Mystery Awards Announced

The 2011 Anthony Awards were presented on Sunday September 18, 2011 at the Bouchercon convention in St. Louis. Here are this year's winners:

Best Novel  - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Best First Novel
 - The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson

Best Graphic Novel - The Chill by Jason Starr

Best Short Story - "Swing Shift" by Dana Cameron (Crimes By Moonlight)

Best Web Site/Blog -
Stop, You’re Killing Me! edited by Stan Ulrich and Lucinda Surber

For a complete list of nominees, visit the Bouchercon website.

The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan

Next meeting: September 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Newark Library

We will be discussing The Shanghai Moon: A Lydia Chin/ Bill Smith Novel by S.J. Rozan. Click here for a recent Publishers Weekly article about the origins of the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series.

The Chicago Sun-Times on The Shanghai Moon:  “It takes a gifted writer to create characters and stories this rich and touching, and Rozan has done it in spectacular fashion.”

Best Novel Nominee, 2010 Anthony Awards.

Copies of the book are available at the Newark Library.