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1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Browse the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

Edgar Allan Poe Award Awarded by Mystery Writers of America 4 categories shown

First Novel

Winner and nominees for the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award First Novel category.

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Winner

The Last Billable Hour

Wolfe, Susan

Standalone · Suspense

Mar-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award winner

Nominee

Blood Under the Bridge

Zimmerman, Bruce

A Quinn Parker Novel of Suspense Series · Book 1 · Amateur Sleuth

Jun-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

Hide and Seek

Berg, Barry

Standalone · Suspense

Jul-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

The Mother Shadow

Howe, Melodie Johnson

A Claire Conrad/Maggie Hill Mystery Series · Book 1 · Private Investigator

Aug-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

The Story of Annie D.

Chehak, Susan Taylor

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-1990 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Novel

Winner and nominees for the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award Novel category.

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Black Cherry Blues

Burke, James Lee

Dave Robicheaux Series · Book 3 · Law Enforcement

Aug-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award winner

Nominee

The Booster

Izzi, Eugene

Standalone · Suspense

Jan-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

The Death of a Joyce Scholar

Gill, Bartholomew

A Peter McGarr Mystery Series · Book 8 · Police Procedural

Jun-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

Goldilocks

Coburn, Andrew

Rita Gardella O'Dea Series · Book 3 · Suspense

Jan-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

A Question of Guilt

Fyfield, Frances

A Helen West & Geoffrey Bailey Mystery Series · Book 1 · Law Enforcement

Jul-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Paperback Original

Winner and nominees for the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award Paperback Original category.

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Winner

The Rain

Peterson, Keith

John Wells Series · Book 3 · Suspense

Dec-1988 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award winner

Nominee

A Collector of Photographs

Valentine, Deborah

Katharine Craig & Kevin Bryce Series · Book 2 · Amateur Sleuth

Jun-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

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Hot Wire

Russell, Randy

A Rooster Franklin Mystery Series · Book 1 · Mystery

Apr-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

King of the Hustlers

Izzi, Eugene

Standalone · General Fiction

1990 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

Manhattan Is My Beat

Deaver, Jeffery

Rune Series · Book 1 · Suspense

Jul-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Young Adult

Winner and nominees for the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award Young Adult category.

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Winner

Show Me the Evidence

Ferguson, Alane

Standalone · Suspense

May-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award winner

Nominee

Fell Back

Kerr, M.E.

Standalone · Suspense

Sep-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

The Man Who Was Poe

Avi

Standalone · General Fiction

1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

Nominee

Remember Me

Pike, Christopher

Remember Me Series · Book 1 · Horror

Apr-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

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Sniper

Taylor, Theodore

Standalone · Suspense

Sep-1989 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee

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