2012 Agatha Award Winners and Nominees

Agatha Awards were presented for materials first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year 2011 (January 1 through December 31). Award were given for Best Novel and Best First Novel. The final vote was by secret ballot by registered convention attendees at the Malice Domestic 24 convention in April 2012.

Best Novel

Winner

Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron

Deborah Knott goes to NY, runs into Sigrid Harald

hardcover, $25.99

Also available as an eBook $12.99

Other Nominees

The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $11.99

The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis

Domestic diva Sophie Winston

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet

Perfect litle English village mystery featuring local vicar Max Tudor, retired MI5 agent

hardcover, $23.99

trade paperback, $14.99, available August

Also available as an eBook $10.99

Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Quebec policeman Inspector Armand Gamache

hardcover, $25.99

trade paperback, $14.99, available July

Also available as an eBook $12.99

Best First Novel

Winner

Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry

Woman rescues drowning boy, finds he is kidnap victim

trade paperback, $15

Also available as an eBook $11.99

Other Nominees

Dire Threads by Janet Bolin

Embroidery shop owner Willow Vanderling

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

Choke by Kaye George

Texas hash house waitress dreams of being a PI

trade paperback, $14.95

Also available as an eBook $8.97

Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab

Pyschologist Liz Cooper, who gets a little psychic help with her cases

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend

Psychic Sunny Meadows of Divinity, New York

paperback, $7.99

Also available as an eBook $7.99

Best Nonfiction

Winner

Books, Crooks and Counselors by Leslie Budewitz

Guide for the writer in the use of legal terminology and procedure

trade paperback, $14.95

Other Nominees

Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran

trade paperback, $16

Also available as an eBook $12.99

On Conan Doyle by Michael Dirda

An introduction to the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes

hardcover, $19.95

Also available as an eBook $14.96

Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel by A.B. Emrys

Sorry, not available from MLB

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris

Essays, interviews and more about one of the greatest TV shows of all time

hardcover, $19.95

trade paperback, $18 available Oct.

Also available as an eBook $14.99

Best Historical Novel

Winner

Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

Lady Georgianna Rannoch, 1930's England

hardcover, $24.95

Other Nominees

Murder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy

Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table, 1940's New York

paperback, $6.99

Mercury's Rise by Ann Parker

Inez Stannert, Saloon keeper 1860's Leadville, Colorado

trade paperback, $14.95

Troubled Bones by Jeri Westerson

Crispin Guest, disgraced knight, 14th century England

hardcover, $25.99

A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs, post-WW I investigator

trade paperback, $14.99