Did the maid do it or was it the butler? If you're a mystery lover, the Edgar Awards have announced nominees for the 2007 awards .

Best Novel Nominees

The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Picard
Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer

Best First Novel By An American Author

The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

Best Fact Crime

Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine by Capt. Joseph K. Loughlin & Kate Clark Flora Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer by Robin Odell
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson