They are named after the highly-regarded and legendary mystery reviewer for the New York Times, Anthony Boucher -- whose last name inspired the name of the con itself! At this year's 50th Anniversary  Bouchercon held recently, the winners were announced at the Awards dinner -- and our friend Lori Rader-Day won for the book we'll be reading next year: Under a Dark Sky! Congratulations to her and to all the nominees and winners. Click on a book's cover to link to our catalog's copy of the book!

Here are the 2019 Anthony Award Nominees & Winners:

BEST NOVEL

•   Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)

•   November Road by Lou Berney (William Morrow) 

•   Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)

•   Sunburn by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

•   Blackout by Alex Segura (Polis Books) - Coming Soon!!

BEST FIRST NOVEL

•   My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday) 

•   Broken Places by Tracy Clark (Kensington)

•   Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Books)

•   What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)

•   Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

•   Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)

•   If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow Paperbacks)

•   Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books)

•   Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow Paperbacks) 

•   A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)