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Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

The M & M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M & M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. These books have advanced to the Premier Level of Achievement in the 2020 CIBAs.

(For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

The 2020 M & M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the MYSTERY & MAYHEM Grand Prize Winner were announced by Jessica Stone on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar and Facebook Live.

It is our privilege and profound honor to announce the 1st in Category winners of the 2020 M & M Awards, a division of the 2020 CIBAs.

This is the OFFICIAL 2020 LIST of the MYSTERY & MAYHEM BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M & M Grand Prize Winner.

Congratulations to all!

  • Patrick M. Garry – The Discovery
  • Lori Roberts Herbst – Suitable for Framing
  • Michelle Cox – A Child Lost
  • Ana T. Drew – The Murderous Macaron
  • Lina Hansen – In My Attic – A Magical Misfits Mystery        
  • Perry Miller – Lethal Injection
  • Tina Sloan – Chasing Cleopatra  

The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2020 M & M Awards is:

Patrick M. Garry for

The Discovery

Cover of The Discovery by Patrick M. GarryGold and Blue Badge for the 2020 M & M Awards won by Patrick M. Garry for The Discovery

The 2021 M & M Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC22 on April 10, 2022. Save the date for CAC22, scheduled April 7-10, 2022, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

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A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in July. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for your patience and understanding.