1998 Anthony Award (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

Awards List

Cover Art

Night Dogs
(Winner)
Kent Anderson

Family Values
(Nominee)
K.C. Constantine

Virgin Heat
(Nominee)
Laurence Shames

The Bum's Rush
(Nominee)
G.M. Ford

Fruitcake
(Nominee)
Jane Rubino

First Novel

Killing Floor
(Winner)
Lee Child

Skin Deep, Blood Red
(Nominee)
Robert Skinner

If I Should Die
(Nominee)
Grace F. Edwards

Bird Dog
(Nominee)
Philip Reed

Except the Dying
(Nominee)
Maureen Jennings

Novel

No Colder Place
(Winner)
S.J. Rozan

Eye of the Cricket
(Nominee)
James Sallis
  • / Police Procedural
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The Club Dumas
(Nominee)
Arturo Perez-Reverte

Devil's Food
(Nominee)
Anthony Bruno

Deception Pass
(Nominee)
Earl Emerson

Paperback Original

Big Red Tequila
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Time Release
(Nominee)
Martin J. Smith

The Salaryman's Wife
(Nominee)
Sujata Massey

23 Shades of Black
(Nominee)
K.J.A. Wishnia / Ken Wishnia

Charm City
(Nominee)
Laura Lippman

Short Story

Ways to Kill a Cat
(Nominee)
Simon Brett
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Award Categories

Audiobook

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series

Children/Young Adult

Cover Art

Critical Nonfiction

First Novel

Historical

Novel

Novel of the Century

Novella (8,000-40,000 words)

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

Short Stories/Collection

Short Story

Young Adult

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