2007 Notable Books

2007 AGATHA AWARDS

Best First Novel
Sandra Parshall, The Heat of the Moon ($15; $25 Signed).

Best Novel
Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains ($24).

Best Non-Fiction
Chris Roerden, Don't Murder Your Mystery ($18).

Best Short Story
Toni L.P. Kelner, "Sleeping with the Plush"

Best Young Adult
Nancy Means Wright, Pea Soup Poisonings

2007 ANTHONY AWARDS

Best Novel
Laura Lippman, No Good Deeds ($7.99).

Best First Novel
Louise Penny, Still Life ($6.99).

Best Paperback Original
Dana Cameron, Ashes and Bones ($6.99).

2007 BCA CRIME THRILLER

Ian Rankin, The Naming of the Dead (Little Brown $25 Signed).

2007 BARRY AWARDS

Best Novel
George Pelecanos, The Night Gardener ($7.50).

Best First Novel
Lousie Penny, Still Life ($6.99).

Best British Novel
Ken Bruen, Priest ($24).

Best Thriller
Daniel Silva, The Messenger ($10).

Best Paperback Original
Sean Doolittle, The Cleanup ($6.99).

Best Short Story:
Brendan DuBois, "The Right Call."

2007 BEN FRANKLIN AWARD

Mystery/Suspense
John McEvoy, Riders Down (Poisoned Pen Press $25 Signed).

2007 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

Fiona Mountain, Bloodline ($6.99).

2007 COLORADO BOOK AWARD

Best Popular Fiction:
Ann Parker, Iron Ties ($25 Signed 1sts), sequel to Silver Lies ($15).

2007 CWA DIAMOND DAGGER

John Harvey

2007 CWA DAGGERS

Best Novel
Peter Temple, The Broken Shore ($25).

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects ($14).

New Blood (formerly Creasey)

Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects ($14).

Short Story Dagger

J.A. Konrath, "Epitaph," in Thriller ($10).
Peter Lovesey, "Needlematch," in Best British Mysteries III ($10).
James Sigel, "Empathy," in Thriller.
Kevin Wignall, "Retrospective," in Best British Mysteries III.

2007 COSTA AWARDS

(Formerly Whitbread)

Best Novel
William Boyd, Restless ($25).

Best First Novel
Stef Penny, Tenderness of Wolves ($16).

2007 DILYS AWARD

Louise Penny, Still Life ($23).

Short List
James R. Benn, Billy Boyle ($23).
Steve Hockensmith, Holmes on the Range ($13).
J.J. Lamb, The Mournful Teddy ($6.99).
Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains ($24).
Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale ($26).

2007 EDGAR AWARDS

Best Novel
Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree ($25).

Best First Novel
Alex Berenson, The Faithful Spy ($25).

Best Paperback Original
Naomi Hirahara, Snakeskin Shamisen ($12).

Best Short Story
Charles Ardai, "The Home Front" in Death Do Us Part ($26).

Best First Novel
Mike Doogan, Lost Angel ($7.99 Aug.).

2007 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS

Best Novel:
Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men ($14).

Best First Novel:
Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross ($25).

2007 HAMMETT PRIZE

Dan Fesperman, The Prisoner of Guantánamo ($25 Signed).

2007 LA TIMES PRIZE

Mystery:
Michael Connelly, Echo Park (Little Brown $25 Signed).

2007 MACAVITY AWARDS

Best Novel:
Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains ($14).

Best Fist Novel:
Nick Stone, Mr. Clarinet ($25; $14), a FMC Pick.

Best Nonfiction:
Jim Huang, ed. Mystery Muses ($15).

Best Short Story:
Tim Maleeny, "Till Death Do us Part."

Sue Feder Historical Mystery:
Rhys Bowen, Oh Danny Boy ($6.99).

2007 NED KELLY AWARDS

The Austrian Crime Writers Association
Best Crime Novel: Gary Disher, Chain of Evidence (Soho $24).
Best First Novel: Adrian Hyland, Diamond Dove (Quercus $22).

2007 ELLIS PETERS DAGGER

Announced Nov. 7 in London
Arianna Franklin, Mistress of the Art of Death ($26; $31 UK).
Jason Goodwin, The Snake Stone ($25 Signed 1sts).
Philip Kerr, The One from the Other ($27).
Andrew Martin, Murder at Deviation Junction ($22).
Mark Mills, The Savage Garden ($25; $16 pbk).
Stef Penny, The Tenderness of Wolves ($16).

2007 NERO WOLFE AWARD NOMINEES

Jan Burke, Kidnapped ($24).
J. Spencer-Fleming, All Mortal Flesh ($25 Signed).
Steve Hamilton, A Stolen Season ($6.99 Sept.).

2007 QUILL NOMINEES

Mystery & Suspense
Michael Connelly, The Overlook ($22 Signed).
David Ignatius, Body of Lies ($25 Signed).
Michael Koryta, A Welcome Grave ($26 Signed).
Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know ($27 Signed).
Matt Beynon Rees, The Collaborator of Bethlehem ($22).

2007 SHAMUS AWARDS

Best PI Novel/Lead Character
Ken Bruen, The Dramatist ($13).

Best Paperback Original
P.J. Parrish, An Unquiet Grave ($6.99)

Best First PI Novel
Declan Hughes, The Wrong Kind of Blood ($7.99).

2007 SPOTTED OWL

Kris Nelscott, Days of Rage (St Martin's $26 Signed)

2007 THEAKSTON AWARD

Allan Guthrie, Two-Way Split ($16).

2007 THRILLER AWARDS

Best Thriller
Joe Finder, Killer Instinct ($7.99).

Best First Thriller
Nick Stone, Mr. Clarinet ($25).

Best Paperback Original
P.J. Parrish, An Unquiet Grave ($6.99).

BEST BOOKS OF INDIANA

Fiction:
Kit Ehrman, Triple Cross ($25 Signed)