September 29, 2006, Newsletter Issue #124: Three Hot Summer Mysteries

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The Edgar Awards (named in honor of Edgar Allen Poe) go annually to the best mystery books of the previous year. The 2001 winners have been announced, and here are the top books in the three main categories:

The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale took the 2001 Edgar for Best Mystery Novel. Read the reviews of this chilling murder mystery at Amazon.com.


A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss won the 2001 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Read reviews of this excellent tale of greed and murder in the stock market of 1719 by visiting this link.


The Edgar for Best Paperback Original was taken home by Mark Graham, for The Black Maria: A Mystery of Philadelphia. This novel of madness and murder, set in the streets of post-Civil War Philadelphia, will keep you awake on those warm summer nights! Read the reviews at Amazon.com.


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