Edgar Nominations Announced
Posted by: Courtney Jones
It’s that time again. The behemoth Edgar Nominations list has been released to the public. Hold on to your hats:
Best Novel
The Missing, by Tim Gautreaux
The Odds, by Kathleen George
The Last Child, by John Hart
Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, by Charlie Huston
Nemesis, by Jo Nesbø, translated, by Don Bartlett
A Beautiful Place to Die, by Malla Nunn
Best First Novel By an American Author
The Girl She Used to Be, by David Cristofano
Starvation Lake, by Bryan Gruley
The Weight of Silence, by Heather Gudenkauf
A Bad Day for Sorry, by Sophie Littlefield
Black Water Rising, by Attica Locke
In the Shadow of Gotham, by Stefanie Pintoff
Best Paperback Original
Bury Me Deep, by Megan Abbott
Havana Lunar, by Robert Arellano
The Lord God Bird, by Russell Hill
Body Blows, by Marc Strange
The Herring-Seller’s Apprentice, by L.C. Tyler
Best Fact Crime
Columbine, by Dave Cullen
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, by Jeff Guinn
The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston’s Racial Divide, by Dick Lehr
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa, by R.A. Scotti
Best critical/Biographical
Talking About Detective Fiction, by P.D. James
The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives, edited by Otto Penzler
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, by Lisa Rogak
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith, by Joan Schenkar
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, by Bev Vincent
Best Short Story
“Last Fair Deal Gone Down” – Crossroad Blues, by Ace Atkins
“Femme Sole” – Boston Noir, by Dana Cameron
“Digby, Attorney at Law” – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, by Jim Fusilli
“Animal Rescue” – Boston Noir, by Dennis Lehane
“Amapola” – Phoenix Noir, by Luis Alberto Urrea
Best Juvenile
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mac Barnett
The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour, by Michael D. Beil
Closed for the Season, by Mary Downing HahnCreepy Crawly Crime, by Aaron Reynolds
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline, by Nancy Springer
Best Young Adult
Reality Check, by Peter Abrahams
If the Witness Lied, by Caroline B. Cooney
The Morgue and Me, by John C. Ford
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone, by Dene Low
Shadowed Summer, by Saundra Mitchell
