2021 Daphne Du Maurier Published Division Award Winners & Finalists

Overall Winer

• The Cartographer's Secret - Tea Cooper

Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: The Cartographer's Secret - Tea Cooper
• 2nd place: A Dangerous Observer - Amanda DeWees
• 3rd place: Princes of the Lower East Side - Meredith Allison
• Honorable Mention: Lovely Digits - Jeanine Englert & The Work of Art - Mimi Matthews

Inspirational Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Dead End - Nancy Mehl
• 2nd place: Danger on the Ranch - Dana Mentink
• 3rd place: The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus - Jaime Wright
• Honorable Mention: Dangerous Deception - Evelyn M. Hill & Lost Down Deep - Sara Davison & Standoff - Patricia Bradley

Long Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: Cold & Deadly - Toni Anderson
• 2nd place: Jagger - Amanda McKinney
• 3rd place: Bishop's Endgame - Katie Reus
• Honorable Mention: Beautiful Vengeance - Kaylea Cross & The Paris Model - Alexandra Joel

Mainstream Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: In Her Shadow - Kristin Miller
• 2nd place: Flight Risk - Cara Putman
• 3rd place: Ten Days Gone - Beverly Long
• Honorable Mention: No One Saw - Beverly Long & The Study of Secrets - Cynthia Kuhn

Paranormal Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: A Killing Moon - Alexis D. Craig
• 2nd place: Bishop's Gambit - McKenna Dean
• 3rd place: Just in Time - NJ Litz
• Honorable Mention: Foolish Beliefs - M. Scott Swanson & Loving Modigliani: The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne - Linda Lappin

Short Romantic Mystery/Suspense

• Winner: In His Protection - P.L. Harris
• 2nd place: Conflicting Evidence - Lena Diaz
• 3rd place: Steal My Heart - Aimee O'Brian
• Honorable Mention: Dirty Daisy - Jordyn Kross & Texas Holiday Hideout - Virginia Vaughan