Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

2022 AGATHA AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
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 2022 Awards are given in 2023 for books published in 2022. The Agatha Awards will be presented April 29, 2023, during Malice Domestic 35.
Best Contemporary Novel
° Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron
° Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow
° Fatal Reunion by Annette Dashofy
° Dead Man’s Leap by Tina de Bellegarde
° A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

Best Historical Novel
° The Counterfeit Wife by Mally Becker
° Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
° The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
° In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson [review]
° Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden [review]

Best First Novel
° The Finalist by Joan Long
° Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss
° Death in the Aegean by M.A. Monnin
° The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra [review]
° Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler [review]
° The Gallery of Beauties by Nina Wachsman

Best Short Story
° “Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman
Sherlock Holmes Magazine, February 2022
° “There Comes a Time” by Cynthia Kuhn
Malice Domestic Murder Most Diabolical
° “Fly Me to the Morgue” by Lisa Q Mathews
Malice Domestic Mystery Most Diabolical
° “The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot” by Richie Narvaez
Land of 10,000 Thrills, Bouchercon Anthology
° “The Invisible Band” by Art Taylor
Edgar & Shamus Go Golden

Best Non-fiction
° The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards
° The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie edited by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal
° Summary of the Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine
° Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction edited by Diane Vallere

Best Children’s/Young Adult
° Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur Bradley
° In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce
° #shedeservedit by Greg Herren
° Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer by Frances Schoonmaker
° Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer

More tempting books, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators looks interesting. ThanksBarry!