The Edgars

On April 28, 2016, Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Let Me Die In His Footsteps by Lori Roy was awarded "best novel."

Best first novel by an American author went to Viet Thahn Nguyen for his novel, The Sympathizer.

Best paperback original went to Lou Berney's The Long and Faraway Gone. 

http://www.theedgars.com/2016EdgarWinners.pdf

http://theedgars.com/nominees.html