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Given by Malice Domestic Ltd

128 Works 0 Books
The Agatha Awards are given for materials first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year, either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or e-published by an show more e-publishing firm and are awarded in five categories: Best Novel Best First Novel Best Short Story Best Nonfiction Book Best Children's/Young Adult Novel The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. For these purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that: contain no explicit sex contain no excessive gore or gratuitous violence usually feature an amateur detective take place in a confined setting and contain characters who know one another Novels and stories featuring police officers and private detectives may qualify for the awards, but materials generally classified as "hard-boiled" are not appropriate. At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, show less
Stages:
All, Winner (140), Nominee (665)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (6), 2009 (4), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (6), 2004 (5), 2003 (6), 2002 (5), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (4), 1998 (6), 1997 (5), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (5), 1993 (6), 1992 (5), 1991 (5), 1990 (5), 1989 (5), 1988 (5)
Announced:
April 27: Winner2023 Recent
February 5: Nominee2023 Recent

Winner 25

WorkYear
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny2012
Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron2011
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny2010
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny2009
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny2008
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny2007
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard2006
The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page2005
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear2004
Letter From Home by Carolyn G. Hart2003
You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews2002
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen2001
Storm Track by Margaret Maron2000
Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler1999
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman1998
The Devil in Music by Kate Ross1997
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron1996
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb1995
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb1994
Dead Man's Island by Carolyn G. Hart1993
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron1992
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard1991
Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard1990
Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters1989
Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart1988

Nominee 128

WorkYear
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny2012
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis2012
A Fatal Winter by G. M. Malliet2012
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron2012
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan2012
Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron2011
The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews2011
The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis2011
Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet2011
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny2011
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny2010
Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews2010
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard2010
Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan2010
Drive Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan2010
Truly, Madly by Heather Webber2010
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny2009
Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews2009
Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett2009
Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen2009
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny2008
Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews2008
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen2008
Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry2008
I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming2008
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny2007
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews2007
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen2007
Hard Row by Margaret Maron2007
Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets2007
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard2006
The Saddlemaker's Wife by Earlene Fowler2006
Why Casey Had to Die: A Harry Bronson Mystery (Five Star First Edition Mystery) by L. C. Hayden2006
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming2006
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear2006
The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page2005
Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews2005
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron2005
The Belen Hitch by Pari Noskin Taichert2005
Trouble in Spades by Heather Webber2005
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear2005
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear2004
We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews2004
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman2004
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron2004
The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey2004
Letter From Home by Carolyn G. Hart2003
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews2003
Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer2003
Dream House by Rochelle Krich2003
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron2003
Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets2003
You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews2002
Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen2002
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich2002
The Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page2002
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters2002
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen2001
Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler2001
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris2001
Shadows of Sin by Rochelle Krich2001
The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey2001
Storm Track by Margaret Maron2000
Guns and Roses: A Modern Mystery Set in Colonial Willamsburg by Taffy Cannon2000
Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer2000
The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey2000
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters2000
Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler1999
Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer1999
Death on the River Walk by Carolyn Hart1999
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman1999
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman1998
Liar by Jan Burke1998
Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler1998
Blind Bloodhound Justice by Virginia Lanier1998
Home Fires (Deborah Knott Mysteries) by Margaret Maron1998
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters1998
The Devil in Music by Kate Ross1997
Hocus by Jan Burke1997
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie1997
Goose in the Pond by Earlene Fowler1997
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters1997
Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron1996
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler1996
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook1996
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence1996
Strong as Death by Sharan Newman1996
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb1995
Miracles in Maggody by Joan Hess1995
The Wandering Arm by Sharan Newman1995
Twilight by Nancy Pickard1995
Escapade by Walter Satterthwait1995
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb1994
Scandal in Fair Haven by Carolyn G. Hart1994
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King1994
Angel of Death by Rochelle Majer Krich1994
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters1994
Dead Man's Island by Carolyn G. Hart1993
Old Scores by Aaron Elkins1993
O Little Town of Maggody by Joan Hess1993
Fair Game by Rochelle Majer Krich1993
Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron1993
To Live & Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck1993
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron1992
Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart1992
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb1992
Defend and Betray by Anne Perry1992
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters1992
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard1991
Make No Bones by Aaron J. Elkins1991
The Christie Caper by Carolyn G. Hart1991
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod1991
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters1991
Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard1990
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris1990
Deadly Valentine by Carolyn G. Hart1990
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry1990
The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters1990
Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters1989
The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell1989
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart1989
Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron1989
Philly Stakes by Gillian Roberts1989
Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart1988
The Widows Club by Dorothy Cannell1988
Mischief in Maggody by Joan Hess1988
Paying the Piper by Sharyn McCrumb1988
Dead Crazy by Nancy Pickard1988

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