Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate their favorite mysteries in five categories from the previous year for the Macavity Awards. The winners of this coveted award were announced at the end of October, 2019, at the Bouchercon convention in Dallas, Texas.
Mystery Readers International, Mystery Readers Journal, and the Macavity Awards, were created by Anthony Award winner, Janet Rudolph.
The winning titles are indicated in red.
Best Novel:
- Lou Berney: November Road
- Alison Gaylin: If I Die Tonight
- Jane Harper: The Lost Man
- Jennifer Hillier: Jar of Hearts
- Naomi Hirahara: Hiroshima Boy
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Lisa Unger: Under My Skin
Best First Novel:
- Oyinkan Braithwaite: My Sister, the Serial Killer
- John Copenhaver: Dodging and Burning
- Delia Owens: Where the Crawdads Sing
- Catherine Steadman: Something in the Water
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C.J. Tudor: The Chalk Man
Best Nonfiction:
- Laird R. Blackwell: The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction
- Margalit Fox: Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer
- Leslie S. Klinger: Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
- Michelle McNamara: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
- Laura Thompson: Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life
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Sarah Weinman: The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World
Best Short Story: (Click on titles in red for links to the stories)
- Craig Faustus Buck: “Race to Judgment” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
- Leslie Budewitz: “All God’s Sparrows” (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018)
- Barb Goffman: “Bug Appétit” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018)
- Barry Lancet: “Three-Star Sushi” (Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3)
- Gigi Pandian: “The Cambodian Curse” (The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories)
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Art Taylor: “English 398: Fiction Workshop” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018)
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery:
- Dianne Freeman: A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
- Elsa Hart: City of Ink
- Laurie R. King: Island of the Mad
- Sujata Massey: The Widows of Malabar Hill
- Ann Parker: A Dying Note
-
Charles Todd: A Forgotten Place
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! 🙂
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