A woman dealing with a troubled son is shaken into self-recognition by a nearby mother who murders her children. The story explores the unstable ground of motherhood, empathy and the emotional life that sits beside crime.

What lingers is less the event itself than the emotional tremor it sets off.

Presented as an Edgar Allan Poe Awards career honor, this record recognizes a long body of work in thrillers and historical fiction. It is treated as recognition of the author overall rather than a single book.

The honor recognizes the author’s long career rather than a single title.

Presented as an Edgar Allan Poe Awards career honor, this record recognizes a long career in mystery fiction. It is a record of the author’s trajectory rather than a single title.

The honor centers on the author’s accumulated career rather than on a single work.

Akashic Books was recognized with the Edgar Allan Poe Awards Raven Award for its contribution to mystery publishing. This is recorded as a publisher honor rather than a single work.

The honor recognizes the publisher’s work rather than a single book.