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2022
Longlist
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
The Man In The Bunker by Rory Clements
Oath Bound by Richard Cullen
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
Operation Black Key by Kim Hughes
Where Blood Runs Cold by Giles Kristian
The Vacation by John Marrs
The Plant Hunter by TL Mogford
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook
The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy
Emperor of Dust by Jonathan Spencer
2021
Winner
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Shortlist
City of Vengeance by DV Bishop
Otto Eckhart’s Ordeal by Niall Edworthy
The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah
Total Blackout by Alex Shaw
Rogue by James Swallow

Longlist
A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne
The Hill by Ali Bryan
The Englishman by David Gilman
Operation Certain Death by Kim Hughes
The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne
The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
2019
Winner
Firefly by Henry Porter

Shortlist
Sleeper: The Red Storm by JD Fennell
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell
Preservation by Jock Serong
To The Lions by Holly Watt
 
Longlist
The Encircling Sea by Adrian Goldsworthy
Only Killers And Thieves by Paul Howarth
The Relic Hunters by David Leadbeater
Winter World by AG Riddle
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
Liars' Paradox by Taylor Stevens​
2018
Winner
A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
 
Shortlist
Nucleus by Rory Clements
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
No Good Brother by Tyler Keevil
Looking for Evelyn by Maggie Ritchie
Pendragon by James Wilde
2017
Winner
Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney
 
Shortlist
Crisis by Frank Gardner
The Last Horseman by David Gilman
Finisterre by Graham Hurley
On Starlit Seas by Sara Sheridan
Nomad by James Swallow
2016
Winner
The Tears of Dark Water by Corban Addison
 
Shortlist
Vanishing Games by Roger Hobbs
Eagles at War by Ben Kane
The Revelation Code by Andy McDermott
Britannia by Simon Scarrow
Into the Fire by Manda Scott