On January 19, the Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017. The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners on April 26, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
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BEST NOVEL
The Dime by Kathleen Kent
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett
Black Fall by Andrew Mayne
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola
Penance by Kanae Minato
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
BEST FACT CRIME
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill and Rachel McCarthy James
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case that Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women who Created an Icon by Mattias Bostrom
Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay
Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall by Curtis Evans
Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims
BEST SHORT STORY
“Spring Break” – New Haven Noir by John Crowley
“Hard to Get” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Jeffery Deaver
“Ace in the Hole” – Montana Noir by Eric Heidle
“A Moment of Clarity at the Waffle House” – Atlanta Noir by Kenji Jasper
“Chin Yong-Yun Stays at Home” – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by S.J. Rozan
BEST JUVENILE
Audacity Jones Steals the Show by Kirby Larson
Vanished! by James Ponti
The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens (ebook)
NewsPrints by Ru Xu
BEST YOUNG ADULT
The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom
Grit by Gillian French
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
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