2011 Indie Lit Awards Mystery Short List

The Short Lists for the 2011 Independent Literary Awards. The awards are given in several genres. Hat Tip: Elizabeth A. White, Musings of an All Purpose Monkey who was a voting member of the “Mystery” panel. Other voting members: Jen Forbus (Jen's Book Thoughts), Lesa Holstine (Lesa's Book Critiques), Tina (Director) (Reader for Life), Wendy (Musings of a Bookish Kitty)

2011 Indie Lit Awards Mystery Short List:

Missing Daughter, Shattered Family by Liz Strange (MLR Press)
The Cut by George Pelecanos (Reagan Arthur/LIttle, Brown)
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Press)
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey (Dutton)
Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown)

The Short Lists have also been announced for the Biography/ Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction, GLBTQ, Poetry, and Speculative Fiction genres as well. You can read more about the Independent Literary Awards and see all the Short List nominees on the Indie Lit Awards website.

Hat Tip: Elizabeth A. White, Musings of an All Purpose Monkey