Annal:1977 Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best First Novel
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Results of the Edgar Allan Poe Award® in the year 1977. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1977 Edgar-1st Novel winner
- Score: 10.27
The most terrifyingly efficient hit man alive stalks his biggest prize yet—the country’s leading African-American citizen, the mayor of Nashville. In a desperate race against time, one Southern reporter must dog him across six states to get the story of a lifetime and stop a July 4th assassination of a beloved American leader.
