Awards & Winners

Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel

Macavity Awards

Date Established : 1987

Check all the winners of Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel presented under Macavity Awards since 1987 .


Reed Coleman, Ken Bruen

Honored for : Tower

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Bruen Tower
Reed Coleman Tower
Megan Abbott Bury Me Deep
Deborah Crombie Necessary as Blood
Jo Nesbø Nemesis
Louise Penny The Brutal Telling
S. J. Rozan The Shanghai Moon

Deborah Crombie

Honored for : Where Memories Lie

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Deborah Crombie Where Memories Lie
Sean Chercover Trigger City
Declan Hughes The Price of Blood
Arnaldur Indriðason The Draining Lake
Lisa Lutz Curse of the Spellmans
Louise Penny The Cruelest Month
Louise Ure The Fault Tree

Laura Lippman

Honored for : What the Dead Know

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Laura Lippman What the Dead Know
Reed Coleman Soul Patch
John Connolly The Unquiet
David Corbett Blood of Paradise
Deborah Crombie Water Like a Stone

Nancy Pickard

Honored for : The Virgin of Small Plains

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small Plains
John Banville Christine Falls
Jason Goodwin The Janissary Tree
Denise Mina The Dead Hour: Time Only Matters When It's Running Out
Peter Robinson Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense
Julia Spencer-Fleming All Mortal Flesh

Michael Connelly

Honored for : The Lincoln Lawyer

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer
Lee Child One Shot
Reed Coleman The James Deans
Tess Gerritsen Vanish
Peter Robinson Strange Affair
Don Winslow The Power of the Dog
Paul Levine Solomon vs. Lord

Ken Bruen

Honored for : The Killing of the Tinkers

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken Bruen The Killing of the Tinkers
Robin Burcell Cold Case
Jeff Lindsay Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Margaret Maron High Country Fall
T. Jefferson Parker California Girl
Peter Robinson Playing with Fire

Peter Lovesey

Honored for : The House Sitter

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Lovesey The House Sitter
Giles Blunt The Delicate Storm
Janet Quin-Harkin For the Love of Mike
Ken Bruen The Guards
David Corbett Done for a Dime

S. J. Rozan

Honored for : Winter and Night

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
S. J. Rozan Winter and Night
Jan Burke Nine
Mary Kay Andrews Savannah Blues
Michael Connelly City of Bones
James Lee Burke Jolie Blon's Bounce

Laurie R. King

Honored for : Folly

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Laurie R. King Folly
Dennis Lehane Mystic River
Linda Fairstein The Deadhouse
Harlan Coben Tell No One
T. Jefferson Parker Silent Joe

Val McDermid

Honored for : A Place of Execution

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Val McDermid A Place of Execution
Taffy Cannon Guns and Roses: A Modern Mystery Set in Colonial Willamsburg
Joe R. Lansdale The Bottoms
Anne Perry Half Moon Street
Nancy Pickard The Whole Truth

Sujata Massey

Honored for : The Flower Master

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sujata Massey The Flower Master
Rennie Airth River of Darkness
Robert Crais L.A. Requiem
Peter Robinson In a Dry Season

Michael Connelly

Honored for : Blood Work

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Connelly Blood Work
Nevada Barr Blind Descent
Laura Lippman Butchers Hill
Margaret Maron Home Fires
Abigail Padgett Blue

Deborah Crombie

Honored for : Dreaming of the Bones

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones
Jan Burke Hocus
Michael Connelly Trunk Music
Arturo Pérez-Reverte The Club Dumas
Donald E. Westlake The Ax

Peter Lovesey

Honored for : Bloodhounds

Mary Willis Walker

Honored for : Under the Beetle's Cellar

Sharyn McCrumb

Honored for : She Walks These Hills

Minette Walters

Honored for : The Sculptress

Margaret Maron

Honored for : Bootlegger's Daughter

Nancy Pickard

Honored for : I.O.U

Sharyn McCrumb

Honored for : If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O

Carolyn Hart

Honored for : A Little Class on Murder

Tony Hillerman

Honored for : A Thief of Time

Nancy Pickard

Honored for : Marriage Is Murder

P. D. James

Honored for : A Taste for Death