In New York City verlieh die Mystery Writers of America (MWA) den prestigeträchtigen Edgar-Allan-Poe-Preis, kurz Egar, an:
Best Novel
Down the River Unto the Sea, von Walter Mosley (Mulholland)
nominiert
The Liar’s Girl, von Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackstone)
House Witness, von Mike Lawson (Atlantic Monthly Press)
A Gambler’s Jury, von Victor Methos (Thomas & Mercer)
Only to Sleep, von Lawrence Osborne (Hogarth)
A Treacherous Curse, von Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)
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Best First Novel by an American Author
Bearskin, von James A. McLaughlin (Ecco)
nominiert
A Knife in the Fog, von Bradley Harper (Seventh Street)
The Captives, von Debra Jo Immergut (Ecco)
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, von Nova Jacobs (Touchstone)
Where the Crawdads Sing, von Delia Owens (Putnam)
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Best Paperback Original
If I Die Tonight, von Alison Gaylin (Morrow)
nominiert
Hiroshima Boy, von Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park)
Under a Dark Sky, von Lori Rader-Day (Morrow)
The Perfect Nanny, von Leila Slimani (Penguin)
Under My Skin, von Lisa Unger (Park Row)
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Best Fact Crime
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge First and the Rise of Gay Liberation, von Robert W. Fieseler (Liveright)
nominiert
Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal, von Jonathan Green (Norton)
The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure, von Carl Hoffman (Morrow)
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, von Kirk Wallace Johnson (Viking)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, von Michelle McNamara (Harper)
The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World’s Most Powerful Mafia, von Alex Perry (Morrow)
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Best Critical/Biographical
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s, kommentiert von Leslie S. Klinger (Pegasus Books)
nominiert
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction, von Laird R. Blackwell (McFarland)
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession, von Alice Bolin (Morrow)
Mark X: Who Killed Huck Finn’s Father? von Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Routledge)
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life, von Laura Thompson (Pegasus)
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Best Short Story
“English 398: Fiction Workshop,” von Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018)
nominiert
“Rabid,“ von Paul Doiron (Minotaur e-book)
“Paranoid Enough for Two,” von John Lutz (in The Havana Game; Kensington)
“Ancient and Modern,” von Val McDermid (in Bloody Scotland, herausgegeben von James Crawford; Pegasus)
“The Sleep Tight Motel,” von Lisa Unger (Amazon e-book)
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Best Juvenile
Otherwood, von Pete Hautman (Candlewick Press)
nominiert
Denis Ever After, von Tony Abbott (Katherine Tegen)
Zap! von Martha Freeman (Paula Wiseman)
Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective, von A.B. Greenfield (Holiday House)
Winterhouse, von Ben Guterson (Henry Holt)
Charlie & Frog, von Karen Kane (Disney Hyperion)
Zora & Me: The Cursed Ground, von T.R. Simon (Candlewick Press)
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Best Young Adult
Sadie, von Courtney Summers (Wednesday)
nominiert
Contagion, von Erin Bowman (HarperCollins)
Blink, von Sasha Dawn (Carolrhoda Lab)
After the Fire, von Will Hill (Sourcebooks Fire)
A Room Away from the Wolves, von Nova Ren Suma (Algonquin)
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Best Television Episode Teleplay
“The One That Holds Everything,” The Romanoffs, Drehbuch von Matthew Weiner und Donald Joh (Amazon Prime Video)
nominiert
“The Box,” Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Drehbuch von Luke Del Tredici (NBC/Universal TV)
“Season 2, Episode 1,” Jack Irish, Drehbuch von Andrew Knight (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1,” Mystery Road, Drehbuch von Michaeley O’Brien (Acorn TV)
“My Aim Is True,” Blue Bloods, Drehbuch von Kevin Wade (CBS Eye Productions)
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
“How Does He Die This Time?” von Nancy Novick (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2018)
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The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Widows of Malabar Hill, von Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
nominiert
A Death of No Importance, von Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)
A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder, von Dianne Freeman (Kensington)
Bone on Bone, von Julia Keller (Minotaur)
A Borrowing of Bones, von Paula Munier (Minotaur)
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The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Shell Game, von Sara Paretsky (Morrow)
nominiert
Perish, von Lisa Black (Kensington)
City of Secrets, von Victoria Thompson (Berkley)
A Forgotten Place, von Charles Todd (Morrow)
To Die But Once, von Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)
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Grand Master Award
Martin Cruz Smith
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Raven Award (for outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing)
Marilyn Stasio („The New York Times“-Krimikritikerin)
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Ellery Queen Award (for outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry)
Linda Landigan (Herausgeberin des Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Gewinner! Schön, dass einige altbekannte Namen wieder dabei sind.
(via The Rap Sheet)
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