The Edgars

The Edgar Awards (named after Edgar Allan Poe) will be presented tomorrow (April 29, 2010) by the Mystery Writers of America. The awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2009.

The nominees for best novel are:

• The Missing by Tim Gautreaux (Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
• The Odds by Kathleen George (Minotaur Books)
• The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books)
• Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Random House – Ballantine Books)
• Nemesis by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett (HarperCollins)
• A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)

I have to admit that I have not read any of these novels…yet that is…