Agatha Award Winners

The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—-books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The Awards are nominated and voted upon by the members of the annual Malice Domestic mystery convention.

Updated March 6, 2024
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A world of curiosities
Penny, Louise
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Agatha Award Winner for Best Contemporary Novel Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. It's spring and Three...

2022 Winner: Best Contemporary Novel


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Cheddar off dead
Moss, Korina
The Agatha Award Winner for Best First Novel In Korina Moss's cozy series debut, Cheddar Off Dead, cheesemonger Willa Bauer discovers that her new home in a small Sonoma Valley town is ripe for murder... something here stinks to high heaven, and Willa knows it's not...
2022 Winner: Best First Novel
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Manansala, Mia P.
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical...

2021 Winner: Best First Novel

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Enola Holmes and the elegant escapade
Springer, Nancy
Enola Holmes, Sherlock's much younger, and feistier, sister, returns in an adventure of a confused young Baronet's daughter who is on the run from her father's devious schemes in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade. Enola Holmes, the much younger...

2022 Winner: Best Children's/YA Mystery


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Because I could not stop for death : an Emily Dickinson mystery
Flower, Amanda
Emily Dickinson and her housemaid, Willa Noble, realize there is nothing poetic about murder in this first book in an all-new series from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Amanda Flower. January 1855 Willa Noble knew it was bad luck when it was...

2022 Winner: Best Historical Novel

Cajun kiss of death
Byron, Ellen
The next shot from Cupid's bow may be fatal in USA Today bestselling, Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's hearty and delightful seventh Cajun Country mystery. In Pelican, Louisiana, Valentine's Day has a way of warming the heart, despite the February chill. But the...

2021 Winner: Best Contemporary Novel

Death at Greenway : a novel
Rader-Day, Lori
"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts." -New York Times Book Review AGATHA AWARD WINNER! Recommended by New York Times Book Review * Wall Street Journal * Parade * Country Living *...

2021 Winner: Best Historical Novel

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All the devils are here
Penny, Louise
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PARADE MAGAZINE - ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS AARP'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL CRIMEREADS - ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR GLOBE AND MAIL - TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEAR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - ONE...

2020 Winner: Best Contemporary Novel

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The last Mrs. Summers
Bowen, Rhys
Georgie goes to Cornwall with her best friend Belinda to inspect a spooky house Belinda has inherited. While there, the house proves untenable so the pair are invited to stay with Rose, a woman Belinda knew as a child. Rose is now married to Belinda's childhood crush, Tony. When Rose confides that...

2020 Winner: Best Historical Novel

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Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco
Narvaez, Richie
Holly Hernandez, voted "Miss Bright of '79" and valedictorian at her previous school, is excited to start fresh at Flatbush Technical High School, one of the most competitive public schools in New York City. She'll be one of thousands; anonymous. But her dreams of a normal school life disappear when...

2020 Winner: Best Children's/YA Mystery

Murder at the Mena House
Neubauer, Erica Ruth
Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shadows . . .   A 2020 Agatha Award Nominee ...

2020 Winner: Best First Novel


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