The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories.
Best Mystery Novel:
Winner:
- Folly by Laurie R. King
Nominees:
- Mystic
River by Dennis Lehane
- The
Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
- Tell No One by Harlan Coben
- Silent
Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
Best First Mystery Novel:
Winner:
- Open Season by C. J. Box
Nominees:
- The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
- Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
- Perhaps
She'll Die by M.K. Preston
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