The Audies Have It

 

The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists across 28 categories for the 30th annual Audie Awards for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment, including the mysteries and thrillers. You can check out all of the shortlisted titles here, which include some crime-related titles sprinkled throughout the various categories.

 

MYSTERY FINALISTS

• Still See You Everywhere (Audio) By Lisa Gardner, Narrated by Hillary Huber, Published by Hachette Audio
• The Midnight Feast (Audio) By Lucy Foley, Narrated by Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, and Tuppence Middleton, Published by HarperCollins Publishers
• This Is Why We Lied (Audio) By Karin Slaughter, Narrated by Kathleen Early, Published by HarperCollins Publishers
• Listen for the Lie (Audio), By Amy Tintera, Narrated by Will Damron and January LaVoy, Published by Macmillan Audio
• Rough Pages (Audio), By Lev AC Rosen, Narrated by Vikas Adam, Published by Macmillan Audio

THRILLER FINALISTS

• The Forest of Lost Souls (Audio) By Dean Koontz, Narrated by January LaVoy, Published by Brilliance Publishing
• The Little Drummer Girl By John le Carré, Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Published by reamscape Media LLC
• Lone Wolf (Audio) By Gregg Hurwitz, Narrated by Scott Brick, Published by Macmillan Audio
• First Lie Wins (Audio) By Ashley Elston, Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Published by Penguin Random House Audio
• The Return of Ellie Black By Emiko Jean, Narrated by Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, full cast, Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

Edgar Award Nominations Set for 2025

 

Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and television published or produced in 2024. The 78th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated, with winners revealed, on May 1, 2025, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. Congrats to all the finalists!

BEST NOVEL

• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Penguin Random House – Random House Worlds/Del Rey
• Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco (Farrar, Straus and Giroux – MCD)
• Things Don’t Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins (Penguin Random House – Crown)
• My Favorite Scar by Nicolás Ferraro (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Penguin Random House – Riverhead Books)
• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Macmillan Publishers – Celadon Books)
• The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell (Penguin Random House – Doubleday)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• Twice the Trouble by Ash Clifton (Crooked Lane Books)
• Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda (Crooked Lane Books)
• The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee (CamCat Books)
• A Jewel in the Crown by David Lewis (Kensington Books – A John Scognamiglio Book)
• The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
• Holy City by Henry Wise (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Park Row Books)
• The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Graydon House)
• Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler (HarperCollins – Harper Paperbacks)
• A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
• The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson (Dundurn Press Ltd.) 

BEST FACT CRIME

• Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi (HarperCollins – Mariner Books)
• The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson (Penguin Random House – Crown)
• A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime)
• The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free by Gregg Olsen (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
• Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery by Earl Swift (HarperCollins – Mariner Books)
• The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich (Union Square & Co.)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Nathan Ashman (McFarland Publishing)
• American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl by M. Keith Booker (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
• Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows by David Geherin (McFarland Publishing)
• On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett by Ashley Lawson (The Ohio State University Press)
• Ian Fleming; The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare (HarperCollins – Harper)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Cut and Thirst,” Amazon Original Stories by Margaret Atwood (Amazon Publishing)
• “Everywhere You Look,” Amazon Original Stories by Liv Constantine (Amazon Publishing)
• “Eat My Moose,” Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days by Erika Krouse (Bard College)
• “Barriers to Entry,” Amazon Original Stories by Ariel Lawhon (Amazon Publishing)
• “The Art of Cruel Embroidery,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine – July-August 2024 by Steven Sheil (Dell Magazine)

BEST JUVENILE

• The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell (Macmillan Publishers – Feiwel & Friends)
• Mystery of Mystic Mountain by Janet Fox (Simon & Schuster BFYR)
• Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key by Margaret Peterson Haddix (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)
• The Spindle of Fate by Aimee Lim (Macmillan Publishers – Feiwel & Friends)
• Find Her by Ginger Reno (Holiday House)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (HarperCollins – Heartdrum)
• The Bitter End by Alexa Donne (Random House Books for Young Readers)
• A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur (Macmillan Publishers – Feiwel & Friends)
• Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper Teen)
• 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Fire)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

• “Episode Five” – Rebus, Written by Gregory Burke (Viaplay)
• “Episode One” – Monsieur Spade, Written by Tom Fontana & Scott Frank (AMC)
• “Episode One” – Moonflower Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece PBS)
• “Mirror” – Murderesses, Written by Wiktor Piatkowski, Joanna Kozłowska, Katarzyna Kaczmarek (Viaplay)
• “Episode Two” – The Marlow Murder Club, Written by Robert Thorogood (Masterpiece PBS)

SPECIAL AWARDS – PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2025

Grand Master

• Laura Lippman
  
• John Sandford
  

Raven Award

• Face in a Book Bookstore & Gifts

Ellery Queen Award

• Peter Wolverton of St. Martin’s Publishing Group