2003 Agatha Award Winners and Nominees

Malice Domestic has announced its nominees and winners for the 2003 Agatha Awards, honoring the best first mystery novel, best novel, best non-fiction, best short story, and best juvenile/young adult mystery published in 2002. Elizabeth Peters will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, were presented during Malice Domestic XV at the Agatha Awards Banquet, May 3rd, 2003. Malice attendees registered by January 4th made the nominations; the Agathas were selected at the convention by all convention attendees.Best Novel

Winner

You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews

Fascinating series debut features artificial intelligence personality as sleuth

paperback, $6.99

Other Nominees

Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen

Second in Bowen's Agatha-winning series about Irish immigrant Molly Murphy.

paperback, $6.99

signed hardcover, $24.95

Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich

Outstanding series debut for true crime writer Molly Blume

paperback, $6.99

Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page

caterer Faith Sibley Fairchild

paperback, $6.99

The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters

Peabody and her clan face murderers at the dig while Ramses is called away for some spying duty

paperback, $7.99

Best First Novel

Winner

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

complex mystery introduces army chaplain turned local priest Claire Ferguson

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Other Nominees

Not All Tarts Are Apples by Pip Granger

Charming novel of precocious seven year old in London in the Fifties

Out of Print

Six Strokes Under by Roberta Isleib

Introduction for Cassie Burdett, caddy turned professional golfer.

Out of Print

Beat Until Stiff by Claire M. Johnson

Find out what's going on in the kitchen while you're enjoying fois gras in the dining room

hardcover, $24.95

How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin

Pittsburgh writer Martin's mystery debut introduces the Blackbird sisters.

paperback, $6.99

Shadow at the Fair by Lea Wait

An education in antique prints wrapped around a mystery concerning deaths of antique dealers

paperback, $6.99