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2021
Winner
Written in Bone by Sue Black

Shortlist
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
These Are Not Gentle People by Andrew Harding
Dancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding
The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre

Longlist
The Prison Doctor; Women Inside by Amanda Brown
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club by Martin Edwards
Hell in the Heartland by Jax Miller
The Peer and the Gangster by Daniel Smith
Operation Morthor by Ravi Somaiya
The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale
No Return by Mark Townsend
2020
Winner
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Shortlist
Corrupt Bodies by Peter Everett
Honour: Achieving Justice for Banaz Mahmod by Caroline Goode
The Fatal Passion of Alma Rattenbury by Sean O'Connor
The Professor and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking by Adam Sisman
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton

Longlist
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner
Red River Girl by Joanna Jolly
She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
Dead Fashion Girl: A Situationist Detective Story by Fred Vermorel
2019
Winner
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre

Shortlist
All That Remains by Sue Black
An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman
Murder by the Book by Claire Harman
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

Longlist
Trace by Rachael Brown
Eve Was Shamed by Helena Kennedy
In Your Defence by Sarah Langford
My Life with Murderers by David Wilson
2018
Winner
Blood On The Page by Thomas Harding​

Shortlist
Black Dahlia Red Rose by Piu Eatwell
Killers Of The Flower Moon by David Grann
The Fact Of A Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
A False Report by T Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong
Rex v Edith Thompson by Laura Thompson
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Longlist
The Story Of Classic Crime In 100 Books by Martin Edwards
Operation Chaos by Matthew Sweet
Getting Carter by Nick Triplow
Past Mortems by Carla Valentine
2017
Winner
Close But No Cigar: A True Story of Prison Life in Castro’s Cuba by Stephen Purvis
 
Shortlist
A Dangerous Place by Simon Farquhar
The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage by Anja Reich-Osang
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale
A Passing Fury: Searching for Justice at the End of World War II by AT Williams
Another Day In The Death Of America by Gary Younge
 
Longlist
Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes by Michael Sims
The Ice Age: A Journey into Crystal-Meth Addiction by Luke Williams
2016
Winner
You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] by Andrew Hankinson
 
Shortlist
Sexy Beasts: The Hatton Garden Mob by Wensley Clarkson
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories by Thomas Grant
A Very Expensive Poison by Luke` Harding
John le Carré: The Biography by Adam Sisman
2015
Winner
In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies
 
Shortlist
A Kim John Il Production by Paul Fischer
Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic by Jill Leovy
Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey Into the World of the Gun by Iain Overton
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Ǻsne Seierstad
Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption by Bryan Stevenson
2014
Winner
The Siege by Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark
 
Shortlist
Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun
Life after Death by Damien Echols
Undercover by Rob Evans & Paul Lewis
The Girl by Samantha Geimer
Manson by Jeff Guinn
2013
Winner
Midnight in Peking by Paul French
 
Shortlist
The Boy in the River by Richard Hoskins
Against a Tide of Evil by Mukesh Kapila & Damien Lewis
A Find Day for a Hanging by Carol Ann Lee
Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami
Injustice by Clive Stafford Smith
2012
Winner
The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan
 
Shortlist
To Live Outside the Law by Leaf Fielding
Dark Market by Misha Glenny
Hood Rat by Gavin Knight
The Negotiator by Ben Lopez
Witness by David Smith & Carol Ann Lee
2011
Winner
The Killer of Little Shepherds by Douglas Starr
 
Shortlist
The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo
Mr Briggs’ Hat by Kate Colquhoun
Slaughter on a Snowy Morn by Colin Evans
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders
2010
Winner
Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families’ Pursuit of Justice by Ruth Dudley Edwards
 
Shortlist
Major Farran’s Hat by David Cesarani
Killing Time by David R Dow