Lists of Bests: Agatha Awards: Best First Mystery Novel http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25268 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: * Best Novel: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25261 * Best First Mystery * Best Short Story * Best Non-Fiction: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/25270 * Best Children's/YA Mystery “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.” Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:50:31 GMT en-us 0 50 20 0 0 A Great Deliverance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15744 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15744"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553278029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth George</div> Grime and Punishment (Jane Jeffry Mysteries (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9662 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9662"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380764008.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1098384165_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jill Churchill</div> The Body in the Belfry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639695 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639695"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0709076827.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1129702028_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Hall Page</div> Zero at the Bone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1918633 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Willis Walker</div> Blanche on the Lam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2281727 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Neely</div> Track of the Cat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12110 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12110"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425190838.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nevada Barr</div> Do Unto Others http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591855 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591855"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345389484.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Abbott</div> The Body in the Transept (Dorothy Martin Mysteries (Paperback)) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/482848 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/482848"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061011339.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeanne M. Dams</div> Murder on a Girls' Night Out: A Southern Sisters Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9683 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9683"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380780860.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne George</div> The Salaryman's Wife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386858 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/386858"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061044431.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sujata Massey</div> The Doctor Digs a Grave (Dr. Fenimore Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6724 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6724"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312967039.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robin Hathaway</div> Murder With Peacocks (A Meg Lanslow Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511331 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2511331"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312939566.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donna Andrews</div> Death on a Silver Tray: A Beau Brummell Mystery (Beau Brummell Mysteries) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639730 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2639730"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425174689.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056442200_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosemary Stevens</div> Bubbles Unbound http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523445 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2523445"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747267286.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sarah Strohmeyer</div> In the Bleak Midwinter (A Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296395 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/296395"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312986769.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Spencer-Fleming</div> Maisie Dobbs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30895 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30895"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569473307.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V50036746_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacqueline Winspear</div> Dating Dead Men: A Wollie Shelley Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153677 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/153677"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449007502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harley Jane Kozak</div> Better Off Wed: An Annabelle Archer Mystery http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/627912 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/627912"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060738316.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1137437944_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Durham</div> Heat of the Moon, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1562180 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1562180"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/159058256X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sandra Parshall</div> Prime Time (Harlequin Next) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2820933 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2820933"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11BVbaNktmL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hank Phillippi Ryan</div>