more awards from SYKM, since none of us have neough to read

[BarryP]

2024 MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
The Macavity Award is named for Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot. The Macavity Awards are nominated by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and friends of MRI. The Macavity Awards will be presented this fall.

Best Mystery
° Dark Ride by Lou Berney
° Hide by Tracy Clark [review]
° All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review]
° Happiness Falls by Angie Kim [review]
° Murder Book by Thomas Perry [review]
° Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Best First Mystery
° The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry [review]
° The Golden Gate by Amy Chua [review]
° Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy [review]
° Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji [review]
° Dutch Threat by Josh Pachter
° Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon [review]

Best Mystery Short Story
° “Real Courage” by Barb Goffman
Black Cat Mystery Magazine #14, October 2023
° “Green and California Bound” by Curtis Ippolito
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023
° “Ticket to Ride” by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski
Happiness is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles
° “Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand” by Lisa Scottoline
Amazon Original Stories
° “One Night in 1965” by Stacy Woodson
More Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties

Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
° Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
° Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara [review]
° The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger [review]
° Our Lying Kin by Claudia Hagadus Long
° The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey
° The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
° Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbar
° Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor
° A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
° Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux
° Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgan

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2024 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTED
Crime Writers of Canada present the Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence (formerly the Arthur Ellis Awards), to recognize excellence in Canadian crime writing. The 2024 Awards were announced on May 29, 2024. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.

Grand Master Award
* Maureen Jennings

Best Crime Novel
* The Maid’s Diary by Loreth Anne White
° The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
° Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
° Middlemen by Scott Thornley
° Sunset and Jericho by Sam Wiebe

Best First Crime Novel
* The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
° The Bittlemores by Jann Arden
° Adrift by Lisa Brideau
° The End Game by Charlotte Morganti
° Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi [review]

Best Crime Novel Set in Canada
* Wild Hope by Joan Thomas
° The Almost Widow by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
° Elmington by Renee Lehnen
° Cruel Light by Cyndi MacMillan
° Shapes of Wrath by Melissa Yi

Best Best Traditional Mystery
* The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
° The Legacy by Gail Bowen
° Steeped in Malice by Vicki Delany
° The Game Is a Footnote by Vicki Delany
° To Track a Traitor by Iona Whishaw

Best Crime Short Story
* “Reversion” by Marcelle Dubé
° “Wisteria Cottage” by M.H. Callway
° “The Canadians” by Mary Keenan
° “Troubled Water” by Donalee Moulton
° “American Night” by Zandra Renwick

Best Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book
* Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
° Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong
° The Big Sting by Rachelle Delaney
° Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai
° Champions of the Fox by Kevin Sands

Best Nonfiction Crime Book
* The Human Scale by Michael Lista
° The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter by Josef Lewkowicz & Michael Calvin
° Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American Dream by David Rabinovitch
° Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land by Bill Waiser & Jennie Hansen
° Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder that Shocked Toronto by Carolyn Whitzman

[Ann]

Thanks Barry! I was getting all excited that my TBR might be safe because I had read six of the Macavity award nominees until I realized the Canadian Excellence nominees below those added even more tempting sounding books. I can attest to two of those being well worth the accolades as well.
Now to see which ones of the others I can shuffle onto the ever-evolving TBR piles.
I've read and enjoyed:
Best Mystery
° Dark Ride by Lou Berney
° Hide by Tracy Clark [review]
° All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby [review]
° Happiness Falls by Angie Kim [review]

Best First Mystery
° Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy [review]
° Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon [review]

Best Traditional Mystery
* The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book
* Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline

[Debi]

I love S.A. Cosby! I listened to the audio version of All Sinners Bleed and Razor blade Tears. Both were excellent.

[Carol/Bonadie]

Debi wrote: "I love S.A. Cosby! I listened to the audio version of All Sinners Bleed and Razor blade Tears. Both were excellent."

I second that emotion, Debi. If you ever get the opportunity to see him in person at an author event, don't miss it. He is a treasure

[Carol/Bonadie]

Thanks, Barry. I was just this morning wondering where I was going to find my next book to read. <-----NOT, lol.