The 2010 Arthur Ellis Awards nominations have been announced by the Crime Writers of Canada. The winners will be announced during a ceremony on May 27 in Toronto. Congratulations to the nominees!
Best Crime Novel
• Finger’s Twist, by Lee Lamothe (Ravenstone)
• Death Spiral, by James W. Nichol (McArthur & Co.)
• Aloha, Candy Hearts, by Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac Press)
• Arctic Blue Death, by R.J. Harlick (RendezVous Crime)
• High Chicago, by Howard Shrier (Vintage Canada/Random House)
Best First Crime Novel
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
• The Cold Light of Mourning, by Elizabeth Duncan (Minotaur Books)
• Weight of Stones, by C.B. Forrest (RendezVous Crime)
• A Magpie’s Smile, by Eugene Meese (NeWest Press)
• Darkness at the Break of Dawn, by Dennis Richard Murphy (Harper Collins)
Best French Language Crime Novel
• Je compte les morts, by Genevieve Lefebvre (Groupe Librex)
• Le mort du chemin des Arsène, by Jean Lemieux (la courtee echelle)
• La Faim de la Terre, Volumes 1 & 2, by Jean Jacques Pelletier (Editions Alire Inc.)
• Peaux de chagrins, by Diane Vincent (Les Editions Triptyques)
Best Juvenile Crime Novel
• Haunted, by Barbara Hayworth Attard (HarperCollins)
• Not Suitable for Family Viewing, by Vicki Grant (HarperCollins)
• Homicide Related, by Norah McClintock (Red Deer Press)
• The Hunchback Assignments, by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
• The Uninvited, by Tim Wynne Jones (Candlewick)
Best Crime Non-fiction
• The Slasher Killings, by Patrick Brode (Painted Turtle Press)
• The Fat Mexican, by Alex Caine (Random House of Canada)
• Murder Without Borders, by Terry Gould (Random House of Canada)
• Runaway Devil, by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose (McClelland)
• Postmortem, by Jon Wells (John Wiley & Sons)
Best Crime Short Story
• “Backup,” by Rick Mofina (Ottawa Magazine, July/August 2009)
• “Prisoner in Paradise,” by Dennis Richard Murphy (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM])
• “Nothing Is Easy,” by James Petrin (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
• “Time Will Tell,” by Twist Phelan (in The Prosecution Rests, edited by Linda Fairstein; Little Brown/Back Bay Books)
• “Clowntown Pajamas,” by James Powell (EQMM)
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (The Unhanged Arthur)
• This Cage of Bones, by Pam Barnsley
• Confined Space, by Deryn Collier
• Corpse Flower, by Gloria Ferris
• Bait of Pleasure, by Blair Hemstock
• Putting Them Down, by Peter Kirby
