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Congratulations to Killer Characters Authors
Best Contemporary Novel
Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
Beyond the Truth by Bruce Robert Coffin (Witness Impulse)
Cry Wolf by Annette Dashofy (Henery Press)
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)
Best Historical Novel
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
The Gold Pawn by LA Chandlar (Kensington)
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell (Midnight Ink)
Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson (Berkley)
Best First Novel
A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
Little Comfort by Edwin Hill (Kensington)
What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix (Midnight Ink)
Deadly Solution by Keenan Powell (Level Best Books)
Curses Boiled Again by Shari Randall (St. Martin's)
Best Short Story
"All God's Sparrows" by Leslie Budewitz (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"A Postcard for the Dead" by Susanna Calkins in Florida Happens (Three Rooms Press)
"Bug Appetit" by Barb Goffman (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"The Case of the Vanishing Professor" by Tara Laskowski (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
"English 398: Fiction Workshop" by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Best Young Adult Mystery
Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson (Henry Holt)
A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi (Carolrhoda Books)
Best Nonfiction
Mastering Plot Twists by Jane Cleland (Writer's Digest Books)
Writing the Cozy Mystery by Nancy J Cohen (Orange Grove Press)
Conan Doyle for the Defense by Margalit Fox (Random House)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson (Pegasus Books)
Wicked Women of Ohio by Jane Ann Turzillo (History Press)
First of all, I love that you're coming dressed as Phryne and Jack!!! I think my husband and I would have to come dressed as Nick and Nora Charles… :-)
ReplyDeleteOh I just love Phryne Fisher and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson!! What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteTht's great! There aren't that many to choose from however. So bound to be a few repeats.
ReplyDeleteDella
I will be coming stag as Mata Hari 😍
ReplyDeleteBernie Little and bring my dog Chet.
ReplyDeleteBernie Little and bring my dog Chet.
ReplyDeleteI love this series
ReplyDeleteI always get hooked by the artwork and clever titles, but despite people say don't judge a book by it cover, I've found clever titles more than often we also clever stories and characters. I love this series...inside and out!
ReplyDeleteLord Peter Whimsey and Harriet Vane!
ReplyDeleteLike your choice of couple.
Love Miss Fisher's mysteries. Can't wait to read the book.
ReplyDeleteIf I could get my husband to come I would want to come as Nick and Nora Charles, although I don't know where we could borrow Asta from...
ReplyDeleteFun!!!
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