2012 Anthony Award Winners and Nominees

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, has announced the winners for the 2012 Anthony Awards, honoring the best first mystery novel, best novel and best paperback original mystery published in 2011.

The Anthony Awards, named for long-time mystery critic for NY Times Anthony Boucher, were presented during Bouchercon at the Anthony Awards Brunch, October 6, 2012. Bouchercon attendees made the nominations; the Anthonys will be selected at the convention by all convention attendees.

Best Novel

Winner

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Quebec detective Armand Gamache

trade paperback, $13.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Other Nominees

The End of Everything by Megan Abbott

trade paperback, $13.99

Also available as an eBook $10.99

Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman

Moe Prager's ex-wife asks him to look into her sister's murder

paperback, $15.95

The Drop by Michael Connelly

LAPD detective Harry Bosch

trade paperback, $14.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

trade paperback, $14.99

Also available as an eBook $12.99

One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Episcopal priest Claire Fergusson

trade paperback, $14.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Best First Novel

Winner

Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry

trade paperback, $15

Also available as an eBook $11.99

Other Nominees

Nazareth Child by Darrell James

Tucson, Arizona PI Del Shannon

paperback, $14.95

Also available as an eBook $11.21

All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen

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Who Do, Voodoo by Rochelle Staab

clinical psychologist Liz Cooper

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

The Informationist by Taylor Stevens

information broker Vanessa "Michael" Monroe

trade paperback, $14

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder

racecar mechanic Conway Sax

trade paperback, $14.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

women wakes every morning with her memory wiped clean

trade paperback, $

Also available as an eBook $12.99

Best Paperback Original

Winner

Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

Other Nominees

The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett

trade paperback, $13.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Choke Hold by Christa Faust

woman in witness protection finds her past his coming back to haunt her--or kill her

trade paperback, $9.95

Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski

ex-cop Charlie Hardie

trade paperback, $9.99

Also available as an eBook $9.99

Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis

Psychiatrist Max Liebermann takes on crime in turn-of-the-century Vienna

trade paperback, $15

Also available as an eBook $11.99

Best Critical or Nonfiction Work

Winner

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris

Essays, interviews and more about one of the greatest TV shows of all time

trade paperback, $18

Also available as an eBook $14.99

Other Winners

Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran

hardcover, $25.99

Also available as an eBook $12.99

Books, Crooks and Counselors by Leslie Budewitz

Guide for the writer in the use of legal terminology and procedure

trade paperback, $14.95

On Conan Doyle by Michael Dirda

An introduction to the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes

hardcover, $19.95

Also available as an eBook $14.96

Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film by Philippa Gates

The title says it all

trade paperback, $29.95

Also available as an eBook $29.95