Thursday, February 09, 2012

Winners of the 2012 Lovey Awards Announced

Mystery Book Awards

The winners of the 2012 Lovey Awards were announced this past weekend during the Love is Murder conference in Chicago for books — mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers — published during 2011.

• Best First Novel: Basic Black by Scott Doornbosch (CreateSpace)

• Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth: Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder by Donald Bain (NAL)

• Best PI / Police Procedural: The Towman's Daughters by David J. Walker (Severn House)

• Best Thriller: Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (Atria Books)Review of Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger

• Best Historical: Terror at the Fair by Robert Goldsborough (Echelon Press)

• Best Romantic Suspense: A Lot Like Love by Julie James (Berkley)

• Best Suspense: ToxiCity by Libby Fischer Hellmann (Red Herrings)

• Best Paranormal / Sci-Fi / Horror: Homefront: The Voice of Freedom by John Milius and Raymond Benson (Del Rey)

• Best Series: "The White House Chef" by Julie Hyzy

• Best Short Story: "Diamonds Aren't Forever" (Dark Things II: Cat Crimes) by Mary Welk (CreateSpace)

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(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for originally posting the results.)

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