
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