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      "Ostara Publishing re-issues titles that have unjustifiably become unavailable either through the ravages of time or the forces of publishing economics. We specialise in Crime and Thriller fiction titles and our range goes from the1920s through to the 21st century. We publish thematically and currently have six series available. All our titles are published in a 'trade paperback' format and printed to order."
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    April 28, 2018

    The Agatha Awards

    At Saturday Night's banquet at the Malice Domestic conference, the 2017 Agatha Awards were presented to the winners of this year's prizes. Here are the winners and the other nominees (the winner in each category is marked with three asterisks - *** )

    Best Contemporary Novel

    • Death Overdue, by Allison Brook
    • A Cajun Christmas Killing, by Ellen Byron
    • No Way Home, by Annette Dashofy
    • Take Out, by Margaret Maron
    • ***Glass Houses, by Louise Penny

     

    Best Historical Novel

    • ***In Farleigh Field, by Rhys Bowen
    • Murder in an English Village, by Jessica Ellicott
    • Called to Justice, by Edith Maxwell
    • The Paris Spy, by Susan Elia MacNeal
    • Dangerous to Know, by Renee Patrick

     

    Best First Novel

    • Adrift, by Micki Browning
    • The Plot is Murder, by V.M. Burns
    • ***Hollywood Homicide, by Kellye Garrett
    • Daughters of Bad Men, by Laura Oles
    • Protocol, by Kahleen Valenti

     

    Best Nonfiction

    • ***From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, by Mattias Boström
    • The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books, by Martin Edwrds
    • American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land, by Monica Hesse
    • Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction, by Jess Lourey
    • Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier, by Tatiana de Rosnay

     

    Best Short Story

    • "Double Deck the Halls," by Gretchen Archer
    • "Whose Wine is it Anyway," by Barb Goffman
    • "The Night They Burned Miss Dixie's Place," by Debra Goldstein
    • ***"The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn," by Gigi Pandian
    • "A Necessary Ingredient," by Art Taylor

     

    Best Children's/Young Adult

    • City of Angels, by Kristi Belcamino
    • ***Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead, by Cindy Callaghan
    • The World's Greatest Detective, by Caroline Carlson
    • Audacity Jones Steals the Show, by Kirby Larson
    • The Harlem Charade, by Natasha Tarpley

    Here is how Malice Domestic defines and describes the Agathas:

    The Agatha Awards will be awarded at Malice Domestic 30 for books and stories first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year 2017 (January 1-December 31), either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or as an e-book by an e-publishing firm.

    The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery," books typified by the works of Agatha Christie and others. For our purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as "hard-boiled."

    As always, congratulations to all the winners and runners-up.

     

    Posted at 10:14 PM in Books, General Suggestions, Historical Mysteries, Modern Masters |

    Tags: Agatha Awards, classic mysteries, Malice Domestic, MD30, mysteries, mystery

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