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The Top Book List

Award year

1952 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2

Best First Novel by an American Author

Also recognized

  • Carry My Coffin Slowly by Lee HerringtonFinalist
  • Cure it with Honey by Thurston ScottFinalist
  • The Christmas Card Murders by David William MeredithFinalist
  • The Eleventh Hour by Robert B. SinclairFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Recognized titles

  • True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality by St. Clair McKelwayWinner
  • Lady: Killers by W.T. BrannonFinalist

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