On May 1, 2014, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best works in mystery fiction and nonfiction which were published in 2013.
Winners include:
Best Novel
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Nominees
Sandrine’s Case by Thomas H. Cook
The Humans by Matt Haig
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny (CD book)
Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy
Best First Novel by an American Author
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (large print book)
Nominees
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreigh (eBook)
Best Paperback Original
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
Nominees
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne (eBook)
Almost Criminal by E. R. Brown
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave
Joyland by Stephen King (CD book)
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Best Fact Crime
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (audio download)
Nominees
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins
Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal by Michael D’Antonio
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles Graeber
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry
