Anthony Accolades

The annual Bouchercon conference, which is scheduled to take place August 30 to September 3 in San Diego, California, announced the finalists for the 2023 Anthony Awards today. Winners will be revealed during a banquet at the convention on Saturday, September 2. Best of luck to all!

Best Hardcover:

• Like a Sister, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)
• The Devil Takes You Home, by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
• The Bullet That Missed, by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman)
• A World of Curiosities, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• The Maid, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
• Secret Identity, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)

Best Paperback/E-book/Audiobook:

• Real Bad Things, by Kelly J. Ford (Thomas & Mercer)
• Dead Drop, by James L’Etoile (Level Best)
• The Quarry Girls, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• Hush Hush, by Gabriel Valjan (Historia)
• In the Dark We Forget, by Sandra S.G. Wong (HarperCollins)

Best First Novel:

• Don’t Know Tough, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
• Shutter, by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
• The Bangalore Detectives Club, by Harini Nagendra (Pegasus)
• Devil’s Chew Toy, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)
• The Maid, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)

Best Historical:

• The Lindbergh Nanny, by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)
• In Place of Fear, by Catriona McPherson (Mobius)
• Anywhere You Run, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)
• Danger on the Atlantic, by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington)
• Under a Veiled Moon, by Karen Odden (Crooked Lane)
• Lavender House, by Lev A.C. Rosen (Forge)

Best Humorous:

• Bayou Book Thief, by Ellen Byron (Berkley)
• Death by Bubble Tea, by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
• A Streetcar Named Murder, by T.G. Herren (Crooked Lane)
• Scot in a Trap, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
• Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking, by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane)

Best Short Story:

• “Still Crazy After All These Years,” by E.A Aymar (from Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, edited by Josh Pachter; Down & Out)
• “The Impediment,” by Bruce Robert Coffin (from Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022, edited by Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw, and Leslie Wheeler; Crime Spell)
• “Beauty and the Beyotch,” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, February 2022)
• “The Estate Sale,” by Curtis Ippolito (Vautrin Magazine, Summer 2022)
• “C.O.D.,” by Gabriel Valjan (from Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume 3: The Color of My Vote, edited by Mysti Berry; Berry Contest)

Best Critical/Non-fiction:

• The Alaska Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America, by James T. Bartlett (Terrirory)
• The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
• American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur)
• Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction, edited by Diane Vallere (Sisters in Crime)
• Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free, by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
• Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)

Best Children’s/Young Adult:

• In Myrtle Peril, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Daybreak on Raven Island, by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• #Shedeservedit, by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes Press)
• The New Girl, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Vanish Me, by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Wise Wolf)
• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)

Best Anthology:

• Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume 3: The Color of My Vote, edited by Mysti Berry (Berry Contest)
• Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon, edited by Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor (Down & Out)
• Land of 1,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022, edited by Greg Herren (Down & Out)
• Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, edited by Josh Pachter (Down & Out)
• Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Short Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top Authors, edited by S.J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press)