Saturday, September 21, 2013

Book Notes — Best Mystery/Crime novels of the New Century, Updated for 2013



Louise Penny, 2013 Macavity and Anthony for The Beautiful Mystery

Each year there are hundreds of awards given for mystery-related writing.  What follows is a list of awards for the top award  (“best novel” of the year) as determined by the genre’s most established award givers Mystery Writers of America (The Edgar and Anthony),  Private Eye Writers of America (The Shamus), Mystery Readers International (The Macavity) and the comprehensive mystery review quarterly, Deadly Pleasures (The Barry).

Congratulations to all the 2013 winners and to all of the nominees. Check the organizations’ web sites for best first novels, best short stories and other outstanding accomplishments by today’s crime writers. 


2000   Jan Burke, Bones, Edgar
            Don Winslow, California Fire and Life, Shamus
            Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season, Anthony
            Sujata Massey, The Flower Master, Macavity
            Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season, Barry

2001   Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms, Edgar
           Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Havana Heat, Shamus
           Val McDermid, A Place of Execution, Anthony
Val McDermid, A Place of Execution, Macavity
Nevada Barr Deep South, Barry

2002   T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl, Edgar
            S. J. Rozan, Reflecting the Sky, Shamus
            Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, Anthony
            Laurie R. King, Folly, Macavity
            Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, Barry

2003   S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night, Edgar
            James W. Hall, Blackwater Sound, Shamus
            Michael Connelly, City of Bones, Anthony
            S.J. Rozan, Winter and Night, Macavity
            Michael Connelly, City of Bones, Barry

2004   Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men, Edgar
            Ken Bruen, The Guards, Shamus
            Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing, Anthony
            Peter Lovesey, The House Sitter, Macavity
            Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing, Barry

2005   T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl, Edgar
            Ed Wright, While I Disappear, Shamus
            William Kent Krueger, Blood Hollow, Anthony
            Ken Bruen, The Killing of the Tinkers, Macavity
            Lee Child, The Enemy, Barry

2006   Jess Walter, Citizen Vince, Edgar
            Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer, Shamus
            William Kent Krueger, Mercy Falls, Anthony
            Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer, Macavity
            Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves, Barry

2007   Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree, Edgar
            Ken Bruen, The Dramatist, Shamus
            Laura Lippman, No Good Deeds, Anthony
            Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains, Macavity
            George Pelecanos, The Night Gardener, Barry

2008   John Hart, Down River, Edgar
            Reed Farrel Coleman, Soul Patch, Shamus
            Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know, Anthony
            Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know, Macavity
            Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know, Barry

2009   C. J. Box, Blue Heaven, Edgar
            Reed Farrel Coleman, Empty Ever After, Shamus
            Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, Anthony
            Deborah Crombie, Where Memories Lie, Macavity
            Arnaldur Indridason, The Draining Lake, Barry

2010   John Hart, The Last Child, Edgar
            Marcia Muller, Locked In, Shamus
            Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling, Anthony
            John Hart, The Last Child, Macavity
            John Hart, The Last Child, Barry

2011   Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist, Edgar
            Lori Armstrong, No Merci, Shamus
            Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead, Anthony
            Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead, Macavity
            Steven Hamilton, The Lock Artist, Barry

2012   Mo Hayder, Gone, Edgar
           Michael Wiley, A Bad Night's Sleep, Shamus
           Louise Penny, A Trick of the Light, Anthony
           Susan Gran, Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Macavity
           Jussi Adler Olsen, The Keeper of Lost Causes, Barry
   
2013   Dennis Lehane, Live By Night, Edgar
            Robert Crais, Taken, Shamus
Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery, Anthony
            Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery, Macavity
Peter May, The Blackhouse, Barry



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