VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE CRIME BOOKS OF 2014

A little later than in the past two years, but THE HOUSE OF CRIME & MYSTERY'S READERS'S CHOICE AWARDS are back for a 3rd edition.(You can still check out the winners of 2013 and 2012).

I've written down a list, to help start you out, in each category, but you're under no obligation to pick one of these titles --just add your own favourites (there's a blank space at the bottom of each category). To be eligible, the books need to have been published between December 1st, 2013 and December 31st, 2014 (if you're not sure, I'll verify the pub dates; but hey, this is for fun so we can be flexible).

There are still nine categories and only one minor change: the non-fiction category now includes biographies as well. You don't need to vote in every category if you don't want to. Once you're done, email me you selections (one pick per category, 10 answers max in total --you can do it quickly by just writing the authors's last names or part of the titles in your message or just copy/pasting the list) at housecrimyst@gmail.com or in the comment space below this post. Every participant will be entered automatically for a chance to win a bundle of books (some were published in 2014 --and they're all nominated here, others are advance reader's copies of 2015 titles). 

Also, every writer, agent, publicist, and publisher who would like to add a book or two to the bundle, you are welcome to send them directly to me (my mailing address is: 117 Dumou-chel street, Chateauguay (Quebec) J6J 3E8 Canada). I will give away 5 books to one winner, and 2 books to four more winners. Additional books will be given at random among all participants.

Voting closes on January 10th at 11:59 pm (Montréal time). Everyone over 18 years of age can participate --from everywhere on the planet. Don't forget to give me your full name, city and country; if you win I will contact you again for your full address. Results will be posted on Sunday, January 11th.

Help authors around the world by voting and passing the word around so more votes can come in. Let's beat last year's tally of 1,117 ballots filled (up from 632 the previous year). Thank you in advance for participating.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, whatever you celebrate, as long as it involves peace, kindness, and love! À bientôt, in 2015.

December 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2014 WORLD (except CAN, USA, UK)       TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES SPRING TIDE Cilla & Rolf BÖRJLIND Hesperus Nova   THE MURDER OF HARRIET KROHN Karin FOSSUM Harvill Secker   THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE Paulus HOCHGATTERER MacLehose   REYKJAVIK NIGHTS Arnaldur INDRIDASON Harvill Secker   THE SANDMAN  Lars KEPLER McLelland & Stewart   BURIED ANGELS Camilla LACKBERG Harper Collins UK   IRÈNE Pierre LEMAÎTRE MacLehose   CONFESSIONS Kanae MINATO Mulholland Books   THE SON Jo NESBO Random House Canada   THE GERMAN DOCTOR Lucia PUENZO Hesperus Nova   LIFE OR DEATH Michael ROBOTHAM Sphere   FORTY DAYS WITHOUT SHADOW Olivier TRUC Grand Central Publishing   BED OF NAILS Antonin VARENNE Quercus   DOG WILL HAVE HIS DAY Fred VARGAS Random House UK   DECOMPRESSION Juli ZEH Nan A. Talese/Doubleday   other:       UNITED KINGDOM TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES THE BONES BENEATH Mark BILLINGHAM Little, Brown   THE WOLF IN WINTER John CONNOLLY Atria/Emily Bestler Books   THE KILLING SEASON Mason CROSS Orion    LONG WAY HOME Eva DOLAN Harvill Secker   THE SECRET PLACE Tana FRENCH Viking   THE SILKWORM Robert GALBRAITH (aka J.K. ROWLING) Mulholland Books   DARKNESS, DARKNESS John HARVEY Random House UK/Arrow   A SONG FOR THE DYING Stuart MACBRIDE Harper Collins UK   THE LEWIS MAN Peter MAY Quercus   THE DEAD GROUND Claire MCGOWAN Headline   THE NIGHTMARE PLACE Steve MOSBY Orion    THE FINAL SILENCE Stuart NEVILLE Soho Crime   NATURAL CAUSES James OSWALD Harper Collins UK   THE FARM Tom Rob SMITH Grand Central Publishing   DEAD GONE Luca VESTE Harper Collins UK   other:       UNITED STATES of AMERICA TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES BLISS HOUSE Laura BENEDICT Pegasus Crime   BROKEN MONSTERS Lauren BEUKES Mulholland Books   ALL DAY AND A NIGHT Alafair BURKE Harper   WAYFARING STRANGER James Lee BURKE Simon & Schuster   ONE KICK Chelsea CAIN Simon & Schuster   THE HOLLOW GIRL Reed Farrel COLEMAN Tyrus Books   THE BURNING ROOM Michael CONNELLY Little, Brown   THE SKIN COLLECTOR Jeffery DEAVER Grand Central Publishing   THE COLD NOWHERE Brian FREEMAN Quercus   I AM PILGRIM Terry HAYES Emily Bestler Books   NATCHEZ BURNING Greg ILES William Morrow   MR MERCEDES Stephen KING Scribner   THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD Michael KORYTA Little, Brown   THE DROP Dennis LEHANE William Morrow   AFTER I'M GONE Laura LIPPMAN William Morrow   FOREVER'S JUST PRETEND Craig MCDONALD Betimes Books   THE STOLEN ONES Richard MONTANARI Mulholland Books   ROSE GOLD Walter MOSLEY Doubleday   COP TOWN Karin SLAUGHTER Delacorte Press   IN THE BLOOD  Lisa UNGER Touchstone    other:       CANADA TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES PEACEFIELD Philip David ALEXANDER Now or Never Publishing   NO SAFE HOUSE Linwood BARCLAY Doubleday Canada   THE WOMEN OF SKAWA ISLAND Anthony BIDULKA Insomniac Press   SQUALL Sean COSTELLO Scrivener Press   BLOOD ALWAYS TELLS Hilary DAVIDSON Forge Books   THE RIVER BURNS Trevor FERGUSON Simon & Schuster   THE TWO SISTERS OF BORNEO Ian HAMILTON Anansi Press   BETRAYAL J. Robert JANES Mysterious Press   NO KNOWN GRAVES Maureen JENNINGS McLelland & Stewart   RIDE THE LIGHTNING Dietrich KALTEIS ECW Press   KILL FEE Owen LAUKKANEN Putnam   BLACK ROCK John MCFETRIDGE ECW Press   THE LONG WAY HOME Louise PENNY Minotaur Books   THAT NIGHT Chevy STEVENS St.Martin's Press   LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS Sam WIEBE Dundurn Press    other:       TOP INDIE or SELF-PUBLISHED TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES BITE HARDER Anonymous-9 (Elaine ASH) Down & Out Books   PECKERWOOD Jedidiah AYRES Broken River Books   WOLF TICKETS Ray BANKS Blasted Heath   UNDERCOVER Gerard BRENNAN Createspace   STINKING RICH Rob BRUNET Down & Out Books   THE BITCH Les EDGERTON New Pulp Press   THE BIG UGLY Jake HINKSON Beat to a Pulp   THE GUILLOTINE CHOICE Michael J. MALONE Contraband   FOREVER'S JUST PRETEND Craig MCDONALD Betimes Books   TUSSINLAND Mike MONSON All Due Respect Books   GREED Dan O'SHEA Exhibit A   TWO BULLETS SOLVE EVERYTHING Ryan SAYLES & Chris RHATIGAN All Due Respect Books   SONS OF SPARTA Jeffrey SIGER Poisoned Pen Press   MAN DOWN Roger SMITH Tin Town   THE NATIONAL TRUTH Steve TROTTER Stephen Trotter   other:       TOP SHORT-FICTION COLLECTION TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES FACE-OFF various edited by David BALDACCI Simon & Schuster   TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND various edited by Joe CLIFFORD Gutter Books   13 CRIME STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA selected by Daniel GALERA McSweeney's (Issue #46)   THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2014 edited by Laura LIPPMAN Mariner Books   DARK CORNERS issue 1 edited by McNeely & Gallagher Dark Corners Pulp Magazine   THE BIG BOOK OF LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES Various edited by Otto PENZLER Black Lizard   THE BEAT GOES ON Ian RANKIN Orion   THUGLIT issue 11 edited by Todd ROBINSON Thuglit Publishing   other:         TOP NON-FICTION or BIOGRAPHY TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES GOODIS: A LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE Philippe GARNIER Black Pool   THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE Jeff HOBBS Scribner   A SPY AMONG FRIENDS Ben MACINTYRE Crown Publishers   TINSELTOWN William J. MANN Harper   400 THINGS COPS KNOW Adam PLANTINGA Quill Driver Books    other:       TOP CRIME FICTION in FRENCH (original) TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES LOUISE EST DE RETOUR Chrystine BROUILLET Éditions de l'homme   CRYSTAL Jacques GOYETTE ADA   TERMINUS BELZ Emmanuel GRAND Liana Levi   YERULDELGGER Ian MANOOK Albin Michel   L'EMPIRE DU SCORPION Sylvain MEUNIER Guy St-Jean Éditeur   VIOLENCE À L'ORIGINE Martin MICHAUD Goélette   DIX PETITS HOMMES BLANCS Jean-Jacques PELLETIER Hurtubise   WILDWOOD Johanne SEYMOUR Libre Expression   ANGOR Franck THILLIEZ Fleuve Éditions   LES SIRÈNES DE ZICATELA Claude VAILLANCOURT Québec Amérique    autre:       TOP CRIME FICTION in FRENCH (translated) TITLES WRITERS PUBLISHERS VOTES DOSSIER 64 Jussi ADLER-OLSEN Albin Michel   MARÉE D'ÉQUINOXE Cilla et Rolf BÖRJLIND Seuil Policiers   LA FEMME AUX FLEURS DE PAPIER Donato CARRISI Calmann-Lévy   CEUX QUI TOMBENT Michael CONNELLY Calmann-Lévy   LES ÂMES PERDUES DE DUTCH ISLAND John CONNOLLY Presses de la Cité   LES NEUF CERCLES R.J. ELLORY Sonatine   ARRÊTEZ-MOI Lisa GARDNER Albin Michel   AVANT QUE JE ME CONSUME Gaute HEIVOLL JC Lattès   PRAGUE FATALE Philip KERR Éditions du Masque   UNE MAIN ENCOMBRANTE Henning MANKELL Seuil Policiers   KOBRA Deon MEYER Seuil Policiers   POLICE Jo NESBO Gallimard/Série Noire   LE VER À SOIE J.K. ROWLING Grasset et Fasquelle   ENTRE DANS MA VIE Clara SANCHEZ Marabooks   LA FERME Tom Rob SMITH Belfond    autre:       YOUR FAVOURITE CRIME BOOK OF 2014 title: name: