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