Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award nominees, 2024

[NanaCat]

(For year 2023 releases)

Best Mystery Novel
Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
An Honest Man by Michael Koryta
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Best First Novel by an American Author
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji

Best Paperback Original
Boomtown by A.F. Carter
Hide by Tracy Clark
The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q.
Sutanto
Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak

Best Fact Crime
In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
Tangled Vines by John Glatt
Crooked by Nathan Masters
I Know Who You Are by Barbara Rae-Venter
The Lost Sons of Omaha by Joe Sexton

Best Critical Biographical
Perplexing Plots David Bordwell
Spillane by Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor
A Mystery of Mysteries by Mark Dawidziak
Fallen Angel by Robert Morgan
Love Me Fierce in Danger by Steven Powell

Best Short Story
“Hallowed Ground” by Linda Castillo
“Thriller” by Heather Graham
“Miss Direction” by Rob Osler
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023
“The Rise” by Ian Rankin
“Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand” by Lisa Scottoline

Best Juvenile
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce
The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas
Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp by Lamar Giles
The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz & Iva-Marie Palmer
What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

Best Young Adult
Girl Forgotten by April Henry
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby
The Sharp Edge of Silence by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon
Just Do This One Thing for Me by Laura Zimmerman

Mary Higgins Clark Award
Play the Fool by Lina Chern
The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman
Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate Robards
Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters

Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen
An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo
Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs
Past Lying by Val McDermid
A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux
Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien
Hot Pot Murder by Jennifer J. Chow
Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns
The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell

The awards ceremony will be on 1 May 2024

[Lochloosa]

1. Thanks.

[Lochloosa]

2. And welcome to DU NanaCat

[NanaCat]

7. Thanks!

Glad to be here!

[FM123]

3. Wow!

What a list! Thanks

[NanaCat]

5. Glad to post it

I'll try to get to some of the other big awards, when I have time for that.

[Srkdqltr]

4. Of all the authors on the list , i have only read 3 and didn't like any of them.

I'm way out of step.

[NanaCat]

6. Definitely a matter of taste

Some years, they're spot on with what I've read. Some years they're, LOL WTF??? It always depends on who's on the selection committee.

And you're way ahead of me, because I've read none of them, although I have a couple of them on my TBR.

[Srkdqltr]

8. I didn't read the actual books, just other books by the author.