2009 Best Mystery Books
May 4, 2010
The Mystery Writers Of America have announced its Winners for the 2010 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2009.
BEST NOVEL Winner:
Nominees:
Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR winner:
In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
Nominees:
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
BEST FACT CRIME Winner:
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Short List 