Die Crime Writers of Canada haben den diesjährigen Arthur-Ellis-Preis verliehen:
Best Crime Novel
Before the Poison, von Peter Robinson (McClelland & Stewart)
nominiert
A Trick of the Light, von Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Press)
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, von Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
I’ll See You in My Dreams, von William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)
The Guilty Plea, von Robert Rotenberg (Simon & Schuster)
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Best First Novel
The Water Rat of Wanchai (Die Wasserratte von Wanchai), von Ian Hamilton (House of Anansi Press)
nominiert
The Man Who Killed, von Fraser Nixon (Douglas & McIntrye)
The Survivor, von Sean Slater (Simon & Schuster)
Tight Corner, von Roger White (BPS Books)
Watching Jeopardy, von Norm Foster (XLibris)
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Best Crime Book in French
La chorale du diable, von Martin Michaud (Les Editions Guelette)
nominiert
Pwazon, von Diane Vincent (Editors Triptyque)
Pour Ne Pas Mourir ce soir, von Guillaume Lapierre-Desnoyers (Levesque Editeur)
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Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book
Blink & Caution, von Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick Press)
nominiert
Charlie’s Key, von Rob Mills (Orca)
Empire of Ruins, von Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
Held, von Edeet Ravel (Annick Press)
Missing, von Becky Citra (Orca)
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Best Crime Non-fiction
Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art, von Joshua Knelman (Douglas & McIntyre)
nominiert
A Season in Hell, von Robert Fowler (HarperCollins)
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, von Steven Laffoley (Pottersfield)
The Pirates of Somalia, von Jay Bahader (HarperCollins)
The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob, von Adrian Humphreys (Wiley)
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Best Crime Short Story
What Kelly Did, von Catherine Astolfo (North Word Magazine)
nominiert
A New Pair of Pants, von Jas. R. Petrin (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2011)
Beer Money, von Shane Nelson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, February 2011)
The Girl with the Golden Hair, von Scott Mackay (EQMM, December 2011)
The Perfect Mark, von Melodie Campbell (Flash Fiction, July 2011)
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Best Unpublished First Novel (“Unhanged Arthur”)
Last of the Independents, von Sam Wiebe
nominiert
Gunning for Bear, von Madeleine Harris-Callway
Snake in the Snow, von William Bonnell
The Rhymester, von Valerie A. Drego
Too Far to Fall, von Shane Sawyer
(via The Rap Sheet)
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