Winners of the Best Novel category for the Edgar Awards.
Edgar Award for Best Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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A Case of Need by Michael Crichton
Doctor turns detective in a compelling novel that centers upon one of the most imperative and publicly discussed issues of …
Phil in SF says: 1969 winner
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3 stars
James Tyrone was a newspaperman working for the Sunday Blaze, a job he liked. But he always needed extra …
Phil in SF says: 1970 winner
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The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö (Martin Beck, #4)
The night eight people were shot to death in a Stockholm bus, police detective Martin Beck seriously wondered what makes …
Phil in SF says: 1971 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1972 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Dance hall of the dead. by Tony Hillerman
3 stars
Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the …
Phil in SF says: 1974 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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Miles Kendig is one of the CIA’s top deep-cover agents, until an injury ruins him for active duty. Rather than …
Phil in SF says: 1976 winner
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Promised Land by Robert B. Parker (Spenser, #4)
Spenser — the gutsy hero of The Godwulf Manuscript, God Save the Child, and Mortal Stakes — is …
Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Catch Me, Kill Me by William H. Hallahan (Charlie Brewer, #1)
Russian poet Boris Kotlikoff defected to the United States two years ago. He left with no state secrets; he is …
Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
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Eye of the needle by Ken Follett
4 stars
One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: …
Phil in SF says: 1979 winner
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The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling
Note: the interior of the book lists 0-06-012858-5 as the ISBN, while the dust jacket uses 0-06-012843-7.
An ex-U.S. …
Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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Whip Hand by Dick Francis (Sid Halley, #2)
Sid Halley, who rode as a champion steeplechase jockey in an earlier Dick Francis, Odds Against (and who will be …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer (Charlie "Doc" Adams Mystery, #1)
First, a fishing trawler runs aground on the Massachusetts shore. Then, a young scuba diver sent to investigate the wreck …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
