The winners of the 2021 Anthony awards were presented and announced through a virtual conference session held on Saturday, August 28th. We salute the New Orleans Bouchercon staff for everything they did to bring some key sessions to the people who had wanted to attend. We, in turn, are sharing the list with our mystery group and the general public -- as other blogs and websites are doing!

Best Hardcover Novel

• What You Don't See - Tracy Clark - Kensington
• Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Cosby - Flatiron Books Coming Soon! - winner
• Little Secrets - Jennifer Hillier - Minotaur Books
• And Now She's Gone - Rachel Howzell Hall - Forge Books
• The First to Lie - Hank Phillippi Ryan - Forge Books

Best First Novel

• Derailed - Keliikoa, Mary - Camel Press Request ILL 
• Murder in Old Bombay - Nev March - Minotaur Books
• Murder at the Mena House - Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington
• The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman - Pamela Dorman Books
• Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco Press - winner

Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel

• The Fate of a Flapper - Susanna Calkins - Griffin
• When No One is Watching - Alyssa Cole - William Morrow
• Unspeakable Things - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer - winner
• The Lucky One - Lori Rader-Day - William Morrow
• Dirty Old Town - Gabriel Valjan - Level Best Books 

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