Agatha Awards - Malice Domestic 2026

 

The  2026 Agatha Award winners were announced during Malice Domestic 38 on April 25, 2026. The Agatha Awards honour the “traditional mystery,” books typified by the works of Agatha Christie and others. Congratulations to all.

The Agatha Award Winners (for works published in 2025)

Best Contemporary Mystery Novel

At Death’s Dough, by Mindy Quigley (Minotaur)

Best Historical Mystery Novel

The Case of the Christie Conspiracy, by Kelly Oliver (Boldwood)

Best Non-fiction

Vacations Can Be Murder: A True Crime Lover’s Travel Guide to the Mid-Atlantic States, by Dawn M. Barclay (Level Best)

Best First Mystery Novel

Whiskey Business, by Adrian Andover (Chestnut Avenue Press)

Best Children’s/Young Adult Mystery Novel

Death in the Cards, by Mia P. Manansala (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

Best Mystery Short Story

 “Six-Armed Robbery,” by Ashley Ruth-Bernier (from Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Humorous)