Awards are given in several mystery writing categories. Here are the winners for 2013:
NOVEL
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown Publishers)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)
BEST FIRST CRIME
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French (Penguin Group USA – Penguin Books)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O’Brien (Oxford University Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Unremarkable Heart” – Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance by Karin Slaughter (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company – Mulholland Books)
BEST JUVENILE
The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Abrams – Amulet Books)
YOUNG ADULT
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney Publishing Worldwide – Hyperion)
THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)
For a complete list of all the nominees and winners, follow this link.