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The Top Book List

Award year

2009 Edgar Awards

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Best Novel

Best First Novel by an American Author

Best Paperback Original

Best Fact Crime

Also recognized

  • Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost it to the Revolution by T.J. EnglishFinalist

Best Juvenile

Best Young Adult

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee PoeWinner
  • African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. BaileyFinalist
  • Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction by David GeherinFinalist

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Also recognized

  • Sacrifice by S.J. BoltonFinalist

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