2019 Macavity Award (Awarded by Mystery Readers International)

Awards List

First Mystery

Dodging and Burning
(Winner)
John Copenhaver

The Chalk Man
(Nominee)
C.J. Tudor

Something in the Water
(Nominee)
Catherine Steadman

Where the Crawdads Sing
(Nominee)
Delia Owens

My Sister, the Serial Killer
(Nominee)
Oyinkan Braithwaite

Mystery Novel

November Road
(Winner)
Lou Berney

Hiroshima Boy
(Nominee)
Naomi Hirahara

If I Die Tonight
(Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

Jar of Hearts
(Nominee)
Jennifer Hillier

Under My Skin
(Nominee)
Lisa Unger

The Lost Man
(Nominee)
Jane Harper

Short Story

English 398: Fiction Workshop
(Winner)
Art Taylor
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All God's Sparrows
(Nominee)
Leslie Budewitz
  • / Mystery
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Bug Appetit
(Nominee)
Barb Goffman
  • / Mystery
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Race to Judgment
(Nominee)
Craig Faustus Buck
  • / Mystery
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Three-Star Sushi
(Nominee)
Barry Lancet
  • / Mystery
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The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories
(Nominee)
Gigi Pandian

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

The Widows of Malabar Hill
(Winner)
Sujata Massey

A Dying Note
(Nominee)
Ann Parker

Island of the Mad
(Nominee)
Laurie R. King

A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
(Nominee)
Dianne Freeman

City of Ink
(Nominee)
Elsa Hart

A Forgotten Place
(Nominee)
Charles Todd

Award Categories

First Mystery Novel

Mystery Novel

Mystery Short Story

Nonfiction

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

Award Years

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