Agatha Awards あがさしょう
Edition 15 (2002)
Winners
7 peopleSet in the snowbound town of Millers Kill, New York, this first novel follows newly ordained priest Clare Fergusson as she confronts the case of an abandoned baby and the murder of a young mother. Against the pressure of a conservative parish and her tense connection with married police chief Russ, faith, justice, and forbidden feeling collide.
What awaits the new priest is a web of secrets hidden in a town buried under snow.
A workplace murder is investigated through the unusual perspective of Turing Hopper, a sentient mainframe computer with a personality of her own.
A murder mystery told through the eyes of an artificial intelligence.
A compact short mystery in which a quiet domestic setting slowly reveals the shape of a crime.
A small mystery that lets silence itself become a clue.
A short story that sets domestic bustle against the threat of murder, letting family tensions sharpen the mystery.
At a festive table, the most dangerous thing is often the people around it.
A guidebook that revisits 100 essential mystery novels of the 20th century through the perspectives of working booksellers.
A shared map to the century's essential mystery reading.
A middle-grade mystery in which young protagonists confront a crime unfolding during a soccer tournament.
A soccer tournament becomes the backdrop for a mystery that keeps building pace.
A middle-grade mystery in which young protagonists confront a crime unfolding during a soccer tournament.
A soccer tournament becomes the backdrop for a mystery that keeps building pace.