The Audio Publishers Association has announced the winners of its 2023 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” There were 26 categories of contenders, a couple of which should interest Rap Sheet readers.
Mystery: The Heron , by Don Winslow, narrated by Ed Harris (Audible Originals)
Also nominated: The Bangalore Detectives Club , by Harini Nagendra, narrated by Soneela Nankani (Blackstone); The Maid , by Nita Prose, narrated by Lauren Ambrose (Penguin Random House Audio); The Murder of Mr. Wickham , by Claudia Gray, narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown (Penguin Random House Audio); and Suspect , by Scott Turow, narrated by Helen Laser (Hachette Audio)
Thriller/Suspense: Greenwich Park , by Katherine Faulkner, narrated by Laura Kirman (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Also nominated: The Boys from Biloxi , by John Grisham, narrated by Michael Beck (Penguin Random House Audio); The Island , by Adrian McKinty, narrated by Mela Lee (Hachette Audio); The Paris Apartment , by Lucy Foley, narrated by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson (HarperAudio); Snowstorm in August , by Marshall Karp, narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel (Blackstone); and Where Secrets Live, by S.C. Richards, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (Dreamscape Media)
In addition, this year’s victor in the very competitive Multi-Voiced Performance division was Sparring Partners , by John Grisham, narrated by Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and John Grisham (Penguin Random House Audio).
Click here to see all of this year’s Audie Awards finalists.
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Now that the Short Mystery Fiction Society has posted the full, complete list of finalists for its 2023 Derringer Awards (thank you, Kevin R. Tipple), I can present that below. Titles and authors are broken down into four categories, according to story length.
Best Flash Fiction (up to 1,000 words):
• “Catch and Release,” by April Kelly ( Mystery Magazine , May 2022)
• “Acknowledgments,” by Karen Harrington ( Guilty Crime Story Magazine , April 2022)
• “Easter Spam,” by John Weagly (Shotgun Honey)
• “The Final Chapter,” by James Blakey (Yellow Mama, October 2022)
• “Where Palms Sway and the Surf Pounds,” by Curtis Ippolito (Shotgun Honey)
Best Short Story (1,001-4,000 words):
• “Double Trouble,” by M.E. Proctor (Bristol Noir, March 2022)
• “Hiding Out in Cedar Key,” by Sharon Marchisello (White Cat Publications, April 2022)
• “The Shape of Australia,” by Christine Poulson ( Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [ EQMM ], July/August 2022)
• “My Two-Legs,” by Melissa Yuan-Innes ( Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [ AHMM ], September/October 2022 [published under the byline “Melissa Yi”])
• “Digging In,” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins ( Black Cat Weekly #40)
Best Long Story (4,001-8,000 words):
• “The Vigil,” by Toni Goodyear (from Carolina Crimes: Rock, Roll and Ruin , edited by Karen Pullen; Down & Out)
• “Tethered,” by Marcelle Dubé (from Crime Wave: Women of a Certain Age ; Sisters in Crime-Canada West)
• “The White Calf and the Wind,” by Mike Adamson ( Black Cat Mystery Magazine #11)
• “The Donovan Gang,” by John M. Floyd ( AHMM , September/ October 2022)
• “Negative Tilt,” by Bobby Mathews (from Rock and a Hard Place , Issue VII, edited by Nokes, Butkowski, Tucher, Cudmore, Sullivan, and Garth; Rock & a Hard Place Press)
• “Something Blue,” by G.M. Malliet ( EQMM , November/ December 2022)
Best Novelette (8,001-20,000 words):
• “The Wraith of Bunker Hill,” by Paul D. Marks ( EQMM , September/October 2022)
• “Two Shrimp Tacos and a .22 Ruger,” by Adam Meyer ( Guns & Tacos ; Down & Out)
• “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” by Liz Filleul ( The People’s Friend , Issue 225)
• “The Refusal Camp,” by James R. Benn ( AHMM , Sept/Oct 2022)
• “Ripen” by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier ( Black Cat Weekly #48)
Winners will be chosen by a vote of SMFS members on May 1.
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