The Anthony Awards were created in 1986 by the Bouchercon World
Mystery Convention in memory of mystery writer and critic William
Anthony Parker White (a.k.a. Anthony Boucher).
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Best Novel:
Blood Work
by Michael Connelly--Winner!
Blind Descent
by Nevada Barr
On Beulah Height
by Reginald Hill
Gone, Baby, Gone
by Dennis Lehane
Framework for Death
by Aileen Schumacher
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Best First Novel:
Iron Lake
by William Kent Krueger--Winner!
Sympathy for the Devil
by Jerrilyn Farmer
Tiger's Palette
by Jacqueline Fiedler
A Cold Day in Paradise
by Steve Hamilton
Eleven Days
by Donald Harstad
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Best Paperback Original:
Butcher's Hill
by Laura Lippman--Winner!
Zen Attitude
by Sujata Massey
The Widower's Two-Step
by Rick Riordan
Remedy for Treason
by Caroline Roe
Murder Manual
by Steven Womack
Best Critical Nonfiction Work:
Deadly Pleasures Magazine, edited by
by George Easter--Winner!
Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington, D.C.
by Alzina Stone Dale
Dark City: Lost World of Film Noir
by Eddie Muller
Silk Stalkings II: More Women Write of Murder
by Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson
Mystery and Suspense Writers
by Robin Winks and Maureen Corrigan
Best Short Story:
"Of Course, You Know Chocolate Is A Vegetable" by Barbara D'Amato
"Two Bits" by Jan Burke
"A Small Silver Gun" by Rick Riordan
"A Simple Philosophy " by Harlan Cohen, in Malice Domestic 7
"The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage" by Peter Robinson, in Not Safe After Dark
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| 1998
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Best Novel:
No Colder Place
by S.J. Rozan--Winner!
Devil's Food by Anthony Bruno
Deception Pass
by Earl W. Emerson
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Eye of the
Cricket by James Sallis
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Best First Novel:
Killing Floor
by Lee Child--Winner!
If I Should Die by Grace Edwards
Except the
Dying by Maureen Jennings
Bird Dog by Philip Reed
Skin Deep, Blood
Red by Robert E. Skinner
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Best Paperback Original:
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan--Winner!
Charm City by Laura Lippman
The Salaryman's Wife by
Sujata Massey
Time Release by Martin J. Smith
23 Shades of
Black by K.J.A. Wishnia
Best Short Story:
"Ways To Kill a Cat" by Simon Brett, in Malice Domestic 6
"A Fog of Many Colors" by James DeFilippi
"Paperboxing Art" by James Dorr
"Front Row Seat" by Jan Grape, in Vengeance Is Hers
"One Bag of Coconuts" by Edward D. Hoch
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| 1997
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Best Novel:
The Poet by Michael Connelly--Winner!
Firestorm by Nevada Barr
Lethal Genes by Linda Grant
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell
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Best First Novel:
Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani--Co-Winner!
Somebody Else's Child by Terris Grimes--Co-Winner!
Tularosa by Michael McGarrity
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
A Brother's Blood by Michael White
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Best Paperback Original:
Somebody Else's Child by Terris Grimes--Winner!
Fade Away by Harlan Coben
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Walking Rain by Susan Wade
Chain of Fools by Steven Womack
Best Short Story:
"Bugged" by Eve Sandstrom--Winner!
"The Dark Snow" by Brendan DuBois
"Luminaries are Christmas" by Janet La Pierre
"Accidents Will Happen" by Carolyn Wheat
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Best Critical/Biographical:
Detecting Women II by Willetta Heising, ed.--Winner!
By a Woman's Hand by Dean James and Jean Swanson, eds.
Letters of Dorothy Sayers by Barbara Reynolds, ed.
Mystery! A Celebration by Ron Miller
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| 1996
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Best Novel:
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
Best First Novel:
Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier
Best Paperback Original:
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
Best Critical Work:
The Armchair Detective Book of Lists (2nd Ed.) by Kate Stine, Ed.
Best True Crime:
Dead by Sunset by Ann Rule
Best Individual Short Story:
"And Pray Nobody Sees You" by Gar Anthony Haywood (in Spooks, Spies & Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction)
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology:
McCone Files by Marcia Muller
Best Cover Art:
The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams
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| 1995
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Best Novel:
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
Best First Novel:
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Critical Work:
Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide (2nd Ed.) by John Cooper & Barry A. Pike
Best True Crime:
Criminal Shadows by David Canter
Best Individual Short Story:
"The Monster of Glarnis" by Sharyn McCrumb
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology:
The Mysterious West by Tony Hillerman, Ed.
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| 1994
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Best Novel:
Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
Best First Novel:
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Best Critical Work:
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff, Eds.
Best True Crime:
A Rose for Her Grave by Ann Rule
Best Individual Short Story:
"Checkout" by Susan Dunlap (in Malice Domestic 2)
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology:
Malice Domestic 2 by Mary Higgins Clark, Ed.
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| 1993
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Best Novel:
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
Best First Novel:
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
Best Critical Work:
Doubleday Crime Club Compendium by Ellen Nehr
Best True Crime:
The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Banion Murder Case by Barbara D'Amato
Best Individual Short Story:
"Cold Turkey" by Diane Mott Davidson (in Sisters In Crime 5)
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| 1992
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Best Novel:
The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
Best First Novel:
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
Best Critical Work:
100 Great Detectives by Maxim Jakubowski, Ed.
Best True Crime:
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Best Individual Short Story:
"Lucky Dip" by Liza Cody (in A Woman's Eye)
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology:
A Woman's Eye by Sara Paretsky, Ed.
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| 1991
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Best Novel:
"G" is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
Best First Novel:
Postmortem by Patricia D. Cornwell
Best Critical Work:
Synod of Sleuths: Essays on Judeo-Christian Detective Fiction by Jon L. Breen and Martin H. Greenberg, Eds.
Best Individual Short Story:
"The Celestial Buffet" by Susan Dunlap (in Sisters In Crime 2)
Best Paperback Original (tie):
Grave Undertaking by James McCahery
Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Krich
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| 1990
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Best Novel:
The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
Best First Novel:
Katwalk by Karen Kijewski
Best Individual Short Story:
"Afraid All the Time" by Nancy Pickard
Best Paperback Original:
Honeymoon for Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
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| 1989
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Best Novel:
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Best First Novel:
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Best Paperback Original:
Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart
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| 1988
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Best Novel:
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
Best First Novel:
Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts
Best Individual Short Story:
"Television Breakfast" by Robert Barnard (in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)
Best Paperback Original:
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
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| 1987
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Best Novel:
"C" Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Best First Novel:
Too Late to Die by Bill Crider
Best Individual Short Story:
"The Parker Shotgun" by Sue Grafton (in Mean Streets)
Best Paperback Original:
The Junkyard Dog by Robert Campbell
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| 1986
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Best Novel:
"B" Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
Best First Novel:
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Best Individual Short Story:
"Lucky Penny" by Linda Barnes
Best Paperback Original:
Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard
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