First it was The Edgar Awards, announced on Thursday night:
- Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
- Best First Novel: The Expats by Chris Pavone
- Best Paperback Original: The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters
- Best Fact Crime: Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French
- Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O’Brien
- Best Short Story: “The Unremarkable Heart” – Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance by Karin Slaughter
- Best Juvenile: The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo
- Best Young Adult: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Best TV Episode Teleplay: “A Scandal in Belgravia” – Sherlock, Teleplay by Steven Moffat
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: “When They Are Done With Us” – Staten Island Noir by Patricia Smith
- The Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
…And then the Agatha Awards!
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Best Novel: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (win it now!) - Best First Novel: Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
- Best Nonfiction: Books to Die For by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors
- Best Short Story: “Mischief in Mesopotamia” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) by Dana Cameron
- Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner
- Best Historical: Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson
What do you think? Do you think they missed any great books?
I just finished reading the degar Best paperback original nominee, The Last Policeman, and I loved it. I didn’t think I would because I am not usually into apocalypic books, but I really enjoyed it.
Reading Chris Pavone’s The ExPats next. It sounds a little like The Americans on its side.