The best novels, short stories, and nonfiction books have been nominated for the Agatha Awards. There are a lot of keepers such as Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan and of course Louise Penny has a book nominated too. I’m going to have a particularly hard time voting for only one Best Short Story and one Best Historical Novel. Take a look. The novels are worth picking up, and you can read the short stories at malicedomestic.org/agathas.html

Best Historical Novel

• Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
• The Gold Pawn by LA Chandlar
• The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
• Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
• Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson

Best Short Story

• “All God’s Sparrows” by Leslie Budewitz
•  “A Postcard for the Dead” by Susanna Calkins
•  “Bug Appetit” by Barb Goffman
•  “The Case of the Vanishing Professor” by Tara Laskowski
•   “English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor