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The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional cozy mystery genre. Cozy mysteries are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. The 2020 award will be presented virtually on July 17, 2021.

The nominees are:

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris
All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny
The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Taken Too Soon by Edith Maxwell
The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson

BEST FIRST NOVEL

A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison
Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Murder Most Sweet by Laura Jensen Walker

BEST NON-FICTION

Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club by Martin Edwards
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime by Sheila Mitchell

BEST YA MYSTERY

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur T. Bradley
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez

All the Devils Are Here

6.25

From Beer to Eternity

6/27

A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder

8/17

2020 Agatha Award Winners

Best Contemporary Novel: All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
Best Historical Novel: The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Best First Novel: Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Best Nonfiction: Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
Best YA Mystery: Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez

Best Historical Novel:
The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen. 3 stars. Read 9/16. An homage to Daphne du Maurier's REBECCA.

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional cozy mystery genre. Cozy mysteries are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. The 2022 award was presented on April 23, 2022.

The nominees are:

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron
Watch Her by Edwin Hill
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Her Perfect Life by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Symphony Road: A Shane Cleary Mystery by Gabriel Valjan

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day
The Devil's Music by Gabriel Valjan

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Turncoat's Widow by Mally Becker
A Dead Man's Eyes by Lori Duffy Foster
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Murder in the Master: A Chesapeake Bay Mystery by Judy L. Murray
Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes

BEST NON-FICTION

The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice by Jan Brogan
Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter by Chris Chan
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England by Julie Kavanagh
How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America by Lee Child

2022 Agatha Award Winners

Best Contemporary Novel: Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron
Best Historical Novel: Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day
Best First Novel: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Best Nonfiction: How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America by Lee Child

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional cozy mystery genre. Cozy mysteries are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur off stage, the detective is an amateur sleuth, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.

The 2023 nominees are:

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
Fatal Reunion by Annette Dashofy
Dead Man's Leap by Tina deBellegarde
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

The Counterfeit Wife: A Revolutionary War Mystery by Mally Becker
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson
Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss
Death in the Aegean: An Intrepid Traveler Mystery by M.A. Monnin
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler
The Finalist by Joan Long
The Gallery of Beauties by Nina Wachsman