2013 Agatha Award Winners

The 2013 Agatha Awards were handed out on Saturday 4 May 2013 at the aannual Malice Domestic convention - *indicates winner

Best Novel:
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny*
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet
The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron
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” (PDF) by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2012)*
“Kept in the Dark” by Sheila 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, June 2012)
“When Duty Calls” by Art Taylor (Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder)

Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel:
The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner*
Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!