1998 Anthony Awards

Best Novel: No Colder Place, S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's Press)

Best First Novel: The Killing Floor, Lee Child (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original: Big Red Tequila, Rick Riordan (Bantam)

Best Short Story (tie):
"Front Row Seat," Jan Grape, from Vengeance is Hers (Signet)

"One Bag of Coconuts," Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen Magazine (November 1997)

Best Cover Art: Night Dogs, Kent Anderson; Michael Kellner, artist (Dennis McMillan)

1998 Hammett Prize

Trial of Passion, William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)

1998 Macavity Awards

Best Mystery Novel: Dreaming of the Bones, Deborah Crombie (Scribner)

Best First Mystery: Dead Body Language, Penny Warner (Bantam)

Best Non-Fiction: Deadly Women, Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen Nehr (Carroll & Graf)

Best Short Story: "Two Ladies of Rose Cottage," Peter Robinson, from Malice Domestic 6 (Pocketbooks)

1998 Shamus Awards

Best Private Investigator (P.I.) Novel: Come Back Dead, Terrance Faherty (Simon & Schuster)

Best P.I. Paperback Original: Charm City, Laura Lippman (Avon)

Best P.I. First Novel: Big Red Tequila, Rick Riordan (Bantam)

Best P.I. Short Story: "Love Me for My Yellow Hair Alone," Carolyn Wheat, from Marilyn: Shades of Blonde (Forge)