Macavity Award - Best Novel
The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of TS 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.
Website: www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html
Winners
| Year | Title | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | No winner yet | Shortlist... | |
| 2009 | Where Memories Lie | Deborah Crombie | Shortlist... |
| 2008 | What the Dead Know | Laura Lippman | Shortlist... |
| 2007 | The Virgin of Small Plains | Nancy Pickard | Shortlist... |
| 2006 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Michael Connelly | Shortlist... |
| 2005 | The Killing of the Tinkers | Ken Bruen | Shortlist... |
| 2004 | The House Sitter | Peter Lovesey | Shortlist... |
| 2003 | Winter and Night | S J Rozan | Shortlist... |
| 2002 | Folly | Laurie R King | Shortlist... |
| 2001 | A Place of Execution | Val McDermid | Shortlist... |
| 2000 | The Flower Master | Sujata Massey | Shortlist... |