Posted by henryct on April 22, 2008
Gumshoe Awards 2008
The 7th Annual Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. This year’s nominees were chosen from books first published in the United States in 2007.
Best Mystery:
James Lee Burke – The Tin Roof Blowdown (Simon & Schuster)
The Nominees:
John Connolly – The Unquiet (Atria)
Ariana Franklin – Mistress of the Art of Death (Putnam)
Charlie Huston – The Shotgun Rule (Ballantine)
Laura Lippman – What the Dead Know (William Morrow)
Best Thriller:
Robert Crais – The Watchman (Simon & Schuster)
The Nominees:
Joseph Finder – Power Play (St. Martin’s Press)
Michael Gruber – The Book of Air and Shadows (William Morrow)
Richard K. Morgan – Thirteen (Del Rey)
Lee Child – Bad Luck and Trouble (Delacorte)
Best First Novel:
Sean Chercover – Big City, Bad Blood (William Morrow)
The Nominees:
Philip Hawley, Jr. – Stigma (Harper)
Lisa Lutz – The Spellman Files (Simon & Schuster)
Craig McDonald – Head Games (Bleak House Books)
Nick Stone – Mr. Clarinet (HarperCollins)
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Posted by henryct on April 10, 2008
David Montgomery, one of the best crime fiction reviewers out there, asked an intriguing question on his blog today: Who are your Literary Heroes?
My list would include:
Lee Child, Robert Crais, Dan Simmons, Dennis Lehane, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Michael Crichton.
It’s a good question to ask yourself. You’ll soon realize that several authors have had a tremendous impact on you as a reader.
What about you? Who are you’re literary heroes?
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Posted by henryct on April 2, 2008
The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1993 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.
NOMINEES FOR BEST NOVEL
Her Royal Spyness, Rhys Bowen
Thunder Bay, William Kent Krueger
The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz
Silent in the Grave, Deanna Raybourn
The Blade Itself, Marcus Sakey
AND THE WINNER IS:
Thunder Bay, William Kent Krueger
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