The Edgar Award for Best Mystery

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy
filed under Award Winners and Mystery

The Edgar Award, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, is given by The Mystery Writers of America. There are a number of categories but the books below won the main award -- the award for the best in mystery fiction produced the previous year.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Down_River_2008');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312359314'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Down River (2008)

by John Hart

Amazon readers say:

"Down river is a must read."
"A mystery that runs deep."
"Will not disappoint."
"Hart successfully explores the boundaries of the southern gothic."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Down_River_2008');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Down_River_2008');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312359314'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page hardcover |$16.47 |70 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Janissary_Tree_2007');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374178607'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Janissary_Tree_2007');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0374178607'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Janissary Tree (2007)

by Jason Goodwin

Amazon says:
It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Citizen_Vince_2006');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060394412'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Citizen_Vince_2006');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060394412'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Citizen Vince (2006)

by Jess Walter

Amazon readers say:

"Engaging and thorough."
"Intriguingly balanced between humor and gritty realism."
"Wittier than Elmore Leonard."
"Fast-moving and thought provoking."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Citizen_Vince_2006');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Citizen_Vince_2006');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060394412'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 304 page hardcover |$0.31 |28 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/California_Girl_2005');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060562374'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/California_Girl_2005');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0060562374'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">California Girl (2005)

by T. Jefferson Parker

Amazon says:
The times, they are a-changin'... the Orange County, California, that the Becker brothers knew as boys is no more -- unrecognizably altered since the afternoon in 1954 when Nick, Clay, David, and Andy rumbled with the lowlife Vonns, while five-year-old Janelle Vonn watched from the sidelines. A hideous crime has touched the Beckers in ways that none of them could have anticipated, setting three brothers on a dangerous collision course that will change their family -- and their world -- forever. And no one will emerge from the wreckage unscathed.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Resurrection_Men_2004');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316608491'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Resurrection_Men_2004');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316608491'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Resurrection Men (2004)

by Ian Rankin

Amazon says:
Like Edinburgh inspector John Rebus, the resurrection men of the title are treading on thin ice -- they've all been sent to a short course at the Scottish Police College because they've failed in some way, generally "an issue with authority." The dour Inspector's agenda aims to bring the higher-ups proof of nefarious activities; in the process, his own conduct in the old case he and his college classmates must rework and revisit comes under scrutiny. A solid police procedural whose protagonist, the hero of 14 other titles in this internationally acclaimed series, continues to grow on readers who are just discovering him.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Resurrection_Men_2004');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Resurrection_Men_2004');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0316608491'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 528 pages |$6.99 |34 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Winter_and_Night_2003');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312986688'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Winter_and_Night_2003');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312986688'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Winter and Night (2003)

by S. J. Rozan

Amazon readers say:

"An excellent first exposure to Rozan."
"Biting commentary wrapped in sports metaphor."
"Well plotted somewhat hardboiled mystery and a good read!"
"Wonderful writer, wonderful series."

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Winter_and_Night_2003');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Winter_and_Night_2003');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312986688'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 400 pages |$6.99 |26 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Silent_Joe_2002');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786890037'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by T. Jefferson Parker

Amazon says:
Scarred for life by a brutal father, Joe Trona found a safe haven and a loving childhood in the home of the couple who adopted him. Now he spends his days as a deputy for the Orange County sheriff's department and his nights as a driver and aide to Will Trona, the influential politician who rescued him from the Hillside Children's Home. An expert in firearms and the martial arts, Joe has been backing Will up for a long time. Still, his skill isn't enough to keep Will alive, and when his father is killed right in front of Joe's eyes, the young deputy vows to avenge him.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Silent_Joe_2002');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Silent_Joe_2002');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786890037'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 416 pages |$7.99 |61 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Bottoms_2001');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446677922'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Bottoms_2001');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446677922'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Bottoms (2001)

by Joe R. Lansdale

Amazon says:
Joe Lansdale, author of several horror novels, Westerns, and some outrageous thrillers, is something of a cult writer. "The Bottoms," which may be the breakout book that moves Lansdale beyond the genre category, is a resonant and moving novel. Though there is a mystery at its core, it is at heart a coming-of-age story, with a more literary bent than Lansdale usually demonstrates. This is a masterfully told story and a very good read.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Bottoms_2001');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Bottoms_2001');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446677922'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 336 page paperback |$20.69 |83 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Bones_2000');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0451202473'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Bones_2000');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0451202473'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Bones (2000)

by Jan Burke

Amazon says:
Nobody writes better than Jan Burke about the real world of print journalism, and that aspect of her latest Irene Kelly mystery is as strong as ever.

Burke is such a fine, realistic writer that she can tread her way carefully across territory already well covered by Patricia Cornwell, Jeffery Deaver, Thomas Harris, et al. and still find something new to say about ritual murder and forensic science. But her real talent is bringing to full, instant life a remarkable woman -- and the city she lives and works in.

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Mr_Whites_Confession_1999');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312204264'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Mr_Whites_Confession_1999');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312204264'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Mr. White's Confession (1999)

by Robert Clark

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Cimarron_Rose_1998');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786889306'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Cimarron_Rose_1998');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0786889306'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Cimarron Rose (1998)

by James Lee Burke

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Chatham_School_Affair_1997');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553571931'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Chatham_School_Affair_1997');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553571931'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Chatham School Affair (1997)

by Thomas H. Cook

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Come_to_Grief_1996');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0330347772'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Come_to_Grief_1996');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0330347772'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Come to Grief (1996)

by Dick Francis

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Come_to_Grief_1996');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Come_to_Grief_1996');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0330347772'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 384 page paperback |$0.01 |20 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Red_Scream_1995');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553571729'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Red_Scream_1995');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0553571729'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Red Scream (1995)

by Mary Willis Walker

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Sculptress_1994');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312953615'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Sculptress_1994');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0312953615'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Sculptress (1994)

by Minette Walters

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Bootleggers_Daughter_1993');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446403237'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Bootleggers_Daughter_1993');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0446403237'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Bootlegger's Daughter (1993)

by Margaret Maron

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_Dance_At_The_Slaughterhouse_1992');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0380713748'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_Dance_At_The_Slaughterhouse_1992');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0380713748'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Dance At The Slaughterhouse (1992)

by Lawrence Block

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/New_Orleans_Mourning_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0804107386'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/New_Orleans_Mourning_1991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0804107386'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">New Orleans Mourning (1991)

by Julie Smith

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Black_Cherry_Blues_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0380712040'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Black_Cherry_Blues_1990');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0380712040'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Black Cherry Blues (1990)

by James Lee Burke

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_Cold_Red_Sunrise_1989');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/080410428X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_Cold_Red_Sunrise_1989');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/080410428X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Cold Red Sunrise (1989)

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Old_Bones_1988');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/042520748X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Old_Bones_1988');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/042520748X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Old Bones (1988)

by Aaron Elkins

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Old_Bones_1988');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Old_Bones_1988');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/042520748X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 256 page paperback |$7.99 |9 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_DarkAdapted_Eye_1987');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0452270642'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/A_DarkAdapted_Eye_1987');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0452270642'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">A Dark-Adapted Eye (1987)

by Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/The_Suspect_1986');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1934609072'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Suspect (1986)

by L. R. Wright

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by Ross Thomas

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Labrava_1984');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0688160972'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by Elmore Leonard

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by Rick Boyer

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onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Edgar_Award_for_Best_Mystery/Peregrine_1982');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0765311615'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

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by William Bayer

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by Dick Francis

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by Arthur Maling

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