The Edgar Award Goes To... The Best Mysteries of 2007
Categories: Award Winners , Mystery & Suspense
Move over Emmy, Tony, and Oscar. Make room for the Edgar, the literary award that is given annually by the Mystery Writers of America. Named for Edgar Allan Poe, who managed to be a quite a mystery in his own right, the award honors the best mystery writers of the year in a wide variety of categories: Novel, First Novel, Paperback Original, Critical/Biographical, Fact Crime, Short Story, Young Adult, Juvenile, Play, TV Episode, and Motion Picture, plus five 'special awards'. The Edgar Award Ceremony will be held in New York City on May 1.
This year's finalists were just announced, and for mystery lovers it makes for a fine reading list. The nominees for 'best novel' are all available at the Library:
- Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
- Priest by Ken Bruen
- The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
- Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
- Down River by John Hart
