Annal:1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best Novel
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Results of the Edgar Allan Poe Award® in the year 1984. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 1984 Edgar–Novel winner
- Score: 10.34
Joe LaBrava first fell in love in a darkened movie theater when he was twelve—with a gorgeous femme fatale up on the screen. Now the one-time Secret Service agent-turned-photographer is finally meeting his dream woman in the flesh, albeit in a rundown Miami crisis center. When she’s cleaned up and sober, though, former movie queen Jean Shaw still makes LaBrava’s heart race. And now she’s being terrorized by a redneck thug and his slimy marielito partner, which gives Joe a golden opportunity to play the hero. But the lady’s predicament is starting to…
