Nominees for the 2013 Anthony Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2013 Anthony Awards have been announced by Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention. The winners will be announced during Bouchercon XLIV, September 19-22, 2013 in Albany, NY.

The nominees are …

Best Novel:
• Dare Me by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)
• The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Best First Novel:
• Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (St. Martin's Press)
• The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)
• Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original:
• Whiplash River by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
• Murder for Choir by Joelle Charbonneau (Berkley Prime Crime)
• And She Was by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
• Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Atria Books)
• Big Maria by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Short Story:
• "Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov 2012)
• "Kept in the Dark" by Shelia Connolly (Best New England Crime Stories: Blood Moon, Level Best)
• "The Lord Is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder, Wildside)
• "Peaches" by Todd Robinson (Grift, Spring 2012)
• "The Unremarkable Heart" by Karin Slaughter (Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance, Mulholland Books)

Best Critical/Non-Fiction:
• Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich, editor (Perfect Crime)
• The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie by Mathew Prichard, editor (Harper)
• In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero by Otto Penzler, editor (Smart Pop)
• Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors (Hodder & Stoughton)
• More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered by D. P. Lyle (Medallion)