Nominees for the 2015 Edgar Awards Announced

The nominees for the 2015 Edgar Awards have been announced by the Mystery Writers of America honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2014. The winners will be announced at the 69th Gala Banquet, April 29th, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

The nominees are …

Best Novel:
• This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (William Morrow)
• Wolf by Mo Hayder (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Scribner)
• The Final Silence by Stuart Neville (Soho Press)
• Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
• Coptown by Karin Slaughter (Ballantine Books)

Best First Novel:
• Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (W. W. Norton)
• Invisible City by Julia Dahl (Minotaur Books)
• The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (Seventh Street Books)
• Bad Country by C. B. McKenzie (Minotaur Books)
• Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh (Crown Publishers)
• Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver (Minotaur Books)

Best Paperback Original:
• The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Albani (Penguin Books)
• Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin (William Morrow)
• The Barkeep by William Lashner (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson (Midnight Ink)
• The Gone Dead Train by Lisa Turner (William Morrow)
• World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

Best Fact Crime:
• Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America by Kevin Cook (W. W. Norton)
• The Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman (William Morrow)
• The Other Side: A Memoir by Lacy M. Johnson (Tin House Books)
• Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William Mann (Harper)
• The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation by Harold Schechter (New Harvest)

Best Critical/Biographical:
• The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson (McFarland & Company)
• James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Jim Mancall (Oxford University Press)
• Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: Classic Film Noir by Robert Miklitsch (University of Illinois Press)
• Judges & Justice & Lawyers & Law: Exploring the Legal Dimensions of Fiction and Film by Francis M. Nevins (Perfecdt Crime Books)
• Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J.W. Ocker (Countryman Press)

Best Short Story:
• "The Snow Angel" by Doug Allyn (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• "200 Feet" by John Floyd (Strand Magazine)
• "What Do You Do?" by Gillian Flynn (Rogues, Ballantine Books)
• "Red Eye" by Dennis Lehane vs. Michael Connelly (Faceoff, Simon & Schuster)
• "Teddy" by Brian Tobin (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Juvenile:
• Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick (Simon & Schuster)
• Space Case by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster)
• Greenglass House by Kate Milford (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Nick and Tesla’s Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove by Science Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith (Quirk Books)
• Saving Kabul Corner by N. H. Senzai (Simon & Schuster)
• Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Best Young Adult:
• The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
• Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano (Penguin Books)
• Fake ID by Lamar Giles (HarperCollins)
• The Art of Secrets by James Klise (Algonquin)
• The Prince of Venice Beach by Blake Nelson (Little, Brown)

Best Television Episode Teleplay:
• "The Empty Hearse" by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock)
• "Unfinished Business" by Siobham Byrne O'Connor (Blue Bloods)
• "Episode 1" by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley)
• "Dream Baby Dream" by Sean Whitesell (The Killing)
• "Episode 6" by Toby Whithouse (The Game)

• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "Getaway Girl" by Zoë Z. Dean (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

• Grand Masters: Lois Duncan and James Ellroy

• Raven Awards: Ruth and Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine; and Kathryn Kennison, Magna Cum Murder

• Ellery Queen Award: Charles Ardai, Hard Case Crime

The Simon & Schuster — Mary Higgins Clark Award:
• A Dark and Twisted Tide by Sharon Bolton (Minotaur Books)
• The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey (Minotaur Books)
• Invisible City by Julia Dahl (Minotaur Books)
• Summer of the Dead by Julia Keller (Minotaur Books)
• The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day (Seventh Street Books)