Macavity Awards

[fadedrose]

Taken from my July 1 newsletter from http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html

The Macavity Awards will be presented at Bouchercon 2011: Sprits of St. Louis in September.

Best Mystery Novel
° The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
° Faithful Place by Tana French
° The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
° Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
° Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
° The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

Best First Mystery Novel
° The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson
° Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
° The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
° Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill
° A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic

Best Mystery Nonfiction
° The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
° Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran
° Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction edited by Maxim Jakubowski
° Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
° Thrillers: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner

Best Short Story
° “The Scent of Lilacs” by Doug Allyn
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
° “Swing Shift” by Dana Cameron
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side
° “Devil’s Pocket” by Keith Gilman
Philadelphia Noir
° “The Gods for Vengeance Cry” by Richard Helms
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
° “Bookworm” by G.M. Malliet
Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin’

Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award
° A Marked Man by Barbara Hamilton
° The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
° City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley
° The Red Door by Charles Todd
° The Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishnia

[Poiuyt]

1. Thanks!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

2. Bury Your Dead is

up for another award also
And Scent of Rain and Lighting was a great read too