Die ehrenwerten Mystery Writers of America haben ihre diesjährigen Edgar Allan Poe Awards verliehen und wer sich nicht die gesamte Veranstaltung ansehen will, kann weiterlesen.
Folgende Kriminalgeschichten wurden ausgezeichnet:
Best Novel
Five Decembers, von James Kestrel (Hard Case Crime)
nominiert
The Venice Sketchbook, von Rhys Bowen (Lake Union)
Razorblade Tears, von S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
How Lucky, von Will Leitch (Harper)
No One Will Miss Her, von Kat Rosenfield (Morrow)
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Best First Novel by an American Author
Deer Season, von Erin Flanagan (University of Nebraska Press)
nominiert
Never Saw Me Coming, von Vera Kurian (Park Row)
Suburban Dicks, von Fabian Nicieza (Putnam)
What Comes After, von JoAnne Tompkins (Riverhead)
The Damage, von Caitlin Wahrer (Viking/Pamela Dorman)
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Best Paperback Original
Bobby March Will Live Forever, von Alan Parks (World Noir) (deutsche Ausgabe: Bobby March forever, Heyne Hardcore)
nominiert
Kill All Your Darlings, von David Bell (Berkley)
The Lighthouse Witches, von C.J. Cooke (Berkley)
The Album of Dr. Moreau, von Daryl Gregory (Tor)
Starr Sign, von C.S. O’Cinneide (Dundurn Press)
The Shape of Darkness, von Laura Purcell (Penguin)
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Best Short Story
The Road to Hana, von R.T. Lawton (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine [AHMM], May/June 2021)
nominiert
Blindsided, von Michael Bracken und James A. Hearn (AHMM, September/October 2021)
The Vermeer Conspiracy, von V.M. Burns (from Midnight Hour, edited by Abby L. Vandiver; Crooked Lane)
Lucky Thirteen, von Tracy Clark (from Midnight Hour)
The Locked Room Library, von Gigi Pandian (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], July/August 2021)
The Dark Oblivion, von Cornell Woolrich (EQMM, January/February 2021)
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Best Fact Crime
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, von Elon Green (Celadon)
nominiert
The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, von Margalit Fox (Random House)
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away, von Ann Hagedorn (Simon & Schuster)
Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice, von Ellen McGarrahan (Random House)
The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade, von Benjamin T. Smith (Norton)
When Evil Lived in Laurel: The “White Knights” and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer, von Curtis Wilkie (Norton)
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Best Critical/Biographical
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense, von Edward White (Norton)
nominiert
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, von Mark Aldridge (Harper360)
The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene, von Richard Greene (Norton)
Tony Hillerman: A Life, von James McGrath Morris (University of Oklahoma Press)
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science, von John Tresch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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Best Young Adult
Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley (Henry Holt)
nominiert
Ace of Spades, von Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel & Friends)
When You Look Like Us, von Pamela N. Harris (Quill Tree)
The Forest of Stolen Girls, von June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
The Girls I’ve Been, von Tess Sharpe (Putnam)
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Best Juvenile
Concealed, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Scholastic Press)
nominiert
Cold-Blooded Myrtle, von Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden, von Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra)
Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2, von M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman (Feiwel & Friends)
Rescue, von Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic Press)
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Best Television Episode Teleplay
“Boots on the Ground,” Narcos: Mexico, written by Iturri Sosa (Netflix)
nominiert
“Dog Day Morning,” The Brokenwood Mysteries, written by Tim Balme (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1,” The Beast Must Die, written by Gaby Chiappe (AMC+)
“The Men Are Wretched Things,” The North Water, written by Andrew Haigh (AMC+)
“Happy Families,” Midsomer Murders, written by Nicholas Hicks-Beach (Acorn TV)
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Grand Master: Laurie R. King
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Raven Award: Lesa Holstine, librarian, blogger, and book reviewer
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Ellery Queen Award: Juliet Grames, associate publisher at Soho Press
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
“Analogue,” von Rob Osler (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021)
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The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Runner, von Tracy Clark (Kensington)
nominiert
Double Take, von Elizabeth Breck (Crooked Lane)
Shadow Hill, von Thomas Kies (Poisoned Pen Press)
Sleep Well, My Lady, von Kwei Quartey (Soho Crime)
Family Business, von S.J. Rozan (Pegasus Crime)
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The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
Clark and Division, von Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)
nominiert
The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet, von Katherine Cowley (Tule Mystery)
Ruby Red Herring, von Tracy Gardner (Crooked Lane)
The Sign of Death, von Callie Hutton (Crooked Lane)
Chapter and Curse, von Elizabeth Penney (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
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