Thursday, April 18, 2019

2019 Shortlists for the Arthur Ellis Awards for Canadian Crime Fiction

In what has become a Canadian crime fiction tradition the shortlists for the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards by the Crime Writers of Canada were announced last night at a series of four events held across Canada.

2019 Shortlists

Crime Writers of Canada presents the 2019 Arthur Ellis Awards Shortlists for Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing

The winners will be announced across Canada on
Thursday 23 May, 2019
 

BEST CRIME NOVEL

Ron Corbett, Cape Diamond, ECW Press
Anne Emery, Though the Heavens Fall, ECW Press
Lisa Gabriele, The Winters, Doubleday Canada
Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind, Minotaur Books
Loreth Anne White, The Girl in the Moss, Montlake Romance

BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL
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A.J. Devlin, Cobra Clutch, NeWest Press
Helen C. Escott, Operation Wormwood, Flanker Press
Beverley McLachlin, Full Disclosure, Simon & Schuster Canada
Bill Prentice, Why Was Rachel Murdered?, Echo Road
Nathan Ripley, Find You in the Dark, Simon & Schuster Canada

BEST CRIME NOVELLA
The Lou Allin Memorial Award

Melodie Campbell, The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife, Orca Book Publishers
Vicki Delany, Blue Water Hues, Orca Book Publishers
John Lawrence Reynolds, Murder Among the Pines, Orca Book Publishers

BEST CRIME SHORT STORY
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Melodie Campbell, A Ship Called Pandora, Mystery Weekly Magazine
Therese Greenwood, The Power Man, Baby It's Cold Outside, Coffin Hop Press
Twist Phelan, Game, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Linda L. Richards, Terminal City, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books
Sam Wiebe, Wonderful Life, Vancouver Noir, Akashic Books

BEST CRIME BOOK IN FRENCH

Jean-Philippe Bernié, Un dernier baiser avant de te tuer, Libre Expression
Hervé Gagnon, Adolphus - Une enquête de Joseph Laflamme, Libre Expression
André Jacques, Ces femmes aux yeux cernés, Éditions Druide
Guillaume Morissette, Deux coups de pied de trop, Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur
Johanne Seymour, Rinzen la beauté intérieure, Expression noir

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT CRIME BOOK

Linwood Barclay, Escape, Puffin Canada
Michelle Barker, The House of One Thousand Eyes, Annick Press
Kevin Sands, Call of the Wraith, Aladdin
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Ruinous Sweep, Candlewick Press
E.R. Yatscoff, The Rumrunner's Boy, TG & R Books

BEST NONFICTION CRIME BOOK

Patrick Brode, Dying for a Drink: How a Prohibition Preacher Got Away With Murder, Biblioasis
Thomas Giacomaro and Natasha Stoynoff, The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, 
Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale, BenBella Books, Inc
Nate Hendley, The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto, Five Rivers Publishing
Eve Lazarus, Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killer, Arsenal Pulp Press
Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, Alfred A. Knopf Canada

BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT (aka The Unhanged Arthur)
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Jim Bottomley, Hypnotizing Lions
Don Macdonald, Omand’s Creek
Liv McFarlane, The Scarlet Cross
Heather McLeod, One for the Raven
Darrow Woods, The Book of Answers

On the best novel I am currently reading Kingdom of the Blind but I am not familiar with the other authors on that shortlist.

I will be looking forward to hearing the winners next month.

2 comments:

  1. It sounds like a great lineup, Bill. I think the committee is going to have a difficult time choosing a winner. I look forward to your reviews.

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    1. Margot: Thanks for the comment. I agree there are difficult choices to be made.

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