Am 29. April verliehen die Mystery Writers of America (MWA) in New York City die diesjährigen Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Der wichtige Krimipreis ehrt die besten 2025 in den USA erschienenen Krimis.
Gewonnen haben:
Best Novel
The Big Empty, von Robert Crais (Putnam)
nominiert
Fagin the Thief, von Allison Epstein (Doubleday)
The Dream Hotel, von Laila Lalami (Pantheon)
Wild Dark Shore, von Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron)
Hard Town, von Adam Plantinga (Grand Central)
The Inheritance, von Trisha Sakhlecha (Pamela Dorman)
Presumed Guilty, von Scott Turow (Grand Central)
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Best First Novel
Dead Money, von Jakob Kerr (Bantam)
nominiert
Killer Potential, von Hannah Deitch (Morrow)
All the Other Mothers Hate Me, von Sarah Harman (Putnam)
Johnny Careless, von Kevin Wade (Celadon)
History Lessons, von Zoe B. Wallbrook (Soho Crime)
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Best Paperback Original
The Backwater, von Vikki Wakefield (Poisoned Pen Press)
nomniert
Listen, von Sacha Bronwasser (Penguin)
The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, von Holly Kennedy (Lake Union)
Broke Road, von Matthew Spencer (Thomas & Mercer)
One Death at a Time, von Abbi Waxman (Berkley)
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Best Fact Crime
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, von Caroline Fraser (Penguin Press)
nominiert
They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, von Mariah Blake (Crown)
Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation, von Michael Cannell (Minotaur)
Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home, von Gregg Olsen (Thomas & Mercer)
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen, von Hallie Rubenhold (Dutton)
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Best Critical/Biographical
Edgar Allan Poe: A Life, von Richard Kopley (University of Virginia Press)
nominiert
V Is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death, von Kathryn Harkup (Sigma)
The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness, von Andrew Klavan (Zondervan)
Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard, von C.M. Kushins (Mariner)
Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train, von Stephen Rebello (Running Press)
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Best Short Story
“Julius Katz Draws a Straight Flush” von Dave Zeltserman (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, September-October 2025)
nominiert
“Reading at Night” von Graham Greene (The Strand Magazine, August 2025)
“The One That Got Away” von Charlaine Harris (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], January-February 2025)
“Orphan X: A Mysterious Profile” von Gregg Hurwitz (Mysterious Press)
“Lucky Heart” von Tim Maleeny (aus Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed, herausgegeben von Don Bruns; Down & Out)
“The Kill Clause” von Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)
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Best Juvenile
Blood in the Water, von Tiffany D. Jackson (Scholastic Press)
nominiert
Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum, von Alasdair Beckett-King (Candlewick Press)
What Happened Then, von Erin Soderberg Downing (Scholastic Press)
A Study in Secrets, von Debbi Michiko Florence (Aladdin)
The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls, von Judith Rossell (Dial)
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, von Ally Russell (Delacorte Press)
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Best Young Adult
Under the Same Stars, von Libba Bray (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers)
nominiert
Catch Your Death, von Ravena Guron (Sourcebooks Fire)
This Is Where We Die, von Cindy R.X. He (Sourcebooks Fire)
The Scammer, von Tiffany D. Jackson (Quill Tree)
Codebreaker, von Jay Martel (Wednesday)
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Best Television Episode Teleplay
“Pilot” Paradise, geschrieben von Dan Fogelman (Hulu)
nominiert
“End of the Line” Ballard, geschrieben von Michael Alaimo und Kendall Sherwood (Amazon/Fabel)
“Episode 101” The Lowdown, geschrieben von Sterlin Harjo (FX on Hulu)
“These Girls” Long Bright River, geschrieben von Nikki Toscano und Liz Moore (Peacock)
“Ye’iitsoh (Big Monster)” Dark Winds, geschrieben von John Wirth und Steven Paul Judd (AMC)
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:
“How It Happened” von Billie Kay Fern (EQMM, July-August 2025)
nominiert
“A Textbook Example” von Luis Avalos (aus Sacramento Noir, herausgegeben von John Freeman; Akashic)
“Baggage” von Rick Marcou (EQMM, January-February 2025)
“Bloodsurf” von Tiffany D. Plunkett (from Hollywood Kills, herausgegeben von Adam Meyer und Alan Orloff; Level Short)
“Grand Theft Auto in the Heart of Screenland” von Robert Rotstein (from Hollywood Kills)
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The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
All This Could Be Yours, von Hank Phillippi Ryan (Minotaur)
nominiert
Five Found Dead, von Sulari Gentill (Poisoned Pen Press)
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes, von Sandra Jackson-Opoku (Minotaur)
No Comfort for the Dead, von R.P. O’Donnell (Crooked Lane)
Last Dance Before Dawn, von Katharine Schellman (Minotaur)
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The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Gone in the Night, von Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur)
nominiert
Cold as Hell, von Kelley Armstrong (Minotaur)
Rage, von Linda Castillo (Minotaur)
Fallen Star, von Lee Goldberg (Thomas & Mercer)
The Red Letter, von Daniel G. Miller (Poisoned Pen Press)
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The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
A Senior Citizen’s Guide to Life on the Run, von Gwen Florio (Severn House)
nominiert
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library, von Amandah Chapman (Berkley)
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective, von Jo Nichols (Minotaur)
Murder Two Doors Down, von Chuck Storla (Crooked Lane)
Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man), von Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
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Grandmaster
Donna Andrews
Lee Child
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Raven Award
Corte Madera, California, bookshop and café Book Passage
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Ellery Queen Award
John Scognamiglio, the editor-in-chief of Kensington Books
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Gewinner!
Schade, dass etliche Bücher und vor allem die Kurzgeschichten nie ins Deutsche übersetzt werden. Aber ich habe gehört: das Beherrschen einer Fremdsprache sei wichtig!
Außerdem ist es schade, dass Spielfilme nicht mehr ausgezeichnet werden.
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