And they will be presented at the 20th Malice Domestic Convention held the weekend of April 25-27:
Best
Novel
The Penguin
Who Knew Too Much, by
Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur)Her Royal Spyness, by Rhys
Bowen (Penguin Group)
Hard
Row, by Margaret Maron (Grand Central
Publishing)
A Fatal
Grace, by Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Murder With Reservations, by
Elaine Viets (NAL)
Best First
Novel
A Beautiful
Blue Death, by Charles Finch ( St.
Martin ‘s Minotaur)A Real Basket Case, by Beth
Groundwater (Five Star)Silent In The Grave, by
Deanna Raybourn (Mira)Prime Time, by Hank Phillipi Ryan
(Harlequin)
Best
Nonfiction
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life In Letters, by
Charles Foley, Jon Lellenberg , and Daniel Stashower (Penguin Press)The
Official Nancy Drew Handbook, by Penny Warner (Quirck Productions)
Best
Short Story
"A Rat’s Tale", by Donna Andrews (Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine Sept/Oct, 2007)"Please Watch Your Step", by
Rhys Bowen (The Strand, Spring, 2007)"Casino Gamble", by Nan
Higginson (Murder New
York Style, L & L Dreamspell)"Popping
Round To The Post", by Peter Lovesey (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,
November, 2007)"Death Will
Clean Your Closet", by Elizabeth Zelvin (Murder
New York Style, L & L
Dreamspell)
Best
Children’s/Young Adult
A Light In The Cellar, by Sarah
Masters Buckey (American Girl)Bravo Zulu, Samantha!, by Kathleen
Benner Duble (Peachtree Publishers)Cover-Up: Mystery At The Super
Bowl, by John Feinstein (Knopf [Random House])The
Falconer’s Knot, by Mary Hoffman (Bloomsbury
USA Childrens’
Books)Theodosia And
The Serpents Of Chaos, by R.L. LaFevers (Houghton Mifflin)
Congratulations to all the nominees!