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2007 SHAMUS AWARDS :

For works published in 2006, Winners to be announced at Bouchercon 2007 in Alaska in
October 2007

BEST P.I. NOVEL
The Dramatist by Ken Bruen
The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson
The Do-Re-Me by Ken Kuhlken
Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller
Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong
The Prop by Pete Hautman
An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish
The Uncomfortable Dead by Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Subcomandante Marcos
Crooked by Brian M. Wiprud

BEST FIRST NOVEL
Lost Angel by Mike Doogan
A Safe Place for Dying by Jack Fredrickson
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes
18 Seconds by George D. Shuman

BEST SHORT STORY
"Sudden Stop" by Mitch Alderman.(November 2006, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine )
"The Heart Has Reasons" by O'Neil De Noux. (September 2006, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine )
"Square One" by Loren D. Estleman (November 2006, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"Devil’s Brew" by Bill Pronzini (December 2006, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Smoke Got In My Eyes" by Bruce Rubenstein (2006, Twin Cities Noir)

THE 2007 BARRY AWARD NOMINATIONS

.to be announced at Bouchercon 2007 in Alaska in October 2007

BEST NOVEL
WHITE SHADOW by Ace Atkins
OH DANNY BOY by Rhys Bowen
THE LAST ASSASSIN by Barry Eisler
THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO by Dan Fesperman
CITY OF SHADOWS by Ariana Franklin
THE NIGHT GARDENER by George Pelecanos

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE FAITHFUL SPY by Alex Berenson
SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn
THE BERLIN CONSPIRACY by Tom Gabbay
THE KING OF LIES by John Hart
STILL LIFE by Louise Penny
A FIELD OF DARKNESS by Cornelia Read

BEST BRITISH NOVEL
PRIEST by Ken Bruen
DYING LIGHT by Stuart MacBride
SOVEREIGN by C.J. Sansom
THE CASE OF THE MISSING BOOKS by Ian Sansom
MR. CLARINET by Nick Stone
RED SKY LAMENT by Edward Wright

BEST THRILLER
KILLER INSTINCT by Joe Finder
THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT by Alan Furst
RELENTLESS by Simon Kernick
COLD KILL by Stephen Leather
THE MESSENGER by Daniel Silva
KILL ME by Stephen White

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
BUST by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
THE LAST QUARRY by Max Allan Collins
THE CLEANUP by Sean Doolittle
LIVE WIRE by Jay MacLarty
DEADMAN'S POKER by Jim Swain
CROOKED by Brian Wiprud

BEST SHORT STORY
"Cain was Innocent" by Simon Brett (Thou Shalt Not Kill, published by Carroll & Graf)
"Shaping the Ends" by Judith Cutler (EQMM May, 2006)
"The Right Call" by Brendan DuBois (EQMM Sept/Oct, 2006)
"A Man of Taste" by Kate Ellis (EQMM Mar/Apr, 2006)
"The Flower Girl" by Paul Halter (The Night of the Wolf, published by Wildside Press)
"A Case for Inspector Ghote" by June Thomson (The Verdict of Us All, published by Crippen & Landru

AGATHA NOMINEES FOR 2006
Winner to be announced May 2007 at th Malice Domesic Convention
BEST FIRST NOVEL
CONSIGNED TO DEATH by Jane Cleland
FEINT OF ART by Hailey Lind
MURDER ON THE ROCKS  by Karen MacInerney
CHEF WHO DIED SAUTEING by Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily
HEAT OF THE MOON by Sandra Parshall
BEST NOVEL
ALL MORTAL FLESH by Julia Spencer Fleming
MESSENGER OF TRUTH by Jacqueline Winspear
THESADDLEMAKER' WIFE by Earlene Fowler
THE VIRGIN OF THE SMALL PLAINS by Nancy Pickard
WHY CASEY HAD TO DIE by L. C. Hayden
BEST NON-FICTION
MYSTERY MUSES by Jim Huang and
DON'T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY by Chris Roerden
THE BEAUTIFUL CIGAR GIRL by Dan Stashower
BEST SHORT STORY
 "Disturbance in the Field" by Roberta Isleib
"Provenence" by Robert Barnard
"Sleeping with the Plush" by Toni L. P. Kelner
"The Old Couple" by Barnard,Robert
 "Yankee Swap" by Maurissa Guibord
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: AN ECHO FALLS MYSTERY by Peter Abrahams
PEA SOUP POISONINGS by Nancy Means Wright
ROOM ONE A MYSTERY OR TWO by Andrew Clements
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS by Tracy Mack
 THE FALL OF THE AMAZING ZALINDAS by Michael Citrin

ANTHONY AWARDS FOR 2006 awarded September 30, 2006 at Bouchercon in Madison, WI.

Best Short Story -- Misdirection by Barbara Seranella;
Best Fan Publication -- Crimespree;
Best First -- Tilt-A-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein;
Best Critical -- Heirs of Anthony Boucher, Marv Lachman;
Best PBO -- The James Deans, Reed Farrel Colemen
Service to the Field -- Janet Rudolph; Best Mystery -- Mercy Falls, Kent Krueger

The 2006 Macavity Award Winners (Mystery Readers International) presented by Janet Rudolph
 on September 28, 2006 at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention.

BEST NOVEL
THE LINCOLN LAWYER by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
IMMORAL by Brian Freeman (St. Martin's Minotaur)

BEST NONFICTION
GIRL SLEUTH: NANCY DREW AND THE WOMEN WHO CREATED HER by Melanie Rehak (Harcourt)

BEST SHORT STORY
"There Is No Crime on Easter Island" by Nancy Pickard (EQMM, Sept-Oct 2005)

SUE FEDER HISTORICAL MYSTERY AWARD
PARDONABLE LIES by Jacqueline Winspear (Henry Holt)