2015 Agatha Winners

The Agatha Awards honor “traditional mysteries” (containing no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence) and were announced during the banquet at the 27th annual Malice Domestic Conference, in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 2, 2015.

The awards honored those books published during 2014.

The winners are the first mentioned and are in bold. Congrats to all the winners and nominees.

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BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

Truth Be Told, Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)
The Good, The Bad and The Emus, Donna Andrews (Minotaur Books)
A Demon Summer, G.M. Malliet (Minotaur Books)
The Long Way Home, Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Designated Daughters, Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing)

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL
Queen of Hearts, Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
Hunting Shadows, Charles Todd (William Morrow)
An Unwilling Accomplice, Charles Todd (William Morrow)
Wouldn’t It Be Deadly, D.E. Ireland (Minotaur Books)
Murder in Murray Hill, Victoria Thompson (Berkley)

BEST CHILDREN’S / YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
The Code Busters Club, Case #4: The Mummy’s Curse, Penny Warner (Egmont USA)
Andi Under Pressure, Amanda Flower (ZonderKidz)
Greenglass House, Kate Milford (Clarion Books)
Uncertain Glory, Lea Wait (Islandport Press)
Found, Harlan Coben (Putnam Juvenile)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
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Well Read, Then Dead
, Terrie Farley Moran (Berkley Prime Crime)

Circle of Influence, Annette Dashofy (Henery Press)
Tagged for Death, Sherry Harris (Kensington Publishing)
Finding Sky, Susan O’Brien (Henery Press)
Murder Strikes a Pose, Tracy Weber (Midnight Ink)

BEST NONFICTION
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey, Hank Phillippi Ryan, ed. (Henery Press)
400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman, Adam Plantinga (Quill Driver Books)
Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice, Kate Clark Flora (New Horizon Press)
The Art of the English Murder, Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Books)
The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England’s Most Notorious Doctor, Stephen Bates (Overlook Press)

BEST SHORT STORY
“The Odds Are Against Us,” Art Taylor, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 2014
“Premonition,” Art Taylor, Chesapeake Crimes Homicidal Holidays, Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, eds. (Wildside Press)
“The Shadow Knows,” Barb Goffman, Chesapeake Crimes Homicidal Holidays, Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, eds. (Wildside Press)
“Just Desserts for Johnny,” Edith Maxwell, Kings River Life Magazine, January 4, 2014
“The Blessing Witch,” Kathy Lynn Emerson, Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave, Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast, Barbara Ross, and Leslie Wheeler, eds. (Level Best Books)

GUESTS OF HONOR
Charles and Caroline Todd

INTERNATIONAL GUEST OF HONOR
Ann Cleeves

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Sara Paretsky

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2015-05-02 06:05:00