Macavity Best First Novel Award

2024

Nominees
The Peacock and the Sparrow by IS Berry
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
Dutch Threat by Josh Pachter
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

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Best Novel

Best Historical Novel

Best Non-Fiction

2023

Winner
The Maid by Nita Prose

Nominees
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Five Moves of Doom by AJ Devlin
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler
The Verifiers by Jane Pek

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2022

Winner
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P Manansala

Shortlist
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M Morris

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2021

Winner
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

Shortlist
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Recovery of Rose Gold (Darling Rose Gold) by Stephanie Wrobel

2020

Winner
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

Shortlist
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Call Me Evie by JP Pomare
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

2019

Winner
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver

Shortlist
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor

2018

Winner
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

Shortlist
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Dry by Jane Harper
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas

2017

Winner
IQ by Joe Ide

Shortlist
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
Design for Dying by Renee Patrick

2016

Winner
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton

Shortlist
Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott
The Killing Kind by Chris Holm
Where All Light Tends To Go by David Joy
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
On the Road with Del and Louise by Art Taylor

2015

Winner
Invisible City by Julia Dahl

Shortlist
Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
Someone Else’s Skin by Sarah Hilary
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day

2014

Winner
A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames

Shortlist
Yesterday’s Echo by Matt Coyle
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman
Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller

2013

Winner
Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman

Shortlist
Low Country Boil by Susan M Boyer
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Expats by Chris Pavone

2012

Winner
All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen

Shortlist
Learning to Swim by Sara J Henry
Nazareth Child by Darrell James
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson

2011

Winner
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva

Shortlist
The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill
A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic

2010

Winner
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Shortlist
Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
The Twelve (The Ghosts of Belfast) by Stuart Neville
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn

2009

Winner
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Shortlist
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Death of a Cozy Writer by GM Malliet
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell

2008

Winner
In the Woods by Tana French

Shortlist
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny
The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees

2007

Winner
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone

Shortlist
Consigned to Death by Jane K Cleland
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
The King of Lies by John Hart
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

2006

Winner
Immoral by Brian Freeman

Shortlist
All Shook Up by Mike Harrison
The Baby Game by Randall Hicks

2005

Winner
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak

Shortlist
Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo
Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara
Whiskey Sour by JA Konrath
Misdemeanor Man by Dylan Schaffer

2004

Winner
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Shortlist
Night of the Dance by James Hime
Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
The Bridge of Sights by Olen Steinhauer

2003

Winner
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Shortlist
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King
The Distance by Eddie Muller
A Valley To Die For by Radine Trees Nehring

2002

Winner
Open Season by CJ Box

Shortlist
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
Perhaps She’ll Die by MK Preston
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

2001

Winner
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss

Shortlist
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson

2000

Winner
Inner City Blues by Paula L Woods

Shortlist
Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Murder in the Marais by Cara Black
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri

1999

Winner
Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer

Shortlist
Tiger’s Palette by Jacqueline Fiedler
The Doctor Digs a Grave by Robin Hathaway

1998

Winner
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner

Shortlist
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Off the Face of the Earth by Aljean Harmetz
Charm City by Laura Lippman
The Salaryman’s Wife by Sujata Massey