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Macavity Award

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.

Mystery Readers International website

Year	Best Novel	Best First Novel	Best Nonfiction
2007	The Virgin of Small Plains Nancy Pickard	Mr. Clarinet Nick Stone	Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers Ed by Jim Huang & Austin Lugar
2006	The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly	Immoral Brian Freeman	Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her Melanie Rehak
2005	Killing of the Tinkers Ken Bruen	Dating Dead Men Harley Jane Kozak	Forensics for Dummies D.P. Lyle
2004	House Sitter Peter Lovesey	Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear
2003	Winter and Night S J Rozan	In the Bleak Midwinter Julia Spencer-Fleming
2002	Folly Laurie R. King	Open Season David Ellis
2001	Place of Execution Val McDermid	Conspiracy of Paper David Liss
2000	Flower Master Sujata Massey	Inner City Blues Paula L. Woods