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Awards, Awards, Awards! Part II

Previously.... as in 5 minutes ago... I posted the belated announcement for the 2010 Shamus and Barry Awards. Again the winner will be in red. The Hungry Detective picks will be in in blue.

Now bring on the Macavity Awards. I. AM . INVINCIBLE!

MACAVITY AWARDS
Best Mystery Novel
BURY ME DEEP - Megan Abbott - Simon & Schuster
TOWER - Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman - Busted Flush Press
NECESSARY AS BLOOD - Deborah Crombie - Wm. Morrow
NEMESIS - Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett - HarperCollins
THE BRUTAL TELLING - Louise Penny - Minotaur
THE SHANGHAI MOON - S.J. Rozan - Minotaur

Best First Mystery Novel
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - Alan Bradley - Delacorte
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL - Jamie Freveletti - Wm. Morrow
A BAD FOR SORRY - Sophie Littlefield - Minotaur
THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST - Stuart Neville - Soho Crime
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE - Malla Nunn - Picador

Best Mystery Nonfiction
L.A. NOIR: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA'S MOST SEDUCTIVE CITY - John Buntin - Random House: Harmony Books
TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION - P.D. James - Alfred A. Knopf
ROGUE MALES" CONVERSATIONS & CONFRONTATIONS ABOUT THE WRITING LIFE - Craig McDonald - Bleak House Books
THE LINE UP: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives - Otto Penzler, ed. Little, - Brown and Co
PROVENANCE: HOW A CON MAN AND FORGER REWROTE THE HISTORY OF MODERN ART - Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo - Penguin Press
DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS: AN AGATHA CHRISTIE SHORT STORY COMPANION - Elena Santangelo - Bella Rosa Books

Best Mystery Short Story 
“Last Fair Deal Gone Down” - Ace Atkins in CROSSROAD BLUES - Busted Flush Press
“Femme Sole” - Dana Cameron in BOSTON NOIR - Akashic Books
“Digby, Attorney at Law” - Jim Fusilli, - AHMM, May 2009
“Your Turn” - Carolyn Hart in TWO OF THE DEADLIEST - Harper
“On the House” - Hank Phillippi Ryan in QUARRY: CRIME STORIES BY NEW ENGLAND WRITERS - Level Best Books
“The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away” - Marcus Sakey in THRILLER 2: STORIES YOU JUST CAN'T PUT DOWN - Mira
“Amapola” - Luis Alberto Urrea in PHOENIX NOIR - Akashic Books

Sue Feder Historical Mystery
A TRACE OF SMOKE - Rebecca Cantrell - Forge
IN THE SHADOW GOTHAM - Stefanie Pintoff - Minotaur
A DUTY TO THE DEAD -  Charles Todd - Wm. Morrow
SERPENT IN THE THORNS - Jeri Westerson - Minotaur
AMONG THE MAD - Jacqueline Winspear - Henry Holt

Three out of five! Yes! Somebody should pay me for this!

ANTHONY AWARDS
BEST NOVEL
THE LAST CHILD - John Hart  - Minotaur Books
THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH - Charlie Huston - Ballantine Books
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland - Quercus/Knopf
THE BRUTAL TELLING - Louise Penny - Minotaur Books
THE SHANGHAI MOON - S.J. Rozan - Minotaur Books

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE - Alan Bradley - Delacorte Press
STARVATION LAKE - Bryan Gruley - Touchstone
A BAD DAY FOR SORRY - Sophie Littlefield - Minotaur Books
THE TWELVE/THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST - Stuart Neville - Harvill Secker/Soho Press
IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM - Stefanie Pintoff - Minotaur Books

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
BURY ME DEEP - Megan Abbott - Simon & Schuster]
TOWER - Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman - Busted Flush Press
QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE - Max Allan Collins - Hard Case Crime
STARVATION LAKE - Bryan Gruley - Touchstone
DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK - G.M. Malliet Midnight Ink
AIR TIME - Hank Phillippi Ryan - Mira

BEST SHORT STORY
"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - Ace Atkins, CROSSROAD BLUES - Busted Flush Press
"Femme Sole" - Dana Cameron, BOSTON NOIR - Akashic Books
"Animal Rescue" - Dennis Lehane, BOSTON NOIR - Akashic Books
"On the House" - Hank Phillippi Ryan, QUARRY: Crime Stories by New England Writers - Level Best Books]
"Amapola" - Luis Alberto Urrea, PHOENIX NOIR Akashic Books

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION - P.D. James - Bodleian Library/Knopf
THE LINE UP: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives - Otto Penzler, ed. Little, - Brown and Co
HAUNTED HEART: The Life and Times of Stephen King - Lisa Rogak - Thomas Dunne Books
DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion - Elena Santangelo - Bella Rosa Books
THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith - Joan Schenkar - St. Martin's Press

Two out of five here, but I think this is easily the best I have ever done with picking winners. The Shamus Awards aside I did pretty well.
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