2003 Edgar Award Winners and Nominees

Best Novel

Winner

Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan

Bill Smith enlists Lydia's aid in tracking a missing teen

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Other Nominees

City of Bones by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch takes on the difficult case of skeletonized remains of a young boy killed years earlier

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Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke

Robicheaux comes face to face with evil in the brutal murders of two women

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No Good Deed by Manda Scott

Striking psychological thriller as woman cop goes undercover in the drug world of Glasgow

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Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (Kathy Trocheck )

Breezy, fast-paced novel set in Savannah

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Best First Novel

Winner

The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King

debut for ex-cop Max Freeman who leaves Philadelphia and holes up in the Everglades

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Other Nominees

Buck Fever by Ben Rehder

Hiaasen goes to Texas in this comic crime debut

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High Wire by Kam Majd

Pilot in race against time with sabotaged airliner

Not Available

Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt

Lawyer's life turned upside down by father's death and sudden $22 million inheritance

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Southern Latitudes by Stephen J. Clark

small town reporter investigates apparent lynching

Out of Print

Best Paperback Original

Winner

Out of Sight by T.J. MacGregor

Compelling thriller although based on premise of invisibility

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Other Nominees

Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott

Reluctant local magistrate Whit Mosley investigates deaths tied to treasure hunters

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The Night Watcher by John Lutz

Apparent serial killings are actually clever revenge plot

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Prison Blues by Anna Salter

Forensic psychologist Michael Stone reluctantly takes over a therapy group of sex offenders in prison

Out of Print

Trauma by Graham Masterson

Woman who cleans up crime scenes discovers horrific evidence

Out of Print

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Winner

Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors

Debut for Cape Cod DA Martha "Marty" Nickerson

Out of Print

Other Nominees

The Bad Witness by Laura VanWormer

TV journalist Sally Harrington in LA to testify at mob trial

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The Truth Hurts by Nancy Pickard

True crime writer Marie Lightfoot investigates the death of her parents

Out of Print

Stone Forest by Karen Harper

Woman returns home to unravel the secret of her sister's fate

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