2008 Edgar Award Winners

2008 Edgars

The 2008 Edgar Awards (for book published in 2007) were announced last night in NYC.

Here are the winners:

Best Novel: John Hart, Down River (St. Martin’s, $24.95). Gretchen recommends.

Best First Novel: Tana French, In the Woods (Viking, $24.95).

Best Paperback Original: Megan Abbott, Queenpin (Simon & Schuster, $13). Janine recommends.

Best Short Story: Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”, Los Angeles Noir (Akashic, $15.95)

Best Critical/Biography: Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters (Penguin, $37.95).

Best Fact Crime: Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Norton, $49.95). JB does not recommend.

Our congratulations to the winners and to all of the nominees!