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Die Mystery Writers of America (MWA) haben in New York City die diesjährigen Edgars verliehen. Die glücklichen Gewinner sind (wobei sich, wie immer, auch ein Blick auf die nominierten, teils schon übersetzten Krimis lohnt):

Best Novel

Before the Fall, von Noah Hawley (Grand Central)

nominiert

The Ex, von Alafair Burke (Harper)

Where It Hurts, von Reed Farrel Coleman (Putnam)

Jane Steele, von Lyndsay Faye (Putnam)

What Remains of Me, von Alison Gaylin (Morrow)

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Best First Novel by an American Author

Under the Harrow, von Flynn Berry (Penguin)

nominiert

Dodgers, von Bill Beverly (Crown)

IQ, von Joe Ide (Mulholland)

The Drifter, von Nicholas Petrie (Putnam)

Dancing with the Tiger, von Lili Wright (Marian Wood Book/Putnam)

The Lost Girls, von Heather Young (Morrow)

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Best Paperback Original

Rain Dogs, von Adrian McKinty (Seventh Street)

nominiert

Shot in Detroit, von Patricia Abbott (Polis)

Come Twilight, von Tyler Dilts (Thomas & Mercer)

The 7th Canon, von Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)

A Brilliant Death, von Robin Yocum (Seventh Street)

Heart of Stone, von James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

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Best Fact Crime

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer, von Kate Summerscale (Penguin Press)

nominiert

Morgue: A Life in Death, von Dr. Vincent DiMaio and Ron Franscell (St. Martin’s Press)

The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan, von Laurence Leamer (Morrow)

Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England, von Paul Thomas Murphy (Pegasus)

While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man’s Descent into Madness, von Eli Sanders (Viking)

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Best Critical/Biographical

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, von Ruth Franklin (Liveright)

nominiert

Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life, von Peter Ackroyd (Nan A. Talese)

Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden Since 1967, von Mitzi M. Brunsdale (McFarland & Company)

Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula, von David J. Skal (Liveright)

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Best Short Story

“Autumn at the Automat,” von Lawrence Block (aus In Sunlight or in Shadow, herausgegeben von Lawrence Block; Pegasus)

nominiert

“Oxford Girl,” von Megan Abbott (aus Mississippi Noir, herausgegeben von Tom Franklin; Akashic)

“A Paler Shade of Death,” von Laura Benedict (aus St. Louis Noir, herausgegeben von Scott Phillips; Akashic)

“The Music Room” von Stephen King (aus In Sunlight or in Shadow)

“The Crawl Space,” von Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2016)

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Best Juvenile

OCDaniel, von Wesley King (Paula Wiseman)

nominiert

Summerlost, von Ally Condie (Dutton Books for Young Readers)

The Bad Kid, von Sarah Lariviere (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Some Kind of Happiness, von Claire Legrand (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Framed! von James Ponti (Aladdin)

Things Too Huge to Fix, von Saying Sorry von Susan Vaught (Paula Wiseman)

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Best Young Adult

Girl in the Blue Coat, von Monica Hesse (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

nominiert

Three Truths and a Lie, von Brent Hartinger (Simon Pulse)

The Girl I Used to Be, von April Henry (Henry Holt)

My Sister Rosa, von Justine Larbalestier (Soho Teen)

Thieving Weasels, von Billy Taylor (Dial)

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Best Television Episode Teleplay

“A Blade of Grass,” Penny Dreadful, Drehbuch von John Logan (Showtime)

nominiert

Episode 1: “From the Ashes of Tragedy,” The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Drehbuch von Scott Alexander und Larry Karaszewski (FX Network)

“The Abominable Bride,” Sherlock, Drehbuch von Mark Gatiss und Steven Moffat (Hartswood Films/Masterpiece)

Episode 1: “Dark Road,” Vera, Drehbuch von Martha Hillier (Acorn TV)

“Return 0,” Person of Interest, Drehbuch von Jonathan Nolan und Denise The (CBS/Warner Bros.)

“The Bicameral Mind,” Westworld, Drehbuch von Jonathan Nolan und Lisa Joy

(HBO/Warner Bros.)

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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

“The Truth of the Moment,” von E. Gabriel Flores (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2016)

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Grand Master

Max Allan Collins

Ellen Hart

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Raven Award

Dru Ann Love

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Ellery Queen Award

Neil Nyren

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The Simon & Schuster–Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Shattered Tree, von Charles Todd (Morrow)

nominiert

The Other Sister, von Dianne Dixon (Sourcebooks Landmark)

Quiet Neighbors, von Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)

Say No More, von Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge)

Blue Moon, von Wendy Corsi Staub (Morrow)

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(via The Rap Sheet)

Die Mystery Writers of America (MWA) haben die diesjährigen Nominierungen für den Edgar-Allan-Poe-Preis bekannt gegeben:

Best Novel

• Sandrine’s Case, von Thomas H. Cook (The Mysterious Press)

• The Humans, von Matt Haig (Simon & Schuster)

• Ordinary Grace, von William Kent Krueger (Atria)

• How the Light Gets In, von Louise Penny (Minotaur)

• Standing in Another Man’s Grave (Mädchengrab), von Ian Rankin (Reagan Arthur)

• Until She Comes Home, von Lori Roy (Dutton)

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Best First Novel

• The Resurrectionist, von Matthew Guinn (Norton)

• Ghostman (Ghostman), von Roger Hobbs (Knopf)

• Rage Against the Dying, von Becky Masterman (Minotaur)

• Red Sparrow, von Jason Matthews (Scribner)

• Reconstructing Amelia, von Kimberly McCreight (HarperCollins)

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Best Paperback Original

• The Guilty One, von Lisa Ballantyne (Morrow)

• Almost Criminal, von E. R. Brown (Dundurn)

• Joe Victim, von Paul Cleave (Atria)

• Joyland (Joyland), von Stephen King (Hard Case Crime)

• The Wicked Girls, von Alex Marwood (Penguin)

• Brilliance, von Marcus Sakey (Thomas & Mercer)

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Best Fact Crime

• Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery, von Paul Collins (Crown)

• Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, von Michael D’Antonio (Thomas Dunne)

• The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder, von Charles Graeber (Twelve)

• The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines, von Cate Lineberry (Little, Brown)

• The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, von Daniel Stashower (Minotaur)

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Best Critical/Biographical

• Maigret, Simenon, and France: Social Dimensions of the Novels and Stories, von Bill Alder (McFarland & Company)

• America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture, von Erik Dussere (Oxford University Press)

• Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing, von Justin Gifford (Temple University Press)

• Ian Fleming, von Andrew Lycett (St. Martin’s Press)

• Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction, von Melissa Schaub (Palgrave Macmillan)

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Best Short Story

• “The Terminal,” von Reed Farrel Coleman (aus Kwik Krimes, herausgeben von Otto Penzler; Thomas & Mercer)

• “So Long, Chief,” von Max Allan Collins und Mickey Spillane (The Strand Magazine, February-May 2013)

• “The Caston Private Lending Library & Book Depository,” von John Connolly (The Mysterious Press)

• “There Are Roads In the Water,” von Trina Corey (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], January 2013)

• “Where That Morning Sun Goes Down,” von Tim L. Williams (EQMM, August 2013)

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Best Juvenile

• Strike Three, You’re Dead, von Josh Berk (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

• Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking, von Erin Dionne (Dial)

• P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man, von Caroline Lawrence (Putnam Juvenile)

• Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase, von Jonathan Stroud (Disney-Hyperion)

• One Came Home, von Amy Timberlake (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

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Best Young Adult

• All the Truth That’s In Me, von Julie Berry (Viking Juvenile)

• Far Far Away, von Tom McNeal (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

• Criminal, von Terra Elan McVoy (Simon Pulse)

• How to Lead a Life of Crime, von Kirsten Miller (Razorbill)

• Ketchup Clouds, von Amanda Pitcher (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

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Best Television Episode Teleplay

• “Episode 3” —Luther, Drehbuch von Neil Cross (BBC)

• “Episode 1”–The Fall, Drehbuch von Allan Cubitt (Netflix)

• “Legitimate Rape”–Law & Order: SVU, Drehbuch von Kevin Fox und Peter Blauner (NBC)

• “Variations Under Domestication”–Orphan Black, Drehbuch von Will Pascoe (BBC)

• “Pilot”–The Following, Drehbuch von Kevin Williamson (Fox/Warner Bros. Television)

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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

“That Wentworth Letter,” von Jeff Soloway (from Criminal Element’s Malfeasance Occasional, herausgegeben von Clare Toohey (St. Martin’s Press)

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Grand Master

Robert Crais

Carolyn Hart

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Raven Award

Aunt Agatha’s Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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The Simon & Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark Award

• There Was an Old Woman, von Hallie Ephron (Morrow)

• Fear of Beauty, von Susan Froetschel (Seventh Street)

• The Money Kill, von Katia Lief (Harper)

• Cover of Snow, von Jenny Milchman (Ballantine)

• The Sixth Station, von Linda Stasi (Forge)

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Die Edgar-Preisverleihung ist am Donnerstag, den 1. Mai, im Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

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Wie immer bei den Edgars: viele, viele Lesetipps und etliche alte Bekannte. Hoffentlich werden einige der Romane übersetzt.