Up-And-Coming: Best First Novel Winners
Tired of being the last one to find out about the great new mystery authors? Check out these nominees for the 2006 Edgar Awards for Best First Novel by an American Author. The Edgar Awards are the top awards in the mystery field, being given by the Mystery Writers of America.
The winning novel was Officer Down, by Theresa Schwegel. An officer wakes up in the hospital after her and her partner get into a gunfight with a suspected child molster. She is told that her partner was shot and killed. With her gun. And there's no evidence now that anyone was at the scene but her and her partner!
The other nominees were:
Die a Little, by Megan Abbott. Set in 1954, a schoolteacher is happy when her brother finally falls in love and marries a Hollywood seamstress. She begins to suspect that her brother's new wife is hiding a dark secret, though, and decides to risk everything to uncover the truth.
Immoral, by Brian Freeman. Two teenage girls go missing a year apart. A detective must follow a trail of clues from Duluth to Las Vegas to try to solve the mystery.
Run the Risk, by Scott Frost. In this first book of a projected series, Los Angeles detective Alex Delillo must stop a serial-killer bomber who plans to set off a bomb during live TV coverage of the annual Pasadena Rose Parade. Scott Frost is probably best known as the co-writer for the television show Twin Peaks.
Hide Your Eyes, by Alison Gaylin. A New York City woman has to help track down two men she sees dumping an ice chest in the Hudson River, which turns out to hold the corpse of a mutilated child.
The winning novel was Officer Down, by Theresa Schwegel. An officer wakes up in the hospital after her and her partner get into a gunfight with a suspected child molster. She is told that her partner was shot and killed. With her gun. And there's no evidence now that anyone was at the scene but her and her partner!
The other nominees were:
Die a Little, by Megan Abbott. Set in 1954, a schoolteacher is happy when her brother finally falls in love and marries a Hollywood seamstress. She begins to suspect that her brother's new wife is hiding a dark secret, though, and decides to risk everything to uncover the truth.
Immoral, by Brian Freeman. Two teenage girls go missing a year apart. A detective must follow a trail of clues from Duluth to Las Vegas to try to solve the mystery.
Run the Risk, by Scott Frost. In this first book of a projected series, Los Angeles detective Alex Delillo must stop a serial-killer bomber who plans to set off a bomb during live TV coverage of the annual Pasadena Rose Parade. Scott Frost is probably best known as the co-writer for the television show Twin Peaks.
Hide Your Eyes, by Alison Gaylin. A New York City woman has to help track down two men she sees dumping an ice chest in the Hudson River, which turns out to hold the corpse of a mutilated child.
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