The Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominations for its annual Edgar Awards. The winners will be announced during the 63rd Annual Edgar® Awards Banquet to be held on Thursday April 30, 2009.
BEST NOVEL:
Missing by Karin Alvtegen; Blue Heaven by C.J. Box ; Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno; The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes;The Night Following by Morag Joss; Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz .
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR:
The Kind One by Tom Epperson; Sweetsmoke by David Fuller; The Foreigner by Francie Lin; Calumet City by Charlie Newton; A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock.
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL:
The Prince of Bagram Prison by Alex Carr; Money Shot by Christa Faust; Enemy Combatant by Ed Gaffney; China Lake by Meg Gardiner; The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli.
BEST FACT CRIME:
For The Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz; American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum; Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It To The Revolution by T.J. English; The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Hans van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez; The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale.
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL:
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey; Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Leonard Cassuto; Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction by David Geherin; The Rise of True Crime by Jean Murley; Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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