The Nominations are in!!!!!!!

                   2012 Agatha Award Nominations Announced

Way to go to all who have been nominated!!!!!!

Best Novel!

A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet

The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

The Other Woman, by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The Dive Digs up the  Dirt by Krista Davis


Best Historical Novel

Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder, by Catriona McPherson

The Twelves Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen

Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson

An Unmarked Grave, by Charles Todd
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear

Best First Novel

Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown

A Scrapbook of Secretsby Mollie Cox Bryan

A Killer Read by Erika Chase
 Lowcountry Biol by Susan M. Boyer

Faithful Unto Death

by Stephanie Jaye Evans

Best Nonfiction

Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich, Editor
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly/Declan Burke

More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered

byD.P. Lyle

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

by Ben Macintyre

The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie by MathewPrichard, Editor

Best Short Story

Kept in the Dark.by  by Shelia Connolly,

Mischief in Mesopotamis. by Dana  Cameron,
Ellery Queen  Magizine

Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon Anthology

The Lord is My Shamus.”, by Barb Goffman,

Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder

Thea's First Husband.”, by B.K. Stevens,

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

When Duty Calls.”, by Art Taylor,

Best Children.’s/Young Adult Novel

Seconds Away

by Harlan Coben

The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead 

The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner

Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein