Nominees for the 2013 Lovey Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2013 Lovey Awards have been anounced by the organizers of the Love Is Murder Mystery Conference. The winners will be chosen by the conference attendees.

Love Is Murder XIV will be held from February 1st through the 3rd at the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare.

The nominees are …

Best First Novel:
• Courting Murder by Bill Hopkins
• Souljourner by Dody Marriott
• Perfidy by M. E. May
• In Her Shadow by August McLaughlin

Best Traditional/Amateur Sleuth:
• Where Did You Die by Patricia K. Batta
• The Trashy Gourmet by David Ciambrone
• A Small Hill To Die On by Elizabeth Duncan
• The Lightkeeper's Legacy by Kathleen Ernst
• Dabllers by Kathryn Flatt
• Tears of the Jaguar by A. J. Hartley
• The Lost Artist by Gail Lukasik
• Emma Winberry and the Evil Eye by Helen Osterman
• Murder In the Round by Patricia Rockwell
• Cross Currents by Powell Smily

Best PI/Police Procedural:
• The Sons of Jude by Brandt Dodson
• Portrait of Murder by Rob Riley

Best Thriller:
• The Black Stiletto: Black & White by Raymond Benson
• Hitman: Damnation by Raymond Benson
• The Ninth Day by Jamie Freveletti
• Company Orders by David J. Walker

Best Paranormal/Sci-Fi:
• Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae
• When the Moon Is Gibbous & Waxing by Angela Parson Myers
• Walk-In by Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily

Best Suspense:
• A Bitter Veil by Libby Fischer Hellmann
• Moonlight For Maggie by Karen l. Syed

Best Historical:
• Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
• Macbeth by A. J. Hartley and David Hewson
• Death at Woods Hole by Frances McNamara
• The Bootlegger's Nephew by Sarah Wisseman

Best Series:
• Get Fluffy (Pampered Pets) by Sparkle Abbey
• Thy Will Be Done (Lord's Prayer) by Richard Davidson
• The Janus Reprisal (Covert One) by Jamie Freveletti
• Killerfind (Rhetta McCarter) by Sharon Woods Hopkins
• Tricksters Point (Cork O'Connor) by William Kent Krueger
• The Watch (A. J. Garrison) by Jerry Peterson
• Secret Hollows (Mary O'Reilly) by Terri Reid

Best Short Story:
• "Harry's Fall From Grace" (A Prequel To The Grace Marsden Series) by Luisa Buehler
• "The Love Nest" (The Legend of Judgment Rock and Other Mystery Stories) by Sharon Love Cook
• "Capital Partners" (Writes of Spring) by Libby Fischer Hellmann
• "Early Christmas" (A James Early Christmas and Other Stories of the Season) by Jerry Peterson
• "The Case of the Extra Ingredient" (Hot Crime, Cool Chicks) by Mary Welk

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