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January 29, 2006

Edgar Nominees

The nominees for the 2006 Edgar Awards have been announced - congrats to all the nominees!

After browsing the list of submissions, I put together my own list of 5 Best Novel nominees based on the books I've read and thoroughly enjoyed.

Tania's 2006 Edgar Nominees (in random order):

  1. BROKEN PREY by John Sandford
  2. COLD GRANITE by Stuart MacBride
  3. STRANGE AFFAIR by Peter Robinson
  4. DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay
  5. THE WHEELMAN by Duane Swierczynski

I own copies of 4 of the 5 nominated books in the Best Paperback Original category, but have not read them yet.  Time to get reading...

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iliana

I've only read "Die a Little" - which I thought was excellent. I'll have to look for some of the others. Thanks for the link!

Posted by: iliana | February 01, 2006 at 10:35 AM

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