STRAND MAGAZINE CRITICS AWARDS

The Strand Magazine announced the winners of the  2019 Strand Critics Awards last night at a cocktail party in New York City.

Best Mystery Novel: Tie
Transcription, by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown)
Sunburn, by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)

Best Debut Mystery Novel:
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor  (Crown)
The Strand also announced the recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Awards: Heather Graham and Donna Leon.  

Also named was Dominique Raccah, the publisher/CEO of Sourcebooks, as its Publisher of the Year Award.