Publication date1971 Originally published1971 GenreDetective fiction
AwardsEdgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author winnersThe Last Billable Hour, The Cold War Swap, In the Shadow of Gotham, A Grave Talent, The Fabulous Clipjoint
Finding Maubee is a 1971 detective novel by Albert H. Z. Carr set in a fictional Caribbean island called St. Caro. Published after Carr's death, it earned Carr a posthumous Edgar Award in the category of Best First Novel.
The novel was made into a 1989 American film titled The Mighty Quinn starring Denzel Washington and Robert Townsend.