1986 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

First Novel

When the Bough Breaks // Shrunken Heads
(Winner)
Jonathan Kellerman

The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man
(Nominee)
Daniel Stashower

Sleeping Dog
(Nominee)
Dick Lochte

The Glory Hole Murders
(Nominee)
Tony Fennelly

Juvenile

The Sandman's Eyes
(Winner)
Patricia Windsor

Playing Murder
(Nominee)
Sandra Scoppettone

Screaming High
(Nominee)
David Line

On the Edge
(Nominee)
Gillian Cross

Locked in Time
(Nominee)
Lois Duncan

Novel

The Suspect
(Winner)
Laurali R. Wright / L.R. Wright

The Tree of Hands
(Nominee)
Ruth Rendell

A Shock to the System
(Nominee)
Simon Brett

An Unkindness of Ravens
(Nominee)
Ruth Rendell

City of Glass
(Nominee)
Paul Auster

Paperback Original

Pigs Get Fat
(Winner)
Warren Murphy

Poverty Bay
(Nominee)
Earl Emerson
  • / Private Investigator
  • Buy Buy

Broken Idols
(Nominee)
Sean Flannery

Blue Heron
(Nominee)
Philip Ross

Black Gravity
(Nominee)
Conall Ryan

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

First Novel

Juvenile

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Motion Picture

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Young Adult

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