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Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel (all nominees)

This list is named after the "mystery cat" in T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Winners are nominated and voted for by Mystery Readers International. The first one listed is the winner, the others are nominees. Content by Janet A. Rudolph.

(found at: http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html)

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1. What the Dead Know: A Novel
by Laura Lippman
  
2. Soul Patch (Moe Prager Mysteries)
by Reed Farrel Coleman
  
3. The Unquiet: A Thriller
by John Connolly
  
4. Blood of Paradise: A Novel (Mortalis.)
by David Corbett
  
5. Water Like a Stone: A Novel (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels)
by Deborah Crombie
  
6. The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel of Suspense
by Nancy Pickard
  
7. Christine Falls: A Novel
by Benjamin Black
  
8. The Janissary Tree: A Novel
by Jason Goodwin
  
9. The Dead Hour: A Novel
by Denise Mina
  
10. Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense
by Peter Robinson
  
11. All Mortal Flesh: A Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
  
12. The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
by Michael Connelly
  
13. One Shot (Jack Reacher)
by Lee Child
  
14. The James Deans (Moe Prager Mysteries)
by Reed Farrel Coleman
  
15. Vanish: A Novel
by Tess Gerritsen
  
16. Strange Affair
by Peter Robinson
  
17. The Power of the Dog
by Don Winslow
  
18. Solomon vs. Lord
by Paul Levine
  
19. The Killing of the Tinkers: A Novel (Jack Taylor)
by Ken Bruen
  
20. Cold Case
by Robin Burcell
  
21. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
  
22. High Country Fall
by Margaret Maron
  
23. California Girl : A Novel (Parker, T Jefferson)
by T. Jefferson Parker
  
24. Playing with Fire: A Novel of Suspense (Robinson, Peter)
by Peter Robinson
  
25. The House Sitter
by Peter Lovesey
  
26. The Delicate Storm
by Giles Blunt
  
27. For the Love of Mike (A Molly Murphy Mystery)
by Rhys Bowen
  
28. The Guards: A Novel
by Ken Bruen
  
29. Done for a Dime
by David Corbett
  
30. Winter and Night (A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel)
by S. J. Rozan
  
31. Nine
by Jan Burke
  
32.
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 Savannah Blues
by Mary Kay Andrews
  
33. City of Bones
by Michael Connelly
  
34. Jolie Blon's Bounce
by James Lee Burke
  
35.
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 Folly
by Laurie R. King
  
36. Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
  
37. The Deadhouse
by Linda Fairstein
  
38. Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
  
39. Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
  
40. A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid
  
41. Guns and Roses: A Modern Mystery Set in Colonial Willamsburg
by Taffy Cannon
  
42. The Bottoms
by Joe R. Lansdale
  
43. Half Moon Street (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels (Paperback))
by Anne Perry
  
44. The Whole Truth
by Nancy Pickard
  
45. The Flower Master
by Sujata Massey
  
46. River of Darkness
by Rennie Airth
  
47. L.A. Requiem
by Robert Crais
  
48. In a Dry Season
by Peter Robinson
  
49. Blood Work
by Michael Connelly
  
50.
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 Blind Descent  
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Created by tassini on May 05, 2007.