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Edition 23 (2010)

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

Winners

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Avery Aames Winner

A cozy mystery in which the opening of a cheese shop turns into a murder investigation and a tangle of town secrets.

The cheese shop’s grand opening brings a murder to the doorstep.

336 pages
cozy mysteryfoodsmall-town secrets
Louise Penny Winner

A Chief Inspector Gamache novel set in Quebec’s Three Pines, where a new death forces Gamache to confront both the case and his own past.

In winter Quebec, a fresh case reopens memories that had been buried for years.

371 pages
detective mysterypsychological dramareckoning with the past

Published as a short story in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine; no standalone book edition is confirmed.

A short story intended to be read in its magazine context.

short storymagazine publicationirony
John Curran Winner

A research volume that follows Agatha Christie’s notebooks, reconstructing her working methods and including unpublished Poirot stories.

From notebook fragments, Christie’s plotting process comes into view.

492 pages
researchAgatha Christiewriting process
Sarah Smith Winner

A YA mystery in which a girl who sees ghosts and a boy chasing a hidden past uncover a Boston history tied to slavery and loss.

Ghosts and history overlap until the present danger becomes clear.

320 pages
young adultghost storyhistorical mystery