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Award year

1990 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3, official announcement 4, official announcement 5, official announcement 6

Best Novel

Best First Novel by an American Author

Best Paperback Original

Also recognized

  • The Rain by Keith PetersonWinner
  • Kind of the Hustlers by Eugene IzziFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Also recognized

  • The Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village Murders by Joseph WambaughFinalist
  • Wasted: The Preppie Murder by Linda WolfeFinalist

Best Young Adult

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • The Perfect Murder: A Study in Detection by David LehmanFinalist

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