In 2002, WINTER AND NIGHT by S.J. Rozan won the Edgar for Best Novel.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Lydia Chin and Bill Smith remain one
of the very best private-eye duos in the genre, and this installment of
Rozan's highly readable and most entertaining series lives up to the
superlatives we have heaped upon its predecessors. When Bill receives a
call from the New York City police telling him that his teenage nephew,
Gary, is in jail and has asked for him, Bill is certainly surprised,
especially because he has had no contact with his sister, Gary's mother,
in some time. When he manages to get Gary released into his custody,
the boy will not say why he has come to New York, only that he has
something important to do. Bill insists that Gary must call his mother,
but Gary, a football player, smashes out a window, drops two stories
into the alley, and runs away again. Thus begins a truly tangled tale
that leads Bill and Lydia into the world of Gary's hometown, a New
Jersey suburb, where high-school football rules the community--and may
have led to the murder of a young girl by a team member who just might
be Gary. The course of events also forces Bill to reveal to Lydia the
truth about his own troubled past and why he so desperately needs to
find and help Gary. As before, Rozan delivers strong characters, deft
plotting, and a hard-driving narrative. We'll say it again: don't miss
this one. Stuart Miller
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