Kriminalakte

Die britische Crime Writers’ Association verleiht den diesjährigen Diamond Dagger Award an den 73-jährigen Politthriller-Autor Frederick Forsyth. Seine ersten Romane waren „Der Schakal“, „Die Akte Odessa“ und „Die Hunde des Krieges“.

Der CWA-Vorsitzende Peter James sagt: „Frederick Forsyth is a hugely deserving recipient and The Day of the Jackal remains one of the greatest thrillers of our times. He has set a new standard of research-based authenticity with his writing, which has had a major influence both on my work and on many of my contemporaries in the crime and thriller field. We are very thrilled that he has accepted this award.”

(via The Rap Sheet)

Die Nominierungen für den diesjährigen Agatha Award der Malice Domestic für den besten traditionellen Kriminalroman (vulgo Cozy und damit aus meiner Sicht nicht Hardboiled genug) sind draußen:

Best Novel

• The Real Macaw, von Donna Andrews (Minotaur)

• The Diva Haunts the House, von Krista Davis (Berkley)

• Wicked Autumn, von G.M. Malliet (Minotaur)

• Three Day Town, von Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing)

• A Trick of the Light, von Louise Penny (Minotaur)

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Best First Novel

• Dire Threads, von Janet Bolin (Berkley)

• Choke, von Kaye George (Mainly Murder Press)

• Learning to Swim, von Sara J. Henry (Broadway)

• Who Do, Voodoo?, von Rochelle Staab (Berkley)

• Tempest in the Tea Leaves, von Kari Lee Townsend (Berkley)

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Best Non-fiction

• Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure, von Leslie Budewitz (Linden Publishing)

• Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks, von John Curran (Harper)

• On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling, von Michael Dirda (Princeton University Press)

• Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel, von A.B. Emrys (McFarland)

• The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, von Charlaine Harris (Ace)

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Best Short Story

• “Disarming” von Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

• “Dead Eye Gravy” von Krista Davis (aus „Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology“, herausgegeben von Ramona DeFelice Long; Wildside Press)

• “Palace von the Lake” von Daryl Wood Gerber (aus „Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology“)

• “Truth and Consequences” von Barb Goffman (aus „Mystery Times Ten“, herausgegeben von MaryChris Bradley; Buddhapuss Ink)

• “The Itinerary” von Roberta Isleib (aus „Mystery Writers of America Presents The Rich and the Dead“, herausgegeben von Nelson DeMille; Grand Central Publishing)

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Best Children’s/Young Adult

• Shelter, von Harlan Coben (Putnam Juvenile)

• The Black Heart Crypt, von Chris Grabenstein (Random House Books for Young Readers)

• Icefall, von Matthew J. Kirvon (Scholastic Press)

• The Wizard of Dark Street, von Shawn Thomas Odyssey (EgmontUSA)

• The Code Busters Club, Case #1: The Secret of the Skeleton Key, von Penny Warner (EgmontUSA)

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Best Historical Novel

• Naughty in Nice, von Rhys Bowen (Berkley)

• Murder Your Darlings, von J.J. Murphy (Signet)

• Mercury’s Rise, von Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)

• Troubled Bones, von Jeri Westerson (Minotaur)

• A Lesson in Secrets, von Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)

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Lifetime Achievement Award

Simon Brett

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Poirot Award

Lee Goldberg

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Amelia Award

Elizabeth Peters

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Die Preisverleihung ist am Samstag, den 28. April, während der Malice Domestic Konferenz in Bethesda, Maryland.

(via The Rap Sheet)