The shortlists for the Edgar Awards have been announced yesterday. Below i give you the nominated titles in three major categories:BEST NOVEL
The Ranger
by
Ace Atkins
Gone
by
Mo Hayder
The Devotion of Suspect X
by
Keigo Higashino
1222
by
Anne Holt
Field Gray
by
Philip Kerr BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Red on Red
by
Edward Conlon
Last to Fold
by
David Duffy
All Cry Chaos
by
Leonard Rosen
Bent Road
by
Lori Roy
Purgatory Chasm
by
Steve Ulfelder BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Company Man
by
Robert Jackson Bennett
The Faces of Angels
by
Lucretia Grindle
The Dog Sox
by
Russell Hill
Death of the Mantis
by
Michael Stanley
Vienna Twilight
by
Frank Tallis The winners will be announced on April 26th. To take a look at the full list visit The Edgar website 
Published on January 19, 2012 23:45