AWARDS NEWS

AWARDS NEWS

* = 2009 First Mystery Club Pick

2010 Anthony Award Winners

Best Novel:

Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling ($14)

Best First Novel

*Sophie Littlefield, A Bad Day for Sorry ($14)

Best Paperback Original

Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake ($15)

Best Short Story

Hank Philippi Ryan, "On the House"

Best Critical Work

PD James, Talking About Detective Fiction ($22)

2010 Barry Award Winners

Best Novel

John Hart, The Last Child ($15)

Best First Novel

*Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($15)

Best British Publication

Philip Kerr, If the Dead Rise Not ($26; 1 Signed UK $100)

Best Paperback Original

Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake ($15)

Best Thriller

Jamie Freveletti, Running from the Devil ($7.99)

Best Short Story

Brendan DuBois, "The High House Writer"

Crime Novel of the Decade

Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ($7.99)

2010 CWA Dagger Awards

Gold Dagger:

*Belinda Bauer, Blacklands ($16)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Thriller)

Simon Conway, A Loyal Spy ($16)

Creasey Dagger

Ryan David Jahn, Acts of Violence

TV Dagger

"Sherlock," a new BBC show debuting here soon!

2010 Macavity Award Winners

Best Novel

Ken Bruen/Reed Farrel Coleman, Tower ($15 Signed by Coleman)

Best First Novel

*Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($15)

Best Short Story

Hank Philippi Ryan, "On the House"

Best Critical Work

PD James, Talking About Detective Fiction ($22)

2010 Maltese Falcon Award (Japan)

Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog ($16)

2010 Shamus Award Winners

Best Novel

Marcia Muller, Locked In ($7.99; 1 Signed $27)

Best First Novel

Brad Parks, Faces of the Gone ($26)

Best Paperback Original

Ira Berkowitz, Sinner's Ball ($14)

Best Short Story

Dave Zeltserman, "Julius Katz"

2010 Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award

*Rebecca Cantrell, A Trace of Smoke ($15)

2010 Ellis Peters Dagger Nominees

(Best Historical Mystery ** = History Club Pick)

**Rory Clements, Revenger ($20 Signed)

Aly Monroe, Washington Shadow ($20 Signed)

**SJ Parris, Heresy ($32 Signed)

**CJ Sansom, Heartstone ($43 Signed)

Andrew Williams, To Kill a Tsar ($39)