Best Hardcover Novel

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• What You Don't See - Tracy Clark - Kensington

• Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Cosby - Flatiron Books

• Little Secrets - Jennifer Hillier - Minotaur Books

• And Now She's Gone - Rachel Howzell Hall - Forge Books

• The First to Lie - Hank Phillippi Ryan - Forge Books

 

Best First Novel

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• Derailed - Mary Keliikoa - Camel Press

• Murder in Old Bombay - Nev March - Minotaur Books

• Murder at the Mena House - Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington

• The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman - Pamela Dorman Books

• Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco Press

Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel

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• The Fate of a Flapper - Susanna Calkins - Griffin

• When No One is Watching - Alyssa Cole - William Morrow

• Unspeakable Things - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer

• The Lucky One - Lori Rader-Day - William Morrow

• Dirty Old Town - Gabriel Valjan - Level Best Books

Best Short Story

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• "Dear Emily Etiquette" - Barb Goffman - EQMM - Dell Magazines

• "90 Miles" - Alex Segura - Both Sides: Stories From the Border - Agora Books

• "The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74" - Art Taylor - AHMM (Jan-Feb) - Dell Magazines

• "Elysian Fields" - Gabriel Valjan - California Schemin' - Wildside Press

• "The Twenty-Five Year Engagement" - James W. Ziskin - In League with Sherlock Holmes - Pegasus Crime

 

Best Juvenile/Young Adult

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• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel - Fleur Bradley - Viking Books for Young Readers

• Premeditated Myrtle - Elizabeth C. Bunce - Algonquin Young Readers

• From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks - Katherine Tegen Books

• Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco - Richie Narvaez - Piñata Books

• Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall - Alex Segura - Disney Lucasfilm Press

Best Critical or Nonfiction Work

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• Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy - Leslie Brody - Seal Press

• American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI - Kate Winkler Dawson - G.P. Putnam's Sons

• Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club - Martin Edwards, ed. - Collins Crime Club

• The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia - Emma Copley Eisenberg - Hachette Books

• Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock - Christina Lane - Chicago Review Press

• Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession - Sarah Weinman, ed. - Ecco Press

Best Anthology or Collection

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• Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology - Heather Graham, ed. - Nasty Woman Press

• Both Sides: Stories from the Border - Gabino Iglesias, ed. - Agora Books

• Noiryorican - Richie Narvaez - Down & Out Books

• The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell - Josh Pachter, ed. - Untreed Reads Publishing

• California Schemin' - Art Taylor. ed. - Wildside Press

• Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic - Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. - Polis Books