The Edgar Awards, named for Edgar Allan Poe, are the Mystery Writers of Americas equivalent of the Academy Awards. And the nominees are
BEST NOVEL
Caught, by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, by Tom Franklin (HarperCollins William Morrow)
Faithful Place, by Tana French (Penguin Group USA - Viking)
The Queen of Patpong, by Timothy Hallinan (HarperCollins William Morrow)
The Lock Artist, by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)
I'd Know You Anywhere, by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins William Morrow)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Rogue Island, by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates Forge Books)
The Poacher's Son, by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)
The Serialist: A Novel, by David Gordon (Simon & Schuster)
Galveston, by Nic Pizzolatto (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
Snow Angels, by James Thompson (Penguin Group USA G.P. Putnam's Sons)
BEST FACT CRIME
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity,by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press Bison Original)
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South,by Alex Heard (HarperCollins)
Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery, by Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for his Assassin, by Hampton Sides (Random House - Doubleday)
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science, by Douglas Starr (Alfred A. Knopf)
The winners will be announced on April 28 at the Mystery Writers of America banquet in New York City.
