The Edgar® Awards – 2025 Submissions

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This list includes all submissions received by the MWA national office as of March 15, 2024Appearance of your work on this list does not mean you have been nominated for an Edgar® Award. It only means your work has been submitted for consideration. Only the judges on each Edgar® committee determine who is nominated and who wins. Nominations will be announced on or around Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday (January 19th) in 2025.  The winners will be announced at the Edgar® Banquet on a Thursday in either late April or early May 2025.

Best Novel

Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Bruen, Ken, GALWAY CONFIDENTIAL
Correa, Armando Lucas, THE SILENCE IN HER EYES
de la Motte, Anders, THE MOUNTAIN KING
Dean, Abigail, DAY ONE
Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY
Elston, Ashley, FIRST LIE WINS
French, Tana, THE HUNTER
Frick, Kit, THE SPLIT
Gardner, Lisa, STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Grady, James, THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES
Hallett, Janice, THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS
Handler, David, THE WOMAN WHO LOWERED THE BOOM
Hayes, Terry, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST
Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Kurian, Vera, A STEP PAST DARKNESS
Lindholm, James, CALYPSO DOWN
Miller, C.L., THE ANTIQUE HUNTER’S GUIDE TO MURDER
Peguero, Robin, ONE IN THE CHAMBER
Perry, Thomas, HERO
Rice, Luanne, LAST NIGHT
Schillace, Brandy, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE
Thornton, Chris Harding, LITTLE UNDERWORLD

 

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Best First Novel

Friedman, Terry S., BONE PENDANT GIRLS
Kahler, Abbott, WHERE YOU END
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS
Pease, Amy, NORTHWOODS
Sierra, Tracey, NIGHTWATCHING

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Best Paperback/E-Book Original

Baker, Shannon, BULL’S EYE
Casale, Alexia, THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND
Ferguson, Ian &, Ferguson, Will, I ONLY READ MURDER
Fleury, Clive, OFF SEASON
Mayfield, Jahmal, SMOKE KINGS
Richell, Hannah, THE SEARCH PARTY

 

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Best Fact Crime

Esau, Alvin A.J., 31 MURDERS: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF SERIAL SEX KILLER EARLE NELSON
Ferrante, Louis, BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA
Sherman, Casey , A MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF TINSELTOWN’S MOST SHOCKING CRIME

Best Critical-Biographical

Ashman, Nathan, JAMES SALLIS: A COMPANION TO THE MYSTERY FICTION
Meuel, David, JOAN CRAWFORD IN FILM NOIR: THE ACTRESS AS AUTEUR

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Best Short Story

Bracken, Michael, “BAR NONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Campbell, Melodie, “THE MOB, THE MODEL…AND THE COLLEGE REUNION,” MURDER, NEAT
Chase, Joslyn, “SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
D’Agnese, Joseph, “WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLED” – MURDER, NEAT
De Noux, O’Neil, “FLESH WOUNDS” – MURDER, NEAT
Dean, David, “THE ATONEMENT OF MICHAEL DARCY” – MURDER, NEAT
Fisher, Eve, “BAD INFLUENCE” – MURDER, NEAT
Floyd, John M., “BOURBON AND WATER” – MURDER, NEAT
Gates, David Edgerley, “SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO” – MURDER, NEAT
Goffman, Barb, “NEVER HAVE I EVER” – MURDER, NEAT
Kisska, Kristin, “NOT YO’MAMA’S IPA” – MURDER, NEAT
Law, Janice, “THE COLONEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Lawton, R.T., “THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Liskow, Steve, “WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM” – MURDER, NEAT
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANK’S SUNBEAM” – MURDER, NEAT
Lundin, Leigh, “RAZING THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Maddox, Lawrence, “DEEP TIME” – MURDER, NEAT
Mangeot, Robert, “NOBLE ROT” – MURDER, NEAT
Richardson, Travis, GOLDEN PARACHUTE” – MURDER, NEAT
Ross, Stephen, “ROOM OF ICE” – MURDER, NEAT
Taylor, Art , “TWO FOR ONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Thielman, Mark, “LYRICS AND MUSIC” – MURDER, NEAT
Thornton, Brian, “THE CATHERINE WHEEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Winter, Jim, “BAD WHISKEY” – MURDER, NEAT
Zelvin, Elizabeth, “A FRIENDLY GLASS” – MURDER, NEAT

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Best Juvenile

 

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Best Young Adult

Albert, Melissa, THE BAD ONES
Wooten, Jeff, KILL CALL

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Best TV Episode

 

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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

 

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Mary Higgins Clark Award

Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS

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Sue Grafton Award

Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Chan, Chris, SHE RUINED OUR LIVES

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Lilian Jackson Braun Award

Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY

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