2008 Macavity Award (Awarded by Mystery Readers International)

Awards List

First Mystery

In the Woods
(Winner)
Tana French

The Collaborator of Bethlehem
(Nominee)
Matt Beynon Rees

Heart-Shaped Box
(Nominee)
Joe Hill

Stealing the Dragon
(Nominee)
Tim Maleeny

The Spellman Files
(Nominee)
Lisa Lutz

Mystery Novel

What the Dead Know
(Winner)
Laura Lippman

Water Like a Stone
(Nominee)
Deborah Crombie

Blood of Paradise
(Nominee)
David Corbett

Soul Patch
(Nominee)
Reed Farrel Coleman

The Unquiet
(Nominee)
John Connolly

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

Mistress of the Art of Death
(Winner)
Ariana Franklin

Consequences of Sin
(Nominee)
Clare Langley-Hawthorne

The Gravedigger's Daughter
(Nominee)
Joyce Carol Oates

Her Royal Spyness
(Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

The Snake Stone
(Nominee)
Jason Goodwin

Award Categories

First Mystery Novel

Mystery Novel

Mystery Short Story

Nonfiction

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

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