2023 Edgar Award Nominations (crime/mystery book/tv awards)

[Anonymous]

The Edgars are given out by the Mystery Writers Association and are a pretty big deal in the mystery genre. I'm surprised by how many titles I don't recognize this year. I have some books to check out! Any favorites here?

BEST NOVEL
Devil House by John Darnielle
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
Gangland by Chuck Hogan
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
The Maid by Nita Prose

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Quarry’s Blood by Max Allan Collins
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
Or Else by Joe Hart
Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence
A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre

BEST FACT CRIME
Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles
American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C. by Shahan Mufti
American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal
The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin
The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

BEST SHORT STORY
“Red Flag,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis
“Backstory,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Charles John Harper
“Locked-In,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by William Burton McCormick
“The Amnesty Box,” Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms by Tim McLoughlin
“First You Dream, Then You Die,” Black is the Night by Donna Moore

BEST JUVENILE
The Swallowtail Legacy: Wreck at Ada’s Reef by Michael D. Beil
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Marthe Jocelyn
Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman
Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

BEST YOUNG ADULT
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne
Frightmares by Eva V. Gibson
The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman
The Red Palace by June Hur
Lock the Doors by Vincent Ralph

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“One Mighty and Strong” – Under the Banner of Heaven, Written by Brandon Boyce
“Episode 1” – Magpie Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz
“Episode 1″ – Karen Pirie, Written by Emer Kenny
“When Harry Met Fergus” – Harry Wild, Written by David Logan
“The Reagan Way” – Blue Bloods, Written by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor
“Eighteen Wheels A Predator” – Law & Order: SVU, Written by Brianna Yellen, Kathy Dobie, and Monet Hurt-Mendoza

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“Dogs in the Canyon” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mark Harrison


THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers
Never Name the Dead by D.M. Rowell

THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique
An Unforgiving Place by Claire Kells
Hideout by Louisa Luna
Behind the Lie by Emilya Naymark
Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood

THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD
The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry
Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette
Desert Getaway by Michael Craft
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting. This is fun. I have only read 2.5 of the books (DNF Maid) so I will have to check some of these out. I am glad Harry Wild was nominated - I enjoyed the show.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing this! I’ve used the list before to discover new ideas, but I don’t think to do it every year.

[Anonymous]

thanks for this!
is this the same group that would hold a conference in Bethesda and assembled the malice domestic books?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thanks for this!
is this the same group that would hold a conference in Bethesda and assembled the malice domestic books?

Their website says the Edgar Awards are held in NYC. I don't know if they change locations from year to year.

[Anonymous]

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

This made me happy. I have never heard anything talk about this book, but I thought it was fantastic.

[Anonymous]

I've only read these two -

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

The Devil Takes You Home would be better as a movie or tv show. It's slow moving as a book, but has good drama.

Notes on an Execution is excellent. It's not a feel good story, but it's not just a jump scare thriller type of book either. It's different and oddly compelling to read.

[Anonymous]

I’ve read all but one of the Best Novel nominees. (Missed Like a Sister).

Notes on an Execution is my favorite.

[Anonymous]

Portrait of a Thief is in my list — clearly need to move it up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Portrait of a Thief is in my list — clearly need to move it up

I read it and thought they should have given it more space to develop the characters. It is more about the characters than the art thefts, which was annoying because I was really looking for a modern take on the Thomas Crown Affair.