1998 AGATHA AWARDS

Award for Lifetime Achievement
Patricia Moyes


Best Novel
Butcher's Hill by Laura Lippman
Best Novel Nominees
Liar - Burke Home Fires- Maron
Dove in the Window - Fowler Ape Who Guards The Balance - Peters
Blind Bloodhound Justice - Lanier  

Best First Novel
The Doctor Digs A Grave by Robin Hathaway
Best First Novel Nominees
Sympathy for the Devil- Farmer Dying to Get Published - Fitzwater
Tigers Palette - Fiedler Fax Me A Bagel- Kahn

Best Short Story
Chocolate Is A Vegetable by Barbara D'amato
Best Short Story Nominees
Sleeping Dogs Lie - Berenson The Village Vampire - James
A Simple Philosophy - Coben Deliberate Form of Frenzy - Stashower

Best Non-Fiction
Walking Guide to Washington, D.C. by Alzina Stone Dale

Best Non-Fiction Nominees

Speaking Murder - Gorman, Greenburg Silk Stalkings II - Nichols, Thompson
Deadly Women - Grape, James, Dean Killer Books - Swanson, James