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2020
Winner
The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Shortlist
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sarah Jane by James Sallis
2019
Winner

November Road by Lou Berney

Shortlist
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer  Hillier
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger
2018
Winner
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Shortlist
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
The Force by Don Winslow
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2017
Winner
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
 
Shortlist
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Dark Fissures by Matt Coyle
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
2016
Winner
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney
 
Shortlist
Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan
The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
The Cartel by Don Winslow
2015
Winner
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
 
Shortlist
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
The Lewis Man by Peter May
The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames
2014
Winner
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
 
Shortlist
Sandrine's Case by Thomas H Cook
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin
2013
Winner
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
 
Shortlist
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Blackhouse by Peter May
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The Art Forger by BA Shapiro
The Twenty Year Death by Ariel S Winter
The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters
2012
Winner
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
 
 Shortlist
1222 by Anne Holt
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
Hell & Gone by Duane Swierczynski
2011
Winner
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
 
Shortlist
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
2010
Winner
Tower by Ken Bruen
 
Shortlist
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Shanghai Moon by SJ Rozan
2009
Winner
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
 
Shortlist
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
The Fault Tree by Louise Ure
2008
Winner
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
 
Shortlist
Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie
2007
Winner
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
 
Shortlist
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
2006
Winner
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
 
Shortlist
One Shot by Lee Child
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
2005
Winner
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen
 
Shortlist
Cold Case by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson
2004
Winner
The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey
 
Shortlist
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Done for a Dime by David Corbett
2003
Winner
Winter and Night by SJ Rozan
 
Shortlist
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Nine by Jan Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
2002
Winner
Folly by Laurie R King
 
Shortlist
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker
2001
Winner
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
 
Shortlist
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale
Half Moon Street by Anne Perry
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
2000
Winner
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey
 
Shortlist
River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
1999
Winner
Blood Work by Michael Connelly
 
Shortlist
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Blue by Abigail Padgett
1998
Winner
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
 
Shortlist
Hocus by Jan Burke
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Ax by Donald E Westlake
1997
Winner
Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
 
1996
Winner
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker
 
1995
Winner
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
 
1994
Winner
The Sculptress by Minette Walters
 
1993
Winner
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
 
1992
Winner
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard
 
1991
Winner
If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb
1990
Winner
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Hart
 
1989
Winner
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
 
1988
Winner
Marriage is Murder by Nancy Pickard
 
1987

Winner
A Taste for Death by PD James
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