Edgar Awards Announced

Happy to report a book I reviewed and loved has just won a 2010 Edgar Award. Click here for the entire list of winners and nominees (winners in red). The only book on the winners list that I've read is THE LAST CHILD, by North Carolina writer John Hart. (It's a page turner.)

Now my list of mystery books to read is expanding. And just yesterday I bought the newest Elizabeth George book. Not to mention the possibility of a new Kate Atkinson mystery arriving this summer. I think I should just put everything aside and read for a while...

Related post: First in line for The Last Child

2009 Edgar Award Nominees

Are you a mystery reader? A mystery writer? My friend Kay and I once thought writing mysteries would be a lot of fun. Then I realized how difficult plotting is, and what's a mystery without a plot, right?

But I still love a good mystery, and the Edgar Awards nominations list is an excellent reading guide. The Edgars are given each year in lots of categories, but, truthfully, I never paid attention to anything other than the books. Now I notice screenplays are on the list! (Yay for THE CLOSER!)

And this book about writing detective fiction, by another all-time fav of mine, P.D. James.



Click here to find all the kids' Edgar nominations. (Thank you to the Kids Lit blog from the Menasha Wisconsin Public Library for that link.)

Click here for the complete list, which includes one of my favorite reviewed books of the year: THE LAST CHILD. If the others in that category hold a candle to John Hart's page-turning and beautifully-written mystery set in North Carolina, I'm in for some good reading.

My To Be Read List is getting very long...

Related posts: First in Line for Last Child

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