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2020
Winner
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

Shortlist
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Call Me Evie by JP Pomare
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
2019
Winner
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver

Shortlist
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor

2018
Winner
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

Shortlist
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Dry by Jane Harper
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas​
2017
Winner
IQ by Joe Ide
 
Shortlist
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
Design for Dying by Renee Patrick
2016
Winner
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
 
Shortlist
Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott
The Killing Kind by Chris Holm
Where All Light Tends To Go by David Joy
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
On the Road with Del and Louise by Art Taylor
2015
Winner
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
 
Shortlist
Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino
Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman
Someone Else’s Skin by Sarah Hilary
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day
2014
Winner
A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames
 
Shortlist
Yesterday’s Echo by Matt Coyle
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman
Norwegian by Night by Derek B Miller
2013
Winner
Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman
 
Shortlist
Low Country Boil by Susan M Boyer
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Expats by Chris Pavone
2012
Winner
All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen
 
Shortlist
Learning to Swim by Sara J Henry
Nazareth Child by Darrell James
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson
2011
Winner
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
 
Shortlist
The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill
A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic
2010
Winner
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
 
Shortlist
Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
The Twelve (The Ghosts of Belfast) by Stuart Neville
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
2009
Winner
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
 
Shortlist
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris
Death of a Cozy Writer by GM Malliet
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell
2008
Winner
In the Woods by Tana French
 
Shortlist
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Stealing the Dragon by Tim Maleeny
The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees
2007
Winner
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
 
Shortlist
Consigned to Death by Jane K Cleland
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook
The King of Lies by John Hart
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
2006
Winner
Immoral by Brian Freeman
 
Shortlist
All Shook Up by Mike Harrison
The Baby Game by Randall Hicks
2005
Winner
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak
 
Shortlist
Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo
Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara
Whiskey Sour by JA Konrath
Misdemeanor Man by Dylan Schaffer
2004
Winner
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
 
Shortlist
Night of the Dance by James Hime
Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
The Bridge of Sights by Olen Steinhauer
2003
Winner
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
 
Shortlist
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King
The Distance by Eddie Muller
A Valley To Die For by Radine Trees Nehring
2002
Winner
Open Season by CJ Box
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Shortlist
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton
Perhaps She’ll Die by MK Preston
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
2001
Winner
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
 
Shortlist
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson
2000
Winner
Inner City Blues by Paula L Woods
 
Shortlist
Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Murder in the Marais by Cara Black
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri
1999
Winner
Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer
 
Shortlist
Tiger’s Palette by Jacqueline Fiedler
The Doctor Digs a Grave by Robin Hathaway
1998
Winner
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner
 
Shortlist
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Off the Face of the Earth by Aljean Harmetz
Charm City by Laura Lippman
The Salaryman’s Wife by Sujata Massey
1997
Winner
Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani
 
1996
Winner
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones by Dianne Day
 
1995
Winner
Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott
 
1994
Winner
Death Comes as Epiphany by Sharan Newman
 
1993
Winner
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
 
1992
Winner
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
 
1992
Winner
Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker
 
1991
Winner
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
 
1990
Winner
Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill
1989
Winner
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
 
1988
Winner
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais
 
1987
Winners
The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman
A Case of Loyalties by Marilyn Wallace