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Edgar Allan Poe Awards えどがー・あらん・ぽーしょう

Edition 0 (1971)

Mystery / Detective FictionNovelShort StoryFirst NovelPaperback or e-book OriginalYoung AdultJuvenileNonfiction (Fact Crime etc.)Critical / BiographicalTelevision ScriptFilm ScriptPlayAuthor Achievement Award (Grand Master etc.)Industry / Contribution Award (Raven, Ellery Queen etc.)

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Mignon G. Eberhart みにょん じー えばーはーと Winner

While the Patient Slept is a classic mystery in which suspicion spreads through a closed atmosphere around a bedridden patient. Its restrained narration lets everyday unease build steadily.

Unease grows quietly in a closed room.

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