2025 EDGAR AWARD NOMINEES
Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2025 Edgar Awards as follows:
BEST NOVEL: (7)
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Random House Worlds/Del Rey)
Rough Trade, by Katrina Carrasco (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/MCD)
Things Don't Break on Their Own, by Sarah Easter Collins (Crown)
My Favorite Scar, by Nicolas Ferraro (Soho Crime)
The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books)
Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera (Celadon Books)
The In Crowd, by Charlotte Vassell (Doubleday)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR: (6)
Twice the Trouble, by Ash Clifton (Crooked Lane Books)
Cold to the Touch, by Kerri Hakoda (Crooked Lane Books)
The Mechanics of Memory, by Audrey Lee (CamCat Books)
A Jewel in the Crown, by David Lewis (A John Scognamiglio Book)
The President's Lawyer, by Lawrence Robbins (Atria Books)
Holy City, by Henry Wise (Atlantic Monthly Press)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: (5)
The Paris Widow, by Kimberly Belle (Park Row Books)
The Vacancy in Room 10, by Seraphina Nova Glass (Graydon House)
Shell Games, by Bonnie Kistler (Harper Paperbacks)
A Forgotten Kill, by Isabella Maldonado (Thomas & Mercer)
The Road to Heaven, by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson (Dundurn Press)
BEST FACT CRIME: (6)
Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers, by Frank Figliuzzi (Mariner Books)
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective, by Steven Johnson (Crown)
A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton, by Deb Miller Landau (Pegasus Crime)
The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free, by Gregg Olsen (Thomas & Mercer)
Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery, by Earl Swift (Mariner Books)
The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age, by Michael Wolraich (Union Square & Co.)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL: (5)
James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction, by Nathan Ashman (McFarland Publishing)
American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl, by M. Keith Booker (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows, by David Geherin (McFarland Publishing)
On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett, by Ashley Lawson (The Ohio State University Press)
Ian Fleming; The Complete Man, by Nicholas Shakespeare (Harper)
BEST SHORT STORY: (5)
"Cut and Thirst," by Margaret Atwood (Amazon Original Stories; Amazon Publishing)
"Everywhere You Look," by Liv Constantine (Amazon Original Stories; Amazon Publishing)
"Eat My Moose," by Erika Krouse (Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days; Bard College)
"Barriers to Entry," by Ariel Lawhon (Amazon Original Stories; Amazon Publishing)
"The Art of Cruel Embroidery," by Steven Sheil (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July-August 2024)
BEST JUVENILE: (5)
The Beanstalk Murder, by P.G. Bell (Feiwel & Friends)
Mystery of Mystic Mountain, by Janet Fox (Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key, by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Quill Tree Books)
The Spindle of Fate, by Aimee Lim (Feiwel & Friends)
Find Her, by Ginger Reno (Holiday House)
BEST YOUNG ADULT: (5)
Looking for Smoke, by K.A. Cobell (Heartdrum)
The Bitter End, by Alexa Donne (Random House Books)
A Crane Among Wolves, by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
Death at Morning House, by Maureen Johnson (Harper Teen)
49 Miles Alone, by Natalie D. Richards (Sourcebooks Fire)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY: (5)
"Episode Five" for Rebus, Written by Gregory Burke (Viaplay)
"Episode One" for Monsieur Spade, Written by Tom Fontana & Scott Frank (AMC)
"Episode One" for Moonflower Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz(Masterpiece PBS)
"Mirror" for Murderesses, Written by Wiktor Piatkowski, Joanna Kozlowska, Katarzyna Kaczmarek (Viaplay)
"Episode Two" for The Marlow Murder Club, Written by Robert Thorogood (Masterpiece PBS)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD: (5)
"The Legend of Penny and the Luck of the Draw Casino," by Pat Gaudet (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2024)
"Head Start," by Kai Lovelace (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September-October 2024)
"Murder Under Sedation," by Lawrence Ong (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March-April 2024)
"The Jews on Elm Street," by Anna Stolley Persky (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September-October 2024)
"Sparrow Maker," by Jake Stein (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November-December 2024)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD: (5)
The Rose Arbor, by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union)
The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, by Michelle Chouinard (Minotaur Books)
The Mystery Writer, by Sulari Gentill (Poisoned Pen Press)
Return to Wyldcliffe Heights, by Carol Goodman (William Morrow Paperbacks)
Death in the Details, by Katie Tietjen (Crooked Lane Books)
THE G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD: (6)
Disturbing the Dead, by Kelley Armstrong (Minotaur Books)
A Game of Lies, by Clare Mackintosh (Sourcebooks Landmark)
Proof, by Beverly McLachlin (Simon & Schuster)
A World of Hurt, by Mindy Mejia (Atlantic Monthly Press)
All the Way Gone, by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur Books)
The Comfort of Ghosts, by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Crime)
THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD: (5)
The Murders in Great Diddling, by Katarina Bivald (Poisoned Pen Press)
Death and Fromage, by Ian Moore (Poisoned Pen Press)
Booked for Murder, by P.J. Nelson (Minotaur Books)
Murder on Devil's Pond, by Ayla Rose (Crooked Lane Books)
The Treasure Hunters Club, by Tom Ryan (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Two Grand Master Award Recipients:
Laura Lippman
John Sandford
Raven Award Recipient:
Face in a Book, Bookstore & Gifts, in El Dorado Hills, California
Ellery Queen Award Recipient:
Peter Wolverton, Vice President and Executive Editor at St. Martin's Press
The Edgar Award winners will be announced at the Edgar Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday, May 01 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.
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