The nominees for this year’s
Dilys Winn Award. The winner will be announced at
Left Coast Crime in Monterey in March.
The Dilys Award is given annually by the IMBA
(Independent Mystery Booksellers Association) to the mystery titles of
the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.
The
Dilys Award is named in honor of Dilys Winn, the founder of the first
specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States. The
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is comprised of a network of
independently owned retail bookstores across North America and the
United Kingdom, devoted to the sale of mystery books. Congratulations to all!
Nominees:
Seven for a Secret, Lyndsay Faye, Amy Einhorn Books
The Black Country, Alex Grecian, Putnam Adult
Spider Woman’s Daughter, Anne Hillerman, Harper
Ordinary Grace, William Kent Krueger, Atria Books
Pagan Spring, G.M. Malliet, Minotaur
The Land of Dreams, Vidar Sundstol, University of Minnesota Press
I love this kind of competition, because the nominees are usually books I've never heard of -- it's almost like getting a special recommendation from a friend "in the know," as opposed to the bigger awards, which tend to be between juggernaut authors.
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