Macavity Awards

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The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats).

Best Novel Awards

2009
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
The Dying Breed by Declan Hughes
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason
The Fault Tree by Louise Ure

2008
Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (winner)

2007
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (winner)

2006
One Shot by Lee Child
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
Solomon Vs. Lord by Paul Levine
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (winner)

2005
Cold Case by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen (winner)

2004
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Done for a Dime by David Corbett
The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey (winner)

2003
Nine by Jan Burke
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Winter and Night by S J Rozan (winner)

2002
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker
Folly by Laurie R King (winner)

2001
Guns and Roses: An Irish Eyes Travel Mystery Set in Colonial Williamsburg by Taffy Cannon
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale
Half Moon Street by Anne Perry
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (winner)

2000
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey (winner)

1999
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Blue by Abigail Padgett
Blood Work by Michael Connelly (winner)

1998
Hocus by Jan Burke
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Ax by Donald E Westlake
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie (winner)

1997
Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey (winner)

1996
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (winner)

1995
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (winner)

1994
The Sculptress by Minette Walters (winner)

1993
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (winner)

1992
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard (winner)

1991
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb (winner)

1990
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Hart (winner)

1989
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman (winner)

1988
Marriage Is Murder by Nancy Pickard (winner)

1987
A Taste for Death by P D James (winner)

Best First Novel Awards

2009
The Night of the Mir'aj by Zoë Ferraris
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Death of a Cozy Writer by G M Malliet
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell

2008
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny
The Bethlehem Murders by Matt Rees
In the Woods by Tana French (winner)

2007
Consigned to Death by Jane K Cleland
The King of Lies by John Hart
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone (winner)