The winners of the 2023 Macavity Awards were announced this week by Mystery Readers Journal editor, Janet Rudolph. The honorees are nominated and voted on by subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal , members of Mystery Readers International, and friends of MRI. Congratulations to all!
Best Mystery Novel: A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Other finalists:
Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone (MCD)
A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)
Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books)
Best First Mystery: The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Other finalists:
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz (Atria/EmilyBestler)
Five Moves of Doom by A.J. Devlin (NeWest Press)
Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane Books)
The Verifiers by Jane Pek (Vintage Books)
Best Mystery Short Story: “Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman ( Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine , Jan 2022)
Other finalists:
“The Landscaper’s Wife” by Brendan DuBois ( Mystery Tribune , Aug/Sep 2022)
“First You Dream, Then You Die” by Donna Moore ( Black is the Night , Titan Books)
“Schrödinger, Cat” by Anna Scotti ( Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine , Mar/Apr 2022)
“Stockholm” by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)
“The Angel of Rome” by Jess Walter ( The Angel of Rome and Other Stories , Harper)
“My Two-Legs” by Melissa Yi ( Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2022)
Best Mystery Critical/Biographical: The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Other finalists:
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie edited by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury Academic)
The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin (McFarland)
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery: Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (Forge)
Other finalists:
The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)
In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson (Hodder & Stoughton)
Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris (William Morrow)
The Secret in the Wall by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips (Soho Crime)
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