Best Mystery Novel
Kellye Garrett, LIKE A SISTER (Mulholland Books)
Laurie R. King, BACK TO THE GARDEN (Bantam Books)
James L’Etoile, DEAD DROP (Level Best Books)
Gigi Pandian, UNDER LOCK & SKELETON KEY (Minotaur Books)
Louise Penny, A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES (Minotaur Books)
Alex Segura, SECRET IDENTITY (Flatiron Books)

Best Debut Mystery Novel
Erin E. Adams, JACKAL (Bantam Books)
Eli Cranor, DON’T KNOW TOUGH (Soho Crime)
Ramona Emerson, SHUTTER (Soho Crime)
Meredith Hambrock, OTHER PEOPLE’S SECRETS (Crooked Lane Books)
Harini Nagendra, THE BANGALORE DETECTIVES CLUB (Pegasus Crime)
Rob Osler, DEVIL’S CHEW TOY (Crooked Lane Books)
Jane Pek, THE VERIFIERS (Vintage Books)

Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Ellen Byron, BAYOU BOOK THIEF (Berkley Prime Crime)
Jennifer J. Chow, DEATH BY BUBBLE TEA (Berkley Prime Crime)
A.J. Devlin, FIVE MOVES OF DOOM (NeWest Press)
T.G. Herren, A STREETCAR NAMED MURDER (Crooked Lane Books)
Catriona McPherson, SCOT IN A TRAP (Severn House)

Best Historical Mystery Novel for books set before 1970
(The Bill Gottfried Memorial)
Dianne Freeman, A BRIDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE AND MURDER (Kensington)
Catriona McPherson, IN PLACE OF FEAR (Mobius)
Wanda M. Morris, ANYWHERE YOU RUN (William Morrow)
Karen Odden, UNDER A VEILED MOON (Crooked Lane Books)
Ann Parker, THE SECRET IN THE WALL (Poisoned Pen Press)
Iona Whishaw, FRAMED IN FIRE (TouchWood Editions)