Edgar Award

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Edgar Award
1
A Cold Day for Murder
by Dana Stabenow
1,440 members
71 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
elkiedee, khenkins, kara.shamy, NinieB, AmmyR
2
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
23,870 members
467 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Paper Towns
by John Green
16,076 members
565 reviews
3.9
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, rretzler, kara.shamy
4
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John le Carré
8,650 members
240 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB, AmmyR
5
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
7,208 members
108 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
6
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,378 members
93 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, rretzler, NinieB, AmmyR
7
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
5,041 members
90 reviews
4
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963
8
A Grave Talent
by Laurie R. King
1,319 members
38 reviews
3.8
4 Members
elkiedee, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
9
Bootlegger's Daughter
by Margaret Maron
1,040 members
44 reviews
3.8
4 Members
dara85, elkiedee, BonnieJune54, NinieB
10
In the Woods
by Tana French
10,331 members
583 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
11
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
6,554 members
342 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
12
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,246 members
114 reviews
4.2
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
13
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
2,081 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, NinieB, AmmyR
14
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,851 members
66 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963
15
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,081 members
35 reviews
3.8
3 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
964 members
29 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB
17
Charm City
by Laura Lippman
784 members
35 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB
18
The Wicked Girls
by Alex Marwood
718 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
19
The Chatham School Affair
by Thomas H. Cook
583 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
20
Witness for the Prosecution: A Play in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie
127 members
1 review
½ 3.5
3 Members
rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
21
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
4,858 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
rretzler, kara.shamy
22
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
3,981 members
155 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
23
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
2,126 members
185 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, khenkins
24
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
2,002 members
56 reviews
3.8
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
25
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,571 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
26
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
1,571 members
18 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
27
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
1,062 members
81 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
28
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
1,012 members
69 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
29
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
941 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
905 members
11 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
rretzler, ahef1963
31
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
789 members
31 reviews
4.2
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
32
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
547 members
12 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
33
New Orleans Mourning
by Julie Smith
534 members
15 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
elkiedee, NinieB
34
The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
464 members
47 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
35
Death and the Joyful Woman
by Ellis Peters
422 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
36
Mr White's Confession
by Robert Clark
331 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
sturlington, walkerff
37
The Unseeing
by Anna Mazzola
150 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
38
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
22,334 members
702 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
39
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
6,269 members
315 reviews
4.1
Member
kara.shamy
40
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
5,631 members
165 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
41
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
5,318 members
90 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
42
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
5,124 members
155 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
rretzler
43
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
3,790 members
206 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
44
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
3,265 members
46 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
45
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
3,047 members
85 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
46
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard
2,983 members
156 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
kara.shamy
47
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
2,862 members
216 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, kara.shamy,sturlington
48
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
2,786 members
199 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
49
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss
2,546 members
71 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
50
The Last Child
by John Hart
2,298 members
203 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
51
Homicide : A Year On The Killing Streets
by David Simon
2,200 members
45 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
52
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn
1,885 members
147 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
53
Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
1,824 members
72 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
54
Come to Grief
by Dick Francis
1,697 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
55
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
1,659 members
137 reviews
4.2
Member
kara.shamy
56
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
1,595 members
82 reviews
3.8
Member
kara.shamy
57
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
1,461 members
59 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
58
Down River
by John Hart
1,450 members
63 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
59
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,340 members
19 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
60
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
1,340 members
97 reviews
3.9
Member
kara.shamy
61
Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl
1,302 members
17 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box
1,221 members
57 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
63
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,089 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
64
Forfeit
by Dick Francis
1,042 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
65
The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison
949 members
38 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
66
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
780 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
67
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
721 members
18 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
68
The Light of Day
by Eric Ambler
625 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
69
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by Kate Summerscale
597 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
70
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
589 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
71
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McGinnis
567 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
72
Under the Harrow
by Flynn Berry
539 members
32 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
73
Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
537 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
74
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
500 members
19 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
75
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
472 members
23 reviews
4
Member
kara.shamy
76
Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
451 members
7 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
427 members
30 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
78
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
424 members
29 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
79
In the Heat of the Night
by John Ball
417 members
12 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
80
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
406 members
22 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
81
Briarpatch
by Ross Thomas
391 members
16 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
82
Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard
385 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
83
The Other Side of Dark
by Joan Lowery Nixon
373 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
Fire Lover
by Joseph Wambaugh
364 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
85
Blood and Money
by Thomas Thompson
358 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
86
Shell Game
by Sara Paretsky
356 members
32 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
87
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
341 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
88
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
340 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
89
Winter and Night
by S. J. Rozan
338 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
90
Bearskin
by James A. McLaughlin
332 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
91
Till Death Us Do Part
by Vincent Bugliosi
330 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
92
Rain Dogs
by Adrian McKinty
306 members
28 reviews
4.1
Member
elkiedee
93
The Seance
by Joan Lowery Nixon
293 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
94
The Golden Age of Murder
by Martin Edwards
275 members
8 reviews
4
Member
rretzler
95
Death of a Nationalist
by Rebecca Pawel
267 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
96
The Widower's Two-Step
by Rick Riordan
266 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
97
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
264 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
224 members
6 reviews
4
Member
dara85
99
Let Me Die in His Footsteps
by Lori Roy
196 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
100
Doc: The Rape of the town of Lovell
by Jack Olsen
171 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85