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Edgar Award Best First Novel Winners — Complete List (1946–1949)

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The Room Upstairs by Mildred B. Davis
1949 Edgar First Novel

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The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
1948 Edgar First Novel

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The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis
1947 Edgar First Novel

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Watchful at Night by Julius Fast
1946 Edgar First Novel

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