DPL - Edgar Awards

Edgar Awards - Best Novel, 1954 - present

The Edgar® Awards are given annually by the Mystery Writers of America for books, short
stories, television shows, and films in the mystery, crime, suspense, and intrigue genres.


2011	The lock artist Hamilton, Steve, 1961- Traumatized at the age of eight and pushed into a life of crime by reason of his unforgiveable talent--lock picking--Michael sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.

2010	The last child Hart, John, 1965- After his twin sister Alyssa disappears, thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon is determined to find her. When a second girl disappears from his rural North Carolina town, Johnny makes a discovery that sends shock waves through the community in this multi-layered tale of broken families and deadly secrets.

2009	Blue heaven Box, C. J. A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder--four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children's fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. William and Annie's unexpected savior comes in the form of an old-school rancher teetering on the brink of foreclosure.--From publisher description.

2008	Down river Hart, John, 1965-

2007	The janissary tree : a novel Goodwin, Jason, 1964-

2006	Citizen Vince : a novel Walter, Jess, 1969-

2005	California girl Parker, T. Jefferson.

2004	Resurrection men Rankin, Ian.

2003	Winter and night Rozan, S. J.

2002	Silent Joe Parker, T. Jefferson.

2001	The bottoms Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-

2000	Bones : an Irene Kelly mystery Burke, Jan.

1999	Mr. White's confession Clark, Robert, 1952-

1998	Cimarron rose : a novel Burke, James Lee, 1936-

1997	The Chatham School affair Cook, Thomas H.

1996	Come to grief Francis, Dick.

1995	The Red Scream Walker, Mary Willis

1994	The sculptress Walters, Minette.

1993	Bootlegger's daughter Maron, Margaret.

1992	A dance at the slaughterhouse : a Matthew Scudder crime novel Block, Lawrence.

1991	New Orleans mourning Smith, Julie, 1944-

1990	Black cherry blues Burke, James Lee, 1936-

1989	A cold red sunrise : an Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mystery Kaminsky, Stuart M.

1988	Old Bones Elkins, Aaron

1987	A dark-adapted eye Vine, Barbara, 1930-

1986	The suspect Wright, Laurali, 1939- To Karl Alberg, a small town on Canada's "Sunshine Coast" looks like the perfect place to sooth a psyche that's been battered by too much big-city police work. Bees buzz among the roses, and the local librarian is attractive, intriguing, and unattached. Perhaps he has at last come in from the cold. But sunny towns can conceal a lot of secrets--some of them bleak enough to make a man yearn for some nice straightforward urban crime--P. [4] of cover.

1985	Briarpatch Thomas, Ross, 1926-

1984	LaBrava Leonard, Elmore, 1925-

1983	Billingsgate Shoal Boyer, Rick

1982	Peregrine Bayer, William

1981	Whip hand Francis, Dick.

1980	The Rheingold Route Maling, Arthur

1979	Eye of the needle : a novel Follett, Ken.

1978	Catch Me: Kill Me Hallahan, William

1977	Promised land Parker, Robert B., 1932- Acclaimed mystery author Robert B. Parker continues to win an even greater audience with each new Spenser novel. For all crime fiction lovers who discovered Parker through his latest bestsellers "Pastime" and "Double Deuce", his entire Dell backlist is now available in attractively repackaged editions.

1976	Hopscotch Garfield, Brian

1975	Peter's Place Cleary, Jon

1974	Dance hall of the dead Hillerman, Tony. Two boys suddenly disappear, and Lt. Joe Leaphorn sets out to locate them. Three things complicate the search: an archaeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the strange laws of the Zuni Indians. A riveting mystery from the bestselling author of Talking God and Skinwalkers.

1973	The Lingala Code Kiefer, Warren

1972	The day of the jackal Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-

1971	The Laughing Policeman Sjowall, Maj and Wahloo, Per

1970	Forfeit. Francis, Dick.

1969	A case of need / Michael Crichton writing as Jeffery Hudson. Hudson, Jeffrey, 1942- A Case of Need is Michael Crichton's award-winning debut novel, written shortly after he completed his medical internship. Set against the ever-building pressure and pace of a large Boston medical center, the tensions flare-and explode-when a surgical operation tragically ends in death, raising countless questions. Was it accidental malpractice? A violation of the Hippocratic oath? Or cold-blooded murder?

1968	God save the mark : a novel of crime and confusion Westlake, Donald E.

1967	The King of the Rainy Country Freeling, Nicolas

1966	The Quiller memorandum Hall, Adam.

1965	The spy who came in from the cold Le Carre, John, 1931-

1964	The Light of Day Ambler, Eric

1963	Death and the Joyful Woman Peters, Ellis

1962	Gideon's Fire Marric, J. J.

1961	The Progress of Crime Symons, Julian

1960	The Hours Before Dawn Fremlin, Celia

1959	The Eight Circle Ellin, Stanley

1958	Room to Swing Lacy, Ed

1957	A Dram of Poison Armstrong, Charlotte

1956	Beast in View Millar, Margaret

1955	The long goodbye Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

1954	Beat not the Bones Jay, Charlotte

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