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Lori Roy’s debut novel, Bent Road, was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book and has been included on various “best of” and summer reading lists. Until She Comes Home was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.

Let Me Die in His Footsteps was included among the top fiction of 2015 by Books-A-Million and named one of the best fifteen mystery novels of 2015 by Oline Cogdill. The novel also received the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, making Lori the first woman to receive an Edgar Award for both Best First Novel and Best Novel—and only the third person ever to have done so. G ...more

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	Lake County 3.82 avg rating — 4,089 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bent Road 3.51 avg rating — 3,993 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Me Die in His Footsteps 3.59 avg rating — 2,133 ratings — published 2015 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone Too Long 3.69 avg rating — 1,489 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Until She Comes Home 3.37 avg rating — 1,406 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappearing 3.34 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Episode 4.01 avg rating — 580 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sous les eaux noires by Lori Roy (Goodreads Author), Valérie Bourgeois (Translator) 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My husband and I recently traveled to New York for the 2016 Edgar Awards. I'm thrilled to share that LET ME DIE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS received the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel .

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“I nod when he says things like that because Mama always said any right-minded person will favor a rose over a cactus. Trick is, make them think you’re a rose while all the time being a cactus underneath.”
― Lori Roy, Gone Too Long: A Novel

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“Donna Lee flicked her eyes at Siebert, and hand to God, she smiled. A small smile. One that said, this is for all the times you smacked me, not just tonight, but every other night. This is for all the promises you made that never came true. That smile was warning Siebert to hold tight, because she was getting ready to take her revenge. She smiled because for once in her measly, pathetic life, someone cared what Donna Lee had to say.”
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The Sandcastle Girls

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Some Luck

by Jane Smiley

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The Lifeboat

by Charlotte Rogan

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by Isabel Allende

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The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Split Second

by David Baldacci

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Vanessa and Her Sister

by Priya Parmar

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Bent Road

by Lori Roy

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Silver Sparrow

by Tayari Jones

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House Broken

by Sonja Yoerg

3 votes, 4.5%

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