddon” in AHMM (Nov/Dec).
• Barb Goffman. “Baby Love” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Barry Fulton. “The Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Baxter Clare Trautman. “Buy That Woman a Beer” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Beck Clark. “Take Out” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Bobby Mathews. “It Cuts Both Ways” in Dark Waters Vol. 3.
• Bonnar Spring. “At the End of the Day” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• onnar Spring. “Hoodwinked” in The Not So Frail Detective Agency.
• Brenda Buchanan. “Cape Jewell” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Brian Cox. “Being Alive” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Brian Cox. “The Bohr Brothers and the Bootlegger’s Mistress” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Brian Thornton. “Madman Across The Water” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Bruce Kubec. “Karma Can Be Both” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. “Writer’s Block” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• BV Lawson. “End Game” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Carol Willis. “The Golden Girl” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Cathy Ace. “Wax” in CrimeFest Leaving the Scene.
• Cayce Osborne. “Midnight Creeper” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Charles Todd. “The Gentleman from New Orleans” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Cheryl A. Head. “Finding Jimmy Baldwin” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Cheryl Head. “Brotherly Love” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Cheryl Head. “What Dreams Are Made Of” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Cheryl Malone. “As the Crows Fly” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Chris Chan. “Escape the Money Launderers” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Chris Knopf. “Submission” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Christa Faust. “Hollywood Prometheus” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Christine Bagley. “Sakura” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Christopher Bollen. “The Prophet Daniel” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Cindy Martin. “Key to the Past” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Clay Stafford. “The Hanging On Dumaine Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Cynthia Sabelhaus, “Ghost Rule 47” in SoWest: Danger Awaits!
• D.P. Lyle. “Trilogy” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.Jonathan Maberry. “The Skinny Old Man on Frenchman Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Dale T. Phillips. “Gas” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• David b. Schlosser. “Take Me to the Pilot” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• David Bart. “Blunt Force Trauma” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• David Dean. “Daniel” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• David S. Pederson. “Wilde About Murder” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Candy Cane on the Case,” Crimeucopia: The Not So Frail Detective Agency (December 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Ezra and the Frat Boys,” SoWest: Danger Awaits (September 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Opera Dinner Club”, Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies (April 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Who Shot J.R.?” Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun (April 2025).
• Delia Pitts. “Better Together” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Diana DiGangi. “Victory or Death” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Don Bruns. “Saints and Sinners” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• donalee Moulton. “Zebra Finch” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Donna Andrews. “Dirty Deeds” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Donna Andrews. “The Dinosaur and the Maiden” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Donna Clancy. “Die Already, Will You?” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Ed Ridgley. “Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou?” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Edith Maxwell. “With a Little Help” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Elizabeth Shore. “Crocodile Rock” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Ellen Byron. “Billy Wilder’s Ghost” in Hollywood Kills.
• Elly Griffiths. “A Murder Mystery Without a Body” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Eric Beckstrom. “Six Cylinder Totem” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Eric Beetner. “The Cutting Room Floor” in Hollywood Kills.
• Erica Ruth Neubauer. “The Upper Window” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Fleur Bradley. “How to Psychoanalyze Yourself” in Dark Yonder.
• Fleur Bradley. “Sunday in the Park With George” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Gabriel Valjan. “Two Sentimental Gentlemen” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Gabriela Stiteler. “Money Well Spent”Jusdith Carlough. “Catch and Release” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Gary Phillips. “What Nef Said” in Hollywood Kills.
• Gay Toltl Kinman. “Graffiti Murder” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Gigi Pandian. “The Devil and Zephyr Devlin” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Gigi Pandian. “The Masquerade Ball” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Greg Herren.  “The Rhinestone” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Greg Herren. “The Spirit Tree” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Gregory Meece. “The Ladder Runs Both Ways” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Heather Graham.  “The Game of Life and Death” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Heather Graham. “It Was Just A Game” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Heather Weidner. “Game Over” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Hugh Lessig. “The Manchurian Canine” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• J. Jamie Groce. “Tears of a Clown” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• J.C. Bernthal. “Confess Your Secret!” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• J.M. Redmann.  “Snow Job” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• J.M. Redmann. “The Curious Case of the Sad Trombone” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• James Queally. “Dos Caras” in Dark Waters Vol. 3.
• Jane Limprecht. “Game of Drones” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Jayne Belmont. “Shoes” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• JD Allen. “A Crooked Rook” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Jean Macaluso. “Catching the Early Flight” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Jeffrey Marks. “15 Feet Under” in AHMM (2025).
• Jeffrey Marks. “Boogie Shoes” in AHMM (2025).
• Jeffrey Marks. “Fall of the House of Fresher” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Jeffrey Marks. “Together, Wherever We Go” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Jeffrey Round. “Transubstantiation” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Jeffrey Sweet. “If You Can Find Me, I’m Here” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Copenhaver. “The Fledgling” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• John Copenhaver. “Tonight” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Floyd. “I Love to Travel” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Gilstrap. “Pines Village” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• John M. Floyd . “Celebration Day” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• John M. Floyd. “Anna’s Story” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• John Shepphird. “Call ‘Action, Cut’…And Take the Blame” in Hollywood Kills.
• Jon Land & Jeff Ayers. “Don’t Be Scared” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Jon Lindstrom. “Stalker” in Hollywood Kills.
• Joseph Goodrich. “No Place Like London” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Joseph S. Walker.  “Bargaining” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Joseph S. Walker.  “Final Edit” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Joseph S. Walker. “All the Young Girls Love Alice”
• Josh Pachter. “A Short Madness” in EQMM (May/June).
• Josh Pachter. “Every Day a Little Death” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Josh Pachter. “Free Fallin’” in Gag Me With a Spoon: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Eighties.
• Josh Pachter. “I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself” in Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Josh Pachter. “I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Josh Pachter. “Mad Man Moon” in Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Genesis.
• Josh Pachter. “X Marks the Spot” in (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #34).
• Julie Hennrikus. “Not a Day Goes By” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• K.L. Murphy. “Beach Club” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Karen Odden. “The Dark Side of Bright Angel” in Trouble in Texas.
• Kat Fast. “Virtually Yours” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Katherine V. Forrest. “A Leopard’s Spots” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kathryn O’Sullivan and Paul Awad. “The Shooting Script” in Hollywood Kills.
• Kathryn Prater Bomey. “House Arrest” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Katrina Carrasco. “Level Up” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Katy Munger. “Some Days You Eat the Bear Up” in Deadly Yellowstone.
• Keith Roysdon. “A Fighting Life” in Fighting Words.
• Kelli Stanley. “Levees” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Kelly J. Ford. “The Invitational” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kelly Selby (K.C. Selby). “Murder & Mystery: Live in Five” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Kerry Hammond. “For Sammy” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Kerry Hammond. “The Quizmasters Last Round” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Kirstin Dufrene (Kirlagh James). “The Chess Connection” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Korina Moss. “A Mother-in-Law’s Halloween Surprise” in Black Cat Weekly,Oct.2025.
• Kristen Lepionka. “Lipstick, Grenadine, or Blood” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kristin Kisska. “From Here to Serenity” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Kristopher Zgorski. “Losing My Mind” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Larry S.Evans II.  “The Far End of Bourbon Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• LaToya Jovena. “Six Questions” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Laurel Hanson. “Out of Reach” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Lauren Silberman (Daphne Silver). “Queen of Pickleball” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Leah St. James. “A Slippery Slope” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Leanne Phillips. “Lullaby” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Leigh. Paulk. “Keeping Up With the Janes” in EQMM July/Aug. 2025.
• Leigh Perry. “Guilted Lily” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Leslie Budewitz. “The Devil’s Chair” in Murder in the Graveyard.
• Leslie Wheeler. “Graham 2.0” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Libby Cudmore. “I’ve Seen Everything” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Liese Sherwood-Fabre. “Reading Between the Lies” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Lis Angus. “Under the Circumstances” in A Capital Mystery.
• Lisa Kaplan (LL Kaplan). “The Hack Job” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Lisa Nanni-Messegee. “There Won’t Be Trumpets” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Lori Rader-Day. “The Woman From Rolling Stone” in EQMM (March/April).
• M.E. Proctor. “Poolside” in LAXtras.
• M.E. Proctor. “Garbo’s Ghost” in Celluloid Crimes.
• M.E. Proctor. “For Rosalie, With Love” in Myopic Duplicity.
• M.S. Greene. “Ash Tuesday” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Maggie King. “Who Killed Mother Theresa” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Marcia Talley. “Dead Man’s Chest” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Marcia Talley. “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Marcia Talley. “Unpremeditated Art” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Marco Carocari. “Notes on How to be Iconic” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Margot Douaihy. “High Hit Area” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Mark Coggins. “Country Comfort” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Mary Anna Evans. “Love Lies Bleeding” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Mary Dutta. “It Ain’t Over” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Mary G. Kennedy. “A Sum of Parts” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Matt Goldman. “The Second Act Twist” in Hollywood Kills.
• Maya Corrigan. “Killer Instinct” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Melinda Mullet. “Corpse of the Month Club” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Melissa Westemeier. “Poached” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Meredith Doench. “Bladed” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Mia P. Manasala. “Never Meet Your Heroes” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Michael Bracken. “Beehive and Bouffant Beauty Blowout” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Michael Downing. “Burn” in On Fire and Under Water.
• Michael Downing. “The Way It Works”in RHP’s Issue 14.
• Michael Downing. “No Tears for Crying” published at Literary Garage.
• Michael Ferreter. “Sourlands” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Michael Portantiere. “Class” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Michael Rigg. “Grandma Connie’s Strawberry Pie” in Coastal Crimes 2.
• Michael Thomas Ford. “Later On, We’ll Conspire” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Mike McCrary. “Then When” in Dark Yonder #10.
• Mindy Carlson. “AITA For Using My Husband’s Hobby to teach Him a Lesson” in Myopic Duplicity.
• Moe Moeller. “The Last Stone from the House of Usher” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Neil S. Plakcy. “Social Disease” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Nikki Knight. “Boss Cat Rules” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Nikki Knight. “Other Voices Carry” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Nina Mansfield. “Wax On, Wax Off” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• P.J. Nelson. “The Sweet Fern and the Juniper” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• P.M.  Raymond. “Double Dutch Dare” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Patricia Gouthro. That Darn Dog” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Paula Messina. “Perfect” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Penny Mickelbury. “The Fourth Monkey” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Phoef Sutton. “Type” in Hollywood Kills.
• Priscilla Paton. “Ice Out” in On Fire and Under Water.
• Puja Guha. “The Devil Doesn’t Live Hand-to-Mouth” in On Fire and Under Water.
• Rebecca Brittenham. “The Energy Coffee That Changes Life” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Rebecca K. Jones. “Hello, Little Girl” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Rebecca Lugones. “The Worst Day Ever” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Reed Farrel Coleman.  “Green-Eyed Monster” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Renee James. “These Truths” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Richie Narvaez. “Shabu and the Golden Goose Murder” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Rob Pierce. “Have Mercy on the Criminal” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Unreliable Narrator” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Robert Lopresti. “Give the Gift of Murder” in Black Cat Weekly, #216.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Night Beckham Burned Down” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #16.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Trouble With Lucy” in Black Cat Weekly, #202.
• Robert Lopresti. “That One Friend” in Black Cat Weekly #182.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks and the High Bidder” in Black Cat Weekly #212.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Little Death” in Celluloid Crimes.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Chortling Man” in Black Cat Weekly #185.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks Gets Lost.” Black Cat Weekly. #193 
• Robert Lopresti. “Lucky Night” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Cage” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Robert Rotstein. “Grand Theft Auto in the Heart of Screenland” in Hollywood Kills.
• Robyn Gigl. “Invisible” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Sam Wiebe. “Well Known Gun” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Sandra J. Cady. “High School Reunion” in The Not So Frail Detective Agency.
• Sarah Bewley. “Mandatory Retirement” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Sarah Smith. “The Women Who Loved Her Husband’s Teeth” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Sean Harding. “The Books Job” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Shannon Taft. “Old Maid” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Sharyn Kolberg. “Dead Hand, No Jokers” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Craft and Consequence” in Hollywood Kills.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Dead Air” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Level Up” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Sheryl Jordan. “Rideshare Murder in OBX” in Coastal Crimes 2 Death Takes A Vacation.
• Sheryl Jordan. “Silver Foxes Fight Back” in Coastal Crimes 2 Death Takes A Vacation.
• Smita Harish Jain. “Bitttersweet” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Stacy Woodson. “Confession of a Background Artist” in Hollywood Kills.
• Stephanie Gayle.  “What Would Babadook Do?” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “Chekhov, Sartre, and The Unity Effect” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “Know Thy Competition” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Stephen M. Pierce. “Death Streamed Live” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Steve Hockensmith. “Shadowof the Badger” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Steve Shrott. “The Book” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Stuart Orloff and Alan Orloff. “A Role to Kill For” in Hollywood Kills.
• Susan Love Brown. “Three Cousins Walk into a Bar” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Susan Oleksiw. “The Receptionist” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Suzanne Flaig. “A Pandemonium of Parrots” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Sylvia Maultash Warsh. “Polly Wants a Freaking Cracker” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Tammy Blakley. “Goodbye Tommy” in Stone’s Throw.
• Teel James Glenn. “Making Your Luck” in Hollywood Kills.
• Teresa Inge. “I Just Died in Your Arms” in Lunatic Fringe.
• Teresa Inge. “Our Lips Are Sealed” in Gag Me with a Spoon.
• Tiffany D. Plunkett. “Bloodsurf” in Hollywood Kills.
• Tim Maleeny.  “Lucky Heart” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Tim P. Walker. “Jamaica Jerk-Off” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Tom Mead. “The Tell-Tale Thumb” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Vaseem Khan. “The Devil Himself” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Victoria Dowd. “Oh, Holy Night” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Wendall Thomas. “Actor Sex” in Hollywood Kills.
• William Ade. “Maggie and Rick” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.

Best First Novel

• Adrian Andover. Whiskey Business.
• Alison Keeton. Blaze Orange.
• Elisabeth Dini. Bearer of Bad News.
• Eloise Corvo. Off the Beaten Path.
• Jaime Parker Stickle. Vicious Cycle.
• Joan O’Leary. A Killer Wedding.
• Joel Turner. Wildwood Exit.
• Keith Roysdon. That October.
• Matt Dunn. The Armchair Detectives.
• Melissa Westemeier and Mariana Damon, Old Habits Die Hard.
• Michael Rigg. Voices of the Elysian Fields.
• Nicky Neilsen. Nicky Death on Stanley Dock.
• Sandra Jackson-Opoku. Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes.     
• Sean Tyler. White Hell.
• Sue Hincenbergs. The Retirement Plan.
• Tonya Penrose. Baubles to Die For.

Best Juvenile | Young Adult

• Chris Chan. Well-Behaved Children Rarely Make History.
• Lee Matthew Goldberg. Miles In Time.
• Marilyn Levinson. Rufus and the Dark Side of Magic.
• Micki Bare. Kimimila Returns.
• Nancy G. West. Risky Pursuit.
• Paul Barra. Samson and the Charleston Spy.
• Penny Warner. Murder at Blackwood Inn.
• Sandra Rathbone. Skelee Boy and the Two Worlds.
• Veronica Mixon. Beyond the Shadows.

Best Critical Nonfiction Work

• Alex Segura. Daredevil: The Illustrated History.
• Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber. The Mother Next Door.
• Dawn Barclay. Vacations Can Be Murder Vol 1 New England.
• Ellen Huet. Empire of Orgasm.
• Elon Green. The Man Nobody Killed.
• Gilbert King. Bone Valley.
• Jeremy Daniel and Tanya Farber. Inside the Mind of Rose West.
• John J. Lennon. The Tragedy of True Crime.
• Karen Palmer. She’s Under Here.
• Kate Winkler Dawson. The Sinners All Bow.
• Kenneth A. Daigler. Squeezing the Lemon Slowly.
• Lise Olsen. The Scientist and the Serial Killer.
• Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson. Death of Innocence.
• Pagan Kennedy. The Secret History of the Rape Kit.
• Rebecca Lafferty and Katie McNey. The Lafferty Girl.
• Thien Ho. The People vs. the Golden State Killer.
• Thomas Aiello. Mary Turner and the Mob.
• Tom Chorneau. Mrs. Cook and the Klan.

Best Anthology or Collection [by Author or Editor(s)]

• A Casebook of Crime. Editors: Andrew & John McAleer. Level Best Books.
• Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Editor: D.M. Barr. Down & Out Books.
• Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed. Editor: Don Bruns. Down & Out Books.
• Celluloid Crimes. Editor: Deborah Well. Level Short.
• Crime in the Old Dominion. Editors: Josh Pachter & K L Murphy. Level Short.
• Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons. Editors: John Copenhaver & Salem West. Bywater Books.
• CrimeFest Leaving the Scene. Editor: Adrian Muller. No Exit Press.
• Dark Waters Vol. 3. Editors: Kirstyn Petras & N B Turner. Dark Waters.
• Dead Man’s Hand: Aces & Eights. Martha Reed.
• Deadly Yellowstone. Editor: Lise McClendon. Thalia Press.
• Double Crossing Van Dine. Editors: Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor. Crippen & Landru Publishers.
• Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim. Editor: Josh Pachter. Level Short.
• Fighting Words. Editor Scott Blackburn.
• Gag Me With a Spoon: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Eighties. Editor: J. Alan Hartman. White City Press.
• Hollywood Kills. Editors: Adam Meyer & Alan Orloff.
• LAXtras. Editor: Margot Kinberg. Grey Cells Press.
• Like-Minded Individuals. Beau Johnson.
• Lunatic Fringe. Editor: J. Alan Hartman. White City Press.
• Myopic Duplicity. Editor: Jeff Circle.
• Mystery Most Humorous 2025. Editors: John Betancourt, Michael Bracken, and Carla Coupe. Wildside Press.
• On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology. Editor: Curtis Ippolito. Rock and a Hard Place Press.
• Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun. Editor: Michael Bracken. Down & Out Books
• Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025. Editors: Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw, Ang Pompano, and Leslie Wheeler.
• The Most Dangerous Games. Editor: Deborah Lacy. Level Short.
• The Not So Frail Detective Agency. Murderous Ink Press.
• Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Genesis. Editor: Adam Meyer. Down & Out Books.
• Whatever Kills The Pain. Editor: C.W. Blackwell. Rock and a hard Place Press.
• With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying. Editor: Deborah Goldstein. White City Press..

Agatha Awards Eligible Titles for Malice Domestic 38

Malice Domestic 38 in 2026 will take place April 24 to April 26, 2026, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Register HERE.

Eligible means published in 2025, either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or as an e-book by an e-publishing firm.

The Agatha Awards celebrate the TRADITIONAL MYSTERY, best typified by the works of AGATHA CHRISTIE. The genre is loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence, and would not be classified as “hard-boiled.”

In order to receive the email to nominate books, you need to be registered by 12/31/25 or be a Friend of Malice. The Malice Domestic Board will send out ballots and announce the deadlines for nominations.

Check your Inbox and Spam folder when they do. All voting will be done at the conference.

Authors. Please verify that your title is eligible and in the appropriate category.

This Eligible Titles List is organized by First Name, Last Name, and Title

Contact me via this page for Additions and/or Corrections.

The categories are:

• Best Contemporary Novel
• Best Historical [pre-1960]
• Best First Novel
• Best Nonfiction
• Best Children | Young Adult
• Best Short Story

CONTEMPORARY

• Abigail Keam. Death by Trauma.
• Agatha Frost. Millionaire’s Shortbread and Murder.
• Agatha Frost. The Fatal First Edition
• Albert Waitt. Springbrookville.
• Alice Duncan. Spirits Adopted.
• Allie Pleiter. One Sharp Stitch.
• Amanda Flower. Newlyweds Can Be Knocked Off.
• Amanda M. Lee. Crone Sweet Crone.
• Amy Gregg. Fowl Play.
• Andrea Johnson. Deceptive Justice
• Ang Pompano. Blood Ties and Deadly Lies.
• Anna Lee Huber. A Tarnished Canvas.
• Anna St. John. Dolled up For Murder.
• Anne Howland. Jumping to Conclusions.
• Annette Dashofy. The Devil Comes Calling.
• Bailee Abbott. A Tint of Murder.
• Beth Dolgner. Spells and Subterfuge.
• Betty Hechtman. Death Among the Stitches.
• Betty Hechtman. Murder by the Hook.
• Bill Noel. Bowen Island.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. Crimson Thaw.
• Carlene O’Connor. Murder in an Irish Garden.
• Carol Miller. The Magician’s Deception.
• Carolyn Haines. Doggone Bones.
• Carolyn Ridder Aspenson. Pour Some Potion on Me.
• Catherine Bruns. Death of the Hula Girl.
• Cathi Stoler. No Good Time-Nick Donahue.
• Cathrine Bruns. Death Whisk.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Devious Daughter.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Unfortunate Fortune Teller.
• Cathy Ace. The Corpse with the Amber Neck.
• Catriona McPherson. Scot’s Eggs.
• Charlotte Stuart. Insurance Blues.
• Chrissy Chicory. Mums and Pumpkin Pie.
• Christy Barritt. If You’re Reading This.
• Cindy Goyette. Diamond in the Ruff.
• Clara McKenna. Murder at Cottonwood Creek.
• Clea Simon. The Cat’s Eye Charm.
• Cleo Coyle. No Roast for the Weary.
• Colin Campbell. Devil’s Coast.
• Connie Berry. A Grave Deception.
• Connie Shelton. Deceptions Can Be Murder.
• Connie Shelton. Garden Sweets.
• Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. Easeful Death.
• D.M. Barr. Deadly When Disturbed.
• Dahlia Donovan. Deleted Scenes.
• Dale Mayer. X-Ray in the Xanth.
• Dana Stabenow. Abduction of a Slave.
• Daniel Miller. Den of Lions.             
• Daryl Wood Gerber. A Jingle of Justice.
• David Putnam,. The Obsessions of Harvey Usher.
• David Putnam. Imogene’s Grand Fiasco.
• David Rosenfelt. Dogged Pursuit.
• DeAnna Dodson. Away and in Danger.
• DeAnna Dodson. Hounded by the Past.
• Drek Wheeless. Seven For A Secret Never To Be Told.
• Desmond Paul Ryan. Dangerous Assumptions.
• Diane Kelly. Dead Post Society.
• Donna Mumma. First Comes Marriage…Then Comes Murder.
• DonnaRae Menard. Murder on US Route 116.
• E.J. Copperman. All Spooked Up.
• Eileen Watkins. Vintage Villany.
• Elise Bryant. The Game Is Afoot.
• Elizabeth Penney. Rapid Decline.
• Elizabeth Spann Craig. Shelf Life.
• Elle Cosimano. Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave.
• Elle Jauffret. Cosplayed to Death.
• Ellen Byron. Crescent City Christmas Chaos.
• Ellen Byron. Solid Gold Murder.
• Ellery Adams. The Tattered Cover.
• Ellie Alexander. A Body at the Beach.
• Ellie Alexander. A Body at the Book Fair.
• Ellie Alexander. A Victim at Valentine’s.
• Ellie Alexander. Killing Me Soufflé.
• Emily Sullivan. A Death on Corfu.
• Eric Beetner. Real Bad Real Soon.
• Erik Meyers. Murder on the Mississippi.
• Esme Addison. A Brew for Chaos.
• Eva Gates. Shot Through the Book.
• Gayle Roper. Paw & Order.
• Geraldine Moorkens Byrne. Face The Music!
• Gina X. Grant. The Unlikely Murder Club.
• Ginger Bolton. Sour Crime Donuts.
• Hank Phillippi Ryan. All This Could Be Yours.
• Heather Weidner. A Tisket a Tasket Not Another Casket.
• Helen Harrison. A Willful Corpse.
• Iris Kingsley. Murder at the Inn. 
• Ivanka Fear. Cold Query.
• J. C. Eaton. A Plattering of Murder.
• J. Michael Orenduff. The Pot Thief Who Studied Calvin.
• Jackie Layton. Bleeding Heart Librarian.
• James L’Etoile. Sins of the Father.
• James L’Etoile. River of Lies.
• Janet Evanovich. The King’s Ransom.
• Janice Thompson. Mistletoe and Mayhem.
• Jenna Bennett. Peril in Piccadilly.
• Jenna Rollins. Goats Just Wanna Have Fun.
• Jenna St. James. Deadly Hour.
• Jennifer J. Chow. Star-Crossed Egg Tarts.
• Jenny Dandy. The Penthouse on Park Avenue.
• Jim Fusilli. A Song for Katy Shane.
• Joan Raymond. Road Trips and Runaways.
• Joanne Fluke. Pumpkin Chiffon Pie Murder.
• Johnnie Alexander. Breeding Discontent.
• Jonny Thompson. Murder at Winkleberry Farm.
• Judy L. Murray. Villain in the Vineyard.
• Julie Titterington. Danger Lurks In The Three Hounds Bakery.
• Justin Kiska. Cops & Robbers.
• K.B. Jackson. Secrets Will Link.
• K.B. Jackson. Frightened to Depths.
• K.J. Emrick and Ellie Emcee. Deadly Checkout.
• K.L. Murphy. The Murderer’s Girl.
• Katherine Fast. Caboose.
• Katherine Ramsland. You Can’t Hide, and Other Cases.
• Kathi Daley. Haunting or Homicide.
• Kathleen Kalb. The Stuff of Mayhem.
• Kerry Peresta. The Shaking.
• Kirsten Weiss. Matcha Murder.
• Korina Moss. Bait and Swiss.
• Krista Davis. The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg.
• Krista Davis. The Wagtail Murder Club.
• Kristy T. Dixon. A Suite Case of Murder.
• Laura Childs. High Tea and Misdemeanors.
• Lauren Elliott. A Spirited Blend.
• Laurie R. King. Knave of Diamonds.
• Leighann Dobbs. The Case of the Vanishing Valuables.
• Leslie Budewitz. Lavendaer Lies Bleeding.
• Leslie Karst. Waters of Destruction.
• Leslie Langtry. Medal for Murder.
• Leslie Meier. Bridal Shower Murder.
• Lew Paper. Legacy of Lies.
• Libby Klein. Vice and Virtue.
• Lily Harper Hart. Graveyard Shift.
• Lina Chern. Tricks of Fortune.
• Linda Fitzgerald. A Superior Way to Die.
• Linda Lovely. Beyond the Gates.
• Linda Norlander. And the Lake Will Take Them.
• Linda Norlander. The Pines Were Watching.
• Linda Rawlins. Misty Midway.
• Lise McClendon. A Filthy Affair.
• Liz Milliron. Silent Witness.
• Lois Winston. Seams Like the Perfect Crime.
• Lori Robbins. Murder in Fifth Position.
• Lorraine Bartlett. After the Tempest.
• LynDee Walker. The Pastor’s Wife.
• Lynn Cahoon. Dying to Read.
• Lynn Cahoon. Merry Murder Season.
• Lynn Cahoon. Vows of Murder.
• Lynn-Steven Johanson. Reprisal Road.
• M. A. Knights. Werewolves in the Kitchen, Vampires at the Door.
• Maddie Day. Scone Cold Dead.
• Mara Webb. Snacks and Specters.
• Marjory Sorrell Rockwell. Next Generation.
• Martha Grimes. The Red.
• Martha Reed.The Seven Gates of Guinee.
• Mary Karnes. Unveiled Secrets.
• Mary Keliikoa. Killer Tracks.
• Matt Cost. The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed.
• Matthew Costello. Killer Pitch.
• Meg Benjamin. The Wine Jelly Murder.
• Meghan Quinn. Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal.
• Michael Amedeo. Fade to Black.
• Mindy Quigley. At Death’s Dough.
• Miranda James. Something Whiskered.
• Misty Simon. A Ferry Long Way to Go.
• Molly MacRae. There’ll Be Shell to Pay.
• Nancy Coco. Fudge and Marriage.
• Neil Richards. Killer Pitch.
• Neil S. Plakcy. Dog of Deliverance.
• Neil S. Plakcy. Dog’s Kitchen.
• Neil S. Plakcy and Joanna Campbell Slan. Death at the Dog Park.
• Norman Woolworth. The Bolden Cylinder.
• Paige Shelton. Written in Stone.
• Pat Jenkins. Kids on the Corner.
• Patricia Smiley. A Dark September Night.
• Patsy Hicks. Biscuits, Butter, and Betrayal.
• Patti Benning. Pawsitively Perilous.
• Paul Sinor. Delta to the DMZ.
• Peggy Ehrhart. Last Wool and Testament.
• Richard McGonegal. The Substance of Fear.
• Rosalie Spielman. Home Sweet Homicide.
• Ruth J. Hartman. Hairless Hassles.
• Sarah Burr. #Throwback for Murder.
• Sarah Fox. Dead Men Wag No Tails.
• Sarah Fox/ Tails from the Crypt.
• Sofie Ryan. Cat Got Your Killer.
• Steven Packwood. The 9MM Murders.
• T.C. LoTempio. Murder On The Books.
• T.J. O’Conner. The Whisper Legacy.
• Tam Lumière. Falling Leaves & Vile Deeds.
• Tamara Berry. Murder Runs in the Family.
• Tara Randel. Justice Swerved.
• Terrence McCauley. Dallas ’63.
• Teresa Trent. I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.
• Terrie Farley Moran. The Body in the Trees.
• Uzma Jalaluddin. Detective Aunty.
• Valerie Burns. Icing on the Murder.
• V.M. Burns. The Next Deadly Chapter.
• Veronica Heley. Murder for Profit.
• Vicki Delany. The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime.
• Victoria Gilbert. Schooled in Murder.
• Victoria Zackheim. The Curtain Falls in Paris.
• Vinnie Hansen. Crimewriter.
• Vivien Chien. The Chow Maniac.
• Wendy Corsi Staub. Toil and Trouble.
• William Gormley. The Silent Trumpet.

HISTORICAL [pre-1960]

• Alyssa Maxwell. Two Weddings and a Murder.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Arleigh.
• Andrew McAleer. A Casebook of Crime.
• Carol Bruce. The Pilgrim Road to Death.
• Carol Pouliot. Murder at the Moulin Rouge.
• Catriona McPherson. The Edinburgh Murders.
• Claire Johnson. City Lights.
• Diane Fanning. Lizzie.
• Dianne Freeman. A Daughter’s Guide to Mothers and Murder.
• Elizabeth Crowens. Bye Bye Blackbird.
• Erica Ruth Neubauer. Homicide in the Indian Hills.
• Frances McNamara. Joy Street Jail Murder in a Nutshell.
• Gabriel Valjan. Eyes to Deceit.
• Harani Nagendra. Into The Leopard’s Den.
• Jane Rubin. Over There.
• Jennifer Burke. Matricide.
• Julie Bates. No Greater Loss.
• Kathleen Kalb. A Fatal Waltz.
• Katie Tietjen. Murder in Miniature.
• Kelley Armstrong. Death at a Highland Wedding.
• Kelly Oliver. The Case of the Christie Conspiracy.
• L.A. Chandlar. The Hindenburg Spy.
• Laraine Stephens. The White Feather Murders.
• Liz Milliron, The Lies We Live.
• Matthew Booth. The Serpent’s Fang.
• Nancy Bilyeau. The Versailles Formula.
• Rahda Vatsal. No. 10 Doyers Street.
• Rhys Bowen. From Cradle to Grave.
• Rhys Bowen. Silent as the Grave.
• Samantha Larsen. A Poetic Pox.
• Tom Mead. The House at Devil’s Neck.

FIRST

• Adrian Andover. Whiskey Business.
• Alison Keeton. Blaze Orange.
• Elisabeth Dini. Bearer of Bad News.
• Eloise Corvo. Off the Beaten Path.
• Jaime Parker Stickle. Vicious Cycle.
• Joan O’Leary. A Killer Wedding.
• Joel Turner. Wildwood Exit.
• Matt Dunn. The Armchair Detectives.
• Melissa Westemeier and Mariana Damon, Old Habits Die Hard.
• Michael Rigg. Voices of the Elysian Fields.
• Nicky Neilsen. Nicky Death on Stanley Dock.
• Sandra Jackson-Opoku. Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes.      
• Sean Tyler. White Hell.
• Sue Hincenbergs. The Retirement Plan.
• Tonya Penrose. Baubles to Die For.

NONFICTION

• Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber. The Mother Next Door.
• Celeste Connally. Revenge, Served Royal.
• Dawn Barclay. Vacations Can Be Murder Vol 1 New England.
• Ellen Huet. Empire of Orgasm.
• Elon Green. The Man Nobody Killed.
• Gilbert King. Bone Valley.
• Jeremy Daniel and Tanya Farber. Inside the Mind of Rose West.
• John J. Lennon. The Tragedy of True Crime.
• Karen Palmer. She’s Under Here.
• Kate Winkler Dawson. The Sinners All Bow.
• Kenneth A. Daigler. Squeezing the Lemon Slowly.
• Lise Olsen. The Scientist and the Serial Killer.
• Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson. Death of Innocence.
• Pagan Kennedy. The Secret History of the Rape Kit.
• Rebecca Lafferty and Katie McNey. The Lafferty Girl.
• Thien Ho. The People vs. the Golden State Killer.
• Thomas Aiello. Mary Turner and the Mob.
• Tom Chorneau. Mrs. Cook and the Klan.

CHILDREN | YOUNG ADULT

• Chris Chan. Well-Behaved Children Rarely Make History.
• Marilyn Levinson. Rufus and the Dark Side of Magic.
• Micki Bare. Kimimila Returns.
• Nancy G. West. Risky Pursuit.
• Paul Barra. Samson and the Charleston Spy.
• Penny Warner. Murder at Blackwood Inn.
• Sandra Rathbone. Skelee Boy and the Two Worlds.
• Veronica Mixon. Beyond the Shadows.

SHORT STORY

• Adam Frost. “Rotten Peaches” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Adam Meyer. “Bad Date Rescue” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Adam Meyer. “Killer in the Woods” in Hollywood Kills.
• Alan Orloff. “Kids from the Patch” in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun.
• Alan Orloff. “Not Sorry” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Alan Orloff. “Snitches Local 422” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Alan Orloff. “The Society Set” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Ali Karim. “Avid Fan” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Alison McMahan. “Sister Secrets” in ThrillRide Magazine. Issue 9, Feb 2025.
• Andrew McAleer. “Von Stray and the Five-Fingered Fraudster” in A Casebook of Crime.
• Angie Pompano. “Minnie the Air Raid Warden” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Ann Aptaker. “Heartbreak Alley” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Ann McMan. “Red Dirt and Regret” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Anne Laughlin, “Swan Club” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Art Taylor. “Dalliance” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Ashley-Ruth Bernier. “Six-Armed Robbery” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier. “Clean-Up Duty” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Avram Lavinsky. “Funeral for a Friend” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Avram Lavinsky. “The Long Shot” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 20.25.
• Avram Lavinsky. “The Bank Heist Before Armageddon” in AHMM (Nov/Dec).
• Barb Goffman. “Baby Love” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Barry Fulton. “The Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Baxter Clare Trautman. “Buy That Woman a Beer” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Beck Clark. “Take Out” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Bonnar Spring. “At the End of the Day” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Brenda Buchanan. “Cape Jewell” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Brian Cox. “Being Alive” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Brian Cox. “The Bohr Brothers and the Bootlegger’s Mistress” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Brian Thornton. “Madman Across The Water” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Bruce Kubec. “Karma Can Be Both” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. “Writer’s Block” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• BV Lawson. “End Game” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Carol Willis. “The Golden Girl” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Cathy Ace. “Wax” in CrimeFest Leaving the Scene.
• Cayce Osborne. “Midnight Creeper” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Charles Todd. “The Gentleman from New Orleans” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Cheryl A. Head. “Finding Jimmy Baldwin” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Cheryl Head. “Brotherly Love” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Cheryl Head. “What Dreams Are Made Of” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Cheryl Malone. “As the Crows Fly” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Chris Chan. “Escape the Money Launderers” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Chris Knopf. “Submission” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Christa Faust. “Hollywood Prometheus” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Christine Bagley. “Sakura” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Christopher Bollen. “The Prophet Daniel” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Cindy Martin. “Key to the Past” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Clay Stafford. “The Hanging On Dumaine Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Cynthia Sabelhaus, “Ghost Rule 47” in SoWest: Danger Awaits!
• D.P. Lyle. “Trilogy” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.Jonathan Maberry. “The Skinny Old Man on Frenchman Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Dale T. Phillips. “Gas” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• David b. Schlosser. “Take Me to the Pilot” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• David Bart. “Blunt Force Trauma” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• David Dean. “Daniel” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• David S. Pederson. “Wilde About Murder” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Candy Cane on the Case,” Crimeucopia: The Not So Frail Detective Agency (December 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Ezra and the Frat Boys,” SoWest: Danger Awaits (September 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Opera Dinner Club”, Anything But Murder: Larceny and Lies (April 2025).
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Who Shot J.R.?” Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun (April 2025).
• Delia Pitts. “Better Together” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Diana DiGangi. “Victory or Death” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Don Bruns. “Saints and Sinners” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• donalee Moulton. “Zebra Finch” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Donna Andrews. “Dirty Deeds” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Donna Andrews. “The Dinosaur and the Maiden” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Donna Clancy. “Die Already, Will You?” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Ed Ridgley. “Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou?” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Edith Maxwell. “With a Little Help” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Elizabeth Shore. “Crocodile Rock” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Ellen Byron. “Billy Wilder’s Ghost” in Hollywood Kills.
• Elly Griffiths. “A Murder Mystery Without a Body” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Eric Beckstrom. “Six Cylinder Totem” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Eric Beetner. “The Cutting Room Floor” in Hollywood Kills.
• Erica Ruth Neubauer. “The Upper Window” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Fleur Bradley. “How to Psychoanalyze Yourself” in Dark Yonder.
• Fleur Bradley. “Sunday in the Park With George” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Gabriel Valjan. “Two Sentimental Gentlemen” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Gabriela Stiteler. “Money Well Spent”Jusdith Carlough. “Catch and Release” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Gary Phillips. “What Nef Said” in Hollywood Kills.
• Gay Toltl Kinman. “Graffiti Murder” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Gigi Pandian. “The Devil and Zephyr Devlin” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Gigi Pandian. “The Masquerade Ball” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Greg Herren.  “The Rhinestone” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Greg Herren. “The Spirit Tree” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Gregory Meece. “The Ladder Runs Both Ways” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Heather Graham.  “The Game of Life and Death” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Heather Graham. “It Was Just A Game” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Heather Weidner. “Game Over” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Hugh Lessig. “The Manchurian Canine” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• J. Jamie Groce. “Tears of a Clown” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• J.C. Bernthal. “Confess Your Secret!” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• J.M. Redmann.  “Snow Job” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• J.M. Redmann. “The Curious Case of the Sad Trombone” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Jane Limprecht. “Game of Drones” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Jayne Belmont. “Shoes” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• JD Allen. “A Crooked Rook” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Jean Macaluso. “Catching the Early Flight” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Jeffrey Marks. “15 Feet Under” in AHMM (2025).
• Jeffrey Marks. “Boogie Shoes” in AHMM (2025).
• Jeffrey Marks. “Fall of the House of Fresher” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Jeffrey Marks. “Together, Wherever We Go” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Jeffrey Round. “Transubstantiation” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Jeffrey Sweet. “If You Can Find Me, I’m Here” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Copenhaver. “The Fledgling” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• John Copenhaver. “Tonight” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Floyd. “I Love to Travel” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• John Gilstrap. “Pines Village” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• John M. Floyd . “Celebration Day” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• John M. Floyd. “Anna’s Story” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• John Shepphird. “Call ‘Action, Cut’…And Take the Blame” in Hollywood Kills.
• Jon Land & Jeff Ayers. “Don’t Be Scared” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Jon Lindstrom. “Stalker” in Hollywood Kills.
• Joseph Goodrich. “No Place Like London” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Joseph S. Walker.  “Bargaining” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Joseph S. Walker.  “Final Edit” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Joseph S. Walker. “All the Young Girls Love Alice”
• Josh Pachter. “A Short Madness” in EQMM (May/June).
• Josh Pachter. “Every Day a Little Death” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Josh Pachter. “Free Fallin’” in Gag Me With a Spoon: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Eighties.
• Josh Pachter. “I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself” in Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Josh Pachter. “I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Josh Pachter. “Mad Man Moon” in Too Deep: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Genesis.
• Josh Pachter. “X Marks the Spot” in (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #34).
• Julie Hennrikus. “Not a Day Goes By” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• K.L. Murphy. “Beach Club” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Kat Fast. “Virtually Yours” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Katherine V. Forrest. “A Leopard’s Spots” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kathryn O’Sullivan and Paul Awad. “The Shooting Script” in Hollywood Kills.
• Kathryn Prater Bomey. “House Arrest” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Katrina Carrasco. “Level Up” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Katy Munger. “Some Days You Eat the Bear Up” in Deadly Yellowstone.
• Kelli Stanley. “Levees” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Kelly J. Ford. “The Invitational” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kelly Selby (K.C. Selby). “Murder & Mystery: Live in Five” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Kerry Hammond. “For Sammy” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Kerry Hammond. “The Quizmasters Last Round” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Kirstin Dufrene (Kirlagh James). “The Chess Connection” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Korina Moss. “A Mother-in-Law’s Halloween Surprise” in Black Cat Weekly,Oct.2025.
• Kristen Lepionka. “Lipstick, Grenadine, or Blood” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Kristin Kisska. “From Here to Serenity” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Kristopher Zgorski. “Losing My Mind” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Larry S.Evans II.  “The Far End of Bourbon Street” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• LaToya Jovena. “Six Questions” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Laurel Hanson. “Out of Reach” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Lauren Silberman (Daphne Silver). “Queen of Pickleball” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Leah St. James. “A Slippery Slope” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Leanne Phillips. “Lullaby” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Leigh Perry. “Guilted Lily” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Leslie Budewitz. “The Devil’s Chair” in Murder in the Graveyard.
• Leslie Wheeler. “Graham 2.0” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Libby Cudmore. “I’ve Seen Everything” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Liese Sherwood-Fabre. “Reading Between the Lies” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Lisa Kaplan (LL Kaplan). “The Hack Job” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Lisa Nanni-Messegee. “There Won’t Be Trumpets” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Lori Rader-Day. “The Woman From Rolling Stone” in EQMM (March/April).
• M.S. Greene. “Ash Tuesday” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Maggie King. “Who Killed Mother Theresa” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Marcia Talley. “Dead Man’s Chest” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Marcia Talley. “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Marcia Talley. “Unpremeditated Art” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Marco Carocari. “Notes on How to be Iconic” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Margot Douaihy. “High Hit Area” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Mark Coggins. “Country Comfort” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Mary Anna Evans. “Love Lies Bleeding” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Mary Dutta. “It Ain’t Over” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Mary G. Kennedy. “A Sum of Parts” in Crime in the Old Dominion.
• Matt Goldman. “The Second Act Twist” in Hollywood Kills.
• Maya Corrigan. “Killer Instinct” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Melinda Mullet. “Corpse of the Month Club” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Melissa Westemeier. “Poached” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Meredith Doench. “Bladed” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Mia P. Manasala. “Never Meet Your Heroes” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Michael Bracken. “Beehive and Bouffant Beauty Blowout” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Michael Ferreter. “Sourlands” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Michael Portantiere. “Class” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Michael Rigg. “Grandma Connie’s Strawberry Pie” in Coastal Crimes 2.
• Michael Thomas Ford. “Later On, We’ll Conspire” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Moe Moeller. “The Last Stone from the House of Usher” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Neil S. Plakcy. “Social Disease” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Nikki Knight. “Boss Cat Rules” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Nikki Knight. “Other Voices Carry” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Nina Mansfield. “Wax On, Wax Off” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• P.J. Nelson. “The Sweet Fern and the Juniper” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• P.M.  Raymond. “Double Dutch Dare” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Patricia Gouthro. That Darn Dog” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Paula Messina. “Perfect” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Penny Mickelbury. “The Fourth Monkey” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Phoef Sutton. “Type” in Hollywood Kills.
• Rebecca Brittenham. “The Energy Coffee That Changes Life” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Rebecca K. Jones. “Hello, Little Girl” in Every Day a Little Death: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim.
• Rebecca Lugones. “The Worst Day Ever” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Reed Farrel Coleman.  “Green-Eyed Monster” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Renee James. “These Truths” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Richie Narvaez. “Shabu and the Golden Goose Murder” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Rob Pierce. “Have Mercy on the Criminal” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Unreliable Narrator” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Robert Lopresti. “Give the Gift of Murder” in Black Cat Weekly, #216.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Night Beckham Burned Down” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #16.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Trouble With Lucy” in Black Cat Weekly, #202.
• Robert Lopresti. “That One Friend” in Black Cat Weekly #182.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks and the High Bidder” in Black Cat Weekly #212.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Little Death” in Celluloid Crimes.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Chortling Man” in Black Cat Weekly #185.
• Robert Lopresti. “Lucky Night” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Cage” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Robert Rotstein. “Grand Theft Auto in the Heart of Screenland” in Hollywood Kills.
• Robyn Gigl. “Invisible” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Sam Wiebe. “Well Known Gun” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Sandra J. Cady. “High School Reunion” in The Not So Frail Detective Agency.
• Sarah Bewley. “Mandatory Retirement” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Sarah Smith. “The Women Who Loved Her Husband’s Teeth” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Sean Harding. “The Books Job” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Shannon Taft. “Old Maid” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Sharyn Kolberg. “Dead Hand, No Jokers” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Craft and Consequence” in Hollywood Kills.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Dead Air” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Level Up” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Sheryl Jordan. “Rideshare Murder in OBX” in Coastal Crimes 2 Death Takes A Vacation.
• Sheryl Jordan. “Silver Foxes Fight Back” in Coastal Crimes 2 Death Takes A Vacation.
• Smita Harish Jain. “Bitttersweet” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Stacy Woodson. “Confession of a Background Artist” in Hollywood Kills.
• Stephanie Gayle.  “What Would Babadook Do?” in Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “Chekhov, Sartre, and The Unity Effect” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “Know Thy Competition” in Von Stray’s Crimestalker Casebook.
• Stephen M. Pierce. “Death Streamed Live” in The Most Dangerous Games.
• Steve Hockensmith. “Shadowof the Badger” in Black Cat Weekly.
• Steve Shrott. “The Book” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Stuart Orloff and Alan Orloff. “A Role to Kill For” in Hollywood Kills.
• Susan Love Brown. “Three Cousins Walk into a Bar” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Susan Oleksiw. “The Receptionist” in Snakeberry: Best NE Crime Stories 2025.
• Suzanne Flaig. “A Pandemonium of Parrots” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Sylvia Maultash Warsh. “Polly Wants a Freaking Cracker” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Teel James Glenn. “Making Your Luck” in Hollywood Kills.
• Teresa Inge. “I Just Died in Your Arms” in Lunatic Fringe.
• Teresa Inge. “Our Lips Are Sealed” in Gag Me with a Spoon.
• Tiffany D. Plunkett. “Bloodsurf” in Hollywood Kills.
• Tim Maleeny.  “Lucky Heart” in Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed.
• Tim P. Walker. “Jamaica Jerk-Off” in Better Off Dead Vol. 1: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
• Tom Mead. “The Tell-Tale Thumb” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Vaseem Khan. “The Devil Himself” in Double Crossing Van Dine.
• Victoria Dowd. “Oh, Holy Night” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.
• Wendall Thomas. “Actor Sex” in Hollywood Kills.
• William Ade. “Maggie and Rick” in Mystery Most Humorous 2025.

Anthony Awards Eligible Titles for Bouchercon 2025

This page lists the Anthony Awards Eligible* Titles for Bouchercon 2025, which will be held September 3 to September 7, 2025 at the Marriott Hotel.

REGISTER here for Bouchercon 2025.

*Eligible means published in the United States during the calendar year 2024 (January 1-December 31). Eligibility is defined in Section 6 of the Bylaws here.

Anthony Nominations will begin February 28, 2025.

Authors must be registered by April 1, 2025 to be considered for a panel.

Check this site for periodic updates. Contact me via this page for Additions/Corrections.

Candidates are alphabetized by First Name. The categories are:

• Best Hardcover Novel
• Best First Novel
• Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel
• Best Short Story
• Best Juvenile/Young Adult
• Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
• Best Anthology or Collection
• Best Historical
• Best Paranormal
• Best Cozy or Humorous

Best Hardcover Novel

NOTE: Bouchercon Rules: if novel appeared in Hardcover, then it goes to Hardcover unless a Debut.

• Alex Kenna. Burn This Night.
• Alex Segura. Alter Ego.
• Alexander McCall Smith. The Conditions of Unconditional Love.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Vinland.
• Amy Tintera. Listen for the Lie.
• Andrea Penrose. Murder at King’s Crossing.
• Ann Cleeves. The Dark Wives.
• Ashley Weaver. Locked in Pursuit.
• Ayla Rose Murder on Devil’s Pond.
• Beverly McLachlin. Proof.
• Bruce Borgos. Shades of Mercy.
• Carol Goodman. Return to Wyldcliffe Heights.
• Cathy Ace. The Corpse with the Pearly Smile.
• Charlotte Vassell. The In Crowd.
• Claire Booth. Home Fires.
• Clare Mackintosh. A Game of Lies.
• Clea Simon. Bad Boy Beat.
• Connie Berry. A Collection of Lies.
• David Putnam. The Blind Devotion of Imogen.
• David Rosenfelt. Dog Day Afternoon.
• David Rosenfelt. The More the Terrier.
• Deanna Raybourn. A Grave Robbery.
• Delia Pitts. Trouble in Queenstown.
• Duane Swierczy. California Bear.
• Edward Marston. Murder in Transit.
• Ellery Adams. The Little Lost Library.
• Erica Wright. Hollow Bones.
• Fiona Buckley. To Seize a Queen.
• Hank Phillippi Ryan. One Wrong Word.
• Heather Levy. Hurt for Me.
• Helaine Mario. Echoes on the Wind.
• Ian Moore. Death and Fromage.
• J.A. Jance. Den of Iniquity.
• J.D. Robb. Passions in Death.
• J.D. Robb. Random In Death.
• Jacqueline Winspear. The Comfort of Ghosts.
• Jenna Bennett. Evil in the Essex House.
• Jenna Bennett. Murder in a Mayfair Flat.
• Joanna Schaffhausen. All the Way Gone.
• Joel Shulkin. Heroic Measures.
• John Copenhaver. Hall of Mirrors.
• Julia Dahl. I Dreamed of Falling.
• Kat Davis. In a Dark Mirror.
• Katarina Bivald. The Murders in Great Diddling.
• Katrina Carrasco. Rough Trade.
• Kate Ellis. Coffin Island.
• Kate Khavari. A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets.
• Kathy Reichs. Fire and Bones.
• Katie Tietjen. Death in the Details.
• Kelley Armstrong. Disturbing the Dead.
• Kellye Garrett. Missing White Woman.
• Kristin Perrin. How to Solve Your Own Murder.
• Laurie R. King. The Lantern’s Dance.
• Lee Goldberg. Dream Town.
• Linda Keir. The Royal Game.
• Lindsey Davis. Death on the Tiber.
• Liz Moore. The God of the Woods.
• Louise Penny: The Grey Wolf.
• Matt Cost. The Pirate Trap.
• M.C. Beaton. Death of a Spy.
• Michelle Chouinard. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco.
• Mindy Mejia. A World of Hurt.
• Miranda James. Requiem for a Mouse.
• Nicolás Ferraro. My Favorite Scar.
• Nicholas George. A Deadly Walk in Devon.
• Paula Mays. Murder in Las Plazas de Toros.
• P.J. Nelson. Booked for Murder.
• Rebecca Saltzer. Not Accounting for Murder.
• Rhys Bowen. The Rose Arbor.
• Richard Koreto. The Cadieux Murders.
• Robert Jackson Bennett. The Tainted Cup.
• Robyn Gigl. Nothing But The Truth.
• Sarah Easter. Things Don’t Break on Their Own.
• Sulari Gentill. The Mystery Writer.
• Terry Shames. The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson.
• Tom Ryan. The Treasure Hunters Club.
• William Kent Krueger. Spirit Crossing.
• William McCormick. Deeds of Darkness.
• Yasmin Angoe. Not What She Seems.

Best First Novel

• Abbott Kahler. Where You End.
• Adam Plantinga. The Ascent.
• Alana B. Lytle. Man’s Best Friend.
• Alina Grabowski. Women and Children First.
• Alisa Alering. Smothermoss.
• Alli Dyer. Strange Folk.
• Allison A. Davis. But Not For Me.
• Ally Conde. The Unwedding.
• Amy Pease. Northwoods.
• Andrew DeYoung. The Day He Never Came home.
• Angela Crook. Hurt Mountain.
• Anthony Gedell. Love Lies in the Throes of Rhetoric.
• Ariel Rodman. Murder at the Lyceum.
• Ash Clifton. Twice the Trouble.
• Asha Greyling. The Vampire of Kings Street.
• Ashley Tate. Twenty-Seven Minutes.
• Audrey Lee. The Mechanics of Memory.
• Barbara Gayle Austin. What You Made Me Do.
• Brendan Flaherty. The Dredge.
• Bryan Robinson. Way Dead Upon the Suwannee River.
• Carinn Jade. The Astrology House.
• Carmella Lowkis. Spitting Gold.
• Carolina Dow. Scent of Murder.
• Caroline Cleveland. When Cicadas Cry.
• Christina Estes. Off the Air.
• Christine Ma-Kellams. The Band.
• Cindy Goyette. Obey All Laws.
• Daniel Lefferts. Ways and Means.
• David Lewis. A Jewel In The Crown.
• Elizabeth Heider. May the Wolf Die.
• Elizabeth Staple. The Snap.
• Elle Jauffret. Threads of Deception.
• Emily Ruth Verona. Midnight on Beacon Street.
• Emma C. Wells. This Girl’s A Killer.
• Gerri Lewis. The Last Word.
• Gordon Greisman. The Devil’s Daughter.
• Gregg Podolski. The Recruiter.
• Hannah Martian. Long Time Gone.
• Hansen Shi. The Expat.
• Henry Wise. Holy City.
• Jennifer Croft. The Extinction of Irena Ray.
• Jennifer Moorhead. Broken Bayou.
• Jennifer K. Morita. Ghosts of Waikīkī.
• Jennifer Sadera. I Know She Was There.
• Jenny Adams. A Deadly Endeavor.
• Jenny Dandy. The Brownstone on East 83rd.
• Jenny Wilson O’Raghallaigh. Mandatory Reporting: A Dublin Mystery.
• Joanna Pearson. Bright and Tender Dark.
• Johanna Copeland. Our Kind of Game.
• Jon Lindstrom. Hollywood Hustle.
• Joshua Perry. Serapahim.
• Justine Champine. Knife River.
• K.T. Nguyen. You Know What You Did.
• Kailee Pedersen, Sacrifical Animals.
• Kat Davis. In A Dark Mirror.
• Kate Brody. Rabbit Hole.
• Kate Michaelson. Hidden Rooms.
• Katie Tietjen. Death in the Details.
• Kerri Hakoda. Cold to the Touch.
• Kristen Perrin. How to Solve Your Own Murder.
• Kristi Jones. Murder in the Ranks.
• K.T. Nguyen. You Know What You Did.
• L.K. Bowen. For Worse.
• Laura Wetsel. Burnt Ends.
• Lauren Ling Brown. Society of Lies.
• Lawrence Robbins. The President’s Lawyer.
• Lori Brand. Bodies to Die For.
• M.S. Greene. There’s No Murder Like Show Murder.
• Maggie Auffarth. Burn It All.
• Marlee Bush. When She Was Me.
• Matt Riordan. The North Line.
• Megaera C. Lorenz. The Shabti.
• Morgan Richter. The Divide.
• Nicholas George. A Deadly Walk In Devon.
• Nishita Parekh. The Night of the Storm.
• Norman Woolworth. The Lafitte Affair.
• Pamela Fagan Hutchins. Her Silent Bones.
• Patrice McDonough. Murder by Lamplight.
• Paula Charles. Hammers and Homicide.
• Peter Malone Elliott. Blue Ridge.
• Ram Murali. Death in the Air.
• Rob D. Smith. Good-Looking Ugly.
• Ryan C. Coleman. Billy the Kid.
• Sagit Schwartz. Since She’s Been Gone.
• Sam Garonzik. A Rough Way to Go.
• Sara Koffi. While We Were Burning.
• Sara Ochs. The Resort.
• Sarah Crouch. Middletide.
• Scott Alexander Howard. The Other Valley.
• Scott Lyerly. The Last Line.
• Shaina Steinberg. Under The Paper Moon.
• Stella Sands. Wordhunter.
• Steve Packwood. The Dissection Murders.
• Sydney Leigh. The Last Word.
• Tasha Coryell. Love Letters to a Serial Killer.
• Terry S. Friedman. Bone Pendant Girls.
• Tessa Fontaine. The Red Grove.
• Tracy Sierra. Night Watching.
• W.R. Gorman, We Kept Her in the Cellar.
• William Gormley. Too Many Bridges.

Best Paperback Original. E-book / Audiobook Original Novel

• Agatha Frost. Lemon Drizzle and Loathing.
• Alan Orloff. Late Checkout.
• Albert Waitt. Flood Tide.
• Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson. The Road to Heaven.
• Alma Katsu. The Spy Who Vanished.
• Ann Cleeves. The Dark Wives.
• Anna Lee Huber. A Deceptive Composition.
• Anna Lee Huber. The Cold Light of Day.
• Annette Dashofy. What Comes Around.
• Ashley Gardner. A Darkness in Seven Dials.
• Bonnie Kistler. Shell Games.
• Bruce Coffin and LynDee Walker. The General’s Gold.
• Bruce Coffin and LynDee Walker. The Cardinal’s Curse.
• Bruce Coffin and LynDee Walker. The Pirate’s Secret.
• Carsen Taite. Trial Run.
• Cathi Stoler. Out of Time.
• Charles Phillip Martin. Rented Grave.
• Claire Johnson. Fog City.
• Claudia Riess. Dying for Monet.
• Colin Campbell. Devil’s Coast.
• Daniel Miller. Den of Lions.
• Desmond P. Ryan. Blind Spot.
• Desmond P. Ryan. Mary-Margaret and The Case of the Thieving Barmaid.
• Diane Vallere. Ranch Dressing,
• Donna Clancy. Kilned at the Ceramic Shop.
• Elle Jauffret. Threads of Deception.
• Eric Beetner. The Last Few Miles of Road.
• Erica Miner. Overture to Murder.
• Erik Meyers. Murder on the Mississippi.
• Gabriel Valjan. The Big Lie.
• Greg Stout. Long Time Gone.
• Heather Levy. Hurt Me.
• Helaine Mario. Echoes on the Wind.
• Isabella Maldonado. A Forgotten Kill.
• Ivanka Fear. Lost Like Me.
• Ivanka Fear. What Lies in the Cornfield?
• J.L. Winters. A Fatal Fortune.
• J.R. Sanders. The Killing Way.
• James L’Etoile. Served Cold.
• James Ross. Coldwater Endgame.
• Jeff Markowitz. The Other.
• Jennifer Burke. Juvenalia.
• Joseph Souza. Bad Choices.
• Justin Kiska. Black and White.
• K.B. Jackson. Until Depths Do Us Part.
• K.L. Murphy. Last Girl Missing.
• Kara Lacey. Body Beneath the Covered Bridge.
• Karin Fitz Sanford. Running on Empty.
• Katarina Bivald. The Murders in Great Diddling.
• Katherine Ramsland. Dead Handed.
• Kathy Reichs. Fire and Bones.
• Kerry Peresta. The Crushing.
• Kevin Kluesner. The Killers Terms.
• Kim Herdman Shapiro.  The Raven’s Cry.
• Kimberly Belle. The Paris Widow.
• Krista Davis. The Dog Across the Lake.
• Lawrence Kelter. Beyond the Veil.
• Lewis Vaught. Things People Do.
• Libby Cudmore. Negative Girl.
• Libi Siporin. The Spaces Between the Threads.
• Linda Norlander. Death of a Dream Catcher.
• Linda Norlander. What Goldie Witnessed.
• Lise McClendon. The Last Letter from France.
• Liz Milliron. Saving the Guilty
• LynDee Walker. No Secrets Remain.
• Lyn Squire. Fatally Inferior.
• LynDee Walker and Bruce Coffin. The General’s Gold.
• LynDee Walker and Bruce Coffin. The Cardinal’s Curse.
• LynDee Walker and Bruce Coffin. The Pirate’s Secret.
• Lynn-Steven Johanson. Sins Revealed.
• M.A. Monnin. Death in St. George’s.
• M.E. Proctor. Love You Till Tuesday.
• M.M. Lindvall. Dust to Dust.
• Marni Graff. Death in the Orchard.
• Marty Wingate. Murder of a Suffragette.
• Mary Karnes. Save the Fate.
• Matthew Booth. A Killing Amongst the Dead.
• Nancy Cole Silverman. Murder on the Med.
• Nancy Good. Killer Condo.
• Paul Sinor. War Stories and Fairy Tales.
• Peter Clenott. The Murder Investigation of Adolf Hitler.
• Peter Hayes. The Things That Can Not be Forgotten.
• Rebecca K. Jones. Staying the Course.
• Richard McGonegal. The Substance of Fear.
• Sarah Bewley. Frozen Eden.
• Seraphina Nova Glass. The Vacancy in Room 10.
• Shelly Costa. The Damages.
• Stacie Grey. She Left.
• Steve Urszenyi. Out in the Cold.
• Steve Weddle. The County Line.
• Tara Lush. Gator Queen.
• Tina deBellegarde. Autumn Embers.
• Tom Coffey. Special Victim.
• Traci Andrighetti. Nocino Noir.
• Tracy Clark. Echo.

Best Short Story

• Adam Gorgoni. “Bitch” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Adam Meyer. “Double Fault” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Adam Meyer. “Livin’ on the Edge” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Adam Meyer. “Rockaway Beach” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Aimee Kluck. “Murder in the Wine Cellar” in Mystery Most International.
• Alan Barker. “Unlucky for Some” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Alan Orloff. “Dragos & Son” in Mystery Most International.
• Alan Orloff. “Murder At Home” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Alan Orloff. “Murder in the Kitchen” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Alan Orloff. “Solid Six” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Alan Orloff. “Stayin’ Alive” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Alan Orloff. “Well Done” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Alanna Weaver. “Burn Piles” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Alison McMahan. “Hellfire & Holywater” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Andrew Child. “You Shook Me All Night Long” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Andrew Welsh-Huggins. “Cold Comfort” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Andrew Welsh-Huggins. “Sticky” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Ang Pompano. “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Ann Aptaker. “Destiny Road” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Ann Aptaker. “Neon Women” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Anna Scotti. “A New Weariness” in EQMM.
• Anna Scotti. “Into the Silent Land” in EQMM.
• Anna Scotti. “Not with Hibiscus, but with Blood” in EQMM.
• Anna Stolley Persky. “The Jews on Elm Street” in EQMM, (Sept-Oct 2024).
• Anne Hillerman & David Tedlock. “The Package” in Mystery Most International.
• Annie McEwen. “Death at Dunarven: A Jane Bennett Mystery” in Mystery Most International. 
• Ariel Lawhon. “Barriers to Entry” Amazon Original Stories.
• Art Taylor and Tara Laskowski. After Their Convictions, Six Murderers Reflect on How Killing Mr. Boddy Changed Their Lives” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Art Taylor. “Tuesday Night Teas” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Art Taylor. “Two for One” in Murder, Neat.
• Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier. “Afterglow” in Mystery Most Devious.
• Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier. “Murder Can’t Stop de Carnvial” in EQMM (July/August).
• Austin Camacho. “Truth or Die” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Avram Lavinsky. “Lady With a Fan” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Avram Lavinsky. “Last Child” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Barb Goffman. “A Matter Of Trust” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Barb Goffman. “The Postman Always Flirts Twice” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Barry Fulton. “From Bach to Bluegrass” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Bev Vincent. “Houston, We Have a Problem” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Bev Vincent. “Payback is Forever” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Bev Vincent. “The Voynich Manuscript” in Mystery Most International.
• Bev Vincent. “Somebody’s Watching Me” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Bill Baber. “Same Old Song and Dance” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Bill Fitzhugh. “Last Dance” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Bill Pronzini. “The Heist” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Bill W. Morgan. “The Boxer” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Bob Mangeot. “Noble Rot” in Murder, Neat.
• Bobby Mathews. “Las Vegas Always Needs Showgirls” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Bobby Mathews. “It Cuts Both Ways” in Dark Waters, Volume 3.
• Bonnar Spring. “Go With the Flow” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Bonnar Spring. “The Sunrise” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Brian Shea. “The Cavalry on Wings” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Brian Shea. “The Cavalry on Wings” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Brian Thornton. “The Catherine Wheel” in Murder, Neat.
• Bridges DelPonte. “Seven Minutes in Heaven” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Britin Haller & Shane Gericke. “So Many Shores in Crookland” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 150.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. “Victim or the Crime” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Bruce Robert Coffin. “Novem Vitae” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• BV Lawson. “The Final Chapter” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Caleb Coy. “Three Sorry Langers” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Cari Dubiel. “Dark X” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Carol L. Wright. “Entering the Totality Zone” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Carolina Garcia-Aquilera. “The Collar” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Catherine Siemann. “Murder Offstage” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Cathi Stoler. “Another OpeningAnother Show” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Cathi Stoler. “Lost at Sea” in Mystery Most International.
• Cayce Osborne. “Chasing Dreams in the Emerald City” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Chandler Christie. “Too Many Santas” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Charles Philipp Martin. “Smash & Grab” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Charles Todd. “Have a Drink on Me” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Chris Dreith. “The Road to Limerick” in Mystery Most International. 
• Chris Knopf. “What Made Sammy Run” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Christine Bagley. “The Cottage” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Christine Eskilson. “Peregrine Point” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Christine Verstraete. “Wildfire” in I Just Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Cindy Goyette. “The Big Mess” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Claire Booth. “Shots” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Clay Stafford. “A Short Garsh” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Clea Simon. “The Shorty Beat” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Colin Conway. “A Husband’s Duty” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Connie Johnson Hambley. “Obscura Eclipse” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Curtis Ippolito. “8-Hour Detour” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Curtis Ippolito. “Something to Hold On To” in Dark Yonder 6.
• D.M. Barr. “Orchestral Removals in the Dark” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• D.P. Lyle. “The Favor” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Dänna Wilberg. “A” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Dänna Wilberg. “A” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• David Avallone. “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• David B. Schlosser. “The Barnum Doctrine” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• David Bruns. “Givin’ the Dog a Bone” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• David Dean. “The Atonement of Michael Darcy” in Murder, Neat.
• David Edgerley Gates. “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” in Murder, Neat.
• David Heska Wanbli Weiden. “Wind Spirits” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• David James Keaton. “Over the Wall” in Dark Yonder Issue 7 (Oct. 15, 2024).
• David L. Ulin. “Shamash” in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Davin Ireland. “Human Waste” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Deb Lacy. “Sweet Revenge Hotline” in Mystery Most International.
• Deborah Merino. “Dumb Luck” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Debra H. Goldstein. “Just Over Four Minutes To Get Even” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Dominique Biebau. “What’s Become of the Baby?” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Don Bruns. “Let Me Put My Love into You” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Donald M. Munro. “Elevator Operator” in Black Cat Weekly Issue 160.
• donalee Moulton. “Swan Song” in Mystery Most International.
• Donna Andrews. “The Grim” in Black Cat Weekly issue 165.
• Donna Andrews. “When Even Waffle House Closes” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Ed Ridgley. “Dream On” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Eddie Generous. “Sister” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Edith Maxwell. “Unmasked” in Kings River Life.
• Elaine Viets. “The Tears of the Trophy Wife” in Mystery Most International.
• Elizabeth Elwood. “The Child” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Elizabeth Zelvin. “A Friendly Glass” in Murder, Neat.
• Ellen Kirschman “The Untold Upside of an Infestation of Termites” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Ellen Quint. “The Deli Man” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Emily Carpenter. “Lyre” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Emily Ross. “Let the Chips Fall” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Eric Beckstrom. “The Birth of the Longtooth Blues” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Eric Beckstrom. “The Night Can Be Dark Again” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Eric Beetner. “Good for Sales” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Erica Wright. “One Lucky Break” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Erika Krouse. “Eat My Moose,” in Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days by (Bard College).
• Eugenia Parrish. “A Christmas Cat in the Woods” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Eve Fisher. “Bad Influence” in Murder, Neat.
• Eve Fisher. “Round and Round” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• F. J. Talley. “Cui Bono” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Faye Snowden. “Althea” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Fleur Bradley Visscher. The Purgatory of Emily Gray in Colorado Mystery Merge (SinC Colorado anthology).
• Fran Fuller. OhWhat Now?” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Frank Zafiro. “The Deserved” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• G.M. Malliet. “Pride of Cucamonga” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Gabino Iglesias. “Lighting the Remora”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Gabriel Valjan. “Satan’s Spit” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Gabriela Stiteler. “The Business of Others” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Gary Phillips. “Scrap Heap” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Gary Phillips. “The Darklight Gizmo Matter” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Gert-Jan Van Den Bemd. “Promises to Keep” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• H.K. Slade. “A Piper Has Fallen” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Hal Glatzer. “Was It Woody’s?” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Hans Copek. “A Capital Offense” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• HC Chan. “Tone Deaf” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Heather Graham. “Hells Bells” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Heather Graham. “Music Lives Forever” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Hugh   Lessig. “Burned” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Hugh Lessig. “Retro Rhapsody” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Ivy Pochoda. “Johnny Christmas”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Izolda Trakhtenberg. “The Celestial Queen” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• J.R. Sanders. “Hangry in Hungary” in Mystery Most International.
• Jake Stein. “Sparrow Maker,” in EQMM (Nov-Dec 2024).
• James A. Hearn. “An Evening at the Opera House” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• James A. Hearn. “Gone Fishin’” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• James A. Hearn. “Totality” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• James D.F. Hannah. “Shakedown Street” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• James D.F. Hannah. “Do You See the Light?” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• James D.F. Hannah. “A Tear in His Hand,” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine January/February 2024
• James D.F. Hannah. “Twenty Centuries,” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine November/December 2024
• James D.F. Hannah. “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground,” in Bishop Rider Lives
• James L’Etoile. “Estimated Prophet” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Janice Law. “The Colonel” in Murder, Neat.
• Janice Law. “The Smart One” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Jason Powell. “A Gun in the Flower Bed” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• JD Allen. “The Ham & Egger” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• JD Trafford. “Crossroads” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Jeanne Dubois. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Jeff Markowitz. “Her Hips Were the Face of El Viziir” in Mystery Tribune.
• Jeffrey Marks. “Death on the Nile” in Mystery Most International.
• Jeffrey Marks. “Three Mile Smile” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Jen Conley. “Skulls” in Ghoulish Tales 2.
• Jenny Ramaley. “Ruby’s Rodeo Tailors and Western Wear Emporium” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Jim Rutland. “The Demo”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Jim Winter. “Bad Whiskey” in Murder, Neat.
• Jim Winter. “Street Jesus” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• J.M. Taylor. “It’s Hard to Die” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• J.R. Angelella. “Mi Shebeirach”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• John Bosworth. A Bad Place To Die” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• John C. Bruening. “Sight for Sore Eyes” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• John M. Floyd. “A Cold Day in Helena,” Black Cat Mystery Magazine #15, Aug 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “A New Leaf,” Mystery Magazine, Feb 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “A Shock to the System,” Mystery Magazine, June 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “A Walk in the Woods” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• John M. Floyd. “Bad Eagle Road,” Mystery Magazine, May 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “Bourbon and Water” in Murder, Neat.
• John M. Floyd. “Hole in My Soul” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• John M. Floyd. “In-Laws and Outlaws,” Mystery Magazine, April 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “Moonshine and Roses,” AHMM, July/Aug 2024
• John M. Floyd. “Pushing Joe Carter,” Strand Magazine, May 2024.
• John M. Floyd. “Skeeter Done Shot Billy Bob,” Shamus & Anthony Commit Capers.
• John M. Floyd. “Sunlight and Shadows” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• John M. Floyd. “Welcome to Armadillo,” Strand Magazine, Aug 2024.
• John Rogers Clark IV. “Bareback Rider” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• John Shepphird. “Sutton’s Law” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Jon McGoran. “Firestorm” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Joseph Benedetto. “The Canadian: Death at a Ghost’s Hands” in Mystery Most International.
• Joseph D’Agnese. “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bled” in Murder, Neat.
• Joseph R.G. De Marco. “The Vermin Tour” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Joseph S. Walker. “And Now, An Inspiring Story Of Tragedy Overcome” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Joseph S. Walker. “Janie’s Got a Gun” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Joseph S. Walker. “Sunrise at the Moonshine Palace” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 143.
• Joseph S. Walker. “The Light of Another World” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Joseph S. Walker. “The Music Never Stopped” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Joseph S. Walker. “Come On Eileen” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Josh Pachter. “Friend of the Devil” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Josh Pachter. “Heavenly Bamboo” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Josh Pachter. “Peace on Tenth Street” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Josh Pachter. “The Land of Entrapment” in Agatha and Derringer Go Cozy.
• Josh Pachter. “The Last Dance” in Mystery Most International.
• Josh Pachter. “The Rapper” in I Just Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Josh Pachter. “The Wind Phone” in EQMM.
• Josh Pachter. “Woulda Coulda Shoulda” in Mystery Most Devious.
• K.L. Abrahamson. “Red Dust Express” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• K.L. Murphy. “Eyes of the World” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Kai Lovelace “Head Start” in EQMM, (Sept-Oct 2024).
• Karen A. Phillips. “Found Art” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Karen Harrington. “Todd’s Fault” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Karen Odden. “Real Loot” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Kate Flora. “Widow’s Walk” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Kate Hohl. “Rosabelle” in EQMM (Sept/Oct).
• Kate Lansing. “Stranger on the Train” in Mystery Most International.
• Katherine Ramsland. “Thin Air” in Mystery Most International.
• Katherine Tomlinson. “Chiaroscuro 100” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Kathryn O’Sullivan and Paul Awad. “Touch of Grey” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Kathryn Prater Bomey. “Running Interference” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Kaye George. “Monday in the Park” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Keith Roysdon. “Indpendence” in MOTEL. 
• Keith Roysdon. “No Trucks” in Punk Noir. 
• Kelli Stanley. “Folk Song” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Kerry Hammond. “Sins of the Father” in Mystery Most International.
• Kim Hays. A Fondness for Truth
• Kris Neri. “Queen Forever” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Kristin Kisska. “Cruise to Nowhere” in First Comes Marriage, Then Comes Murder.
• Kristin Kisska. “Not Yo’ Mama’s IPA” in Murder, Neat.
• Kristine Katherine Rusch. “Body Parts and Bathtub Rings” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Kristopher Zgorski. “Reynisfjara” in Mystery Most International.
• Laura Boss. “Feral: A Love Story” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Laura Oles. “Agency” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Laura Oles. “Echoes of Aquarena Springs” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Lawrence Maddox. “Deep Time” in Murder, Neat.
• Lawrence Ong. “Murder Under Sedation” in EQMM, March-April 2024.
• Lee Goldberg. “If I Were A Rich Man”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Lee Matthew Goldberg. “Sublime Evil” in Chicago Quarterly Review.
• Lee Matthew Goldberg. “The Great Gimmelmans” in Mystery Tribune No. 22-23.
• Leigh Lundin. “Razing the Bar” in Murder, Neat.
• Leone Ciporin. “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Leone Ciporin. “Polly Wants a Cracker” in Mystery Most Devious.
• Leone Ciporin. “Life in a Northern Town” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Leslie Karst. “Curse of the Supertaster” in Black Cat Weekly #130.
• Leslie Wheeler. “The Book Club” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Libby Fischer Hellmann. “Leave the Gun” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Libby Cudmore. “Alibi In Ice” in AHMM (July/August 2024).
• Libby Cudmore. “$400 Gets You Elvis” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Libby Cudmore. “Tender” in Shotgun Honey Presents At the Edge of Darkness (Oct 2024).
• Libby Cudmore “Ruby Dear” in Burning Down the House.
• Libby Cudmore. “Enjoy the Silence” in EQMM (Jan/Feb 2025).
• Linda Landrigan. “Born Cross-Eyed” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Linda Townsdin. “Hyde and Seek” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Lisa Jacobs. “Dead Weight”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Liv Constantine. “Everywhere You Look” Amazon Original Stories.
• Liz Milliron. “Mal de Ojo” in Mystery Most International.
• Lori Armstrong. “Twisted Sister” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Lori-Rader Day. “The Applause Dies” in EQMM (Sept-Oct 2024).
• Lori Robbins. “French Fried” in Mystery Most International.
• Lori Robbins. “Recipe for Revenge” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Lorraine Sharma Nelson. “Big Vuto in Lusaka” in Mystery Most International. 
• Lynne Ewing. “The Last Lap Goodbye” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Marcia Muller. “Scamming the Scammer” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Marcia Talley. “Grandpa Minds the Baby” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Margaret Atwood. “Cut and Thirst” Amazon Original Stories.
• M. K. Waller. “Mine Eyes Dazzle” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• M.E. Proctor. “Drop Dead Gorgeous” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• M.E. Proctor. “Magpie” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 169.
• Maddi Davidson. “Off The Beaten Trail” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Marcelle Dubé. “Getting Back into Heaven” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Marcia Talley. “A Fine New York Whine” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Margaret Lucke. “Open House” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Mark Bergin.” Cold Witness Cold Eggs” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Mark Stevens. “Bad Influence” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Mark Thielman. “Lyrics and Music” in Murder, Neat.
• Mark Thielman. “The Kratz Gambit” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Mark Troy. “The Car Hank Died In” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Marni Graff. “Grave Expectations” in Mystery Most International.
• Mary Adler. “The Hunt” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Mary Adler. “The Hunt” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Mary Dutta. “Bitch’s Brew” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Mary Dutta. “The Boyz in the Band” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Maureen Patrick. “Death at Dunarven” in Mystery Most International.
• Melodie Campbell. “The Mob, the Model, and the College Reunion” in Murder, Neat.
• Merrilee Robson. “A Farmhouse in Provence” in Mystery Most International.
• Merrilee Robson. “The Guadagnini Cello” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Michael Amos Cody. “I Could Be the One” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Michael Amos Cody. “Carolina” in Wild Wind: Poems & Stories Based on the Songs of Robert Earl Keen.
• Michael Bracken. “Bar None” in Murder, Neat.
• Michael Bracken. “Barbed Wire Bison) forthcoming in AHMM, November/December 2024
• Michael Bracken. “Bermuda Triangle” in EQMM, May/June 2024.
• Michael Bracken. “Cocaine Cowboy” in Mystery Magazine, July 2024
• Michael Bracken. “Cry” in Mystery Tribune (website), January 1, 2024.
• Michael Bracken. “Family Business” in AHMM, January/February 2024.
• Michael Bracken. “Four Minutes” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Michael Bracken. “Marked” in Starlite Pilp Review #4, June 2024.
• Michael Bracken. “Stinkwater Lake” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Michael Bracken. “The Big Snip” in TOUGH, April 22, 2024.
• Michael Bracken. “Windfall” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Michael Chandos. “Dinky Dau” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Michael Ditchfield. “Chinese Exclusion” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Michael Ferreter. “Music City Row” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Michael Mallory. “A Well-Kept Secret” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 138.
• Michelle Bazan Reed. “Mayhem on the Cheddar Express” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Mo Walsh. “Lessons from Nature” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Mysti Berry. “Mini Me” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• N.M. Cedeno. “A Woman’s Place” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Nancy Bilyeau. “The Reliquary” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Nancy Brewka-Clark. “One Shy of a Load” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Nancy Good. “Too Much Beethoven” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Neil S. Plakcy. “The Missing Delegate” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Nev March. “Arsenic and the Shepherd” in Mystery Most International.
• Nick Kolakowski. “Feed the Machine” in Bishop Rider Lives, edited by Beau Johnson and Hector Acosta)/
• Nick Kolakowski. “One Year in the Life of Marilyn” in Rock and a Hard Place Issue 12, fall 2024.
• Nick Kolakowski. “Body and Blood” (first appeared in House of Gamut Issue 12, December 2024.
• Nick Kolakowski. “Rebirth” in Dark Yonder Issue 5, April 2024. 
• Nikki Dolson. “Come Let Us Kiss and Part”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Nikki Knight. “Things Look Different Up Here” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Nikki Knight. “Public Affairs Homicide” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Nils Gilbertson. “Quackers” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Nils Gilbertson. “The Price of Blood” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Nina Mansfield. “A Warm Moscow October” in Mystery Most International.
• Nina Mansfield. “Worst Date Ever” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Nina Wachsman. “Murder at the Ziegfeld Follies” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• O’Neil De Noux. “Flesh Wounds” in Murder, Neat.
• Pat Gaudet. “The Legend of Penny and the Luck of the Draw Casino” in EQMM (May-June 2024.
• Paula Bernstein. “Back to the Bronx” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Paula Gail Benson. “Only Absent for a Time” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Paula Messina. “Fish Eyes” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Peggy Rothschild. “The Same Old Song” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Penny Mickelbury. “Miz Mary’s Secret Recipe” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Peter W.J. Hayes. “White Elephants” in Mystery Most International.
• Peter W.J. Hayes. “Yellow Tulips” in Mystery Magazine. March 2024.
• Puja Guha. “A Spy’s Night Out” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• R. Barri Flowers. “Danger in the Greenhouse” inMysteries of Golfton Hills.
• R.M. Lowery. “Luxury Goods” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• R.T. Lawton. “Most Important Meal of the Day” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• R.T. Lawton. “The Bar” in Murder, Neat.
• Rachel Howzell Hall & M.G. Hall. “All Too Well” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Rebecca Olmstead. “A Deadly Conundrum” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Reed Farrel Coleman. “Shoot to Thrill” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Richard Helms. “Everybody Loves a Hero” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 131.
• Richard Helms. “The Four-Nine Profile” in EQMM (March-April).
• Richie Narvaez. “Raúl and Rita in It’s a Wonderful Wife!” Crippen & Landru Holiday Chapbook (January 2024).
• Rick Bleiweiss. “Shake a Leg” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Rob D. Smith. “A Box Full of Soul” in Dark Yonder Issue 7, Fall.
• Rob McCartney. “Tent City” in Mystery Most International.
• Rob Phillips. “A Good Samaritan” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Robby Henson. “Gun in Hand” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Robert J. Binney. “Restoration Software” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Robert Jeschonek. “An Imp in Spy’s Clothing” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Robert Lopresti. “Christmas Dinner.” in AHMM, Nov/Dec.
• Robert Lopresti. “Gate of Hades.” in Mystery Magazine, June.
• Robert Lopresti. “Late Bus” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 125.
• Robert Lopresti. “No Escape” in Mystery Most International.
• Robert Lopresti. “Professor Pie is Going to Die.” in AHMM, May/June.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks in Retreat.” in AHMM, Jan/Feb.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks’s Last Words” in Black Cat Weekly, #161.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks’ Role Model” in AHMM, March/April.
• Robert Lopresti. “Shanks’s Sunbeam” in Murder, Neat.
• Robert Lopresti. “Slow News Day” in Mystery Magazine, February 2024.
• Rob Lopresti. “The Book Deal” in Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Nurse Log” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Robert Lopresti. “The Trouble with Saving the World” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Robert Lopresti. “Underpass” In Black Cat Weekly, #130.
• Robert Lopresti. “Welcome to JFR!” in EQMM, Nov/Dec.
• Robin Hazard Ray. From Hunger” in Mystery Most International.
• Robin Templeton. “Eight Seconds To Live” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Rosalie Spielman. “(H)Airless” in Murder in the Air.
• Roz Ray. “The Grenade” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• RT Lawton. “Lenny and the Lab” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Sam Wiebe. “The Lover of Eastlake” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Sandra Balzo. “Back in Black” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Sandra Murphy. “Pigeon Talk (867-5309/Jenny)” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• Sarah M. Chen. “The Gift” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Sarah Smith. “Gonna be the Heck of a Band” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Sarah Zachrich Jeng. “Goodbye Pearl” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Sean Harding. “The Ave” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Sean McCluskey. “The French Toast Special” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Sean McCluskey.” The Secret Menu” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Sean O’Leary. “Hanoi Grit” in Medium: The Yard.
• Sean O’Leary. “Hanoi Blue” in Medium: The Yard.
• Shannon Taft. “Beware the Bunnyman” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 161.
• Shannon Taft. “Pot o’ Gold” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 133.
• Shannon Taft. “Race To The Bottom” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Shannon Taft. “The Penny Drops” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 147.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “An Invitation to Murder” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Death Comes to Coakley” in Mystery Most International. 
• Shawn Reilly Simmons. “Ride Overshare” in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers.
• Shelagh Smith. “Snapshot” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Sherry Harris. “Sassy Franklin’s Divine Diner” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Sherry Harris. “The Ultimate Bounty Hunter” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• SJ Rozan. “Chin Yong-Yun Plants a Seed” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Smita Harish Jain. “Oil and Water” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Smita Harish Jain. “Run For Your Life” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• Stacie Grey. “Predator” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Stacy Woodson. “Armadillo By Morning” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Stacy Woodson. “The Figs We Tell” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.   
• Stepahnie Leder. “Not a Dinner Party Person”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “All’s Well That Ends With Dessert” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “An Eye for an Eye” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.
• Stephen D. Rogers. “The Princess and the Corpse” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Stephen Ross. “Room of Ice” in Murder, Neat.
• Steve Janko. “Confessions of an Invisible Hit Man” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 128.
• Steve Liskow. “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Steve Liskow. “When You Walk into the Room” in Murder, Neat.
• Steven Sheil. “The Art of Cruel Embroidery,” in AHMM (July-August 2024).
• Susan Alice Bickford. “Saved” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Susan Alice Bickford. “Saved” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Susan Breen. “Eruptions” in Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy.
• Susan Breen. “One Woman Watch” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Susan Daly. “The Far Shore” in Mystery Most International.
• Susan Egan. “My Love’s Return” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Susan McCormick. “I Will Take Care of It” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Susan Oleksiw. “Coda for a Love Affair” in NE Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare.
• Tammy Euliano. “The Heart of Darkness” in Scattered, Smothered, Covered, and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House.
• Tara Laskowski and Art Taylor. After Their Convictions, Six Murderers Reflect on How Killing Mr. Boddy Changed Their Lives” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine.
• Tara Laskowski. “The Ex-Files” in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy.
• Tina deBellegarde. “The Longest Night” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Tod Goldberg. “A Dog’s Year” in The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024.
• Tod Goldberg. “Eight Very Bad Nights”in Eight Very Bad Nights.
• Tom Mead. “The Reason a Dog” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Tom Mead. “The Problem of the Velvet Mask” in The Indian Rope.
• Tom Mead. “Call of the Natterjack” in Midsummer Mysteries.
• Tom Milani. “Barstow” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Tom Milani. “Jesus is on the Main Line” in Janie’s Got a Gun.
• Toni Goodyear. “Crazy” in Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. 
• Tori Eldridge. “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Travis Richardson. “Golden Parachute” in Murder, Neat.
• Travis Richardson. “No Request Denied” in Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir.
• Triss Stein. “I Knew an Artist” in NY State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6.
• Twist Phelan. “Bertha” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Twist Phelan. “Artificial Hearts” in EQMM.
• Twist Phelan. “Aim” in EQMM.
• Twist Phelan. “An Ounce of Prevention” in EQMM.
• Twist Phelan. “Double Parked” in EQMM.
• Valerie (V.M.) “Burns. Deal With the Devil” in Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024.
• Verena Rose. “The Cemetery Caper: A Childhood Memory” in Shamus and Anthony Commit
• Vinnie Hansen. “Coming Attractions” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• Vinnie Hansen. “Dire Wolf” in Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead.
• Vinnie Hansen. “96 Tears” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• V.P. Chandler. “Under the Blackjack Tree” in Killer Nashville Magazine.
• Ward Larsen. “What Do You Do for Money Honey” in Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories.
• Wayne J. Gardiner. “I Remember It Well” in Black Cat Weekly. Issue 134.
• Wendy Harrison. “It’s Raining Men” in (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders.
• William Ade. “Punch-Drunk” in Three Strikes—You’re Dead.
• William Bruce Johnson. “Déja Vù” in Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology.
• William Dylan Powell. “Everyone Was Kung-Fu Fighting” in Private Dicks and Disco Balls.

Best Juvenile | Young Adult

• Aimee Lim. The Spindle of Fate.
• Alexa Donne. The Bitter End.
• Benjamin Dean. How to Die Famous.
• Brooke Peterson. The Cameo’s Secret.
• Chris Chan. She Ruined Our Lives.
• Cindy R.X. He. Perfect Little Monsters.
• Colin Campbell. Silent Flight Holy Night.
• Dam Sass. Your Lonely Nights Are Over.
• Danielle Valentine. Two Sides to Every Murder.
• Elizabeth Agyemang. Heart-Shaped Lies.
• Ginger Reno. Find Her.
• Holly Jackson. The Reappearance of Rachel Price.
• Janet Fox. Mystery of Mystic Mountain.
• Josh Pachter. First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet.
• Julie Sampson. Ruby and the Boss Cricket.
• June Hur. A Crane Among Wolves.
• K.A. Cobell. Looking for Smoke.
• KB Jackson. The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui.
• KB Jackson. The Sasquatch of Harriman Lake.
• M.K. Pagano. Girls Who Burn.
• Margaret Peterson Haddix. Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key.
• Marilyn Levinson. Rufus and the Witch’s Slave/Drudge.
• Marilyn Levinson. The Devil’s Pawn.
• Mary E. Roach. Better Left Buried.
• Maureen Johnson. Death at Morning House.
• Melissa Rotert. Return of the Ritters.
• Meredith Adamo. Not Like Other Girls.
• Micki Bare. Omega Crag.
• Natalie D. Richards. 49 Miles Alone.
• Natasha Preston. The Dare.
• Nicole M. Wolverton. A Misfortune of Lake Monsters.
• Olivia Worley. The Debutantes.
• P.G. Bell. The Beanstalk Murder.
• Ripley Jones. The Other Lola.
• Sandra Rathbone. Skelee Boy and the Demon King.
• Sloan Harlow. Everything We Never Said.
• Suja Sukumar. When Mimi Went Missing.
• Trish Lundy. The One That Got Away with Murder.
• Vera Kurian. A Step Past Darkness.
• Vincent Ralph. One House Left.

Best Critical Nonfiction Work

• Ashley Lawson. On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett.
• Chris Chan with Patricia Meyer Chan. The Autistic Sleuth.
• Chris Chan. Some of My Best Friends are Murderers.
• David Geherin. Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows.
• Deb Miller Landau, A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton,
• Earl Swift. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery.
• Evan Friss. The Bookshop: The History of the American Bookstore.
• Frank Figliuzzi. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers.
• Greg Lilly Abingdon’s Boardinghouse Murder.
• Gregg Olsen. The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free.
• M. Keith Booker. American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl.
• Katherine Ramsland. The Serial Killer’s Apprentice: The True Story of How Houston’s Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid into a Killing Machine.
• Mark Adlridge. Agatha Christie, Marple. Expert on Wickedness.
• Michael Wolraich. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age.
• Nathan Ashman. James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.
• Nicholas Shakespeare. Ian Fleming; The Complete Man.
• Phyllis M. Betz. Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors’ Perspective on their Craft.
• Steven Johnson. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective.

Best Anthology or Collection [by Author or Editor(s)]

• (I Just) Died in Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders. Editor: J. Alan Hartman. White City Press.
• Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy. Editors Andy McAleer & Gay Kinman. Down & Out Books.
• Angel City Beat. Editor: Barb Goffman. Level Short.
• Back in Black: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories. Editor Don Bruns. Blackstone Publishing.
• Burning Down the House. Editors: Michel Lee Garrett & T. Fox Dunham. Shotgun Honey.
• Colorado Mystery Merge: Crie Collection 1 (SinC Colorado Anthology.
• Crimes Against Nature: New Stories of Environmental Villainy. Editor: Rob Lopresti. Down and
• Dark of the Day: Eclipse Stories. Editor: Kaye George. Down & Out Books.
• Dark Waters vol. 2 edited by Kirstyn Petras & N.B Turner. Dark Waters.
• Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir. Editor: by Tod Goldberg. Soho Press.
• First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder. Editors: Teresa Inge and Heather Weidner. White City Press.
• Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead. Editor: Josh Pachter. Down & Out Books.
• Half Crime by Rusty Barnes. Collection. Red Neck Press.
• Invasive Species: NorCal Sisters in Crime Anthology. Editor: Josh Pachter. Norcal Sisters in Crime.
• Janie’s Got a Gun. Editor. Michael Bracken. Mist Media.
• Lost and Loaded: a Gun’s Tale. Editor: Colin Conway. High Speed Creative.
• Mickey Finn Vol. 5: 21st Century Noir. Editor: Michael Bracken. Down & Out Books.
• MOTEL: an anthology. Editor: Barbara Byar. Cowboy Jamboree Press.
• Murder, Neat. Editors: Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman. Level Best Books.
• Mysteries of Golfton Hills. R. Barri Flowers. Level Best Books.
• Mystery Most International. Editors: Rita Owen, Verena Rose, and Shawn Reilly Simmons. Level Best Books.
• Negative Tilt: Stories. Bobby Mathews. ‎ Shotgun Honey Books.
• New England Crimebake’s Devil’s Snare. Editors: Susan Oleksiw, Ang Pompano, and Leslie Wheeler.
• New York State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6. Editor: NY Sisters in Crime.
• Private Dicks and Disco Balls: Private Eyes in the Dyn-O-Mite Seventies. Editor: Michael Bracken. Down & Out Books.
• Scattered Smothered Covered and Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House. Editors Michael Bracken and Stacy Woodson. Down & Out Books.
• Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers. Editors: Gay Toltl Kinman & Andrew McAleer/ Level Best Books- Level Short.
• Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024. Editor: Heather Graham. Down & Out Books.
• The Indian Rope Trick by Tom Mead. Editor Jeffrey Marks. Collection. Crippen & Landru Publishers.
• The Killing Rain: Left Coast Crime Anthology 2024. Editor: Jim Thomsen. Down & Out Books.
• Three Strikes—You’re Dead. Editors: Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley. Wildside Press.
• The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories. Toni L.P. Kelner. Collection. Crippen & Landru Publishers.
• The Will o’ the Wisp by Edward D. Hoch. Editor Douglas Greene. Collection. Crippen & Landru Publishers.

Best Historical

• Allison Montclair. Murder at the White Palace.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Vinland.
• Alyssa Palombo. The Assassin of Venice.
• Amanda Allen. Murder at the Hacienda.
• Amanda Flower. To Slip the Bonds of Earth.
• Anastasia Hastings, Of Hoaxes and Homicide.
• Angela Ransom. Death Foretold.
• Anita Davison. Murder at Midwinter Manor.
• Anna Lee Huber. A Deceptive Composition.
• Anna Lee Huber. The Cold Light of Day.
• Ashley Gardner. A Darkness in Seven Dials.
• Ashley Weaver. Locked in Pursuit.
• Ava January. The Mayfair Dagger.
• Barbara Hambly. Saving Susy Sweetchild.
• Benedict Brown. The Castleton Affair.
• Benedict Brown. The Hurtwood Village Murders.
• C. B. Hanley. Blessed Are the Dead.
• C. S. Harris. What Cannot Be Said.
• Candace Robb. A Snake in the Barley.
• Caroline Montague. The Pieces of Us.
• Catherine Lloyd. Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance.
• Catriona McPherson. The Witching Hour.
• Celeste Connally. All’s Fair in Love and Treachery.
• Chris Keefer. Find Your Way to My Grave.
• Ciar Byrne. A Deadly Discovery.
• Claire Johnson. Fog City.
• Claire M. Johnson. Fog City.
• Claudia Gray. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
• Colleen Cambridge, Murder Takes the Stage.
• Colleen Cambridge. A Murder Most French.
• Darcie Wilde. The Matter of the Secret Bride.
• David Field. The Slaughtered Widow.
• Deanna Raybourn. A Grave Robbery.
• Deanna Raybourn. A Grave Robbery.
• Dianne Freeman. An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder.
• Donald Durkee. The Emerald Frame.
• Edward Hamlin. Sonata in Wax.
• Edward Marston. Murder in Transit.
• Eleanor Kuhns. On the Horns of Death.
• Elizabeth Dunne. The Murderous Mistress of Concord.
• F. L. Everett. Murder on Stage.
• Faith Martin. Murder By Candlelight.
• Fiona Buckley. To Seize a Queen.
• Frances Brody. Six Motives for Murder.
• Frances Mcnamara. Three Decker Murder in a Nutshell.
• Francis Spufford. Cahokia Jazz.
• G. Eldon Smith. Murder on Money Mountain.
• G. J. Williams. The Wolf’s Shadow.
• Harini Nagendra. A Nest of Vipers.
• Heather Redmond. Death and the Visitors.
• Helena Dixon. Murder at the Island Hotel.
• Hester Fox. The Book of Thorns.
• Hester Musson. The Beholders.
• Holly Hepburn. The Missing Maid.
• Irina Shapiro. Murder at Traitors’ Gate.
• Irina Shapiro. The Highgate Cemetery Murder.
• J. C. Briggs. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor.
• J.R. Sanders. The Killing Way.
• Jackie French. The Sea Captain’s Wife.
• Jacqueline Winspear. The Comfort of Ghosts.
• Jacquie Pham. Those Opulent Days.
• Jane Jesmond. A Quiet Contagion.
• Jane Ruby. Threadbare.
• Jason Monaghan. Blackshirt Rebel.
• Jenna Bennett. Evil in the Essex House.
• Jenna Bennett. Murder in a Mayfair Flat.
• Jennifer Burke. Juvenalia.
• Jenny Adams. A Deadly Endeavor.
• Jeri Westerson. The Twilight Queen.
• Jess Armstrong. The Curse of Penryth Hall.
• Jessica Bull. The Hapless Milliner.
• Julie Bates. No Greater Loss.
• June Trop. The Deadliest Returns [novellas].
• Kate Khavari. A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets.
• Katherine Schellman. The Last Note of Warning.
• Kathleen Ernst. A Most Perilous Journey.
• Kathleen Kalb. A Fatal Reception.
• Kathleen McGurl. The Lost Child.
• Kathryn Lasky. Mortal Radiance.
• Katie Tietjen. Death in the Details.
• Keith Moray. The Minstrel’s Malady.
• Kelly Oliver. Murder in Moscow.
• Kirsten Bakis. King Nyx.
• Kuchenga Shenjé. The Library Thief.
• Lainie Anderson. The Death of Dora Black.
• Laraine Stephens. Lies & Deception.
• Laura Jensen Walker. Death of a Flying Nightingale.
• Lauren Keegan. All the Bees in the Hollows.
• Laurie R. King. The Lantern’s Dance.
• Lindsey Davis. Death on the Tiber.
• Lisa Hall. The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl.
• Lise McClendon. The Last Letter from France.
• Liz Milliron. The Secrets We Keep.
• Lydia Travers. Death in a Scottish Castle.
• Lyn Squire. Fatally Inferior.
• Lynne Marie Taylor. Death in Valletta.
• M. R. C. Kasasian. The Montford Maniac.
• Mally Becker. The Paris Mistress.
• Mariah Frederick. The Wharton Plot.
• Marty Wingate. A Body at the Séance.
• Marty Wingate. A Body on the Doorstep.
• Marty Wingate. Murder of a Suffragette.
• Matthew Booth. A Killing Amongst the Dead.
• Matt Cost. City Gone Askew.
• Meihan Boey. The Formidable Miss Cassidy.
• Mel Starr. The Way of the Wicked.
• Merryn Allingham. Murder at Cleve College.
• Michael Amedeo. Past Tense.
• Michael J. Copper. Crossroads of Empire.
• Michelle Benningfield. Widow’s Fire.
• Michelle Griep. Of Gold and Shadows.
• Michelle McGill-Vargas. American Ghoul.
• Michelle Salter. Murder at the Merewood Hospital.
• Nadine Nettmann. The Bootlegger’s Daughter.
• Nancy Campbell Allen. Protecting Her Heart, Shadow Mountain.
• Nancy Warren. Murder at the Paris Fashion House.
• Nekesa Afia. A Lethal Lady.
• Nicole Glover. The Improvisers.
• Nina Wachsman. The Courtesan’s Pirate.
• Peter Clenott. The Murder Investigation of Adolf Hitler.
• Qiu Xiaolong. The Conspiracies of the Empire.
• Rachel Burton. The Mystery of Haverford House.
• Rebecca Anderson. The Orchids of Ashthorne.
• Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, In Sunshine or in Shadow.
• Rhys Bowen. The Rose Arbor.
• Rhys Bowen. We Three Queens.
• Richard Kurti. Requiem of Revenge.
• Robert Young. Murder in a Minor Key.
• Robin Blake. Spoiler’s Prey.
• S. J. Bennett. A Death in Diamonds.
• S.J. Rozan and John SHen Yee Nee. The Murder of Mr. Ma.
• Sarah Burton and Jem Poster. Eliza Mace.
• Sarah Hawkswood. Litany of Lies.
• Sarah Rayne. The Murderer Inside the Mirror.
• Sharon Short. Trouble Island.
• Skye Alexander. Running in the Shadows.
• Stacy Moe-Kean. The Nazi Housewife of Queens, New York.
• Susan Elia MacNeal. The Last Hope.
• Susan J. Morris. Strange Beasts.
• T. E. Kinsey. An Assassination on the Agenda.
• Tea Cooper. The Naturalist’s Daughter.
• Teresa Trent. Do You Want to Know a Secret.
• Teresa Trent. Listen, Do You Want to Know a Secret.
• Tom Holm. Panther Creek.
• Tom Mead. Cabaret Macabre.
• Vanessa Riley. Murder in Berkeley Square.

Best Paranormal

• Carol J. Perry. Death Scene.
• Carolyn Haines. Lights, Camera, Bones.
• Darci Hannah. Murder at the Blarney Bash.
• Darci Hannah. Murder at the Lemonberry Tea.
• Jonathan Kellerman. The Ghost Orchid.
• Kirstein Weiss. Darjeeling Dead.
• Kirsten Weiss. The Cannoli Caper.
• Lynn Cahoon. Five Furry Familiars.
• Lynn Cahoon. Olive You to Death.
• Lynn Cahoon. Six Stunning Sirens.
• Ramona Emerson. Exposure.
• Susan Van Kirk. Death in a Ghostly Hue.
• TK Eldridge. King.

Best Cozy or Humorous

• Abigail Keam. Death by Theft.
• Agatha Frost. Lemon Drizzle and Loathing.
• Agatha Frost. Sangria and Secrets.
• Agatha Frost. Spiced Orange Suspicion.
• Alexander McCall Smith. The Great Hippopotamus Hotel.
• Alice Duncan. Celluloid Angels.
• Alice Duncan. Library Spirits.
• Allison Brook. Booked on Murder.
• Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Vinland.
• Amanda Flower. Crime and Cherry Pits.
• Amanda Flower. Gingerbread Danger.
• Anna Lee Huber. A Deceptive Composition.
• Anna Lee Huber. The Cold Light of Day.
• Anna St. John. Clocked Out.
• Arlene Kay. Murder Masque.
• Ashley Gardner. A Darkness in Seven Dials.
• Ashley Weaver. Locked in Pursuit.
• Ayla Rose. Murder’s on Devil Pond.
• Bailee Abbott. Easier Dead Than Drawn.
• Carlene O’Connor. Murder at an Irish Chipper.
• Carlene O’Connor. You Have Gone Too Far.
• Carol J. Perry. Death Scene.
• Carolyn Haines. Lights, Camera, Bones.
• Cate Conte. Shock and Paw.
• Catherine Bruns. In the Blink of a Pie.
• Catherine Mack. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Bereaved Butler.
• Cathy Ace. The Case of the Secretive Secretary.
• Catriona McPherson. Scotzilla.
• Charlotte Stuart. In$urance to Die For.
• Christine Falcone. Cutting Remarks.
• Claire Johnson. Fog City.
• Cynthia Kuhn. In the Event of Murder.
• Daphne Silver. The Tell-Tale Homicide.
• Darci Hannah. Murder at the Blarney Bash.
• Darci Hannah. Murder at the Lemonberry Tea.
• Deanna Raybourn. A Grave Robbery.
• Donna Andrews. Between a Flock and a Hard Place.
• Donna Andrews. Rockin’ Around the Chickadee.
• Donna Clancy. Kilned at the Ceramic Shop.
• DonnaRae Menard. Snuffling Up Bones.
• Dorothy Howell. Shear Terror.
• Edward Marston. Murder in Transit.
• Elizabeth Crowens. Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles.
• Ellen Byron. French Quarter Fright Night.
• Ellen Byron. A Very Wooddy Murder.
• Ellie Alexander. A Smoking Bun.
• Ellie Alexander. Death at the Dinner Party.
• Ellie Alexander. Sticks and Scones.
• Ellie Alexander. A Holiday Homicide.
• Eva Gates. The Stranger in the Library.
• Fiona Buckley. To Seize a Queen.
• Frank Anthony Polito. Haunted to Death.
• Gigi Pandian. A Midnight Puzzle.
• Ginger Bolton. Blame the Beignets.
• Heather Weidner. Deadlines and Valentines.
• Heather Weidner. Twinkle Twinkle Au Revoir.
• Hisashi Kashiwai. The Kamogawa Food Detectives.
• J.C. Eaton. Death on a Serving Board.
• J.C. Kenney. Magic Box Murder.
• J.R. Sanders. The Killing Way.
• Jackie Layton.Clover Covered Corpse.
• Jackie Layton. The Con.
• Jacqueline Winspear. The Comfort of Ghosts.
• Jenn McKinlay. A Merry Little Murder Plot.
• Jenn McKinlay. Fatal First Edition.
• Jenn McKinlay. Fondant Fumble.
• Jenna McKinlay. Evil in the Essex House.
• Jenna McKinlay. Murder in a Mayfair Flat.
• Jenna Rollins. Escape Goat.
• Jennifer Burke. Juvenalia.
• Jennifer J. Chow. Ill-Fated Fortune.
• Jonathan Kellerman. The Ghost Orchid.
• Joyce Tremel. Deadly to the Core.
• K.B. Jackson. Secrets in Pink.
• Kara Lacey. Body Beneath the Covered Bridge.
• Karen Fritz. The Lady Dragons of Brookville.
• Kat Ailes. The Expectant Detectives.
• Kate Carlisle. The Knife Before Christmas.
• Kate Khavari. A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets.
• Korina Moss. Fondue or Die.
• Kirsten Weiss. The Cannoli Caper.
• Kirstein Weiss. Darjeeling Dead.
• Krista Davis. The Diva Goes Overboard.
• Larissa Reinhart. 19 Criminals.
• Laura Childs. Murder in the Tea Leaves.
• Laura Childs. Peach Tea Smash.
• Laura Durham/ Aisle’s Well That Ends Well.
• Laura Levine. Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket.
• Lauren Elliott. A Limited Edition Murder.
• Laurie Cass. No Paw to Stand On.
• Laurie R. King. The Lantern’s Dance.
• Laurien Berenson. Pumpkin Spice Puppy.
• Leah Dobrinksa. A Killer Hold.
• Lena Gregory. Buried on a Sundae.
• Lena Gregory. Double Scoop of Murder.
• Leslie Karst. Molten Death.
• Linda Reilly. You Feta Watch Out.
• Lindsey Davis. Death on the Tiber.
• Lisa Q. Mathews. The Jig Is Up.
• Lise McClendon. Monsieur Moonlight.
• Lise McClendon. The Last Letter from France.
• Lori Robbins. Study Guide for Murder.
• Lorna Barrett. A Controversial Cover.
• Lucy Burdette. A Poisonous Palate.
• Lyn Squire. Fatally Inferior.
• Lynn Cahoon. Five Furry Familiars.
• Lynn Cahoon. Olive You to Death.
• Lynn Cahoon. Six Stunning Sirens.
• Lynn McPherson. Instagonner.
• M. C. Beaton. Killing Time.
• M.S. Greene. There’s No Murder Like Show Murder.
• Maddie Day. Murder at the Rusty Anchor.
• Marty Wingate. Murder of a Suffragette.
• Matthew Booth. A Killing Amongst the Dead.
• Mia P. Manansala. Guilt and Ginataan.
• Mindy Quigley. Sleep in Heavenly Pizza.
• Misha Popp. The Last to Pie.
• Nancy Coco. Three Fudges and a Baby.
• Olivia Blacke. Rhythm and Clues.
• Peggy Ehrhart. A Dark and Stormy Knit.
• Peter Clenott. The Murder Investigation of Adolf Hitler.
• Raquel V. Reyes. Dominoes, Danzòn, and Death.
• Rob Osler. Cirque Du Slay.
• Rosalie Spielman. Home for the Homicides.
• Rose Kerr. Death at the Scottish Broch.
• Ruth J. Hartman. Murder at the Painted Wing Café.
• Ruth J. Hartman. Perfectly Framed.
• Sarah Burr. DM Me for Murder.
• Sharon Lynn. Death Plays with Fire.
• Sharon Marchisello. Trap, Neuter, Die.
• Simon Brett. A Messy Murder.
• S.K. Golden. Stolen Pieces.
• Sofie Kelly. Furever After.
• Sofie Ryan. Fur Love or Money.
• Susan C. Shea. Murder and the Missing Dog.
• Susan Van Kirk. Death in a Ghostly Hue.
• Sydney Leigh. Peril in Pink.
• Sydney Leigh. Instagoner.
• Traci Andrighetti. Nocino Noir.
• Valerie Burns. A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death.
• Vicki Delany. The Sign of Four Spirits.
• Vivien Chien. Peking Duck and Cover.
• William Ade (Nic Knuckles). Big Scream in a Wee Village.