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FEBRUARY 14, 2010
2009 Hammett Awards Nominees
"The International Association of Crime Writers awards THE HAMMETT PRIZE annually for literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the US and/or Canada. The winner receives a "Thin Man" trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger."

This year's nominees are as follows:

Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott(Simon & Schuster)
Megan Abbotthas taught literature, writing, and film at New York University and the State University of New York at Oswego. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University in 2000, and in 2002 Palgrave Macmillan published her nonfiction study,The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir.She lives in New York City.
distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.


Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins (Putnam)
From the critically acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle.
distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (Penguin)
In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams.
distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

The Long Fall by Walter Mosley (Riverhead)
In this tightly plotted debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's dreams.
distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

The Way Home by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Thomas Flynn's rocky relationship with his son Chris is finally moving away from distrust and scorn, a decade after Chris served time. When a burglary break their uneasy detente, will Chris be pulled back into treachery and violence?
distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.

If we don't own any of these titles, we'd be happy to try interlibrary loaning your choice from an area library. Just ask, we'll try!

Read any of these? Who should win in your opinion?



See previous years winners at http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm

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