Anthony Awards Eligible Titles for Bouchercon 2023

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*Eligible means published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year 2022 (January 1-December 31).

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Nominations: 1 March to 30 April 2023.

Finalists announced ~ 7 May 2023.

The categories are:

Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback Original, E-book, Audiobook
Best Short Story
Best Critical Nonfiction
Best Anthology | Collection

Since Bouchercon reserves the right to add three wild card categories, I will add:

Best Juvenile | YA
Best Historical
Best Historical [pre-1970]

Category Definitions

The dividing line between novels and short stories is 22,000 words.
Best First Novel indicates the author’s first novel that is also in the mystery/crime fiction genre. Authors who have published novels in other genres are not eligible for the Best First Novel and should be listed in either the Best Novel or Best Paperback Original category.
Debut novels must be listed in the Best First Novel category.
Paperback Original must be listed in their own category, and NOT in the Best Novel category.

BEST NOVEL

A.F. Carter. The Hostage.
Ace Atkins. Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby.
Adam Hamdy. The Other Side Of Night.
Adele Parks. One Last Secret.
Adele Parks. Woman Last Seen.
Adrian McKinty. The Island.
Alafair Burke. Find Me.
Alan Drew. The Recruit.
Alan Judd. A Fine Madness.
Alex Finlay. The Night Shift.
Alex Segura. Secret Identity.
Alice Feeney. Daisy Darker.
Alicia Beckman. Blind Faith.
Alicia Bessette. Smile Beach Murder.
Allen Eskens. Forsaken Country.
Allie Reynolds. The Swell.
Allison Brennan. The Wrong Victim.
Allison Brook. Dewey Decimated.
Ally Wilkes. All The White Spaces.
Alma Katsu. The Fervor.
Amanda Eyre Ward. The Lifeguards.
Amanda Flower. Crimes And Covers.
Amanda Jayatissa. You’re Invited.
Amina Akhtar. Kismet.
Amy Impellizzeri. In Her Defense.
Andrew DeYoung. The Temps.
Anna Downes. The Shadow House.
Anna Pitoniak. Our American Friend.
Anne Canadeo. Death On The Argyle.
Anne Heltzel. Just Like Mother.
Anne Hillerman. The Sacred Bridge.
Anne Perry. Three Debts Paid.
Annelise Ryan. A Death In Door County.
Anthony Flacco. Gold In Peace. Iron In War.
Anthony Horowitz. The Twist of a Knife.
Ashley Flowers. All Good People Here.
Ashley Winstead. The Last Housewife.
Ashton Noone. Vicious Creatures.
Ava Glass. Alias Emma.
B.A. Paris. The Prisoner.
Barbara Bourland. The Force Of Such Beauty.
Barbara Freethy. All The Pretty People.
Ben Mezrich. The Midnight Ride.
Bethany C. Morrow. Cherish Farrah.
Blake Crouch. Upgrade.
Blitz Bazawule. The Scent of Burnt Flowers.
Bobby Matthews. Living the Gimmick.
Bonnar Spring. Disappeared.
Bonnie Kistler. The Cage.
Brad Thor. Rising Tiger.
Bradeigh Godfrey. Imposter.
Brian Freeman. I Remember You.
Brian Freeman. The Ursulina.
Brian Shea & Stacy Lynn Miller. Fuze.
Chris Holm. Child Zero.
C.J. Box. Shadows Reel.
C.J. Tudor. The Burning Girls.
C.L. Polk. Even Though I Knew The End.
C.S. Harris. When Blood Lies.
Caite Dolan-Leach. Dark Circles.
Calla Henkel. Other People’s Clothes.
Callie Hutton. The Mystery Of Albert E. Finch.
Camilla Sten. The Resting Place.
Camilla Trinchieri. Murder On The Vine.
Candace Wuehle. Monarch.
Cara Black. Murder At The Porte De Versaille.
Carlene O’Connor. No Strangers Here.
Carola Lovering. Can’t Look Away.
Carole Johnstone. Mirrorland.
Catherine McKenzie. Please Join Us.
Catherine Ryan Howard. Run Time.
Cathy Ace. The Case of the Disgraced Duke.
Cathy Ace. The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes.
Catriona McPherson. Scot Mist.
Catriona Ward. Little Eve.
Catriona Ward. Sundial.
Charles Cumming. Box 88.
Charlie Donlea. Twenty Years Later.
Charlie Lovett. The Enigma Affair.
Chloe Gong. Foul Lady Fortune.
Chris Bauer. 2 Street.
Chris Bohjalian. The Lioness.
Chris Hauty. Storm Rising.
Chris Holm. Child Zero.
Chris Offutt. Shifty’s Boys.
Chris Pavone. Two Nights In Lisbon.
Christopher Golden. Road Of Bones.
Christopher Rice. Decimate.
Christopher Swann. Never Go Home.
Claire Booth. Dangerous Consequences.
Clare Mackintosh. Last Party.
Cleo Coyle. Honey Roasted.
Colin Conway and Frank Zafiro. The Ride-Along.
Connie Berry. The Shadow Of Memory.
Courtney Summers. I’m the Girl.
Craig Henderson. Welcome To The Game.
D.C. Taylor. LA Burning.
D.J. Palmer. My Wife Is Missing.
Dan Fesperman. Winter Work.
Daniel Kraus & Sharon Moalem. Wrath.
Daniel Nieh. Take No Names.
Daniel Pyne. Daniel. Vital Lies.
Danya Kukafka. Notes On An Execution.
David Baldacci. The 6:20 Man.
David Baldacci. Dream Team.
David Ellis. Look Closer.
David Gordon. The Wild Lie.
David Hagberg. Traitor.
David Handler. The Lady In The Silver Cloud.
David Pepper. A Simple Choice.
David Putnam. The Sinister.
David Rosenfelt. Citizen K-9.
Deanna Raybourn. An Impossible Imposter.
Deanna Raybourn. Killers of a Certain Age.
Debbie Babitt. First Victim.
Deborah E. Kennedy. Billie Starr’s Book Of Sorries.
Debra Bokur. The Lava Witch.
Deliah S. Dawson. The Violence.
Denise Mina. Confidence.
Deon Meyer. The Dark Flood.
Dervla McTiernan. The Murder Rule.
Don Winslow. City on Fire.
Donna Leon. Give Unto Others.
Douglas Preston &. Lincoln Child. Diablo Mesa.
Ed Lin. Death Doesn’t Forget.
Eddie Robson. Drunk On All Your Strange New Worlds.
Elizabeth Brooks. The House in the Orchard.
Elizabeth Day. Magpie.
Elizabeth George. Something To Hide.
Elizabeth Handler. Hokuloa Road.
Elle Cosimano. Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead.
Ellery Lloyd. The Club.
Elly Griffiths. The Locked Room.
Emilya Naymark. Behind The Lie.
Emma Bamford. Deep Water.
Erica Ferencik. Girl in Ice.
Erica Katz. Fake.
Erika T Wurth. White Horse.
Erin E. Adams. Jackal.
Erin Flanagan. Blackout.
Erin Young. The Fields.
Eva Gates. Death By Beach Road.
Eve Chase. The Birdcage.
Evie Hawtrey. And By Fire.
Fabian Nicieza. The Self-Made Widow.
Felix Francis. Iced.
Fiona Barton. Local Gone Missing.
Fiona Davis. The Magnolia Palace.
G. Malliet. Augusta Hawke.
G. Malliet. Death In Cornwall.
Gabino Iglesias. The Devil Takes You Home.
Gary Philips. One Shot Harry.
George Dawes. The Kingdoms Of Savannah.
Gigi Pandian. Under Lock and Skeleton Key.
Gillian McAllister. Wrong Time Wrong Place.
Gilly Macmillan. The Long Weekend.
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen. The Golden Couple.
Gregg Hurwitz. Dark Horse.
Guillermo Martinez. The Oxford Brotherhood.
Gustaf Skordeman. Geiger.
Gwen Florio. The Least Among Us.
Hayley Scrivenor. Dirt Creek.
Heather Graham. Crimson Summer.
Heather Gudenkauf. The Overnight Guest.
Heidi Parks. The Whispers.
Hiron Ennes. Leech.
Holly Danvers. Long Overdue At Lakeside Library.
Iris Johansen. A Face To Die For.
Iris Johansen. Captive.
J.A. Jance. Nothing To Lose.
J.G. Hetherton. What Lies Beneath.
J.M. Lee. Broken Summer.
Jack Carr. In The Blood.
Jacqueline Bublitz. Before You Knew My Name.
Jaime Lynn Hendricks. It Could Be Anyone.
James Grady. This Train.
James Lee Burke. Every Cloak Rolled in Blood.
James Wade. Beasts Of The Earth.
James Ziskin. Bombay Monsoon.
Janelle Brown. I’ll Be You.
Janet Evanovich. Recovery Agent.
Janice Hallett. The Appeal.
Janis Thomas. Finding Grace.
Jasmine Aimaq. The Opium Prince.
Jason Rekulak. Hidden Pictures.
Jean-Luc Bannalec. The King Arthur Case.
Jeff Abbott. Traitor’s Dance.
Jeffrey Fleishman. Good Night. Forever.
Jeneva Rose. One Of Us Is Dead.
Jenni Fagan. Luckenbooth.
Jennifer Givhan. River Woman. River Demon.
Jennifer Hillier. Things We Do In The Dark.
Jennifer McMagon. The Children On The Hill.
Jennifer McMahon. The Drowning Kind.
Jennifer Murphy. Scarlet In Blue.
Jennifer Thorne. Lute.
Jess Montgomery. Jess. The Echoes.
Jessica Fellowes. The Mitford Vanishing.
Jincy Willett. Amy Among The Serial Killers.
J.L. Delozier. The Photo Thief.
Jo Harkin. Tell Me An Ending.
Joanna Cannon. A Tidy Ending.
Joanna Schaffhausen. Last Seen Alive.
Joanne Harris. A Narrow Door.
Jody Gehrman. The Summer We Buried.
Joe Ide. The Goodbye Coast.
Joel Dicker. The Enigma of Room 622.
Joel Shulkin. MD. Toxic Effects.
John Connolly. The Furies.
John Darnielle. Devil House.
John Gilstrap. Blue Fire.
John Grisham. The Boys from Biloxi.
John J Jacobson. California Fever.
John Lescroart. The Missing Piece.
John Sandford. Righteous Prey.
John Sandford. The Investigator.
John Scalzi. The Kaiju Preservation Society.
John Searles. Her Last Affair.
John Vercher. After the Lights Go Out.
Jon Bassoff. Beneath Cruel Waters.
Jon Raymond. Denial.
Jonathan Ames. The Wheel Of Doll.
Jonathan Brown. Chloe.
Jonathan Kellerman. City Of The Dead.
Joseph Kanon. Berlin Exchange.
Joy Fielding. The Housekeeper.
Julie Cameron. Nameless Acts Of Cruelty.
Julie Clark. Lies I Tell.
Julie Mayhew. Little Nothings.
Karen Cleveland. The New Neighbor.
Kate Carlisle. The Paper Caper.
Kate Kingsbury. In Too Steep.
Katharine Schellman. Death At The Manor.
Katherine Faulkner. Greenwich Park.
Katherine St. John. The Vicious Circle.
Kathy Reichs. Cold Cold Bones.
Katie Gutierrez. More Than You’ll Ever Know.
Katrine Engberg. The Harbor.
Kayte Nunn. The Only Child.
Kelley Armstrong. The Deepest Of Secrets.
Kelly J. Ford. Really Bad Things.
Kellye Garrett. Like a Sister.
Kent Lester. The Third Instinct.
Kieran Scott. Wish You Were Gone.
Kiersten White. Hide.
Kimberly Belle. The Personal Assistant.
Kirsten Miller. The Change.
Kitt Crowe. A Poisonous Page.
Kris Calvin. Under A Broken Spy.
Kristen Chen. Counterfeit.
Lark O. Jensen. Bear Witness.
Larry Beinhart. The Deal Goes Down.
Larry Millett. Rafferty’s Last Case.
Laura Gail Black. Bound By Murder.
Laura Joh Rowland. Garden Of Sins.
Laura Scott. Tailing Trouble.
Laure Van Rensburg. Nobody But Us.
Laurie R. King. Back to the Garden.
Lawrence Block. The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown.
Lawrence Osborne. . On Java Road
Leah Konen. The Perfect Escape.
Lee Goldberg. Movieland.
Leslie Karst. The Fragrance Of Death.
Lidia Jorge. The Wind Whistling In The Cranes.
Lisa Barr. Woman on Fire.
Lisa Black. Red Flags.
Lisa Gardner. One Step Too Far.
Lisa Jewell. The Family Remains.
Lisa Lutz. The Accomplice.
Lisa Scottoline. What Happened To The Bennetts.
Lisa Unger Secluded Cabin Sleeps.
Liv Andersson. Little Red House.
Liz Alterman. The Perfect Neighborhood.
Loren D. Estleman. Cutthroat Dogs.
Loren D. Estleman. Monkey In The Middle.
Loren D. Estleman. Paperback Jack.
Lorenzo Carcaterra. Nonna Maria And The Case Of The Missing Bride.
Louise Hare. Miss Aldridge Regrets.
Louise Penny. A World of Curiosities.
Louise Welsh. The Second Cut.
Lucy Clarke. One Of The Girls.
Lucy Foley. The Paris Apartment.
M.E. Hilliard. Shadow In The Glass.
Marcia Clark. The Fall Girl.
Marcie R. Rendon. Sinister Graves.
Margaret Truman & Jon Land. Margaret Truman’s Murder At The CDC.
Margarita Montemore. Acts of Violet.
Maria Gainza. Portrait Of An Unknown Lady.
Marie Rutkoski. Real Easy.
Marie Sutro. Dark Obsession.
Mark Billingham. The Murder Book.
Mark Westmoreland. A Mourning Song.
Mark Westmoreland. A Violent Gospel.
Marshall Karp. Snowstorm In August.
Marty Wingate. The Librarian Always Rings Twice.
Mary Helen Stefaniak. The World Of Pondside.
Mary Robinette Kowal. Spare Man.
Matt Bondurant. Oleander City: A Novel Based on a True Story.
Matt Coyle. Doomed Legacy.
Matt Miksa. Don’t Get Close.
Matthew Betley. The Neighborhood.
Max Allan Collins. The Big Bundle.
May Cobb. My Summer Darlings.
Meg Elison. Number One Fan.
Meg Gardiner and Michael Mann. Heat 2.
Megan Goldin. Stay Awake.
Megan Miranda. The Last To Vanish
Mel Taylor. Investigation Envy.
Michael Landweber. The Damage Done.
Michael Ledwidge. Beach Wedding.
Michael Robotham. When You Are Mine.
Mick Herron. Bad Actors.
Mike Lawson. Redemption.
Mike Lupica. Robert B. Parker’s Fallout
Mike Lupica. Robert B. Parker’s Revenge Tour
Moses McKenzie. Olive Grove in Ends.
Nancy Atherton. Aunt Dimity And The Enchanted Cottage.
Nick Jones. The Observer Effect.
Nick Petrie. The Runaway.
Nicola Upson. Dear Little Corpses.
Nikki Knight. Live. Local. And Dead.
Nikki May. Wahala.
Nina de Gramont. The Christie Affair.
Noah Hawley. Anthem.
Olga Wojtas. Miss Blaine’s Prefect And The Vampire Menace.
Ottessa Moshfegh. Lapvona.
P.J. Tracy. Desolution Canyon.
Paige Shelton. Paige. The Burning Pages.
Paraic O’Donnell. The Maker of Swans.
Parker. T. Jefferson. A Thousand Steps
Paul Theroux. The Bad Angels Brothers.
Paul Vidich. The Matchmaker.
Pedro Hoffmeister. American Afterlife.
Peng Shepherd. The Cartographers.
Penn Jillette. Random.
Peter Clines. The Broken Room.
Peter Farris. The Devil Himself.
Peter Swanson. Nine Lives.
Philip Gray. Two Storm Wood.
Philip Miller. The Goldenacre.
Phillip Margolin. The Darkest Place.
Quinn. Spencer. Bark To The Future.
Rachel Hawkins. Reckless Girls.
Rachel Howzell Hall. We Lie Here.
Rhett Bruno &. Jamie Castle. Cold As Hell.
Richard J. Cass. The Last Altruist.
Richard O’Rawe. Goering’s Gold.
Richard Osman. The Bullet That Missed.
Rijulia Das. Small Deaths.
Riley Sager. The House Across The Lake.
Rita Cameron. The House Party.
Rita Mae Brown. Thrill Of The Hunt.
Rita Woods. The Last Dreamwalker.
Rob Hart. The Paradox Hotel.
Robert Crais. Racing the Light.
Robert Dugoni. The Silent Sisters.
Robert J. Harris. The Devil’s Blaze.
Robert J. Mrazek. The Dark Circle.
Robin Morgan-Bentley. Robin. The Guest House.
Robyn Gigl. Survivor’s Guilt.
Ron Corbet. The Sweet Goodbye.
Rosie Walsh. The Love Of My Life.
Roy Johansen. Killer View.
Ruth Ware. The It Girl.
S.A. Barnes. Dead Silence.
S.C. Richards. Where Secrets Live.
S.J. Bennett. All The Queen’s Men.
Sam Holland. The Echo Man.
Sam Lloyd. The Rising Tide.
Samantha Downing. Sleeping Dogs Lie.
Samantha Lan Chang. The Family Chao.
Sandra Brown. Overkill.
Sandra SG Wong. In The Dark We Forget.
Sara Paretsky. Overboard.
Sarah Blake. Clean Air.
Sarah Bonner. Her Perfect Twin.
Sarah Gailey. Just Like Home.
Sarah Moss. The Fell.
Sarah Pearse. The Retreat.
Sarah Stewart Taylor. The Drowning Sea.
Sarah Vaughan. Reputation.
Scott Shepherd. Should I Fall.
Scott Turow. Suspect.
Sebastian J. Plata. Seeing Strangers.
Siljie Ulstein. Reptile Memoirs.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.
Simon Stephenson. Sometimes People Die.
Simone St. James. The Book Of Cold Cases.
Sloane Crosley. Cult Classic.
Stacie Murphy. The Unquiet Dead.
Stacy Willingham. A Flicker in the Dark.
Stephanie Barron. Jane And The Year Without A Summer.
Stephanie Wrobel. This Might Hurt.
Stephen Hunter. Targeted.
Steve Berry. The Omega Factor.
Stewart O’Nan. Ocean State.
Sulari Gentill. The Woman In The Library.
Sylvain Neuvel. Until The Last Of Me.
T. Kingfisher. What Moves The Dead.
T.L. Finlay. Girls Without Tears.
T.L. Huchu. Our Lady Of Mysterious Ailments.
T.L. Tyler. The Plague Road.
Tara Isabella Burton. The World Cannot Give.
Tara Moss. The Ghosts Of Paris.
Taylor Moore. Firestorm.
Terry Shames. Murder at the Jubilee Rally.
Tess Gerritesen. Rizzoli & Isles: Listen To Me.
Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Echo.
Tiffany D. Jackson. The Weight of Blood.
Tim Dorsey. Mermaid Confidential.
Timothy Hallinan. Rock Of Ages.
Tom Bradby. Yesterday’s Spy.
Tom Mead. Death And The Conjuror.
Tracey Lien. All That’s Left Unsaid.
Tracy Gardner. Peril At Pennington Manor.
Trish Esden. The Art Of The Decoy.
Val McDermid. 1989.
Vicki Delany. A Three Book Problem.
Victoria Gilbert. A Fatal Booking.
Victoria Houston. Wolf Hollow.
Victoria Thompson. Murder On Madison Square.
Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills. Oath Of Loyalty.
Ward Larsen. Assassin’s Edge.
Will Jordan. Dark Harvest.
Will Thomas. Fierce Poison.
William Giraldi. About Face.
William Kent Krueger. Fox Creek.
Winnie Li. Complicit.
Yasmin Angoe. They Come At Knight.

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Adam Sikes. Landslide.
Adam White. The Midcoast.
Alex Kenna. What Meets the Eye.
Anna Bailey. Tall Bones.
Brendan Slocumb. The Violin Conspiracy.
D.M. Rowell. Never Name the Dead.
Don Butler. A Life of Bliss.
Dwyer Murphy. An Honest Living.
Eli Cranor. Don’t Know Tough.
Elle Grawl. One of Those Faces.
Erin E. Adams. Jackal.
Gillian McAllister. Wrong Time Wrong Place.
Grace D. Li. Portrait Of A Thief.
Harini Nagendra. The Bangalore Detectives Club.
Isabel Cañas. The Hacienda.
Joan Long. The Finalist.
J.T. Siemens. To Those Who Killed Me.
Joseph Goodrich. The Paris Manuscript.
Joyce Woollcott. A Nice Place to Die.
Kate Khavari. A Botanist’s Guide To Parties And Poisons
Katherine Fast. The Drinking Gourd
Katie Guitierrez. More Than You Know.
Katy Hays. The Cloisters.
Ken MacQueen. Hero Haters.
Kim Hays. Pesticide.
Lawrence Allan. Big Fat F@!k-up.
Lis Angus. Not Your Child.
Luke Cassidy. Iron Annie.
M.A. Monnin. Death in the Aegean.
Meredith Hambrock. Other People’s Secrets.
Michelle Hillen Klump. A Dash of Death.
Mischa Popp. Magic, Lies, And Deadly Pies
Nina Wachsman. The Gallery Of Beauties.
Nita Prose The Maid.
Peggy Rothschild. A Deadly Bone to Pick.
Ramona Emerson. Shutter.
Rob Osler. Devil’s Chew Toy.
Ryan Steck. Fields of Fire.
Samantha Allen. Patricia Wants to Cuddle.
Samantha Jayne Allen. Pay Dirt Road.
Scott Blackburn. It Dies with You.
Soon Wiley. When We Fell Apart.
Stacy Willingham. A Flicker in the Dark.
Suzanne Moyers. ’Til All These Things Be Done.
Virginia Hartman. The Marsh Queen.

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | E-BOOK | AUDIOBOOKS

A.M. Stuart. Evil In Emerald.
A.R. Torre. A Familiar Stranger.
Aggie Blum Thompson. All The Dirty Secrets.
Al Pessin. Shock Wave.
Alice Adler. Murder Most Newsworthy.
Allen Wyler. Deadly Odds 5.0.
Allie Pleiter. Knit Or Die Trying.
Allison Brennan. Missing: A 3-In-1 Collection.
Alma Katsu. The Wehrwolf.
Amanda Flower. Because I Could Not Stop For Death.
Amanda Flower. Crimes and Covers.
Amber Cowie. Last One Alive.
Amy Pershing. Murder Is No Picnic.
Andrew Mayne. The Final Equinox.
Angela M. Sanders. Witch and Famous.
Ann Aptaker. Hunting Gold.
Ann McMan. Dead Letters From Paradise.
Ann Parker. The Secret In The Wall.
Anne Loreth White. The Patient’s Secret
Annette Dashofy. Fatal Reunion.
Annie Ward. The Lying Club.
Anthony Horowitz. The Twist of a Knife.
Auralee Wallace. When The Crow’s Away.
B.A. Paris. The Prisoner.
B.L. Blanchard. The Peacekeeper.
B.R. Myers. A Dreadful Splendor.
Bailey Cates. Spirits and Sourdough.
Billie Settles. Stone Cold Dead.
Blanka Lipinska. The Next 365 Days.
Brianna Labuskes. What Can’t Be Seen.
C.S. O’Cinneide. Eve’s Rib.
Carlene O’Connor. No Strangers Here.
Carol Goodman. The Disinvited Guest.
Carol J. Perry. Til Death.
Carole Lawrence. Cleopatra’s Dagger.
Carter Wilson. The New Neighbor.
Cate Holahan. The Darkness Of Others.
Catriona McPherson. Scot Mist.
Chad Zunker. Family Money.
Charles Salzberg. Canary In The Coal Mine.
Chris McGeorge. A Murder At Balmoral.
Christen Brecher. Photo Finished.
Christina Hoag. Skin of Tattoos (narrator Andre Chapoy).
Christopher Chambers. Standalone
Claire Douglas. Just Like The Other Girls.
Claire Douglas. The Couple At Number 9.
Clare Mackintosh. Last Party.
Claudia Reiss. To Kingdom Come.
Colin Conway. Cutler’s Cases.
Colin Conway. The Only Death That Matters.
Cordy Abbott. Dead Men Don’t Decorate.
Cynthia Tolbert. Sanctuary.
Daisy Bateman. A Dismal Harvest.
Daniel Kalla. The Darkness In The Light.
Daniella Bernett. A Mind to Murder.
Darcey Bell, All I Want.
Darci Hannah. Murder at the Blueberry Festival.
Darcy Coates. The Ravenous Dead.
Darlene Dziomba. Clues From The Canines.
Daryl Wood Gerber. A Hint of Mischief.
Davey Davis. X.
David Stuart Davies. The Dead of Winter.
Deborah Blake. Claws For Suspicion.
Debra H. Goldstein. Five Belles Too Many.
Debra Webb. The Last Lie Told.
Diane Kelly. Batten Down The Belfry.
Diane Kelly. The Proof Is in the Poison.
Dietrich Kalteis. Nobody From Somewhere.
DonnaRae Mennard. Murder on Eagle Drop Ridge.
Dorothy St. James. A Perfect Bind.
Drew Golden. Sing for the Dead.
Edwin Hill. The Secrets We Share.
Elaine Murphy. I Told You This Would Happen.
Elizabeth Crowens. Babs and Basil.
Elle Marr. Strangers We Know.
Ellery Adams. The Vanishing Type
Ellie Alexander. Donut Disturb.
Emma Seckel. The Wild Hunt.
Eric Beetner. There and Back.
Erin Flanagan. Blackout.
Eva Gates. Death By Beach Read.
Eva Jurcyzk. The Department Of Rare Books And Special Collections.
Frank Anthony Polito. Renovated to Death.
Frederick Weisel. The Day He Left.
Gabriel Valjan. Hush Hush.
Genevieve Essig. A Plot Most Perilous.
Genevieve Essig. A Truth Most Treacherous.
Gerald Elias. Roundtree Days.
Glenn Cooper. The Fourth Prophecy.
Gretchen Felker-Martin. Manhunt.
Gwendolyn Kiste. Reluctant Immortals.
Gytha Lodge. Little Sister.
H.L. Marsay. A Forgotten Shadow.
Hannah Hendy. An Unfortunate Christmas Murder.
Hannah Mary McKinnon. Never Coming Home.
Helen Cooper. The Other Guest.
Helen Monks Takhar. Such A Good Mother.
Isabella Maldonado. The Falcon.
J. Todd Scott. The Flock.
J.C. Eaton. Laid Out to Rest.
J.C. Kenney. Record Store Reckoning.
J.D. Allen. Bricks and Bones.
J.D. Allen. No Deal.
J.J. Dupuis. Umboi Island.
J.R. Sanders. Dead-Bang Fall.
Jacqueline Bublitz. Before You Knew My Name.
James L’Etoile. Dead Drop.
James Ross. Coldwater Confession.
Jason Monaghan. Blackshirt Masquerade.
Jason Starr. The Next Time I Die.
Jayne Cowie. Curfew.
Jeff Houlahan. Long Train Home.
Jeffrey Siger. One Last Chance.
Jenn McKinlay. Killer Research.
Jenna Kernan. The Adoption.
Jennifer Berg. The Blue Pearl Murders.
Jennifer Chow. Death By Bubble Tea.
Jess Dylan. Fatal Flowers.
Jess Lourey. The Quarry Girls.
Jessica Ellicott. Murder Through the English Post.
Joanna Fluke. Caramel Pecan Roll Murder.
Jodé Millman. Hooker Avenue.
Joe Hart. Or Else.
Joel Dicker, The Enigma of Room 622.
John Galligan. Bad Day Breaking.
John Jantunen. In For A Dime.
Jonathan Ames, The Wheel of Doll.
Jonathan Brown. Chloe.
Joseph Schneider. The Darkest Game.
Judy L. Murray. Killer in the Kitchen.
Julia Bates. A Taste of Betrayal.
Justin Kiska. Vice & Virtue.
Kaira Rouda. Somebody’s Home.
Kate Carlisle. Little Black Book.
Kate Carlisle. The Paper Caper.
Kate White. The Second Husband.
Katherine Fast. The Drinking Gourd.
Katherine Ramsland. I Scream Man.
Katie Gayle. An English Garden Murder.
Katrina Monroe. The Drown Our Daughters.
Keith Bruton. The Lemon Man.
Kelly J. Ford. Real Bad Things.
Kenneth Cameron. The Past Master.
Kerry Cox. Canned Hunt.
Kerry Peresta. The Rising.
Kevin Hearne. Paper & Blood.
Kit Rocha. Dance With The Devil.
K.L. Murphy. Her Sister’s Death.
Kris Bock. Something Shady At Sunshine Haven.
Kristin Wright. The Darkest Web.
Lane Stone. The Collector.
Lara Elena Donnelly. Base Notes.
Laraine Stephens. Deadly Intent.
Laura Bradford. Perilous Pal.
Lauren Elliott. A Margin for Murder.
Laurie Loewenstein. Funeral Train.
Laurie R. King, Back to the Garden.
Laurien Berenson. Peg and Rose Solve a Murder.
Lawrence Kelter. Into the Groove.
Leah Konen. The Perfect Escape.
Lee Hollis. Death of an Ice Cream Scooper.
Lee Matthew Goldberg. Immoral Origins.
Leo J. Maloney. Storm Front.
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Lorna Poplak. “The Mysteries of the mad Trapper of Rat River” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Lucy Foley. “Evil in Small Places” in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries.
Lynne Murphy. “The Lady-Killer” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Manuel Ramos. “Northside Nocturne” in Denver Noir.
Marc Watkins. “Even a Bird Remains Chained to the Sky” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Marcie R. Rendon. “Illegal Catch” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022)
Marco Carocari. “All in the Planning” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Margaret Lucke. “The Devils-Work Ball” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Mario Acevedo. “El Armero” in Denver Noir.
Mark Bergin. “Look at That” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Mark Bergin. “Perception” in Tattered Blue Line.
Mark Bergin. “Stay Here, Honey” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Mark Bruce. “Minerva James And The Hounds Of Hades” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Mark Jonathan Harris “Land Mines” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Mark Stevens. “Junk Feed” in Denver Noir.
Mark Thielman. “Case #5 from the Files of the Moon Dog Detective Agency” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Mark Troy. “Sundown Town” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Marlin Bressi. “The Borscht Belt Burglary” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Marni Graf. “The Sound of Murder” in Rock, Roll, and Ruin.
Martin Edwards. “Darling Lorraine” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Martin Edwards. “The Crazy Cries of Love” in Music of the Night.
Mary Alyce Blum. “Little White Lies” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Mary Angela Honerman. “Five Bullet Friday” in AHMM (July/August 2022).
Mary Dutta. “Devil’s Advocate” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Mary Dutta. “The Final Curtain” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Mathangi Subramanian. “On Grasmere Lake” in Denver Noir.
Matthew Wilson. “Thank You for Your Service” in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
Maurissa Guilbord. “Into the Devil’s Den” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Max Devoe Talley. “Sanity Clause” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Maxim Jakubowski. “Waiting for Cornelia” in Music of the Night.
Meagan Lucas. “The Monster Beneath” in It Came from the Swamp.
Meagan Lucas. “Picking the Carcass” in Jacked, a Crime Anthology.
Megan Pillow. “Long Live the Girl Detective” in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
Melodie Campbell. “Death of a Ghost” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Meredith Doench. “Spurgaling for Geniuses” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Michael Bracken. “Locked Mesa” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Michael Bracken. “Dead Man’s Gorge” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy. “Sit. Stay. Die” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
Michael Bracken. “Sparks” in Vautrin.
Michael Bracken. “Everything is Relative” in Fried Chicken And Coffee.
Michael Bracken. “Death in Camelot” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Michael Bracken. “Kissing Cousins” in Starlite Pulp Review
Michael Connelly. “Avalon” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Michael Wegener. “The Violence of Her Touch” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Michael Wiley. “Spinout” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Michael Wiley. “Where There’s Love” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Miguel Alfonso Ramos. “The Last Sound You Hear” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Mike Adamson. “The White Calf And The Wind” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Mike McHone. “Keeping Time” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Mike Zimmerman. “Thousands (or, The Guitar Hero Who Refused Open G)” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Mindy Mejia. “The Crow” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Misty Sol. “The Wounded Revolutionary” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Nancy Cole Silverman. “The Case of the Sourdough Starter” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Nancy Gardner. “Death’s Door” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Naomi Alderman. “The Open Mind” in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries.
Naomi Hirahara. “Grand Garden” in Crime Hits Home.
Naomi Hirahara. “I Am Yojimbo” in South Central Noir.
Natalie Haynes. “The Unravelling” in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries.
Neil Daws. “The Watch Room” in Music of the Night.
Neil S. Plakcy. “Oyster Creek” in Crime Hits Home.
Neil Plakcy. “Heir Apparent” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Nikki Dolson, “Card Shark Molly’s Last Hand” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends
Nikolas Charles. “Where The Smoke Meets The Sky” in South Central Noir.
Nils Gilberston. “The Other Woman” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Nina Wachsman. “The Assassin’s Portrait” on Mystery Magazine (August 2022).
N.M. Cedeño. “Nice Girls Don’t” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
N.M. Cedeño. “It Came Upon A Midnight Ice Storm” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #12.
Noelle Granger. The M and M’s Mystery in Carolina Crimes.
O’Neil De Noux. “The First Annual Atchafalaya Coyote Hunt: Or, Is There A Sleuth In The House” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Ovidia Yu. “Live Pawns” in Crime Hits Home.
P.S. Harman. “On My Honor” in Tattered Blue Line.
Pam Barnsley. “Almost Self-Defence” in Cold Canadian Crime
Pamela Raymond. “The Day the Music Died” in Carolina Crimes.
Patricia E. Canterbury. “The Chinatown Honorary Mayor Caper” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Patrick Whitehurst. “Pinto’s Bag of Chips” in Guilty Crime Magazine Flash.
Paul Charles. “Oh, Marion” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Paul Charles. “The Ghosts of Peace” in Music of the Night.
Paul Gitsham. “No More ‘I Love You’s” in Music of the Night.
Paula Benson. “Reputation or Soul” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Pearson O’Meara. “Routine Traffic Stop” in Tattered Blue Line.
Penny Mickelbury. “Mae’s Family Dining” in South Central Noir.
Peter Heller. “The Lake” in Denver Noir.
Peter Lovesey. “And the Band Played On” in Music of the Night.
Peter W.J. Hayes. “For a Better City” in Mystery Magazine (september).
Peter W.J. Hayes. “The Ice House” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Polly Iyer. “All About Evie” in Carolina Crimes.
Quintin Peterson. “Mysterious Ways” in Tattered Blue Line.
R. Franklin James. “The Juror” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
R.J. Koreto. “April Come She Will” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
R.M. Greenway. “Hot” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Rabbi Ilene Schneider. “Triangle” in Jewish Noir II.
Ragnar Jónasson. “4×3” in Music of the Night.
Raquel V. Reyes. “Mata Hambre” in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
Raquel V. Reyes. “The Favor” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Raquel V. Reyes. “The Vampires” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Rebecca K. Jones. “Train in the Distance” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Reed Farrel Coleman. “Victim Of Love” in Hotel California.
Richie Narvaez. “The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Rick Bleiweiss. “The Last Resort” in Hotel California.
Rita Lakin. “The Nazi In The Basement” in Jewish Noir II.
Rita Owen. “Poetic Justice” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Rob Pierce, “Gro is for Grotesque…” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends.
Robb White. “Desert Girl Waiting” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Robert Edward Eckels. “The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Robert Ottone. “Down to Clown” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Robert Lopresti. “The Man From Topeka” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Robert Lopresti.“ “Murder in Mudville,” Mystery Magazine, October 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “Kill and Cure,” Mystery Magazine, August 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “The Dance of Love and Hunger,” The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “The Suicide Club.” Black Cat Weekly. #43. 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “The Lord of Falling Objects.” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “The Man in the Quarry.” Black Cat Weekly. #29. 2022.
Robert Lopresti.“ “Lambs and Wolves,” Death of a Bad Neighbour: Revenge is Criminal. 2022.
Roberto Lovato. “Sabor A Mi” in South Central Noir.
Robin Hazard Ray. “Clay” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Robin Hemley. “The Hanukkah Killer” in Jewish Noir II.
Rosemary McCracken. “In from the Cold” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Ruth M. McCarty. “The Ghost Light” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Ruth Moose. The Thursday Night All-You-Can-Eat Elvis Everlasting Club in Carolina Crimes.
Ruth Ware. “Miss Marple’s Christmas” in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries.
S. A. Cosby. “An Ache So Divine” in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
S.J. Rozan. “Playing for Keeps” in Crime Hits Home.
Sam Wiebe. “Cut Man” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Sandra SG Wong. “Family Reunion” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022)
Sara Paretsky. “Little House in the Big Woods” in Crime Hits Home.
Sarah M Chen. “Riviera Red” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Scott Kikkawa. “Full Service” in Tattered Blue Line.
Scott Von Doviak. “Senior Skip Day” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Sean Marciniak. “October in Kauai” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Sean McCluskey. “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Sharon Daynard. “The Boss of Butler Square” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Sharon Lynn. “The Professor’s Lesson” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Shawn Reilly Simmons. “A Death in Four Parts” in Music of the Night.
Shawn Reilly Simmons. “The Devil’s in the Details” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Smita Harish Jain. “Keeping Up With the Jainses” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Spencer Fleury. “Larry the Bag Man Tries to Set Things Right” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends.
Stacy Woodson. “Hometown Headlines” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Stacy Woodson. “Zebras” in Tattered Blue Line.
Stacy Woodson. “To Catch A Purr-Petrator” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #12.
Stefon Mears. “Gun Running on Vacation” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Steph Cha. “All Luck” in South Central Noir.
Stephen Buehler. “Green Is Good” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Stephen D. Rogers. “The Ugly” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Stephen D. Rogers. “Dead in the Afternoon” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Stephen J. Golds. “Shelter” in Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII).
Steve Liskow. “Jack in the Box” in Crime Hits Home.
Steve Liskow. “Stella Blues” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Steve Liskow. “Kick Out the Jams” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Steven Wishnia. “Taking Names” in Jewish Noir II.
Susan Breen. “Banana Island” in Crime Hits Home.
Susan Breen. “The Demon Valentine” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Susan Calder. “A Deadly Flu” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Susan Frith. “Better Austens” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Susan Oleksiw. “Women’s Night Out” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Susan Wingate, “The Transformation of Buzzcut Billy” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends.
Susanna Calkins and Erica Ruth Neubauer. “Two Women and a Tarp” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
Sylvia Maultash Warsh. “There Are Always Secrets” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Tananarive Due. “Haint In The Window” in South Central Noir.
Teresa Inge. “Chalk it Up for Murder” iin Virginia is for Mysteries III.
Teresa Inge. “Kiss, Makeup and Murder” in Virginia is for Mysteries III.
Terry Shames. “Inheritance” in Jewish Noir II.
Tessa Wegert. “Cuts” in Land of 10,000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022).
TG Wolff, “Giddy Up Done Gone” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends.
Thom Bennett. “Mara Steps In” in Cold Canadian Crime.
Thomas Pluck. “Joey Cucuzza Loses His Election” in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Tilia Klebenov Jacobs. “By the Book” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
Tim Maleeny. “A Cure for Madness” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Tod Goldberg. “A Career Spent Disappointing People” in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
Tom Larsen. “El Cuerpo en el Barril” in Best Mysteries of the Year (2022).
Tom Mead. “Jack Magg’s Jaw” in Strand Magazine.
Tom Mead. “The Footless Phantom” in EQQM (March/April 2022).
Tom Mead. “The Only Living Boy in New York” in Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon.
Tom Milani. “A Hard Night in Hamburg” in Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties.
Toni Goodyear. “The Vigil” in Carolina Crimes.
Tori Eldridge. “Missing on Kaua’i” in Crime Hits Home.
Tracy Clark. “Lucky Thirteen” in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.
Travis Richardson. “Power At All Costs” by in Low Down Dirty Vote 3.
Trey Barker, “Wobble Wheel Wooley’s End of the Road” in Back Road Bobby and His Friends
Trey R. Barker. “Motel at the End of the World: End of Tour” in Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21st Century Noir.
Trish Esden. “The White Balloon” in Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022.
Twanna LaTrice Hill. “A Life Of Little Consequence” in Denver Noir.
Val McDermid. “The Second Murder at the Vicarage” in Marple: Twelve New Mysteries.
Vaseem Khan. “Bombay Blues” in Music of the Night.
Veronica Leigh. “Mudbound” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11.
Victoria Hamilton. “Reunion with the Devil” in Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical.
Walter Mosley. “No Exit” in Crime Hits Home.
William Boyle. “Something Bad Happened To A Clown” in Lawyers, Guns, and Money.
Xu Xi. “Rhododendrons” in Jewish Noir II.
Yigal Zur. “Mosquitoes Over Bamako” in Jewish Noir II.
Zakiya Dalila Harris. “His Happy Place.” Amazon Original Stories.
Zoe Quinton. “Crossover” in Jewish Noir II.

BEST JUVENILE | YOUNG ADULT

Adam Cesare. Clown In Cornfield #2: Frendo Lives.
Alexa Donne. Pretty Dead Queens.
Amanda Foody & C.L. Herman. All Of Our Demise.
Amanda McCrina. The Silent Unseen.
Amelia Kahaney. All The Best Liars.
Amy Christine Parker. Flight 171.
Angela Ahn. Double O Stephen And The Ghostly Realm.
Ann Fraistat. What We Harvest.
Astrid Scholte. League Of Liars.
Ayana Gray. Beasts Of Ruin.
Brenna Ehrlich. Killing Time.
Bryce Moore. Don’t Go To Sleep.
C.L. Herman and Amanda Foody. All Of Our Demise.
Caroline Rose. MIRACULOUS.
Carolyn T. O’Neill. Daughters Of A Dead Empire.
Cary Fagan. Water, Water.
Chantel Acevedo. The Curse On Spectacle Key.
Chelsea Ichaso. Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets.
Colin Meloy. The Stars Did Wander Darklin.
Dan Gemeinhart. The Midnight Children.
Dan Poblocki. Tales To Keep You Up At Night.
Daniel Kraus. They Stole Our Hearts.
David Robertson. The Stone Child.
Dee Hahn. The Grave Thief.
Diana Urban. These Deadly Games.
Dori Hillestad Butler. Dear Beast: Simon Sleeps Over.
Dori Hillestad Butler. King & Kayla And The Case Of The Lost Library Book.
Elizabeth Bunce. In Myrtle Peril
Elly Griffiths. A Girl Called Justice: A Spy at the Window.
E. Lockhart. Family Of Liars.
Emily Lloyd-Jones. Unseen Magic.
Eric Fan. Night Lunch.
Erin Beaty. Blood And Moonlight.
Eva G. Gibson. Frightmares.
Fleur Bradley. Daybreak On Raven Island.
Francesca Padilla. What’s Coming To Me.
Goldy Moldavsky. Lord Of The Fly Fest.
Greg Herren. #Shedeservedit.
Greg Howard. The Visitors.
Guadalupe Garcia McCall. The Keeper.
Hannah Capin. I Am Margaret Moore.
J.W. Ocker. The Black Slide.
Jake Burt. The Ghoul Of Windydown Vale.
Janae Marks. From the Desk of Zoe Washington.
Jashar Awan. Strum And Drum.
Jason Sheehan Children Of The Flying City.
Jeannette Arroyo. Blackwater.
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. Sisterhood of Sleuths.
Jess Rinker. The Dare Sisters: Shipwrecked.
Jesse Q. Sutanto. The New Girl.
Jesse Q. Sutanto. Theo Tan And The Fox Spirit.
Jessica Goodman. The Counselors.
Jessica Taylor. Who We Were In The Dark.
Jo Rioux. Cat’s Cradle: The Golden Twine.
Jody Feldman. No Way Home.
Jonathan Maier & Cara Stevens. Puzzlooies! Disaster Master.
Jonathan Maier & Russell Ginns. Puzzlooies! Welcome To Escape City.
Judy I. Lin. A Magic Steeped In Poison.
Julia Lynn Rubin. Primal Animals.
Juliana Goodman. The Black Girls Left Standing.
Julie Buxbaum. The Area 51 Files.
June Hur. The Red Palace.
Kalyn Josephson. Ravenfall.
Kalynn Bayron. The Vanquishers.
Karen M.McManus. Nothing More To Tell.
Kate A. Boorman. Into The Sublime.
Kate McLaughlin. Daughter.
Kate Williams. Never Coming Home.
Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson. The Agathas.
Kathryn Lasky. The Secret Of Glendunny: The Haunting.
Kathryn Williams. The Storyteller.
Katie Zhao. The Lies We Tell.
Katryn Bury. Drew Leclair Gets A Clue.
Kayla Cottingham. My Dearest Darkest.
Keely Parrack. Don’t Let In The Cold.
Kekla Magoon. Chester Keene Cracks The Code.
Kelley Armstrong. The Final Trial.
Kelly DeVos. Go Hunt Me.
Kendall Kulper. Murder For The Modern Girl.
Kyra Leigh. It Will End Like This.
Laura James. The Daily Bark: The Dinosaur Discovery.
Lauren Brooke Davis. After Dark With Roxie Clark.
Lauren St. John. Wave Riders.
Lauren Wolk, My Own Lightning.
Lee Matthew Goldberg. Vanish Me.
Lily Sparks. Teen Killers In Love.
Linda Bailey. Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock.
Lisa McMann. Map Of Flames.
Lisa Schroeder. A Night To Die For.
Lygia Day Penaflor. Creep: A Love Story.
M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman. Murder On The Safari Star: Adventures On Trains.
Mar Romasco-Moore. I Am The Ghost In Your House.
Margaret Peterson Haddix. Mysteries Of Trash And Treasure: The Secret Letters.
Mariko Tamaki. Cold.
Marina Cohen. Shadow Grave.
Marit Weisenberg. This Golden State.
Marthe Jocelyn. Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse.
Melissa Albert. Our Crooked Hearts.
Michelle Lee. Between The Lighthouse And You.
Mike Johnston. Mike, Grave Danger.
Nancy Springer. Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
Naomi Kritzer. Chaos On Catnet.
Natasha Deen. Spooky Sleuths #2: Beware The Moonlight.
Natasha Deen. Spooky Sleuths #1: The Ghost Treet.
Natasha Preston. The Fear.
Nathan Page. Montague Twins #2: The Devil’s Music.
Phillippe Diederich. Diamond Park.
R.L. Stine. Stinetinglers.
Reimena Yee. My Aunt Is A Monster.
Rin Chupeco. The Sacrifice.
Russell Ginns. Puzzlooies! Don’t Feed Fluffy.
Russell Ginns. Puzzlooies! Oliver And The Infinite Unknown.
S.A. Rodriguez. Treasure Tracks.
Sandra Block. Girl Overboard.
Sarah Everett. How To Live Without You.
Sasha Laurens. Youngblood.
Sheila Turnage. Island Of Spies.
Susan Dennard. The Luminaries.
Sweeney Boo. Over My Dead Body.
Tae Keller. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone.
Tiffany D. Jackson. The Weight Of Blood.
Tirzah Price. Sense And Second-Degree Murder.
Victoria Fulton & Faith McClaren. Horror Hotel.
Vincent Ralph. Lock The Doors.
Vincent Tirado. Burn Down, Rise Up.
William Shivering & Christiian Heidicker. Nightmares Of Weirdwood.

BEST CRITICAL | NON-FICTION

Andrew Neiderman. The Woman Beyond The Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story.
Benjamin Gilmer. The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men. a Murder. and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
Beverly Lowry. Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta.
Brian Hochman. The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States.
Carla Valentine. The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie.
Chas Smith. Blessed are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw.
Eden Collinsworth. What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Most Mysterious Portrait.
Erika Krause. Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation.
Erin Kimmerle. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys.
Fabián Escalante. 634 To Kill Fidel.
Howard Blum. The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer’s Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal.
Hugh Ryan. The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.
Huw Lemmy and Ben Miller. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History.
J.C. Bernthal. Agatha Christie: A Companion To The Mystery Fiction.
Laird R. Blackwell. Clues From The Couch: Psychology In Detective Fiction From Wilkie Collins To Winspear And Penny.
Martin Edwards. The Life Of Crime: Detecting The History Of Mysteries And Their Creators.
David Lehman. The Mysterious Romance Of Murder: Crime. Detection. And The Spirit Of Noir.
Dan Napolitano. The Kindling Spark: Early Tales Of Mystery. Horror. And Adventure.
Andrew Neiderman. The Woman Beyond The Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story.
Diane Royer. The Essence Of Film Noir: The Style And Themes Of Cinema’s Dark Genre.
Lucy Worsley. Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman.
James T. Bartlett. The Alaskan Blonde: Sex. Secrets. and the Hollywood Story that Shocked America.
Jarrett Kobek. Motor Spirit: The Long Hunt for the Zodiac.
Jefferson Morley. Scorpions’ Dance: The President. the Spymaster. and Watergate.
Jim Cosgrove. Ripple: A Long Strange Search for a Killer.
Joe Pompeo. Blood and Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime.
John Gleeson. The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America’s Most Notorious Mobster.
John Wood Sweet. The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America.
Kathleen Hale. Slenderman: Online Obsession. Mental Illness. and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls.
Kathryn Miles. Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.
Keith Thompson. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas. Rescued a Princess. and Stole a Fortune.
Leslie McFarlane. Ghost of the Hardy Boys.
M. Chris Fabricant. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System.
Mark Arsenault. The Impostor’s War: The Press. Propaganda. and the Newsman Who Battled for the Minds of America.
Martin Edwards. The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators.
Martin Sixsmith. The War of Nerves: Inside the Cold War Mind.
Nancy Dougherty. The Hangman and His Wife: The Life and Death of Reinhard Heydrich.
Neal Bradbury. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them.
Patrick Radden Keefe. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters. Killers. Rebels and Crooks.
Patrick Strickland. The Marauders: Standing Up to Vigilantes in the American Borderlands.
Paul Fischer. The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Story of Obsession. Murder, and the Movies.
Rachel Rear. Catch The Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder.
Sarah Weinman. Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment. and the Courts to Set Him Free.
Susan Jonusas. Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders. America’s First Serial Killer Family.
T. J. English. Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld.

BEST HISTORICAL [pre-1970]

Alexis Henderson, House of Hunger.
Allison Epstein. A Tip for the Hangman.
Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Beacon Rock.
Ann Mah. Jacqueline in Paris.
Annamaria Alfieri. Invisible Country.
Anna Lee Huber. A Certain Darkness.
Anna Lee Huber. A Perilous Perspective.
Catriona McPherson. In Place of Fear.
Charles Todd. A Game of Fear.
Chloe Gong, Foul Lady Fortune.
Clara McKenna. Murder at the Majestic Hotel
Colleen Cambridge. A Trace of Poison.
Dianne Freeman. A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder.
Elizabeth Brooks, The House in the Orchard.
Erica Ruth Neubauer. Danger on the Atlantic.
Heather Webb. The Next Ship Home.
James R. Benn. From the Shadows.
Jeri Westerson. Oswald the Thief.
Jess Kidd. The Night Ship.
Joyce St. Anthony. Front Page Murder.
Joyce St. Anthony. Death on a Deadline.
Kate Khavari. A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons.
Kathleen Marple Kalb. A Fatal Overture.
Karen Odden. Under A Veiled Moon.
Kate Atkinson. Shrines of Gaiety.
Kate Manning. Gilded Mountain.
Katherine Cowley. The Lady’s Guide To Death And Deception.
Katherine Cowley. The True Confessions Of A London Spy.
Kelly Oliver. Villainy in Vienna.
Laraine. Stephens. Deadly Intent.
Laurie Lico Albanese. Hester.
Lev AC Rosen. Lavender House.
Liz Milliron. The Lessons We Learn.
Maggie O’Farrell. The Marriage Portrait.
Mally Becker. Counterfeit Wife.
Mariah Fredericks. The Lindbergh Nanny.
Mary Anna Evans. The Physicists’ Daughter.
Matt Bondurant. Oleander City: A Novel Based on a True Story.
Mesa Desideria. Bindle Punk Bruja.
Nancy Herriman. No Refuge from the Grave.
Nicola Cornick. The Winter Garden.
Noelle Salazar. Angels of the Resistance.
Rhys Bowen. Peril in Paris.
Rhys Bowen. Where the Sky Begins.
Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. Wild Irish Rose.
Robert Harris. Act of Oblivion.
Robert J. Harris. The Devil’s Blaze.
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S.K. Golden. The Socialite’s Guide to Murder.
Stephanie Graves. A Valiant Deceit.
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Wanda M. Morris. Anywhere You Run.
William Martin. December ’41.
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A Hint of Hitchcock. Editor: Cameron Trost.
Back Road Bobby and His Friends. Editor: Colin Conway.
Beau Johnson. Old Man Rider.
Black is the Night: The Cornell Woolrich Tribute. Editor: Maxim Jakubowski.
Chespeake Crimes: Magic is Murder. Editors: Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley.
Chris Chan. Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories.
Crime Hits Home. Editor: S.J. Rozan.
Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories. Editors: Christine Bagley. Susan Oleksiw, and Leslie Wheeler.
Death of a Bad Neighbour: Revenge is Criminal. EDitor: Jack Calverley.
Denver Noir. Editor: Cynthia Swanson.
Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties. Editor: Michael Bracken.
Hotel California (The Music and Murder Mystery Series) Editor: Don Bruns.
J.B. Stevens. A Therapeutic Death.
Jewish Noir II. Editors: Kenneth Wishnia and Chantelle Aimée Osman.
Land of 10.000 Thrills (Bouchercon Anthology 2022). Editor: Greg Herren.
Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon. Editors: Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor.
Low Down Dirty Vote 3. Editor: Mysti Berry.
Malice in Dallas: Metroplex Mysteries, Volume One. Editor: Barb Goffman.
Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical. Editors: Verena Rose. Rita Owen. and Shawn Reilly Simmons.
Mickey Finn Vol. 3: 21^st Century Noir. Editor: Michael Bracken.
Music of the Night: from the Crime Writers’ Association. Editor: Martin Edwards.
Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon. Editor: Josh Pachter.
Rock and A Hard Place (Issue VIII). Editors: Nokes. Butkowski. Tucher. Cudmore. Sullivan and Garth.
Rock, Roll, and Ruin: A Triangle Sisters in Crime Anthology. Editor: Karen Pullen
South Central Noir. Editor: Gary Phillps.
Summer Bludgeon: A Crime, Mystery, Noir, Suspense & Thriller Anthology. Editors: H. Dair Brown and Robin Knabel.
Tattered Blue Line. Editor: Frank Zafiro.
The Adventures of the Puzzle Club and Other Stories. Editor: Josh Pachter with EQMM.
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022. Editors Steph Cha and Jess Walter Carolina Crimes. Editor: Karen Pullen.
The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories. Editor: Maxim Jakubowski.
The Perfect Crime. Editor: Maxim Jakubowski.
The Man Who Solved Mysteries: More Short Fiction by William Brittain. Editor: Josh Pachter. Crippen & Landru.
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022. Editor: Sara Paretsky.
Tim McLoughlin. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.