Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

2021 AGATHA AWARDS PRESENTED
The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery — books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The 2021 Awards (given in 2022 for books published in 2021) were presented April 23, 2022, during Malice Domestic 32.33.34. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.

Best Contemporary Novel
* Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron
° Watch Her by Edwin Hill
° The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
° Her Perfect Life by Hank Phillippi Ryan [review]
° Symphony Road by Gabriel Valjan

Best Historical Novel
* Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day [review]
° Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
° Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
° The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
° The Devil’s Music by Gabriel Valjan

Best First Novel
* Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala [review]
° The Turncoat’s Widow by Mally Becker
° A Dead Man’s Eyes by Lori Duffy Foster
° Murder in the Master by Judy L. Murray
° Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes

Best Short Story
* “Bay of Reckoning” by Shawn Reilly Simmons
Murder on the Beach
° “A Family Matter” by Barb Goffman
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021
° “A Tale of Two Sisters” by Barb Goffman
Murder on the Beach
° “Doc's at Midnight” by Richie Narvaez
Midnight Hour
° “The Locked Room Library” by Gigi Pandian
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021

Best Non-fiction
* How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America by MWA with editors Lee Child and Laurie R. King
° The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice by Jan Brogan
° Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter by Chris Chan
° The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England by Julie Kavanaugh

Best Children’s/Young Adult
* I Play One on TV by Alan Orloff
° Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
° The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
° Leisha’s Song by Lynn Slaughter
° Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Thank you for posting this. I always lose track of the various awards.
I'll have to look for Cajun Kiss of Death, I am always shocked any book beats out Louise Penny.