Agatha Award Eligible Titles for Malice Domestic 32

Agatha Award Eligible* titles for Malice Domestic 32, May 1-3, 2020 in Bethesda, MD. Eligible means published in 2019.

Best Contemporary Novel
Best Historical [pre-1960]
Best First Novel
Best Nonfiction
Best Short Story
Best Children/ Young Adult

*Check this site periodically, since it will be updated. Nominations are due electronically by 10 January 2020; the link has been sent to voters.

Authors: Please verify that your title is eligible and in the appropriate category. Contact me via this page for Additions/Corrections. Please review the quote below from Malice Domestic.

The Agatha Awards will be awarded at Malice Domestic 32 for books and stories first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year 2019 (January 1-December 31), either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or as an e-book by an e-publishing firm.

The Agatha Awards honor the “traditional mystery,” books typified by the works of Agatha Christie and others. For our purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as “hard-boiled.”

Best Contemporary Novel

Cathy Ace. The Wrong Boy.
Donna Andrews. Terns of Endearment.
Mary Angela. Coming Up Murder.
R.G. Belsky. Below the Fold.
Connie Berry. A Legacy of Murder.
Allison Brooks. Buried in the Stacks.
Catherine Bruns. Penne Dreadful.
Leslie Budewitz. Chai Another Day.
Lucy Burdette. A Deadly Feast.
V.M. Burns. Wed, Read & Dead.
Ellen Byron. Fatal Cajun Festival.
Donna Walo Clancy. Seashells and Christmas Bells.
Ellison Cooper. Buried: A Novel.
E.J. Copperman. Bones Behind the Wheel.
Annette Dashofy. Fair Game.
Vicki Delany. Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Hannah Dennison. Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall.
P.A. De Voe. No Way to Die.
Elizabeth J. Duncan. Remembering the Dead.
Kaitlyn Dunnett. Clause & Effect (Deadly Edits)
Sharon Farrow. Mulberry Mischief.
Mary Feliz. Cliff Hanger.
G.P. Gardner. Murder At Royale Court.
G.P. Gardner. Murder at the Arts and Crafts Festival.
Eva Gates. Read and Buried.
Eva Gates. Something Read, Something Dead.
Victoria Gilbert. Past Due for Murder.
Debra Goldstein. One Taste Too Many.
Carol Goodman. The Night Visitors.
Alexia Gordon. Fatality in F.
Marni Graff. Death at the Dakota.
Lena Gregory. Spirited Away.
Sherry Harris. The Gun Also Rises.
Sherry Harris. Let’s Fake A Deal.
Sherry Harris. Sell Low, Sweet Harriet.
Jenna Harte. Death of a Debtor.
Peter W.J. Hayes. The Things That Are Different.
Julia Henry. Pruning the Dead.
Julia Henry. Tilling the Truth.
Edwin Hill. The Missing Ones.
Aimee Hix. Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs.
Cheryl Hollon. Down in Flames.
Mary Ellen Hughes. A Curio Killing.
Leslie Karst. Murder from Scratch.
Tina Kashian. One Feta in the Grave.
J.C. Kenney. A Genuine Fix.
Thomas Kies. Graveyard Bay.
Kylie Logan. The Scent of Murder.
Cynthia Kuhn. The Subject of Malice.
Kathryn Long. Buried in Sin.
Alice Loweecey. Better than Nun.
Meg Macy. Have Yourself A Beary Little Murder.
Catherine Maiorisi. The Blood Runs Cold.
Liz Milliron. Heaven Has No Rage.
Catriona McPherson. Strangers at the Gate.
Gigi Pandian. The Glass Thief.
Carol J. Perry. Late Checkout.
Carol J. Perry. Final Exam.
Leigh Perry. The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking.
Keenan Powell. Hemlock Needle.
Lissa Redmond. A Means to An End.
Barbara Ross. Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody.
Barbara Ross. Sealed Off.
Hank Phillippi Ryan. The Murder List.
Alex Segura. Miami Midnight.
Terry Shames. A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary.
Nancy Cole Silverman. The House on Hallowed Ground.
Shawn Reilly Simmons. Murder on the Chopping Block.
Triss Stein. Brooklyn Legacies.
Cathi Stoler. Out of Time.
Wendy Tyson. Ripe for Vengeance.
Kathleen Valenti. As Directed.
Lea Wait. Thread and Buried.
LynDee Walker. Deadly Politics.
LynDee Walker. Leave No Stone.
Lynn Chandler Willis. Tell Me no Secrets.
Lynn Chandler Willis. Tell Me You Love Me.
Marty Wingate. The Bodies in the Library.
Erica Wright. Famous in Cedarville.

Best Historical [Note: pre-1960]

Rhys Bowen. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs.
Susanna Calkins. Murder Knocks Twice.
L.A. Chandlar. The Pearl Dagger.
Peg Cochran. Murder, She Uncovered.
Peg Cochran. Murder, She Encountered.
Lyndsay Faye. Paragon Hotel.
Mariah Fredericks. Death of a New American.
Dianne Freeman. A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder.
Nancy Herriman. A Fall of Shadows.
Jennifer Kincheloe. The Body in Griffith Park.
Bonnie MacBird. The Devil’s Due.
Alyssa Maxwell. Murder at Crossways.
Edith Maxwell. Charity’s Burden.
Clara McKenna. Murder at Morrington Hall.
Allison Montclair. The Right Sort of Man.
Jess Montgomery. The Widows.
Catriona McPherson. A Step So Grave.
Sarah Shaber. Louise’s Crossing.
Cathi Stoler. Out of Time.
Vicki Thompson. Murder on Trinity Place.
Jeri Westerson. Traitor’s Codex.
Gabriel Valjan. The Naming Game.

Best First Novel

Nicole Asselin. Murder at First Pitch.
Connie Berry. A Dream of Death.
Kelly Brakehoff. Death by Dissertation.
Sharon Daynard. Murder Points North.
Nancy Good. Killer Calories.
J.C. Kenney. A Literal Mess.
Tara Laskowski. One Night Gone.
Richie Narváez. Hipster Death Rattle.
S.C. Perkins. Murder Once Removed.
Ang Pompano. When It’s Time for Leaving.
Cynthia Tolbert. Out from Silence.
Grace Topping. Staging for Murder.
Kate Young. Southern Sass and Killer Cravings.

Best Nonfiction

Best Short Story

Tina de Bellegarde. “Second Chances” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Micki Browning. “Revisions” in Writers at Work.
Leslie Budewitz. “A Death in Yelapa” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Leslie Budewitz. “Miss Starr’s Good-bye” in AHMM
Susanna Calkins. “Tea Leaf” in Trouble & Strife.
Dara Carr. “Emily and Elodie” in Black Cat Mystery.
Bruce Coffin. “Old-Fashioned” in Dark Yonder: Tales & Tabs.
David Dean. “Reyna” in Crime Travel.
T.Y. Euliano. “The Choices We Make” in The Society of Misfit Stories Present…(Vol. 1 Issue 3)
Tracy Falenwolfe. “Partners in Crime” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine #5.
Kaye George. “Grist for the Mill” in A Murder of Crows.
Barb Goffman. “Alex’s Choice” in Crime Travel.
Barb Goffman. “Punching Bag” in Flash Bang Mysteries.
Barb Goffman. “Power Behind the Throne” in Deadly Southern Charm.
Debra Goldstein. “Pig Lickin’ Good” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Debra Goldstein. “Nova, Capers, and a Shmear of Cream Cheese” in Fishy Business.
Peter W.J. Hayes. “Pretty Dreams” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Kristin Kiska. “Snowbirding” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Eleanor Cawood Jones. “O Crime, In Thy Flight” in Crime Travel.
Cynthia Kuhn. “The Blue Ribbon” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Joan Long. “The Extra Ingredient” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Ramona DeFelice Long. “Moe’s Seafood” in Black Cat Mystery Magazine, vol. 4.
G.M. Malliet. “Whiteout” in EQMM.
Edith Maxwell. “Sushi Lessons” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Ruth McCarty. “Killer Chocolate Chips” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Adam Meyer. “The Fourteenth Floor” in Crime Travel.
M.A. Monin. “Bad Ju-Ju” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Terrie Farley Moran. “Flamingo Road” in AHMM.
Richie Narvaez. “None of This Is On the Map” in EQMM.
Laura Oles. “The Deed” in Diamonds, Denim and Death: Bouchercon 50th Anniversary Anthology.
Josh Pachter. “The Secret Lagoon” in EQMM.
Josh Pachter. “A Study in Scarlett” in EQMM.
Josh Pachter. “Cremains of the Day” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Josh Pachter. “The Two-Body Problem” in Mystery Weekly Magazine.
Ang Pompano. “Stringer” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Ang Pompano. “Diet of Death” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Merrilee Robson. “Stealth” in The Desperate and the Damned.
Merrilee Robson. “A Locked Co-op Mystery” in Mystery Weekly.
Harriette Sackler. “Honor Thy Father” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Harriette Sackler. “If I Should Die” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Terry Shames. “Bring it” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Nancy Cole Silverman. “The Gourmand” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Shawn Reilly Simmons. “The Last Word” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
J.B. Stevens. “Earning” at Mystery Tribune.
J.B. Stevens. “Clean By” at Mystery Tribune.
Gerald So. “Fred” at Mystery Tribune.
Cathi Stoler. “That’s My Story And I’m Sticking To It” in Mysterical-E.
Cynthia Sabelhaus. “Soup” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Art Taylor. “Better Days” in EQMM.
Gabriel Valjan. “Monsters Don’t Sleep At Night” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Heather Weidner. “Art Attack” in Deadly Southern Charm.
Vicki Weisfeld. “New Energy” in EQMM.
Vicki Weisfeld. “The Ghost Who Read the Newspaper” in Seascape: Best New England Crime Stories.
Stacy Woodson. “The Secret Blend” in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible.
Stacy Woodson. “The Retirement Plan” in EQMM.
Jeri Westerson. “Last Pole on the Left: A Santa Noir Story” Dragua Press.