Saturday, January 29, 2022

Edgar Excellence

Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2021. The 76th Annual Edgar Awards will be celebrated on April 28, 2022 at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. Here are this year's honorees:

BEST NOVEL

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen 
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 
Five Decembers by James Kestrel 
How Lucky by Will Leitch 
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield 

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Deer Season by Erin Flanagan 
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian 
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza 
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins 
The Damage by Caitlin Wahrer 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell 
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke 
The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory 
Starr Sign by C.S. O’Cinneide
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks 
The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell 

BEST FACT CRIME

The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History by Margalit Fox   
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green  
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn
Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan
The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade by Benjamin T. Smith
When Evil Lived in Laurel:  The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer by Curtis Wilkie

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge
The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene by Richard Greene
Tony Hillerman: A Life by James McGrath Morris
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Tresch
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White  

BEST SHORT STORY

"Blindsided," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Michael Bracken & James A. Hearn (Dell Magazines)
"The Vermeer Conspiracy," Midnight Hour by V.M. Burns (Crooked Lane Books)
"Lucky Thirteen," Midnight Hour by Tracy Clark (Crooked Lane Books)
“The Road to Hana,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by R.T. Lawton (Dell Magazines)
“The Locked Room Library,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Gigi Pandian (Dell Magazines)
“The Dark Oblivion,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Cornell Woolrich (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE

Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce 
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez 
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden by Marthe Jocelyn
Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2 by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman 
Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen 

BEST YOUNG ADULT

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley 
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris 
The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur 
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe 

TV EPISODE/TELEPLAY

“Dog Day Morning” - The Brokenword Mysteries, Written by Tim Balme (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1” – The Beast Must Die, Written by Gaby Chiappe (AMC+)
“The Men Are Wretched Things” – The North Water Written by Andrew Haigh (AMC+)
“Happy Families” – Midsomer Murders, Written by Nicholas Hicks-Beach (Acorn TV)
“Boots on the Ground” – Narcos: Mexico, Written by Iturri Sosa (Netflix)

SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley 
Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner 
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara 
The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton 
Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

Double Take by Elizabeth Breck
Runner by Tracy Clark
Shadow Hill by Thomas Kies
Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey 
Family Business by S.J. Rozan 

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL

"Analogue,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Rob Osler (Dell Magazines)

GRAND MASTER

Laurie R. King

RAVEN AWARD

Lesa Holstine – Lesa’s Book Critiques; Library Journal Reviewer

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

Juliet Grames – Soho Books

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