
The Agatha Awards
Malice Domestic 38
Nominees
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Best Contemporary Novel
A Grave Deception by Connie Berry
At Death’s Dough by Mindy Quigley
Murder in Fifth Position by Lori Robbins
The Devil Comes Calling by Annette Dashofy
Waters of Destruction by Leslie Karst
​Best Historical Novel
Bye Bye Blackbird by Elizabeth Crowens
The Girl in the Green Dress by Mariah Fredericks
Murder at the Moulin Rouge by Carol Pouliot
The Case of the Christie Conspiracy by Kelly Oliver
The Hindenburg Spy by L. A. Chandlar
​Best First Novel
Murder in the Crazy Mountains by K. L. Borges
Player Elimination by Shelly Jones
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Voices of the Elysian Fields by Michael Rigg
Whiskey Business by Adrian Andover
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Best Short Story
Baby Love by Barb Goffman, Double Crossing Van Dine
Boss Cat Rules by Nikki Knight, Malice Domestic Mystery Most Humorous
Lola’s Last Dance by Kerry Hammond, Celluloid Crimes
Six-Armed Robbery by Ashley-Ruth Bernier, Malice Domestic Mystery Most Humorous
While the Iron is Hot by Edith Maxwell, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
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​Best Non-fiction
Bone Valley by Gilbert King
Story of a Murder: The Wives, The Mistress, and Dr. Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne by Kate Winkler Dawson
Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover's Travel Guide to New England by Dawn M. Barclay
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Best Children’s/YA Mystery
Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala
Missing Mom by Lynn Slaughter
Risky Pursuit by Nancy G. West
Rufus and the Dark Side of Magic by Marilyn Levinson
Hurricane Heist by James Ponti