Die kanadische Autorenvereinigung Crime Writers of Canada hat in Toronto den diesjährigen Arthur-Ellis-Preis vergeben:
Best Crime Novel
High Chicago, von Howard Shrier (Vintage Canada/Random House)
nominiert
Finger’s Twist, von Lee Lamothe (Ravenstone)
Death Spiral, von James W. Nichol (McArthur & Co.)
Aloha, Candy Hearts, von Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac Press)
Arctic Blue Death, von R.J. Harlick (RendezVous Crime)
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Best First Crime Novel
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, von Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
nominiert
The Cold Light of Mourning, von Elizabeth Duncan (Minotaur Books)
Weight of Stones, von C.B. Forrest (RendezVous Crime)
A Magpie’s Smile, von Eugene Meese (NeWest Press)
Darkness at the Break of Dawn, von Dennis Richard Murphy (Harper Collins)
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Best French Language Crime Novel
Le mort du chemin des Arsène, von Jean Lemieux (La courte échelle)
nominiert
Je compte les morts, von Genevieve Lefebvre (Groupe Librex)
La Faim de la Terre, Volumes 1 & 2, von Jean Jacques Pelletier (Editions Alire Inc.)
Peaux de chagrins, von Diane Vincent (Les Editions Triptyques)
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Best Juvenile Crime Novel
Haunted, von Barbara Hayworth Attard (HarperCollins)
nominiert
Not Suitable for Family Viewing, von Vicki Grant (HarperCollins)
Homicide Related, von Norah McClintock (Red Deer Press)
The Hunchback Assignments, von Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
The Uninvited, von Tim Wynne Jones (Candlewick)
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Best Crime Non-fiction
Murder Without Borders, von Terry Gould (Random House of Canada)
nominiert
The Slasher Killings, von Patrick Brode (Painted Turtle Press)
The Fat Mexican, von Alex Caine (Random House of Canada)
Runaway Devil, von Robert Remington und Sherri Zickefoose (McClelland)
Postmortem, von Jon Wells (John Wiley & Sons)
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Best Crime Short Story
Prisoner in Paradise, von Dennis Richard Murphy (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
nominiert
Backup, von Rick Mofina (Ottawa Magazine, July/August 2009)
Nothing Is Easy, von James Petrin (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
Time Will Tell, von Twist Phelan (in The Prosecution Rests, herausgegeben von Linda Fairstein; Little Brown/Back Bay Books)
Clowntown Pajamas, von James Powell (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
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Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (The Unhanged Arthur)
Corpse Flower, von Gloria Ferris
nominiert
This Cage of Bones, von Pam Barnsley
Confined Space, von Deryn Collier
Bait of Pleasure, von Blair Hemstock
Putting Them Down, von Peter Kirby
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Derrick Murdoch Award (für das Lebenswerk)
Peter Robinson
(Dank an The Rap Sheet für die Infos.)
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