Arthur Ellis Award

The prestigious Arthur Ellis Awards are named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman. Awards are presented in six categories for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada. The award itself, the Arthur, is hand-carved by Canadian artisan Barry Lambeck and based on a design and prototype by artist Peter Blais. Arthur is a wooden articulated jumping-jack figure with a noose around its neck that "dances" when a string is pulled.



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Trumpets Sound No More - trade paperback
By Jon Redfern - $20.95 - add to cart

Winner of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.In 1840, the theatre world in London is shocked by the brutal killing of one of its youngest and most successful entrepreneurs, bludgeoned in hi...

 

One Child at a Time - trade paperback
By Julian Sher - $22.00 - add to cart

Winner of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction. From a renowned investigative reporter, the true story behind a horrifying Internet abuse epidemic – and the heroes who are out to stop i...

 

Garcia's Heart - trade paperback
By Liam Durcan - $21.00 - add to cart

Winner of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.A searing debut novel told with the dexterity of Graham Greene, the moral complexity of Ian McEwan, and the tension of a thriller. Daz...

 

April Fool - trade paperback
By William Deverell - $10.99 - add to cart

Winner of the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.An irresistible story of justice heading off the rails. Arthur Beauchamp, the scholarly, self-doubting legend of the B.C. criminal bar (and o...

 

Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk - trade paperback
By Rebecca Godfrey - $19.95 - add to cart

Winner of the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction.The murder of Reena Virk in 1997 is one of the most notorious and heartbreaking cases in Canadian history. In Under the Bridge, acclaimed ...

 

The Delicate Storm - mass market paperback
By Giles Blunt - $10.99 - add to cart

Winner of the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel.Acclaimed by peers and critics alike, winner of the British Crime Writers’ Macallan Silver Dagger for Forty Words for Sorrow, Giles Blunt ...