Shortlist In Two Minds by Alis Hawkins Metropolis by Philip Kerr The Bear Pit by SG MacLean Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin The Paper Bark Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
Longlist The Serpent’s Mark by SW Perry The Anarchists’ Club by Alex Reeve The Bone Fire by SD Sykes The King’s Evil by Andrew Taylor The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson
2019 Winner Destroying Angel by SG MacLean
Shortlist The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee The House on Half Moon Street by Alex Reeve Tombland by CJ Sansom Blood and Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Longlist The Mobster’s Lament by Ray Celestin Gallows Court by Martin Edwards The Mathematical Bridge by Jim Kelly The Angel’s Mark by SW Perry
Endeavor Historical Dagger
2018 Winner Nucleus by Rory Clements
Shortlist Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh & Stella Duffy A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen Fire by LC Tyler Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson
Longlist Death in the Stars by Frances Brody Merlin at War by Mark Ellis The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
2017 Winner A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee Shortlist The Devil’s Feast by MJ Carter The Ashes of Berlin by Luke McCallin The Long Drop by Denise Mina By Gaslight by Steven Price The City in Darkness by Michael Russell Longlist The Coroner’s Daughter by Andrew Hughes The Black Friar by SG MacLean Darktown by Thomas Mullen Dark Asylum by ES Thomson
2016 Winner Stasi Child by David Young Shortlist The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr A Book of Scars by William Shaw The Jazz Files by Fiona Veitch Smith Striking Murder by AJ Wright
2015 Winner The Seeker by SG MacLean Shortlist Havana Sleeping by Martin Davies The Man from Berlin by Luke McCallin The Taxidermist’s Daughter by Kate Mosse Lamentation by CJ Sansom The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor
2014 Winner The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson Shortlist Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders by Kate Griffin Treachery by SJ Parris The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh Theft of Life by Imogen Robertson The City of Strangers by Michael Russell The Dead Can Wait by Robert Ryan
Historical Dagger
2013 Winner The Scent of Death by Andrew Taylor Shortlist The Heretics by Rory Clements Pilgrim Soul by Gordon Ferris The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson Dead Men and Broken Hearts by Craig Russell The Twelfth Department by William Ryan
Ellis Peters Historical Award
2012 Winner Icelight by Aly Monroe Shortlist The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris I will have vengeance by Maurizio di Giovanni Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr Sacrilege by SJ Parris A Willing Victim by Laura Wilson
2011 Winner The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin Shortlist Prince by Rory Clements The Red Coffin by Sam Eastland The Hanging Shed by Gordon Ferris The Cleansing Flames by RN Morris Island of Bones by Imogen Robertson
2010 Winner Revenger by Rory Clements Shortlist Washington Shadow by Aly Monroe Heresy by SJ Parris Heartstone by CJ Sansom The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor To Kill A Tsar by Andrew Williams
2009 Winner If The Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr Shortlist The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean The Intelligence Officer by Mark Mills The Interrogator by Andrew Williams An Empty Death by Laura Wilson
2008 Winner Stratton’s War by Laura Wilson Shortlist Last Nocturne by Marjorie Eccles The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin A Mortal Curiosity by Ann Granger Inspector Ghote’s First Case by HRF Keating A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin A Vengeful Longing by RN Morris Revelation by CJ Sansom Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor
2007 Winner Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin Shortlist The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin The One From the Other by Philip Kerr Murder at Deviation Junction by Andrew Martin The Savage Garden by Mark Mills The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
2006 Winner Red Sky Lament by Edward Wright Shortlist The Pale Blue Eyes by Louis Bayard Nefertiti & The Book of the Dead by Nick Drake The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin The Sultan’s Seal by Jenny White
Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
2005 Winner Dark Fire by CJ Sansom Shortlist The God of Chaos by Tom Bradby The Palace Tiger by Barbara Cleverly After the Armistice Ball by Catriona McPherson The Portrait by Iain Pears Mortal Mischeif by Frank Tallis
2004 Winner The Damascened Blade by Barbara Cleverly Shortlist The Shape of Sand by Marjorie Eccles Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl The Judgement of Caesar by Steven Saylor The Lover by Laura Wilson
2003 Winner The American Boy by Andrew Taylor Shortlist The White Russian by Tom Bradby The Advocate by Marcello Fois London Dust by Lee Jackson Blood on the Wood by Gillian Linscott Dissolution by CJ Sansom The Bridge of Sights by Olen Steinhauer
2002 Winner Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Shortlist The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis The Pale Companion by Philip Gooden Dead Man Riding by Gillian Linscott The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza The Desperate Remedy by Martin Stephen
2001 Winner The Office of the Dead by Andrew Taylor Shortlist Ode To A Banker by Lindsey Davis A Distinction of Blood by Hannah March A Cold Touch of Ice by Michael Pearce Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor Mortal Sins by Penn Williamson
2000 Winner Absent Friends by Gillian Linscott 1999 Winner Two for the Lions by Lindsey Davis