Nominations for the 2007 Macavity Awards have been posed on the Mystery Readers International (MRI) website. The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of MRI vote for their favorite mysteries in several categories.The nominees for Best Mystery Novel and Best First Novel are:
Best Mystery Novel:
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black [John Banville] (Henry Holt/Picador)
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina (Bantam)
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine)
Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson (McClelland & Stewart)
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Best First Novel:
Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland (St. Martin's Minotaur)
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook (Capital Crime Press)
King of Lies by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read (Mysterious Press)
Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone (Michael Joseph Ltd/Penguin)
For a list of nominees in all categories, visit the MRI website.
The 2007 award winners will be announced September 27th during the opening ceremonies of Bouchercon, the World Mystery convention, in Anchorage, Alaska.
Please visit the Mystery Book Awards website where lists of winners from 19 different organizations that recognize excellence in mysteries, including the Macavitys, are presented.
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