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The Agatha Awards
Malice Domestic 37

***WINNERS

 

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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

 

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Best Short Story

"A MATTER OF TRUST" by Barb Goffman, Three Strikes--You're Dead

"REYNISFJARA" by Kristopher Zgorski, Mystery Most International

"SATAN’S SPIT" by Gabriel Valjan, Tales of Music, Murder and Mayhem: Bouchercon 2024

"SINS OF THE FATHER" by Kerry Hammond, Mystery Most International

***"THE POSTMAN ALWAYS FLIRTS TWICE" by Barb Goffman, Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy

 

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​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

 

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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

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