Die Mystery Writers of America hat diese Werke für die diesjährigen Edgar Allan Poe Awards nominiert. Die Preisverleihung ist am 30. April im Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York.
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BEST NOVEL
Missing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)
Blue Heaven (Stumme Zeugen) von C.J. Box (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Sins of the Assassin von Robert Ferrigno (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)
The Price of Blood von Declan Hughes (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
The Night Following von Morag Joss (Random House – Delacorte Press)
Curse of the Spellmans von Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
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BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
The Kind One von Tom Epperson (Five Star, div of Cengage)
Sweetsmoke von David Fuller (Hyperion)
The Foreigner von Francie Lin (Picador)
Calumet City von Charlie Newton (Simon & Schuster – Touchstone)
A Cure for Night von Justin Peacock (Random House – Doubleday)
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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Prince of Bagram von Alex Carr (Random House Trade)
Money Shot (Hardcore angel) von Christa Faust (Hard Case Crime)
Enemy Combatant von Ed Gaffney (Random House – Dell)
China Lake von Meg Gardiner (New American Library – Obsidian Mysteries)
The Cold Spot von Tom Piccirilli (Random House – Bantam)
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BEST FACT CRIME
For The Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago von Simon Baatz (HarperCollins)
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century von Howard Blum (Crown Publishers)
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It To The Revolution von T.J. English (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Hans van Meegeren von Jonathan Lopez (Harcourt)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher von Kate Summerscale (Walker & Company)
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BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study von Frankie Y. Bailey (McFarland & Company)
Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories von Leonard Cassuto (Columbia University Press)
Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction von David Geherin (McFarland & Company)
The Rise of True Crime von Jean Murley (Greenwood Publishing – Praeger)
Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories von Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Sterling Publishing – Metro Books)
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BEST SHORT STORY
„A Sleep Not Unlike Death“ – Hardcore Hardboiled von Sean Chercover (Kensington Publishing)
„Skin and Bones“ – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine von David Edgerley Gates (Dell Magazines)
„Scratch a Woman“ – Hardly Knew Her von Laura Lippman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
„La Vie en Rose“ – Paris Noir von Dominique Mainard (Akashic Books
„Skinhead Central“ – The Blue Religion von T. Jefferson Parker (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company)
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BEST JUVENILE
The Postcard von Tony Abbott (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Enigma: A Magical Mystery von Graeme Base (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
Eleven von Patricia Reilly Giff (Random House Children’s Books – Wendy Lamb Books)
The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow von Riford McKenzie (Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books)
Cemetary Street von Brenda Seabrooke (Holiday House)
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BEST YOUNG ADULT
Bog Child von Siobhan Dowd (Random House Children’s Books – David Fickling Books)
The Big Splash von Jack D. Ferraiolo (Harry N. Abrams Books – Amulet Books)
Paper Towns von John Green
(Penguin Young Readers Group – Dutton Children’s Books)
Getting the Girl von Susan Juby (HarperCollins Children’s Books – HarperTeen)
Torn to Pieces von Margot McDonnell
(Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
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BEST PLAY
The Ballad of Emmett Till von Ifa Bayeza (Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adaptiert von Jeffrey Hatcher, basierend auf der Geschichte von Robert Lewis Stevenson (Arizona Theatre Company)
Cell von Judy Klass (International Mystery Writers’ Festival)
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BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Streetwise” – Law & Order: SVU, Drehbuch von Paul Grellong (Wolf Films/NBC Universal)
“Prayer of the Bone” – Wire in the Blood, Drehbuch von Patrick Harbinson (BBC America)
“Signature” – Law & Order: SVU, Drehbuch von Judith McCreary (Wolf Films/NBC Universal)
“You May Now Kill the Bride” – CSI: Miami, Drehbuch von Barry O’Brien (CBS)
“Burn Card” – Law & Order, Drehbuch von David Wilcox (Wolf Films/NBC Universal)
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BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
The Bank Job, Drehbuch von Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (Lionsgate)
Burn After Reading, Drehbuch von Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Focus Features)
In Bruges (Brügge sehen…und sterben?), Drehbuch von Martin McDonagh (Focus Features)
Tell No One (Kein Sterbenswort), Drehbuch von Guillaume Canet and Philippe Lefebvre, basierend auf dem Roman von Harlan Coben (Music Box Films)
Transsiberian, Drehbuch von Brad Anderson & Will Conroy (First Look International)
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ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
„Buckner’s Error“ – Queens Noir von Joseph Guglielmelli (Akashic Books)
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GRAND MASTER
James Lee Burke
Sue Grafton
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RAVEN AWARDS
Edgar Allan Poe Society, Baltimore, Maryland
Poe House, Baltimore, Maryland
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
Sacrifice von S.J. Bolton (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
The Killer’s Wife von Bill Floyd (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Stalking Susan von Julie Kramer (Random House – Doubleday)
A Song for You von Betsy Thornton (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
The Fault Tree von Louise Ure (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
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Einen herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Nominierten!
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