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2010 Edgar® Nominees

The winners are in red text.
 •  Novel  •  First Novel  •  Paperback Original  •  Critical/Biographical  •  Fact Crime  
•  Short Story  •  Young Adult  •  Juvenile  •  TV Episode
 •  Robert L. Fish Memorial •  Mary Higgins Clark  •  Grand Master  •  Raven


Best Novel Nominees

Best Novel Nominees

  • The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Random House - Alfred A. Knopf)
  • The Odds by Kathleen George (Minotaur Books)
  • The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books)
  • Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Random House - Ballantine Books)
  • Nemesis by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett (HarperCollins)
  • A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster - Atria Books)

Best First Novel By An American Author

  • The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano (Grand Central Publishing)
  • Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Simon & Schuster - Touchstone)
  • The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (MIRA Books)
  • A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (Minotaur Books - Thomas Dunne Books)
  • Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (HarperCollins)
  • In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (Minotaur Books)
Best Paperback Original

Best Paperback Original
  • Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
  • Havana Lunar by Robert Arellano (Akashic Books)
  • The Lord God Bird by Russell Hill (Pleasure Boat Studio - Caravel Books)
  • Body Blows by Marc Strange (Dundurn Press - Castle Street Mysteries)
  • The Herring-Seller's Apprentice by L.C. Tyler (Felony & Mayhem Press)
Best Critical/Biographical

Best Critical/Biographical
  • Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James (Random House - Alfred A. Knopf)
  • The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by Otto Penzler (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown and Company)
  • Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak (Thomas Dunne Books)
  • The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar (St. Martin's Press)
  • The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)

2007 Edgar® Nominees & Winners

2008 Edgar® Nominees & Winners

2009 Edgar® Nominees & Winners