The 2024 Agatha Awards were presented during Malice Domestic 37 on April 26,2025. The awards are for books published in the previous year and are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The awards honor the traditional mystery similar to the works by Agatha Christie. If you are looking for a new book, or a new favorite writer, here’s a great list of candidates.
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees. 
Best Contemporary Novel
Winner – A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian
A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry
A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
Fondue or Die by Korina Moss
Best Historical Novel
Winner – To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower
The Paris Mistress by Mally Becker
Hall of Mirrors by John Copenhaver
The Wharton Plot by Mariah Fredericks
The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal
Best First Novel
Winner – You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen
A Deadly Endeavor by Jenny Adams
Hounds of Hollywood Baskervilles by Elizabeth Crowens
Threads of Deception by Elle Jauffret
Ghosts of Waikiki by Jennifer K. Morita
Best Short Story
Winner – “A Matter of Trust” by Barb Goffman Three Strikes—You’re Dead
“The Postman Always Flirts Twice” by Barb Goffman Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy
“Sins of the Father” by Kerry Hammond Mystery Most International
“Satan’s Spit” by Gabriel Valjan Tales of Music, Murder and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024
“Reynisjara” by Kristopher Zgorski Mystery Most International
Best Non-fiction
Winner – Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors’ Perspectives on Their Craft edited by Phyllis M. Betz
Agatha Christie, Marple: Expert on Wickedness by Mark Aldridge
Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers by Chris Chan
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
Abingdon’s Boardinghouse Murder by Greg Lilly
Best Children’s/Young Adult
Winner – Sasquatch of Harriman Lake by K.B.Jackson
The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui by K.B. Jackson
First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet: A June Knight Mystery by Josh Pachter
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
Sid Johnson & the Well-Intended Conspiracy by Frances Schoonmaker
Click here for the 2023 winners and nominees.
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