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Beyond the Bestsellers -- Agatha & Edgar Awards 
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Everyone loves a good mystery, and the following titles have been selected as some of the best. The Agatha Award is presented by Malice Domestic and salutes "the traditional mystery-books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie." The Edgar is the award presented by the Mystery Writers of America.

                            

Agatha Awards for Titles Published in 2012

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Best Novel

The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis

A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet

The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny ** WINNER**

The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan 

      

Best First Novel

Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer **WINNER**

Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown

A Scrapbook of Secrets by Mollie Cox Bryan

A Killer Read by Erika Chase

Faithful Unto Death by Stephanie Jaye Evans

 


Edgar Awards for Titles Published in 2012

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Best Novel

The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins

The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye  

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman 

Sunset by Al Lamanda 

Live by Night by Dennis LeHane **WINNER**

All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley 

 

   
Best First Novel

The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay

Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman

Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal

The Expats by Chris Pavone **WINNER**  

The 500 by Matthew Quirk

Black Fridays by Michael Sears 

 

 

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 find the title and format you're looking for.
Until next time.....

Tori Reilly
Fairport Public Library