Agatha Awards あがさしょう
Edition 36 (2023)
Winners
7 peopleRare books librarian Juniper Blume returns home to chase a lead about the lost covers of the Book of Kells in the first Rare Books Cozy Mystery. The novel mixes bibliophilic detail, family tension, and a small-town murder case with a brisk, cozy pace.
A rare-books expert goes home to follow a manuscript clue and finds herself in a murder case.
A wealthy family’s birthday weekend at a winery estate spirals into jealousy, betrayal, and violence. The novel uses a locked-room feel and shifting family loyalties to sustain tension all the way through.
A lavish celebration turns into a night with nowhere to hide.
Set in 1922 Bombay, the fourth Perveen Mistry novel follows the city’s only female solicitor as she takes on the defense of a mistreated young woman. The story combines legal intrigue with class conflict, women’s rights, and family strain.
Perveen Mistry takes on a case that demands both courage and empathy.
This critical study reads Irish crime fiction through the lenses of justice, faith, and identity. Using eleven authors as a guide, it traces how the genre is shaped by history, politics, and cultural change.
A critical guide to Irish crime fiction and the forces that shaped it.
This collaborative short story appears in the Beatles-inspired anthology Happiness Is a Warm Gun and is the first fiction piece co-written by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski. It uses grief, memory, and urban tension to create a compact but vivid story.
A first collaborative story, shaped by a Beatles-inspired anthology concept.
This is the same collaboratively written short story by Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski, included in the anthology Happiness Is a Warm Gun. The content is shared with the companion envelope, while the author metadata differs.
The collaborative story, reflected under the other co-author’s envelope.
Jake, a boy obsessed with finding Sasquatch, adjusts to a new school and a changing family life while building a small team of young hunters. Beneath the Bigfoot fun lies a story about belonging, friendship, and family change.
Searching for Bigfoot helps a new kid find his place.