Best Murder of the Year (2002)
Jon P. Bloch
Rick Domino, gossip columnist
Hollywood, California
The Weaver and the Factory Maid (2003)
Deborah Grabien
Penelope Wintercraft-Hawkes and Ringan Laine, actors/singers
England
Summer of the Big Bachi (2004)
Naomi Hirahara
Masao Arai, Japanese-American gardener
Los Angeles, California
The Water Clock (2003)
Jim Kelly
Philip Dryden, newspaper reporter
Cambridgeshire, England
Pale as the Dead (2004)
Fiona Mountain
Natasha Blake, genealogist
England
Murder Is Academic (2004)
Christine Poulson
Cassandra James, professor
Cambridge, England
Point of Honour (2003)
Madeleine E. Robins
Sarah Tolerance, private inquiry agent
Alternate Regency England
O’ Artful Death (2003)
Sarah Stewart Taylor
Sweeney St. George, art historian
Vermont
Dark Undertakings (2001)
Rebecca Tope
Drew Slocombe, undertaker’s assistant
England
Shadows at the Fair (2002)
Lea Wait
Maggie Summer, antiques dealer
Rensselaer County, New York
Wiley’s Lament (2003)
Lono Waiwaiole
Wiley, poker player and drifter
Portland, Oregon
Maisie Dobbs (2003)
Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs, psychologist
Early 20th century England
Clea’s Moon (2003)
Edward Wright
John Ray Horn, former cowboy star
Los Angeles, California