Mystery Readers International hat diese Werke für den Macavity Award 2008 nominiert:
Best Mystery Novel
Reed Farrel Coleman: Soul Patch
John Connolly: The Unquiet
David Corbett: Blood of Paradise
Deborah Crombie: Water like a Stone
Laura Lippman: What the Dead Know
Best First Mystery
Tana French: In the Woods
Joe Hill: Heart-Shaped Box
Lisa Lutz: The Spellman Files
Tim Maleeny: Stealing the Dragon
Matt Beynon Rees: The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Best Mystery Short Story
Donna Andrews: „A Rat’s Tale“ (EQMM, September-Oktober 2007)
Rhys Bowen: „Please Watch Your Step“ (The Strand Magazine, Frühling 2007)
Jon L. Breen: „The Missing Elevator Puzzle“ (EQMM, Februar 2007)
Beverle Graves Myers: „Brimstone P.I.“ (AHMM, Mai 2007)
Gillian Roberts: „The Old Wife’s Tale“ (EQMM, März-April 2007)
Best Mystery Non-Fiction
Barry Forshaw: Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Jean Gould O’Connell: Chester Gould: A Daughter’s Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy
Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, Charles Foley (Herausgeber): Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
Lee Lofland: Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers
Roger Sobin (Herausgeber): The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians
Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
Rhys Bowen: Her Royal Spyness
Ariana Franklin: Mistress of the Art of Death
Jason Goodwin: The Snake Stone
Clare Langley-Hawthorne: Consequences of Sin
Joyce Carol Oates: The Gravedigger’s Daughter
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(Dank an Sarah Weinman für die Info.)