MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS 2023

The Macavity Award Winners 2023 
(for works published in 2022)

The Macavity Awards are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal, and friends of MRI.  Congratulations to all.

 

Best Mystery Novel
 
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
 

Best First Mystery

The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
 
 
Best Mystery Short Story
 
“Beauty and the Beyotch” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Jan 2022)
 

Best Mystery Critical/Biographical
 
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
 
 
Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
 
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (Forge)