Nominees for the 2013 Macavity Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2013 Macavity Awards for books and stories published in 2012 have been announced by Mystery Readers International. The winners, chosen by members of the organization, will be announced during Bouchercon in September.

Best Mystery Novel:
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• The Black House by Peter May (Silver Oak)
• The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• The Other Woman by Hank Philippi Ryan (Forge Books)
• The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro (Algonquin Books)
• The Twenty Year Death by Ariel S. Winter (Hard Case Crime)

Best First Mystery Novel:
• Low Country Boil by Susan M. Boyer (Henery Press)
• Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur Books)
• Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
• The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

Best Mystery-Related Non-Fiction:
• In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero by Otto Penzler, editor (Smart Pop)
• Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors (Atria Books)
• Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French (Penguin Books)

Best Mystery Short Story:
• "The Sequel" by Jeffery Deaver (The Strand Magazine, November 2012-February 2013)
• "Blind Justice" by Jim Fusilli (Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Mulholland Books)
• "The Lord Is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press)
• "The Unremarkable Heart" by Karin Slaughter (Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Mulholland Books)
• "Thea's First Husband" by B. K. Stevens (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2012)
• "When Duty Calls" by Art Taylor (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press)

Sue Feder Historical Memorial Award:
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Forge Books)
• Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
• The Confession by Charles Todd (HarperCollins)
• An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd (HarperCollins)
• Elegy For Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (HarperCollins)

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for alerting us to this information.)