Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce its Nominees for the Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2005, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2004. The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at their 59th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York city.
Best Novel:
Winner:
- California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
Nominees:
- Evan's Gate by Rhys Bown
- By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
- Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney
- Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Best First Novel by an American Author:
Winner:
- Country of Origin by Don Lee
Nominees:
- Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas
- Relative Danger by Charles Benoit
- The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
- Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta
- Bahamarama by Bob Morris
Best Paperback Original:
Winner:
- The Confession by Domenic Stansberry
Nominees:
- The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
- Into the Web by Thomas H. Cook
- Dead Men Rise Up Neverby Ron Faust
- Twelve-Step Fandango by Chris Haslam
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award:
Winner:
- Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich
Nominees:
- Perfect Sax by Jerrilyn Farmer
- The Drowning Treeby Carol Goodman
- Scent of a Killer by Christiane Heggan
- Murder in a Mill Town by P.B. Ryan
