Nominees for the 2012 Macavity Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2012 Macavity Awards have been announced by Mystery Readers International (via Janet Rudolph). Each year the members of organization nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in several categories. The winners will be announced during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Cleveland this October.

Best Mystery Novel …
• Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• 1222 by Anne Holt (Scribner)
• The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (Mulholland Books)
• The Ridge by Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
• A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey (Dutton)
• Hell & Gone by Duane Swierczynski (Mulholland Books)

Best First Mystery Novel …
• Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (Crown)
• Nazareth Child by Darrell James (Midnight Ink)
• Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante (Atlantic Monthly)
• All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen (The Permanent Press)
• The Informationist by Taylor Stevens (Crown)
• Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (Harper)

Best Mystery-Related Non-Fiction …
• Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure by Leslie Budewitz (Linden)
• Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks by John Curran (HarperCollins)
• Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel by A. B. Emrys (McFarland)
• The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge by T. J. English (William Morrow)
• The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

Best Mystery Short Story …
• Disarming by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2011)
• Facts Exhibiting Wantonness by Trina Corey (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2011)
• Palace by the Lake by Daryl Wood Gerber (Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology)
• Truth and Consequences by Barb Goffman (Mystery Times Ten)
• Heat of Passion by Kathleen Ryan (A Twist of Noir)
• The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train by Peter Turnbull (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011)

Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award …
• Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
• Narrows Gate by Jim Fusilli (AmazonEncore)
• Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
• Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
• Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson (Minotaur Books)
• A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)

indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.