2022 Anthony Awards Winners

• WINNER: Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)

• Runner, Tracey Clark (Kensington)
• These Toxic Things, Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer)
• Clark and Division, Naomi Hirahara (Soho)

Best First Novel

• WINNER: Arsenic and Adobo, Mia P. Manansala (Berkley Prime Crime)

• Walking Through Needles, Heather Levy (Polis)
• All Her Little Secrets, Wanda M Morris (William Morrow)

Best Paperback/Ebook/Audiobook

• WINNER: Bloodline, Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)

• The Ninja Betrayed, Tori Eldridge (Agora)
• Warn Me When It’s Time, Cheryl A Head (Bywater)
• Bury Me In Shadows, Greg Herren (Bold Strokes)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “Not My Cross to Bear,” by S.A. Cosby (Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues)

• “The Search for Eric Garcia”, EA Aymar (Midnight Hour)
• “The Vermeer Conspiracy”, VM Burns (Midnight Hour)
• “Lucky Thirteen”, Tracy Clark (Midnight Hour)
• “Doc’s at Midnight”, Richie Narvaez (Midnight Hour)
• “The Locked Room Library”, Gigi Pandian (Ellery Queen Mystery 7-8/22)

Best Anthology or Collection

• WINNER: This Time for Sure: Bouchercon Anthology 2021, Hank Phillippi Ryan, eds. (Down & Out)
• Under the Thumb, SA Cosby (Rock and a Hard Place)
• When a Stranger Comes to Down, Michael Koryta (Hanover Square)
• Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color, Abby L VanDiver (Crooked Lane)
• Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and Blues, Mark Westmoreland (Down & Out)

Best Juvenile/Young Adult

• WINNER: I Play One on TV, by Alan Orloff (Down & Out)

• Cold Blooded Myrtle, Elizabeth Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Bury Me in Shadows, Greg Herren (Bold Strokes)
• The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
• Enola Homes and the Black Barouche, Nancy Springer (Wednesday)

Winners were announced during Bouchercon, held September 8-11, 2022 at the Hilton in Minneapolis MN. For more, see the Bouchercon website.

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