Winners of the Best Novel category for the Edgar Awards.
Edgar Award for Best Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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A Case of Need by Michael Crichton
Doctor turns detective in a compelling novel that centers upon one of the most imperative and publicly discussed issues of …
Phil in SF says: 1969 winner
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James Tyrone was a newspaperman working for the Sunday Blaze, a job he liked. But he always needed extra …
Phil in SF says: 1970 winner
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The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö (Martin Beck, #4)
The night eight people were shot to death in a Stockholm bus, police detective Martin Beck seriously wondered what makes …
Phil in SF says: 1971 winner
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The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
By spring the right-wing OAS in France, infuriated by Charles de Gaulle's withdrawal from Algeria, had faied in six known …
Phil in SF says: 1972 winner
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The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer
The Congo of the early 1960's was a snakepit of aggressive influence: subtle, clumsy and frequently violent. To Michel Vernon, …
Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee, #2)
"Dance Hall of the Dead" is what the Zuñi Indians call heaven. This novel is set against a Ramah Navajo …
Phil in SF says: 1974 winner
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It was very simple: steal a group of Vatican treasures, hold them for ransom, take the money, and run. But …
Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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Since being forced into retirement by the CIA, Miles Kendig had tried everything in an effort to satisfy his hunger …
Phil in SF says: 1976 winner
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Promised Land by Robert B. Parker (Spenser, #4)
Spenser — the gutsy hero of The Godwulf Manuscript, God Save the Child, and Mortal Stakes — is …
Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Catch Me, Kill Me by William H. Hallahan (Charlie Brewer, #1)
Russian poet Boris Kotlikoff defected to the United States two years ago. He left with no state secrets; he is …
Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
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Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Eye of the Needle is a superb novel in the tradition of John Le Carré and Jack Higgins—as well as …
Phil in SF says: 1979 winner
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The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling
Note: the interior of the book lists 0-06-012858-5 as the ISBN, while the dust jacket uses 0-06-012843-7.
An ex-U.S. Treasury …
Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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Whip Hand by Dick Francis (Sid Halley, #2)
Sid Halley, who rode as a champion steeplechase jockey in an earlier Dick Francis, Odds Against (and who will be …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
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Circling high over Rockefeller Center is a peregrine falcon, the most awesome of flying predators. She awaits a signal from …
Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer (Charlie "Doc" Adams Mystery, #1)
First, a fishing trawler runs aground on the Massachusetts shore. Then, a young scuba diver sent to investigate the wreck …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
