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2020
Winner
November Road by Lou Berney

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This is Gomorrah by Tom Chatfield
One Way Out by AA Dhand
Between Two Evils by Eva Dolan
Cold Storage by David Koepp
The Whisper Man by Alex North

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Keep You Close by Karen Cleveland
Perfect Kill by Helen Fields
A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris
The River by Peter Heller
Cemetery Road by Greg Iles
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
The King’s Evil by Andrew Taylor
2019
Winner
To The Lions by Holly Watt

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Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman
No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones
Memo From Turner by Tim Willocks

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Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
Homegrown Hero by Khurrum Rahman​
2018
Winner
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

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London Rules by Mick Herron
If I Die Before I Wake by Emily Koch
An Act of Silence by Colette McBeth
The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor
The Force by Don Winslow

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The Spy’s Daughter by Adam Brookes
The Switch by Joseph Finder
​A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips​
2017
Winner
Spook Street by Mick Herron

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You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
The Killing Game by JS Carol
We Go Around in the Night Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant
Redemption Road by John Hart
The Constant Soldier by William Ryan
 
Longlist
Kill the Next One by Federico Axat
The Twenty Three by Linwood Barclay
The Heat by Garry Disher
A Hero in France by Alan Furst
Moskva by Jack Grimwood
The One Man by Andrew Gross
Dark Asset by Adrian Magson
Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
Jericho’s War by Gerald Seymour
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Broken Heart by Tim Weaver
2016
Winner
The Cartel by Don Winslow
 
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Make Me by Lee Child
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
The English Spy by Daniel Silva
2015
Winner
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
 
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Missing by Sam Hawken
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
The White Van by Patrick Hoffman
The Night The Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
 
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No Safe House by Linwood Barclay
The Defence by Steve Cavanagh
The Stranger by Harlan Coben
The Final Minute by Simon Kernick
Runner by Patrick Lee
Heartman by MP Wright
2014
Winner
An Officer and A Spy by Robert Harris
 
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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
 
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Never Go Back by Lee Child
419 by Will Ferguson
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Corporal’s Wife by Gerald Seymour
2013
Winner
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
 
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Ratlines by Stuart Neville
The Sentinel by Mark Oldfield
Capital Punishment by Robert Wilson
 
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The Abduction by Jonathan Holt
The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
The Poison Tide by Andrew Williams
2012
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A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
 
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Dare Me by Megan Abbott
The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
 
Longlist
The Shadow Patrol by Alex Berenson
The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn
Uncommon Enemy by Alan Judd
The Child Who by Simon Lelic
2011
Winner
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
 
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The Good Son by Michael Gruber
Cold Rain by Craig Smith
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson
 
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The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
An Agent of Deceit by Chris Morgan Jones
Savages by Don Winslow
2010
Winner
A Loyal Spy by Simon Conway
 
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61 Hours by Lee Child
Gone by Mo Hayder
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
The Dying Light by Henry Porter
Innocent by Scott Turow
The Gentlemen’s Hour by Don Winslow
2009
Winner
The Last Child by John Hart
 
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The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
The Interrogator by Andrew Williams
2008
Winner
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
 
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Ritual by Mo Hayder
I See You by Gregg Hurwitz
Shatter by Michael Robotham
The Echelon Vendetta by David Stone
2007
Winner
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
 
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The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
The Woods by Harlan Coben
City of Lies by RJ Ellory
The Intruders by Michael Marshall
The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham
Triptych by Karin Slaughter
2006
Winner
Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone
 
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The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Sweet Gum by Jo-Ann Goodwin
Pig Island by Mo Hayder
The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
The Mercy Seat by Martyn Waites
Contact Zero by David Wolstencroft
2005
Winner
Brandenburg by Henry Porter
 
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A Blind Eye by GM Ford
A Good Day to Die by Simon Kernick
The Apothecary's House by Adrian Mathews
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Double Cross Blind by Joel Ross
A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva
2004
Winner
Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver
 
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The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
Tokyo by Mo Hayder
Hard Landing by Stephen Leather
Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty
The Confessor by Daniel Silva
2003
Winner
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman
 
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Persuader by Lee Child
Candlemoth by RJ Ellory
The Nightspinners by Lucretia Grindle
The Company by Robert Littell
Empire State by Henry Porter
Traitor's Kiss by Gerald Seymour
2002
Winner
The Sirius Crossing by John Creed
 
Shortlist
The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
Without Fail by Lee Child
Hostage by Robert Crais
Lime's Photograph by Leif Davidsen
The French Executioner by CC Humphreys
Tango One by Stephen Leather