Thursday 20 July 2023

2023 MACAVITY AWARDS: Mystery Readers International

 The Macavity Nominations 2023 (for works published in 2022)

The Macavity Awards are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and friends of MRI. The winners will be announced at opening ceremonies at the San Diego Bouchercon in late August. 

Best Mystery Novel

Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King (Bantam)

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone (MCD)

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)

Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books)

Best First Novel

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz (Atria/EmilyBestler) 

Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)

Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane Books)

The Verifiers by Jane Pek (Vintage Books)

The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine)

Best Mystery Short Story

The Landscaper’s Wife” by Brendan DuBois (Mystery Tribune, Aug/Sep 2022)
Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Jan 2022)

First You Dream, Then You Die” by Donna Moore (in Black is the Night, Titan Books)

Schrödinger, Cat” by Anna Scotti (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mar/Apr 2022) 

Stockholm” by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)

The Angel of Rome” by Jess Walter (in The Angel of Rome and Other Stories, Harper)

My Two-Legs” by Melissa Yi (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2022)

Best Mystery Critical/Biographical

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)

The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie edited by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury Academic)

The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin (McFarland)

Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)

Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery

The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)

In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson (Hodder & Stoughton)

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris (William Morrow)

The Secret in the Wall by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)

One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips (Soho Crime)

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (Forge)

Congratulations to all.





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