Long Upon the Land

Agatha Award for Best Novel · 2015 · Winner

Grand Central PublishingAugust 4, 2015mystery-crimeISBN 9780446556927

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Agatha Award for Best Novel	2015	Winner	“Margaret Maron's final Deborah Knott novel won for its emotional resonance, bringing the beloved series' themes of family and place to a powerful conclusion.”

About This Book

Judge Deborah Knott is forced to examine her own family's history when her father's past collides with a murder investigation on the North Carolina farm where she grew up.

About the Author

Margaret MaronUS

Margaret Maron was an American mystery novelist best known for two series: the Deborah Knott series, featuring a North Carolina judge, and the Lieutenant Sigrid Harald series, set in New York City. She won the Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, and Macavity awards in the same year (1993) for Bootlegger's Daughter, an achievement almost unparalleled in mystery fiction. Maron was born in Johnston County, North Carolina, and her deep roots in the American South infused her Deborah Knott novels with an authentic sense of region, family, and legal tradition. Read more →