Macavity Awards

Awards

Best Novel

• 2019 - November Road, Lou Berney
• 2018 - Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz
• 2017 - A Great Reckoning, Louise Penny
• 2016 - The Long and Faraway Gone, Lou Berney
• 2015 – The Killer Next Door, Alex Marwood
• 2014 – Ordinary Grace, William Kent Krueger
• 2013 – The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Penny
• 2012 – Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, Sara Gran
• 2011 – Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny
• 2010 – Tower, Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman
• 2009 – Where Memories Lie, Deborah Crombie
• 2008 – What the Dead Know, Laura Lippman
• 2007 – The Virgin of Small Plains, Nancy Pickard
• 2006 – The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly
• 2005 – The Killing of the Tinkers, Ken Bruen
• 2004 – The House Sitter, Peter Lovesey
• 2003 – Winter and Night, S. J. Rozan
• 2002 – Folly, Laurie R. King
• 2001 – A Place of Execution, Val McDermid
• 2000 – The Flower Master, Sujata Massey
• 1999 – Blood Work, Michael Connelly
• 1998 – Dreaming of the Bones, Deborah Crombie
• 1997 – Bloodhounds, Peter Lovesey
• 1996 – Under the Beetle's Cellar, Mary Willis Walker
• 1995 – She Walks These Hills, Sharyn McCrumb
• 1994 – The Sculptress, Minette Walters
• 1993 – Bootlegger's Daughter, Margaret Maron
• 1992 – I.O.U., Nancy Pickard
• 1991 – If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O, Sharyn McCrumb
• 1990 – A Little Class on Murder, Carolyn Hart
• 1989 – A Thief of Time, Tony Hillerman
• 1988 – Marriage is Murder, Nancy Pickard
• 1987 – A Taste for Death, P. D. James

  Best First Novel

• 2019 - Dodging and Burning, John Copenhaver
• 2018 - The Lost Ones, Sheena Kamal
• 2017 - IQ, Joe Ide
• 2016 - Past Crimes, Glen Erik Hamilton
• 2015 – Invisible City, Julia Dahl
• 2014 – A Killing at Cotton Hill, Terry Shames
• 2013 – Don't Ever Get Old, Daniel Friedman
• 2012 – All Cry Chaos, Leonard Rosen
• 2011 – Rogue Island, Bruce DeSilva
• 2010 – The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley
• 2009 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
• 2008 – In the Woods, Tana French
• 2007 – Mr. Clarinet, Nick Stone
• 2006 – Immoral, Brian Freeman
• 2005 – Dating Dead Men, Harley Jane Kozak
• 2004 – Maisie Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear
• 2003 – In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer-Fleming
• 2002 – Open Season, C. J. Box
• 2001 – A Conspiracy of Paper, David Liss
• 2000 – Inner City Blues, Paula L. Woods
• 1999 – Sympathy for the Devil, Jerrilyn Farmer
• 1998 – Dead Body Language, Penny Warner
• 1997 – Death in Little Tokyo, Dale Furutani
• 1996 – The Strange Files of Fremont Jones, Dianne Day
• 1995 – Do Unto Others, Jeff Abbott
• 1994 – Death Comes as Epiphany, Sharan Newman
• 1993 – Blanche on the Lam, Barbara Neely
• 1992 – Murder on the Iditarod Trail, Sue Henry and Zero at the Bone, Mary Willis Walker
• 1991 – Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
• 1990 – Grime and Punishment, Jill Churchill
• 1989 – The Killings at Badger's Drift, Caroline Graham
• 1988 – The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais
• 1987 – The Ritual Bath, Faye Kellerman and A Case of Loyalties, Marilyn Wallace

  Best Nonfiction

• 2019 - The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman
• 2018 - The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
• 2017 - Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Margaret Kinsman
• 2016 - The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story by Martin Edwards
• 2015 – Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan
• 2014 – ' by Daniel Stashower
• 2013 – Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke
• 2012 – The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris
• 2011 – Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran
• 2010 – Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James
• 2009 – African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey
• 2008 – The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians edited by Roger Sobin
• 2007 – Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers edited by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar
• 2006 – Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
• 2005 – Forensics for Dummies by D. P. Lyle, MD
• 2004 – ' by Gary Warren Niebuhr
• 2003 – They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels, edited by Jim Huang
• 2002 – Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden
• 2001 – The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman
• 2000 – Ross Macdonald by Tom Nolan
• 1999 – Killer Books by Jean Swanson & Dean James
• 1998 – Deadly Women by Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen Nehr
• 1997 – Detecting Women 2 by Willetta Heising
• 1996 – Detecting Women by Willetta Heising
• 1995 – By a Woman's Hand by Dean James & Jean Swanson
• 1994 – The Fine Art of Murder edited by Ed Gorman
• 1993 – Doubleday Crime Club Compendium by Ellen Nehr
• 1992 – Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman by Tony Hillerman & Ernie Bulow
• 1991 – Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill
• 1990 – The Bedside Companion to Crime by H. R. F. Keating
• 1989 – Silk Stalkings by Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson
• 1988 – Son of Gun in Cheek by Bill Pronzini
• 1987 – 1001 Midnights by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini

  Best Short Story

• 2019 - English 398: Fiction Workshop by Art Taylor
• 2018 - Windward by Paul D. Marks
• 2017 - "Parallel Play" by Art Taylor
• 2016 - "The Little Men" by Megan Abbott
• 2015 – "Honeymoon Sweet" by Craig Faustus Buck
• 2014 – "The Care and Feeding of Houseplants" by Art Taylor
• 2013 – "The Lord Is My Shamus" by Barb Goffman
• 2012 – "Disarming" by Dana Cameron
• 2011 – "Swing Shift" by Dana Cameron
• 2010 – "On the House" by Hank Phillippi Ryan
• 2009 – "The Night Things Changed" by Dana Cameron
• 2008 – "Please Watch Your Step" by Rhys Bowen
• 2007 – "Til Death Do Us Part" by Tim Maleeny
• 2006 – "There Is No Crime on Easter Island" by Nancy Pickard
• 2005 – "The Widow of Slane" by Terence Faherty
• 2004 – "The Grass Is Always Greener" by Sandy Balzo
• 2003 – "Voice Mail" by Janet Dawson
• 2002 – "The Abbey Ghosts" by Jan Burke
• 2001 – "A Candle for Christmas" by Reginald Hill
• 2000 – "Maubi and the Jumbies" by Kate Grilley, in Murderous Intent, Fall 1999
• 1999 – "Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable" by Barbara D'Amato in EQMM, Nov. 98
• 1998 – "Two Ladies of Rose Cottage" by Peter Robinson in Malice Domestic 6
• 1997 – "Cruel & Unusual" by Carolyn Wheat from Guilty as Charged
• 1996 – "Evans Tries an O-Level" by Colin Dexter from Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories
• 1995 – "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Deborah Adams and "Unharmed" by Jan Burke
• 1994 – "Checkout" by Susan Dunlap
• 1993 – "Henrie O's Holiday" by Carolyn Hart
• 1992 – "Deborah's Judgement" by Margaret Maron
• 1991 – "Too Much to Bare" by Joan Hess
• 1990 – "Afraid All the Time" by Nancy Pickard
• 1989 – "Deja Vu" by Doug Allyn
• 1988 – "The Woman in the Wardrobe" by Robert Barnard
• 1987 – "The Parker Shotgun" by Sue Grafton

  Sue Feder Historical Mystery

• 2019 - The Widows of Malabar Hill, Sujata Massey
• 2018 - In Farleigh Field, Rhys Bowen
• 2017 - Heart of Stone, James W. Ziskin
• 2016 - The Masque of a Murderer Susanna Calkins
• 2015 – A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, Catriona McPherson
• 2014 – Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell
• 2013 – An Unmarked Grave, Charles Todd
• 2012 – Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains, Catriona McPherson
• 2011 – City of Dragons, Kelli Stanley
• 2010 – A Trace of Smoke, Rebecca Cantrell
• 2009 – A Royal Pain, Rhys Bowen
• 2008 – Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin
• 2007 – Oh Danny Boy, Rhys Bowen
• 2006 – Pardonable Lies, Jacqueline Winspear