Congratulations to the nominees for the Macavity Awards. The Macavity Awards are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International. Check the list, and then check the Webstore for copies of the books. https://store.poisonedpen.com/.
Macavity Nominees 2024
For works published in 2023
Best Mystery
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
Hide by Tracy Clark
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Murder Book by Thomas Perry
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Best First Mystery
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
Dutch Threat by Josh Pachter
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
Time’s Undoing by Cheryl Head
Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Our Lying Kin by Claudia Hagadus Long
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Best Mystery-related Nonfiction/Critical
Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbar
Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor
A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux
Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgan
Because most of short stories are from magazines, they’re not listed here. Check Mystery Fanfare for the Best Mystery Short Story nominees.