2007 Gumshoe Award Nominations

Mystery Ink announced today the nominees for the sixth annual Gumshoe Awards.

The Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United States in 2006. The winners will be announced on May 1, 2007.

The nominees are:

Best Mystery:

Ace Atkins - White Shadow
Ariana Franklin - City of Shadows
George Pelecanos - The Night Gardener
Julia Spencer-Fleming - All Mortal Flesh
Joseph Wambaugh - Hollywood Station

Best Thriller:

Lee Child - The Hard Way
Barry Eisler - The Last Assassin
Robert Ferrigno - Prayers for the Assassin
William Lashner - Marked Man
M.J. Rose - The Venus Fix

Best European Crime Novel:

Ken Bruen - The Dramatist
Gianrico Carofiglio - A Walk in the Dark
Philippe Claudel - By a Slow River
Karin Fossum - When the Devil Holds the Candle
Barbara Vine - The Minotaur

Best First Novel:

Dave Case - Out of Cabrini
James Church - A Corpse in the Koryo
John Hart - King of Lies
Thomas Lakeman - The Shadow Catchers
Cornelia Read - A Field of Darkness

Still to be announced is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the same time as the other winners. There will also be an award for Best Crime Fiction Website.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Mystery Ink announced today the nominees for the sixth annual Gumshoe Awards.

The Gumshoe Awards are given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction. The nominated books were chosen from those published for the first time in the United States in 2006. The winners will be announced on May 1, 2007.

The nominees are:

Best Mystery:

Ace Atkins - White Shadow
Ariana Franklin - City of Shadows
George Pelecanos - The Night Gardener
Julia Spencer-Fleming - All Mortal Flesh
Joseph Wambaugh - Hollywood Station

Best Thriller:

Lee Child - The Hard Way
Barry Eisler - The Last Assassin
Robert Ferrigno - Prayers for the Assassin
William Lashner - Marked Man
M.J. Rose - The Venus Fix

Best European Crime Novel:

Ken Bruen - The Dramatist
Gianrico Carofiglio - A Walk in the Dark
Philippe Claudel - By a Slow River
Karin Fossum - When the Devil Holds the Candle
Barbara Vine - The Minotaur

Best First Novel:

Dave Case - Out of Cabrini
James Church - A Corpse in the Koryo
John Hart - King of Lies
Thomas Lakeman - The Shadow Catchers
Cornelia Read - A Field of Darkness

Still to be announced is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the same time as the other winners. There will also be an award for Best Crime Fiction Website.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Comments

[Tim Maleeny]

I think the thriller category is going to be the toughest call – I loved all five. It is great to see Ferrigno nominated, a guy who has been delivering great crime novels for years but often gets overlooked by award committees.