Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Nominees for the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and television published or produced in 2017. Coinciding with the 209th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners on April 26, 2018. We’ve recently published the following nominees in large print:
Fiction
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
9781432843182
This latest by the New York Times bestselling author has received two starred reviews.
“A heartbreakingly resonant new novel about race and justice in America”
—USA Today
Best First Novel by an American Author
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
9781432840952
“You know you’re in masterly hands here. [Emily] Ruskovich’s language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us… Ruskovich’s novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping…[A] wrenching and beautiful book.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Best Paperback Original
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola
9781410499585
“Drawing on the notorious 1837 Edgware Road murder, debut author Mazzola has written a worthy “did she/didn’t she” historical crime drama and a vivid portrait of life and criminal justice in Victorian London. For fans of Sarah Waters”
—Library Journal
Best Fact Crime
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and People Temple by Jeff Guinn
9781410498656
“Magisterial…Guinn’s exhaustive research, shrewd analysis, and engaging prose illuminate a monstrous yet tragic figure–and the motives of those who lost their souls to him.”
—Publishers Weekly
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York’s City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case that Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca 
9781410499554
“The author of Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster―The Creators of Superman (2013) returns with the astonishing story of the first female U.S. district attorney…Rapid, compelling storytelling informed by rigorous research and enlivened by fecund imagination.”
—Kirkus Reviews (Starred)
Best Young Adult
The Hate U Give
9781432841690
A #1 New York Times bestseller, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 2017, and a nominee for the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature.
“This story is necessary. This story is important.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Heartbreakingly topical.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A marvel of verisimilitude.” —Booklist (starred review)
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Widow’s House by Carol Goodman (Feature Cover)
9781432838942
“the fresh plot and modern characters give this twisty contemporary gothic a timeless feel.”
—Publishers Weekly
Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann (Feature Cover)
9781432839758
“A good mystery with a limited group of suspects and unlimited wine lore.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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