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2025 EDGAR AWARDS PRESENTED
Mystery Writers of America presented the Edgar Awards May 1, 2025, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. Our congratulations to the winners (listed first in each category) and to all of the nominees.
| Grand Masters: | Laura Lippman John Sandford |
| Best Mystery Novel | |
| * | The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell [review] |
| ° | The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett [review] |
| ° | Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco [review] |
| ° | Things Don’t Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins [review] |
| ° | My Favorite Scar by Nicolás Ferraro [review] |
| ° | The God of the Woods by Liz Moore [review] |
| ° | Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera [review] |
| Best First Novel by an American Author | |
| * | Holy City by Henry Wise [review] |
| ° | Twice the Trouble by Ash Clifton [review] |
| ° | Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda [review] |
| ° | The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee |
| ° | A Jewel in the Crown by David Lewis [review] |
| ° | The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins [review] |
| Best Paperback Original | |
| * | The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle |
| ° | The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass |
| ° | Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler |
| ° | A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado |
| ° | The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson |
| Best Fact Crime | |
| * | The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson |
| ° | Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank Figliuzzi |
| ° | A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau |
| ° | The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free by Gregg Olsen |
| ° | Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery by Earl Swift |
| ° | The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich |
| Best Critical/Biographical | |
| * | James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Nathan Ashman |
| ° | American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl by M. Keith Booker |
| ° | Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows by David Geherin |
| ° | On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett by Ashley Lawson |
| Best Short Story | |
| * | “Eat My Moose” by Erika Krouse Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days |
| ° | “Cut and Thirst” by Margaret Atwood Amazon Original Stories |
| ° | “Everywhere You Look” by Liv Constantine Amazon Original Stories |
| ° | “Barriers to Entry” by Ariel Lawhon Amazon Original Stories |
| ° | “The Art of Cruel Embroidery” by Steven Sheil Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July-August 2024 |
| Best Juvenile | |
| * | Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key by Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| ° | The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell |
| ° | Mystery of Mystic Mountain by Janet Fox |
| ° | The Spindle of Fate by Aimee Lim |
| ° | Find Her by Ginger Reno |
| ° | Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare |
| Best Young Adult | |
| * | 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards |
| ° | Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell |
| ° | The Bitter End by Alexa Donne |
| ° | A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur |
| ° | Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson |
| Mary Higgins Clark Award | |
| * | The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill [review] |
| ° | The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen |
| ° | The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard |
| ° | Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman |
| ° | Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen |
| Sue Grafton Memorial Award | |
| * | The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear [review] |
| ° | Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong |
| ° | A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh [review] |
| ° | Proof by Beverly McLachlin |
| ° | A World of Hurt by Mindy Mejia [review] |
| ° | All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen |
| Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award | |
| * | The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald |
| ° | Death and Fromage by Ian Moore |
| ° | Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson |
| ° | Murder on Devil’s Pond by Ayla Rose |
| ° | The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan [review] |
2025 ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
The Anthony Awards are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention with the winners selected by attendees. The award is named for Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), a writer and critic from the San Francisco Chronicle and New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. The Anthony Awards will be presented at Bouchercon New Orleans in September. Our congratulations to all the nominees.
| Best Mystery Novel | |
| ° | Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett [review] |
| ° | The God of the Woods by Liz Moore [review] |
| ° | The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny |
| ° | Alter Ego by Alex Segura |
| ° | California Bear by Duane Swierczynski |
| Best First Mystery | |
| ° | The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee |
| ° | Ghosts of Waikīkī by Jennifer K. Morita |
| ° | You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen [review] |
| ° | Good-Looking Ugly by Rob D. Smith |
| ° | Holy City by Henry Wise [review] |
| Best Paperback/E-book/Audiobook | |
| ° | The Last Few Miles of Road by Eric Beetner |
| ° | Echo by Tracy Clark |
| ° | Served Cold by James L’Etoile |
| ° | Late Checkout by Alan Orloff |
| ° | The Big Lie by Gabriel Valjan |
| Best Historical Mystery | |
| ° | The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King |
| ° | The Witching Hour by Catriona McPherson |
| ° | The Bootlegger’s Daughter by Nadine Nettmann |
| ° | The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan [review] |
| ° | The Courtesan’s Pirate by Nina Wachsman |
| Best Paranormal Mystery | |
| ° | A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke |
| ° | Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon |
| ° | Exposure by Ramona Emerson |
| ° | Lights, Camera, Bone by Carolyn Haines |
| ° | Death in Ghostly Hue by Susan Van Kirk |
| Best Cozy/Humorous Mystery | |
| ° | A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns |
| ° | A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron |
| ° | ll-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow |
| ° | Scotzilla by Catriona McPherson [review] |
| ° | Cirque du Slay by Rob Osler |
| ° | Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by Raquel V. Reyes |
| Best Juvenile/Young Adult | |
| ° | The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui by K.B. Jackson |
| ° | Sasquatch of Harriman Lake by K.B. Jackson |
| ° | First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet by Josh Proctor |
| ° | The Sherlock Society by James Ponti |
| ° | When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar |
| Best Critical or Nonfiction Work | |
| ° | Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors’ Perspectives on Their Craft edited by Phyllis M. Betz |
| ° | Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers by Chris Chan |
| ° | On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett by Ashley Lawson |
| ° | Abingdon’s Boardinghouse Murder by Greg Lilly |
| ° | The Serial Killer’s Apprentice by Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman |
| Best Anthology or Collection | |
| ° | Murder, Neat: A Sleuthslayer’s Anthology edited by Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman |
| ° | Scattered, Smothered, Covered & Chunked: Crime Fiction Inspired by Waffle House edited by Michael Bracken and Stacy Woodson |
| ° | Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir edited by Tod Goldberg |
| ° | Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024 edited by Heather Graham |
| ° | Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Grateful Dead edited by Josh Pachter |
| Best Short Story | |
| ° | “A Matter of Trust” by Barb Goffman Three Strikes—You’re Dead |
| ° | “Twenty Centuries” by James D.F. Hannah Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir |
| ° | “Something to Hold Onto” by Curtis Ippolito Dark Yonder, Issue 6 |
| ° | “Satan’s Spit” by Gabriel Valjan Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem: Bouchercon Anthology 2024 |
| ° | “Reynisfjara” by Kristopher Zgorski Mystery Most International |
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