Agatha Awards: Best Novel

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The Agatha Awards are named after mystery writer Agatha Christie and are awarded annually to living American authors (or authors first published in the US) in five categories:

"The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery – books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is generally characterized by mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence; usually featuring an amateur detective, they have a confined setting and characters who know one another. Novels and stories featuring police officers and private detectives may qualify for the Agatha, but materials generally classified as “hard boiled” are not appropriate."

  1. 1988
    Something Wicked (Death on Demand series, 3rd in Series)
    by Carolyn Hart

  2. 1989
    ?
    Naked Once More
    by Elizabeth Peters

  3. 1990
    Bum Steer
    by Nancy Pickard

  4. 1991
    I.O.U.
    by Nancy Pickard

  5. 1992
    Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott Mysteries, No. 1)
    by Margaret Maron

  6. 1993
    Dead Man's Island
    by Carolyn G. Hart

  7. 1994
    She Walks These Hills
    by Sharyn McCrumb

  8. 1995

  9. 1996
    Up Jumps the Devil (Deborah Knott Mysteries)
    by Margaret Maron

  10. 1997
    The Devil in Music (Julian Kestrel Mystery)
    by Kate Ross

  11. 1998
    Butchers Hill (A Tess Monaghan Investigation)
    by Laura Lippman

  12. 1999
    ?
    Mariner's Compass
    by Earlene Fowler

  13. 2000
    Storm Track
    by Margaret Maron

  14. 2001
    Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries)
    by Rhys Bowen

  15. 2002
    You've Got Murder
    by Donna Andrews

  16. 2003
    ?
    Letter from Home
    by Carolyn Hart

  17. 2004
    Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries)
    by Jacqueline Winspear

  18. 2006
    The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel of Suspense
    by Nancy Pickard

  19. 2007
    A Fatal Grace (Three Pines Mysteries, No. 2)
    by Louise Penny

  20. 2008
    Death of a Cozy Writer (A St. Just Mystery)
    by G.M. Malliet

  21. 2009
    The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
    by Louise Penny

  22. 2010
    Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Gamache)
    by Louise Penny

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Created by bah on Jan 31, 2007.
 

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