Die diesjährigen cozy Agatha-Preise von Malice Domestic wurden bereits vor einigen Tagen in Bethesa, Maryland vergeben:
Best Novel
Three-Day Town, von Margaret Maron (Grand Central Publishing)
nominiert
The Real Macaw, von Donna Andrews (Minotaur)
The Diva Haunts the House, von Krista Davis (Berkley)
Wicked Autumn, von G.M. Malliet (Minotaur)
A Trick of the Light, von Louise Penny (Minotaur)
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Best First Novel
Learning to Swim, von Sara J. Henry (Broadway)
nominiert
Dire Threads, von Janet Bolin (Berkley)
Choke, von Kaye George (Mainly Murder Press)
Who Do, Voodoo?, von Rochelle Staab (Berkley)
Tempest in the Tea Leaves, von Kari Lee Townsend (Berkley)
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Best Non-fiction
Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure, von Leslie Budewitz (Linden Publishing)
nominiert
Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks, von John Curran (Harper)
On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling, von Michael Dirda (Princeton University Press)
Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel, von A.B. Emrys (McFarland)
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, von Charlaine Harris (Ace)
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Best Short Story
Disarming, von Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
nominiert
Dead Eye Gravy, von Krista Davis (aus Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology, herausgegeben von Ramona DeFelice Long; Wildside Press)
Palace von the Lake, von Daryl Wood Gerber (aus Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology)
Truth and Consequences, von Barb Goffman (aus Mystery Times Ten, herausgegeben von MaryChris Bradley; Buddhapuss Ink)
The Itinerary, von Roberta Isleib (aus Mystery Writers of America Presents The Rich and the Dead, herausgegeben von Nelson DeMille; Grand Central Publishing)
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Best Children’s/Young Adult
The Black Heart Crypt, von Chris Grabenstein (Random House Books for Young Readers)
nominiert
Shelter, von Harlan Coben (Putnam Juvenile)
Icefall, von Matthew J. Kirvon (Scholastic Press)
The Wizard of Dark Street, von Shawn Thomas Odyssey (EgmontUSA)
The Code Busters Club, Case #1: The Secret of the Skeleton Key, von Penny Warner (EgmontUSA)
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Best Historical Novel
Naughty in Nice, von Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
nominiert
Murder Your Darlings, von J.J. Murphy (Signet)
Mercury’s Rise, von Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
Troubled Bones, von Jeri Westerson (Minotaur)
A Lesson in Secrets, von Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Simon Brett
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Poirot Award
Lee Goldberg
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Amelia Award
Elizabeth Peters
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