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Best Novel
WinnerAdam Hall
Edgar Awards Winner
EdgarMary Stewart
Edgar Awards Finalist
EdgarLen Deighton
Edgar Awards Finalist
EdgarRoss Macdonald
Edgar Awards Finalist
EdgarDorothy Salisbury Davis
Edgar Awards Finalist
EdgarH.R.F. Keating
Edgar Awards Finalist
Best First Novel by an American Author
WinnerJohn Ball
Edgar Awards Winner
EdgarJack D. Hunter
Edgar Awards Finalist
Also recognized
- Before the Ball Was Over by Alexandra RoudybushFinalist
- The French Doll by Vincent McConnerFinalist
Best Fact Crime
WinnerTruman Capote
Edgar Awards Winner
Also recognized
- A Little Girl is Dead by Harry GoldenFinalist
- Murderers Sane and Mad by Miriam Allen deFordFinalist
- The Century of the Detective by Jurgen ThorwaldFinalist
- The Power of Life and Death by Lawrence G. Blochman and Michael V. DiSalleFinalist
Best Juvenile
EdgarEileen Thompson
Edgar Awards Finalist
Also recognized
- The Mystery of 22 East by Leon WareWinner
- Secret of the Haunted Crags by Lawrence J. HuntFinalist
- The Secret of the Simple Code by Nancy FaulknerFinalist
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