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First Up for the Edgar: Anne Holt’s 1222
1222 is the eighth book in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series by Anne Holt, but the first translated into English. And it’s the first book in my read-it-and-rate-it marathon for the MWA Edgars, Best Novel...
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Edgar Nominee #2: The Devotion of Suspect X
Mystery writer Keigo Higashino is the one of the most widely known and bestselling novels in Japan. Or so says the jacket blurb for The Devotion of Suspect X, and I don’t doubt it. Translated from...
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Ace Atkins Enters the Edgar Race
A cowboy mystery! Or at least, that’s what I thought when I saw the nominee’s name (Ace Atkins) and the title of his book (The Ranger). After reading two previous nominees with a strong sense of...
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Edgar nominee Gone – the one to beat?
Faithful readers will know I flipped over Mo Hayder‘s crime novel, Gone, last year. Enthusiasm galore documented here. Explored the backlist, with subsequent thoughtful gushing here. So it was with...
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Field Gray the Final Entry in MWA Edgar Race
Are you an 80-year-old guy, like my dad? You’ll probably love Field Gray, the 7th Bernie Gunther novel in the series by Philip Kerr. It’s the final nominee for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar...
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Pondering the international flavor of this year’s Edgar nominees
Of the authors who have books nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Novel, only one’s American: Ace Atkins. Mo Hayder is British, Keigo Higashino is Japanese,...
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