Saturday, February 09, 2013

Agatha Award Nominees

Yet more books that I have not read. The winners will be announced in May at Malice Domestic. 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:

Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly/Declan Burke
Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich, Editor
More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered by D.P. Lyle
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie by Mathew Prichard, Editor


Best Short Story:

Mischief in Mesopotamia” by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Kept in the Dark" by Shelia Connolly (Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon Anthology)
"The Lord is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder)
"Thea's First Husband" by B.K. Stevens (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"When Duty Calls" by Art Taylor (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder)


Best Children's/Young Adult Novel:

Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein


Best Historical Novel:

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

2 comments:

Shalanna said...

Kevin, is there anywhere you can find a list of ALL the books that were nominated by at least one person, or at least two people? I know that three people nominated MY first mystery. I would love to see those who were mentioned at all. I know the only important thing is "who wins, who wins," and that there are lots of popular people who got way more votes than I did, but I would like to see the books that at least one person liked and nominated. It's a shame if they don't keep such a list at all.

Kevin R. Tipple said...

I don't know of any such list. I would guess it would be some sort of internal document during the internal judging process.