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Die Nominierungen der Mystery Writers of America für den diesjährigen Edgar sind draußen. Die Preisverleihung ist am 26. April im Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.
Nominiert sind
BEST NOVEL
The Ranger von Ace Atkins
Gone von Mo Hayder
The Devotion of Suspect X von Keigo Higashino
1222 von Anne Holt
Field Gray (Mission Walhalla) von Philip Kerr
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BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Red on Red von Edward Conlon
Last to Fold von David Duffy
All Cry Chaos von Leonard Rosen
Bent Road von Lori Roy
Purgatory Chasm von Steve Ulfelder
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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Company Man von Robert Jackson Bennett
The Faces of Angels von Lucretia Grindle
The Dog Sox von Russell Hill
Death of the Mantis von Michael Stanley
Vienna Twilight von Frank Tallis
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BEST FACT CRIME
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars von Paul Collins
The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge von T.J. English
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President von Candice Millard
Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender von Steve Miller
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter von Mark Seal
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BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of our Time (Die Welt der Lisbeth Salander) von Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer und John-Henri Holmberg
Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making von John Curran
On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling von Michael Dirda
Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film von Philippa Gates
Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds and Marnie von Walter Raubicheck und Walter Srebnick
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BEST SHORT STORY
„Marley’s Revolution“ – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine von John C. Boland
„Tomorrow’s Dead“ – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine von David Dean
„The Adakian Eagle“ – Down These Strange Streets von Bradley Denton
„Lord John and the Plague of Zombies“ – Down These Strange Streets von Diana Gabaldon
„The Case of Death and Honey“ – A Study in Sherlock von Neil Gaiman
„The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train“ – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine von Peter Turnbull
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BEST JUVENILE
Horton Halfpott von Tom Angleberger
It Happened on a Train von Mac Barnett
Vanished von Sheela Chari
Icefall von Matthew J. Kirvon
The Wizard of Dark Street von Shawn Thomas Odyssey
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BEST YOUNG ADULT
Shelter von Harlan Coben
The Name of the Star von Maureen Johnson
The Silence of Murder von Dandi Daley Mackall
The Girl is Murder von Kathryn Miller Haines
Kill You Last von Todd Strasser
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BEST PLAY
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club von Jeffrey Hatcher (Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, AZ)
The Game’s Afoot von Ken Ludwig (Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH)
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BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
„Innocence“ – Blue Bloods, Drehbuch von Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (CBS Productions)
„The Life Inside“ – Justified, Drehbuch von Benjamin Cavell (FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television)
„Part 1“ – Whitechapel, Drehbuch von Ben Court und Caroline Ip (BBC America)
„Pilot“ – Homeland, Drehbuch von Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon und Gideon Raff (Showtime)
„Mask“ – Law & Order: SVU, Drehbuch von Speed Weed (Wolf Films/Universal Media Studios)
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ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
„A Good Man of Business“ – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine von David Ingram
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GRAND MASTER
Martha Grimes
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RAVEN AWARDS
M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA
Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries
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ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Joe Meyers, Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(präsentiert bei der MWA’s Agents & Editors Party am Mittwoch, den 25. April 2012)
Now You See Me von S.J. Bolton
Come and Find Me von Hallie Ephron
Death on Tour von Janice Hamrick
Learning to Swim von Sara J. Henry
Murder Most Persuasive von Tracy Kiely
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Das sind wirklich nicht die üblichen Verdächtigen.

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