2007 Anthony Award Winners and Nominees

Best Novel

Winner

No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman

Baltimore PI Tess Monaghan

paperback, $7.99

Other Nominees

Kidnapped by Jan Burke

Southern California small town reporter Irene Kelly

paperback, $7.99

The Dead Hour by Denise Mina

Glasgow journalist Patty Meehan

hardcover, $24.99

The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

A pitch-perfect rendition of life in a small town under the strain of events kept hidden for years

trade paperback, $13.95

All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Upstate New York Episcopal priest Claire Fergusson

hardcover, $22.95 Signed copies available

Best First Novel

Winner

Still Life by Louise Penny

Introduction for Quebec police detective Armand Gamache

paperback, $6.99

King of Lies by John Hart

extraordinary debut features young lawyer who learns that the body of his father, missing for 18 months, has finally been found.

paperback, $6.99

Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith

First in the Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer series, cowboy admirirers of Sherlock Holmes

trade paperback, $12.95

A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

marvelous debut of woman from affluent background who marries a guy with no money and finds herself in Syracuse writing fluff for a local paper--until she digs into a twenty year old murder.

trade paperback, $12.95

The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff

Five college students spend spooky Thanksgiving trapped in their dorm

paperback, $6.99

Best Paperback Original

Winner

Ashes and Bones by Dana Cameron

Archaeologist Emma Fielding

paperback, $6.99

Other Nominees

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook

Humorous and original crime novel of young man caught up with bank-robbing father and daughter

trade paperback, $14.95

The Cleanup by Sean Doolitle

Supermarket security guard is inveigled into helping cute cashier cover up murder in the clever, noir novel.

paperback, $6.99

Baby Shark by Robert Fate

Pool hustler seeks revenge for her father's death

trade paperback, $14.95

Shotgun Opera by Victor Gischler

Another of Gischler's funny but violent crime novels filled with eccentric characters and unexpected situations

paperback, $6.99

Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara

Third in this quirky series featuring Mas Arai, Japanese-American gardener and sleuth in Los Angeles

trade paperback, $12

A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston

The thrilling conclusion of the Henry Thompson trilogy

trade paperback, $13.95