Agatha Award Winners

Here are the winners of this year’s Agatha Awards sponsored by the Malice Domestic Convention.

Best Contemporary Novel

ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE by Louise Penny – Winner

Other Nominees
GIFT OF THE MAGPIE by Donna Andrews
MURDER IN THE BAYOU BONEYARD by Ellen Byron
FROM BEER TO ETERNITY by Sherry Harris
THE LUCKY ONE by Lori Rader-Day

Best Historical Novel

THE LAST MRS. SUMMERS by Rhys Bowen – Winner

Other Nominees
FATE OF A FLAPPER by Susanna Calkins
A LADY’S GUIDE TO MISCHIEF AND MURDER by Dianne Freeman
TAKEN TOO SOON by Edith Maxwell
THE TURNING TIDE by Catriona McPherson

Best First Novel

MURDER AT THE MENA HOUSE by Erica Ruth Neubauer – Winner

Other Nominees
A SPELL FOR TROUBLE by Esme Addison
WINTER WITNESS by Tina deBelgarde
DERAILED by Mary Keliikoa
MURDER MOST SWEET by Laura Jensen Walker