Last Saturday night the votes were tabulated, and the following books  -- & their authors, won the Agatha Award in their category. Click on the book graphic to go to our catalog and put a hold on any of them that appeals to you. If you want to see (and borrow!) books by the other nominees, there is a separate post that has this information and links. Click here to go directly to this post.

Best Contemporary Novel

  All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

Best Historical Novel

  The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen 

Best First Novel

  Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer

Best Nonfiction

   Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane