Kev,
Re your comment below:
"Alas, the recent one, UNDER ORDERS, isn't quite up to the
standards of the other three (all of which I believe won
Edgars -- surely some sort of record). Although it does have
a few memorable bits, particularly the assault-with-
arm-stump scene."
ODDS AGAINST was nominated for Best Novel (his first
nomination), but lost to Nicolas Freeling's KING OF THE RAINY
COUNTRY. WHIP HAND and COME TO GRIEF both won, and, the year
he took the Best Novel Edgar for CTG, he also won the Grand
Master award. Though he didn't win for all three, being
nominated for every entry in the series WAS a record (he lost
that record when UNDER ORDERS failed to get a nomination this
year), and being nominated for three entries in a single
series is STILL a record.
Francis has also won for the stand-alone FORFEIT, and been
nominated for the stand-alones FLYING FINISH and BLOOD SPORT.
I think he may have the record for the most Best Novel
Edgars, the most consecutive nominations for Best Novel, and
the most cumulative nominations for Best Novel.
JIM DOHERTY
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