Nominees for the 2012 Agatha Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2012 Agatha Awards, which honor the "traditional mystery", have been posted to the Malice Domestic website.

Attendees to Malice Domestic 25 will vote by secret ballot, the ballots will be tabulated and the winners will be announced at the 2012 Agatha Awards Banquet to be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013.

The nominees are …

Best Novel:
• The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis
• A Fatal Winter by G. M. Malliet
• The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron
• The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best First Novel:
• Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
• Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown
• A Scrapbook of Secrets by Mollie Cox Bryan
• A Killer Read by Erika Chase
• Faithful Unto Death by Stephanie Jaye Evans

Best Non-Fiction:
• Blood Relations by Joseph Goodrich, editor
• The Grand Tour by Mathew Prichard, editor
• Books to Die For by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors
• More Forensics and Fiction by D. P. Lyle
• Double Cross by Ben Macintyre

Best Short Story:
• "Mischief in Mesopotamia" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) by Dana Cameron
• "Kept in the Dark" (Blood Moon Anthology) by Shelia Connolly
• "The Lord is My Shamus" (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder) by Barb Goffman
• "Thea's First Husband" (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine) by B. K. Stevens
• "When Duty Calls" (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder) by Art Taylor

Best Children's/Young Adult's:
• Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
• The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
• Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
• The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Best Historical:
• The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
• Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson
• Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson
• An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
• Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear