Presented annually by Mystery Readers International, the Macavity Awards honor the best in mystery as voted by MRI members. The winners will be announced at this year’s Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, September 15-18, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Best Mystery Novel
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Best First Mystery Novel
The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill
A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran
Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction, edited by Maxim Jakubowski
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads, edited by David Morrell and Hank W. Wagner
Best Mystery Short Story
“The Scent of Lilacs” by Doug Allyn in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
“Swing Shift” by Dana Cameron in Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side
“Devil’s Pocket” by Keith Gilman in Philadelphia Noir
“The Gods for Vengeance Cry” by Richard Helms in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
“Bookworm” by G.M. Malliet in Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin’
Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
A Marked Man by Barbara Hamilton
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley
The Red Door by Charles Todd
The Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishnia
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