2023 Macavity Award (Awarded by Mystery Readers International)

Awards List

First Mystery Novel

The Maid
(Winner)
Nita Prose

Before You Knew My Name
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Bublitz

Devil's Chew Toy
(Nominee)
Rob Osler

The Verifiers
(Nominee)
Jane Pek

Shutter
(Nominee)
Ramona Emerson

Five Moves of Doom
(Nominee)
A.J. Devlin

Mystery Novel

A World of Curiosities
(Winner)
Louise Penny

Secret Identity
(Nominee)
Alex Segura

Two Nights in Lisbon
(Nominee)
Chris Pavone

Back to the Garden
(Nominee)
Laurie R. King

Killers of a Certain Age
(Nominee)
Deanna Raybourn

A Heart Full of Headstones
(Nominee)
Ian Rankin

Mystery Short Story

Beauty and the Beyotch
(Winner)
Barb Goffman

The Landscaper's Wife
(Nominee)
Brendan DuBois

My Two-Legs
(Nominee)
Melissa Yi

Schrodinger, Cat
(Nominee)
Anna Scotti

Stockholm
(Nominee)
Catherine Steadman

The Angel of Rome
(Nominee)
Jess Walter

First You Dream, Then You Die
(Nominee)
Donna Moore

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

Lavender House
(Winner)
Lev A.C. Rosen

The Secret in the Wall
(Nominee)
Ann Parker

One-Shot Harry
(Nominee)
Gary Phillips

In Place of Fear
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Anywhere You Run
(Nominee)
Wanda M. Morris

The Lindbergh Nanny
(Nominee)
Mariah Fredericks

Award Categories

First Mystery Novel

Mystery Novel

Mystery Short Story

Nonfiction

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery

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