Deadly Pleasures Contributor List #2

Robin Agnew’s Best Mysteries of 2024

Robin is a former mystery bookstore (Aunt Agatha’s) owner and long-time reviewer who now reviews cozies, traditional mysteries and history mysteries for Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine.

Best Traditional Mystery Novels

A COLLECTION OF LIES, Connie Berry

IT’S ELEMENTARY, Elise Bryant

THE DARK WIVES, Ann Cleeves

THE LAST WORD, Elly Griffiths

CLOSE TO DEATH, Anthony Horowitz

DEATH AT THE SANITORIUM, Ragnor Jonasson

PONY CONFIDENTIAL, Christina Lynch

GATHERING MIST, Margaret Mizushima

AGONY HILL, Sarah Stewart-Taylor

ONE WRONG WORD, Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best Cozy Mystery Novels

THE EXPECTANT DETECTIVES, Kat Ailes

A MESSY MURDER, Simon Brett

A VERY WOODSY MURDER, Ellen Byron

A CYCLIST’S GUIDE TO CRIME & CROISSANTS, Ann Claire

SAME DIFFERENCE, E.J. Copperman

THE BUSY BODY, Kemper Donovan

A DEADLY WALK IN DEVON, Nicholas George

SMOKE AND MIRRORS, M.E. Hilliard

THE LAST LINE, Scott Lyerly

EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET, Benjamin Stevenson

Best Historical Mystery Novels

A DEADLY ENDEAVOR, Jenny Adams

A DEATH BY MISADVENTURE, Tasha Alexander

MISERY HATES COMPANY, Elizabeth Hobbs

THE LAST HOPE, Susan Elia MacNeal

MURDER BY LAMPLIGHT, Patrice McDonough

MURDER AT THE WHITE PALACE, Allison Montclair

A NEST OF VIPERS, Harini Negendra

A GRAVE ROBBERY, Deanna Raybourn

DEATH IN THE DETAILS, Katie Tietjen

LOCKED IN PURSUIT, Ashley Weaver