I know the title of this entry may seem odd: 2013 Agatha Awards at the 2014 Malice Domestic Convention… What’s with the different years? But, when you think about it, it actually does make sense. >>> This year, they presented the Agatha Awards for the best mystery books from last year. (Incidentally, the Agatha Awards are actually tea pots.)
So, here are all of the nominees and the winners of the 2013 Agatha Awards:
2013 Agatha Award for Best Novel:
The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Winner)
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross
2013 Agatha Award for Best First Novel:
Death al Dente by Leslie Budewitz (Winner)
You Can Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa
Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero
Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker
2013 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel:
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
2013 Agatha Award for Best Short Story:
The Care and Feeding of House Plants by Art Taylor (Winner)
Evil Little Girl by Barb Goffman
Nightmare by Barb Goffman
The Hindi Houdini by Gigi Pandian
Bread Baby by Barbara Ross
2013 Agatha Award for Best Children’s/Young Adult:
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (Winner)
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery by Kathleen Ernst
Andi Unexpected by Amanda Flower
Code Busters Club: The Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure by Penny Warner
2013 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction:
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Winner)
Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic’s First 25 Years by Verena Rose and Rita Owen, Editors
2013 Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess, & Margaret Maron
2013 Malice Domestic Poirot Award:
Tom Schantz
Donna Mc says
Thanks for posting this list of winners along with the nominees – I always like to see who placed in each category, not just the winners. Now I’m off to download the few that I haven’t already read. 🙂
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Donna Mc, the Agatha Awards are the ones I pay the most attention to. On their “About Malice Domestic” page they state their mysteries are those without “explicit sex or excessive gore or violence” >>> which seems pretty reasonable to me!
Ann says
I’ve always wanted to attend this but somehow I never seem to be able to fit it in. Thanks for listing the winners.
Ann
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Ann, every year I update my Agatha Award pages on the site I think of how nice it would be to attend. Can you imagine rubbing elbows with people who write the mysteries that give you so much enjoyment…
Ronna says
This is one of my favorite awards list. Once it comes out I want to read any of the books that I have not read as yet. So now I need to read THE WRONG GIRL. Can’t say this will be a burden though. Love these kind of “must dos”!!
MJ says
I am so pleased that Hank Phillippi Ryan’s book, ‘The Wrong Girl’ took top honors. She’s an excellent writer and this book is VERY good. But so is the first book of the series, ‘The Other Woman’. I’d start with that book first.
I also thought several books on the ‘Best First Book’ list were great reads. I really liked ‘Death al Dente’, ‘You Cannoli Die Once’, and ‘Kneading To Die’. All had humorous elements to their stories, making them quite enjoyable.