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Cleland Q6152425 2016-best-non-fiction-a-good-man-with-a-dog-a-game-warden-s-25 2016 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods Roger Guay with Kate Clark Flora 2016-best-non-fiction-sara-paretsky-a-companion-to-the-mystery 2016 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction Margaret Kinsman 2016-best-short-story-parallel-play 2016 Best Short Story true Winner Parallel Play Art Taylor Q18719241 Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press) 2016-best-short-story-double-jinx-a-bellissimo-casino-crime-ca 2016 Best Short Story false Finalist Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story Gretchen Archer Henery Press 2016-best-short-story-the-best-laid-plans 2016 Best Short Story false Finalist The Best-Laid Plans Barb Goffman Q87409866 Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional (Wildside Press) 2016-best-short-story-the-mayor-and-the-midwife 2016 Best Short Story false Finalist The Mayor and the Midwife Edith Maxwell Q28837214 Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 (Down & Out Books) 2016-best-short-story-the-last-blue-glass 2016 Best Short Story false Finalist The Last Blue Glass B.K. 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Barb Goffman Q87409866 Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015 2015-best-short-story-a-killing-at-the-beausoleil 2015 Best Short Story false Finalist A Killing at the Beausoleil Terrie Farley Moran Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2015 2015-best-short-story-a-questionable-death 2015 Best Short Story false Finalist A Questionable Death Edith Maxwell Q28837214 History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) 2015-best-short-story-suffer-the-poor 2015 Best Short Story false Finalist Suffer the Poor Harriette Sackler History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) 2015-best-short-story-a-joy-forever 2015 Best Short Story false Finalist A Joy Forever B.K. 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Alzina Stone Dale Passport Books 1998-best-non-fiction-speaking-of-murder 1998 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Speaking of Murder Edward Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg Q5343140 Berkley 1998-best-non-fiction-dean-james-and-ellen-nehr-deadly-women 1998 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Dean James and Ellen Nehr, Deadly Women Jan Grape Carroll & Graf Publishers 1998-best-non-fiction-silk-stalkings-ii 1998 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Silk Stalkings II Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson Scarecrow 1998-best-non-fiction-killer-books 1998 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Killer Books Jean Swanson and Dean James Q6171568 Berkley 1998-best-short-story-of-course-you-know-that-chocolate-is-a-v 1998 Best Short Story true Winner Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable Barbara D'Amato Q4858844 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998 1997-best-first-novel-the-salaryman-s-wife 1997 Best First Novel true Winner The Salaryman's Wife Sujata Massey Q266187 HarperCollins 1997-best-first-novel-quieter-than-sleep 1997 Best First Novel false Finalist Quieter Than Sleep Joanne Dobson Q6206101 Doubleday 1997-best-first-novel-the-butter-did-it 1997 Best First Novel false Finalist The Butter Did It Phyllis Richman Q18574584 HarperCollins 1997-best-first-novel-dead-body-language 1997 Best First Novel false Finalist Dead Body Language Penny Warner Q7164447 Bantam Books 1997-best-first-novel-death-brims-over 1997 Best First Novel false Finalist Death Brims Over Barbara Jaye Wilson Avon 1997-best-novel-the-devil-in-music 1997 Best Novel true Winner The Devil In Music Kate Ross Q13423116 Viking Press 1997-best-novel-hocus 1997 Best Novel false Finalist Hocus Jan Burke Q1681667 Simon & Schuster 1997-best-novel-dreaming-of-the-bones 1997 Best Novel false Finalist Dreaming of the Bones Deborah Crombie Q272861 Scribner 1997-best-novel-goose-in-a-pond 1997 Best Novel false Finalist Goose in a Pond Earlene Fowler Q5326489 Berkley Books 1997-best-novel-seeing-a-large-cat 1997 Best Novel false Finalist Seeing a Large Cat Q14928329 Elizabeth Peters Q451009 Warner 1997-best-non-fiction-detecting-men 1997 Best Non-Fiction true Winner Detecting Men Willeta L. Heising Purple Moon Press 1997-best-non-fiction-crimes-of-the-scene 1997 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Crimes of the Scene Nina King and Robin Winks Q7352880 St. Martin's Press 1997-best-non-fiction-guilty-parties 1997 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Guilty Parties Ian Ousby Q16015164 Thames & Hudson 1997-best-short-story-tea-for-two 1997 Best Short Story true Winner Tea for Two M.D. Lake Funnybones (Penguin Group) 1996-best-first-novel-murder-on-a-girl-s-night-out 1996 Best First Novel true Winner Murder on a Girl's Night Out Anne George Q4768372 Avon 1996-best-first-novel-death-in-little-tokyo-a-ken-tanaka-myste 1996 Best First Novel false Finalist Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery Dale Furutani Q3701016 St. Martin’s 1996-best-first-novel-somebody-else-s-child 1996 Best First Novel false Finalist Somebody Else's Child Q30668103 Terris Grimes Onyx Books 1996-best-first-novel-the-grass-widow 1996 Best First Novel false Finalist The Grass Widow Teri Holbrook Q7702382 Bantam Books 1996-best-first-novel-hearts-and-bone-a-novel-of-historical-su 1996 Best First Novel false Finalist Hearts and Bone: A Novel of Historical Suspense Margaret K. Lawrence Avon 1996-best-first-novel-riding-for-a-fall 1996 Best First Novel false Finalist Riding for a Fall Lillian M. Roberts Gold Medal 1996-best-novel-up-jumps-the-devil 1996 Best Novel true Winner Up Jumps the Devil Q141456593 Margaret Maron Q465231 Mysterious Press 1996-best-novel-kansas-troubles 1996 Best Novel false Finalist Kansas Troubles Earlene Fowler Q5326489 Berkley Books 1996-best-novel-strong-as-death 1996 Best Novel false Finalist Strong as Death Sharan Newman Q7489401 Forge 1996-best-non-fiction-detecting-women-2 1996 Best Non-Fiction true Winner Detecting Women 2 Willetta L. Heising Purple Moon Press 1996-best-non-fiction-mystery-a-celebration 1996 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Mystery: A Celebration Ron Miller KQED Books 1996-best-non-fiction-amateur-detectives-a-writer-s-guide-to-h 1996 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases Elaine Raco Chase and Anne Wingate Q4768895 Writer's Digest 1996-best-non-fiction-the-letters-of-dorothy-l-sayers-the-maki 1996 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making of a Detective Novelist Barbara Reynolds (editor) Q4859246 St. Martin's Minotaur 1996-best-non-fiction-by-a-woman-s-hand-2nd-edition 1996 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist By a Woman's Hand, 2nd Edition Jean Swanson and Dean James Q6171568 Berkley Publishing Group 1996-best-short-story-accidents-will-happen 1996 Best Short Story true Winner Accidents Will Happen Carolyn Wheat Q23816377 Malice Domestic 5 (Pocket Books) 1995-best-first-novel-the-body-in-the-transept 1995 Best First Novel true Winner The Body in the Transept Jeanne M. Dams Walker 1995-best-first-novel-a-far-and-deadly-cry 1995 Best First Novel false Finalist A Far and Deadly Cry Teri Holbrook Q7702382 1995-best-first-novel-horse-of-a-different-killer 1995 Best First Novel false Finalist Horse of a Different Killer Jody Jaffe 1995-best-first-novel-death-in-bloodhound-red 1995 Best First Novel false Finalist Death in Bloodhound Red Virginia Lanier Q7934362 1995-best-first-novel-murder-in-scorpio 1995 Best First Novel false Finalist Murder in Scorpio Martha C. Lawrence 1995-best-novel-if-i-d-killed-him-when-i-met-him 1995 Best Novel true Winner If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him Q139759832 Sharyn McCrumb Q1152905 Ballantine Books 1995-best-novel-miracles-in-maggody 1995 Best Novel false Finalist Miracles in Maggody Joan Hess Q1690743 1995-best-novel-the-wandering-arm 1995 Best Novel false Finalist The Wandering Arm Sharan Newman Q7489401 1995-best-novel-twilight 1995 Best Novel false Finalist Twilight Nancy Pickard Q509515 1995-best-novel-escapade 1995 Best Novel false Finalist Escapade Walter Satterthwait 1995-best-non-fiction-mystery-readers-walking-guide-chicago 1995 Best Non-Fiction true Winner Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago Alzina Stone Dale Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group 1995-best-non-fiction-john-dickson-carr-the-man-who-explained- 1995 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist John Dickson Carr: the Man Who Explained Miracles Douglas G. Greene Q20950002 1995-best-non-fiction-ngaio-marsh-the-woman-and-her-work 1995 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Ngaio Marsh: the Woman and Her Work B.J. Rahn 1995-best-non-fiction-the-armchair-detective-book-of-lists-2nd 1995 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd edition Kate Stine 1995-best-non-fiction-the-cadfael-companion-2nd-edition 1995 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Cadfael Companion, 2nd edition Robin Whiteman 1995-best-short-story-the-dog-who-remembered-too-much 1995 Best Short Story true Winner The Dog Who Remembered Too Much Elizabeth Daniels Squire Malice Domestic 4 (Pocket Books) 1994-best-first-novel-do-unto-others 1994 Best First Novel true Winner Do Unto Others Jeff Abbott Q537057 Ballantine 1994-best-first-novel-writers-of-the-purple-sage 1994 Best First Novel false Finalist Writers of the Purple Sage Barbara Burnett Smith 1994-best-first-novel-one-for-the-money 1994 Best First Novel false Finalist One for the Money Q3211930 Janet Evanovich Q240547 Scribner 1994-best-first-novel-fool-s-puzzle 1994 Best First Novel false Finalist Fool's Puzzle Earlene Fowler Q5326489 1994-best-first-novel-until-death 1994 Best First Novel false Finalist Until Death Polly Whitney 1994-best-novel-she-walks-these-hills 1994 Best Novel true Winner She Walks These Hills Q29097868 Sharyn McCrumb Q1152905 Scribner 1994-best-novel-scandal-in-fair-haven 1994 Best Novel false Finalist Scandal in Fair Haven Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 1994-best-novel-the-beekeeper-s-apprentice 1994 Best Novel false Finalist The Beekeeper's Apprentice Q7716279 Laurie R. King Q272794 1994-best-novel-angel-of-death 1994 Best Novel false Finalist Angel of Death Rochelle Majer Krich Q2160238 1994-best-novel-night-train-to-memphis 1994 Best Novel false Finalist Night Train to Memphis Elizabeth Peters Q451009 1994-best-non-fiction-by-a-woman-s-hand 1994 Best Non-Fiction true Winner By a Woman's Hand Jean Swanson and Dean James Q6171568 Berkley Publishing Group 1994-best-non-fiction-encyclopedia-mysteriosa 1994 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Encyclopedia Mysteriosa William L. DeAndrea Q4020066 1994-best-non-fiction-crime-fiction-ii 1994 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Crime Fiction II Allen J. Hubin Q20666680 1994-best-non-fiction-great-women-mystery-writers 1994 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Great Women Mystery Writers Kathleen Gregory Klein 1994-best-non-fiction-had-she-but-known-mary-roberts-rinehart 1994 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart Charlotte MacLeod Q353898 1994-best-short-story-the-family-jewels 1994 Best Short Story true Winner The Family Jewels Dorothy Cannell Q5298347 Malice Domestic 3 (Pocket Books) 1993-best-first-novel-track-of-the-cat 1993 Best First Novel true Winner Track of the Cat Q30668086 Nevada Barr Q447404 Putnam 1993-best-first-novel-goodnight-irene 1993 Best First Novel false Finalist Goodnight, Irene Jan Burke Q1681667 1993-best-first-novel-a-share-in-death 1993 Best First Novel false Finalist A Share in Death Deborah Crombie Q272861 1993-best-first-novel-death-comes-as-ephiphany 1993 Best First Novel false Finalist Death Comes as Ephiphany Sharan Newman Q7489401 1993-best-first-novel-child-of-silence 1993 Best First Novel false Finalist Child of Silence Abigail Padgett Q321123 1993-best-novel-dead-man-s-island 1993 Best Novel true Winner Dead Man's Island Carolyn Hart Q3595068 Bantam Books 1993-best-novel-old-scores 1993 Best Novel false Finalist Old Scores Aaron Elkins Q3603071 1993-best-novel-o-little-town-of-maggody 1993 Best Novel false Finalist O Little Town of Maggody Joan Hess Q1690743 1993-best-novel-to-live-and-die-in-dixie 1993 Best Novel false Finalist To Live and Die in Dixie Kathy Hogan Trocheck Q6779987 1993-best-novel-fair-game 1993 Best Novel false Finalist Fair Game Rochelle Majer Krich Q2160238 1993-best-novel-southern-discomfort 1993 Best Novel false Finalist Southern Discomfort Margaret Maron Q465231 1993-best-non-fiction-the-doctor-the-murder-the-mystery 1993 Best Non-Fiction true Winner The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery Q30324427 Barbara D'Amato Q4858844 Noble Press 1993-best-non-fiction-the-poisonous-pen-of-agatha-christie 1993 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie Michael C. Gerald 1993-best-non-fiction-the-fine-art-of-murder 1993 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Fine Art of Murder Edward Gorman Q5343140 1993-best-non-fiction-a-reader-s-guide-to-the-american-novel-o 1993 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection Marvin Lachman 1993-best-non-fiction-the-doubleday-crime-club-compendium-1928 1993 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist The Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91 Ellen A. Nehr 1993-best-non-fiction-dorothy-l-sayers 1993 Best Non-Fiction false Finalist Dorothy L. Sayers Alzina Stone Dale 1993-best-short-story-kim-s-game 1993 Best Short Story true Winner Kim's Game M.D. Lake Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books) 1992-best-first-novel-blanche-on-the-lam 1992 Best First Novel true Winner Blanche on the Lam Q4924906 Barbara Neely Q4859184 St. Martin's Press 1992-best-first-novel-all-the-great-pretenders 1992 Best First Novel false Finalist All the Great Pretenders Deborah Adams Q69447247 1992-best-first-novel-decked 1992 Best First Novel false Finalist Decked Carol Higgins Clark Q2939843 1992-best-first-novel-seneca-falls-inheritance 1992 Best First Novel false Finalist Seneca Falls Inheritance Miriam Grace Monfredo 1992-best-first-novel-thyme-of-death 1992 Best First Novel false Finalist Thyme of Death Susan Wittig Albert Q7648548 1992-best-novel-bootlegger-s-daughter 1992 Best Novel true Winner Bootlegger's Daughter Q29097702 Margaret Maron Q465231 Mysterious Press 1992-best-novel-southern-ghost 1992 Best Novel false Finalist Southern Ghost Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 1992-best-novel-the-hangman-s-beautiful-daughter 1992 Best Novel false Finalist The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Sharyn McCrumb Q1152905 1992-best-novel-defend-and-betray 1992 Best Novel false Finalist Defend and Betray Anne Perry Q288627 1992-best-novel-the-snake-the-crocodile-and-the-dog 1992 Best Novel false Finalist The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog Q7764972 Elizabeth Peters Q451009 1992-best-short-story-nice-gorilla 1992 Best Short Story true Winner Nice Gorilla Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins Q3603071 Malice Domestic 1 (Pocket Books) 1991-best-first-novel-zero-at-the-bone 1991 Best First Novel true Winner Zero at the Bone Mary Willis Walker Q274708 St. Martin's Press 1991-best-first-novel-carpool 1991 Best First Novel false Finalist Carpool Mary Cahill 1991-best-first-novel-just-desserts 1991 Best First Novel false Finalist Just Desserts Mary Daheim Q16104646 1991-best-first-novel-the-bulrush-murders 1991 Best First Novel false Finalist The Bulrush Murders Rebecca Rothenberg 1991-best-first-novel-flowers-for-the-dead 1991 Best First Novel false Finalist Flowers for the Dead Ann Williams 1991-best-novel-i-o-u 1991 Best Novel true Winner I.O.U. Nancy Pickard Q509515 Pocket Books 1991-best-novel-make-no-bones 1991 Best Novel false Finalist Make No Bones Aaron Elkins Q3603071 Mysterious Press 1991-best-novel-the-christie-caper 1991 Best Novel false Finalist The Christie Caper Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 Bantam Books 1991-best-novel-an-owl-too-many 1991 Best Novel false Finalist An Owl Too Many Charlotte MacLeod Q353898 Mysterious Press 1991-best-novel-the-last-camel-died-at-noon 1991 Best Novel false Finalist The Last Camel Died at Noon Q7745609 Elizabeth Peters Q451009 Warner 1991-best-short-story-deborah-s-judgment 1991 Best Short Story true Winner Deborah's Judgment Margaret Maron Q465231 A Woman's Eye (Delacourte Press) 1990-best-first-novel-the-body-in-the-belfry 1990 Best First Novel true Winner The Body in the Belfry Katherine Hall Page Q21634562 St. Martin's Press 1990-best-first-novel-screaming-bones 1990 Best First Novel false Finalist Screaming Bones Pat Burden 1990-best-first-novel-the-chartreuse-clue 1990 Best First Novel false Finalist The Chartreuse Clue William F. Love 1990-best-first-novel-catering-to-nobody 1990 Best First Novel false Finalist Catering to Nobody Diane Mott Davidson Q1208990 1990-best-first-novel-sea-of-troubles 1990 Best First Novel false Finalist Sea of Troubles Janet L. Smith 1990-best-novel-bum-steer 1990 Best Novel true Winner Bum Steer Nancy Pickard Q509515 Pocket Books 1990-best-novel-real-murders 1990 Best Novel false Finalist Real Murders Charlaine Harris Q233566 1990-best-novel-deadly-valentine 1990 Best Novel false Finalist Deadly Valentine Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 1990-best-novel-the-face-of-a-stranger 1990 Best Novel false Finalist The Face of a Stranger Anne Perry Q288627 1990-best-novel-the-potter-s-field 1990 Best Novel false Finalist The Potter's Field Q7757892 Ellis Peters Q237235 1990-best-short-story-too-much-to-bare 1990 Best Short Story true Winner Too Much To Bare Joan Hess Q1690743 Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley Publishing Group) 1989-best-first-novel-grime-and-punishment 1989 Best First Novel true Winner Grime and Punishment Jill Churchill Q13563085 Avon 1989-best-first-novel-working-murder 1989 Best First Novel false Finalist Working Murder Eleanor Boylan 1989-best-first-novel-a-question-of-guilt 1989 Best First Novel false Finalist A Question of Guilt Frances Fyfield Q463182 1989-best-first-novel-the-mother-shadow 1989 Best First Novel false Finalist The Mother Shadow Melanie Johnson Howe 1989-best-first-novel-the-mark-twain-murders 1989 Best First Novel false Finalist The Mark Twain Murders Edith Skom Q5338677 1989-best-novel-naked-once-more 1989 Best Novel true Winner Naked Once More Elizabeth Peters Q451009 Warner 1989-best-novel-the-sirens-sang-of-murder 1989 Best Novel false Finalist The Sirens Sang of Murder Q30632449 Sarah Caudwell Q3459129 1989-best-novel-a-little-class-on-murder 1989 Best Novel false Finalist A Little Class on Murder Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 1989-best-novel-corpus-christmas 1989 Best Novel false Finalist Corpus Christmas Margaret Maron Q465231 1989-best-novel-philly-stakes 1989 Best Novel false Finalist Philly Stakes Gillian Roberts 1989-best-short-story-a-wee-doch-and-doris 1989 Best Short Story true Winner A Wee Doch And Doris Sharyn McCrumb Q1152905 Mistletoe Mysteries (Mysterious Press) 1988-best-first-novel-a-great-deliverance 1988 Best First Novel true Winner A Great Deliverance Q3054552 Elizabeth George Q236727 Bantam Books 1988-best-first-novel-the-killings-at-badger-s-drift 1988 Best First Novel false Finalist The Killings at Badger's Drift Q1996316 Caroline Graham Q258431 1988-best-first-novel-the-j-alfred-prufrock-murders 1988 Best First Novel false Finalist The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders Corinne Holt Sawyer Q11302761 1988-best-first-novel-goodbye-nanny-grey 1988 Best First Novel false Finalist Goodbye Nanny Grey Susannah Stacey 1988-best-first-novel-dead-men-don-t-give-seminars 1988 Best First Novel false Finalist Dead Men Don't Give Seminars Dorothy Sucher Q5298649 1988-best-novel-something-wicked 1988 Best Novel true Winner Something Wicked Q30668077 Carolyn G. Hart Q3595068 Bantam 1988-best-novel-the-widow-s-club 1988 Best Novel false Finalist The Widow's Club Dorothy Cannell Q5298347 1988-best-novel-mischief-in-maggody 1988 Best Novel false Finalist Mischief in Maggody Joan Hess Q1690743 1988-best-novel-paying-the-piper 1988 Best Novel false Finalist Paying the Piper Sharyn McCrumb Q1152905 1988-best-novel-dead-crazy 1988 Best Novel false Finalist Dead Crazy Nancy Pickard Q509515 1988-best-short-story-more-final-than-divorce 1988 Best Short Story true Winner More Final Than Divorce Robert Barnard Q1788811 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine