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Mystery Readers International Has Announced the Macavity Nominees!

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The Macavity Awards are nominated by members of Mystery Readers International, subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal and friends of MRI. This includes authors who are fans, mystery reader groups, and mystery reviewers. The winners will be announced at opening ceremonies at the Sacramento Virtual Bouchercon in October.

Where we own copies of a particular book, you can click on the Lisle Library logo in front of the book's title. It will take you to our catalog where you can put a hold on it. If there is no logo in front of a title, you can ask for the book on Interlibrary Loan if you are a Lisle resident card holder. So check these out -- you might find a great book for the group to discuss!

And now, here's the list!

Best Mystery Novel 
  Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Ecco) 
  This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
  Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman (Wm. Morrow)
  The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland) 
  The Murder List by Hank Philippi Ryan (Forge) 
  Sarah Jane by James Sallis (Soho Crime) 

Best First Mystery 
  The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge (Agora Books)
  My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Penguin)
  Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books)
  One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Graydon House)
  Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
  American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)

Best Mystery Short Story 
“West Texas Barbecue” by Michael Chandos (The Eyes of Texas, edited by Michael Bracken—Down & Out Books)
“Alex's Choice” by Barb Goffman (Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman—Wildside Press)
“The Cardboard Box” by Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019)
"Whiteout” by G.M. Malliet (EQMM, Jan/Feb 2019)
“Brother’s Keeper” by Dave Zeltserman (EQMM, May/June 2019)
“Better Days,” by Art Taylor (EQMM, May/June 2019)

Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical 
Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story by Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury)
  Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan (Counterpoint)
  The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
  Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin (Counterpoint Press)

Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery 
  Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur)
  The Pearl Dagger by L.A. Chandlar (Kensington)
  A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
  Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
  Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink) 
  The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (Vintage)

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