The nominees for the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian crime writing have been announced.
The winners of the 10 awards will be unveiled on May 26.
In addition, the CWC named Louise Penny, author of the Armand Gamache series, as the recipient of the 2022 Grand Master Award.
Best Crime Novel
- Find You First by Linwood Barclay (William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers)
- Lost Immunity by Daniel Kalla (Simon & Schuster)
- Under the Outlaw Moon by Dietrich Kalteis (ECW Press)
- Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena (Doubleday Canada)
- The Hunted by Roz Nay (Simon & Schuster)
Best Crime First Novel
- The Push by Ashley Audrain (Viking Canada)
- The Captive by Fiona King Foster (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Windfall: A Henry Lysyk Mystery by Byron TD Smith (Shima Kun Press)
- All Is Well by Katherine Walker (Thistledown Press)
- Seven Down by David Whitton (Rare Machines/Dundurn Press)
The Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada
- Beneath Her Skin by C. S. Porter (Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing)
- Corpse with an Iron Will by Cathy Ace (Four Tails Publishing)
- Death on Darby’s Island by Alice Walsh (Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing)
- Hell and Gone by Sam Wiebe (Harbour Publishing)
- Three for Trinity by Kevin Major (Breakwater Books)
The Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery
- What’s the Matter with Mary Jane? by Candas Jane Dorsey (ECW Press)
- Three Dog Knight by Alice Bienia (Cairn Press)
- Hell’s Half Acre by Jackie Elliott (Joffe Books)
- So Many Windings by Catherine Macdonald (At Bay Press)
- Murder in a Teacup by Vicki Delany (Kensington Publishing)
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- Blood Donor by Karen Bass (Orca Book Publishers)
- Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster by Rachelle Delaney (Puffin Canada/Penguin Random House Canada)
- Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline (Penguin Teen/Penguin Random House Canada)
- The Traitor’s Blade by Kevin Sands (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
- Don’t Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor (HarperTeen/HarperCollins Publishers)
The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book
- Don’t Call it a Cult by Sarah Berman (Viking Canada)
- Vancouver Vice: Crime and Spectacle in the City’s West End by Aaron Chapman (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary by Catherine Fogarty (Biblioasis)
- The Beatle Bandit by Nate Hendley (Dundurn Press)
- The Don: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail by Lorna Poplak (Dundurn Press)
Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)
- Le murmure des hakapiks by Roxanne Bouchard (Libre Expression)
- Dis-moi qui doit vivre… Marc-André Chabot (Libre Expression)
- Conduite dangereuse by Guillaume Morrissette (Saint-Jean)
- Flots by Patrick Senécal (Editions Alire)
- Stigmates by Richard Ste-Marie (Editions Alire)
Best Crime Novella
- Identity Withheld by Marcelle Dubé (Falcon Ridge Publishing)
- Murder in Abstract (A Charley Hall Mystery, book 5) by Brenda Gayle (Bowstring Books)
- Letters From Johnny by Wayne Ng (Guernica Editions)
- Not So Fast, Dr. Quick by Elvie Simons (Dell Magazines)
Best Crime Short Story
- “What can You Do?” by Pam Barnsley (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
- “Weed Man” by Hilary Davidson (Dell Magazines)
- “Number 10 Marlborough Place” by Elizabeth Elwood (Dell Magazines)
- “All My Darlings” by Charlotte Morganti (Mystery Magazine)
- “Dead Man’s Hand” by Melissa Yi (Dell Magazines)
The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript
- The Strength to Rise by Delee Fromm
- Captives by Pam Isfeld
- Elmington by Renee Lehnen
- Ken’s Corner by Katie Mac
- Part Time Crazy by Mark Thomas