| 2010 Best Novel |
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The Missing |
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Tim Gautreaux |
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The Odds |
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Kathleen George |
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The Last Child |
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John Hart |
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| Mystic Signs of Erasing All Signs of Death |
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Charlie Huston |
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| Nemesis |
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Jo Nesbo |
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| A Beautiful Place to Die |
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Malla Nunn |
| 2010 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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The Girl She Used to Be |
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David Cristofano |
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Starvation Lake |
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Bryan Gruley |
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The Weight of Silence |
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Heather Gudenkauf |
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A Bad Day for Sorry |
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Sophie Littlefield |
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Black Water Rising |
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Attica Locke |
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In the Shadow of Gotham |
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Stefanie Pintoff |
| 2009 Best Novel |
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Missing |
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Karin Alvtegen |
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Blue Heaven |
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C J Box |
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Sins of the Assassin |
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Robert Ferrigno |
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The Price of Blood |
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Delcan Hughes |
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The Night Following |
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Morag Joss |
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Curse of the Spellmans |
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Lisa Lutz |
| 2009 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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The Kind One |
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Tom Epperson |
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Sweetsmoke |
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David Fuller |
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The Foreigner |
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Francis Lin |
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Calumet City |
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Charlie Newton |
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A Cure for Night |
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Justin Peacock |
| 2008 Best Novel |
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Christine Falls |
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Benjamin Black |
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Priest |
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Ken Bruen |
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
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Michael Chabon |
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Soul Patch |
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Reed Farrel Coleman |
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Down River |
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John Hart |
| 2008 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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Missing Witness |
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Gordon Campbell |
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In the Woods |
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Tana French |
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Snitch Jacket |
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Christopher Goffard |
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Head Games |
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Craig McDonald |
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Pyres |
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Derek Nikitas |
| 2007 Best Novel |
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The Pale Blue Eyes |
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Louis Bayard |
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The Janissary Tree |
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Jason Goodwin |
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Gentlemen and Players |
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Joanne Harris |
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The Dead Hour |
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Denise Mina |
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The Virgin of the Small Plains |
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Nancy Pickard |
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The Liberation Movements |
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Olen Steinhauer |
| 2007 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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The Faithful Spy |
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Alex Berensen |
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Sharp Objects |
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Gillian Flynn |
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King of Lies |
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John Hart |
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Holmes on the Range |
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Steven Hockensmith |
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A Field of Darkness |
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Cornelia Reed |
| 2006 Best Novel |
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The Lincoln Lawyer |
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Michael Connelly |
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Red Leaves |
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Thomas H Cook |
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Vanish |
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Tess Gerritsen |
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Drama City |
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George Pelecanos |
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Citizen Vince |
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Jess Walker |
| 2006 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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Die a Little |
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Megan Abbott |
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Immoral |
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Brian Freeman |
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Run the Risk |
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Scott Frost |
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Hide Your Eyes |
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Alison Gaylin |
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Officer Down |
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Theresa Schwegel |
| 2005 Best Novel |
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Evan's Gate |
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Rhys Bowen |
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By a Spider's Thread |
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Laura Lippman |
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Remembering Sarah |
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Chris Mooney |
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California Girl |
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T. Jefferson Parker |
| 2005 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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Little Girl Lost |
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Richard Aleas |
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Relative Danger |
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Charles Benoit |
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Cloud Atlas |
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Liam Callanan |
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Tonight I Said Goodbye |
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Michael Koryta |
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Country of Origin |
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Don Lee |
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Bahamarama |
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Bob Morris |
| 2004 Best Novel |
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The Guards |
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Ken Bruen |
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Out |
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Natsuo Kirino |
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Resurrection Man |
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Ian Rankin |
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Maisie Dobbs |
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Jacquiline Winspear |
| 2004 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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12 Bliss Street |
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Martha Conway |
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Offer of Proof |
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Robert Heilbrun |
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Night of the Dance |
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James Hime |
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Death of a Nationalist |
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Rebecca Pawel |
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The Bridge of Sighs |
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Olen Steinhauer |
| 2003 Best Novel |
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Savannah Blues |
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Mary Kay Andrews |
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Jolie Blon's Bounce |
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James Lee Burke |
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City of Bones |
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Michael Connelly |
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Winter and Night |
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S.J. Rozan |
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No Good Deed |
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Manda Scott |
| 2003 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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Southern Latitudes |
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Stephen J. Clark |
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The Blue Edge of Midnight |
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Jonathon King |
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High Wire |
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Kam Majd |
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Buck Fevere |
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Ben Rehder |
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Open and Shut |
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David Rosenfelt |
| 2002 Best Novel |
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The Judgement |
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D.W. Buffa |
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Tell No One |
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Harlan Coben |
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Money, Money, Money |
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Ed McBain |
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Silent Joe |
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T. Jefferson Parker |
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Reflecting the Sky |
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S.J. Rozan |
| 2002 Best First Novel by an American Author |
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Open Season |
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C.J.Box |
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Red Hook |
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Gabriel Cohen |
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Line of Vision |
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David Ellis |
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Gun Monkeys |
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Victor Gischler |
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The Jasmine Trade |
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Denise Hamilton |
| Best Novels for Earlier Years |
| 2001 |
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The Bottoms |
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Joe R Lansdale |
| 2000 |
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Bones |
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Jan Burke |
| 1999 |
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Mr. White's Confession |
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Robert Clark |
| 1998 |
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Cimarron Rose |
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James Lee Burke |
| 1997 |
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The Chatham School Affair |
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Thomas H Cook |
| 1996 |
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Come to Grief |
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Dick Francis |
| 1995 |
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The Red Scream |
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Mary Willis Walker |
| 1994 |
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The Sculptress |
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Minette Walters |
| 1993 |
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Bootlegger's Daughter |
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Margaret Maron |
| 1992 |
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse |
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Lawrence Block |
| 1991 |
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New Orleans Mourning |
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Julie Smith |
| 1990 |
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Black Cherry Blues |
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James Lee Burke |
| 1989 |
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Cold, Red Sunrise |
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Stuart Kaminsky |
| 1988 |
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Old Bones: A Gideon Oliver Mystery |
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Aaron J Elkins |
| 1987 |
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A Dark-adapted Eye |
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Barbara Vine |
| 1986 |
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Suspect |
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L R Wright |
| 1985 |
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Briarpatch |
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Ross Thomas |
| 1984 |
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Labrava |
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Elmore Leonard |
| 1983 |
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Billingsgate Shoal |
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Rick Boyer |
| 1982 |
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Perigrine |
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William Bayer |
| 1981 |
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Whip Hand |
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Dick Francis |
| 1980 |
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The Rheingold Route |
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Arthur Maling |
| 1979 |
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Eye of the Needle |
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Ken Follett |
| 1978 |
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Catch Me Kill Me |
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William Hallahan |
| 1977 |
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Promised Land |
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Robert B Parker |
| 1976 |
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Hopscotch |
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Brian Garfield |
| 1975 |
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Peter's Pence |
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Jon Cleary |
| 1974 |
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Dancehall of the Dead |
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Tony Hillerman |
| 1973 |
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The Lingala Code |
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Warren Kiefer |
| 1972 |
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The Day of the Jackal |
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Frederick Forsyth |
| 1971 |
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The Laughing Policeman |
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Maj Sjowall |
| 1970 |
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Forfeit |
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Dick Francis |
| 1969 |
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A Case of Need |
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Michael Creighton |
| 1968 |
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God Save the Mark |
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Donald Weslake |
| 1967 |
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King of the Rainy Country |
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Nicholas Freeling |
| 1966 |
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The Quiller Memorandum |
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Adam Hall |
| 1965 |
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold |
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John Le Carre |
| 1964 |
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The Light of Day |
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Eric Ambler |
| 1963 |
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Death and the Joyful Woman |
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Peter Ellis |
| 1962 |
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Gideon's Fire |
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J J Marric |
| 1961 |
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Progress of a Crime |
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Julian Symons |
| 1960 |
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The Hours Before Dawn |
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Celia Fremlin |
| 1959 |
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The Eighth Circle |
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Stanley Ellin |
| 1958 |
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Room to Swing |
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Ed Lacy |
| 1957 |
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A Dram of Poison |
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Charlotte Armstrong |
| 1956 |
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Beast in View |
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Margaret Millar |
| 1955 |
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The Long Goodbye |
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Raymond Chandler |
| 1954 |
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Beat Not the Bones |
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Charlotte Jay |
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