Award-Winning Mystery Books


The Agatha Awards
Best Novel
Up Jumps the Devil, by Margaret Maron
Best First Mystery Novel
Murder on a Girls' Night Out, by Anne George
Best Nonfiction
Detecting Women 2 : Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women, by Willetta L. Heising

The Anthony Awards
Best Novel
Under the Beetle's Cellar, by Mary Willis Walker
Best First Novel
Death in Bloodhound Red, by Virginia Lanier
Best Paperback Original
Deal Breaker, by Harlan Coben
Best Critical Work
The Armchair Detective Book of Lists (2nd Edition), by Kate Stine (Editor)
Best True Crime
Dead by Sunset : Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer, by Ann Rule
Best Short-Story Collection/Anthology
The McCone Files, by Marcia Muller
Best Cover Art
The Body in the Transept : A Dorothy Martin Mystery, by Jeanne M. Dams

The Edgar Award
The Chatham School Affair, by Thomas H. Cook