Below is a list of Agatha Award Nominees and Winners. The 2013 winners were announced on May 3, 2014. A * denotes a winner.
According to the Malice Domestic website, the Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." They choose the books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. For the purposes of the Agatha Awards, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that:
- contain no explicit sex
- contain no excessive gore or gratuitous violence
We do not have all of the Agatha Award Nominees or Winners on our website because we concentrate on cozy mysteries. We may also not have added that particular series/author yet. If the book title does not display as a link that means we do not have that book/author on our website. (* denotes the winner)
2013
Best Contemporary Novel:
Through the Evil Days | Julia Spencer-Fleming |
Pagan Spring (Max Tudor Mysteries Series #3) | Malliet, G. M. |
Clammed Up (Maine Clambake Mystery Series #1) | Ross, Barbara |
How the Light Gets In (Armand Gamache Series #9) | Penny, Louise |
*The Wrong Girl | Phillippi Ryan, Hank |
*Death Al Dente (Food Lovers' Village Mystery #1) | Budewitz, Leslie |
You Cannoli Die Once (Italian Restaurant Mystery Series #1) | Costa, Shelley |
Board Stiff (Elliott Lisbon Mystery #1) | Lynn, Kendel |
Kneading to Die (Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series #1) | Mugavero, Liz |
Front Page Fatality (Headlines in High Heels Mystery #1) | Walker, LynDee |
Heirs and Graces (Royal Spyness Series #7) | Bowen, Rhys |
A Friendly Game of Murder (Algonquin Round Table Mystery #3) | Murphy, J.J. |
Murder In Chelsea (Gaslight Mystery Series #15) | Thompson, Victoria |
*A Question of Honor (Bess Crawford Series #5) | Todd, Charles |
Death in the Time of Ice | George, Kaye |
Best Novel:
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt (Domestic Diva Series #6) | Davis, Krista |
A Fatal Winter (Max Tudor Mysteries Series #2) | Malliet, G. M. |
The Buzzard Table | Maron, Margaret |
*The Beautiful Mystery (Armand Gamache Series #8) | Penny, Louise |
The Other Woman | Phillippi Ryan, Hank |
*Lowcountry Boil (Liz Talbot Mystery Series #1) | Boyer, Susan |
Iced Chiffon (Consignment Shop Mystery Series #1) | Brown, Duffy |
Scrapbook of Secrets (Cumberland Creek Mystery Series #1) | Bryan Cox, Mollie |
A Killer Read (Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series #1) | Chase, Erika |
Faithful Unto Death | Evans, Stephanie Jaye |
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Royal Spyness Series #6) | Bowen, Rhys |
*Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder (Dandy Gilver Mystery #6) | McPherson, Catriona |
Murder on Fifth Avenue (Gaslight Series #14) | Thompson, Victoria |
An Unmarked Grave | Todd, Charles |
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs Series #9) | Winspear, Jacqueline |
Best Novel:
The Real Macaw (Meg Langslow Series #13) | Andrews, Donna |
The Diva Haunts the House (Domestic Diva Series #5) | Davis, Krista |
Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor Mysteries Series #1) | Malliet, G. M. |
* Three-Day Town | Maron, Margaret |
Best First Novel:
Dire Threads (Threadville Mystery Series #1) | Bolin, Janet |
Choke | George, Kaye |
* Learning to Swim (Troy Chance Mystery #1) | Henry, Sara J. |
Who Do, Voodoo? (Mind Over Murder Mystery Series #1) | Staab, Rochelle |
Tempest in the Tea Leaves (Fortune Teller Series #1) | Townsend, Kari Lee |
* Naughty in Nice (Royal Spyness Series #5) | Bowen, Rhys |
Murder Your Darlings | Murphy, J.J. |
Mercury's Rise | Parker, Ann |
Troubled Bones | Westerson, Jeri |
Best Novel:
Stork Raving Mad (Meg Langslow Series #12) | Andrews, Donna |
* Bury Your Dead (Armand Gamache Series #6) | Penny, Louise |
The Scent of Rain and Lightning | Pickard, Nancy |
Drive Time | Phillippi Ryan, Hank |
Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine Series #1) | Webber, Heather |
*The Long Quiche Goodbye | Aames, Avery |
Murder at the PTA (PTA Mystery Series #1) | Alden, Laura |
Maid of Murder (India Hayes Mystery Series #1) | Flower, Amanda |
Full Mortality | Hill, Sasscer |
Diamonds for the Dead | Orloff, Alan |