Best Novel:
• Flags on the Bayou, by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
• The Madwomen of Paris, by Jennifer Cody Epstein (Ballantine)
• Bright Young Women, by Jessica Knoll (S&S/Marysue Rucci)
• An Honest Man, by Michael Koryta (Mulholland)
• The River We Remember, by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
• Crook Manifesto, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
Best First Novel by an American Author:
• The Peacock and the Sparrow, by I.S. Berry (Atria)
• The Golden Gate, by Amy Chua (Minotaur)
• Small Town Sins, by Ken Jaworowski (Henry Holt)
• The Last Russian Doll, by Kristen Loesch (Berkley)
• Murder by Degrees, by Ritu Mukerji (Simon & Schuster)
Best Paperback Original:
• Boomtown, by A.F. Carter (Mysterious Press)
• Hide, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Taken Ones, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q.
Sutanto (Berkley)
• Lowdown Road, by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime)
Best Fact Crime:
• In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child, by Kim Cross (Grand Central)
• Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall, by Zeke Faux (Crown Currency)
• Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders, by John Glatt (St. Martin’s Press)
• Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal, by Nathan Masters (Hachette)
• I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever, by Barbara Rae-Venter (Ballantine)
• The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy, by Joe Sexton (Scribner)
Best Critical/Biographical:
• Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder, by David Bordwell (Columbia University Press)
• Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction, by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor (Mysterious Press)
• A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Mark Dawidziak (St. Martin's Press)
• Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Robert Morgan
(LSU Press)
• Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy, by Steven
Powell (Bloomsbury)
Best Short Story:
• “Hallowed Ground,” by Linda Castillo (Minotaur)
• “Thriller,” by Heather Graham (Blackstone)
• “Miss Direction,” by Rob Osler (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023)
• “The Rise,” by Ian Rankin (Amazon Original Stories)
• “Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand,” by Lisa Scottoline (Amazon
Original Stories)
Best Juvenile:
• Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, by Adrianna Cuevas (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers)
• Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp, by Lamar Giles (Versify)
• The Jules Verne Prophecy, by Larry Schwarz and Iva-Marie Palmer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski (Quill Tree)
Best Young Adult:
• Girl Forgotten, by April Henry (Little, Brown Books for
Young Readers)
• Star Splitter, by Matthew J. Kirby (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• The Sharp Edge of Silence, by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (Quill Tree)
• My Flawless Life, by Yvonne Woon (Katherine Tegen)
• Just Do This One Thing for Me, by Laura Zimmerman (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
Best Television Episode Teleplay:
• “Time of the Monkey,” Poker Face, written by Wyatt Cain and
Charlie Peppers (Peacock)
• “I’m a Pretty Observant Guy,” Will Trent, written by Liz
Heldens (ABC)
• “Dead Man’s Hand,” Poker Face, written by Rian Johnson (Peacock)
• “Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty Is Restored),” Dark Winds, written by Graham Roland and John Wirth (AMC)
• “Escape from Shit Mountain,” Poker Face, written by Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Peacock)
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:• “Errand for a Neighbor,” by Bill Bassman (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], January/February 2023)
• “The Body in Cell Two,” by Kate Hohl (EQMM, May/June 2023)
• “The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow,” by Sean McCluskey (EQMM, January/February 2023)
• “It’s Half Your Fault,” by Meghan Leigh Paulk (EQMM, July-August 2023 (Dell Magazines)
• “Two Hours West of Nothing,” by Gabriela Stiteler (EQMM, September/October 2023)
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award:
• Play the Fool, by Lina Chern (Bantam)
• The Bones of the Story, by Carol Goodman (Morrow)
• Of Manners and Murder, by Anastasia Hastings (Minotaur)
• The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard, by Kate Robards (Crooked Lane)
• Murder in Postscript, by Mary Winters (Berkley)
The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award:
• Hard Rain, by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur)
• An Evil Heart, by Linda Castillo (Minotaur)
• Bad, Bad Seymour Brown, by Susan Isaacs (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• Past Lying, by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• A Stolen Child, by Sarah Stewart Taylor (Minotaur)
The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award:
• Glory Be, by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)
• Misfortune Cookie, by Vivien Chien (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
• Hot Pot Murder, by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
• Murder of an Amish Bridegroom, by Patricia Johns (Crooked Lane)
• The Body in the Back Garden, by Mark Waddell (Crooked Lane)
The winners of this year’s Edgars will be named and celebrated during the 78th Annual Edgar Awards ceremony, to be held on May 1 at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square.
Recipients of the 2024 Grand Master and Ellery Queen awards were announced earlier this month.
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