Malice Domestic has announced the nominees for the Agatha Awards, which honor the "traditional" mystery, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The winners will be announced at the 2009 Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010, during the Malice Domestic conference.
Listed below are the nominees for Best Novel, Best First Novel, and Best Children's/Young Adult; for a complete list, visit the Malice Domestic website.
2009 Best Mystery Novel Nominees:
◊ Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
◊ Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett (Berkley Prime Crime)
◊ Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (Berkley Prime Crime)
◊ A Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan 
2009 Best First Mystery Novel Nominees:
◊ For Better, For Murder by Lisa Bork (Midnight Ink)
◊ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
◊ Posed for Murder by Meredith Cole (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
◊ The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth Duncan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
Best Children's/Young Adult Nominees:
◊ The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford (Viking Juvenile)
◊ The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
◊ The Case of the Poisoned Pig by Lewis B. Montgomery
◊ The Other Side of Blue by Valerie O. Patterson (Clarion Books)
◊ The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Philomel)
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