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Edgar Awards 2011

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Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History
by Yunte Huang Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work. In chronicling the real-life story and the fraught narrative of one of Hollywood’s most iconic detectives, Huang has fashioned a historical drama where none was known to exist, creating a work that will, in the words of Jonathan Spence, “permanently change the way we tell this troubled yet gripping story.”

Long Time Coming: A Novel
by Robert Goddard Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. In this a tale of revenge and redemption, justice is the ultimate illusion. Stephen Swan follows the tale told by his long-imprisoned uncle about stolen paintings that disappeared.

Rogue Island
by Bruce DeSilva Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. When journalist Liam Mulligan realizes that someone is systematically burning down his childhood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, he ignores his bosses and his budding relationship to figure out the firebug's identity.

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Liam Mulligan Mysteries

The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
by Dori Hillestad Butler Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile. While searching for his mysteriously lost human family, Buddy the dog is adopted by another family and helps solve the mystery of their missing boy.

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Buddy Files

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The Crossing Places
by Elly Griffiths Details

Winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award. When a child's bones are found near an ancient henge in the wild saltmarshes of Norfolk's north coast, Ruth Galloway, a university lecturer in forensic archaeology, is asked to date them by DCI Harry Nelson who thinks they may be the bones of a child called Lucy who has been missing for 10 years.

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Ruth Galloway Mysteries

The Lock Artist
by Steve Hamilton Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Traumatized at the age of eight and pushed into a life of crime by reason of his unforgivable talent (lock picking), Michael sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.

The Interrogation of Gabriel James
by Charlie Price Details

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult. As an eyewitness to two murders, a Montana teenager relates the shocking story behind the crimes in a police interrogation interspersed with flashbacks.

Updated 04/11/2012