The 2009 Edgar Award Nominees:

Best Novel Nominees

Missing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)

WINNER - Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (St. Martin’s Minotaur)

Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)

The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (HarperCollins – William Morrow)

The Night Following by Morag Joss (Random House – Delacorte Press)

Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)

Best First Novel By An American Author

The Kind One by Tom Epperson (Five Star, div of Cengage)

Sweetsmoke by David Fuller (Hyperion)

WINNER - The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Picador)

Calumet City by Charlie Newton (Simon & Schuster - Touchstone)

A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (Random House - Doubleday)