1985 Edgar Awards

• Edgar

  Chessplayer

  William Pearson

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Emily Dickinson is Dead

  Jane Langton

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Black Seraphim

  Michael Gilbert

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Twelfth Juror

  B.M. Gill

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  A Creative Kind of Killer

  Jack Early

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Foul Shot

  Doug Hornig

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Someone Else's Grave

  Alison Smith

  Edgar Awards Finalist

Also recognized

• Sweet, Savage Death by Orania PapazoglouFinalist

• Edgar

  Black Knight in Red Square

  Stuart M. Kaminsky

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Keys to Billy Tillio

  Eric Blau

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Seventh Sacrament

  Roland Cutler

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Words Can Kill

  Kenn Davis

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Earth to Earth

  John Cornwell

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs

  Jim Atkinson and John Bloom

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Murder at the Met

  David Black

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Molineux Affair

  Jane Pejsa

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Chameleon the Spy and the Case of the Vanishing Jewels

  Diane Redfield Massie

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Ghosts of Now

  Joan Lowery Nixon

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Island on Bird Street

  Uri Orlev

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The Third Eye

  Lois Duncan

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  One Lonely Knight: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

  Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  Ross Macdonald

  Matthew J. Bruccoli

  Edgar Awards Finalist

• Edgar

  The James Bond Bedside Companion

  Raymond Benson

  Edgar Awards Finalist

Also recognized

• Inward Journey: Ross MacDonald by Ralph B. SipperFinalist