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The Top Book List

Award year

1970 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3, official announcement 4, official announcement 5

Best Novel

  • Cover of Forfeit by Dick FrancisWinner

    Forfeit

    Dick Francis

    Edgar Awards Winner

Also recognized

  • When in Greece by Emma LathenFinalist

Best First Novel by an American Author

Also recognized

  • A Time for Predators by Joe GoresWinner

Best Paperback Original

Also recognized

  • A Plague of Spies by Michael KurlandFinalist
  • The Governess by Elsie CromwellFinalist
  • The Sour Lemon Score by Richard StarkFinalist

Best Fact Crime

  • Cover of Whitmore by Fred C. ShapiroEdgar

    Whitmore

    Fred C. Shapiro

    Edgar Awards Finalist

Also recognized

  • The Victims by Kenneth Gross and Bernard LefkowitzFinalist

Best Juvenile

Also recognized

  • Spice Island Mystery by Betty CavannaFinalist

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