The Agatha Nominations & Winners
for Malice Domestic 36
*** Denotes Winner***
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Best Contemporary Novel
WINED AND DIED IN NEW ORLEANS, Ellen Byron
HELPLESS, Annette Dasholy
***THE WEEKEND RETREAT, Tara Laskowski***
A CASE OF THE BLEUS, Korina Moss
THE RAVEN THIEF, Gigi Pandian
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Best Historical Novel
DEATH AMONG THE RUINS, Susanna Caulkins
ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A LORD, Celeste Connally
I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED, Amanda Flower
TIME'S UNDOING, Cheryl Head
***THE MISTRESS OF BHATIA HOUSE, Sujata Massey***
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Best First Novel
GLORY BE, Danielle Arceneaux
THE HINT OF LIGHT, Kristin Kisska
DUTCH THREAT, Josh Pachter
***CRIME AND PARCHMENT, Daphne Silver***
MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, Nina Simon
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Best Short Story
"THE KNIFE SHARPENER", Shelley Costa, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2023
"A GOOD JUDGE OF CHARACTER", Tina de Bellegarde, Malice Domestic 17, Murder Most Traditional
"REAL COURAGE", Barb Goffman, Black Cat Mystery Magazine #14
***"TICKET TO RIDE", Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski, Happiness is a Warm Gun***
"SHAMU, WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE", Richie Narvaez, Time in San Diego, Bouchercon 2023
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Best Non-Fiction
***FINDERS: JUSTICE, FAITH AND IDENTITY IN IRISH CRIME FICTION, Anjili Babbar***
PERPLEXING PLOTS: POPULAR STORYTELLING AND THE POETICS OF MURDER, David Bordwell
A MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES: THE DEATH AND LIFE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, Mark Dawidziak
FALLEN ANGEL: THE LIFE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, Robert Morgan
​Best Children's/YA Mystery
MYRTLE, MEANS AND OPPORTUNITY, Elizabeth C. Bunce
***THE SASQUATCH OF HAWTHOURNE ELEMENTARY, K. B. Jackson***
ARANA AND SPIDERMAN, Alex Segura
THE MYSTERY OF THE RADCLIFFE RIDDLE, Taryn Souders
ENOLA HOLMES AND THE MARK OF THE MONGOOSE, Nancy Springer