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Best Contemporary Novels
Byron, Ellen – Wined and Dined in New Orleans
Dashofy, Annette – Helpless
Laskowski, Tara – The Weekend Retreat
Moss, Korina – Case of the Bleus
Pandian, Gigi – The Raven Thief
Historical Mystery Novels
Calkins, Susanna – Death Among the Ruins
Connally, Celeste – Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord
Flower, Amanda – I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
Head, Cheryl A. – Time’s Undoing
Massey, Sujata – The Mistress of Bhatia House
Best First Mystery Novel
Arceneaux, Danielle – Glory Be
Kisska, Kristin – The Hint of Light
Pachter, Josh – The Dutch Threat
Silver, Daphne – Crime and Parchment
Simon, Nina – Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Best Children’s/YA Mystery Novels
Bunce, Elizabeth C. – Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity
Jackson, K.B. – The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary
Segura, Alex – Arana and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow
Souders, Taryn – The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle
Springer, Nancy – Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose
Best Nonfiction
Babbar, Anjili – Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction
Bordwell, David – Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder
Dawidziak, Mark – A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
Morgan, Robert – Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe.