Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original explained
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback or eBook Original was established in 1970.
The award honors the best mystery book that is initially printed as a paperback or eBook without a hardcover edition.[1] EBooks must be published by a reputable publisher, as determined by the Mystery Writers of America. American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners are listed below.
Winners
1970s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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1970 | | | Winner | |
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| Assault on Ming | Shortlist | |
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1971 | | Flashpoint | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| O.D. at Sweet Claude’s | |
| After Things Fell Apart | |
| Grave Descend | |
| Mafioso | |
1972 | | For Murder I Charge More | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Space for Hire | |
| Nor Spell, Nor Charm | |
| And the Deep Blue Sea | |
1973 | | | Winner | |
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| Not Dead Yet | Shortlist | |
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| Power Kill | |
1974 | | Death of an Informer | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Deadlocked! | |
| Starling Street | |
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1975 | | | Winner | |
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| Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress? | Shortlist | |
| Jump Cut | |
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| Flats Fixed-Among Other Things | |
1976 | | Autopsy | Winner | |
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and Robin Moore | The Set-Up | Shortlist | |
| Charlie’s Back in Town | |
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1977 | | Confess, Fletch | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
and John Stanley | | |
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| Freeze Frame | |
1978 | | | Winner | |
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| Time to Murder and Create | Shortlist | |
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| They’ve Killed Anna | |
1979 | | Deceit and Deadly Lies | Winner | |
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| Stud Game | Shortlist | |
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| Heartstone | |
| Charnel House | | |
1980s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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1980 | | | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Vortex | |
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1981 | | Public Murders | Winner | |
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| Blood Innocents | Shortlist | |
| Looking for Ginger North | |
| Tough Luck, L.A. | |
1982 | | | Winner | |
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| Deadline | Shortlist | |
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| Pin | |
| Dead Heat | |
1983 | | Triangle | Winner | |
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| Vital Signs | Shortlist | |
| Clandestine | |
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1984 | | Mrs. White | Winner | |
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| False Prophets | Shortlist | |
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| Trace | |
| Hunter | |
1985 | and Warren Murphy | Grandmaster | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
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| Words Can Kill | |
| Black Knight in Red Square | |
1986 | | Pigs Get Fat | Winner | |
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| Poverty Bay | Shortlist | |
| Broken Idols | |
| Blue Heron | |
| Black Gravity | |
1987 | | | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Hazzard | |
| Ronin | |
| Shattered Moon | |
1988 | | Bimbos of the Death Sun | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Deadly Intrusion | |
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| Bullshot | |
1989 | | | Winner | |
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| Judgment by Fire | Shortlist | |
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| Preacher | | |
1990s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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1990 | | | Winner | |
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| Manhattan Is My Beat | Shortlist | |
| King of the Hustlers | |
| Hot Wire | |
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1991 | | | Winner | |
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| Comeback | Shortlist | |
| Not a Creature Was Stirring | |
| Dead in the Scrub | |
| SPQR I: The King’s Gambit | |
1992 | | Dark Maze | Winner | |
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| Murder in the Dog Days | Shortlist | |
| Cracking Up | |
| Midtown North | |
| Fine Distinctions | |
1993 | | | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Principal Defense | |
| Shallow Graves | |
| Night Cruise | |
1994 | | Dead Folk's Blues | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Tony’s Justice | |
| Beyond Saru | |
| Everywhere That Mary Went | |
1995 | | Final Appeal | Winner | |
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| The Broken-Hearted Detective | Shortlist | |
| Viper Quarry | |
| Power of Attorney | |
| Sunrise | |
1996 | | Tarnished Blue | Winner | |
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| Deal Breaker | Shortlist | |
| High Desert Malice | |
| Charged With Guilt | |
| Hard Frost | |
1997 | | Fade Away | Winner | |
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| Silent Words | Shortlist | |
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| Walking Rain | |
| Tribe | |
1998 | | Charm City | Winner | |
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| Home Again, Home Again | Shortlist | |
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| Tarnished Icons | |
| Sunset and Santiago | |
1999 | | | Winner | |
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| Atlanta Graves | Shortlist | |
| Butchers Hill | |
| Zen Attitude | |
| Murder Manual | | |
2000s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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2000 | | Fulton County Blues | Winner | |
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| Lucky Man | Shortlist | |
| The Resurrectionist | |
| Outcast | |
| In Big Trouble | |
2001 | | | Winner | |
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| Murder on St. Mark’s Place | Shortlist | |
| Killing Kin | |
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| Pursuit and Persuasion | |
2002 | | Adios Muchachos | Winner | |
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| Hell’s Kitchen | Shortlist | |
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| Dead of Winter | |
| Straw Men | |
2003 | | Out of Sight | Winner | |
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| Black Jack Point | Shortlist | |
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| Trauma | |
| Prison Blues | |
2004 | | Find Me Again | Winner | |
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| Cut and Run | Shortlist | |
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| Wisdom of the Bones | |
| Southland | |
2005 | | | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Into the Web | |
| Dead Men Rise Up Never | |
| Twelve-Step Fandango | |
2006 | | Girl in the Glass | Winner | |
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| Homicide My Own | Shortlist | |
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| Kiss Her Goodbye | |
| Six Bad Things | |
2007 | | Snakeskin Shamisen | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
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| City of Tiny Lights | |
2008 | | Queenpin | Winner | [2] [3] |
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| Blood of Paradise | Shortlist | |
| Cruel Poetry | |
| Robbie’s Wife | |
| Who Is Conrad Hirst? | |
2009 | | China Lake | Winner | [4] |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Money Shot | |
| Enemy Combatant | |
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2010s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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2010 | | Body Blows | Winner | |
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| Bury Me Deep | Shortlist | |
| Havana Lunar | |
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2011 | | Long Time Coming | Winner | |
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| | Shortlist | |
| Expiration Date | |
| Vienna Secrets | |
| Ten Little Herrings | |
2012 | | | Winner | [5] [6] |
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| | Shortlist | |
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| Death of the Mantis |
| Vienna Twilight |
2013 | | | Winner | [7] |
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| Complication | Shortlist | |
| Whiplash River | |
| Bloodland | |
| Blessed Are the Dead | |
2014 | | | Winner | [8] |
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| | Shortlist | [9] |
| Almost Criminal |
| Joe Victim |
| Joyland |
| Brilliance |
2015 | | | Winner | [10] [11] |
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| Stay With Me | Shortlist | [12] |
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| World of Trouble |
2016 | | | Winner | [13] [14] |
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| | Shortlist | |
| What She Knew |
| Woman with a Blue Pencil |
| Gun Street Girl |
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2017 | | Rain Dogs | Winner | [15] |
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| Shot in Detroit | Shortlist | |
| Come Twilight | |
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| Heart of Stone | |
2018 | | | Winner | [16] |
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| In Farleigh Field | Shortlist | |
| Ragged Lake | |
| Black Fall | |
| Penance | |
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2019 | | If I Die Tonight | Winner | [17] |
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| Hiroshima Boy | Shortlist | |
| Under a Dark Sky | |
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| Under My Skin | | |
2020s
Year! scope="col" width="30%" Author | Title | Result | |
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2020 | | | Winner | [18] [19] |
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| Dread of Winter | Shortlist | [20] |
| Freedom Road |
| Blood Relations |
| February’s Son |
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2021 | | When No One Is Watching | Winner | [21] |
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| | Shortlist | [22] |
| Unspeakable Things |
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| East of Hounslow |
2022 | | Bobby March Will Live Forever | Winner | [23] |
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| Kill all Your Darlings | Shortlist | [24] |
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| Starr Sign |
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2023 | | Or Else | Winner | [25] |
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| Quarry’s Blood | Shortlist | [26] |
| On a Quiet Street |
| Cleopatra’s Dagger |
| A Familiar Stranger |
2024 | | Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Winner | [27] [28] |
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| Boomtown | Shortlist | [29] |
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| Lowdown Road | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Edgar Award Category Information . 2022-12-14 . . en . 2022-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214170201/https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-award-category-information/ . live .
- Web site: May 2, 2008 . Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 . live .
- Web site: September 12, 2019 . Awards: Great Lakes; Pinckley Crime Fiction . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230431/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3577 . live .
- Web site: May 1, 2009 . Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke . 2022-12-10 . . 2023-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 . live .
- Web site: 2012 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2012-11-03 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: Cogdill . Oline . 2012 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-15 . . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2559-2012-edgar-award-winners . live .
- Web site: 2013 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2013-11-02 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2014 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2014-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners . 2022-12-14 . Heights Libraries . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210043916/https://heightslibrary.org/the-2014-edgar-award-nominations/ . live .
- Web site: 2015 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2015-11-08 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: May 1, 2015 . Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232035/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2498 . live .
- Web site: 2015 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-14 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506001032/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners . live .
- Web site: 2016 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2016-11-05 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: May 2, 2016 . Awards: Edgar Winners . 2022-12-11 . . 2022-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220915213833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2744 . live .
- Web site: 2017 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2017-11-07 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2018 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031229/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2018-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: 2019 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102836/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2019-08-18 . Edgar Awards.
- Web site: Edgar Award Nominees . 2020-05-05 . www.theedgars.com . 2007-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824164638/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . dead.
- Web site: 2020-05-05 . Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced . 2020-05-05 . Books+Publishing . en-AU . 2020-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200506234347/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/ . live .
- Web site: 2020-01-22 . MWA Announces the 2020 Edgar Nominations . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2023-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002214146/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2020-edgar-nominations/ . live .
- Web site: 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2022-12-14 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429182947/https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ . live .
- Web site: 2021-04-29 . Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards . 2022-12-14 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2021-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621044205/https://crimereads.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2021-edgar-awards/ . live .
- Web site: 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2022-12-14 . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ . live .
- Web site: 2022 Edgar® Award Nominations announced . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2024-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405173927/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022EdgarNoms.pdf . live .
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-04-28 . Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed . 2023-05-01 . . en . 2023-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430164733/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/edgar-award-winners-are-revealed/ . live .
- Web site: 2023-01-19 . Mystery Writers of America Announces 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2023-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128121546/https://edgarawards.com/2023edgarnominations/ . live .
- Web site: MWA Announces the 2024 Edgar Award Winners – Mystery Writers of America . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502200704/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2024-edgar-award-winners/ . 2024-05-02 . 2024-05-04 . en-US.
- Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-05-02 . Winners of the 2024 Edgar Awards Are Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502180017/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2024-edgar-awards-are-revealed/ . 2024-05-02 . 2024-05-05 . . en.
- Web site: May 4, 2024 . 2024 Edgar Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502174228/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf . May 2, 2024 . May 4, 2024 . Edgar Awards.