2018 Strand Critics Awards

The Strand Magazine have announced its nominees for the 2018 Strand Critics Awards.

Best Novel:
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Legacy of Spies, past times John le Carré (Viking)
The Late Show, past times Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Magpie Murders, past times Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
My Darling Detective, past times Howard Norman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Bluebird, Bluebird, past times Attica Locke (Mulholland)
Wonder Valley, past times Ivy Pochoda (Ecco)

Best First Novel:
My Sister’s Bones, past times Nuala Ellwood (Morrow)
Quicksand, past times Malin Persson Giolito (Other Press)
August Snow, past times Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Press)
The Lost Ones, past times Sheena Kamal (Morrow)
Lola, past times Melissa Scrivner Love (Crown)
See What I Have Done, past times Sarah Schmidt (Atlantic Monthly Press)

Winners volition last awarded on July eleven during “an invitation-only cocktail political party inwards New York City, hosted by The Strand Magazine.”

Lifetime Achievement Awards:  
Jonathan Gash (aka John Grant), British creator of the antiques-focused Lovejoy mysteries;
and
J.A. Jance, best known for her J.P. Beaumont serial as well as her Joanna Brady series. Both of those authors volition have their commendations during that same July eleven fête.

Tom Doherty, publisher of Tor/Forge books, volition last given The Strand’s Publisher of the Year Award.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.

H/T Mystery Fanfare