The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards--the annual prize for "the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film" of the past year.

This year, the Edgar Awards will be held on April 30, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. It will be the 63rd banquet celebrating the prestigious mystery-writing awards. Follow this link for the complete list of nominees, but here are the nominees for 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 (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (HarperCollins - William Morrow)
The Night Following by Morag Joss (Random House - Delacorte Press)
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)

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