AGATHA AWARDS BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

2021:  Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day  (Winner)
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 

2020:  The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen (Winner)
The 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

2019:  Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell  (Winner)
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins
The Pearl Dagger by L. A. Chandlar
The Naming Game by Gabriel Valjan

2018:  The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (winner)
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
The Gold Pawn by LA Chandlar
Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson

2017:  In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen (Winner)
Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell
The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
Dangerous to Know by Renee Patrick

2016:  The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson (winner)
Whispers Beyond the Veil by Jessica Estevao
Get Me to the Grave on Time by D.E. Ireland
Delivering the Truth by Edith Maxwell
Murder in Morningside Heights by Victoria Thompson

2015:  Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King (Winner)
Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
The Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson

2014:  Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen (Winner)
Wouldn’t it Be Deadly by D.E. Ireland
Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson
Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd
An Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd

2013:  A Question of Honor by Charles Todd (Winner)
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
Death in the Time of Ice by Kaye George
A Friendly Game of Murder by J.J. Murphy
Murder on Chelsea by Victoria Thompson

2012:  Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson (Winner)
The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson
An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

2011: Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen  (Winner)
Murder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy
Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker
Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear