If you haven’t been keeping track of the Agatha award nominees, now is a good time to jump into the fray! I have too many nominees that I love this year, especially in Historical Mysteries and Short Stories! You can read all the short stories at malicedomestic.org/agathas/html
Below are the nominees this year!
Best Contemporary Novel
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny Cry Wolf by Annette Dashofy Beyond the Truth by Bruce Robert Coffin Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
Best Historical Novel
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen The Gold Pawn by LA Chandlar The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson
Best First Novel
A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman Little Comfort by Edwin Hill What Doesn’t Kill You by Aimee Hix Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell Curses Boiled Again by Shari Randall
Best Short Story
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” by Lara Laskowski “Bug Appetit” by Barb Goffman “A Postcard for the Dead” by Susanna Calkins “All God’s Sparrows” by Leslie Budewitz
Best Young Adult Mystery
Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) by Cindy Callaghan Winterhouse by Ben Guterson A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi
Best Nonfiction
Wicked Women of Ohio by Jane Ann Turzillo Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J Cohen Mastering Plot Twists by Jane Cleland