2020 Edgar Award Nominees Announced
（エドガー賞候補作発表）
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners for the 2020 Edgar Awards as follows:
BEST NOVEL:
Fake Like Me, by Barbara Bourland (Grand Central)
The Stranger Diaries, by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The River, by Peter Heller (Knopf)
Smoke and Ashes, by Abir Mukherjee (Pegasus)
Good Girl, Bad Girl, by Michael Robotham (Scribner)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR:
My Lovely Wife, by Samantha Downing (Berkley)
Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Farrar Straus and Giroux)
The Good Detective, by John McMahon (Putnam)
The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott (Knopf)
Three-Fifths, by John Vercher (Polis Books/Agora Books)
American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson (Random House)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL:
Dread of Winter, by Susan Alice Bickford (Kensington)
Freedom Road, by William Lashner (Thomas & Mercer)
Blood Relations, by Jonathan Moore (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner Books)
February’s Son, by Alan Parks (Europa Editions/World Noir)
The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O’Fallon Price (Tin House)
The Bird Boys, by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos)
BEST FACT CRIME:
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America, by Karen Abbott (Crown)
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity, by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Grand Central)
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century, by Maureen Callahan (Viking)
Norco ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History, by Peter Houlahan (Counterpoint)
Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall, by James Polchin (Counterpoint)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL:
Hitchcock and the Censors, by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan, by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club, by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview, by Anne McKendry (McFarland)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton (Basic Books)
BEST SHORT STORY:
“Turistas,” by Hector Acosta (from Paque Tu Lo Sepas; Down & Out Books)
“One of These Nights,” by Livia Llewellyn (from Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers; Akashic Books)
“The Passenger,” by Kirsten Tranter (from Sydney Noir; Akashic Books)
“Home at Last,” by Sam Wiebe (from Die Behind the Wheel: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Steely Dan; Down & Out Books)
“Brother’s Keeper,” by Dave Zeltsermanfrom (from May/June 2019, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine; Dell Magazines)
BEST JUVENILE:
The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster, by Cary Fagan (Tundra Books)
Eventown, by Corey Ann Haydu (Katherine Tegen Books)
The Whispers, by Greg Howard (Putnam)
All the Greys on Greene Street, by Laura Tucker (Viking)
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse, by Susan Vaught (Paula Wiseman Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT:
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
Killing November, by Adriana Mather (Knopf)
Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay (Kokila)
The Deceivers, by Kristen Simmons (Tor Teen)
Wild and Crooked, by Leah Thomas (Bloomsbury)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY:
“Season 5, Episode 3” – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
“Season 5, Episode 4” – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1” – Dublin Murders, Teleplay by Sarah Phelps (STARZ)
“Episode 1” – Manhunt, Teleplay by Ed Whitmore (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1” – The Wisting, Teleplay by Katherine Valen Zeiner & Trygve
Allister Diesen (Sundance Now)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD Recipient:
“There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” by Derrick Harriell (from Milwaukee Noir; Akashic Books)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD:
The Night Visitors, by Carol Goodman (William Morrow)
One Night Gone, by Tara Laskowski (Harlequin/Graydon House)
Strangers at the Gate, by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur)
Where the Missing Go, by Emma Rowley (Kensington)
The Murder List, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)
THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD:
Shamed, by Linda Castillo (Minotaur)
Borrowed Time, by Tracy Clark ( Kensington)
The Missing Ones, by Edwin Hill (Kensington)
The Satapur Moonstone, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
The Alchemist’s Illusion, by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Girl Gone Missing, by Marcie R. Rendon (Cincos Puntos)
Grand Master Award Recipient:
Barbara Neely
Raven Award Recipient:
Left Coast Crime
Ellery Queen Award Recipient:
Kelly Ragland, associate publisher and editorial director of Minotaur Books
The winners will be announced on Thursday, April 30 at the Edgar Awards Banquiet at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
（受賞作の発表は4月30日）