Dear Myrtle Fans, as if last month’s Edgar Award nomination wasn’t exciting
enough (it was! It really was!), I am beyond delighted (belighted?!) to
share the news that *Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 5, Myrtle, Means, and
Opportunity*, has been nominated for an Agatha Award! This is Myrtle’s
FOURTH NOMINATION… IN A ROW!
A tableau from last year’s Agatha Awards, with mystery luminaries Lori
Rader Day, Vaseem Khan, Marcia Talley, ecb, Martin Edwards, and Dame Ann
Cleeves |Photo: Susanna Calkins
The Agatha Awards honor the best in classic mysteries, written in the
tradition of the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie.
A HUGE congratulations to all my fellow nominees this year, both in Best
Children’s & YA, as well as all the other categories!
The Agatha Awards reflect mystery readers’ favorite books of the previous
year, and I am so honored that Myrtle continues to build such a loyal
following of fans.
The Agatha Awards are the jewel of mystery conference *Malice Domestic* in
April, but my celebration of Dame Agatha will kick off a little early. I’ll
be a guest at *Kansas City’s Planet Comicon* next month…
The Myrtle-Christie connection deepens! Here’s the venerable Belgian sleuth
Hercule Poirot in the flesh with a copy of *Premeditated Myrtle*! (Planet
Comicon 2023)
…and in a longstanding tradition of cosplaying characters from Kenneth
Branagh movies…
The Bunces in our finery from *Much Ado About Nothing*
…husband C.J. and I are planning an ensemble from last year’s film *A
Haunting in Venice,* based on Christie’s novel *Hallowe’en Party!*
Branagh with co-star Tina Fey as mystery authoress Ariadne Oliver, who
appeared in several Agatha Christie novels and stories, often alongside
Hercule Poirot.
Plans are afoot! *Maniacal laugh*
If you have not yet seen *A Haunting in Venice*, it is by far the best of
the Branagh Poirot series! Spooky, atmospheric, and perfectly mysterious. I
highly recommend it.
Come see me at *Planet Comicon* March 8-10 at Bartle Hall in Kansas City,
at *Malice Domestic* for the Agatha Awards, April 26-28 in Bethesda, MD! (I
can’t promise I won’t be wearing my new trilby at the Agathas. I’m rather
attached to it), *and* find me at Myrtle’s third Edgar Awards ceremony in
New York City, May 1!
Congratulations to my fellow Agatha nominees, and a huge thanks to the
voters who nominated *Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity*!
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