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Agatha Awards · Best Contemporary Novel

Winners of the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel — traditional mysteries in the Agatha Christie spirit.

51 books·Curio catalog
A Midnight Puzzle2024
A Midnight Puzzle
Gigi Pandian
To Slip the Bonds of Earth2024
To Slip the Bonds of Earth
Amanda Flower
The Weekend Retreat2023
The Weekend Retreat
Tara Laskowski
The Mistress of Bhatia House2023
The Mistress of Bhatia House
Sujata Massey
A World of Curiosities2022
A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny
Because I Could Not Stop for Death2022
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Amanda Flower
Cajun Kiss of Death2021
Cajun Kiss of Death
Ellen Byron
Death at Greenway2021
Death at Greenway
Lori Rader-day
All the Devils Are Here2020
All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny
The Last Mrs. Summers2020
The Last Mrs. Summers
Rhys Bowen
The Long Call2019
The Long Call
Ann Cleeves
Charity's Burden2019
Charity's Burden
Edith Maxwell
Mardi Gras Murder2018
Mardi Gras Murder
Ellen Byron
The Widows of Malabar Hill2018
The Widows of Malabar Hill
Sujata Massey
Glass Houses2017
Glass Houses
Louise Penny
In Farleigh Field2017
In Farleigh Field
Rhys Bowen
A Great Reckoning2016
A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny
Quiet Neighbors2016
Quiet Neighbors
Catriona Mcpherson
Long Upon the Land2015
Long Upon the Land
Margaret Maron
Dreaming Spies2015
Dreaming Spies
Laurie R. King
Truth Be Told2014
Truth Be Told
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Heirs and Graces2014
Heirs and Graces
Rhys Bowen
The Wrong Girl2013
The Wrong Girl
Hank Phillippi Ryan
A Question of Honor2013
A Question of Honor
Charles Todd
The Beautiful Mystery2012
The Beautiful Mystery
Louise Penny
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder2012
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
Catriona Mcpherson
Three-day Town2011
Three-day Town
Margaret Maron
A Royal Pain2011
A Royal Pain
Rhys Bowen
Bury Your Dead2010
Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny
A Brutal Telling2009
A Brutal Telling
Louise Penny
The Cruelest Month2008
The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny
A Fatal Grace2007
A Fatal Grace
Louise Penny
The Virgin of Small Plains2006
The Virgin of Small Plains
Nancy Pickard
The Body in the Snowdrift2005
The Body in the Snowdrift
Katherine Hall Page
Birds of a Feather2004
Birds of a Feather
Jacqueline Winspear
Letter From Home2003
Letter From Home
Carolyn Hart
You've Got Murder2002
You've Got Murder
Donna Andrews
Murphy's Law2001
Murphy's Law
Rhys Bowen
Storm Track2000
Storm Track
Margaret Maron
Mariner's Compass1999
Mariner's Compass
Earlene Fowler
Butchers Hill1998
Butchers Hill
Laura Lippman
The Devil in Music1997
The Devil in Music
Kate Ross
Up Jumps the Devil1996
Up Jumps the Devil
Margaret Maron
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him1995
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
Sharyn Mccrumb
She Walks These Hills1994
She Walks These Hills
Sharyn Mccrumb
Dead Man's Island1993
Dead Man's Island
Carolyn Hart
Bootlegger's Daughter1992
Bootlegger's Daughter
Margaret Maron
I.o.u.1991
I.o.u.
Nancy Pickard
Bum Steer1990
Bum Steer
Nancy Pickard
Naked Once More1989
Naked Once More
Elizabeth Peters
Something Wicked1988
Something Wicked
Carolyn G. Hart