The Edgar Nominee's for Best Mystery Novel were announced earlier this year and at the end of April, the Winner of the 2016 Best Mystery Novel was announced. The winner and the nominess for this award are:
Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy
When a 15-year-old girl from a small mid-20th-century Kentucky town sneaks onto a rival family's property and discovers a dead body, she is forced to confront dangerous events from the past in order to protect the town. This title is the 2016 Edgar Award Winner for Best Novel.
The Strangler Vine by Miranda Carter
While tracking down a missing writer who has exposed the true nature of Calcutta society in 1837 India, a young soldier with few prospects and a secret political agent who is a master of disguise are drawn into the mysterious Thuggee cult.
The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr
Former Berlin homicide bull Bernie Gunther and a rising star in Germany's most prominent film company become pawns in the ambitious agendas of Hitler's dangerous Propaganda Minister Gray.
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
Brutalized in prison for a decade for his alleged knowledge about where a fortune in stolen money is hidden, Audie mysteriously escapes the day before his scheduled release in a determined effort to save someone else's life.
Canary by Duane Swierczynski
After being busted while doing a favor for her drug-dealing boyfriend, Sarie Holland becomes a confidential informant for a Philly narcotics cop.
Night Life by David C. Taylor
New York City in 1954. The Cold War is heating up. Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for Communists in America. The newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary US intelligence agency. And the bodies of murdered young men are turning up in the city.
