The Crime Writers of Canada announced the winners of their 2023 Awards of Excellence in an online ceremony on May 25.

In addition to the 10 book prizes, Jack Batten received the Derrick Murdoch Award, given every two years in recognition of significant contributions to the crime, mystery, and thriller genres in Canada.

The winners are listed below.

Best Crime Novel 

• Anthony Bidulka, Going to Beautiful (Stonehouse Publishing)

Best First Crime Novel

• Sam Shelstad, Citizens of Light (TouchWood Editions)

Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada

• Joanne Jackson, A Snake in the Raspberry Patch (Stonehouse Publishing)

Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery

• Thomas King, Deep House (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Canada)

Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book

• Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation (HarperCollins Canada)

Best French Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)

• Richard Ste-Marie, Monsieur Hämmerli (Éditions Alire)

Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book (Fiction and Nonfiction)

• Jo Treggiari, Heartbreak Homes (Nimbus Publishing)

The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript

• Mary Keenan, Snowed

Best Crime Short Story

• Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, The Man Who Went Down Under (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines)

Best Crime Short Story

• Craig H. Bowlsby, The Girl Who Was Only Three Quarters Dead (Mystery Magazine)

The winners were selected from shortlists announced by the Crime Writers of Canada in April.