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Award year

2025 Edgar Awards

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Best Novel

Best First Novel by an American Author

Also recognized

  • The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey LeeFinalist
  • The President's Lawyer by Lawrence RobbinsFinalist

Best Paperback Original

Also recognized

  • A Forgotten Kill by Isabella MaldonadoFinalist
  • The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-ThomsonFinalist
  • The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova GlassFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Also recognized

  • A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller LandauFinalist
  • Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery by Earl SwiftFinalist
  • The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free by Gregg OlsenFinalist

Best Juvenile

Also recognized

  • The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. BellFinalist
  • The Spindle of Fate by Aimee LimFinalist

Best Young Adult

Also recognized

  • A Crane Among Wolves by June HurFinalist
  • The Bitter End by Alexa DonneFinalist

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • American Film Noir: From the Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl by M. Keith BookerFinalist
  • Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas ShakespeareFinalist
  • On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett by Ashley LawsonFinalist

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Also recognized

  • The Rose Arbor by Rhys BowenFinalist
  • The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle ChouinardFinalist

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