Agatha Awards

WINNER

Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth

FINALISTS

• A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison

• Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde

• Derailed by Mary Keliikoa

• Murder Most Sweet by Laura Jenson Walker

WINNER

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

NOMINEES:

• 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

WINNER

Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss

NOMINEES:

• Death in the Aegean by M. A. Monnin
• The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
• Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler
• The Finalist by Joan Long
• The Gallery of Beauties by Nina Wachsman

Winner

The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames

Finalists

• Murder at the PTA by Laura Alden

• The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum

• Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower

• Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill

• Diamonds for the Dead by Alan Orloff

Winner

Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry

Finalists

• Dire Threads by Janet Bolin

• Choke by Kaye George

• Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab

• Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend

Winner

Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer

Finalists

• Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown

• A Scrapbook of Secrets by Mollie Cox Bryan

• A Killer Read by Erika Chase

• Faithful Unto Death by Stephanie Jaye Evans

Winner

Death Al Dente by Leslie Budewitz

Finalists

• You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa

• Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn

• Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero

• Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker

Winner

Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran

Finalists

• Circle of Influence by Annette Dashofy

• Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris

• Finding Sky by Susan O'Brien

• Murder Strikes a Pose by Tracey Weber

Winner

On the Road with Del and Louise by Art Taylor

Finalists

• Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen

• Macdeath by Cindy Brown

• Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron

• Just Killing Time by Julianne Holmes

Winner

The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn

Finalists

• Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper

• Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon

• Decanting a Murder by Nadine Nettmann

• Design for Dying by Renee Patrick

Winner

Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett

Nominees

• Adrift by Micki Browning

• The Plot is Murder by V. M. Burns

• Daughters of Bad Men by Laura Oles

• Protocol by Kathleen Valenti

Winner (tie)

A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman

Curses, Boiled Again by Shari Randall

Nominees

• Little Comfort by Edwin Hill

• What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix

• Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell

Little Comfort

What Doesn't Kill You

One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

• A Dream of Death by Connie Berry

• Murder Once Removed by S. C. Perkins

• When It's Time for Leaving by Ang Pompano

• Staging is Murder by Grace Topping

A Dream of Death

Murder Once Removed

When It's Time for Leaving

Staging is Murder

Winner

Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens

Finalists

• Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie W. Herman

• Death of an Amiable Child by Irene Marcuse

• Murder of a Small Town by Denise Swanson

Winner

Bubbles by Sarah Strohmeyer

Finalists

• Innkeeping with Murder by Tim Myer

• Mute Witness by Charlie O'Brien

• A Witness Above by Andy Straka

Winner

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Finalists

• Not All Tars Are Apple by Pip Granger

• Six Strokes Under by Roberta Isleib

• Beat Until Stiff by Claire M. Johnson

• How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin

• Shadows at the Fair by Lea Wait

Winner

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Finalists

• Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn

• Haunted Ground by Erin Hart

• Take the Bait by S. W. Hubbard

• Alpine for You by Maddy Hunter

• Murder off Mike by Joyce Kreig

• O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Winner

Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak

Finalists

• Till the Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens

• Arson and Old Lace by Patricia Harwin

• God Speed the Night by Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross

• I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kendel

• The Clovis Incident : a Mystery by Pari Noskin Taichert

Winner

Better Off Wed by Laura Durham

Finalists

• Jury of One by Laura Bradford

• Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard

• Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

• Blood Relations by Lisa Tillman

Winner

The Heat of the Moon by Sandra Parshall

Finalists

• Consigned to Death by Jane Cleland

• The Chef Who Died Sauntering by Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily

• Feint of Art by Hailey Lind

• Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney

Winner

Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Finalists

• A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

• A Real Basket Case by Beth Groundwater

• Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

• "The Light in the Cellar" by Sarah Master Buckey

Winner

Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet

Finalists

• Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell

• The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis

• Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris

• Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan

Winner

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Finalists

• For Better, for Murder by Lisa Bork

• Posed for Murder by Meredith Cole

• The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan

• In the Shadow of Gothan by Stefanie Pintoff

Winner

The Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page

Finalists

• Screaming Bones by Pat Burden

• Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson

• The Chartreuse Clue by William F. Love

• Sea of Troubles by Janet L. Smith

Winner

Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker

Finalists

• Carpool by Mary Cahill

• Just Desserts by Mary Daheim

• The Bulrush Murders by Rebecca Rothenberg

• Flowers for the Dead by Ann Williams

Winner

Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely

Finalists

• All the Great Pretenders by Deborah Adams

• Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert

• Decked by Carol Higgins Clark

• Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace Monfredo

Winner

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr

Finalists

• Goodnight, Irene by Jan Burke

• A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

• Death Comes as Epiphany by Sharan Newman

• Child of Silence by Abigail Padgett

Winner

Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott

Finalists

• One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

• Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler

• Writers of the Purple Sage by Barbara Burnett Smith

• Until Death by Polly Whitney

Winner

The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams

Finalists

• A Far and Deadly Cry by Teri Holbrook

• Horse of a Different Killer by Jody Jaffe

• Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier

• Murder in Scorpio by Martha C. Lawrence

Winner

Murder on a Girl's Night Out by Anne George

Finalists

• Death in Little Tokyo : a Ken Tanaka Mystery by Dale Furutani

• Somebody Else's Child by Terris Grimres

• The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook

• Hearts and Bone : a Novel of Historical Suspense by Margaret K. Lawrence

• Riding for a Fall by Lillian M. Roberts

Winner

The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey

Finalists

• Quieter Than Sleep by Joanne Dobson

• The Butter Did It by Phyllis Richman

• Dead Body Language by Penny Warner

• Death Brims Over by Barbara Jaye Wilson

Winner

The Doctor Digs a Grave by Robin Hathaway

Finalists

• Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer

• Tiger's Palette by Jacqueline Fiedler

• Dying to Get Published by Judy Fitzwater

• Fax Me a Bagel by Sharon Kahn

Winner

Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews

Finalists

• Circles of Confusion by April Henry

• Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri

• By Blood Possessed by Elena Santangelo

• Sing It to Her Bones by Marcia Talley

Winner

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George

Finalists

• The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham

• The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders by Corinne Sawyer

• Goodbye Nanny Grey by Susannah Stacey

• Dead Men Don't Give Seminars by Dorothy Sucher

Winner

Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill

Finalists

• Working Murder by Eleanor Boylan

• A Question of Guilt by Frances Fyfield

• The Mother Shadow by Melanie Johnson Howe

• The Mark Twain Murders by Edith Skom