Agatha Awards - Best First Novel

2005. Planning a wedding can be murder.

1992. A quirky mystery debut that pits Blanche against a Faulknerian cast of oddballs who may be trying to kill each other off to claim a southern fortune.

1990. A town where everyone knows everyone elses business.

1995 Christmas Eve services at the nearby cathedral ends with a bloody body.

2001. Meet Bubbles: most people tag her as the typical dumb blonde, with primary interests being sex, gossip and soaps.

2018. Tied with A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman.

2004. Best First Novel. Wollie is dating 40 men in 60 days as part of a research project for a bestselling radio personality.

2013.

2008. From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery novels and torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance.

2000. Beau Brummell wandering about the English countryside solving murders.

1998. Dr. Andrew Fenimore, a late-30s bachelor, has an unlikely double profession--medical doctor and private eye.

1994. Funny portrayal of the social mechanics of a small town where everyone has something to hide.

1988. "Who knows what darkness lies in the hearts of men?"

1989. It's so hard to kill good help these days. . .

2006. Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard's world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm.

2017.

2002. A former military helicopter pilot now rookie Episcopalian priest, probing crime in upstate New York.

2018. Tied with Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall

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2012.

2003. Maisie becomes enmeshed in a mystery surrounding The Retreat, a reclusive community of wounded WWI veterans.

1996. Things get personal when the killer starts making threats.

1999. Meg’s world includes bizarre incidents, impossible people, and extraordinary happenings.

2015.

2007. Could an innocent e-mail offer really result in murder, mayhem and a multimillion-dollar fraud ring?

1997. "I suppose there are worse places to spend New Year's Eve than a crowded train with a stranger's hand inching up your thigh."

2016.

2009.

1993 - Best First Novel. Dollops of ecology and conservation of resources mingle with the murder clues.

2014.

1991 - Best First Novel. There's more than just animals at the zoo.