Agatha Award (1989-2006)

Also called "Malice Domestic," these awards are given annually to books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. Mysteries receiving
awards contain no explicit sex, gore, or violence and feature an amateur detective.

Click on the title to read a short summary of the book, and to place a hold.

The number in parentheses after each book is the year in which it was awarded the Agatha Award.

The Body in the Snow Drift by Katherine Hall Page (2006)

Better Off Wed by Laura Durham (2006)

Girl Sleuth by Melanie Rehak (2006)

Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (2005)

Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak (2005)

Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives by Jack French (2005)

Letter From Home by Carolyn Hart (2004)

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (2004)

Amelia Peabody's Egypt, A Compendium edited by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (2004)

You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (2003)

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2003)

They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels edited by Jim Huang (2003)

Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (2002)

Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer (2002)

Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman (2002)

Storm Track by Margaret Maron (2001)

Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (2001)

100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century edited by Jim Huang (2001)

Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler (2000)

Murder, with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (2000)

Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Daniel Stashower (2000)

Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman (1999)

The Doctor Digs a Grave by Robin Hathaway (1999)

Mystery Reader's Walking Guide To Washington D.C. by Alzina Stone Dale (1999)

The Devil in Music by Kate Ross (1998)

The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey (1998)

Detecting Men by Willetta Heising (1998)

Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron (1997)

Murder on a Girl's Night Out by Anne George (1997)

Detecting Women by Willeta Heising (1997)

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb (1996)

The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams (1996)

Mystery Readers Walking Guide - Chicago by Alzina Stone Dale (1996)

She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (1995)

Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott (1995)

By A Woman's Hand by Jean Swanson and Dean James (1995)

Dead Man's Island by Carolyn Hart (1994)

Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (1994)

The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery by Barbara D'Amato (1994)

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (1993)

Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (1993)

I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard (1992)

Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker (1992)

Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard (1991)

The Body In The Belfry by Katherine Hall Page (1991)

Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters (1990)

Grime & Punishment by Jill Churchill (1990)

Something Wicked by Carolyn Hart (1989)

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (1989)