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Edition 16 (2003)

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

Winners

7 people
Jacqueline Winspear じゃくりーん うぃんすぴあ Excellence Award

In postwar London, former maid-turned-investigator Maisie Dobbs searches for a missing woman and keeps running into the lingering wounds of the Great War.

The first step of a quiet historical mystery series.

294 pages
historical mysteryfemale detectivepost-WWImissing person
Carolyn Hart きゃろりん はーと Excellence Award

A letter from her hometown in Oklahoma pulls journalist G. G. Gilman back into a past shaped by war, loss, and long-buried memories.

One letter reopens a summer, a war, and a life that never quite left home.

367 pages
memorywar aftermathwoman journalistSouthern setting
Elizabeth Foxwell えりざべす ふぉっくすうぇる Excellence Award

A short mystery that lets past violence and present investigation meet in an uneasy borderland.

At the edge of things, silence is already part of the case.

short storymysteryborderlandmemory
Barbara Mertz えりざべす ぴーたーず Excellence Award

A compendium that explores the history, culture, and archaeology behind Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody series.

A richly annotated guide to the world behind Amelia Peabody.

336 pages
nonfictionEgyptarchaeologyseries companion
Kristen Whitbread くりすてん うぃっとぶれっど Co-winner

A compendium that explores the history, culture, and archaeology behind Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody series.

A richly annotated guide to the world behind Amelia Peabody.

336 pages
nonfictionEgyptarchaeologyseries companion
Dennis Forbes でにす ふぉーぶす Excellence Award

A compendium that explores the history, culture, and archaeology behind Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody series.

A richly annotated guide to the world behind Amelia Peabody.

336 pages
nonfictionEgyptarchaeologyseries companion
Kathleen Karr きゃすりーん かーる Excellence Award

Set in 1896 Europe, the novel follows two brothers who are pulled into an international conspiracy while chasing a missing servant and stolen art.

A stolen art mystery sends two boys across Europe.

149 pages
children's fictionhistorical fictionartadventure