2008 Edgar Best Novel
Christine Falls Benjamin Black
Priest Ken Bruen
Yiddish Policemen's Union, The Michael Chabon
Soul Patch Reed Farrel Coleman
Down River John Hart
2008 Edgar Best 1st Novel
Missing Witness Gordon Campbell
In the Woods Tana French
Snitch Jacket Christopher Goffard
Head Games Craig McDonald
Pyres Derek Nikitas
2008 Edgar Best Paperback
Queenpin Megan Abbott
Blood of Paradise David Corbett
Cruel Poetry Vicki Hendricks
Robbie's Wife Russell Hill
Who is Conrad Hirst? Kevin Wignall
2008 Edgar Best Critical/Biographical
Triumph of the Thriller, The: How Cops, Crooks Patrick Anderson
and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction
Counter-History of Crime Fiction, A: Maurizio Ascari
Supernatural,Gothic, Sensational
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction Christiana Gregoriou
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters Jon Lellenberg,
Daniel Stashower &
Charles Foley
Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Jean Gould O'Connell
Creator of Dick Tracy
2008 Edgar Best Fact Crime
Birthday Party, The: A Memoir of Survival Stanley N. Alpert
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of Vincent Bugliosi
President John F. Kennedy
Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself Kerry Max Cook
After Two Decades on Death Row for a it
Crime I Didn't Commit
Relentless Pursuit: A True Story of Family, Murder, Kevin Flynn
and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit
Sacco & Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders and the Bruce Watson
Judgment of Mankind
2008 Edgar Best Short Story
"Catch, The" Mark Ammons Still Waters; Flora, McCarty
& Oleksiw, eds.
"Blue Note" Stuart M. Kaminsky Chicago Blues; Hellman, ed.
"Hardly Knew Her" Laura Lippman Dead Man's Hand; Penzler, ed.
"Golden Gopher, The" Susan Straight Los Angeles Noir; Hamilton, ed.
"Uncle" Daniel Woodrell A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology
of Female Noir; Abbott, ed.
2008 Edgar Best Young Adult
Rat Life Tedd Arnold
Diamonds in the Shadow Caroline B. Cooney
Touching Snow M. Sindy Felin
Blood Brothers S.A. Harazin
Fragments Jeffry W. Johnston
2008 Edgar Best Juvenile
Name of This Book is Secret, The Pseudonymous Bosch
Shadows on Society Hill Evelyn Coleman
Deep and Dark and Dangerous Mary Downing Hahn
Night Tourist, The Katherine Marsh
Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Wendelin Van Draanen
2008 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
"The Catch" Mark Ammons Still Waters; Flora, McCarty &
Oleksiw, eds.
2008 Mary Higgins Clark Award
In Cold Pursuit Sarah Andrews
Wild Indigo Sandi Ault
Inferno Karen Harper
First Stone, The Judith Kelman
Deadman's Switch Barbara Seranella
2008 Lefty Award
Penguin Who Knew too Much, The Donna Andrews
Stuff to Die For Don Bruns
Some Like It Hot-Buttered Jeffrey Cohen
Knee High by the Fourth Of July Jess Lourey
Murder With Reservations Elaine Viets
2008 Rocky Award
(Best mystery set in the Left Coast Crime geographical region in 2007)
Free Fire C.J. Box
Lost Dog Bill Cameron
Girl With the Braided Hair, The Margaret Coel
Stealing the Dragon Tim Maleeny
False Fortune Twist Phelan
2008 Dilys Award
(An award given by members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
(IMBA), recognizing the book they most enjoyed selling over the past year.)
Her Royal Spyness Rhys Bowen
Thunder Bay William Kent Krueger
Spellman Files, The Lisa Lutz
Silent In The Grave Deanna Raybourn
Blade Itself, The Marcus Sakey