The Macavity Awards are nominated by members and friends of Mystery Readers International, and subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal. The winners were announced in September at BoucherCon in. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, indicated in red. Mystery Readers International, Mystery Readers Journal, and the Macavity Awards, were created by Anthony Award winner, Janet Rudolph.
Best Mystery Novel
- Michael Connelly: The Dark Hours
- S.A. Cosby: Razorblade Tears
- Val McDermid: 1979
- Alan Parks: Bobby March Will Live Forever
- Chris Whitaker: We Begin at the End
- Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
Best First Mystery Novel
- Alexandra Andrews: Who is Maude Dixon?
- Abigail Dean: Girl A
- Erin Flanagan: Deer Season
- Mia P. Manansala: Arsenic and Adobo
- Wanda M. Morris: All Her Little Secrets
Best Short Mystery
- Tracy Clark: “Lucky Thirteen” (Midnight Hour, Crooked Lane Books)
- Richard Helms: “Sweeps Week” (EQMM, July/August 2021)
- Steve Hockensmith: “Curious Incidents” (EQMM, January/February 2021)
- R.T. Lawton: “The Road to Hana” (AHMM, May/June 2021)
- G.M. Malliet: “The White Star” (EQMM, July/August 2021)
- Gigi Pandian: “The Locked Room Library” (EQMM, July/August 2021)
- Dave Zeltserman: “Julius Katz and the Two Cousins” (EQMM, July/August 2021)
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
- Rhys Bowen: The Venice Sketchbook
- Naomi Hirahara: Clark and Division
- Susan Elia MacNeal: The Hollywood Spy
- Sujata Massey: The Bombay Prince
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Velvet was the Night
- Lori Rader-Day: Death at Greenway
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