Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Nominees for the 2011 Agatha Awards Announced

Mystery Book Awards

The nominees for the 2011 Agatha Awards have been announced by Malice Domestic for books published during 2011 that honor the "traditional mystery." The winners will be announced at the Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012, during Malice Domestic conference.

Best Novel
The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews
The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis
Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet
Three Day Town by Margaret Maron
A Trick of the Light by Louise PennyReview of A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Best First Novel
Dire Threads by Janet Bolin
Choke by Kaye George
Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry
Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab
Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend

Best Non-Fiction
Books, Crooks and Counselors by Leslie Budewitz
Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran
On Conan Doyle by Michael Dirda
Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel by A. B. Emrys
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris

Best Short Story
• "Disarming" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2011) by Dana Cameron
• "Dead Eye Gravy" (Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology) by Krista Davis
• "Palace by the Lake" (Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology) by Daryl Wood Gerber
• "Truth and Consequences" (Mystery Times Ten) by Barb Goffman
• "The Itinerary" (WMA Presents the Rich and the Dead) by Roberta Isleib

Best Children's/Young Adult
Shelter by Harlan Coben
The Black Heart Crypt by Chris Grabenstein
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
The Secret of the Skeleton Key by Penny Warner

Best Historical Novel
Naught in Nice by Rhys Bowen
Murder Your Darlings by J. J. Murphy
Mercury's Rise by Ann Parker
Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

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