The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1988
The Edgar Allan Poe awards (the "Edgars") are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre.  The following list is of print literature only.  The awards for television, motion pictures, and plays have been omitted.

Best Novel:  OLD BONES, by Aaron Elkins.

Nominated:
A TROUBLE OF FOOLS, by Linda Barnes (St. Martin's)
NURSERY CRIMES, by B. M. Gill (Scribner's)
ROUGH CIDER, by Peter Lovesey (Mysterious Press)
THE CORPSE IN OOZAK'S POND, by Charlotte MacLeod (Mysterious Press)

Best First Novel:  DEATH AMONG STRANGERS, by Deidre S. Laiken (Macmillan)

   Nominated:
   DETECTIVE, by Parnell Hall (Donald I. Fine)
   HEAT LIGHTNING, by John Lantigua (Putnam)
   LOVER MAN, by Dallas Murphy (Scribner's)
   THE SPOILER, by Domenic Stansberry (Atlantic Monthly Press)

Best Paperback Original:  BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN by Sharyn McCrumb (TSR)

   Nominated:
   BULLSHOT by Gabrielle Kraft (Pocket Books)
   DEADLY INTRUSION by Walter Dillon (Bantam)
   THE LONG WAY TO DIE by James N. Frey (Bantam)
   THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT by Robert Crais (Bantam)

Best Fact Crime:  CBS MURDERS, by Richard Hammer (Wm. Morrow)

    Nominated:
    DREAMS OF ADA, by Robert Mayer (Viking)
    ENGAGED TO MURDER, by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel (Viking)
    THE MAN WHO ROBBED THE PIERRE, by Ira Berkow (Atheneum)
    TALKED TO DEATH, by Stephen Singular (Beechtree Books/Morrow)

Best Critical or Biographical Work:  INTRODUCTION TO THE DETECTIVE STORY, by Leroy Lad Panek (Popular Press)

    Nominated:
    CAMPION'S CAREER: A STUDY OF THE NOVELS OF MARGERY ALLINGHAM, by B. A. Pike (Bowling Green Popular Press)
    CORRIDORS OF DECEIT, THE WORLD OF JOHN le CARRÉ, by Peter Wolfe (Popular Library)
    CRIME & MYSTERY, THE 100 BEST BOOKS, by H. R. F. Keating (Carroll & Graf)

Best Short Story: "Soft Monkey", by Harlan Ellison (in MYSTERY SCENE READER, Fedora, Inc.)

Nominated
"Breakfast Television" by Robert Barnard (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Jan. 1987)
"Mr. Felix" by Paula Gosling (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Jul. 1987)
"Stroke of Genius" by George Baxt (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Jun. 1987)
"The Au Pair Girl" by Joyce Harrington (A MATTER OF CRIME : NEW STORIES FROM THE MASTERS OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE V.1)

Best Juvenile:  LUCY FOREVER AND MISS ROSETREE, SHRINKS by Susan Shreve (Henry Holt)

    Nominated:
    BURY THE DEAD by Peter Carter (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
    THE HOUSE ON THE HILL by Eileen Dunlop (Holiday House)
    THE TWISTED WINDOW by Lois Duncan (Delacorte Press)
    THROUGH THE HIDDEN DOOR by Rosemary Wells (Dial)


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