{{Short description|Mystery writer award}} The '''Macavity Awards''', established in 1987, are a group of literary awards presented annually to mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the "mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats''.<ref name=macavity>{{cite web| title=Macavity Awards| url=https://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/| publisher=Mystery Readers Journal| access-date=2021-09-18| archive-date=2019-04-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405183241/http://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/| url-status=live}}</ref> The award is given in four categories—best novel, best first novel, best nonfiction, and best short story. The Sue Feder Historical Mystery has been given in conjunction with the Macavity Awards.
== Best Mystery Novel == The Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel was first awarded in 1987. To be eligible for the award, the mystery novel must have been published in the previous calendar year.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%" |+Best Mystery Novel winners and finalists<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Macavity Awards |url=https://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Mystery Readers International |archive-date=2019-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405183241/http://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Macavity Awards |url=http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Macavity_Awards.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me! |archive-date=2017-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704024744/http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Macavity_Awards.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=September 2022 |title=Macavity Awards |url=https://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/award-winners/macavity-awards/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Lincoln City Libraries |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211704/https://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/award-winners/macavity-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ! scope="col" width="5%" |Year ! scope="col" width="25%" |Author ! scope="col" width="30%" |Title ! scope="col" width="25%" |Publisher ! scope="col" width="10%" |Result ! scope="col" width="5%" |{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="10" |1987 |{{sortname|last=James|first=P. D.}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Taste for Death|link=A Taste for Death (James novel)}}'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Lawrence|Block}} |''When the Sacred Ginmill Closes'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Max Allan|Collins}} |The Million-Dollar Wound | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Joe|Gores}} |''Come Morning'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Stephen|Greenleaf|nolink=1}} |''Beyond Blame'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Tony|Hillerman}} |''Skinwalkers'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|John le|Carré}} |The Perfect Spy | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Bill|Pronzini}} |''Deadfall'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Masako|Togawa}} |''Lady Killer'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Collin|Wilcox|dab=writer}} |''Night Games'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="8" |1988 |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} | ''Marriage Is Murder'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Max Allan|Collins}} |''Primary Target'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|John W. and Joyce H.|Corrington}} |{{Sort|Project Named Desire|''A Project Named Desire''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Mickey|Friedman}} |''Venetian Mask'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Margaret|Maron}} |{{Sort|Right Jack|''The Right Jack''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Sara|Paretsky}} |''Bitter Medicine'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Barbara|Vine}} |{{Sort|Fatal Inversion|''A Fatal Inversion''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|John|Wainwright|dab=author}} |{{Sort|Tenth Interview|''The Tenth Interview''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |1989 |{{sortname|last=Hillerman|first=Tony}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Thief of Time}}'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|P. M.|Carlson}} |''Murder Unrenovated'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth|George}} |{{Sort|Great Deliverance|''A Great Deliverance''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Sue|Grafton}} |''E Is for Evidence'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Thomas|Harris}} |{{Sort|Silence of the Lambs|''The Silence of the Lambs''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Sara|Paretsky}} |''Blood Shot'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1990 |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Little Class on Murder|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|James Lee|Burke}} |''Black Cherry Blues'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|George C.|Chesbro}} |''Bone'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Bartholomew|Gill}} |{{Sort|Death of a Joyce Scholar|''The Death of a Joyce Scholar''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1991 |{{sortname|last=McCrumb|first=Sharyn}} | ''If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth|George}} |''Well-Schooled in Murder'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn G.|Hart}} |''Deadly Valentine'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Sara|Paretsky}} |''Burn Marks'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Anne|Perry}} |{{Sort|Face of a Stranger|''The Face of a Stranger''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1992 |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} | ''I.O.U.'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn G.|Hart}} |{{Sort|Christie Caper|''The Christie Caper''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Walter|Mosley}} |{{Sort|Red Death|''A Red Death''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1993 |{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}} | ''Bootlegger's Daughter'' | |Winner |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 1, 2021 |title=Obituary Note: Margaret Brown Maron |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3932 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215558/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3932 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|John|Dunning|dab=detective fiction author}} |''Booked To Die'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Sharyn|McCrumb}} |{{Sort|Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter|''The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Walter|Mosley}} |''White Butterfly'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1994 |{{sortname|last=Walters|first=Minette}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Sculptress}}'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth|George}} |''Missing Joseph'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn G.|Hart}} |''Dead Man’s Island'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Janet|LaPierre}} |''Old Enemies'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Kathy Hogan|Trocheck}} |''To Live and Die in Dixie'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1995 |{{sortname|last=McCrumb|first=Sharyn}} | ''She Walks These Hills'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Michael|Connelly}} |{{Sort|Concrete Blonde|''The Concrete Blonde''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth|George}} |''Playing for the Ashes'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn G.|Hart}} |''Scandal in Fair Haven'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Mary Willis|Walker}} |{{Sort|Red Scream|''The Red Scream''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1996 |{{sortname|last=Walker|first=Mary Willis}} |''Under the Beetle's Cellar'' |Doubleday |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Barbara|D'Amato}} |''Hard Christmas'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Michael|Connelly}} |{{Sort|Last Coyote|''The Last Coyote''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|John|Dunning|dab=detective fiction author}} |''Bookman’s Wake'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Marcia|Muller}} |{{Sort|Wild and Lonely Place|''A Wild and Lonely Place''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1997 |{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}} |''Bloodhounds'' |Mysterious Press |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Thomas H.|Cook}} |{{Sort|Chatham School Affair|''The Chatham School Affair''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Janet|Evanovich}} |''Two for the Dough'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Teri|Holbrook}} |{{Sort|Grass Widow|''The Grass Widow''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Margaret|Lawrence|nolink=1}} |''Hearts and Bones'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1998 |{{sortname|last=Crombie|first=Deborah}} |''Dreaming of the Bones'' |Scribner |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}} |''Hocus'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}} |''Trunk Music'' |Little Brown & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Perez-Reverte|first=Arturo}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Club Dumas}}'' |Harcourt Brace |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Westlake|first=Donald}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Ax|link=The Ax (novel)}}'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1999 |{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}} |''Blood Work'' |Little Brown & Co. |Winner |<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2000-10-23 |title=What's Your Motive? |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20001023/18703-what-s-your-motive.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510000549/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20001023/18703-what-s-your-motive.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Barr|first=Nevada}} |''Blind Descent'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} |''Butchers Hill'' |Avon |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Judy |date=1999-11-29 |title=Booknews: No Mystery to Laura Lippman's Leap |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19991129/29274-booknews-no-mystery-to-laura-lippman-s-leap.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/19991129/29274-booknews-no-mystery-to-laura-lippman-s-leap.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}} |''Home Fires'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Padgett|first=Abigail}} |''Blue'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2000 |{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Flower Master|nolink=1}}'' |Knopf |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Airth|first=Rennie}} |''River of Darkness'' |Viking Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Crais|first=Robert}} |''L.A. Requiem'' |Doubleday |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}} |''In a Dry Season'' |Avon |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2001 |{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Place of Execution}}'' |Berkley Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Cannon|first=Taffy}} |''Guns and Roses'' |Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lansdale|first=Joe|link=Joe R. Lansdale}} |''{{Sortname|The|Bottoms|nolink=1}}'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Anne}} |''Half Moon Street'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} |''{{Sortname|The|Whole Truth|nolink=1}}'' |Pocket Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2002 |{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie R.}} | ''Folly'' |Wiley |Winner |<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=MWA Announces 2022 Grand Master and Raven and Ellery Queen Award Honorees |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2022-grand-master-and-raven-and-ellery-queen-award-honorees/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Writers of America |language=en |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118214852/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2022-grand-master-and-raven-and-ellery-queen-award-honorees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Coben|first=Harlan}} |''Tell No One'' |Delacorte Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fairstein|first=Linda}} |''{{Sortname|The|Deadhouse|nolink=1}}'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}} |''Mystic River'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=T. Jefferson}} |''Silent Joe'' |Hyperion |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2003 |{{sortname|last=Rozan|first=S.J.}} | ''Winter and Night'' |Intrigue |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Mary Kay}} |''Savannah Blues'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=James Lee}} |''Jolie Blon's Bounce'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}} |''Nine'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}} |''City of Bones'' |Little, Brown & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2004 |{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=House Sitter|nolink=1}}'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Blunt|first=Giles}} |''{{Sortname|The|Delicate Storm|nolink=1}}'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} |''For the Love of Mike'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}} |''{{Sortname|The|Guards|nolink=1}}'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Corbett|first=David|link=David Corbett (writer)}} |''Done for a Dime'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2005 |{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Killing of the Tinkers|nolink=1}}'' |Little, Brown & Co. |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Burcell|first=Robin}} |''Cold Case'' |Avon |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lindsay|first=Jeff}} |''Darkly Dreaming Dexter'' |Doubleday |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}} |''High Country Fall'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=T. Jefferson}} |''California Girl'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}} |''Playing with Fire'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2006 |{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lincoln Lawyer}}'' |Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus and Giroux |Winner |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 5, 2006 |title=Awards: Forward; Bouchercon |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=295 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215603/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=295 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Michael Connelly's Lincoln Lawyer Filming |url=https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1519-michael-connellys-lincoln-lawyer-filming?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1519-michael-connellys-lincoln-lawyer-filming?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}} |''One Shot'' |Delacorte Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=James Deans}}'' |Plume |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Gerritsen|first=Tess}} |Vanish |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Levine|first=Paul}} |''Solomon vs. Lord'' |Bantam Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}} |''Strange Affair'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Power of the Dog|link=The Power of the Dog (Winslow novel)}}'' |Knopf |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2007 |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Virgin of Small Plains|nolink=1}}'' |Thorndike/ Random House UK |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Black|first=Benjamin|link=John Banville}} |''Christine Falls'' |Henry Holt/Picador |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Goodwin|first=Jason}} |''{{Sortname|The|Janissary Tree}}'' |Farrar, Straus and Giroux |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Mina|first=Denise}} |''{{Sortname|The|Dead Hour|nolink=1}}'' |Bantam Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}} |''Piece of My Heart'' |McClelland & Stewart |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Spencer-Fleming|first=Julia}} |''All Mortal Flesh'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} | ''What the Dead Know'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}} | ''Soul Patch'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Unquiet|nolink=1}}'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Corbett|first=David|link=David Corbett (writer)}} | ''Blood of Paradise'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Crombie|first=Deborah}} | ''Water Like a Stone'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Crombie|first=Deborah}} | ''Where Memories Lie'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Chercover|first=Sean}} | ''Trigger City'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hughes|first=Declan|link=Declan Hughes (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Dying Breed|nolink=1}}'' (UK) / ''The Price of Blood'' (US) |John Murray/ William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Indridason|first=Arnaldur}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Draining Lake}}'' |UK: The Price of Blood |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lutz|first=Lisa}} | ''Curse of the Spellmans'' |Doubleday |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Cruelest Month}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ure|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Fault Tree|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2010 |{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}} and Reed Farrel Coleman | ''Tower'' |Busted Flush Press |Winner |<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Everyone a Winner |url=https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1662-everyone-a-winner?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211705/https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1662-everyone-a-winner?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}} | ''Bury Me Deep'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Crombie|first=Deborah}} | ''Necessary as Blood'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Nesbø|first=Jo}} with Don Bartlett (trans.) | ''Nemesis'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Brutal Telling}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Rozan|first=S.J.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Shanghai Moon}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2011 |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} | ''Bury Your Dead'' |Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Anthony, Shamus and More Winners |url=https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2160-anthony-shamus-and-more-winners?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211703/https://mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2160-anthony-shamus-and-more-winners?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=J. Kingston |date=2011-09-27 |title=Bouchercon's Beautiful Madness |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/bouchercons-beautiful-madness/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/bouchercons-beautiful-madness/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=James Lee}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Glass Rainbow|nolink=1}}'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=French|first=Tana}} | ''Faithful Place'' |Viking Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hallinan|first=Timothy}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Queen of Patpong|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Meyer|first=Deon}} | ''Thirteen Hours'' |Grove Atlantic |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Scent of Rain and Lightning|link=The Scent of Rain and Lightning (novel)}}'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2012 |{{sortname|last=Gran|first=Sara}} | ''Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead'' |Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |Winner |<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-10-11 |title=Awards Extravanganza!: Rounding Up 2012's Anthony, Barry, Dilys, Macavity, and Shamus! |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/boucercon-2012-awards-anthony-barry-dilys-macavity-shamus-winners-best-mystery-novel-short-story-private-eye-crime-hq/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.criminalelement.com/boucercon-2012-awards-anthony-barry-dilys-macavity-shamus-winners-best-mystery-novel-short-story-private-eye-crime-hq/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Jordan |date=2012-10-11 |title=Bouchercon 2012: Crime Fiction Rocks Cleveland |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/54276-bouchercon-2012-crime-fiction-rocks-cleveland.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211707/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/54276-bouchercon-2012-crime-fiction-rocks-cleveland.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Holt|first=Anne}} with Marlaine Delargy (trans.) | ''1222'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=House of Silk}}'' |Mulholland Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Koryta|first=Michael}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Ridge|nolink=1}}'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Trick of the Light|link=A Trick of the Light (novel)}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Sakey|first=Marcus}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes|nolink=1}}'' |Dutton |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Swierczynski|first=Duane}} | ''Hell & Gone'' |Mulholland Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Beautiful Mystery|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur |Winner |<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-09-26 |title=Announcing the 2013 Barry, Macavity, and Shamus Awards! |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/more-2013-barry-macavity-shamus-awards-bouchercon-crime-hq/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102213205/https://www.criminalelement.com/more-2013-barry-macavity-shamus-awards-bouchercon-crime-hq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Flynn|first=Gillian}} | ''Gone Girl'' |Crown |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=May|first=Peter|link=Peter May (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Black House}}'' |Silver Oak |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Other Woman|link=The Other Woman (Ryan novel)}}'' |Forge Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Shapiro|first=B.A.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Art Forger|nolink=1}}'' |Algonquin Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winter|first=Ariel S.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Twenty Year Death|nolink=1}}'' |Hard Case Crime |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winters|first=Ben H.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Policeman}}'' |Quirk Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2014 |{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}} | ''Ordinary Grace'' |Atria Books |Winner |<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-11-17 |title=2014's Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards! |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/anthony-award-macavity-award-shamus-award-winners-list-2014-boucheron-crime-hq/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211705/https://www.criminalelement.com/anthony-award-macavity-award-shamus-award-winners-list-2014-boucheron-crime-hq/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Jordan |date=2014-11-19 |title=Bouchercon 2014: Lots of Awards |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/64799-bouchercon-2014-lots-of-awards.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/64799-bouchercon-2014-lots-of-awards.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H.}} | ''Sandrine's Case'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}} | ''Dead Lions'' |Soho Crime |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Marwood|first=Alex}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Wicked Girls}}'' |Penguin Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} | ''How the Light Gets In'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Rankin|first=Ian}} | ''Standing in Another Man's Grave'' |Reagan Arthur Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2015 |{{sortname|last=Marwood|first=Alex}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Killer Next Door}}'' |Penguin Books |Winner |<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Jordan |date=2015-10-13 |title=Bouchercon 2015: Crime Fiction and Literary Awards Under the Oaks |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/68350-bouchercon-2015-crime-fiction-and-literary-awards-under-the-oaks.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/68350-bouchercon-2015-crime-fiction-and-literary-awards-under-the-oaks.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Littlefield|first=Sophie}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Missing Place|nolink=1}}'' |Gallery |Finalist |<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-06-22 |title=Announcing 2015's Macavity Award Nominations! |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-2015-macavity-awards-mystery-readers-international-and-journal-crime-hq/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-2015-macavity-awards-mystery-readers-international-and-journal-crime-hq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=May|first=Peter|link=Peter May (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lewis Man|nolink=1}}'' |Quercus |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Day She Died}}'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Long Way Home|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Shames|first=Terry}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Death of Jack Harbin|nolink=1}}'' |Seventh Street Books |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Long and Faraway Gone}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Wilda |date=2016-09-21 |title=Bouchercon Winners {{!}} Anthony, Barry, Macavity Awards 2016 |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/bouchercon-winners-anthony-barry-macavity-awards-2016 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Library Journal |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/bouchercon-winners-anthony-barry-macavity-awards-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=Sharon}} | ''Little Black Lies'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-06-13 |title=Announcing 2016's Macavity Award Nominees! |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-2016s-macavity-award-nominees/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102213206/https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-2016s-macavity-award-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Hallinan|first=Tim}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Hot Countries|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Press |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Child Garden|nolink=1}}'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Robotham|first=Michael}} | ''Life or Death'' |Mulholland Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Cartel|link=The Cartel (novel)}}'' |Alfred A. Knopf |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Great Reckoning|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}} |''You Will Know Me'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-07-05 |title=Announcing the 2017 Macavity Awards Nominees |url=https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-the-2017-macavity-awards-nominees/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Criminal Element |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://www.criminalelement.com/announcing-the-2017-macavity-awards-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt}} |''Dark Fissures'' |Oceanview |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Hawley|first=Noah}} |''Before the Fall'' |UK: Hodder & Stoughton<br>US: Grand Central Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}} |''Real Tigers'' |UK: John Murray<br>US: Soho Press |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} |''Wilde Lake'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}} |''Magpie Murders'' |Harper |Winner |<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |title=Macavity Awards 2018 |url=https://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards/macavity-awards-2018 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Bookreporter |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211711/https://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards/macavity-awards-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Dionne|first=Karen}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Marsh King's Daughter|nolink=1}}'' | |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Locke|first=Attica}} |''Bluebird, Bluebird'' |Mulholland Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''Glass Houses'' |Minotaur |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Old Man|link=The Old Man (Perry novel)}}'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Force|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}} |''November Road'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner |<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2019-11-01 |title=Lou Berney, Sarah Weinman Win Mystery Awards |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lou-berney-sarah-weinman-win-macavity-awards/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211703/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lou-berney-sarah-weinman-win-macavity-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Gaylin|first=Alison}} |''If I Die Tonight'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jane}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lost Man|nolink=1}}'' |Flat Iron Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hillier|first=Jennifer}} |''Jar of Hearts'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hirahara|first=Naomi}} |''Hiroshima Boy'' |Prospect Park Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Unger|first=Lisa}} |''Under My Skin'' |Harlequin – Park Row Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2020 |{{sortname|last=McKinty|first=Adrian}} | ''{{sortname|The|Chain|link=The Chain (novel)}}'' |Mulholland Books |Winner |<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-10-16 |title=Macavity Awards - 2020 |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/macavity-awards-2020/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211704/https://nightstandbookreviews.com/macavity-awards-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Cha|first=Steph}} | ''Your House Will Pay'' |Ecco Press |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2020-07-17 |title=Macavity Awards Shortlists Are Announced |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/macavity-awards-shortlists-are-announced/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211714/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/macavity-awards-shortlists-are-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}} | ''This Tender Land'' |Atria |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} | ''Lady in the Lake'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Philippi}} | ''{{sortname|The|Murder List|nolink=1}}'' |Forge Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2020-10-19 |title=Winners of Anthony Awards Announced at Bouchercon |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-anthony-awards-announced-at-bouchercon/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Sallis|first=James}} |''Sarah Jane'' |Soho Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2021 |{{sortname|last=Cosby|first=S. A.}} | ''Blacktop Wasteland'' |Flatiron Books |Winner |<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Macavity Award Winners |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2021/08/26/macavity-award-winners-2/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Deadly Pleasures |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102025615/http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2021/08/26/macavity-award-winners-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Cooney|first=Caroline B.}} | ''Before She Was Helen'' |Ecco Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt}} | ''Blind Vigil'' |Oceanview Publishing |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} | ''All the Devils Are Here'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pochoda|first=Ivy}} | ''These Women'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Robotham|first=Michael}} | ''When She Was Good'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2022 |{{sortname|last=Cosby|first=S. A.}} | ''Razorblade Tears'' |Flatiron Books |Winner |<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |title=Macavity Award Winners 2022 |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2022/09/17/macavity-award-winners-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Deadly Pleasures |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2022/09/17/macavity-award-winners-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":25">{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-09-10 |title=2022 - Macavity Awards |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/2022-macavity-awards/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211707/https://nightstandbookreviews.com/2022-macavity-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}} | ''{{sortname|The|Dark Hours|nolink=1}}'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}} | ''1979'' |Atlantic Monthly |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Parks|first=Alan}} | ''Bobby March Will Live Forever'' |World Noir |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Whitaker|first=Chris}} | ''We Begin at the End'' |Henry Holt & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Whitehead|first=Colson}} | ''Harlem Shuffle'' |Doubleday |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2023 |{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=World of Curiosities}}'' |Minotaur |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie R.}} |''Back to the Garden'' |Bantam |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pavone|first=Chris}} |''Two Nights in Lisbon'' |MCD |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Rankin|first=Ian}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Heart Full of Headstones}}'' |Little, Brown |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Raybourn|first=Deanna}} |''Killers of a Certain Age'' |Berkley |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Segura|first=Alex}} |''Secret Identity'' |Flatiron Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2024 |{{sortname|last=Cosby|first=S.A.}} |''All the Sinners Bleed'' |Flatiron Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}} |''Dark Ride'' |Wm. Morrow |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Clark|first=Tracy|link=Tracy Clark (author)}} |''Hide'' |Thomas & Mercer |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kim|first=Angie}} |''Happiness Falls'' |Hogarth |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|dab=author}} |''Murder Book'' |Mysterious |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Whitehead|first=Colson}} |''Crook Manifesto'' |Penguin Random House - Doubleday |Finalist | |}
== Best First Mystery (Novel) == The Macavity Award for the Best First Mystery Novel was awarded in 1987.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%" |+Best First Mystery winners and finalists, 1987-1989<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> ! scope="col" width="5%" |Year ! scope="col" width="25%" |Author ! scope="col" width="30%" |Title ! scope="col" width="25%" |Publisher ! scope="col" width="10%" |Result ! scope="col" width="5%" |{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |1987 |{{sortname|last=Kellerman|first=Faye}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Ritual Bath|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" |{{sortname|last=Wallace|first=Marilyn}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Case of Loyalties|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- |''Too Late To Die'' |{{sortname|Bill|Crider}} | |Finalist | |- |''Floater'' |{{sortname|Joseph|Koenig}} | |Finalist | |- |''Dead Air'' |{{sortname|Mike|Lupica}} | |Finalist | |- |''From a High Place'' |{{sortname|Edward|Mathis}} | |Finalist | |- |''Kiss Me Once'' |{{sortname|Thomas|Maxwell|dab=author}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="9" |1988 |{{sortname|last=Crais|first=Robert}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Monkey's Raincoat|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner |<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Louise |date=2003-03-10 |title=From Cop TV to Mystery Maestro |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030310/20577-from-cop-tv-to-mystery-maestro.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030310/20577-from-cop-tv-to-mystery-maestro.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Michael|Allegretto}} |''Death on the Rocks'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn G.|Hart}} |''Death on Demand'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Jeanne|Hart}} |''Fetish'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Janet|LaPierre}} |''Unquiet Grave'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Lia|Matera}} |''Where Lawyers Fear To Tread'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Matt and Bonnie|Taylor}} |''Neon Flamingo'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Joseph|Telushkin}} |{{Sort|Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl|''The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Scott|Turow}} |''Presumed Innocent'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="2" |1989 |{{sortname|last=Graham|first=Caroline|dab=writer}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Killings at Badger's Drift|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Mary Lou|Bennett}} |''Murder Once Done'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1990 |{{sortname|last=Churchill|first=Jill}} | ''Grime and Punishment'' | |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=It Had to Be You: A Grace & Favor Mystery by Jill Churchill |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060528430 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060528430 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Doug|Allyn}} |{{Sort|Cheerio Killings|''The Cheerio Killings''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Edith|Skom}} |{{Sort|Mark Twain Murders|''The Mark Twain Murders''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Deborah|Valentine}} |{{Sort|Collector of Photographs|''A Collector of Photographs''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Susan|Wolfe}} |{{Sort|Last Billable Hour|''The Last Billable Hour''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1991 |{{sortname|last=Cornwell|first=Patricia}} | ''Postmortem'' | |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2009-01-18 |title=1000 novels everyone must read: Crime (part one) |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/18/1000-novels-crime-part-one |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510010430/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/18/1000-novels-crime-part-one |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Diane Mott|Davidson}} |''Catering to Nobody'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Janet|Dawson|dab=writer}} |''Kindred Crimes'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|William F.|Love|nolink=1}} |{{Sort|Chartreuse Clue|''The Chartreuse Clue''}} | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1992 |{{sortname|last=Henry|first=Sue}} | ''Murder on the Iditarod Trail'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" |{{sortname|last=Willis Walker|first=Mary}} | ''Zero at the Bone'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Rebecca|Rothenberg}} |{{Sort|Bulrush Murders|''The Bulrush Murders''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Steven|Saylor}} |''Roman Blood'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Ann|Williams|nolink=1}} |''Flowers for the Dead'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1993 |{{sortname|last=Neely|first=Barbara}} | ''Blanche on the Lam'' | |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 16, 2019 |title=Awards: PEN America Literary Longlists; MWA Grand Master, Raven, Ellery Queen |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3641 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215601/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3641 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2020 |title=Rediscover: Blanche on the Lam |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=901 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162228/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=901 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Obituary Note: Barbara Neely |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3692 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162223/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3692 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Nancy|Atherton}} |''Aunt Dimity’s Death'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Kathy Hogan|Trocheck}} |''Every Crooked Nanny'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1994 |{{sortname|last=Newman|first=Sharan}} | ''Death Comes as Epiphany'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Nevada|Barr}} |''Track of the Cat'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Deborah|Crombie}} |{{Sort|Share in Death|''A Share in Death''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Laurie R.|King}} |{{Sort|Grave Talent|''A Grave Talent''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Abigail|Padgett}} |''Child of Silence'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1995 |{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Jeff}} | ''Do Unto Others'' | |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Janet|Evanovich}} |''One for the Money'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Lynda S.|Robinson}} |''Murder in the Place of Anubis'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|April|Smith|dab=writer}} |''North of Montana'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1996 |{{sortname|last=Day|first=Dianne}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Strange Files of Fremont Jones|nolink=1}}'' |Doubleday |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Jeanne M.|Dams}} |{{Sort|Body in the Transept|''The Body in the Transept''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Teri|Holbrook}} |{{Sort|Far and Deadly Cry|''A Far and Deadly Cry''}} | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Jody|Jaffe}} |''Horse of a Different Killer'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Virginia|Lanier}} |''Death in Bloodhound Red'' | |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1997 |{{sortname|last=Furutani|first=Dale}} |''Death in Little Tokyo'' |St. Martin's |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Linda|Fairstein}} |''Final Jeopardy'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Anne|George|dab=writer}} |''Murder on a Girls’ Night Out'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Michael C.|White}} |{{Sort|Brother’s Blood|''A Brother’s Blood''}} | |Finalist | |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1998 |{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}} |''Dead Body Language'' |Bantam Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}} |''Killing Floor'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean}} |''Off the Face of the Earth'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} |''Charm City'' |Avon |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Salaryman's Wife |nolink=1}}'' |HarperPaperbacks |Finalist | |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1999 |{{sortname|last=Farmer|first=Jerrilyn}} |''Sympathy for the Devil'' |Avon |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Fiedler|first=Jacqueline}} |''Tiger's Palette'' |Pocket Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hathaway|first=Robin}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Doctor Digs a Grave |nolink=1}}'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2000 |{{sortname|last=Woods|first=Paula L.}} | ''Inner City Blues'' |Soho Press |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}} |''Murder with Peacocks'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Black|first=Cara|link=Cara Black (author)}} |''Murder in the Marais'' |Soho Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Neri|first=Kris}} |''Revenge of the Gypsy Queen'' |Rainbow Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2001 |{{sortname|last=Liss|first=David}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Conspiracy of Paper}}'' |St. Martin's |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Grilley|first=Kate}} |''Death Dances to a Reggae Beat'' |Berkley Prime Crime |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Simpson|first=Marcia}} |''Crow in Stolen Colors'' |Berkley Prime Crime |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wray Herman|first=Julie}} |''Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death'' |Silver Dagger Mysteries |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2002 |{{sortname|last=Box|first=C. J.}} | ''Open Season'' |Henry Holt & Co. |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2009 |title=Book Brahmin: C. J. Box |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=843 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031925/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=843 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Box |first=C. J. |date=2009-12-02 |title=CJ Box's top 10 US crime novelists who 'own' their territory |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/02/cj-box-us-crime-novelists-top-10 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510010613/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/02/cj-box-us-crime-novelists-top-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Denise}} |''{{Sortname|The|Jasmine Trade|nolink=1}}'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Preston|first=M.K.}} |''Perhaps She'll Die'' |Intrigue |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Slaughter|first=Karin}} |''Blindsighted'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2003 |{{sortname|last=Spencer-Fleming|first=Julia}} | ''In the Bleak Midwinter'' |Hodder & Stoughton/Viking |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=King|first=Jonathon|link=Jonathon King (writer)}} |''{{Sortname|The|Blue Edge of Midnight|nolink=1}}'' |Dutton |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Muller|first=Eddie}} |''{{Sortname|The|Distance|nolink=1}}'' |Scribner |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Nehring|first=Radine Trees}} |''{{Sortname|A|Valley To Die For|nolink=1}}'' |St. Kitts Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2004 |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} | ''Maisie Dobbs'' |Libraries Unlimited |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donahue |first=Dick |date=2005-12-02 |title=Uncovering New Evidence |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20051205/28009-uncovering-new-evidence.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211704/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20051205/28009-uncovering-new-evidence.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=This Week's Bestsellers: April 08, 2013 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/56704-this-week-s-bestsellers-april-08-2013.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211703/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/56704-this-week-s-bestsellers-april-08-2013.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Hime|first=James}} |''Night of the Dance'' | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pawel|first=Rebecca C.}} |''Death of a Nationalist'' |Soho Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Steinhauer|first=Olen}} |''{{Sortname|The|Bridge of Sighs|nolink=1}}'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2005 |{{sortname|last=Kozak|first=Harley Jane}} | ''Dating Dead Men'' |Midnight Ink |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Balzo|first=Sandra}} |''Uncommon Grounds'' |Five Star |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hirahara|first=Naomi}} |''Summer of the Big Bachi'' |Delta |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Konrath|first=J. A.}} |''Whiskey Sour'' |Hyperion |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Schaffer|first=Dylan}} |''Misdemeanor Man'' |Bloomsbury Publishing |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2006 |{{sortname|last=Freeman|first=Brian|link=Brian Freeman (psychological suspense author)}} | ''Immoral'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Harrison|first=Mike|link=Mike Harrison (writer)}} |''All Shook Up'' |ECW Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hicks|first=Randall}} |''Baby Game'' |Wordslinger Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2007 |{{sortname|last=Stone|first=Nick|link=Nick Stone (author)}} | ''Mr. Clarinet'' |Crum Creek |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Cleland|first=Jane K.}} |''Consigned to Death'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Troy|link=Troy Cook (writer)}} |''47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers'' |Capital Crime Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=John|link=John Hart (author)}} |''King of Lies'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Read|first=Cornelia}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Field of Darkness}}'' |Mysterious |Finalist | |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|last=French|first=Tana}} |''In the Woods'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 20, 2014 |title=Tana French: The Ferocity of Adolescence |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html?issue=117 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215601/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html?issue=117 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=French |first=Tana |date=2012-07-27 |title=Tana French: I'm haunted by Ireland's ghost estates |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/27/tana-french-interview |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510010349/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/27/tana-french-interview |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-06 |title=This Week's Bestsellers: July 23-29, 2012 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/53445-this-week-s-bestsellers-july-23-29-2012.html |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211705/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/53445-this-week-s-bestsellers-july-23-29-2012.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Beynon Rees|first=Matt}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Collaborator of Bethlehem|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Joe|link=Joe Hill (writer)}} |''Heart-Shaped Box'' |Penguin |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lutz|first=Lisa}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Spellman Files|nolink=1}}'' |Hodder & Stoughton/Atria |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Maleeny|first=Tim}} |''Stealing the Dragon'' |Oceanview |Finalist | |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Larsson|first=Stieg}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Girl with the Dragon Tattoo}}'' |HarperCollins / Ecco |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2009-10-20 |title=Nordic writers sweep the board in US crime awards |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/20/nordic-crime-writers-us-awards |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510000356/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/20/nordic-crime-writers-us-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Ferraris|first=Zoë}} |''Finding Nouf'' |Bantam Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Malliet|first=G.M.}} |''Death of a Cozy Writer'' |Metro |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Newton|first=Charlie}} |''Calumet City'' |McFarland & Company |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pratt|first=Scott|link=Scott Pratt (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=An|2=Innocent Client}}'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=Michael|link=Michael Stanley (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Carrion Death|nolink=1}}'' |Random House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Waddell|first=Dan}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Blood Detective|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2010 |{{sortname|last=Bradley|first=Alan|link=Alan Bradley (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie}}'' |Delacorte Publishing |Winner |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Freveletti|first=Jamie}} | ''Running from the Devil'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 7, 2010 |title=Book Brahmin: Jamie Freveletti |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1226 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215600/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1226 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Littlefield|first=Sophie}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Bad Day for Sorry}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Neville|first=Stuart}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Ghosts of Belfast|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Crime |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Nunn|first=Malla}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Beautiful Place to Die}}'' |Picador |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|last=DeSilva|first=Bruce}} | ''Rogue Island'' |Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates |Winner |<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Cliff Walk by Bruce Desilva |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765332370 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211700/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765332370 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartell |first=Gerald |date=2014-03-11 |title=Bruce DeSilva |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/bruce-desilva/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211714/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/bruce-desilva/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Davidson|first=Hilary|link=Hilary Davidson (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Damage Done|nolink=1}}'' |Forge Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Doiron|first=Paul}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Poacher's Son|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Sasscer}} | ''Full Mortality'' |Wildside Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lelic|first=Simon}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Thousand Cuts|nolink=yes}}'' |Viking Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2012 |{{sortname|last=Rosen|first=Leonard|link=Leonard Rosen (writer)}} | ''All Cry Chaos'' |Permanent Press |Winner |<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepard |first=Martin |date=2013-12-11 |title=Publishing Artful Writing and Unique Plots |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/publishing-artful-writing-unique-plots/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211725/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/publishing-artful-writing-unique-plots/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Henry|first=Sara J.}} | ''Learning to Swim'' |Crown |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=James|first=Darrell}} | ''Nazareth Child'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=LaPlante|first=Alice}} | ''Turn of Mind'' |Atlantic Monthly |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=Taylor}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Informationist}}'' |Crown |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Watson|first=S. J.}} | ''Before I Go to Sleep'' |Harper |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Friedman|first=Daniel|link=Daniel Friedman (author)}} | ''Don't Ever Get Old'' |Minotaur Books – Thomas Dunne Books |Winner |<ref name=":13" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Boyer|first=Susan M.}} | ''Low Country Boil'' |Henery Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=MacNeal|first=Susan Elia}} | ''Mr. Churchill's Secretary'' |Random House – Bantam Books |Finalist |<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 19, 2016 |title=Reading with... Susan Elia MacNeal |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2862 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215558/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2862 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Pavone|first=Chris}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Expats|nolink=1}}'' |Crown |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{sortname|last=Shames|first=Terry}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Killing at Cotton Hill|nolink=1}}'' |Seventh Street Books |Winner |<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt}} | ''Yesterday's Echo'' |Oceanview Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Macavity Award Nominations |url=https://mysteryscenemag.com/article/3726-macavity-award-nominations |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://mysteryscenemag.com/article/3726-macavity-award-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Masterman|first=Becky}} | ''Rage Against the Dying'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Milchman|first=Jenny}} | ''Cover of Snow'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Miller|first=Derek|link=Derek Miller (writer)}} | ''Norwegian by Night'' |Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2015 |{{sortname|last=Dahl|first=Julia}} | ''Invisible City'' |Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":16" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Belcamino|first=Kristi}} | ''Blessed Are the Dead'' |Witness Impulse |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bouman|first=Tom}} | ''Dry Bones in the Valley'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Hilary|first=Sarah}} | ''Someone Else's Skin'' |Penguin Books |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Little|first=Elizabeth|link=Elizabeth Little (writer)}} | ''Dear Daughter'' |Viking Press |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Rader-Day|first=Lori}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Black Hour}}'' |Seventh Street Books |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Glen Erik}} | ''Past Crimes'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Patricia}} | ''Concrete Angel'' |Polis |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Holm|first=Chris|link=Chris Holm (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Killing Kind|nolink=1}}'' |Mulholland Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Joy|first=David|link=David Joy (author)}} | ''Where All Light Tends to Go'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Khan|first=Ausma Zehanat}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Unquiet Dead|link=The Unquiet Dead (novel)}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} | ''On the Road with Del and Louise'' |Henery |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Ide|first=Joe}} | ''IQ'' |Mulholland Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Barton|first=Fiona}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Widow|nolink=1}}'' |UK: Bantam Books<br>US: NAL |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Berry|first=Flynn}} | ''Under the Harrow'' |Penguin Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Beverly|first=Bill}} | ''Dodgers'' |No Exit Press |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Patrick|first=Renee}} | ''Design for Dying'' |Forge Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Kamal|first=Sheena}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lost Ones|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Garrett|first=Kellye}} | ''Hollywood Homicide'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jane}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Dry|link=The Dry (novel)}}'' |Flatiron Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jordan}} | ''She Rides Shotgun'' |Ecco Press |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Lepionka|first=Kristen}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Place You Look|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Wendall}} | ''Lost Luggage'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Copenhaver|first=John|link=John Copenhaver (writer)}} | ''Dodging and Burning'' |Pegasus Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2021 |title=The Savage Kind |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1063 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215601/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1063 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Braithwaite|first=Oyinkan}} | ''My Sister, the Serial Killer'' |Doubleday |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Owens|first=Delia}} | ''Where the Crawdads Sing'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Steadman|first=Catherine|link=Catherine Steadman (writer)}} | ''Something in the Water'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Tudor|first=C.J.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Chalk Man|nolink=1}}'' |Crown |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2020 |{{sortname|last=Laskowski|first=Tara}} | ''One Night Gone'' |Graydon House Books |Winner |<ref name=":22" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Downing|first=Samantha}} | ''My Lovely Wife'' |Penguin Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Eldridge|first=Tori}} | ''{{sortname|The|Ninja Daughter|nolink=1}}'' |Agora Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Kim|first=Angie}} | ''Miracle Creek'' |Sarah Crichton Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Pomare|first=J.P.}} | ''Call Me Evie'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=17 July 2020 |title=McKinty, Pomare shortlisted for US-based Macavity Award |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/17/153830/mckinty-pomare-shortlisted-for-us-based-macavity-award/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/17/153830/mckinty-pomare-shortlisted-for-us-based-macavity-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Wilkinson|first=Lauren|link=Lauren Wilkinson (writer)}} | ''American Spy'' |Random House |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2021 |{{sortname|last=Weiden|first=David Heska Wanbli}} | ''Winter Counts'' |Ecco Press |Winner |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Anappara|first=Deepa}} | ''Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line'' |Random House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=March|first=Nev}} | ''Murder in Old Bombay'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Osman|first=Richard}} | ''{{sortname|The|Thursday Murder Club}}'' |Pamela Dorman Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wrobel|first=Stephanie}} | ''Darling Rose Gold'' |Berkley Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2022 |{{sortname|last=Manansala|first=Mia P.}} | ''Arsenic and Adobo'' |Berkley Books |Winner |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Alexandra}} | ''Who Is Maude Dixon?'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Dean|first=Abigail}} | ''Girl A'' |Viking Press |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Flanagan|first=Erin}} | ''Deer Season'' |University of Nebraska Press |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Morris|first=Wanda M.}} | ''All Her Little Secrets'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> |}
== Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical == The Macavity Award for Best Mystery Non-fiction/Critical Book was established in 1987. This category has had multiple names since its inception and reviews the best mystery-related critical, biographical, and otherwise nonfiction titles.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical winners and finalists<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> ! scope="col" width="5%"| Year ! scope="col" width="25%"| Author ! scope="col" width="30%"| Title ! scope="col" width="25%"| Publisher ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%"| {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- style="background:#cddeff" !1987 |{{sortname|last=Muller |first=Marcia}} and Bill Pronzini | ''1001 Midnights'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1988 |{{sortname|last=Pronzini|first=Bill}} | ''Son of Gun in Cheek'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1989 |{{sortname|last=Nichols|first=Victoria}} and Susan Thompson | ''Silk Stalkings'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1990 |{{sortname|last=Keating|first=H. R. F.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Bedside Companion to Crime|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1991 |{{sortname|last=Gill|first=Gillian}} | ''Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1992 |{{sortname|last=Hillerman|first=Tony}} and Ernie Bulow | ''Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1993 |{{sortname|last=Nehr|first=Ellen}} | ''Doubleday Crime Club Compendium'' |Doubleday |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1994 |{{sortname|last=Gorman|first=Ed|link=Ed Gorman (writer)}} (ed.) |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Fine Art of Murder|nolink=1}}'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1995 |{{sortname|last=James |first=Dean|link=L. Dean James}} and Jean Swanson | ''By a Woman's Hand'' | |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1996 |{{sortname|last=Heising|first=Willetta L.}} | ''Detecting Women'' |Purple Moon |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1997 |{{sortname|last=Heising|first=Willetta}} | ''Detecting Women 2'' |Purple Moon Press |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1998 |{{sortname|last=Grape|first=Jan}}, {{sortname|last=James |first=Dean|link=L. Dean James}}, and Ellen Nehr |''Deadly Women'' |Carroll & Graf |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Macintyre|first=Ben}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Napoleon of Crime|nolink=1}}: Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief'' |Farrar, Straus & Giroux |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kaufman|first=Natalie}} and Carol Kay |''G Is for Grafton'' |Henry Holt & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ousby|first=Ian}} |''Guilty Parties: A Mystery Lover's Companion'' |Thames & Hudson |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1999 |{{sortname|last=Swanson|first=Jean}} and {{sortname|last=James |first=Dean|link=L. Dean James}} |''Killer Books'' |Berkley Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Dale|first=Alzina Stone}} |''Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington, DC'' |Passport Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Gorman|first=Ed|link=Ed Gorman (writer)}} and Martin Greenberg |''Speaking of Murder'' |Berkley Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Muller |first=Eddie}} |''Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Nichols|first=Victoria}} and Susan Thompson |''Silk Stalkings II'' |Scarecrow |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2000 |{{sortname|last=Nolan|first=Tom|dab=author}} | ''Ross Macdonald'' |Penguin Rough Guides |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Grossman|first=Jo}} and Robert Weibezahl (eds.) |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Taste of Murder|nolink=1}}'' |Dell |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stashower|first=Daniel}} |''Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle'' |Henry Holt & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2001 |{{sortname|last=Lachman|first=Marvin}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=American Regional Mystery|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Booth|first=Martin}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|nolink=1}}'' |Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Caldwell Thomas|first=Margaret}} |''essays'' |Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Dubose|first=Martha Hailey}} |''Women of Mystery: the Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists'' |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', January 2000 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Jim}} (ed.) |''100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century'' |Crum Creek Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2002 |{{sortname|last=Hayden|first=G. Miki}} | ''Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional'' |Howdunit Series, Writers Digest Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}} |''{{Sortname|The|War of the World Murders|nolink=1}}'' |Collectors Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hayde|first=Michael J.}} |''My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb'' |Cumberland House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hillerman|first=Tony}} |''Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Marks|first=Jeffrey}} |''Who Was that Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery'' |Delphi Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2003 |{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Jim}} (ed.) | ''They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Ashley |first=Mike|link=Mike Ashley (writer)}} |''{{Sortname|The|Mammoth Encyclopedia of Crime Fiction|nolink=1}}'' |Carroll & Graf |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Marks|first=Jeff}} |''Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel'' |Deadly Alibi Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Muller|first=Eddie}} |''{{Sortname|The|Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir|nolink=1}}'' |The Overlook Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2004 |{{sortname|last=Niebuhr|first=Gary Warren}} | ''Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Barnett|first=Colleen A}} |''Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Vol. 3'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Grossman|first=Jo}} and Robert Weibezahl |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers|nolink=1}}'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Andrew|link=Andrew Wilson (writer)}} |''Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith'' |Bloomsbury Publishing |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2005 |{{sortname|last=Lyle|first=D. P.}}, MD | ''Forensics for Dummies'' |William Morrow & Co. |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Stress Fracture by D. P. Lyle |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781605421346 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211705/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781605421346 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Bailey|first=Frankie Y.}} and Steven Chermak | ''Famous American Crimes & Trials, Vol. 1'' |Praeger Publishers |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Jim|link=Jim Doherty (writer)}} | ''Just the Facts: True Tales of Cops & Criminals'' |Deadly Serious Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Klinger|first=Leslie S.}} | ''{{sortname|1=The|2=New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories|nolink=1}}'' |W. W. Norton |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lockhart|first=Darrell B.}} | ''Latin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z Guide'' |Greenwood Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2006 |{{sortname|last=Rehak|first=Melanie}} |''Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her'' |Columbia University Press |Winner |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goodman|first=Jonathan}} |''Tracks to Murder'' |Kent State University Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kaminsky|first=Stuart}} with Laurie Roberts (photo) |''Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed'' |Hothouse Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Klinger|first=Leslie S.}} (ed.) |''New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Roach|first=Mary}} |''Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2007 |{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Jim}} and Austin Lugar (eds.) |''Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers'' |Five Star |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Roerden|first=Chris}} |''Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript From Ending Up D.O.A.'' |Bella Rosa Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stashower|first=Daniel}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder|nolink=1}}'' |Dutton |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|last=Sobin|first=Roger}} (ed.) |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians|nolink=1}}'' |Harcourt |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Forshaw|first=Barry}} |''Rough Guide to Crime Fiction'' |McFarland & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Gould O'Connell|first=Jean}} |''Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy'' |Michael Joseph/ Delacorte |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lellenberg|first=Jon}}, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley (eds.) |''Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters'' |Walker |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lofland|first=Lee}} |''Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers'' |HarperPress/Penguin |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Bailey|first=Frankie Y.}} |''African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study'' |Onyx |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Cassuto|first=Leonard}} |''Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories'' | |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-05 |title=Hard-Boiled Sentimentality Receives a Macavity Award Nomination |url=https://cupblog.org/2009/05/05/hard-boiled-sentimentality-receives-a-macavity-award-nomination/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Columbia University Press Blog |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211703/https://cupblog.org/2009/05/05/hard-boiled-sentimentality-receives-a-macavity-award-nomination/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Emerson|first=Kathy Lynn}} |''How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Geherin|first=David}} |''Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction'' |Bleak House Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Poe|first=Harry Lee}} |''Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories'' |Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Summerscale|first=Kate}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective|nolink=1}}'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2010 |{{sortname|last=James|first=P.D.}} |''Talking About Detective Fiction'' |Alfred A. Knopf |Winner |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Buntin|first=John}} |''L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City'' |Random House: Harmony Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=McDonald|first=Craig}} |''Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life'' |Bleak House Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penzler|first=Otto}} (ed.) |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives|nolink=1}}'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Salisbury|first=Laney}} and Aly Sujo |''Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art'' |Penguin Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Santangelo|first=Elena}} |''Dame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion'' |Bella Rosa Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|last=Curran|first=John|link=John Curran (writer)}} | ''Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making'' |HarperCollins |Winner |<ref name=":10" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Blum|first=Deborah}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York|nolink=1}}'' |Penguin Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Yunte}} | ''Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Jakubowski|first=Maxim}} (ed.) | ''Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction'' |New Holland |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Morrell|first=David|dab=writer}} and Hank W. Wagner (eds.) | ''Thrillers: 100 Must Reads'' |Oceanview Publishing |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{sortname|last=Harris|first=Charlaine}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Sookie Stackhouse Companion}}'' |Ace Books |Winner |<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Budewitz|first=Leslie}} | ''Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure'' |Linden |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Curran|first=John|link=John Curran (writer)}} | ''Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Emrys|first=A.B.}} | ''Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel'' |McFarland & Company |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=English|first=T. J.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}} and Declan Burke (eds.) |''Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels'' |Simon & Schuster – Atria/Emily Bestler |Winner |<ref name=":13" /> |- |{{sortname|last=French|first=Paul|link=Paul French (author)}} |''Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China'' |Penguin Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Penzler|first=Otto}} (ed.) |''In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero'' |BenBella/Smart Pop |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2014 |{{sortname|last=Stashower|first=Daniel}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Montillo|first=Roseanne}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Rzepka|first=Charles J.}} | ''Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard'' |Johns Hopkins University Press |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2015 |{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}} (ed.) | ''Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey'' |Henery Press |Winner |<ref name=":16" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Brownson|first=Charles|link=Charles Brownson (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis|nolink=1}}'' |McFarland & Company |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Ocker|first=J.W.}} | ''Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe'' |Countryman |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Plantinga|first=Adam}} | ''400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman'' |Quill Driver |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Edwards|first=Martin|link=Martin Edwards (author)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Harkup|first=Kathryn}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie|nolink=1}}'' |Bloomsbury Sigma |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Marrs|first=Suzanne}} and Tom Nolan (eds.) |''Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald'' |Arcade |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}} |''Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime'' |Grove Press |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Ward|first=Nathan|link=Nathan Ward (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett|nolink=1}}'' |Bloomsbury Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Kinsman|first=Margaret}} | ''Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction'' |McFarland & Company |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2017 |title=Sara Paretsky Wins Macavity Award |url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/sara-paretsky-wins-macavity-award/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=McFarland Books }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Cleland|first=Jane K.}} | ''Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats'' |Writer's Digest Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Franklin|first=Ruth}} | ''Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life'' |Liveright Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Skal|first=David J.}} | ''Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula'' |Liveright Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Summerscale|first=Kate}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Wicked Boy:}} The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer'' |Penguin Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Edwards|first=Martin|link=Martin Edwards (author)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books|nolink=1}}'' |Poisoned Pen Press/British Library |Winner |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bostrom|first=Mattias}} | ''From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon'' |Mysterious Press |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Jackson|first=Lawrence P.}} | ''Chester B. Himes: A Biography'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=James|first=Bill|link=Bill James (novelist)}} and Rachel McCarthy James |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery|nolink=1}}'' |Scribner |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Sims|first=Michael}} | ''Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes'' |Bloomsbury |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Telfer|first=Tori}} | ''Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History'' |Harper Perennial |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Weinman|first=Sarah}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins |Winner |<ref name=":21" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Blackwell|first=Laird R.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction|nolink=1}}'' |McFarland & Company |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fox|first=Margalit}} | ''Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer'' |Random House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Klinger|first=Leslie S.}} | ''Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s'' |Pegasus Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=McNamara|first=Michelle}} | ''I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Thompson|first=Laura|link=Laura Thompson (journalist)}} | ''Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life'' |Pegasus Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2020 |{{sortname|last=Billheimer|first=John}} | ''Hitchcock and the Censors'' |University Press of Kentucky |Winner |<ref name=":22" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Blackwell|first=Laird R.}} | ''Frederic Dannay'' |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' and the ''Art of the Detective Short Story'', McFarland & Company |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Buchan|first=Ursula}} | ''Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan'' |Bloomsbury Publishing |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Houlahan|first=Peter}} | ''Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery'' |''American History'', Counterpoint |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Moulton|first=Mo}} | ''{{sortname|last=Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women|first=The|nolink=1}}'' |Basic Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Polchin|first=James}} | ''Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall'' |Counterpoint |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2021 |{{sortname|last=Mitchell|first=Sheila|link=Sheila Mitchell (writer)}} | ''H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime'' |Level Best Books |Winner |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Brody|first=Leslie}} | ''Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy'' |Seal Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Edwards|first=Martin|link=Martin Edwards (author)}} (ed.) | ''Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=MacDonald|first=Erin E.}} | ''Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction'' |McFarland & Company |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Sisterson|first=Craig}} | ''Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand'' |Oldcastle Books |Finalist | |-style=background:#cddeff ! rowspan="7" |2022 |{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}} with Laurie R. King |''How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America'' |Scribner |'''Winner''' |<ref name=":8" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Aldridge|first=Mark}} |''Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fox|first=Margalit}} |''{{sortname|The|Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History|nolink=1}}'' |Random House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Greene|first=Richard|nolink=1}} |''{{sortname|The|Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene}}'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=McGrath Morris|first=James}} |''Tony Hillerman: A Life'' |University of Oklahoma Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Tresch|first=John}} |''{{sortname|The|Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science|nolink=1}}'' |Farrar, Straus and Giroux |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=White|first=Edward|nolink=1}} |''{{sortname|The|Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense}}'' |W. W. Norton & Co. |Finalist | |}
== Best Mystery Short Story == The Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story was first awarded in 1987.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Best Mystery Short Story winners and finalists<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> ! scope="col" width="5%"| Year ! scope="col" width="25%"| Author ! scope="col" width="25%"| Title ! scope="col" width="30%"| Publication ! scope="col" width="10%"| Result ! scope="col" width="5%"| {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- style="background:#cddeff" !1987 |{{sortname|last=Grafton|first=Sue}} | {{Sort|Parker Shotgun|The Parker Shotgun}} |''Mean Streets'' |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1988 |{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}} | {{Sort|Woman in the Wardrobe|The Woman in the Wardrobe}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', December 1987 |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="2" |1989 |{{sortname|last=Allyn|first=Doug}} | Deja Vu |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', June 1988 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|nolink=1|Carl|Martin}} |Fatherly Love |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July 1988 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1990 |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} | Afraid All the Time |''Sisters in Crime'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Brendan|DuBois}} |Fire Burning Bright |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', Winter 1989 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Jeremiah|Healy}} |One Eye Open |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July 1989 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Donald E.|Westlake}} |Too Many Crooks |''Playboy'', August 1989 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" !1991 |{{sortname|last=Hess|first=Joan}} | Too Much to Bare |''Sisters in Crime 2'' |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 28, 2017 |title=Obituary Notes: Joan Hess |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3136 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162230/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3136 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1992 |{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}} | Deborah's Judgement |{{Sort|Woman’s Eye|''A Woman’s Eye''}} |Winner |<ref name=":1" /> |- |{{sortname|Joe|Gores}} |Dance of the Dead |{{Sort|Armchair Detective|''The Armchair Detective''}}, Spring 1991 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Carolyn|Wheat}} |Life, for Short |''Sisters in Crime 4'' |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1993 |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn}} | Henrie O's Holiday |Malice Domestic 1 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Joan|Hess}} |{{Sort|Last to Know|The Last to Know}} |Malice Domestic 1 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Charles|McCarry}} |{{Sort|Hand of Carlos|The Hand of Carlos}} |{{Sort|Armchair Detective|''The Armchair Detective''}}, Fall 1992 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="2" |1994 |{{sortname|last=Dunlap|first=Susan}} | Checkout |''Malice Domestic 2'' |Winner | |- |{{sortname|M. D.|Lake}} |Kim's Game |''Malice Domestic 2'' |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="2" |1995 |{{sortname|last=Adams|first=Deborah}} | Cast Your Fate to the Wind |''Malice Domestic 3'' |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}} | Unharmed |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Mid-December 1994 |Winner | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |1996 |{{sortname|last=Dexter|first=Colin}} |Evans Tries an O-Level |''Morse's Greatest Mystery'' (Crown) |Winner | |- |{{sortname|K. K.|Beck}} |Rule of Law |''Malice Domestic 4'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Dorothy|Cannell}} |Cupid's Arrow |''Crimes of the Heart'' |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1997 |{{sortname|last=Wheat|first=Carolyn}} |Cruel & Unusual |''Guilty As Charged'' (Pocket Books) |Winner | |- |{{sortname|Joyce|Christmas}} |Takeout |''Malice Domestic 5'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Jill|Churchill}} |{{Sort|Bun Also Rises|The Bun Also Rises}} |''Malice Domestic 5'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Michael|Malone|dab=author}} |Red Clay |''Murder for Love'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Rosemarie|Santini}} |{{Sort|Music Lesson|The Music Lesson}} |New Mystery, Number 9, 1996 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |1998 |{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}} |Two Ladies of Rose Cottage |''Malice Domestic 6'' (Pocket Books) |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Bankier|first=William}} |Real Bullets This Time |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July 1997 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kaminsky|first=Stuart}} |Find Miriam |''New Mystery Magazine'', Summer 1997 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Marston|first=Edward}} and Peter Lovesey |{{sortname|1=The|2=Corbett Correspondence|nolink=1}} |''Malice Domestic 6'' (Pocket Books) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Whitney|first=Polly}} |Etiquette Lesson |''Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine'' |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |1999 |{{sortname|last=D'Amato|first=Barbara}} |Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov. 98 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Berenson|first=Laurien}} |Sleeping Dogs Lie |''Canine Crimes'' (Ballantine Books) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Coben|first=Harlan}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Simple Philosophy|nolink=1}} |''Malice Domestic 7'' (Avon) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=James |first=Dean|link=L. Dean James}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Village Vampire & the Oboe of Death|nolink=1}} |''Malice Domestic 7'' (Avon) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2000 |{{sortname|last=Grilley|first=Kate}} | Maubi and the Jumbies |''The Strand Magazine'', Spring 2007 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie|link=Laurie R. King}} |Paleta Man |''Irreconcilable Differences'', edited by Lia Matera (HarperCollins) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Anne}} |Heroes |''Murder & Obsession'', edited by Otto Penzler (Delacorte Press) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wheat|first=Carolyn}} |Show Me the Bones |''Diagnosis Dead'', edited by Jonathan Kellerman (Pocket Books) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2001 |{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Candle for Christmas|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sep-Oct 2007 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Man in the Civil Suit|nolink=1}} |''Malice Domestic 9'' (Avon) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Christmas|first=Joyce}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Chosen|nolink=1}} |''Unholy Orders'' (Intrigue Press) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2002 |{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}} | The Abbey Ghosts |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', March 2003 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Hall Page|first=Katherine}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Would-Be Widower|nolink=1}} |''Malice Domestic 10'', edited by Nevada Barr (Avon) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hertel|first=Ted}} |My Bonnie Lies |''The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers,'' edited by Michael Hemmingson (Carroll & Graf) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Krich|first=Rochelle}} |Bitter Waters |''Criminal Kabbalah'', edited by Lawrence W. Raphael (Jewish Lights) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2003 |{{sortname|last=Dawson|first=Janet|link=Janet Dawson (writer)}} | Voice Mail |Harper / Headline |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Deverell|first=Diana}} |Boot Scoot |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', October 2002 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=DuBois|first=Brendan}} |{{sortname|1=An|2=Empire's Reach|nolink=1}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', November 2002 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kelner|first=Toni L.P.}} |Bible Belt |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', June 2002 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Talley|first=Marcia}} |Too Many Cooks |''Much Ado About Murder'', edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wheat|first=Carolyn}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Adventure of the Rara Avis|nolink=1}} |''Murder, My Dear Watson'', edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower (Carroll & Graf) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2004 |{{sortname|last=Balzo|first=Sandy}} | The Grass Is Always Greener |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Feb 2007 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}} |Rogues Gallery |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', March 2003 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Deverell|first=Diana}} |Texas Two-Step |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', February 2003 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Foxwell|first=Beth}} |No Man's Land |''Blood On Their Hands'', edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime) |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contributors |url=https://mysteryscenemag.com/contributors?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211708/https://mysteryscenemag.com/contributors?highlight=WyJtYWNhdml0eSIsImF3YXJkIiwibWFjYXZpdHkgYXdhcmQiXQ== |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Hayden|first=G. Miki}} |War Crimes |''A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime'', edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Klaskin|first=Ronnie}} |Child Support |''A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime'', edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Viets|first=Elaine}} |Red Meat |''Blood On Their Hands'', edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2005 |{{sortname|last=Faherty|first=Terence}} |The Widow of Slane |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sept-Oct 2005 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Balzo|first=Sandra}} |Viscery |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', December 2004 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=White|first=Alana}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Lady's Not for Dying|nolink=1}} |''Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine'', Winter 2004 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="4" |2006 |{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}} |There Is No Crime on Easter Island |Scam and Eggs, Five Star |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}} |Everybody's Girl |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', May 2005 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Corbett|first=David|link=David Corbett (writer)}} |It Can Happen |San Francisco Noir, Akashic Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hockensmith|first=Steve}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Big Road}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', May 2005 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="3" |2007 |{{sortname|last=Maleeny|first=Tim}} |Til Death Do Us Part |''MWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder'', edited by Harlan Coben (Little, Brown & Co.) |Winner |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}} |Provenance |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Jul 2006 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Isleib|first=Roberta}} |Disturbance in the Field |''Seasmoke: Crime Stories by New England Writers'', edited by Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty, and Susan Oleksiw (Level Best Books) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | Please Watch Your Step |''Hardly Knew Her'' (William Morrow & Co.) |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Rat's Tale|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sept/Oct 2007 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Breen|first=Jon L.}} | {{sortname|1=The|2=Missing Elevator Puzzle|nolink=1}} |''Wolfsbane & Mistletoe'', edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Graves Myers|first=Beverle}} | Brimstone P.I. |''Wolfsbane & Mistletoe'', edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Roberts|first=Gillian}} | {{sortname|1=The|2=Old Wife's Tale|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', March/April 2004 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}} | {{sortname|1=The|2=Night Things Changed|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Mar/Apr 2007 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Chercover|first=Sean}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Sleep Not Unlike Death|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sep/Oct 2008 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Kelner|first=Toni L.P.}} | Keeping Watch Over His Flock |''Murderous Intent'', Fall 1999 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}} | Scratch a Woman |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', Jan 2001 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Piccirilli|first=Tom}} | Between the Dark and the Daylight |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', May 2007 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2010 |{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}} |On the House |''Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers'', Level Best Books |Winner |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Atkins|first=Ace}} |Last Fair Deal Gone Down |''Crossroad Blues'', Busted Flush Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}} |Femme Sole |''Boston Noir'', Akashic Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fusilli|first=Jim}} |Digby, Attorney at Law |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', May 2009 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn}} |Your Turn |''Two of the Deadliest'', Harper |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Sakey|first=Marcus}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Desert Here and the Desert Far Away|nolink=1}} |''Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down'', Mira |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Urrea|first=Luis Alberto}} |Amapola |Phoenix Noir, Akashic Books |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}} |Swing Shift |''Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side'', Berkley Books |Winner |<ref name=":10" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Allyn|first=Doug}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Scent of Lilacs|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Gilman|first=Keith}} |Devil's Pocket |Philadelphia Noir, Akashic Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Helms|first=Richard}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Gods for Vengeance Cry|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Malliet|first=G.M.}} |Bookworm |''Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin''', Wildside Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2012 |{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}} |Disarming |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', June 2011 |Winner |<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Corey|first=Trina}} |Facts Exhibiting Wantonness |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov. 2011 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Gerber|first=Daryl Wood}} |Palace by the Lake |''Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology'', Wildside Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |Truth and Consequences |''Mystery Times Ten'', Buddhapuss Ink |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Kathleen|link=Kathleen Ryan (writer)}} |Heat of Passion |''A Twist of Noir'', Feb. 14, 2011 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Turnbull|first=Peter|link=Peter Turnbull (author)}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', March/April 2011 |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Lord Is My Shamus|nolink=1}} |''Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder'', Wildside Press |Winner |<ref name=":13" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Deaver|first=Jeffrey}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Sequel|nolink=1}} |''The Strand Magazine'', November 2012-February 2013 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fusilli|first=Jim}} |Blind Justice |''Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance'', Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Slaughter|first=Karin}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Unremarkable Heart}} |''Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance'', Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=B.K.}} |Thea's First Husband |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', June 2012 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |When Duty Calls |''Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder'', Wildside Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2014 |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Care and Feeding of Houseplants|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', March/April 2013 |Winner |<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Terminal|nolink=1}} |''Kwik Krimes'', edited by Otto Penzler, Thomas & Mercer |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository}} |''Bibliomysteries: Short Tales About Deadly Books'', edited by Otto Penzler, Bookspan |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Limon|first=Martin}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Dragon's Tail|nolink=1}} |''Nightmare Range: The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories'', Soho Books |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Pandian|first=Gigi}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Hindi Houdini|nolink=1}} |''Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology'', edited by Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Richardson|first=Travis}} |Incident on the 405 |''The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble'', edited by Clare Toohey, Macmillan |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{sortname|last=Buck|first=Craig Faustus}} |Honeymoon Sweet |''Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014'', edited by Dana Cameron, Down & Out |Winner |<ref name=":16" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadow Knows|nolink=1}} |''Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays'', edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, Wildside Press |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Marks|first=Paul D.}} |Howling at the Moon |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov. 2014 |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Richardson|first=Travis}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Proxy|nolink=1}} |''Thuglit'' #13, Sept./Oct. 2014 |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Odds Are Against Us|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov. 2014 |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Little Men|nolink=1}} |MysteriousPress.com/Open Road |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Coward|first=Mat}} |On Borrowed Time |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', June 2015 |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Estleman|first=Loren D.}} |Sob Sister |''Detroit Is Our Beat: Tales of the Four Horsemen'', Tyrus |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Year Without Santa Claus|nolink=1}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', January/February 2015 |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Richardson|first=Travis}} |Quack and Dwight |''Jewish Noir'', edited by Kenneth Wishnia, PM Press |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=B.K.}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Joy Forever|nolink=1}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', March 2015 |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |Parallel Play |''Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning'', Wildside Press |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-13 |title=Art Taylor Wins 2017 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story |url=https://creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/11198 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Creative Writing {{!}} George Mason University |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://creativewriting.gmu.edu/articles/11198 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Block|first=Lawrence}} |Autumn at the Automat |''In Sunlight or in Shadow'', Pegasus Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Buck|first=Craig Faustus}} |Blank Shot |''Black Coffee'', Darkhouse Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Herren|first=Greg}} |Survivor's Guilt |''Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016'', Down & Out Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Marks|first=Paul D.}} |Ghosts of Bunker Hill |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Dec. 2016 |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Oates|first=Joyce Carol}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Crawl Space|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sept.-Oct. 2016 |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Marks|first=Paul D.}} |Windward |''Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea'', Down & Out Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 5, 2021 |title=Obituary Note: Paul D. Marks |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3936 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101215605/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3936 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Buck|first=Craig Faustus}} |As Ye Sow |''Passport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017'', Down and Out Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=#2 Pencil|nolink=1}} |''Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea'', Down & Out Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Faherty|first=Terence}} |Infinite Uticas |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', May/June 2017 |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |Whose Wine Is it Anyway? |''50 Shades of Cabernet'', Koehler Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |{{sortname|1=A|2=Necessary Ingredient|nolink=1}} |''Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea'', Down & Out Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} |English 398: Fiction Workshop |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Jul/Aug 2018 |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Buck|first=Craig Faustus}} |Race to Judgment |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov/Dec 2018 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Budewitz|first=Leslie}} |All God's Sparrows |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', May/Jun 2018 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} |Bug Appétit |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Nov/Dec 2018 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Lancet|first=Barry}} |Three-Star Sushi |''Down & Out: The Magazine'', Vol.1, No. 3 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Pandian|first=Gigi}} |{{sortname|1=The|2=Cambodian Curse|nolink=1}} |''The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories'' |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2020 |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} | Better Days |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', May/June 2019 |Winner |<ref name=":22" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Chandos|first=Michael}} | West Texas Barbecue |''The Eyes of Texas'', edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books) |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Faherty|first=Terence}} | {{sortname|The|Cardboard Box|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Jan/Feb 2019 |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} | Alex's Choice |''Crime Travel'', edited by Barb Goffman(Wildside Press) |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Malliet|first=G.M.}} | Whiteout |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Jan/Feb 2019 |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agatha Award-winning Author G.M. Malliet |url=https://literaryagentmarkgottlieb.com/blog/agatha-award-winning-author-gm-malliet |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Literary Agent Mark Gottlieb |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211701/https://literaryagentmarkgottlieb.com/blog/agatha-award-winning-author-gm-malliet |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Zeltserman|first=Dave}} | Brother's Keeper |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', May/June 2019 |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2021 |{{sortname|last=Valjan|first=Gabriel}} | Elysian Fields |''California Schemin': The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology'', edited by Art Taylor (Wildside Press) |Winner |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}} | Dear Emily Etiquette |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Sept/Oct 2020 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}} | {{sortname|The|Boy Detective & The Summer of ‘74|nolink=1}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', Jan/Feb 2020 |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Viets|first=Elaine}} | Dog Eat Dog |''{{sortname|The|Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell|nolink=1}}'', edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads Publishing) |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James W.}} | {{sortname|The|Twenty-Five Year Engagement|nolink=1}} |''In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon'', edited by Laurie R. King (Pegasus Crime) |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="7" |2022 |{{sortname|last=Helms|first=Richard|link=Richard Helms (writer)}} | Sweeps Week |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July/August 2021 |Winner |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Clark|first=Tracy|link=Tracy Clark (writer)}} | Lucky Thirteen |''Midnight Hour'' (Crooked Lane Books) |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Hockensmith|first=Steve}} | Curious Incidents |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', January/February 2021 |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Lawton|first=R.T.}} | {{sortname|The|Road to Hana|nolink=1}} |''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'', May/June 2021 |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Malliet|first=G.M.}} | {{sortname|The|White Star|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July/August 2021 |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-08-17 |title=Award: “The White Star” nominated for a 2022 Macavity |url=https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/2022/08/17/award-the-white-star-nominated-for-a-2022-macavity/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=Sisters in Crime-Colorado |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102211702/https://sistersincrimecolorado.org/2022/08/17/award-the-white-star-nominated-for-a-2022-macavity/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|last=Pandian|first=Gigi}} | {{sortname|The|Locked Room Library|nolink=1}} |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July/August 2021 |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Zeltserman|first=Dave}} | Julius Katz and the Two Cousins |''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', July/August 2021 |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |}
== Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery == The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award was established in 2006 to honor Sue Feder, "a reviewer, scholar and dedicated mystery fan, who had founded the [now defunct] ''Historical Mystery Appreciation Society."''<ref name=":6" />
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%" |+Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery winners and finalists, 2006-2009<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> ! scope="col" width="5%"| Year ! scope="col" width="25%"| Author ! scope="col" width="30%"| Title ! scope="col" width="25%"| Publisher ! scope="col" width="10%"| Result ! scope="col" width="5%"| Ref. |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2006 |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} | ''Pardonable Lies'' |Scribner |Winner |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} |''In Like Flynn'' |St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Broadbent|first=Tony}} |''Spectres in the Smoke'' |St. Martin's |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=War of the World Murders|nolink=1}}'' | |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Jennings|first=Maureen}} |''Night's Child'' |McClelland & Stewart |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2007 |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''Oh Danny Boy'' |G. P. Putnam's Sons |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Block|first=Brett Ellen}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lightning Rule|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Cleverly|first=Barbara}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Bee's Kiss|nolink=1}}'' |Constable & Robinson |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Anne}} |''Dark Assassin'' |Ballantine Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} |''Messenger of Truth'' |Henry Holt |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2008 |{{sortname|last=Franklin|first=Ariana}} | ''Mistress of the Art of Death'' |UK: Michael Joseph Ltd/Penguin Books<br>US: HarperCollins |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''Her Royal Spyness'' |Perseverance Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Goodwin|first=Jason}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Snake Stone}}'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Langley-Hawthorne|first=Clare}} | ''Consequences of Sin'' |Simon & Schuster |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Oates|first=Joyce Carol}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Gravedigger's Daughter|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Royal Pain|nolink=1}}'' |McFarland & Co. |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Larsen|first=Ward}} | ''Stealing Trinity'' |Crossover Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Liss|first=David}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Whiskey Rebels}}'' |Crum Creek Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Maitland|first=Karen}} | ''Company of Liars'' |Viking Press/Penguin |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=Kelli}} | ''Nox Dormienda'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Westerson|first=Jeri}} | ''Veil of Lies'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2010 |{{sortname|last=Cantrell|first=Rebecca}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Trace of Smoke|nolink=1}}'' |Forge Books |Winner |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Pintoff|first=Stefanie}} | ''In the Shadow of Gotham'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Duty to the Dead|link=A Duty to the Dead}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Westerson|first=Jeri}} | ''Serpent in the Thorns'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} | ''Among the Mad'' |Henry Holt & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=Kelli}} | ''City of Dragons'' |Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":10" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Barbara|link=Barbara Hamilton (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Marked Man|nolink=1}}'' |Berkley Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Mitchell|first=David|link=David Mitchell (author)}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet}}'' |Random House |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Red Door|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Wishnia|first=Kenneth}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Fifth Servant|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2012 |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} | ''Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains'' |Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur |Winner |<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''Naughty in Nice'' |Berkley Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Fusilli|first=Jim}} | ''Narrows Gate'' |AmazonEncore |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=Ann|link=Ann Parker (writer)}} | ''Mercury's Rise'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Westerson|first=Jeri}} | ''Troubled Bones'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Lesson in Secrets|nolink=1}}'' |Harper |Finalist | |-style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} |''{{sortname|1=An|2=Unmarked Grave|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins |Winner |<ref name=":13" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Cantrell|first=Rebecca}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=City of Broken Glass|nolink=1}}'' |Forge Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=MacNeal|first=Susan Elia}} |''Princess Elizabeth's Spy'' |Random House – Bantam Books |Finalist |<ref name=":3" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Confession|nolink=1}}'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}} |''Elegy for Eddie'' |HarperCollins |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="5" |2014 |{{sortname|last=Morrell|first=David|link=David Morrell (writer)}} | ''Murder as a Fine Art'' |Little, Brown, & Co. |Winner |<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Calkins|first=Susanna}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Murder at Rosamund's Gate|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Kresge|first=Robert}} | ''Saving Lincoln'' |ABQ Press |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} | ''Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Neville|first=Stuart}} | ''Ratlines'' |Soho Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":26" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2015 |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Deadly Measure of Brimstone|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Winner |<ref name=":16" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''Queen of Hearts'' |Berkley Prime Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Finn|first=Alan}} | ''Things Half in Shadow'' |Gallery |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Harris|first=Robert|link=Robert Harris (novelist)}} | ''{{Sortname|An|Officer and a Spy|dab=novel}}'' |Alfred A. Knopf |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Nunn|first=Malla}} | ''Present Darkness'' |Atria |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} | ''Hunting Shadows'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":17" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Calkins|first=Susanna}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Masque of a Murderer |nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Freydont|first=Shelley}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Gilded Grave|nolink=1}}'' |Berkley Prime Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Greaves|first=C. Joseph}} | ''Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo)'' |Bloomsbury |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Kerr|first=Philip}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Lady from Zagreb|nolink=1}}'' |Marian Wood/G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Kincheloe|first=Jennifer}} | ''Secret Life of Anna Blanc'' |Seventh Street Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- |{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie R.}} | ''Dreaming Spies'' |Bantam Books |Finalist |<ref name=":18" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James W.}} | ''Heart of Stone'' |Seventh Street Books |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Calkins|first=Susanna}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Death Along the River Fleet |nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Faye|first=Lyndsay}} | ''Jane Steele'' |UK: Headline Review<br>US: G. P. Putnam's Sons |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Maxwell|first=Edith|link=Edith Maxwell (author)}} | ''Delivering The Truth'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Reek of Red Herrings|nolink=1}}'' |US: Minotaur<br>UK: Houghton Stodder |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=Ann|link=Ann Parker (writer)}} | ''What Gold Buys'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist |<ref name=":19" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''In Farleigh Field'' |Lake Union Publishing |Winner |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Benn|first=James R.}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Devouring|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Mukherjee|first=Abir}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Rising Man|nolink=1}}'' |Pegasus |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Patrick|first=Renee}} | ''Dangerous to Know'' |Forge Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} | ''Racing the Devil'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James W.}} | ''Cast the First Stone'' |Seventh Street Books |Finalist |<ref name=":20" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}} |''{{sortname|1=The|2=Widows of Malabar Hill|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Crime |Winner | |- |{{sortname|last=Freeman|first=Dianne}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder|nolink=1}}'' |Kensington Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Elsa}} | ''City of Ink'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie R.}} | ''Island of the Mad'' |Bantam Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=Ann|link=Ann Parker (writer)}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Dying Note|nolink=1}}'' |Poisoned Pen |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Forgotten Place|nolink=1}}'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2020 |{{sortname|last=Prescott|first=Lara}} | ''{{sortname|The|Secrets We Kept|nolink=1}}'' |Vintage |Winner |<ref name=":22" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Calkins|first=Susanna}} | ''Murder Knocks Twice'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|L. A.|Chandlar}} | ''{{sortname|The|Pearl Dagger|nolink=1}}'' |Kensington Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Freeman|first=Dianne}} |''{{sortname|1=A|2=Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder|nolink=1}}'' |Kensington Books |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}} | ''{{sortname|The|Satapur Moonstone|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Maxwell|first=Edith|link=Edith Maxwell (author)}} | ''Charity's Burden'' |Midnight Ink |Finalist |<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" /> |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2021 |{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James}} | ''Turn to Stone'' |Seventh Street Books |Winner |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''{{sortname|The|Last Mrs. Summers|nolink=1}}'' |Berkley Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Elsa}} | ''{{sortname|The|Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne|nolink=1}}'' |Minotaur Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}} | ''{{sortname|The|Turning Tide|nolink=1}}'' |Quercus |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Parker|first=Ann|link=Ann Parker (writer)}} | ''Mortal Music'' |Poisoned Pen Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|last=Yu|first=Ovidia}} | ''{{sortname|The|Mimosa Tree Mystery|nolink=1}}'' |Constable Press |Finalist | |- style="background:#cddeff" ! rowspan="6" |2022 |{{sortname|last=Hirahara|first=Naomi}} | ''Clark and Division'' |Soho Crime |Winner |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}} | ''{{sortname|The|Venice Sketchbook|nolink=1}}'' |Lake Union |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=MacNeal|first=Susan Elia}} | ''{{sortname|The|Hollywood Spy|nolink=1}}'' |Bantam Books |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /><ref name=":3" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}} | ''{{sortname|The|Bombay Prince|nolink=1}}'' |Soho Crime |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Moreno-Garcia|first=Silvia}} | ''Velvet was the Night'' |Del Rey Books |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |- |{{sortname|last=Rader-Day|first=Lori}} | ''Death at Greenway'' |William Morrow & Co. |Finalist |<ref name=":25" /> |}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html Home page of the Macavity award].
Category:Macavity Awards Category:Mystery and detective fiction awards Category:Awards established in 1987 Category:English-language literary awards