Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food and an immense quiet. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The 2006 Agatha Award Winners

Malice Domestic has announced the winners for the 2006 Agatha Awards.

The Agatha Awards, named after Agatha Christie, honor traditional mysteries - those that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence. The stories usually feature an amateur detective, a confined setting, and characters who know one another.

BEST NOVEL
THE BODY IN THE SNOW DRIFT by Katherine Hall

BEST FIRST NOVEL
BETTER OFF WED by Laura Durham

BEST NONFICTION
GIRL SLEUTH by Melanie Rehak

BEST SHORT STORY
"Driven to Distraction" by Marcia Talley

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