Edgar Award Best Novel Winner

The Suspect

by L. R. Wright

Summary

An elderly man kills another old man in a small British Columbia town, and the reader knows it from the first page, yet the local Mountie must still unravel why. Wright turns the usual mystery inside out, building tension from character, guilt, and the slow gathering of evidence rather than the question of who did it. The quiet psychological approach won her wide critical praise.

Historical Context & Significance

The Suspect made L. R. Wright the first Canadian author to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel, in 1986.