AGATHA AWARD WINNERS: Malice Domestic

MALICE DOMESTIC announced the AGATHA AWARD WINNERS tonight in Bethesda, MD. Congratulations to all! For all the nominees, go here.

Best Contemporary Novel
Glass Houses: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

Best Historical Novel 
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union Publishing)

Best First Novel
Hollywood Homicide: A Detective by Day Mystery by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)

Best Nonfiction 
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström (Mysterious Press)

Best Short Story
“The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn” by Gigi Pandian (Henery Press)

Best Children’s/Young Adult
Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)

Lifetime Achievement: Nancy Pickard

Amelia Award: David Suchet

Poirot Award: Brenda Blethyn, who stars as DCI Vera Stanhope in the Vera series (based on the books by Ann Cleeves)

Special Amelia Award: Joan Hess