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Edgar Allan Poe Awards

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2008 Nominations

Grand Master Bill Pronzini

Best Mystery Novel
  * Down River by John Hart
  •  Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
  •  Priest by Ken Bruen
  •  The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
  •  Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * In the Woods by Tana French
  •  Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
  •  Snitch Jacket by Christopher Goffard
  •  Head Games by Craig McDonald
  •  Pyres by Derek Nikitas

Best Paperback Original
  * Queenpin by Megan Abbott
  •  Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
  •  Cruel Poetry by Vicki Hendricks
  •  Robbie’s Wife by Russell Hill
  •  Who Is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall

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2007 Awards

Grand Master Stephen King

Best Mystery Novel
  * The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
  •  The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
  •  Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris
  •  The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
  •  The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
  •  Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
  •  Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
  •  King of Lies by John Hart
  •  Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
  •  A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

Best Paperback Original
  * Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara
  •  The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto
  •  The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson
  •  The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine
  •  City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate

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2006

Grand Master Stuart Kaminsky

Best Mystery Novel
  * Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
  •  The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
  •  Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook
  •  Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
  •  Drama City by George Pelecanos

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
  •  Die a Little by Megan Abbott
  •  Immoral by Brian Freeman
  •  Run the Risk by Scott Frost
  •  Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin

Best Paperback Original
  * Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
  •  Homicide My Own by Anne Argula
  •  The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
  •  Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie
  •  Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston


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2005

Grand Master Marcia Muller

Best Mystery Novel
  * California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
  •  Evan’s Gate by Rhys Bowen
  •  By a Spider’s Thread by Laura Lippman
  •  Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney
  •  Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * Country of Origin by Don Lee
  •  Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas
  •  Relative Danger by Charles Benoit
  •  The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
  •  Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
  •  Bahamarama by Bob Morris

Best Paperback Original
  * The Confession by Domenic Stansberry
  •  The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
  •  Into the Web by Thomas H. Cook
  •  Dead Men Rise Up Never by Ron Faust
  •  Twelve-Step Fandango by Chris Haslam

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2004

Grand Master Joseph Wambaugh

Best Mystery Novel
  * Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
  •  The Guards by Ken Bruen
  •  Out by Natsuo Kirino
  •  Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
  •  12 Bliss Street by Martha Conway
  •  Offer of Proof by Robert Heilbrun
  •  The Night of the Dance by James Hime
  •  The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer

Best Paperback Original
  * Find Me Again by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
  •  Cut and Run by Jeff Abbott
  •  The Last Witness by Joel Goldman
  •  Wisdom of the Bones by Christopher Hyde
  •  Southland by Nina Revoyr

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2003

Grand Master Ira Levin

Best Mystery Novel
  * Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan
  •  Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
  •  Jolie Blon’s Bounce by James Lee Burke
  •  City of Bones by Michael Connelly
  •  No Good Deed by Manda Scott

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King
  •  Southern Latitudes by Stephen J. Clark
  •  High Wire by Kam Majd
  •  Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
  •  Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt

Best Paperback Original
  * Out of Sight by T.J. MacGregor
  •  Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott
  •  The Night Watcher by John Lutz
  •  Trauma by Graham Masterton
  •  Prison Blues by Anna Salter

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2002

Grand Master Robert B. Parker

Best Mystery Novel
  * Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
  •  The Judgment by D.W. Buffa
  •  Tell No One by Harlan Coben
  •  Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain
  •  Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * Line of Vision by David Ellis
  •  Open Season by C.J. Box
  •  Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen
  •  Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler
  •  The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton

Best Paperback Original
  * Adios Muchachos by Daniel Chavarria
  •  Hell’s Kitchen by Jeffery Deaver (writing as William Jefferies)
  •  The Mother Tongue by Teri Holbrook
  •  Dead of Winter by P.J. Parrish
  •  Straw Men by Martin J. Smith

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2001

Grand Master Edward D. Hoch

Best Mystery Novel
  * The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
  •  A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
  •  A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott
  •  Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker
  •  The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
  •  The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
  •  Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
  •  Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson
  •  Raveling by Peter Moore Smith

Best Paperback Original
  * The Black Maria by Mark Graham
  •  Murder on St. Mark’s Place by Victoria Thompson
  •  Killing Kin by Chassie West
  •  The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright
  •  Pursuit and Persuasion by Sally Wright

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2000

Grand Master Mary Higgins Clark

Best Mystery Novel
  * Bones by Jan Burke
  •  River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
  •  L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
  •  Strawberry Sunday by Stephen Greenleaf
  •  In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
  •  Certifiably Insane by Arthur W. Bahr
  •  Big Trouble by Dave Barry
  •  God Is a Bullet by Boston Teran
  •  Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods

Best Paperback Original
  * Fulton County Blues by Ruth Birmingham
  •  Lucky Man by Tony Dunbar
  •  The Resurrectionist by Mark Graham
  •  Outcast by José Latour
  •  In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman

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1999

Grand Master P.D. James

Best Mystery Novel
  * Mr. White’s Confession by Robert Clark
  •  Blood Work by Michael Connelly
  •  Beyond Recall by Robert Goddard
  •  The Last Days of Il Duce by Domenic Stansberry
  •  A Likeness in Stone by Julia Wallis Martin

Best First Novel by an American Author
  * A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton
  •  Reckless Homicide by Ira Genberg
  •  Numbered Account by Christopher Reich
  •  Nice by Jen Sacks
  •  A Criminal Appeal by D.R. Schanker

Best Paperback Original
  * The Widower’s Two-Step by Rick Riordan
  •  Atlanta Graves by Ruth Birmingham
  •  Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
  •  Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey
  •  Murder Manual by Steven Womack


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