Re: RARA-AVIS: The Edgars

Sonia Abecassis (sabecass@capgemini.fr)
Sun, 8 Feb 1998 20:24:52 +0100 please explain the difference between "mystery" novels as opposed to "cri=
me fiction" : I am new and I am not a native speaker , so I have a hard t=
ime sometimes to tag along ....
thanks
Sonia

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Kevin Smith <kvnsmith@total.net>
=C0 : rara-avis@icomm.ca <rara-avis@icomm.ca>
Date : dimanche 8 f=E9vrier 1998 19:58
Objet : RARA-AVIS: The Edgars

>Rick Robinson just forwarded me the list of this year's Edgar nomination=
s,
>and while "mystery" novels (as opposed to "crime fiction") doesn't seem =
to
>interest the hardcore in this group, I thought I'd pass it along, and ma=
ybe
>add on a few comments. I notice we've all been slacking a bit lately, s=
o I
>thought this would jump start things a bit.
>
>>1998 MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA Edgar Nominees were announced 5 Februar=
y
>>1998. The 1998 Awards Chair was Margaret Maron. Winners will be
>>announced and awards presented at the 53rd gala Banquet, Thursday, Apri=
l
>>30 at the Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City.
>>
>>Best Novel
>> CIMARRON ROSE by James Lee Burke. New York: Hyperion, 1997.
>> DREAMING OF THE BONES by Deborah Crombie. New York: Scribner, 1997.
>> A WASTELAND OF STRANGERS by Bill Pronzini. New York: Walker, 1997.
>> BLACK AND BLUE by Ian Rankin. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
>> THE PURIFICATION CEREMONY by Mark T. Sullivan. New York: Avon, 1997.
>
>Has anyone read the Pronzini book? I've never even heard of it! What's i=
t
>about? I enjoyed Burke's book, but not as much as some of the Robicheaux
>books.
>
>
>>Best First Novel by an American Author
>> A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Suzanne Berne. Algonquin Books, 1997.
>> LOS ALAMOS by Joseph Kanon. Broadway Books, 1997.
>> BIRD DOG by Phillip Reed. New York: Pocket Books, 1997.
>> FLOWER NET by Lisa See. New York: HarperCollins, 1997.
>> 23 SHADES OF BLACK by K.j.a. Wishnia. Setauket, NY: Imaginary Press,
>>1997.
>
>
>>Best Paperback Original
>> HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN by Susan Rogers Cooper. New York: Avon, 1997.
>> THE PRIORESS' TALE by Margaret Frazer. New York: Berkley Prime Crime,
>>1997.
>> TARNISHED ICONS by Stuart M. Kaminsky. New York: Ivy Books, 1997.
>> CHARM CITY by Laura Lippman. New York: Avon, 1997.
>> SUNSET AND SANTIAGO by Gloria White. New York: Dell, 1997.
>
>At last! Nominees I can afford! Alas, I haven't read any of them. Tarnis=
hed
>Icons? Is that a Russian book, or Toby Peters? Or the sequel to The Gre=
en
>Bottle?
>
>>
>>Best Fact Crime
>> THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS by Richard Firstman and Jamie Talari. New York:
>>Bantam, 1997.
>> OUR GUYS: THE GLEN RIDGE RAPE AND THE SECRET LIFE OF THE PERFECT SUBUR=
B
>>by Bernard Lefowitz. University of California Press, 1997.
>> THE NAPOLEAN OF CRIME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ADAM WORTH, MASTER THIEF
>>by Ben MacIntyre. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
>> BITTER HARVEST: A WOMAN'S FURY, A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE by Ann Rule. New
>>York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
>> MAY GOD HAVE MERCY: A TRUE STORY OF CRIME & PUNISHMENT by John C.
>>Tucker. New York: Norton, 1997.
>
>
>Best Fact Crime? The rising cost of books, and the declining selection a=
s
>megabookstores take over the world.
>
>>Best Critical/Biographical Work
>> THE READER AND THE DETECTIVE STORY by George M. Dove. Bowling Green,
>>OH: Popular Press, 1997.
>> CRIME FICTION AND FILM IN THE SUNSHINE STATE: FLORIDA NOIR edited by
>>Steve Glassman and Maurice O'Sullivan. Bowling Green, OH: Popular
>> Press, 1997.
>> DEADLY WOMEN: THE WOMAN MYSTERY READER'S INDISPENSABLE COMPANION edite=
d
>>by Jan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen Nehr. New York: Carroll & Graf,
>>1997.
>> "G" IS FOR GRAFTON: THE WORLD OF KINSEY MILLHONE by Natalie Hevener
>>Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay. New York: Henry Holt & Co.,1997.
>> AZ MURDER GOES ... CLASSIC edited by Barbara Peters and Susan Malling.
>>Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1997.
>
>
>>Best Short Story
>> "Keller on the Spot" by Lawrence Block. Playboy Magazine, November
>>1997.
>> "Ways to Kill a Cat" by Simon Brett. Malice Domestic 6. New York:
>>Pocket Books, 1997.
>> "The Kneeling Soldier" by Jeffrey Deaver. Ellery Queen Mystery
>>Magazine, March 1997.
>> "Find Miriam" by Suart Kaminsky. New Mystery Magazine, Summer 1997.
>> "The Man Who Beat the System" by Stuart Kaminsky. Funny Bones. New
>>York: Signet, 1997.
>
>What do you guys and gals think of Block's hitman, Keller? And once agai=
n
>with Kaminsky! And again? Is this his year? And is it okay to buy Playbo=
y
>for the fiction? It seems the best place to nab a new Block or Westlake
>story these days...(mind you, some of those women are downright
>scary-looking)
>
>>Best Young Adult
>> TANGERINE by Edward Bloor. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1997.
>> GHOST CANOE by Will Hobbs. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1997.
>> YESTERDAY'S CHILD by Sonja Levitin. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1997.
>> THIN ICE by Marsha Qualey. New York: Delacorte, 1997.
>> DEAL WITH A GHOST by Marilyn Sanger. New York: Henry Holt, 1997.
>
>What ever happened to Frank and Joe?
>
>>Best Children's
>> TURN THE CUP AROUND by Barbara Mariconda. New York: Delacorte, 1997.
>> CHRISTIE'S COMPANY DOWN EAST by Katharine Hall Page. New York: Avon,
>>1997.
>> SECRETS AT HIDDEN VALLEY by Willo Davis Roberts. New York: Atheneum.
>> WOLF STALKER by Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson. National
>>Geographic Society, 1997.
>> SPARROWS IN THE SCULLERY by Barbara Brooks Wallace. Atheneum, 1997.
>
>Or Bert and Nancy and Freddie and Flossie?
>
>>Best Television Episode
>> "Thrill" Written by Rene Balcer. Law & Order, NBC.
>> "Blood" Story by Rene Balcer and Craig Tepper, teleplay by Craig
>>Tepper. Law & Order, NBC.
>> "First Degree" Written by Michael R. Perry, Stephen Gagham, and David
>>E. Kelley. The Practice, ABC.
>> "Burned" Written by Siobhan Byrne. Law and Order, NBC.
>> "Double Down" Story by Richard Swaren and Simon Wincelberg, teleplay b=
y
>>Ed Zuckerman and Simon Wincelberg. Law & Order, NBC.
>
>
>What? No Homicide nominations? I like Law and Order, but to me Homicide =
is
>about the best thing on the electronic nipple these days. Harsh,
>in-your-face story-telling about working cops who are human beings, not
>soap opera characters tricked up with pot bellies and a gratitous sex
>scenes in the last five minutes. Oh, well, it is a writing award, and I
>guess L&O does have some pretty damn good writing. At least Dellaventura
>wasn't nominated.
>
>>Best Television Feature/Mini-series: To Be Announced.
>
>Why? Probably because they all sucked, or at least the ones I saw. Thoug=
h
>some of the British imports were pretty good.
>
>>Best Movie
>> Donnie Brasco. Screenplay by Paul Attanasio. Columbia Pictures, 1997.
>> L.A. Confidential. Screenplay by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland.
>>Warner Brothers, 1997.
>> Conspiracy Theory. Screenplay by Brian Helgeland. Warner Brothers,
>>1997.
>
>Oooh, a toughie. Johnny or Kevin? Sorry, Mel, back to the highlands.
>
>>Best Play
>> A Red Death. Stage Adaptation by David Barr.
>
>Is this from the Mosely book? Where was it produced? Did anyone see it?
>Tell me more, tell me more. And, while we're on the topic of drama, have
>there been any good, hardboiled plays anyone can remember? Or saw? Or he=
ard
>about?
>
>Kevin Smith
>Web Guy for The Thrilling Detective Web Site
>For info, mailto:kvnsmith@total.net
>
>"It's the detectives come to see about the parents
>Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance...
>I don't know how much more of this I can take...
>She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake..."
>- Watching the
>Detectives (Elvis Costello)
>
>
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