Malice Domestic Recap

Dark and Stormy Book Club

Malice Recap
Show Notes
Ann, Tracey and Misty discuss our observations of the Malice Domestic Conference this year. We loved
every minute of the event and the awards banquet where the Agatha Awards for 2022 were presented: We
thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the conference and look forward to next year.
2022
**WINNERS
Best Contemporary Novel
A World of Curiosities, Louise Penny (Minotaur)**
Best Historical Novel
Because I Could Not Stop for Death, Amanda Flower (Berkley)**
Best First Novel
Cheddar Off Dead, Korina Moss (St. Martin’s)**
Best Short Story
"Beauty and the Beyotch," Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery 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, Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)**
We send our sincere congratulations to all of the winners.
TRIVIA
Last week's question was:
Jeffrey Deaver was ahead of his time in 2001 when he?
a. He had characters in space
b. He had characters use social media
c. He had characters use small sized cell phones
d. He had characters cured of cancer
The answer is b. He had characters use social media. Deaver's 2001 book The Blue Nowhere features
criminal hackers (one using social engineering to commit murder), as well as a law enforcement computer
crime unit.
This week's question is::
Which author was a cook at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory?
a. Sharon McCrumb
b. Ann Cleeves
c. Jeffrey Deaver
d. Anthony Horowitz
Tune in next week for the answer