The 78th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square.

Best Novel

FLAGS ON THE BAYOU by James Lee Burke (Grove Atlantic)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
THE MADWOMEN OF PARIS by Jennifer Cody Epstein (Ballantine Books)
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster)
AN HONEST MAN by Michael Koryta (Mulholland Books)
THE RIVER WE REMEMBER by William Kent Krueger (Atria Books)
CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

Best First Novel by an American Author

THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)
THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (Minotaur Books)
SMALL TOWN SINS by Ken Jaworowski (Henry Holt and Co.)
THE LAST RUSSIAN DOLL by Kristen Loesch (Berkley)
MURDER BY DEGREES by Ritu Mukerji (Simon & Schuster)

Best Paperback Original

BOOMTOWN by A.F. Carter (Mysterious Press)
HIDE by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
THE TAKEN ONES by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS
by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
LOWDOWN ROAD by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime)

The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

PLAY THE FOOL by Lina Chern (Bantam)
THE BONES OF THE STORY by Carol Goodman (William Morrow)
OF MANNERS AND MURDER by Anastasia Hastings (Minotaur Books)
THE THREE DEATHS OF WILLA STANNARD by Kate Robards (Crooked Lane)
MURDER IN POSTSCRIPT by Mary Winters (Berkley

The G. P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award

HARD RAIN by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)
AN EVIL HEART by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
BAD, BAD SEYMOUR BROWN by Susan Isaacs (Atlantic Monthly Press)
PAST LYING by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press)
A STOLEN CHILD by Sarah Stewart Taylor (Minotaur Books)

The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

GLORY BE by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)
MISFORTUNE COOKIE by Vivien Chien (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
HOT POT MURDER by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
MURDER OF AN AMISH BRIDEGROOM by Patricia Johns (Crooked Lane Books)
THE BODY IN THE BACK GARDEN by Mark Waddell (Crooked Lane Books)