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Award year

1959 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3

Best Novel

Also recognized

  • The Woman in the Woods by Lee BlackstockFinalist

Best First Novel by an American Author

Also recognized

  • Death of a Spinster by Frances DuncombeFinalist
  • Now Will You Try for Murder? by Harry OleskerFinalist
  • The Man Who Disappeared by Edgar J. BohleFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Recognized titles

  • They Died in the Chair by Wenzell BrownWinner
  • The Deadly Reasons by Edward D. RadinFinalist
  • The Incurable Wound by Berton RouecheFinalist
  • The Murder and the Trial by Edgar LustgartenFinalist
  • The Royal Vultures by Hillel BlackFinalist

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