How can such a tragic guy bring so much joy?

My TBR stack just got bigger.

I know this is probably the last site anyone comes to for real news, but just in case, these are last night's Edgar winners. And while my faves like Cornelia Read didn't take home the little mustachioed guy, I extend my congratulations to everyone nominated.

Winning is good, but nominations are nice, too.

And special props go to Richard Abate, the agent who swung the deal for MANHUNT (and another, lesser known book by a lesser, little-known author).


BEST NOVEL
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Random House)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara (Bantam Dell Publishing Delta Books)

BEST FACT CRIME
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson(HarperCollins & William Morrow)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fearby E.J. Wagner (John Wiley & Sons)

BEST SHORT STORY
The Home Front, Death Do Us Part by Charles Ardai(Hachette Book Group, Little, Brown and Company)

BEST JUVENILE
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
Buried by Robin Merrow MacCready (Penguin YR Dutton Children’s Books)

BEST PLAY
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Steven Dietz (Arizona Theatre Company)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Life on Mars, Episode 1, Teleplay by Matthew Graham (BBC America)

BEST TELEVISION FEATURE/MINI-SERIES TELEPLAY
The Wire, Season 4, Teleplays by Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon & William F. Zorzi (Home Box Office)

BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
The Departed, Screenplay by William Monahan (Warner Bros. Pictures)