2002 Agatha Award Winners and Nominees

Malice Domestic has announced its nominees & winners for the 2002 Agatha Awards, honoring the best first mystery novel, best novel, best non-fiction, best short story, and best juvenile/young adult mystery published in 2001. Tony Hillerman will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, were presented during Malice Domestic XIV at the Agatha Awards Banquet, May 4th, 2002. Malice attendees registered by January 4th made the nominations; the Agathas were selected at the convention by all convention attendees.

Best Novel

Winner

Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen

Charming debut for turn of the century Irish immigrant Molly Murphy

paperback, $6.99

signed hardcover, $22.95

Other Nominees

Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler

Benni Harper returns to Arkansas in this eighth book in the series

paperback, $6.99

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Funny and original tale of psychic cocktail waitress who falls in with vampires

paperback, $7.99

Shadow of Sin by Rochelle Krich

LAPD detective Jessie Drake

Out of Print

The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey

Antiques dealer Rei Shimura in a case of stolen artifacts

paperback, $6.99

Best First Novel

Winner

Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Stohmeyer

Hilarious debut that introduces Bubbles Yablonsky

paperback, $6.99

Other Nominees

Innkeeping with Murder by Tim Myers

debut for Alex Winston, who's B&B is a lighthouse in the Blue Ridge mountains

Out of Print

Mute Witness by Charles O'Brien

Exciting tale set on the eve of the French revolution

trade paperback, $14.95

An Affinity for Murder by Anne White

Lake George mystery about cache of painting that may be by Georgia O'Keefe

trade paperback, $11.95

A Witness Above by Andy Straka

debut for Charlottesville PI and falconer Frank Pavlicek

Out of Print