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Awarded on: April 28, 2012
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever
elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to
become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a
renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for
president against Read More »
Mystery Writers of America
Best Novel
Gone
by Mo Hayder
Awarded on: April 26, 2012
A page-turning triumph from the internationally
bestselling thriller author Mo HayderβGone is a
riveting tale that pits detective Jack Caffery and police
diver Flea Marley against a carjacker who is making every
parent's worst Read More »
Mystery Writers of America
Best First Novel
Bent Road
by Lori Roy
Awarded on: April 26, 2012
One family's struggle with the past never laid to rest.
For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband,
Arthur, hide from the secrets surrounding his sister Eve's
death. As a young man, Arthur fled his small Kansas
hometown, moved to Detroit, married Celia, and never looked
back. But when the Read More »
Awarded on: April 26, 2012
It is the time of the Great Depression.
Thousands
have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life.
But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one
thing, and one thing only. Revenge.
Because out
there, riding Read More »
 Will they find him?
Will they find him?
Mystery Writers of America
Best Juvenile Mystery
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
Awarded on: April 26, 2012
Matthew J. Kirby, author of THE CLOCKWORK THREE, deftly
weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness and subtle
suspense that will leave readers racing breathlessly to the
end.Trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering
mountains and Read More »
Mystery Writers of America
Best Novel
Down River
by John Hart
Awarded on: May 1, 2008
Everything that shaped him happened near that
riverβ¦. Now its banks are filled with lies and
greed, shame, and murderβ¦.
John Hartβs debut,
The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with
Janet Maslin of Read More »
Tense family drama makes for a dark and twisted thriller.
Mystery Writers of America
Best First Novel
In the Woods
by Tana French
Awarded on: May 1, 2008
A gorgeously written novel that marks the debut of an
astonishing new voice in psychological suspense
As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of
1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this
warm Read More »
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