Malice Domestic announced the 2022 Agatha Award winners on April 29.

BEST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

• A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

• Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower (Berkley)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss (St. Martin’s)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Beauty and the Beyotch,” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Magazine, Feb. 2022)

BEST NON-FICTION

• Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction, Diane Vallere Ed.(Sisters in Crime)

BEST CHILDREN’S/YA MYSTERY

• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)