Best Novel Awards
2007
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
The Istanbul Variations by Olen Steinhauer
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (winner)
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
The Istanbul Variations by Olen Steinhauer
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (winner)
2006
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook
Drama City by George Pelecanos
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (winner)
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook
Drama City by George Pelecanos
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (winner)
2005
Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
2004
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (winner)
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (winner)
2003
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
No Good Deed by Manda Scott
Winter and Night by S J Rozan (winner)
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
No Good Deed by Manda Scott
Winter and Night by S J Rozan (winner)
2002
The Judgment by D W Buffa
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
The Judgment by D W Buffa
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
2001
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
Red Light by T Jefferson Parker
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale (winner)
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
Red Light by T Jefferson Parker
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale (winner)
2000
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Strawberry Sunday by Stephen Greenleaf
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
Bones by Jan Burke (winner)
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Strawberry Sunday by Stephen Greenleaf
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
Bones by Jan Burke (winner)
1999
Blood Work by Michael Connelly
Beyond Recall by Robert Goddard
The Last Days of Il Duce by Domenic Stansberry
A Likeness in Stone by Julia Wallis Martin
Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark (winner)
Blood Work by Michael Connelly
Beyond Recall by Robert Goddard
The Last Days of Il Duce by Domenic Stansberry
A Likeness in Stone by Julia Wallis Martin
Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark (winner)
1998
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
A Wasteland of Strangers by Bill Pronzini
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
The Purification Ceremony by Mark T Sullivan
Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke (winner)
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
A Wasteland of Strangers by Bill Pronzini
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
The Purification Ceremony by Mark T Sullivan
Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke (winner)
1997
With Child by Laurie R King
Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Mean Streak by Carolyn Wheat
The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H Cook (winner)
With Child by Laurie R King
Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Mean Streak by Carolyn Wheat
The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H Cook (winner)
1996
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
The Shadow Man by John Katzenbach
The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
The Summons by Peter Lovesey
Come to Grief by Dick Francis (winner)
The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning
The Shadow Man by John Katzenbach
The Roaring Boy by Edward Marston
The Summons by Peter Lovesey
Come to Grief by Dick Francis (winner)
1995
Lights Out by Peter Abrahams
A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block
Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson
Miami, It's Murder by Edna Buchanan
The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker (winner)
Lights Out by Peter Abrahams
A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block
Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson
Miami, It's Murder by Edna Buchanan
The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker (winner)
1994
Free Fall by Robert Crais
The Journeyman Tailor by Gerald Seymour
Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
The Sculptress by Minette Walters (winner)
Free Fall by Robert Crais
The Journeyman Tailor by Gerald Seymour
Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
The Sculptress by Minette Walters (winner)
1993
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley
Pomona Queen by Kem Nunn
32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores
Backhand by Liza Cody
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (winner)
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley
Pomona Queen by Kem Nunn
32 Cadillacs by Joe Gores
Backhand by Liza Cody
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (winner)
1992
Don't Say a Word by Andrew Klavan
Palindrome by Stuart Woods
Prior Convictions by Lia Matera
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block (winner)
Don't Say a Word by Andrew Klavan
Palindrome by Stuart Woods
Prior Convictions by Lia Matera
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block (winner)
1991
Fade The Heat by Jay Brandon
Whiskey River by Loren D Estleman
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
Deadfall in Berlin by R D Zimmerman
New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith (winner)
Fade The Heat by Jay Brandon
Whiskey River by Loren D Estleman
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
Deadfall in Berlin by R D Zimmerman
New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith (winner)
1990
The Death of A Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill
A Question of Guilt by Frances Fyfield
Goldilocks by Andrew Coburn
The Booster by Eugene Izzi
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke (winner)
The Death of A Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill
A Question of Guilt by Frances Fyfield
Goldilocks by Andrew Coburn
The Booster by Eugene Izzi
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke (winner)
1989
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
In the Lake of the Moon by David Lindsey
Sacrificial Ground by Thomas H Cook
Joey's Case by K C Constantine
A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart M Kaminsky (winner)
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
In the Lake of the Moon by David Lindsey
Sacrificial Ground by Thomas H Cook
Joey's Case by K C Constantine
A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart M Kaminsky (winner)
1988
A Trouble Of Fools by Linda Barnes
Nursery Crimes by B M Gill
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
Rough Cider by Peter Lovesey
Old Bones by Aaron Elkins (winner)
A Trouble Of Fools by Linda Barnes
Nursery Crimes by B M Gill
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
Rough Cider by Peter Lovesey
Old Bones by Aaron Elkins (winner)
1987
Come Morning by Joe Gores
The Straight Man by Roger L Simon
A Taste for Death by P D James
Charlie Muffin and Russian Rose by Brian Freemantle
A Dark Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (winner)
Come Morning by Joe Gores
The Straight Man by Roger L Simon
A Taste for Death by P D James
Charlie Muffin and Russian Rose by Brian Freemantle
A Dark Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (winner)
1986
An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendell
The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell
A Shock to the System by Simon Brett
City of Glass by Paul Auster
The Suspect by L R Wright (winner)
An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendell
The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell
A Shock to the System by Simon Brett
City of Glass by Paul Auster
The Suspect by L R Wright (winner)
1985
The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert
Twelfth Juror by B M Gill
Emily Dickinson Is Dead by Jane Langton
Chessplayer by William Pearson
Briarpatch by Ross Thomas (winner)
The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert
Twelfth Juror by B M Gill
Emily Dickinson Is Dead by Jane Langton
Chessplayer by William Pearson
Briarpatch by Ross Thomas (winner)
1984
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
Texas Station by Christopher Leach
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carré
La Brava by Elmore Leonard (winner)
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
Texas Station by Christopher Leach
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carré
La Brava by Elmore Leonard (winner)
Best First Novel Awards
2007
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (winner)
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (winner)
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