Bouchercon 2021 Anthony Award Nominations. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon 2021: Blood on the Bayou in New Orleans. Congratulations to all!
Best Hardcover Novel
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What You Don't See - Tracy Clark
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Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Cosby - Flatiron Books
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Little Secrets - Jennifer Hillier - Minotaur Books
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And Now She's Gone - Rachel Howzell Hall - Forge Books
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The First to Lie - Hank Phillippi Ryan - Forge Books
Best First Novel
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Derailed - Mary Keliikoa - Camel Press
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Murder in Old Bombay - Nev March - Minotaur Books
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Murder at the Mena House - Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington
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The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman - Pamela Dorman Books
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Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco Press
Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel
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The Fate of a Flapper - Susanna Calkins - Griffin
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When No One is Watching - Alyssa Cole - William Morrow
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Unspeakable Things - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer
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The Lucky One - Lori Rader-Day - William Morrow
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Dirty Old Town - Gabriel Valjan - Level Best Books
Best Short Story
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"Dear Emily Etiquette" - Barb Goffman - EQMM - Dell Magazines
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"90 Miles" - Alex Segura - Both Sides: Stories From the Border - Agora Books
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"The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74" - Art Taylor - AHMM (Jan-Feb) - Dell Magazines
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"Elysian Fields" - Gabriel Valjan - California Schemin' - Wildside Press
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"The Twenty-Five Year Engagement" - James W. Ziskin - In League with Sherlock Holmes - Pegasus Crime
Best Juvenile/Young Adult
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Midnight at the Barclay Hotel - Fleur Bradley - Viking Books for Young Readers
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Premeditated Myrtle - Elizabeth C. Bunce - Algonquin Young Readers
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks - Katherine Tegen Books
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Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco - Richie Narvaez - Piñata Books
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Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall - Alex Segura - Disney Lucasfilm Press
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
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Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy - Leslie Brody - Seal Press
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI - Kate Winkler Dawson - G.P. Putnam's Sons
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Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club - Martin Edwards, ed. - Collins Crime Club
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The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia - Emma Copley Eisenberg - Hachette Books
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Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock - Christina Lane - Chicago Review Press
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Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession - Sarah Weinman, ed. - Ecco Press
Best Anthology or Collection
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Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology - Heather Graham, ed. - Nasty Woman Press
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Both Sides: Stories from the Border - Gabino Iglesias, ed. - Agora Books
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Noiryorican - Richie Narvaez - Down & Out Books
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The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell - Josh Pachter, ed. - Untreed Reads Publishing
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California Schemin' - Art Taylor. ed. - Wildside Press
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Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic - Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. - Polis Books
