2009 Edgar Award Nominees
Mystery Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction. The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at the 63nd Gala Banquet on April 30, 2009.
Best Novel
Winner
Ruthless killers chase kids across Idaho wilderness
 paperback, $7.99
Other Nominees
bag lady becomes murder suspect in this Scandinavian chiller
trade paperback, $14.95
near-future thriller images US as an Islamic Republic
paperback, $7.99
Dublin PI Ed Loy
trade paperback, $13.99
A disturbing and insightful novel of psychological suspense
trade paperback, $13
Comic sequel with further adventures of Izzy Spellman and her families of PI's
trade paperback, $14
Best First Novel
Winner
Man returns to Tapei to scatter his mother's ashes, runs into criminal family
trade paperback, $14
Other Nominees
Tale of mobsters in '30s Los Angeles
trade paperback, $15
Slave risks everything to uncover murder on Virginia plantation in 1862
trade paperback, $14.99
Chicago cop investigates crimes that force her to look at her own past
trade paperback, $14
Disgraced corporate lawyer ends up as public defender in hgh profile murder case
trade paperback, $15
Best Paperback Original
Winner
First of Gardiner's excellent Evan Delaney series
paperback, $7.99
Other Nominees
Compelling tale of Army interrogator and her complex relationship with a young boy picked up as a terrorist
trade paperback, $13
Former porn-star must find breifcase full of money to clear herself of murder charge
paperback, $6.99
Lawyer thrust into the spotlight when he's forced to defend an alleged terrorist
paperback, $6.99
Noir crime tale of young man's struggles to overcome the criminal history of his family
paperback, $6.99
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Winner
 The Killer's Wife by Bill Floyd
Wife of convicted serial killer finds she can't escape her old life
hardcover, $23.95 out of print
Other Nominees
Newsly arrived doctor thrust into murder investigation in the Shetland Islands
 trade paperback, $14.95
TV reporter Riley Spartz
paperback avail July 2009, $7.99
Arizona victim counselor Chloe Newcombe
hardcover, $24.95 out of print
Blind woman becomes killer's target after she witnesses murder
trade paperback, $13.95
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