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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

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