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22 years tracked (1997–2018), 121 entries total.
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2018
The Dry
Jane Harper · Best First Novel
Winner
The Marsh King's Daughter
Karen Dionne · Best Novel
Winner
Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz · Best Novel
Nominee
My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Late Show
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Nominee
2017
A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny · Best Novel
Winner
Back Blast
Mark Greaney · Best Thriller
Nominee
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Heavens May Fall
Allen Eskens · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Nominee
2016
The Long and Faraway Gone
Louis Berney · Best Paperback Original
Winner
2015
Natchez Burning
Greg Iles · Best Novel
Winner
The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens · Best Paperback Original
Winner
2014
Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger · Best Novel
Winner
Burial Rites
Hannah Kent · Best First Novel
Nominee
Flaskepost fra P
Jussi Adler-Olsen · Best Novel
Nominee
Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews · Best Thriller
Nominee
2013
The Blackhouse
Peter May · Best Novel
Winner
The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva · Best Thriller
Winner
Defending Jacob
William Landay · Best Novel
Nominee
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn · Best Novel
Nominee
Live by Night
Dennis Lehane · Best Novel
Nominee
Trust Your Eyes
Linwood Barclay · Best Novel
Nominee
2012
Dead Man's Grip
James, Peter · Best British Novel
Winner
The Informationist
Taylor Stevens · Best First Novel
Winner
The Keeper of Lost Causes
Jussi Adler-Olsen · Best Novel
Winner
Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson · Best First Novel
Nominee
Iron House
John Hart · Best Novel
Nominee
The Accident
Linwood Barclay · Best Novel
Nominee
The Devotion of Suspect X
Keigo Higashino · Best First Novel
Nominee
2011
Fever of the Bone
Val McDermid · Best Paperback Original
Winner
The Lock Artist
Steve Hamilton · Best Novel
Winner
American Assassin
Vince Flynn · Best Thriller
Nominee
Bury Your Dead
Louise Penny · Best Novel
Nominee
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin · Best Novel
Nominee
Nowhere To Run
C. J. Box · Best Novel
Nominee
Savages
Don Winslow · Best Novel
Nominee
Started Early, Took My Dog
Kate Atkinson · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
The Other Half Lives
Sophie Hannah · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
The Rembrandt Affair
Daniel Silva · Best Thriller
Nominee
2010
If The Dead Rise Not
Philip Kerr · Best British Crime Novel
Winner
The Last Child
John Hart · Best Novel
Winner
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley · Best First Novel
Winner
Beat the Reaper
Josh Bazell · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Gates
John Connolly · Best Novel
Nominee
The Ghosts of Belfast
Stuart Neville · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Lovers
John Connolly · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
The Weight of Silence
Heather Gudenkauf · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
2009
Child 44
Tom Rob Smith · Best First Novel
Winner
The Draining Lake
Arnaldur Indriðason · Best Novel
Winner
Ritual
Mo Hayder · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
Severance Package
Duane Swierczynski · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny · Best Novel
Nominee
2008
In the Woods
Tana French · Best First Novel
Winner
Queenpin
Megan E. Abbott · Best Paperback Original
Winner
What the Dead Know
Laura Lippman · Best Novel
Winner
A Quiet Belief in Angels
Roger Jon Ellory · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
No Time for Goodbye
Linwood Barclay · Best Thriller
Nominee
Silence
Thomas Perry · Best Thriller
Nominee
The Spellman Files
Lisa Lutz · Best First Novel
Nominee
2007
Still Life
Louise Penny · Best First Novel
Winner
The Messenger
Daniel Silva · Best Thriller
Winner
A Field of Darkness
Cornelia Read · Best First Novel
Nominee
Relentless
Simon Kernick · Best Thriller
Nominee
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn · Best First Novel
Nominee
Sovereign
C. J. Sansom · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
The Faithful Spy
Alex Berenson · Best First Novel
Nominee
2006
Red Leaves
Thomas H. Cook · Best Novel
Winner
A Good Day to Die
Simon Kernick · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
Consent to Kill
Vince Flynn · Best Thriller
Nominee
Immoral
Brian Freeman · Best First Novel
Nominee
Map of Bones
James Rollins · Best Thriller
Nominee
Silence of the Grave
Arnaldur Indriðason · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
The Power of the Dog
Don Winslow · Best Novel
Nominee
2005
The Enemy
Lee Child · Best Novel
Winner
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón · Best First Novel
Winner
A Death in Vienna
Daniel Silva · Best Thriller
Nominee
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeffry P. Lindsay · Best Novel
Nominee
Paranoia
Joseph Finder · Best Thriller
Nominee
Scarecrow
Matthew Reilly · Best Thriller
Nominee
Some Danger Involved
Thomas, Will · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Devil of Nanking
Mo Hayder · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
2004
The Distant Echo
Val McDermid · Best British Crime Novel
Winner
Want To Play?
P.J. Tracy · Best First Novel
Winner
A Fountain Filled with Blood
Julia Spencer-Fleming · Best Novel
Nominee
Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear · Best First Novel
Nominee
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane · Best Novel
Nominee
The American Boy
Andrew Author Taylor · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
2003
City of Bones
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Winner
In the Bleak Midwinter
Julia Spencer-Fleming · Best First Novel
Winner
The White Road
John Connolly · Best British Crime Novel
Winner
The Business of Dying
Simon Kernick · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
Without Fail
Lee Child · Best Novel
Nominee
2002
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane · Best Novel
Winner
Open Season
C. J. Box · Best First Novel
Winner
Blindsighted
Karin Slaughter · Best First Novel
Nominee
Bubbles Unbound
Sarah Strohmeyer · Best First Novel
Nominee
Killing the Shadows
Val McDermid · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
Tell No One
Harlan Coben · Best Novel
Nominee
The Falls
Ian Rankin · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
The Killing Kind
John Connolly · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
2001
A Conspiracy of Paper
David Liss · Best First Novel
Winner
Deep South
Nevada Barr · Best Novel
Winner
Running Blind
Lee Child · Best Novel
Nominee
Winter of the Wolf Moon
Steve Hamilton · Best Novel
Nominee
2000
Murder With Peacocks
Donna Andrews · Best First Novel
Winner
Angels Flight
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Nominee
Every Dead Thing
John Connolly · Best British Crime Novel
Nominee
High Five
Janet Evanovich · Best Novel
Nominee
L.A. Requiem
Robert Crais · Best Novel
Nominee
Them Bones
Carolyn Haines · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
1999
Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane · Best Novel
Winner
A Cold Day in Paradise
Steve Hamilton · Best First Novel
Nominee
Blood Work
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Nominee
The Coffin Dancer
Jeffery Deaver · Best Novel
Nominee
The Hanging Garden
Ian Rankin · Best Novel
Nominee
1998
Back Spin
Harlan Coben · Best Paperback Original
Winner
Killing Floor
Lee Child · Best First Novel
Winner
Trunk Music
Michael Connelly · Best Novel
Winner
Big Red Tequila
Rick Riordan · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
1997
Fade Away
Harlan Coben · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
