The Crime Writers of Canada present the Winners of the Arthur Ellis Awards 2012
- Best Crime Novel: Before the Poison by Peter Robinson
- Best First Novel: The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton
- Best Crime Book in French: La chorale du diable by Martin Michaud
- Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book: Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
- Best Crime Nonfiction: Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art by Joshua Knelman
- Best Crime Short Story: What Kelly Did by Catherine Astolfo
- Best Unpublished First Novel („Unhanged Arthur“): Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
- Derrick Murdoch Award: Don Graves
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