Under My Skin by Lisa Unger (Harlequin – Park Row Books) The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books) Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow) Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara (Prospect Park Books) If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow) Read Debra Jo Immergut on literary novels that are actually thrillers in disguise. Read Nova Jacobs on mysteries fueled by codes and puzzles. McLaughlin on exploring the mysteries of the natural world. McLaughlin (HarperCollins Publishers – Ecco) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Penguin Random House – G.P. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs (Simon & Schuster – Touchstone)īearskin by James A. The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut (HarperCollins Publishers – Ecco) _ BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHORĪ Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper (Seventh Street Books) WINNER: Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (Hachette Book Group – Mulholland) Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne (Penguin Random House – Hogarth)Ī Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn (Penguin Random House – Berkley)

House Witness by Mike Lawson (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)Ī Gambler’s Jury by Victor Methos (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)ĭown the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (Hachette Book Group – Mulholland) The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackstone Publishing)

Readers, if you don’t have their books and stories already, here’s a reminder: get to it! The winners of the 2019 Edgar Awards. Congratulations to the authors on their deserving work. Now, we’re celebrating all the 2019 winners and nominees.

Throughout the week, we’ve been discussing the biggest issues facing the crime and mystery community today as part of our “The State of the Mystery” roundtable: Part I and Part II.

After the Fire by Will Hill