AGATHA AWARDS
BEST SHORT STORY

2009:
Femme Sole by Dana Cameron
Handbaskets, Drawers and a Killer Cold by Kaye George
The Worst Noel by Barb Goffman
On the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Death Will Trim Your Tree by Elizabeth Zelvin

2008: The Night Things Changed by Dana Cameron (Winner) (from Wolfsbane and Mistletoe)
Killing Time by Jane Cleland
Dangerous Crossing by Carla Coupe
Skull & Cross-Examinations by Toni L.P. Kelner
A Nice Old Guy by Nancy Pickard

2007: A Rat's Tale by Donna Andrews (Winner)
Please Watch Your Step by Rhys Bowen
Casino Gamble by Nan Higginson
Popping Round To The Post by Peter Lovesey
Death Will Clean Your Closet by Elizabeth Zelvin

2006: Sleeping with the Plush by Toni L.P. Kelner (Winner)
The Old Couple by Robert Barnard
Provenance by Robert Barnard
Yankee Swap by Maurissa Guibord
Disturbance in the Field by Roberta Isleib

2005: Driven to Distraction by Marcia Talley  (Winner)
House Rules by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Mother Love by Harriette Sackler
Murder at Sleuthfest by Barb Goffman
Rear View Murder by Carla Coupe

2004: Wedding Knife by Elaine Viets  (Winner)
The Butler Didn’t Do It by Maria Y. Lima
The Two Marys by Katherine Hall Page

2003: No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Foxwell  (Winner)
Doppleganger by Rhys Bowen
Safety First by Marcia Talley
Red Meat by Elaine Viets
Sex and Bingo by Elaine Viets

2002: Tie: Too Many Cooks by Marcia Talley
                Tie: The Dog that Didn't Bark by Margaret Maron
Dognapped by Robert Barnard
Devotion by Jan Burke
What He Needed by Laura Lippman

2001: The Would-be-Widower by Katherine Hall Page  (Winner)
Bitter Waters by Rochelle Krich
The Peculiar Events on Riverside Drive by Maan Meyers
Juggernaut by Nancy Springer
Virgo in Sapphires by Margaret Maron

2000: The Man in the Civil Suit by Jan Burke (Winner)
Nothing to Lose by Robert Barnard
The Seal of the Confessional by Rhys Bowen
Amish Butter by Jacqueline Fiedler
Miss Parker & the Cutter-Sanborn Tables by Gay Toltl Kinman
Widow's Peak by Rochelle Krich

1999: Out of Africa by Nancy Pickard   (Winner)
Maubi and the Jumbies by Kate Grilley
The Golden Rounds by Susan Holtzer
With Thanks to Agatha Christie by Sarah J. Mason
With Love, Marjorie Ann by Marcia Talley

1998: Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable by Barbara D’Amato (Winner)
Sleeping Dogs Lie by Laurien Berenson
A Simple Philosophy by Harlan Coben
The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death by Dean James
A Deliberate Form of Frenzy by Daniel Stashower

1997: Tea for Two by M.D. Lake  (Winner)
Heavenly Bodies by Simon Brett
Come To Tea by Janet Laurence
Corbett Correspondence by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey
Two Ladies of Rose Cottage by Peter Robinson

1996: Accidents Will Happen by Carolyn Wheat (Winner)
The Bun Also Rises by Jill Churchill
The Death of Erik the Redneck by Toni L.P. Kelner
A Parrot Is Forever by Peter Lovesey
Bugged by Eve K. Sandstrom

1995: The Dog Who Remembered Too Much by Elizabeth Daniels Squire (Winner)
Rule of Law by K.K. Beck
Cupid's Arrow by Dorothy Cannell
A Contest Fit for a Queen by Susan Dunlap
The Murder Game by Jean Hager

1994: The Family Jewels by Dorothy Cannell  (Winner)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind by Deborah Adams
The Gentleman in the Lake by Robert Barnard
Soon to be a Minor Motion Picture by Barbara D'Amato
The Dying Light by Taylor McCafferty

1993: Kim's Game by M.D. Lake   (Winner)
A Romance in the Rockies by K.K. Beck
Sax and the Single Cat by Carole Nelson Douglas
Checkout by Susan Dunlap
...That Married Dear Old Dad by Margaret Maron

1992: Nice Gorilla by Aaron and Charlotte Elkins  (Winner)
The Jersey Lily by P.M. Carlson
Country Hospitality by Jean Hager
The Last to Know by Joan Hess
Happiness Is a Dead Poet by Sharyn McCrumb

1991: Deborah's Judgment by Margaret Maron   (Winner)
The Habit of Widowhood by Robert Barnard
The January Sales Stowaway  by Dorothy Cannell
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown by Peter Lovesey
Long Live the Queen by Ruth Rendell

1990: Too Much To Bare by Joan Hess   (Winner)
The High Cost of Living by Dorothy Cannell
Proxime Accessit by Reginald Hill
A Family Affair by Janet Neel
The Wearing of Purple by Anne Woodward

1989: A Wee Doch and Doris by Sharyn McCrumb (Winner)
Live It Up, Bert by Patricia Derozier
Amanda by Ellie Grossman
A Cozy for Christmas by Charlotte MacLeod
Afraid All the Time by Nancy Pickard

1988: More Final than Divorce by Robert Barnard  (Winner)
Prodigal Grandson by Elizabeth Byrd
Father of the Bride by P.M. Carlson
Double Vision by Mary Higgins Clark
Dutiful Son by Ralph McInerny