Friday 9 October 2015

2015 Macavity Award and Deadly Pleasure Barry Award Winners

The 2015 Macavity Awards were presented at Bouchercon in Raleigh. Congratulations to all!

The Macavity Awards are given out by Mystery Readers International and Mystery Readers Journal.

Best Mystery Novel:
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood (Penguin)
Best First Mystery Novel:
Invisible City by Julia Dahl (Minotaur)
Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction:
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey (editor) Hank Phillippi Ryan, (Henery Press)
Best Mystery Short Story:
"Honeymoon Sweet" by Craig Faustus Buck  (Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron; Down & Out)
Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award:

A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur)

Also presented at the opening ceremony at Bouchercon were the Deadly Pleasure Barry Awards . The awards were presented by George Easter.

Best Novel
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

Best First Novel 
Invisible City by Julia Dahl

Best Paperback Original 
The Life we Bury by Allen Eskens

Best Thriller 
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta



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