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Edgar Award

The Edgar Award, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, is given by The Mystery Writers of America to the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. Listed below are the winners for Best Novel in the fiction category. The first Edgar was awarded in 1954.

Awards for 2013

1. Edgar Award

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      Live by Night

      Dennis LehaneDennis Lehane 9780060004873
   Publisher Comments: Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe... (read more)

Past Winners

1. 2012

   
   Gone Mo Hayder Used Trade Paper $7.95
   

2. 2011

   
   The Lock Artist Steve Hamilton Used Trade Paper $6.95
   

3. 2010

   
   The Last Child John Hart

   

   Used Trade Paper $2.50
   

4. 2009

   
   Blue Heaven C J Box Used Mass Market $2.50
   

5. 2008

   
   Down River: A Novel John Hart Used Hardcover $6.50
   

6. 2007

   
   The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin

   

   Used Hardcover $8.95
   

7. 2006

   
   Citizen Vince: A Novel Jess Walter

   

   Used Hardcover $13.00
   

8. 2005

   
   California Girl T. Jefferson Parker Used Mass Market $2.50
   

9. 2004

   
   Resurrection Men: An Inspector Rebus... Ian Rankin

   

   Used Mass Market $3.95
   

10. 2003

    
    Winter and Night S. J. Rozan

    

    Used Mass Market $4.50
    

11. 2002

    
    Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker Used Mass Market $4.95
    

12. 2001

    
    The Bottoms Joe R Lansdale

    

    Used Trade Paper $6.95
    

13. 2000

    
    Bones: An Irene Kelly Novel Jan Burke

    

    Used Mass Market $2.95
    

14. 1999

    
    Mr. White's Confession Robert Clark Used Trade Paper $5.95
    

15. 1997

    
    The Chatham School Affair Thomas H. Cook Used Mass Market $3.95
    

16. 1996

    
    Come to Grief Dick Francis

    

    Used Mass Market $4.50
    

17. 1995

    
    The Red Scream Mary Willis Walker Used Mass Market $3.50
    

18. 1994

    
    The Sculptress Minette Walters Used Mass Market $5.50
    

19. 1993

    
    Bootlegger's Daughter Margaret Maron Used Mass Market $3.50
    

20. 1992

    
    A Dance at the Slaughterhouse: A... Lawrence Block Used Trade Paper $6.95
    

21. 1991

    
    New Orleans Mourning Julie Smith Used Mass Market $3.95
    

22. 1989

    
    Cold Red Sunrise Stuart M Kaminsky Used Mass Market $5.50
    

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