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Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel

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Charlotte Jay

<< 1954 >>

The Edgars are presented by the Mystery Writers of America Organization. The awards are named after Edgar Allan Poe, who is often credited with inventing the detective story. Initially presented for distinguished first novels of mystery, the award is now divided into several categories.

Prize Winners

Winners year-by-year, or publication dates for lists. Click highlighted authors for reference info.

1954:

Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones

1955:

Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

1956:

Margaret Millar, Beast in View

1957:

Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison

1958:

Ed Lacy, Room to Swing

1959:

Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle

1960:

Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn

1961:

John Creasey, Gideon's Fire

1961:

Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime

1962:

J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire

1963:

Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman

1964:

Eric Ambler, The Light of Day

1965:

Elleston Trevor, The Quiller Memorandum

1965:

John Le Carre, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

1966:

Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum

1967:

Nicholas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country

1968:

Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark

1969:

Michael Crichton, A Case of Need

1970:

Dick Francis, Forfeit

1971:

Maj Sjowall, The Laughing Policeman

1972:

Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

1973:

Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code

1974:

Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead

1975:

Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence

1976:

Brian Garfield, Hopscotch

1977:

Robert B. Parker, Promised Land

1978:

William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me

1979:

Ken Follett, The Eye of the Needle

1980:

Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route

1981:

Dick Francis, Whip Hand

1982:

William Bayer, Peregrine

1983:

Rick Boyer, Billingsgate Shoal

1984:

Elmore Leonard, La Brava

1985:

Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

1986:

L.R. Wright, The Suspect

1987:

Barbara Vine, Dark-adapted Eye

1988:

Aaron Elkins, Old Bones

1989:

Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise

1990:

James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues

1991:

Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning

1992:

Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughter House

1993:

Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

1993:

Peter Hoeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

1994:

Minette Walters, The Sculptress

1995:

Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream

1996:

Dick Francis, Come to Grief

1997:

Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Afair

1998:

James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose

1999:

Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession

2000:

Jan Burke, Bones

2001:

Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms

2002:

T. Jefferson Parker, Silent Joe

2003:

S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night

2004:

Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men

2005:

T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl

2006:

Jess Walter, Citizen Vince

2007:

Jason Goodwin, The Janisarry Tree

Titles in Stock

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Cover Image: A Case of Need by CRICHTON, Michael

CRICHTON, Michael

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BURKE, James Lee

Black Cherry Blues

Cover Image: Bones by BURKE, Jan

Cover Image: Briarpatch by THOMAS, Ross

Cover Image: Cimarron Rose by BURKE, James Lee

BURKE, James Lee

Cover Image: Cimarron Rose by BURKE, James Lee

BURKE, James Lee

Cover Image: Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (Cliffs Notes) by (LE CARRE, John). BLAHA, Franz G. (Cliffs Notes)

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Cover Image: New Orleans Mourning by SMITH, Julie

New Orleans Mourning

Cover Image: New Orleans Mourning by SMITH, Julie

New Orleans Mourning

Cover Image: Peregrine by BAYER, William

Cover Image: Smilla's Sense of Snow by HOEG, Peter

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Cover Image: Smilla's Sense of Snow by HOEG, Peter

Smilla's Sense of Snow

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