The Strand Takes a Stand

Quarterly crime fiction and mystery magazine The Strand Magazine has announced its nominees for the annual Strand Magazine Critics Awards, which recognize excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing. The awards are judged by an ever-changing group of book critics and journalists, with this year’s judges chosen from Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, USA Today, and The Associated Press. The Strand is also handing out two Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2024, to both Kathy Reichs (of the "Bones" series featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan) and Max Allan Collins (the "Quarry" and "Nathan Heller" series). Jonathan Karp of Simon and Schuster has been chosen to receive the magazine’s Publisher of the Year Award. 

 

Best Mystery Novel:

All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane (Harper)
Resurrection Walk, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Prom Mom, by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
Time’s Undoing, by Cheryl A. Head (Dutton)
The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)

Best Debut Mystery:

Fadeaway Joe, by Hugh Lessig (Crooked Lane)
Mother-Daughter Murder Night, by Nina Simon (Morrow)
The House in the Pines, by Ana Reyes (Dutton)
Don’t Forget the Girl, by Rebecca McKanna (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Adrift, by Lisa Brideau (Sourcebooks Landmark)
The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S. Berry (Atria)