Thanks for the encouragement, Nathan. The book was submitted, but the
Edgar people will have another shot next year with Pariah, which to be
honest is a huge leap from Small Crimes.
Something kind of cool is that Barnes and Noble have put the following
review on their mystery book page:
"The Washington Post recently compared Zeltserman to the legendary
James M. Cain, saying, "The plot of Small Crimes is a thing of beauty:
spare but ingeniously twisted and imbued with a glossy coating of
black humor." Well, we'll one-up that and state here that Small
Crimes, the tale of a small-town cop going from corrupt to
categorically criminal, is better than Cain's best."
I don't necessarily agree with that, but since they've put that online
the book has become a crime fiction bestseller there.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Nathan Cain <IndieCrime@...> wrote:
>
> Okay, why is Small Crimes not nominated in the PBO category? Was it
> not submitted? Did it come out too late? Or do the readers have rocks
> in their heads?
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Sandra Ruttan <sandraruttan@...> wrote:
> > The Rap Sheet has the complete list of Edgar Nominees at
> > http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2009/01/edgar-show-your-stuff.html
> >
> > Best Novel
> > • Missing, by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)
> > • Blue Heaven, by C.J. Box (St. Martin's Minotaur)
> > • Sins of the Assassin, by Robert Ferrigno (Scribner)
> > • The Price of Blood, by Declan Hughes (Morrow)
> > • The Night Following, by Morag Joss (Delacorte Press)
> > • Curse of the Spellmans, by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
> >
> > Best First Novel by an American Author
> > • The Kind One, by Tom Epperson (Five Star)
> > • Sweetsmoke, by David Fuller (Hyperion)
> > • The Foreigner, by Francie Lin (Picador)
> > • Calumet City, by Charlie Newton (Touchstone)
> > • A Cure for Night, by Justin Peacock (Doubleday)
> >
> > Best Paperback Original
> > • The Prince of Bagram Prison, by Alex Carr (Random House Trade)
> > • Money Shot, by Christa Faust (Hard Case Crime)
> > • Enemy Combatant, by Ed Gaffney (Dell)
> > • China Lake, by Meg Gardiner (Obsidian Mysteries)
> > • The Cold Spot, by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
> >
> > Best Short Story
> > • "A Sleep Not Unlike Death," by Sean Chercover (from Hardcore
> > Hardboiled, edited by Todd Robinson; Kensington Publishing)
> > • "Skin and Bones," by David Edgerley Gate (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery
> > Magazine, October 2008)
> > • "Scratch of a Woman," by Laura Lippman (from Hardly Knew Her;
Morrow)
> > • "La Vie en Rose," by Dominique Mainard (from Paris Noir; edited by
> > Aurelien Masson; Akashic Books)
> > • "Skinhead Central," by T. Jefferson Parker (from The Blue Religion,
> > edited by Michael Connelly; Little, Brown)
> >
> >
> > I haven't heard of a single title nominated under the Best First
> > category, and it's interesting to see Money Shot up against The Cold
> > Spot in the PBO category. Plus, is it my imagination, or is this the
> > first year in some time that none of the "biggies" have been on the
> > Best Novel list - no Pelecanos, Bruen, Connelly, Rankin, Lippman,
> > Burke, etc. etc. Interesting.
> >
> > Let the debates begin...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sandra
> > --
> > THE FRAILTY OF FLESH Nov 08 Dorchester
> > LULLABY FOR THE NAMELESS Dec 09 Dorchester
> > http://www.sandraruttan.com/
> >
> >
> >
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> > LULLABY FOR THE NAMELESS Dec 09 Dorchester
> > http://www.sandraruttan.com/
> >
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