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2025

Nominees
The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle
Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler
A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado
The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson

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Best First Novel

2024

Winner
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto

Nominees
Boomtown by AF Carter
Hide by Tracy Clark
The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak

2023

Winner
Or Else by Joe Hart

Nominees
Quarry's Blood by Max Allan Collins
Cleopatra's Dagger by Carole Lawrence
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
A Familiar Stranger by AR Torre

2022

Winner
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks

Nominations
Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell
The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory
Starr Sign by CS O'Cinneide
The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

2021

Winner
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Nominations
The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman
Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
The Keeper by Jessica Moor
East Of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman

2020

Winner
The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price

Nominations
Dread of Winter by Susan Alice Bickford
Freedom Road by William Lashner
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore
February’s Son by Alan Parks
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin

2019

Winner
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin

Nominations
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger

2018

Winner
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola

Shortlist
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett
Black Fall by Andrew Mayne
Penance by Kanae Minato
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong

2017

Winner
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

Shortlist
Come Twilight by Tyler Dilts
The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum
Heart of Stone by James W Ziskin

2016

Winner
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney

Shortlist
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine
Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty
Daughter by Jane Shemilt

2015

Winner
The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani

Shortlist
Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin
The Barkeep by William Lashner
The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson
The Gone Dead Train by Lisa Turner
World of Trouble by Ben H Winters

2014

Winner
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood

Shortlist
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne
Almost Criminal by ER Brown
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave
Joyland by Stephen King
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey

2013

Winner
The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters

Shortlist
Complication by Isaac Adamson
Whiplash River by Lou Berney
Bloodland by Alan Glynn
Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn

2012

Winner
The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett

Shortlist
The Faces of Angels by Lucretia Grindle
The Dog Sox by Russell Hill
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis

2011

Winner
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard

Shortlist
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis
Ten Little Herrings by LC Tyler

2010

Winner
Body Blows by Marc Strange

Shortlist
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Havana Lunar by Robert Arellano
The Lord God Bird by Russell Hill
The Herring-Sellers Apprentice by LC Tyler

2009

Winner
China Lake by Meg Gardiner

Shortlist
The Prince of Bagram Prison by Alex Carr
Money Shot by Christa Faust
Enemy Combatant by Ed Gaffney
The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli

2008

Winner
Queenpin by Megan Abbott

Shortlist
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Cruel Poetry by Vicki Hendricks
Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill
Who is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall

2007

Winner
Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara

Shortlist
The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto
The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson
The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine
City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate

2006

Winner
The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford

Shortlist
Homicide My Own by Anne Argula
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie
Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston

2005

Winner
The Confession by Domenic Stansberry

Shortlist
The Librarian by Larry Beinhart
Into the Web by Thomas H Cook
Dead Men Rise Up Never by Ron Faust
Twelve Step Fandango by Chris Haslam

2004

Winner
Find Me Again by Sylvia Maultash Warsh

Shortlist
Cut and Run by Jeff Abbott
The Last Witness by Joel Goldman
Wisdom of the Bones by Christopher Hyde
Southland by Nina Revoyr

2003

Winner
Out of Sight by TJ MacGregor

Shortlist
Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott
The Night Watcher by John Lutz
Trauma by Graham Masterton
Prison Blues by Anna Salter

2002

Winner
Adios Muchachos by Daniel Chavarria

Shortlist
The Mother Tongue by Teri Holbrook
Hell's Kitchen by William Jefferies (Jeffery Deaver)
Dead of Winter by PJ Parrish
Straw Men by Martin J Smith

2001

Winner
The Black Maria by Mark Graham

Shortlist
Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson
Killing Kin by Chassie West
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright
Pursuit and Persuasion by Sally S Wright

2000

Winner
Fulton County Blues by Ruth Birmingham

Shortlist
Lucky Man by Tony Dunbar
The Resurrectionist by Mark Graham
The Outcast by Jose Latour
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman

1999

Winner
The Widower's Two-Step by Rick Riordan

Shortlist
Atlanta Graves by Ruth Birmingham
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey
Murder Manual by Steven Womack

1998

Winner
Charm City by Laura Lippman

Shortlist
The Prioress' Tale by Margaret Frazer
Tarnished Icons by Stuart M Kaminsky
Home Again, Home Again by Susan Rogers Cooper
Sunset and Santiago by Gloria White

1997

Winner
Fade Away by Harlan Coben

Shortlist
Silent Words by Joan M Drury
The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Walking Rain by Susan Wade
Tribe by RD Zimmerman

1996

Winner
Tarnished Blue by William Heffernan

Shortlist
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
High Desert Malice by Kirk Mitchell
Charged With Guilt by Gloria White
Hard Frost by RD Wingfield

1995

Winner
Final Appeal by Lisa Scottoline

Shortlist
The Broken-Hearted Detective by Milton Bass
Viper Quarry by Dean Feldmeyer
Power of Attorney by Walter Sorrells
Sunrise by Chassie West

1994

Winner
Dead Folk's Blues by Steven Womack

Shortlist
The Servant's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Tony's Justice by Eugene Izzi
Beyond Saru by Thomas A Roberts
Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline

1993

Winner
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow

Shortlist
The Good Friday by Lee Harris
Principal Defense by Gini Hartzmark
Shallow Graves by William Jefferies (Jeffery Deaver)
Night Cruise by Billie Sue Mosiman

1992

Winner
Dark Maze by Thomas Adcock

Shortlist
Murder in the Dog Days by PM Carlson
Cracking Up by Ed Naha
Midtown North by Christopher Newman
Fine Distinctions by Deborah Valentine

1991

Winner
The Man Who Would Be F Scott Fitzgerald by David Handler

Shortlist
Comeback by LL Enger
Not A Creature Was Stirring by Jane Haddam
SPQR by John Maddox Roberts
Dead in the Scrub by BJ Oliphant

1990

Winner
The Rain by Keith Peterson

Shortlist
Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver
King of the Hustlers by Eugene Izzi
Hot Wire by Randy Russell
A Collector of Photographs by Deborah Valentine

1989

Winner
The Telling of Lies by Timothy Findley

Shortlist
Judgement By Fire by Fredrick D Huebner
A Radical Departure by Lia Matera
Trapdoor by Keith Peterson
Preacher by Ted Thackrey Jr

1988

Winner
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb

Shortlist
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
Deadly Intrusion by Walter Dillon
The Long Way to Die by James N Frey
Bullshot by Gabrielle Kraft

1987

Winner
The Junkyard Dog by Robert Campbell

Shortlist
Hazzard by RD Brown
Ronin by Nick Christian
Shattered Moon by Kate Green
The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun

1986

Winner
Pigs Get Fat by Warren Murphy

Shortlist
Poverty Bay by Earl W Emerson
Broken Idols by Sean Flannery
Blue Heron by Philip Ross
Black Gravity by Conall Ryan

1985

Winner
Grandmaster by Molly Cochran & Warren Murphy

Shortlist
The Keys to Billy Tillio by Eric Blau
The Seventh Sacrament by Roland Cutler
Words Can Kill by Kenn Davis
Black Knight in Red Square by Stuart M Kaminsky

1984

Winner
Mrs. White by Margaret Tracy

Shortlist
False Prophets by Sean Flannery
Kill Factor by Richard Harper
Trace by Warren Murphy
Hunter by Eric Sauter

1983

Winner
Triangle by Teri White

Shortlist
Vital Signs by Ralph Burrows
Clandestine by James Ellroy
The Missing and the Dead by Jack Lynch

1982

Winner
The Old Dick by LA Morse

Shortlist
Deadline by John Dunning
The Unforgiven by Patricia J MacDonald
Pin by Andrew Neiderman
Dead Heat by Ray Obstfeld

1981

Winner
Public Murders by Bill Granger

Shortlist
Blood Innocents by Thomas H Cook
Looking for Ginger North by John Dunning
Tough Luck, L.A. by Murray Sinclair

1980

Winner
The Hog Murders by William L DeAndrea

Shortlist
The Kremlin Conspiracy by Sean Flannery
Vortex by David Heller
The Queen is Dead by Glen Keger
The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland

1979

Winner
Deceit and Deadly Lies by Frank Bandy

Shortlist
Stud Game by David Anthony
The Switch by Elmore Leonard
Heartstone by Philip Margolin
Charnel House by Graham Masterton

1978

Winner
The Quark Maneuver by Mike Jahn

Shortlist
Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block
The Terrorizers by Donald Hamilton
They've Killed Anna by Mark Olden

1977

Winner
Confess, Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

Shortlist
The Captive City by Daniel Da Cruz
The Dark Side by Kenn Davis & John Stanley
The Retaliators by Donald Hamilton
Freeze Frame by RR Irvine

1976

Winner
Autopsy by John R Feegel

Shortlist
The Set-Up by Milt Machlin & Robin Moore
Charlie's Back in Town by Jacqueline Park
The Midas Coffin by Simon Quinn
The Assassination by David Vowell

1975

Winner
The Corpse That Walked by Roy Winsor

Shortlist
Who Killed Mr. Garland's Mistress? by Richard Forrest
Jump Cut by RR Irvine
The Gravy Train Hit by Curtis Stevens
Flats Fixed-Among Other Things by Don Tracy

1974

Winner
Death of an Informer by Will Perry

Shortlist
The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler
Deadlocked! by Leo P Kelley
Starling Street by Dinah Palmtag
The Big Fix by Roger L Simon

1973

Winner
The Invader by Richard Wormser

Shortlist
Not Dead Yet by Daniel Banko
The Smith Conspiracy by Richard Neely
Power Kill by Charles Runyon

1972

Winner
For Murder I Charge More by Frank McAuliffe

Shortlist
The White Wolverine Contract by Philip Atlee
Space for Hire by William F Nolan
Nor Spell, Nor Charm by Alicen White
And the Deep Blue Sea by Charles Williams

1971

Winner
Flashpoint by Dan J Marlowe

Shortlist
The Drowning by Jack Ehrlich
O.D. at Sweet Claude's by Matt Gattzden
After Things Fell Apart by Ron Goulart
Grave Descend by John Lange
Mafioso by Peter McCurtin

1970

Winner
The Dragon's Eye by Scott CS Stone

Shortlist
Assault on Ming by Alan Caillou
The Governess by Elsie Cromwell
A Plague of Spies by Michael Kurland
The Sour Lemon Score by Richard Stark

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