BEST NOVEL
The Last Child
The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Alfred A. Knopf)
The Odds by Kathleen George (Minotaur Books)
Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett (HarperCollins)
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (Atria Books)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
In the Shadow of Gotham
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano (Grand Central Publishing)
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone)
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (MIRA Books)
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (Thomas Dunne Books)
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (HarperCollins)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Body Blows
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Havana Lunar by Robert Arellano (Akashic Books)
The Lord God Bird by Russell Hill (Caravel Books)
The Herring-Seller's Apprentice by L.C. Tyler (Felony & Mayhem Press)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James (Alfred A. Knopf)
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak (Thomas Dunne Books)
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar (St. Martin's Press)
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)
BEST FACT CRIME
Columbine
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn (Simon & Schuster)
The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston's Racial Divide by Dick Lehr (HarperCollins)
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo (Penguin Press)
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti (Alfred A. Knopf)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Amapola," from Phoenix Noir
"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins (Busted Flush Press)
"Femme Sole" - Boston Noir by Dana Cameron (Akashic Books)
"Digby, Attorney at Law" - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Jim Fusilli (Dell Magazines)
"Animal Rescue" - Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane (Akashic Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Reality Check
If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney (Delacorte Press)
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford (Viking Children's Books)
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Low (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Books)
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell (Delacorte Press)
BEST JUVENILE
Closed for the Season
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil (Alfred A. Knopf)
Creepy Crawly Crime by Aaron Reynolds (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Philomel Books)

Teleplay: "Place of Execution
"Strike Three" - The Closer, Teleplay by Steven Kane (Warner Bros TV for TNT)
"Look What He Dug Up This Time" - Damages, Teleplay by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman (FX Networks)
"Grilled" - Breaking Bad, Teleplay by George Mastras (AMC/Sony)
"Living the Dream" - Dexter, Teleplay by Clyde Phillips (Showtime)
ROBERT . FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
A Dreadful Day" - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines)
SIMON & SCHUSTER / MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
Awakening
Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof by Blaize Clement (Minotaur Books)
Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron (William Morrow)
Lethal Vintage by Nadia Gordon (Chronicle Books)
Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel (HarperCollins)
2009 Edgar Nominees & Winners
2008 Edgar Nominees & Winners
2007 Edgar Nominees & Winners