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| A Hemorrhaging of Souls by Canadian author Nicola Furlong - Reviewed by Nancy Mehl - Nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award in the Best First Novel category, April 2000. And Then She Was Gone by Susan McBride - Reviewed by John A. Broussard, PhD Nominated for a Romantic Times Magazine Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery Novel. Chosen as a selection for the Oprah Reading Cafe online, Summer 2000. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden - Reviewed by Morgan Ann Adams - National Book Award finalist. Dead Low Tide by Jamie Katz - Reviewed by Maria Y. Lima - Nominated for a 1999 Shamus Award for Best First Mystery. Disgrace by South African author J.M. Coetzee - Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize - Reviewed by Merilyn Tomkins - Nominated for the prestigious Book Data Award. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland - Reviewed by Nancy Mehl - Nominated in the Fiction Category for the ABA's BookSense Award. (Winners TBA June 2000). Also nominated for the Western States Art Federation's Book of the Year Award. High Five by Janet Evanovich - Reviewed by PJ Nunn - Nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Novel, May 2000. L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais - Reviewed by John A. Broussard, PhD - - Winner of a 2000 Dilys Award given by the independent mystery bookstores, March 2000. - Nominated for an Anthony Award for Best Novel, May 2000. Maximum Insecurity by P.J. Grady - Nominated for a Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (Private Eye Writers Association) - Reviewed by Diane Gotfryd Missing Marlene by Evan Marshall - Reviewed by PJ Nunn and Susan McBride - Nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best First Mystery. Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews - Reviewed by PJ Nunn- - Winner of the 1998 St. Martin’s Press/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Contest. - Winner of an Agatha Award for First Novel. - Winner of a Lefty Award for Best First Novel, March 2000. - Nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, May 2000. Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri - Reviewed by PJ Nunn - Nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, May 2000. Speak Ill of the Dead by Canadian author Mary Jane Maffini - Reviewed by Devorah Stone - Nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award in the Best First Novel category, April 2000. Stones Throw by Linda Opdyke - Reviewed by PJ Nunn - - Nominated for the Eppie Award in the thriller category, awarded by EPIC in August 2000. - Nominated for the Frankfurt E-book Award initiated by the International eBook Award Foundation to be awarded in October 2000, with a Grand Prize of $ 100,000. |
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