Louise Penny Makes History at the Agatha Awards

Earlier this week Canadian writer Louise Penny won an unprecedented fifth Agatha Award for her novel The Beautiful Mystery. She had previously won in 2007 for Dead Cold, 2008 for The Cruellest Month, 2009 for A Brutal Telling and 2010 for Bury Your Dead.

The Agatha Awards are named in honour of Agatha Christie and celebrate the traditional mysteries that she made famous. The books nominated have no explicit sex and no excessive violence.

Other winners this year include:

Best Historical Novel

Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catriona McPherson