The 2025 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel
The 2025 Edgar Award for Best Mystery has been announced—and the winner is an irresistibly sharp whodunit set in the backstabbing world of London’s elite. A sly, high-society murder mystery with real bite, this smartly plotted novel proves that in the right circles, scandal can be deadly.
7 books
Winner
Carole V. Bell
The in Crowd
Charlotte Vassell"[A] smart, provocative novel... Vassell perfectly constructs a classic crime procedural against a backdrop of racism, sexism, and classism. Beauchamp is a winning character readers will adore" - Kirkus Reviews
Carole V. BellHardcover, 2024
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Finalist
Jimmy Fallon & Liberty Hardy 📖
The God of the Woods
Liz MooreA wealthy teen vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, setting off a panicked search in this literary suspense novel which NPR compared to the author's previous Long Bright River, but called this one "something weirder and stranger and unforgettable."
Jimmy Fallon & Liberty Hardy 📖Hardcover, 2024
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Finalist
Rough Trade
Katrina Carrasco"At once richly atmospheric and finely paced, the novel is a potent and morally complex portrait of queer life and history." - The New Yorker
Hardcover, 2024
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Finalist
Listen for the Lie
Amy TinteraA popular true-crime podcast investigates the cold-case murder that rocked a small Texas town, forcing the main suspect to reckon with her best friend’s shocking death in this "edgy mystery novel whose true-crime storyline draws you in like 'Serial'," according to The Washington Post.
Hardcover, 2024
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Finalist
Amal El-Mohtar
The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett"This fantasy mystery novel introduces two dynamic detectives in a strange and frightening world, as if Nero Wolfe were solving mysteries in Area X... The Tainted Cup is a thoroughly satisfying delight from start to finish." - The New York Times
Amal El-MohtarHardcover, 2024
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Finalist
Things Don't Break on Their Own
Sarah Easter Collins"Sarah Easter Collins goes straight for the gut and the heart... Things Don't Break on Their Own is a rare treasure, bursting with emotion and built to last." - BookPage
Hardcover, 2024
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Finalist
My Favorite Scar
Nicolás Ferraro"Visceral, violent crime noir... My Favorite Scar never shies away from blood, literal or figurative... While the high-octane adventure will certainly entice action fans, it's Ámbar's conflicted coming-of-age tale that pierces deepest." - ELLE
Paperback, 2024
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