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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1998
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Ax by Donald E Westlake
Hocus by Jan Burke
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
Death of a Cozy Writer by G M Malliet
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell
An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Night of the Mir'aj by Zoë Ferraris
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
Calumet City by Charlie Newton

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

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