We were meant to have an event at the store celebrating the announcement of the Arthur Ellis Awards shortlist, but obviously were unable to announce in person. But in case you missed it, here are the nominees:
Best French Crime Book
Louis Carmain, Les offrandes
Andrée Michaud, Tempêtes
Martin Michaud, Ghetto X
Guillaume Morrissette, Le tribunal de la rue Quirion
Arthur Ellis Best Short Story
In Plain Sight YS Lee
Peter Sellers Closing Doors
Zandra Renwick, Dead Man's Dog
Novella
Blood Ties Barbara Fradkin
Goddaughter does Vegas Melodie Campbell
Red Chesterfield, Wayne Arthurson
Too Close to Call by Brenda Chapman
The Woman in Apartment 615 by Devon Shepherd
UnHanged
B.L. Smith, Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
K.P. Bartlett, Henry's Bomb
Max Folsom, One Bad Day After Another
Liz Rachel Walker, The Dieppe Letters
Pam Barnsley, The River Cage
Best Juvenile
Tank & Fizz Case of the Tentacle Terror Liam O'Donnell & Mike Deas
Grey Sisters Jo Treggiari
Keep This to Yourself Tom Ryan
Ghosts David A Robertson
Missing Millionaire Katie Daubs
Billionaire Murders Kevin Donovan
Court of Better Fiction Debra Komar
Forest City Killer Vanessa Brown
Murdered Midas Charlotte Gray
Best First
Nobody Move Philip Elliot
Blindshot Denis Coupal
Past Presence Nicole Bross
Greenwood Michael Christie
Fate Ian Hamilton
Hideaway Nicole Lundrigan
Last Resort Marisa Stapley
In the Dark Loreth Anne White
And last but not least, the Bony Blithe Award is given for the Best Canadian Light Mystery. The shortlist features:
Remembering the Dead Elizabeth J Duncan
Murder in Midtown Liz Freeland
Something Read Something Dead Eva Gates
Heat Wave Maureen Jennings
A Matter of Malice Thomas King