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With Child

by Laurie R. King

Publication: First published 1996
ISBNs: 9781250046598, 9780002326360, 9780006499053

Edgar 1997 · Nominee

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Lesbian San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli finds crime invading her own life as her lover asks for breathing space in their relationship and her partner's young stepdaughter is kidnapped.

Prize history

Edgar Award for Best Novel
1997

Nominee
Orange Prize for Fiction
1997

Longlist

Orange Prize for Fiction 1997 longlist

Fugitive Pieces

Anne Michaels

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Accordion Crimes

Annie Proulx
Alias Grace

Margaret Atwood
Hen’s Teeth

Manda Scott
I Was Amelia Earhart

Jane Mendelsohn
One by One in the Darkness

Deirdre Madden

Edgar Award for Best Novel 1997 nominees

The Chatham School Affair

Thomas H. Cook

Winner
Hearts and Bones

Margaret Lawrence
Mean Streak

Carolyn Wheat
Pentecost Alley

Anne Perry

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