World Literary Awards

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Edition 3 (1990)

Best Contemporary NovelBest Historical NovelBest First NovelBest Short StoryBest Non-FictionBest Children's/Young Adult Mystery

Winners

3 people
Katherine Hall Page きゃさりん・ほーる・ぺーじ Winner

Set in a small New England town, the novel follows the discovery of a body in a church belfry. Faith Fairchild traces the town's secrets and tangled relationships in a classic mystery plot.

A body in the belfry turns a quiet town upside down.

244 pages
cozy mysteryclassic mysterysmall-town lifefamily secrets
Nancy Pickard なんしー・ぴかーど Winner

A strange bequest and a murder send Jenny Cain to Kansas, where she investigates the case in a witty, fast-moving mystery.

A strange bequest leads Jenny Cain into a murder investigation.

275 pages
mysteryseries fictionsmall-town lifewit
Joan Hess じょーん・へす Winner

A short story included in Sisters in Crime 2, showing Joan Hess's brisk and wry approach within a compact mystery form.

A compact anthology piece that packs in both mystery and wit.

short storyanthologymysterywit