2005 Edgar Award Winners and Nominees

Best Novel

Winner

California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker

murder with roots in the sixties engages three men, childhood rivals, in a race for the truth

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Other Nominees

Evans Gate by Rhys Bowen

Welsh constable Evans Evans is finally on the verge of marriage to Bronwen

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By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman

Tess Monaghan becomes involved in missing wife and children

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Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney

A man's life takes an ugly turn when his young daughter disappears; now he believes she is still alive

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Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Claire Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne investigate the disappearance of a clinic doctor

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Best First Novel

Winner

Country of Origin by Don Lee

complex novel of young woman's disappearance in Tokyo is an exploration of racial identity set against the homogeneity of Japan

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Other Nominees

Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas

NY PI finds that former girlfriend became stripper and now is murder victim

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Relative Danger by Charles Benoit

rollicking, action-paced novel follows the adventures of a young man attempting to solve the mystery of his uncle's death in 1948

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Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan

stirring novel, set against a magnificent Alaskan backdrop, reveals one of the most closely guarded secrets of World War II in a tale that is both a heart-quickening mystery and a unique love story.

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Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta

Cleveland PI's hired to investigate suicide of cop and disappearance of his family

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Bahamarama by Bob Morris

long-time writer about Florida puts experience to good use in the fast moving comic thriller

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Best Paperback Original

Winner

The Confession by Domenic Stansberry

Accused of strangling his lover, a forensic psychologist goes on the run to prove his innocence

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Other Nominees

The Librarian by Larry Beinhart

perfect read, for Democrats anyway, skewers right-wing targets with abandon

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Into the Web by Thomas H. Cook

man returns home to care for father, becomes enmeshed in old crimes

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Dead Men Rise Up Never by Ron Faust

fast-paced Florida crime novel has ex-military investigator searching for missing heir

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Twelve Step Fandango by Chris Haslam

When a friend appears out of the blue riding a motorcycle that conceals five kilos of high-grade cocaine, Martin Brock has everything he needs to make his dreams a reality

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Mary Higgins Clark Award

Winner

Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich

perhaps the best of Krich's Molly Blume series is a complex tale that begins with the apparent solution to the murder, years earlier, of her best friend

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Other Nominees

Perfect Sax by Jerrilyn Farmer

party planner Madeline Bean runs across murder at music academy fundraiser

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The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman

woman's college friend disappears after revealing shocking secrets at college reunion

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Scent of a Killer by Christiane Heggan

woman investigates death of her ex-husband with help of friendly PI

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Murder in a Mill Town by P.B. Ryan

Governess Nell Sweeney becomes involved in a missing persons case

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