2021 Macavity Award (Awarded by Mystery Readers International)

Awards List

First Mystery

Winter Counts
(Winner)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
(Nominee)
Deepa Anappara

Darling Rose Gold
(Nominee)
Stephanie Wrobel

The Thursday Murder Club
(Nominee)
Richard Osman

Murder in Old Bombay
(Nominee)
Nev March

Mystery Novel

Blacktop Wasteland
(Winner)
S.A. Cosby

Blind Vigil
(Nominee)
Matt Coyle

These Women
(Nominee)
Ivy Pochoda

When She Was Good
(Nominee)
Michael Robotham

All the Devils Are Here
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Before She Was Helen
(Nominee)
Caroline B. Cooney

Short Story

Elysian Fields
(Winner)
Gabriel Valjan

The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74
(Nominee)
Art Taylor

Dear Emily Etiquette
(Nominee)
Barb Goffman

Dog Eat Dog
(Nominee)
Elaine Viets

The 25 Year Engagement
(Nominee)
James W. Ziskin
in In League with Sherlock Holmes

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

Turn to Stone
(Winner)
James W. Ziskin

Mortal Music
(Nominee)
Ann Parker

The Mimosa Tree Mystery
(Nominee)
Ovidia Yu

The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
(Nominee)
Elsa Hart

The Last Mrs. Summers
(Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

The Turning Tide
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Award Categories

First Mystery Novel

Mystery Novel

Mystery Short Story

Nonfiction

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

Award Years

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