The Agatha Awards
Malice Domestic 37
***WINNERS

Best Contemporary Novel

A COLLECTION OF LIES by Connie Berry

***A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE by Gigi Pandian

A VERY WOODSY MURDER by Ellen Byron

FONDUE OR DIE by Korina Moss

THE DARK WIVES by Ann Cleeves

Best Historical Novel

HALL OF MIRRORS by John Copenhaver

THE LAST HOPE by Susan Elia MacNeal

THE PARIS MISTRESS by Mally Becker

THE WHARTON PLOT by Mariah Fredericks

***TO SLIP THE BONDS OF EARTH by Amanda Flower

Best First Novel

A DEADLY ENDEAVOR by Jenny Adams

GHOSTS OF WAIKĪKĪ by Jennifer K. Morita

HOUNDS OF THE HOLLYWOOD BASKERVILLES by Elizabeth Crowens

THREADS OF DECEPTION by Elle Jauffret

***YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID by K.T. Nguyen

Best Short Story

Best Non-fiction

ABINGDON'S BOARDINGHOUSE MURDER by Greg Lilly

AGATHA CHRISTIE, MARPLE: EXPERT ON WICKEDNESS by Mark Aldridge

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE MURDERERS: CRITIQUING THE COLUMBO KILLERS by Chris Chan

THE BOOKSHOP: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSTORE by Evan Friss

***WRITING THE COZY MYSTERY: AUTHORS' PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR CRAFT Edited by Phyllis M. Betz

Best Children’s/YA Mystery

FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET: A JUNE KNIGHT MYSTERY by Josh Pachter

***SASQUATCH OF HARRIMAN LAKE by K.B. Jackson

SID JOHNSON & THE WELL-INTENDED CONSPIRACY by Frances Schoonmaker

THE BIG GREY MAN OF BEN MACDHUI by K.B. Jackson

THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY by James Ponti