2020 Winner Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
Shortlist What You Pay For by Claire Askew November Road by Lou Berney Forced Confessions by John Fairfax Joe Country by Mick Herron Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee
Longlist Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Gary Bell Black Summer by MW Craven The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths Silver by Chris Hammer The Bear Pit by SG MacLean Throw Me to the Wolves by Patrick McGuinness The Whisper Man by Alex North That Left Turn at Albuquerque by Scott Phillips No One Home by Tim Weaver
2019 Winner The Puppet Show by MW Craven
Shortlist All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew What We Did by Christobel Kent Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna Leon American By Day by Derek B Miller A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better by Benjamin Wood
Longlist Snap by Belinda Bauer The Mobster’s Lament by Ray Celestin Body and Soul by John Harvey Fade to Grey by John Lincoln Cold Bones by David Mark Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee Salt Lane by William Shaw Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson The Fire Court by Andrew Taylor
Goldsboro Gold Dagger
2018 Winner The Liar by Steve Cavanagh
Shortlist London Rules by Mick Herron Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
Longlist Head Case by Ross Armstrong Sunburn by Laura Lippman You Don't Know Me by Imran Mahmood The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
2017 Winner The Dry by Jane Harper
Shortlist The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin Spook Street by Mick Herron The Girl in Green by Derek B Miller A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
Longlist The Girl Before by JP Delaney Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith Little Deaths by Emma Flint Sirens by Joseph Knox Ashes of Berlin by Luke McCallin Darktown by Thomas Mullen
2016 Winner Dodgers by Bill Beverly Shortlist Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre Real Tigers by Mick Herron Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina
2015 Winner Life or Death by Michael Robotham Shortlist The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer The Rules of Wolfe by James Carlos Blake The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith Missing by Sam Hawken Mr Mercedes by Stephen King Pleasantville by Attica Locke Longlist The Bone Seeker by MJ McGrath The Serpentine Road by Paul Mendelson The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
2014 Winner This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash Shortlist Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly The First Rule of Survival by Paul Mendelson How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny Longlist Stone Bruises by Simon Beckett What She Saw by Mark Roberts The Corporal’s Wife by Gerald Seymour The Verdict by Nick Stone
2013 Winner Dead Lions by Mick Herron Shortlist Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman Longlist Tequilla Sunset by Sam Hawken Breakdown by Sara Paretsky Say You’re Sorry by Michael Robotham The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow
2012 Winner The Rage by Gene Kerrigan Shortlist Vengeance in Mind by NJ Cooper The Flight by MR Hall Bereft by Chris Womersley Longlist Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante The Child Who by Simon Lelic
2011 Winner Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin Shortlist The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton Snowdrops by AD Miller The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina Longlist The Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder The Cypress House by Michael Koryta White Heat by MJ McGrath
2010 Winner Blacklands by Belinda Bauer Shortlist Blood Harvest by SJ Bolton Shadowplay by Karen Campbell The Way Home by George Pelecanos Longlist Conman by Richard Asplin Rain Gods by James Lee Burke The Strange Case of the Composer and his Judge by Patricia Duncker Still Midnight by Denise Mina
2009 Winner A Whispered Name by William Brodrick Shortlist When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson In the Dark by Mark Billingham Hit and Run by Lawrence Block The Coroner by MR Hall Dark Times in the City by Gene Kerrigan
Duncan Lawrie Dagger
2008 Winner Blood From Stone by Frances Fyfield Shortlist The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill Night Work by Steve Hamilton What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman A Vengeful Longing by RN Morris
2007 Winner The Broken Shore by Peter Temple Shortlist The Fields of Grief by Giles Blunt Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Brother Grimm by Craig Russell Sovereign by CJ Sansom
2006 Winner Raven Black by Ann Cleeves Shortlist The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook Safer Than Houses by Frances Fyfield Wolves of Memory by Bill James A Thousand Lies by Laura Wilson
Gold Dagger
2005 Winner Silence of the Grave by Arnadur Indriðason Silver Dagger Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel Shortlist Calling Out for You by Karin Fossum In Matto's Realm by Friedrich Glauser Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas
2004 Winner Blacklist Sara Paretsky Silver Dagger Flesh and Blood by John Harvey Shortlist Tokyo by Mo Hayder The Torment of Others by Val McDermid Midnight Cab by James W Nichol The Lover by Laura Wilson
2003 Winner Fox Evil by Minette Walters Silver Dagger Half-Broken Things by Morag Joss Shortlist The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin The Company by Robert Littell Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson
Macallan Gold Dagger
2002 Winner The Athenian Murders by José Carlos Somoza Silver Dagger The Final Country by James Crumley Shortlist Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke City of Bones by Michael Connelly Acid Row by Minette Walters
2001 Winner Sidetracked by Henning Mankell Silver Dagger Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt Shortlist Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth Baby Love by Denise Danks Right as Rain by George Pelecanos The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
2000 Winner Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Silver Dagger Friends In High Places by Donna Leon Shortlist Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith Lost by Lucy Wadham
1999 Winner A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson Silver Dagger Vienna Blood by Adrian Mathews Shortlist Angels Flight by Michael Connelly Phreak by Denise Danks Staring at the Light by Frances Fyfield A Place of Execution by Val McDermid Dead Souls by Ian Rankin
1998 Winner Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke Silver Dagger Manchester Slingback by Nicholas Blincoe Shortlist Fire Hawk by Geoffrey Archer A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill King Suckerman by George Pelecanos
1997 Winner Black and Blue by Ian Rankin Silver Dagger Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich Shortlist The Reluctant Investigator by Frank Lean
1996 Winner Popcorn by Ben Elton Silver Dagger Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey Shortlist A Private Enquiry by Jessica Mann
1995 Winner The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid Silver Dagger The Summons by Peter Lovesey Shortlist Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside The Dark Room by Minette Walters
Gold Dagger
1994 Winner The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters Silver Dagger Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg Shortlist Crack Down by Val McDermid Tunnel Vision by Sara Paretsky
1993 Winner Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell Silver Dagger Fatlands by Sarah Dunant Shortlist Death Among the Dons by Janet Neel The Hand of Strange Children by Robert Richards
1992 Winner The Way Through the Woods by Colin Dexter Silver Dagger Bucket Nut by Liza Cody
1991 Winner King Solomon's Carpet by Barbara Vine Silver Dagger Deep Sleep by Frances Fyfield Shortlist Dirty Tricks by Michael Dibdin Death of a Partner by Janet Neel
1990 Winner Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill Silver Dagger The Late Candidate by Mike Phillips Shortlist Rough Treatment by John Harvey
1989 Winner The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter Silver Dagger The Shadow Run by Desmond Lowden
1988 Winner Ratking by Michael Dibdin Silver Dagger Toxic Shock by Sara Paretsky
1987 Winner A Fatal inversion by Barbara Vine Silver Dagger Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow Shortlist Under Contract by Liza Cody
1986 Winner Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell Silver Dagger A Taste for Death by PD James
1985 Winner Monkey Puzzle by Paula Gosling Silver Dagger Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson Shortlist A Piece of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh Our Father's Lies by Andrew Taylor
1984 Winner The Twelfth Juror by BM Gill Silver Dagger The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell
1983 Winner Accidental Crimes by John Hutton Silver Dagger The Papers of Tony Vietch by William McIlvanney
1982 Winner The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey Silver Dagger Ritual Murder by ST Haymon
1981 Winner Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith Silver Dagger The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter
1980 Winner The Murder of the Maharaja by HRF Keating Silver Dagger Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
1979 Winner Whip Hand by Dick Francis Silver Dagger Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter
1978 Winner The Chelsea Murders by Lionel Davidson Silver Dagger Waxwork by Peter Lovesey
1977 Winner The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré Silver Dagger Laidlaw by William McIlvanney
1976 Winner A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell Silver Dagger Rogue Eagle by James H McClure
1975 Winner The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer Silver Dagger The Black Tower by PD James
1974 Winner Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price Silver Dagger The Grosvenor Square Goodbye by Francis Clifford
1973 Winner The Defection of A.J. Lewinter by Robert Littell Silver Dagger A Coffin for Pandora by Gwendoline Butler
1972 Winner The Levanter by Eric Ambler Silver Dagger The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning
1971 Winner The Steam Pig by James H McClure Silver Dagger Shroud for a Nightingale by PD James
1970 Winner Young Man I Think You're Dying by Joan Fleming Silver Dagger The Labyrinth Makers by Anthony Price
1969 Winner A Pride of Heroes (The Old English Peep Show) by Peter Dickinson Silver Dagger Another Way of Dying by Francis Clifford
1968 Winner Skin Deep (A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest) by Peter Dickinson Shortlist The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake
1967 Winner Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen Shortlist Dirty Story by Eric Ambler Lonely Heart 4122 by Colin Watson
1966 Winner A Long Way to Shiloh by Lionel Davidson Shortlist The Double Agent by John Bingham
1965 Winner The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald Shortlist For Kicks by Dick Francis Accounting for Murder by Emma Lathen Midnight Plus One by Gavin Lyall
1964 Winner The Perfect Murder by HRF Keating Shortlist The Most Dangerous Game by Gavin Lyall The Chill by Ross Macdonald
1963 Winner The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré Shortlist Gun Before Butter by Nicolas Freeling The High Wire by William Haggard
1962 Winner When I Grow Rich by Joan Fleming Shortlist The Light of the Day by Eric Ambler Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson
1961 Winner The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly Shortlist Call for the Dead by John le Carré One Way by Allan Prior
1960 Winner The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson Shortlist My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons
Crossed Red Herring Award
1959 Winner Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler Shortlist Strike for a Kingdom by Menna Gallie A Way Back by James Mitchell
1958 Winner Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett Shortlist Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham Or Be He Dead by James Byrom Undiplomatic Exit by John Sherwood
1957 Winner The Colour of Murder by Julian Symons Shortlist Off With His Head by Ngaio Marsh Your Money or Your Life by George Milner The Long Echo by Douglas Rutherford
1956 Winner The Second Man by Edward Grierson Shortlist Time Right Deadly by Sarah Gainham Gideon's Week by JJ Marric Man of Two Tribes by Arthur Upfield
1955 Winner The Little Walls by Winston Graham Shortlist The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett Blind Date by Leigh Howard Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh