Lists of Bests: Mystery Writers of America's "Edgar Award: Best Novel" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/40 Every April, the Mystery Writers of America bestows the coveted Edgar Allan Poe Awards for achievement in the mystery field. Edgar Allan Poe has long been acknowledged as the "Father of the Detective Story," so it was natural that MWA would choose to name their awards after him. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:51:52 GMT en-us 0 50 56 50 0 Beat Not the Bones http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/691631 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/691631"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1569470472.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056520420_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Jay</div> The Long Goodbye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11231 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/11231"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0394757688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Chandler</div> Beast in View http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64289 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64289"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786706678.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056488270_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Millar</div> A Dram of Poison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64290 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charlotte Armstrong</div> Room to Swing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498261 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498261"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596542098.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ed Lacy</div> The Eighth Circle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498282 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498282"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F6WECQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V56252753_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Ellin</div> Hours Before Dawn (Virago Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299601 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2299601"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860492231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056531827_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Celia Fremlin</div> The Progress of a Crime http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64293 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julian Symons</div> Gideons Fire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64294 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.J. Marric</div> Death and the Joyful Woman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64295 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64295"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446400688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056443966_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellis Peters</div> The Light of Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220080 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220080"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726799.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Ambler</div> The Spy Who Came In from the Cold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21409 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21409"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743442539.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122558852_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John le Carre</div> The Quiller Memorandum (Otto Penzler Presents...) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85145 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85145"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765309688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Adam Hall</div> The King of the Rainy Country http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64299 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64299"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1842328433.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicolas Freeling</div> God Save the Mark: A Novel of Crime and Confusion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498365 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1498365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076530919X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald E. 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