Arthur Ellis Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 2010 Arthur Ellis Award , celebrating the best in Canadian crime fiction, were released yesterday evening by the the Crime Writers of Canada.

In the Best crime novel category, the nominees are:

• Fingers Twist by Lee Lamothe of Toronto (Turnstone Press)
• Death Spiral by James W. Nichol of Toronto (McArthur & Company)
• Aloha, Candy Hearts by Anthony Bidulka of Saskatoon (Insomniac Press/LPG)
• Arctic Blue Death by R.J. Harlick of Ottawa (RendezVous Crime)
• High Chicago by Howard Shrier of Toronto (Vintage Canada)

Nominees for Best Non-fiction Crime Writing:

• The Fat Mexican: The Bloody Rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club by Alex Caine (Random House Canada)
• Runaway Devil by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose (McClelland & Stewart)
• The Slasher Killings by Patrick Brode (Wayne State University Press)
• Post Mortem by Jon Wells (Wiley)
• Murder Without Borders by Terry Gould (Random House Canada)

In the First Novel category, the nominees are:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan (Minotaur)
The Weight of Stones by C.B. Forrest (RendezVous Crime)
A Magpie's Smile by Eugene Meese (NeWest Press)
Darkness at the Stroke of Noon by Dennis Richard Murphy (HarperCollins)

In the Juvenile category the shortlist includes:

Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant (HarperCollins)
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick)
Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard (HarperCollins)
Homicide Related by Norah McClintock (Red Deer Press)
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)

Nominations were also announced in the Best Crime Short Story category, Best Crime Book in the French language, Best unpublished first crime novel (aka The Unhanged Arthur). News courtesy of the CBC ...