Nominees for the 2006 Edgar Awards, given by the Mystery Writers of America, have been announced.

Young Adult: Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams (HarperCollins-Laura Geringer Books); Last Shot by John Feinstein (Knopf); Quid Pro Quo by Vicki Grant (Orca); Young Bond, Book One: Silverfin by Charlie Higson (Hyperion/Miramax); Spy Goddess, Book One: Live & Let Shop by Michael Spradlin (HarperCollins).

Juvenile: Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach (Henry Holt)(author interview)(recommendation); Wright & Wong: The Case of the Nana-Napper by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz (Penguin/Razorbill); The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); Flush by Carl Hiaassen (Knopf); The Boys of San Joaquin by D. James Smith (Simon & Schuster).