アガサ賞受賞作発表
Malice Domestic has announced the winners for the 2012 Agatha Awards as follows:
BEST NOVEL:
Three Day Town, by Margaret Maron (Grand Central)
BEST FIRST NOVEL:
Learning to Swim, by Sara J. Henry (Crown)
BEST HISTORICAL MYSTERY:
Naughty in Nice, by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
BEST NONFICTION:
Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure, by Leslie Budewitz (Linden)
BEST SHORT STORY:
“Disarming,” by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 2011)
BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT:
The Black Heart Crypt, by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Simon Brett
Poirot Award: Lee Goldberg
Amelia Award: Elizabeth Peters
The winners were announced at the Agatha Awards banquet on April 28 in Bethesda, Maryland.