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2024 AGATHA AWARDS PRESENTED
The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery — books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The 2024 Awards (given in 2025 for books published in 2024) were presented April 26, 2025, during Malice Domestic 37. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.

Best Contemporary Novel
* A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian
° A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry
° A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron
° The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
° Fondue or Die by Korina Moss

Best Historical Novel
* To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower
° The Paris Mistress by Mally Becker
° Hall of Mirrors by John Copenhaver [review]
° The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks
° The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal

Best First Novel
* You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen [review]
° A Deadly Endeavor by Jenny Adams
° Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles by Elizabeth Crowens
° Threads of Deception by Elle Jauffret
° Ghosts of Waikiki by Jennifer K. Morita

Best Short Story
* “A Matter of Trust” by Barb Goffman
Three Strikes—You're Dead
° “The Postman Always Flirts Twice” by Barb Goffman
Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy
° “Sins of the Father” by Kerry Hammond
Mystery Most International
° “Satan’s Spit” by Gabriel Valjan
Tales of Music, Murder and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024
° “Reynisfjara” by Kristopher Zgorski
Mystery Most International

Best Non-fiction
* Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors' Perspectives on Their Craft edited by Phyllis M. Betz
° Agatha Christie, Marple: Expert on Wickedness by Mark Aldridge
° Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers by Chris Chan
° The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
° Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder by Greg Lilly

Best Children’s/Young Adult
* Sasquatch of Harriman Lake by K.B. Jackson
° The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui by K.B. Jackson
° First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet: A June Knight Mystery by Josh Pachter
° The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
° Sid Johnson & the Well-Intended Conspiracy by Frances Schoonmaker

Thanks Barry! I have read one of the winners and thoroughly enjoyed A Midnight Puzzle
(Best Contemporary Novel by Gigi Pandian )


BarryP wrote: "2024 AGATHA AWARDS PRESENTED
The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery — books best t..."