Each year, the Mystery Writes of America seek out the best mystery books in order to bestow upon them the Edgar Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the genre. Yesterday they announced the nominees for the 2016 list, and HarperCollins has quite a few! Drum roll please! And the nominees are…
Best First Novel: Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
Best Paperback Original: The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney, What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan, and The Daughter by Jane Shemilt
Best Fact Crime: Where the Bodies Were Buried by T.J. English and Whipping Boy by Allen Kurzweil
Best Critical/Biographical: The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
Mary Higgins Clark Award: Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron
You can find the entire list of nominees here, and keep an eye out for when the winners are announced in April. In the meantime, make sure you catch up on any of the great mysteries of 2015 that you may have missed!
-Amanda