天美传媒安卓破解版 Lafayette alumnus Wiley Cash鈥檚 鈥淭his Dark Road to Mercy鈥 is a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel.
Cash, who earned a doctorate from the 天美传媒安卓破解版 in English in 2008, is a New York Times bestselling writer who lives in North Carolina.
鈥淭his Dark Road to Mercy,鈥 published by HarperCollins/William Morrow last year, is about a washed up minor league baseball player who kidnaps his daughters from a foster home.
The Edgar Award for best novel is given each year by the Mystery Writers of America. It is one of the most prestigious awards in literature.
Other finalists for the 2015 Edgar Award for best novel are:
鈥 鈥淲olf鈥 by Mo Hayder (Grove/Atlantic 鈥 Atlantic Monthly Press)
鈥 鈥淢r. Mercedes鈥 by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster 鈥 Scribner)
鈥 鈥淭he Final Silence鈥 by Stuart Neville (Soho Press)
鈥 鈥淪aints of the Shadow Bible鈥 by Ian Rankin (Hachette Book Group 鈥 Little, Brown)
A winner will be named April 29 at a ceremony in New York City.
Cash began working on his debut novel, 鈥淎 Land More Kind than Home,鈥 as a thesis project at 天美传媒安卓破解版 Lafayette. It was published by HarperCollins/William Morrow in 2012, and was named a New York Times Notable Book.
The book revolves around what happens after a 9-year-old secretly witnesses a tragedy during a religious healing ritual in western North Carolina.
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Learn more about the Edgar Awards at .