Nominees for the 2011 Strand Critics Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2011 Strand Critics Awards have been announced by The Strand Magazine for books published during 2011. Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the nominees have been judged by, and winners selected from, book reviewers from the nation's top daily newspapers as well as Andrew F. Gulli, Managing Editor of the magazine and announced on July 11th, 2012 in New York City.

Best Novel …
• The Affair by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
• The Drop by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
• Buried Secret by Joseph Finder (St. Martin's Press)
• Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James (Knopf)
• The Cut by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)

Best First Novel …
• The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis (Soho Press)
• The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly (Viking)
• The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Crown)
• Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (Harper)


 indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for alerting us to this list.)