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Edgar Best First Novel Award

2023

Winner
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor

Nominees
Jackal by Erin E Adams
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D Li
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Best Novel
Best Paperback Original

2022

Winner
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan

Nominations
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins
The Damage by Caitlin Wahrer
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2021

Winner
Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen

Nominations
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
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2020

Winner
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Nominations
​My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

The Good Detective by John McMahon
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Three-Fifths by John Vercher
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
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2019

Winner
Bearskin by James A McLaughlin

Nominations
A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper
The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
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2018

Winner
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
 
Shortlist
Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love​​
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2017

Winner
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
 
Shortlist
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
IQ by Joe Ide
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie
Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright
The Lost Girls by Heather Young
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2016

Winner
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
 
Shortlist
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
Where All Light Tends To Go by David Joy
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm
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2015

Winner
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
 
Shortlist
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Bad Country by CB McKenzie
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
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2014

Winner
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
 
Shortlist
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
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2013

Winner
The Expats by Chris Pavone
 
Shortlist
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Black Fridays by Michael Sears
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2012

Winner
Bent Road by Lori Roy
 
Shortlist
Red on Red by Edward Conlon
Last to Fold by David Duffy
All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen
Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder
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2011

Winner
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
 
Shortlist
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
The Serialist: A Novel by David Gordon
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Snow Angels by James Thompson
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2010

Winner
In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
 
Shortlist
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
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2009

Winner
The Foreigner by Francie Lin
 
Shortlist
The Kind One by Tom Epperson
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock
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2008

Winner
In the Woods by Tana French
 
Shortlist
Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
Snitch Jacket by Christopher Goffard
Head Games by Craig McDonald
Pyres by Derek Nikitas
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2007

Winner
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
 
Shortlist
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
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2006

Winner
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
 
Shortlist
Die A Little by Megan Abbott
Immoral by Brian Freeman
Run the Risk by Scott Frost
Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin
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2005

Winner
Country of Origin by Don Lee
 
Shortlist
Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas
Relative Danger by Charles Benoit
Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
Bahamarama by Bob Morris
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2004

Winner
Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
 
Shortlist
12 Bliss Street by Martha Conway
Offer of Proof by Robert Heilbrun
Night of the Dance by James Hime
The Bridge of Sights by Olen Steinhauer
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2003

Winner
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King
 
Shortlist
Southern Latitudes by Stephen J Clark
High Wire by Kam Majd
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
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2002

Winner
Line of Vision by David Ellis
 
Shortlist
Open Season by CJ Box
Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen
Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
The 500 by Matthew Quirk
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2001

Winner
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
 
Shortlist
Raveling by Peter Moore Smith
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
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2000

Winner
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
 
Shortlist
Certifiably Insane by Arthur W Bahr
Big Trouble by Dave Barry
God Is a Bullet by Boston Teran
Inner City Blues by Paula L Woods
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1999

Winner
A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton
 
Shortlist
Reckless Homicide by Ira Genberg
Numbered Account by Christopher Reich
Nice by Jen Sacks
A Criminal Appeal by DR Schanker
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1998

Winner
Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon
 
Shortlist
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
Bird Dog by Philip Reed
Flower Net by Lisa See
23 Shades of Black by KJA Wishnia
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1997

Winner
Simple Justice by John Morgan Wilson
 
Shortlist
Bonita Faye by Margaret Moseley
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
A Brother's Blood by Michael White
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1996

Winner
Penance by David Housewright
 
Shortlist
Tight Shot by Kevin Allman
Murder in Scorpio by Martha C Lawrence
The Harry Chronicles by Allan Pedrazas
Fixed in His Folly by David J Walker
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1995

Winner
The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green
 
Shortlist
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
Suspicion of Innocence by Barbara Parker
Big Town by Doug J Swanson
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1994

Winner
A Grave Talent by Laurie R King
 
Shortlist
The List of 7 by Mark Frost
Criminal Seduction by Darian North
The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz by Manuel Ramos
Zaddik by David Rosenbaum
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1993

Winner
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
 
Shortlist
Trail of Murder by Christine Andreae
Ladystinger by Craig Smith
Trick of the Eye by Jane Stanton Hitchcock
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1992

Winner
Slow Motion Riot by Peter Blauner
 
Shortlist
Deadstick by Terence Faherty
Deadline by Marcy Heidish
Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker
A Cool Breeze in the Underground by Don Winslow
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1991

Winner
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
 
Shortlist
Come Nightfall by Gary Amo
Passion Play by W Edward Blain
Nobody Lives Forever by Edna Buchanan
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
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1990

Winner
The Last Billable Hour by Susan Wolfe
 
Shortlist
Hide and Seek by Barry Berg
The Story of Annie D. by Susan Taylor Chehak
The Mother Shadow by Melodie Johnson Howe
Blood Under the Bridge by Bruce Zimmerman
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1989

Winner
Carolina Skeletons by David Stout
 
Shortlist
Murder Once Done by Mary Lou Bennett
The Murder of Frau Schutz by J. Madison Davis
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Julian Solo by Shelley Reuben
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1988

Winner
Death Among Strangers by Deidre S Laiken
 
Shortlist
Detective by Parnell Hall
Heat Lightning by John Lantigua
Lover Man by Dallas Murphy
The Spoiler by Domenic Stansberry
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1987

Winner
No One Rides for Free by Larry Beinhart
 
Shortlist
Lost by Gary Devon
Riceburner by Richard Hyer
Floater by Joseph Koenig
Dead Air by Mike Lupica
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1986

Winner
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
 
Shortlist
The Glory Hole Murders by Tony Fennelly
Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man by Daniel Stashower
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1985

Winner
Strike Three, You're Dead by RD Rosen
 
Shortlist
A Creative Kind of Killer by Jack Early
Foul Shot by Doug Hornig
Sweet, Savage Death by Orania Papazoglou
Someone Else's Grave by Alison Smith
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1984

Winner
The Bay Psalm Book Murder by Will Harriss
 
Shortlist
The Gold Solution by Herbert Resnicow
Red Diamond, Private Eye by Mark Schorr
Caroline Minuscule by Andrew Taylor
Dead Man's Thoughts by Carolyn Wheat
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1983

Winner
The Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry
 
Shortlist
By Frequent Anguish by SFX Dean
Unholy Communion by Richard Hughes
In the Heat of the Summer by John Katzenbach
Two If By Sea by Ernest Savage
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1982

Winner
Chiefs by Stuart Woods
 
Shortlist
Giant Killer by Vernon Tom Hyman
Not A Through Street by Ernest Larsen
The Black Glove by Geoffrey Miller
Murder at the Red October by Anthony Olcott
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1981

Winner
The Watcher by K Nolte Smith
 
Shortlist
Winds of the Old Days by Betsy Aswald
The Rembrandt Panel by Oliver Banks
Double Negative by David Carkeet
The Other Ann Fletcher by Susanne Jaffe
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1980

Winner
The Lasko Tangent by Richard North Patterson
 
Shortlist
Night Trains by Peter Heath Fine
Follow the Leader by John Logue
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1979

Winner
Killed in the Ratings by William L DeAndrea
 
Shortlist
The Scourge by Thomas L Dunne
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Blood Secrets by Craig Jones
The Memory of Eva Ryker by Donald A Stanwood
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1978

Winner
A French Finish by Robert Ross
 
Shortlist
Dewey Decimated by Charles A Goodrum
The Fan by Bob Randall
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1977

Winner
The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson
 
Shortlist
Your Day in the Barrel by Alan Furst
Straight by Steve Knickmeyer
The Big Pay-Off by Janice Law
Final Proof by Marie R Reno
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1976

Winner
The Alvarez Journal by Rex Burns
 
Shortlist
Waltz Across Texas by Max Crawford
Harmattan by Thomas Klop
Paperback Thriller by Lynn Meyer
The Devalino Caper by AJ Russell
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1975

Winner
Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
 
Shortlist
The Kreutzman Formula by Dominic Koski & Virgil Scott
Saturday Games by Brown Meggs
Target Practice by Nicholas Meyer
The Jones Man by Vern E Smith
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1974

Winner
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul Erdman
 
Shortlist
Kicked to Death by a Camel by Richard Bulliet
Someone's Death by Charles Larson
Many Happy Returns by Justin Scott
Man on a String by Michael Wolfe
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1973

Winner
Squaw Point by RH Shimer
 
Shortlist
A Person Shouldn't Die Like That by Arthur Goldstein
The Dead of Winter by William H Hallahan
Box 100 by Frank Leonard
The Heart of the Dog by Thomas A Roberts
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1972

Winner
Finding Maubee by AHZ Carr
 
Shortlist
To Spite Her Face by Hildegarde Dolson
Ask the Right Question by Michael Lewin
The Stalker by Bill Pronzini
Gypsy in Amber by Martin Cruz Smith
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1971

Winner
The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders
 
Shortlist
Incident at 125th Street by JE Brown
Taking Gary Feldman by Stanley Cohen
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon
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1970

Winner
A Time for Predators by Joe Gores
 
Shortlist
You'll Like My Mother by Naomi Hintze
Quicksand by Myrick Land
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1969

Winners
Silver Street by E Richard Johnson
The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak
 
Shortlist
The Dinosaur by Lawrence Kamarck
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1968

Winner
Act of Fear by Michael Collins
 
Shortlist
Hell Gate by James Dawson
Mortissimo by PEH Dunston
The Tigers Are Hungry by Charles Early
The Killing Season by John Redgate
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1967

Winner
The Cold War Swap by Ross Thomas
 
Shortlist
Fancy's Knell by Babs Deal
A Kind of Treason by Robert S Elegant
The Pedestal by George Lanning
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1966

Winner
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
 
Shortlist
The Expendable Spy by Jack D Hunter
The French Doll by Vincent McConnor
Before the Ball Was Over by Alexandra Roudybush
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1965

Winner
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
 
Shortlist
In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross
The Gravemaker's House by Rubin Weber
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1964

Winner
Florentine Finish by Cornelius Hirschberg
 
Shortlist
The Fifth Woman by Maria Fagyas
The Prowler by Frances Rickett
The Neon Haystack by James M Ullman
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1963

Winner
The Fugitive by Robert L Fish
 
Shortlist
Counterweight by Daniel Broun
The Chase by Richard Unekis
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1962

Winner
The Green Stone by Suzanne Blanc
 
Shortlist
Felony Tank by Malcolm Braly
Close His Eyes by Olivia Dwight
The Cipher by Alex Gordons
Night of the Kill by Breni James
Shock Treatment by Winfred Van Atta
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1961

Winner
The Man in the Cage by John Holbrooke Vance
 
Shortlist
The Marriage Cage by William Johnston
The Killing at Big Tree by David McCarthy
Case Pending by Dell Shannon
The Mercenaries by Donald E Westlake
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1960

Winner
The Grey Flannel Shroud by Henry Slesar
 
Shortlist
A Dream of Falling by Mary O Rank
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1959

Winner
The Bright Road to Fear by Richard Martin Stern
 
Shortlist
The Man Who Disappeared by Edgar J Bohle
Death of a Spinster by Frances Duncombe
Now Will You Try for Murder? by Harry Olesker
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1958

Winner
Knock and Wait a While by William Rawle Weeks
 
Shortlist
Bay of the Damned by Warren Carrier
Root of Evil by James Cross
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1957

Winner
Rebecca's Pride by Donald McNutt Douglass
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1956

Winner
The Perfectionist by Lane Kauffman
 
Shortlist
In His Blood by Harold R Daniels
Much Ado About Murder by Fred Levon
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1955

Winner
Go, Lovely Rose by Jean Potts
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1954

Winner
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
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1953

Winner
Don't Cry for Me by William Campbell Gault
 
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The Inward Eye by Peggy Bacon
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1952

Winner
Strangle Hold by Mary McMullen
 
Shortlist
Carry My Coffin Slowly by Lee Herrington
The Christmas Card Murders by David William Meredith
Cure it with Honey by Thurston Scott
The Eleventh Hour by Robert B Sinclair
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1951

Winner
Nightmare in Manhattan by Thomas Walsh
 
Shortlist
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Happy Holiday! by Thaddeus O'Finn
The House Without a Door by Thomas Sterling
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1950

Winner
What A Body by Alan Green
 
Shortlist
The End is Known by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
Walk the Dark Streets by William Krasner
The Shadow and the Blot by GG Lobell & ND Lobell
The Innocent by Evelyn Piper
The Dark Light by Bart Spicer
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1949

Winner
The Room Upstairs by Mildred Davis
 
Shortlist
Wilders Walk Away by Herbert Brean
Shoot the Works by Richard Ellington
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1948

Winner
The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
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1947

Winner
The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis
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1946

Winner
Watchful at Night by Julius Fast
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