Edgar Award Winners

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Winners

	Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Goodreads Author) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 9,600 ratings Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 4,354 ratings Edgar Award for Best Novel (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Expats by Chris Pavone (Goodreads Author) 3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 9,085 ratings Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (Goodreads Author) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,806 ratings Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,659 ratings Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O'Brien 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 24 ratings Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Goodreads Author) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (2013)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Goodreads Author) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 271 ratings Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone by Mo Hayder 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,098 ratings Edgar Award for Best Novel (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bent Road by Lori Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 1,595 ratings Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author) 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 202 ratings Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 10,799 ratings Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2012)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Goodreads Author) 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 673 ratings Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 3,962 ratings Edgar Award for Best Novel (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 546 ratings Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity by Ken Armstrong 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 142 ratings Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous With American History by Yunte Huang 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 212 ratings Edgar Award for Best Critical Biographical (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Lost Boy (The Buddy Files, #1) by Dori Hillestad Butler 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 339 ratings Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price 3.01 of 5 stars 3.01 avg rating — 148 ratings Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2011)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Child by John Hart 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 11,841 ratings Edgar Award for Best Novel (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of Gotham (Simon Ziele, #1) by Stefanie Pintoff 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 1,889 ratings Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Blows: A Joe Grundy Mystery by Marc Strange 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 194 ratings Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Columbine by Dave Cullen (Goodreads Author) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 20,511 ratings Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reality Check by Peter Abrahams 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,105 ratings Edgar Award for Best Young Adult (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,871 ratings Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (2010)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China Lake (Evan Delaney, #1) by Meg Gardiner 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 732 ratings Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Foreigner: A Novel by Francie Lin 2.73 of 5 stars 2.73 avg rating — 151 ratings Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Heaven by C.J. Box 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 2,877 ratings Edgar Award for Best Novel (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Harry Lee Poe 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical (2009)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars