Agatha Award - Contemporary Novel (Awarded by Malice Domestic)

Awards List

2021

Cajun Kiss of Death
(Winner)
Ellen Byron

Watch Her
(Nominee)
Edwin Hill

Symphony Road
(Nominee)
Gabriel Valjan

The Madness of Crowds
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Her Perfect Life
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

2020

All the Devils Are Here
(Winner)
Louise Penny

The Lucky One
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

From Beer to Eternity
(Nominee)
Sherry Harris

Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
(Nominee)
Ellen Byron

The Gift of the Magpie
(Nominee)
Donna Andrews

2019

The Long Call
(Winner)
Ann Cleeves

Fair Game
(Nominee)
Annette Dashofy

The Murder List
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

A Better Man
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Fatal Cajun Festival
(Nominee)
Ellen Byron

The Missing Ones
(Nominee)
Edwin Hill

2018

Mardi Gras Murder
(Winner)
Ellen Byron

Cry Wolf
(Nominee)
Annette Dashofy

Trust Me
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Beyond the Truth
(Nominee)
Bruce Coffin

Kingdom of the Blind
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

2017

Glass Houses
(Winner)
Louise Penny

No Way Home
(Nominee)
Annette Dashofy

Take Out
(Nominee)
Margaret Maron

A Cajun Christmas Killing
(Nominee)
Ellen Byron

Death Overdue
(Nominee)
Allison Brook

2016

A Great Reckoning
(Winner)
Louise Penny

Fogged Inn
(Nominee)
Barbara Ross

Quiet Neighbors
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Body on the Bayou
(Nominee)
Ellen Byron

Say No More
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

2015

Long Upon the Land
(Winner)
Margaret Maron

Bridges Burned
(Nominee)
Annette Dashofy

The Nature of the Beast
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

The Child Garden
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

What You See
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

2014

Truth Be Told
(Winner)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

The Good, the Bad, and the Emus
(Nominee)
Donna Andrews

Designated Daughters
(Nominee)
Margaret Maron

The Long Way Home
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Demon Summer
(Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

2013

The Wrong Girl
(Winner)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Clammed Up
(Nominee)
Barbara Ross

How the Light Gets in
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Pagan Spring
(Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Through the Evil Days
(Nominee)
Julia Spencer-Fleming

Award Categories

Children/Young Adult

Contemporary Novel

First Novel

Historical Novel

Nonfiction

Novel

Short Story

Award Years

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

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