Named after mystery writer extraordinaire Edgar Allan Poe, The Edgar Awards (www.mysterywriters.org/awards.html) recognize the best of the best in the field of mystery writing each year. Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America, the multi-categorical Edgar has become the earmark of the mystery field in American literature. We have listed the Best Novel winners for the last ten years.

2004 Resurrection Men, Ian Rankin
2003 Winter and Night, S.J. Rozan
2002 Silent Joe, T. Jefferson Parker
2001 The Bottoms, Joe R Lansdale
2000 Bones, Jan Burke
1999 Mr. White’s Confession, Robert Clark
1998 Cimarron Rose, James Lee Burke
1997 The Chatham School Affair, Thomas A. Cook
1996 Come to Grief, Dick Francis
1995 The Red Scream, Mary Willis Walker
1994 Sculptress, Minette Walters
1993 Bootlegger’s Daughter, Margaret Maron
1992 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, Lawrence Block

Other Awards