Winners of the Best Novel category for the Edgar Awards.
Edgar Award for Best Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark
Robert Clark's first novel, In the Deep Midwinter, brought him wide critical acclaim as a gifted writer of important …
Phil in SF says: 1998 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2000 winner
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The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
From one of the finest native authors of the Lone Star State comes a tale of Texas Gothic that is …
Phil in SF says: 2001 winner
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Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
With the horrible remnants of a childhood tragedy forever visible across his otherwise handsome face, Joe Trona is scarred in …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #8)
In the middle of the night, private investigator Bill Smith is awakened by a call from the NYPD. They're holding …
Phil in SF says: 2003 winner
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Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus, #13)
Inspector John Rebus has done it again.
A few days into a murder inquiry following the brutal death of …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
California in the 1960s, and the winds of change are raging. Orange groves uprooted for tract houses, people flooding into …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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One day you know more dead people that live ones...
Jess Walter is a writer with a rare talent …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Investigator Yashim, #1)
It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping …
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John Hart’s debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The Last Child by John Hart (Johnny Merrimon, #1)
John Hart's New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With Down …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Marked by tragedy, traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. Besides not uttering …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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Live by night by Dennis Lehane
3 stars
In 1926, during the Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
