Macavity Awards, winners and finalists

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IDYearCategoryWonResultTitleWork (Wikidata)Author(s)Author (Wikidata)Publisher / publicationSeries
2025-best-mystery-novel-california-bear2025Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerCalifornia BearDuane SwierczynskiQ5310393Mulholland Books
2025-best-mystery-novel-hall-of-mirrors2025Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHall of MirrorsJohn CopenhaverQ87409861Pegasus Crime
2025-best-mystery-novel-served-cold2025Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistServed ColdJames L’EtoileLevel Best
2025-best-mystery-novel-the-god-of-the-woods2025Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe God of the WoodsLiz MooreQ43325488Riverhead Books
2025-best-mystery-novel-the-in-crowd2025Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe In CrowdCharlotte VassellDoubleday (publisher)
2025-best-mystery-novel-all-the-colors-of-the-dark2025Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistAll the Colors of the DarkChris WhitakerQ110765371Crown Publishing Group
2024-best-mystery-novel-all-the-sinners-bleed2024Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerAll the Sinners BleedS.A. CosbyQ98497315Flatiron Books
2024-best-mystery-novel-dark-ride2024Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDark RideLou BerneyQ28497719Wm. Morrow
2024-best-mystery-novel-hide2024Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHideTracy ClarkQ117023495Thomas & Mercer
2024-best-mystery-novel-happiness-falls2024Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHappiness FallsAngie KimHogarth
2024-best-mystery-novel-murder-book2024Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistMurder BookThomas PerryQ2426488Mysterious
2024-best-mystery-novel-crook-manifesto2024Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCrook ManifestoColson WhiteheadQ509662Penguin Random House - Doubleday
2023-best-mystery-novel-a-world-of-curiosities2023Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA World of CuriositiesQ117317201Louise PennyQ460414Minotaur
2023-best-mystery-novel-back-to-the-garden2023Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBack to the GardenLaurie R. KingQ272794Bantam
2023-best-mystery-novel-two-nights-in-lisbon2023Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTwo Nights in LisbonChris PavoneQ13102113MCD
2023-best-mystery-novel-a-heart-full-of-headstones2023Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Heart Full of HeadstonesQ115806245Ian RankinQ318431Little, Brown
2023-best-mystery-novel-killers-of-a-certain-age2023Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistKillers of a Certain AgeDeanna RaybournQ5246761Berkley
2023-best-mystery-novel-secret-identity2023Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSecret IdentityAlex SeguraQ116378763Flatiron Books
2022-best-mystery-novel-razorblade-tears2022Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerRazorblade TearsQ108619623S. A. CosbyQ98497315Flatiron Books
2022-best-mystery-novel-the-dark-hours2022Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Dark HoursMichael ConnellyQ313193Little, Brown, & Co.
2022-best-mystery-novel-19792022Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalist1979Val McDermidQ239911Atlantic Monthly
2022-best-mystery-novel-bobby-march-will-live-forever2022Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBobby March Will Live ForeverAlan ParksQ1517481World Noir
2022-best-mystery-novel-we-begin-at-the-end2022Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWe Begin at the EndChris WhitakerQ2964893Henry Holt & Co.
2022-best-mystery-novel-harlem-shuffle2022Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHarlem ShuffleQ98113816Colson WhiteheadQ509662Doubleday
2022-best-first-mystery-novel-arsenic-and-adobo2022Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerArsenic and AdoboMia P. ManansalaBerkley Books
2022-best-first-mystery-novel-who-is-maude-dixon2022Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistWho Is Maude Dixon?Alexandra AndrewsLittle, Brown, & Co.
2022-best-first-mystery-novel-girl-a2022Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistGirl AAbigail DeanQ105075065Viking Press
2022-best-first-mystery-novel-deer-season2022Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeer SeasonErin FlanaganUniversity of Nebraska Press
2022-best-first-mystery-novel-all-her-little-secrets2022Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistAll Her Little SecretsWanda M. MorrisWilliam Morrow & Co.
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-how-to-write-a-mystery-a-handbook-from-m2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerHow to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of AmericaLee Child with Laurie R. KingQ333719Scribner
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-s-poirot-the-greatest-de2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistAgatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the WorldMark AldridgeQ51163670HarperCollins
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-confidence-men-how-two-prisoners-of-2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in HistoryMargalit FoxQ6759071Random House
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham-2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham GreeneQ106993260Richard GreeneW. W. Norton & Co.
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-tony-hillerman-a-life2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistTony Hillerman: A LifeJames McGrath MorrisQ16186383University of Oklahoma Press
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-reason-for-the-darkness-of-the-night2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American ScienceJohn TreschFarrar, Straus and Giroux
2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-twelve-lives-of-alfred-hitchcock-an-2022Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of SuspenseQ106968353Edward WhiteW. W. Norton & Co.
2022-best-mystery-short-story-sweeps-week2022Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerSweeps WeekRichard HelmsEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
2022-best-mystery-short-story-lucky-thirteen2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistLucky ThirteenTracy ClarkMidnight Hour (Crooked Lane Books)
2022-best-mystery-short-story-curious-incidents2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistCurious IncidentsSteve HockensmithQ7612850Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021
2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-road-to-hana2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Road to HanaR.T. LawtonAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2021
2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-white-star2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe White StarG.M. MallietQ18356729Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-locked-room-library2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Locked Room LibraryGigi PandianQ94648552Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
2022-best-mystery-short-story-julius-katz-and-the-two-cousins2022Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistJulius Katz and the Two CousinsDave ZeltsermanQ3703063Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-clark-and-division2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerClark and DivisionNaomi HiraharaQ21034199Soho Crime
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-venice-sketchbook2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Venice SketchbookRhys BowenQ6153562Lake Union
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-hollywood-spy2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Hollywood SpySusan Elia MacNealQ22278966Bantam Books
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-bombay-prince2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Bombay PrinceSujata MasseyQ266187Soho Crime
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-velvet-was-the-night2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistVelvet was the NightSilvia Moreno-GarciaQ17386413Del Rey Books
2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-death-at-greenway2022Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDeath at GreenwayLori Rader-DayQ23816368William Morrow & Co.
2021-best-mystery-novel-blacktop-wasteland2021Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerBlacktop WastelandQ108619501S. A. CosbyQ98497315Flatiron Books
2021-best-mystery-novel-before-she-was-helen2021Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBefore She Was HelenCaroline B. CooneyQ2939963Ecco Press
2021-best-mystery-novel-blind-vigil2021Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlind VigilMatt CoyleQ6788513Oceanview Publishing
2021-best-mystery-novel-all-the-devils-are-here2021Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistAll the Devils Are HereLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2021-best-mystery-novel-these-women2021Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThese WomenIvy PochodaQ13563187Poisoned Pen Press
2021-best-mystery-novel-when-she-was-good2021Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWhen She Was GoodMichael RobothamQ981683Scribner
2021-best-first-mystery-novel-winter-counts2021Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerWinter CountsDavid Heska Wanbli WeidenQ107356587Ecco Press
2021-best-first-mystery-novel-djinn-patrol-on-the-purple-line2021Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDjinn Patrol on the Purple LineQ99777276Deepa AnapparaRandom House
2021-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-old-bombay2021Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder in Old BombayNev MarchMinotaur Books
2021-best-first-mystery-novel-the-thursday-murder-club2021Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Thursday Murder ClubQ104881034Richard OsmanQ7328202Pamela Dorman Books
2021-best-first-mystery-novel-darling-rose-gold2021Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDarling Rose GoldStephanie WrobelBerkley Books
2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-h-r-f-keating-a-life-of-crime2021Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerH.R.F. Keating: A Life of CrimeSheila MitchellLevel Best Books
2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-sometimes-you-have-to-lie-the-life-and-t2021Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the SpyLeslie BrodyQ6530666Seal Press
2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-howdunit-a-masterclass-in-crime-writing-2021Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistHowdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection ClubMartin Edwards (ed.)Q4529813HarperCollins
2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-ian-rankin-a-companion-to-the-mystery-fi2021Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistIan Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery FictionErin E. MacDonaldMcFarland & Company
2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-southern-cross-crime-the-pocket-essentia2021Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSouthern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New ZealandCraig SistersonOldcastle Books
2021-best-mystery-short-story-elysian-fields2021Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerElysian FieldsGabriel ValjanCalifornia Schemin': The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Art Taylor (Wildside Press)
2021-best-mystery-short-story-dear-emily-etiquette2021Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDear Emily EtiquetteBarb GoffmanQ87409866Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2020
2021-best-mystery-short-story-the-boy-detective-the-summer-of-742021Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Boy Detective & The Summer of ‘74Art TaylorQ18719241Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020
2021-best-mystery-short-story-dog-eat-dog2021Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDog Eat DogElaine VietsQ5353312The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads Publishing)
2021-best-mystery-short-story-the-twenty-five-year-engagement2021Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Twenty-Five Year EngagementJames W. ZiskinQ28497898In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, edited by Laurie R. King (Pegasus Crime)
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-turn-to-stone2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerTurn to StoneJames ZiskinQ28497898Seventh Street Books
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-last-mrs-summers2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Last Mrs. SummersRhys BowenQ6153562Berkley Books
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-cabinets-of-barnaby-mayne2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Cabinets of Barnaby MayneElsa HartMinotaur Books
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-turning-tide2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Turning TideCatriona McPhersonQ23816372Quercus
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mortal-music2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistMortal MusicAnn ParkerQ17285683Poisoned Pen Press
2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-mimosa-tree-mystery2021Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Mimosa Tree MysteryOvidia YuQ18640003Constable Press
2020-best-mystery-novel-the-chain2020Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe ChainQ109927867Adrian McKintyQ4685212Mulholland Books
2020-best-mystery-novel-your-house-will-pay2020Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistYour House Will PaySteph ChaQ22095423Ecco Press
2020-best-mystery-novel-this-tender-land2020Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThis Tender LandQ113144623William Kent KruegerQ534738Atria
2020-best-mystery-novel-lady-in-the-lake2020Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistLady in the LakeLaura LippmanQ446483William Morrow & Co.
2020-best-mystery-novel-the-murder-list2020Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Murder ListHank Philippi RyanForge Books
2020-best-mystery-novel-sarah-jane2020Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSarah JaneJames SallisQ736143Soho Crime
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-one-night-gone2020Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerOne Night GoneTara LaskowskiGraydon House Books
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-my-lovely-wife2020Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMy Lovely WifeSamantha DowningQ108210276Penguin Books
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ninja-daughter2020Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Ninja DaughterTori EldridgeAgora Books
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-miracle-creek2020Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMiracle CreekAngie KimSarah Crichton Books
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-call-me-evie2020Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCall Me EvieJ.P. PomareG. P. Putnam's Sons
2020-best-first-mystery-novel-american-spy2020Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistAmerican SpyQ85741243Lauren WilkinsonQ60894265Random House
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-hitchcock-and-the-censors2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerHitchcock and the CensorsJohn BillheimerUniversity Press of Kentucky
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-frederic-dannay2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistFrederic DannayLaird R. BlackwellEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story, McFarland & Company
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-beyond-the-thirty-nine-steps-a-life-of-j2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistBeyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John BuchanUrsula BuchanBloomsbury Publishing
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-norco-80-the-true-story-of-the-most-spec2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistNorco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank RobberyPeter HoulahanAmerican History, Counterpoint
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-mutual-admiration-society-how-doroth2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for WomenMo MoultonQ104772868Basic Books
2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-indecent-advances-a-hidden-history-of-tr2020Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistIndecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before StonewallJames PolchinCounterpoint
2020-best-mystery-short-story-better-days2020Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerBetter DaysArt TaylorQ18719241Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019
2020-best-mystery-short-story-west-texas-barbecue2020Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistWest Texas BarbecueMichael ChandosThe Eyes of Texas, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books)
2020-best-mystery-short-story-the-cardboard-box2020Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Cardboard BoxTerence FahertyQ7701900Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019
2020-best-mystery-short-story-alex-s-choice2020Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAlex's ChoiceBarb GoffmanQ87409866Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman(Wildside Press)
2020-best-mystery-short-story-whiteout2020Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistWhiteoutG.M. MallietQ18356729Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019
2020-best-mystery-short-story-brother-s-keeper2020Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBrother's KeeperDave ZeltsermanQ3703063Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-secrets-we-kept2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerThe Secrets We KeptLara PrescottQ112542140Vintage
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-murder-knocks-twice2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistMurder Knocks TwiceSusanna CalkinsQ87836329Minotaur Books
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-pearl-dagger2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Pearl DaggerL. A. ChandlarQ125948160Kensington Books
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lady-s-guide-to-gossip-and-murder2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Lady's Guide to Gossip and MurderDianne FreemanKensington Books
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-satapur-moonstone2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Satapur MoonstoneSujata MasseyQ266187Soho Crime
2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-charity-s-burden2020Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistCharity's BurdenEdith MaxwellQ94579903Midnight Ink
2019-best-mystery-novel-november-road2019Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerNovember RoadLou BerneyQ28497719William Morrow & Co.
2019-best-mystery-novel-if-i-die-tonight2019Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistIf I Die TonightAlison GaylinQ30727087William Morrow & Co.
2019-best-mystery-novel-the-lost-man2019Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Lost ManJane HarperQ28524412Flat Iron Books
2019-best-mystery-novel-jar-of-hearts2019Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistJar of HeartsJennifer HillierQ28497900Minotaur Books
2019-best-mystery-novel-hiroshima-boy2019Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHiroshima BoyNaomi HiraharaQ21034199Prospect Park Books
2019-best-mystery-novel-under-my-skin2019Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistUnder My SkinLisa UngerQ3242453Harlequin – Park Row Books
2019-best-first-mystery-novel-dodging-and-burning2019Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDodging and BurningJohn CopenhaverQ87409861Pegasus Books
2019-best-first-mystery-novel-my-sister-the-serial-killer2019Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMy Sister, the Serial KillerQ104843316Oyinkan BraithwaiteQ64532867Doubleday
2019-best-first-mystery-novel-where-the-crawdads-sing2019Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistWhere the Crawdads SingQ65063529Delia OwensQ62112277G. P. Putnam's Sons
2019-best-first-mystery-novel-something-in-the-water2019Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistSomething in the WaterCatherine SteadmanBallantine Books
2019-best-first-mystery-novel-the-chalk-man2019Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Chalk ManC.J. TudorQ54627519Crown
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-real-lolita-the-kidnapping-of-sally-2019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the WorldSarah WeinmanQ47510114HarperCollins
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-metaphysical-mysteries-of-g-k-cheste2019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective FictionLaird R. BlackwellMcFarland & Company
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-conan-doyle-for-the-defense-the-true-sto2019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistConan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective WriterMargalit FoxQ6759071Random House
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-classic-american-crime-fiction-of-the-192019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistClassic American Crime Fiction of the 1920sLeslie S. KlingerQ6531114Pegasus Books
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-i-ll-be-gone-in-the-dark-one-woman-s-obs2019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistI'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State KillerQ52186659Michelle McNamaraQ23924683HarperCollins
2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-a-mysterious-life2019Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistAgatha Christie: A Mysterious LifeLaura ThompsonPegasus Books
2019-best-mystery-short-story-english-398-fiction-workshop2019Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerEnglish 398: Fiction WorkshopArt TaylorQ18719241Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018
2019-best-mystery-short-story-race-to-judgment2019Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistRace to JudgmentCraig Faustus BuckEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018
2019-best-mystery-short-story-all-god-s-sparrows2019Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAll God's SparrowsLeslie BudewitzAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018
2019-best-mystery-short-story-bug-appetit2019Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBug AppétitBarb GoffmanQ87409866Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018
2019-best-mystery-short-story-three-star-sushi2019Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThree-Star SushiBarry LancetDown & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3
2019-best-mystery-short-story-the-cambodian-curse2019Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Cambodian CurseGigi PandianQ94648552The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-widows-of-malabar-hill2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerThe Widows of Malabar HillSujata MasseyQ266187Soho Crime
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lady-s-guide-to-etiquette-and-murder2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Lady's Guide to Etiquette and MurderDianne FreemanKensington Books
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-city-of-ink2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistCity of InkElsa HartMinotaur Books
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-island-of-the-mad2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistIsland of the MadQ85770149Laurie R. KingQ272794Bantam Books
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-dying-note2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Dying NoteAnn ParkerQ17285683Poisoned Pen
2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-forgotten-place2019Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Forgotten PlaceCharles ToddWilliam Morrow & Co.
2018-best-mystery-novel-magpie-murders2018Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerMagpie MurdersQ97194506Anthony HorowitzQ279305Harper
2018-best-mystery-novel-the-marsh-king-s-daughter2018Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Marsh King's DaughterKaren DionneQ29656096
2018-best-mystery-novel-bluebird-bluebird2018Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBluebird, BluebirdQ96373727Attica LockeQ4818340Mulholland Books
2018-best-mystery-novel-glass-houses2018Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistGlass HousesQ25210982Louise PennyQ460414Minotaur
2018-best-mystery-novel-the-old-man2018Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Old ManQ106441173Thomas PerryQ2426488Mysterious Press
2018-best-mystery-novel-the-force2018Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe ForceDon WinslowQ908571William Morrow & Co.
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-lost-ones2018Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Lost OnesSheena KamalQ58423984William Morrow & Co.
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-hollywood-homicide2018Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistHollywood HomicideKellye GarrettMidnight Ink
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-dry2018Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe DryQ28524515Jane HarperQ28524412Flatiron Books
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-she-rides-shotgun2018Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistShe Rides ShotgunJordan HarperEcco Press
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-last-place-you-look2018Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Last Place You LookKristen LepionkaQ67079987Minotaur Books
2018-best-first-mystery-novel-lost-luggage2018Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistLost LuggageWendall ThomasPoisoned Pen Press
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Story of Classic Crime in 100 BooksMartin EdwardsQ4529813Poisoned Pen Press/British Library
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-from-holmes-to-sherlock-the-story-of-the2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistFrom Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an IconQ60768029Mattias BostromMysterious Press
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-chester-b-himes-a-biography2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistChester B. Himes: A BiographyLawrence P. JacksonW. W. Norton & Co.
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-man-from-the-train-the-solving-of-a-2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer MysteryBill James and Rachel McCarthy JamesQ2903257Scribner
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-arthur-and-sherlock-conan-doyle-and-the-2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistArthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of HolmesMichael SimsQ6834418Bloomsbury
2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-lady-killers-deadly-women-throughout-his2018Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistLady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout HistoryTori TelferHarper Perennial
2018-best-mystery-short-story-windward2018Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerWindwardPaul D. MarksQ46996200Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books
2018-best-mystery-short-story-as-ye-sow2018Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAs Ye SowCraig Faustus BuckPassport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017, Down and Out Books
2018-best-mystery-short-story-the-2-pencil2018Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe 2 PencilMatt CoyleQ6788513Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books
2018-best-mystery-short-story-infinite-uticas2018Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistInfinite UticasTerence FahertyQ7701900Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017
2018-best-mystery-short-story-whose-wine-is-it-anyway2018Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistWhose Wine Is it Anyway?Barb GoffmanQ8740986650 Shades of Cabernet, Koehler Books
2018-best-mystery-short-story-a-necessary-ingredient2018Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Necessary IngredientArt TaylorQ18719241Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-farleigh-field2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerIn Farleigh FieldRhys BowenQ6153562Lake Union Publishing
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-devouring2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe DevouringJames R. BennQ6141569Soho Crime
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-rising-man2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Rising ManAbir MukherjeeQ70587920Pegasus
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dangerous-to-know2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDangerous to KnowRenee PatrickForge Books
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-racing-the-devil2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistRacing the DevilCharles ToddWilliam Morrow & Co.
2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-cast-the-first-stone2018Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistCast the First StoneJames W. ZiskinQ28497898Seventh Street Books
2017-best-mystery-novel-a-great-reckoning2017Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA Great ReckoningLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2017-best-mystery-novel-you-will-know-me2017Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistYou Will Know MeQ26252700Megan AbbottQ3304340Little, Brown, & Co.
2017-best-mystery-novel-dark-fissures2017Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDark FissuresMatt CoyleQ6788513Oceanview
2017-best-mystery-novel-before-the-fall2017Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBefore the FallNoah HawleyQ7045396UK: Hodder & Stoughton US: Grand Central Publishing
2017-best-mystery-novel-real-tigers2017Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistReal TigersMick HerronQ24929761UK: John Murray US: Soho Press
2017-best-mystery-novel-wilde-lake2017Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWilde LakeLaura LippmanQ446483William Morrow & Co.
2017-best-first-mystery-novel-iq2017Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerIQJoe IdeQ50385245Mulholland Books
2017-best-first-mystery-novel-the-widow2017Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe WidowFiona BartonUK: Bantam Books US: NAL
2017-best-first-mystery-novel-under-the-harrow2017Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistUnder the HarrowFlynn BerryQ41753388Penguin Books
2017-best-first-mystery-novel-dodgers2017Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDodgersBill BeverlyQ28076275No Exit Press
2017-best-first-mystery-novel-design-for-dying2017Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDesign for DyingRenee PatrickForge Books
2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-sara-paretsky-a-companion-to-the-mystery2017Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerSara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery FictionMargaret KinsmanMcFarland & Company
2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mastering-suspense-structure-and-plot-ho2017Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their SeatsJane K. ClelandQ6152425Writer's Digest Books
2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-shirley-jackson-a-rather-haunted-life2017Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistShirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeRuth FranklinQ92452668Liveright Publishing
2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-something-in-the-blood-the-untold-story-2017Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSomething in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote DraculaDavid J. SkalQ2891712Liveright Publishing
2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-wicked-boy-the-mystery-of-a-victoria2017Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererKate SummerscaleQ3297469Penguin Books
2017-best-mystery-short-story-parallel-play2017Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerParallel PlayArt TaylorQ18719241Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, Wildside Press
2017-best-mystery-short-story-autumn-at-the-automat2017Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAutumn at the AutomatLawrence BlockQ505123In Sunlight or in Shadow, Pegasus Books
2017-best-mystery-short-story-blank-shot2017Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBlank ShotCraig Faustus BuckBlack Coffee, Darkhouse Books
2017-best-mystery-short-story-survivor-s-guilt2017Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistSurvivor's GuiltGreg HerrenQ16203351Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016, Down & Out Books
2017-best-mystery-short-story-ghosts-of-bunker-hill2017Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistGhosts of Bunker HillPaul D. MarksQ46996200Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2016
2017-best-mystery-short-story-the-crawl-space2017Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Crawl SpaceJoyce Carol OatesQ217557Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 2016
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-heart-of-stone2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerHeart of StoneJames W. ZiskinQ28497898Seventh Street Books
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-death-along-the-river-fleet2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Death Along the River FleetSusanna CalkinsQ87836329Minotaur Books
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-jane-steele2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistJane SteeleLyndsay FayeQ18609305UK: Headline Review US: G. P. Putnam's Sons
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-delivering-the-truth2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDelivering The TruthEdith MaxwellQ94579903Midnight Ink
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-reek-of-red-herrings2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Reek of Red HerringsCatriona McPhersonQ23816372US: Minotaur UK: Houghton Stodder
2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-what-gold-buys2017Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistWhat Gold BuysAnn ParkerQ17285683Poisoned Pen Press
2016-best-mystery-novel-the-long-and-faraway-gone2016Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Long and Faraway GoneQ30593214Lou BerneyQ28497719William Morrow & Co.
2016-best-mystery-novel-little-black-lies2016Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistLittle Black LiesSharon BoltonQ2277246Minotaur Books
2016-best-mystery-novel-the-hot-countries2016Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Hot CountriesTim HallinanSoho Press
2016-best-mystery-novel-the-child-garden2016Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Child GardenCatriona McPhersonQ23816372Midnight Ink
2016-best-mystery-novel-life-or-death2016Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistLife or DeathQ20800530Michael RobothamQ981683Mulholland Books
2016-best-mystery-novel-the-cartel2016Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe CartelDon WinslowQ908571Alfred A. Knopf
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-past-crimes2016Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerPast CrimesGlen Erik HamiltonWilliam Morrow & Co.
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-concrete-angel2016Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistConcrete AngelPatricia AbbottPolis
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-the-killing-kind2016Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Killing KindChris HolmMulholland Books
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-where-all-light-tends-to-go2016Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistWhere All Light Tends to GoDavid JoyQ27840037G. P. Putnam's Sons
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-the-unquiet-dead2016Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Unquiet DeadQ96409678Ausma Zehanat KhanQ28497878Minotaur Books
2016-best-first-mystery-novel-on-the-road-with-del-and-louise2016Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistOn the Road with Del and LouiseArt TaylorQ18719241Henery
2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-golden-age-of-murder-the-mystery-of-2016Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective StoryMartin EdwardsQ4529813HarperCollins
2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-is-for-arsenic-the-poisons-of-agatha-c2016Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistA Is For Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha ChristieKathryn HarkupQ115869637Bloomsbury Sigma
2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-meanwhile-there-are-letters-the-correspo2016Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMeanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross MacdonaldSuzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan (eds.)Arcade
2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-forensics-what-bugs-burns-prints-dna-and2016Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistForensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About CrimeVal McDermidQ239911Grove Press
2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-lost-detective-becoming-dashiell-ham2016Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell HammettNathan WardBloomsbury Publishing
2016-best-mystery-short-story-the-little-men2016Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Little MenMegan AbbottQ3304340MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
2016-best-mystery-short-story-on-borrowed-time2016Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistOn Borrowed TimeMat CowardEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2015
2016-best-mystery-short-story-sob-sister2016Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistSob SisterLoren D. EstlemanQ6680363Detroit Is Our Beat: Tales of the Four Horsemen, Tyrus
2016-best-mystery-short-story-a-year-without-santa-claus2016Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Year Without Santa ClausBarb GoffmanQ87409866Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2015
2016-best-mystery-short-story-quack-and-dwight2016Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistQuack and DwightTravis RichardsonJewish Noir, edited by Kenneth Wishnia, PM Press
2016-best-mystery-short-story-a-joy-forever2016Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Joy ForeverB.K. StevensAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-masque-of-a-murderer2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerThe Masque of a MurdererSusanna CalkinsQ87836329Minotaur Books
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-gilded-grave2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Gilded GraveShelley FreydontBerkley Prime Crime
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-tom-lucky-and-george-cokey-flo2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistTom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo)C. Joseph GreavesBloomsbury
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-lady-from-zagreb2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Lady from ZagrebPhilip KerrQ556815Marian Wood/G. P. Putnam's Sons
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-secret-life-of-anna-blanc2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistSecret Life of Anna BlancJennifer KincheloeSeventh Street Books
2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dreaming-spies2016Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDreaming SpiesQ16989082Laurie R. KingQ272794Bantam Books
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-killer-next-door2015Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Killer Next DoorAlex MarwoodQ7453119Penguin Books
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-missing-place2015Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Missing PlaceSophie LittlefieldQ16885801Gallery
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-lewis-man2015Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Lewis ManPeter MayQ1743290Quercus
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-day-she-died2015Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Day She DiedQ30632659Catriona McPhersonQ23816372Midnight Ink
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-long-way-home2015Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Long Way HomeLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2015-best-mystery-novel-the-last-death-of-jack-harbin2015Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Last Death of Jack HarbinTerry ShamesSeventh Street Books
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-invisible-city2015Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerInvisible CityJulia DahlMinotaur Books
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-blessed-are-the-dead2015Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistBlessed Are the DeadKristi BelcaminoWitness Impulse
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-dry-bones-in-the-valley2015Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDry Bones in the ValleyTom BoumanQ28497867W. W. Norton & Co.
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-someone-else-s-skin2015Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistSomeone Else's SkinSarah HilaryQ24572775Penguin Books
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-dear-daughter2015Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDear DaughterElizabeth LittleViking Press
2015-best-first-mystery-novel-the-black-hour2015Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Black HourQ30324564Lori Rader-DayQ23816368Seventh Street Books
2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-writes-of-passage-adventures-on-the-writ2015Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerWrites of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's JourneyHank Phillippi Ryan (ed.)Q5648440Henery Press
2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-figure-of-the-detective-a-literary-h2015Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and AnalysisCharles BrownsonMcFarland & Company
2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-poe-land-the-hallowed-haunts-of-edgar-al2015Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistPoe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan PoeQ30593084J.W. OckerCountryman
2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-400-things-cops-know-street-smart-lesson2015Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalist400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran PatrolmanAdam PlantingaQuill Driver
2015-best-mystery-short-story-honeymoon-sweet2015Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerHoneymoon SweetCraig Faustus BuckMurder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron, Down & Out
2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-shadow-knows2015Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Shadow KnowsBarb GoffmanQ87409866Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, Wildside Press
2015-best-mystery-short-story-howling-at-the-moon2015Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistHowling at the MoonPaul D. MarksQ46996200Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014
2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-proxy2015Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe ProxyTravis RichardsonThuglit 13, Sept./Oct. 2014
2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-odds-are-against-us2015Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Odds Are Against UsArt TaylorQ18719241Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-deadly-measure-of-brimstone2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerA Deadly Measure of BrimstoneCatriona McPhersonQ23816372Minotaur Books
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-queen-of-hearts2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistQueen of HeartsRhys BowenQ6153562Berkley Prime Crime
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-things-half-in-shadow2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThings Half in ShadowAlan FinnQ99395425Gallery
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-an-officer-and-a-spy2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistAn Officer and a SpyQ17016603Robert HarrisQ313981Alfred A. Knopf
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-present-darkness2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistPresent DarknessMalla NunnQ1887476Atria
2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-hunting-shadows2015Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistHunting ShadowsCharles ToddWilliam Morrow & Co.
2014-best-mystery-novel-ordinary-grace2014Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerOrdinary GraceQ30632434William Kent KruegerQ534738Atria Books
2014-best-mystery-novel-sandrine-s-case2014Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSandrine's CaseThomas H. CookQ2072876Mysterious Press
2014-best-mystery-novel-dead-lions2014Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDead LionsMick HerronQ24929761Soho Crime
2014-best-mystery-novel-the-wicked-girls2014Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Wicked GirlsQ29830790Alex MarwoodQ7453119Penguin Books
2014-best-mystery-novel-how-the-light-gets-in2014Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHow the Light Gets InLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2014-best-mystery-novel-standing-in-another-man-s-grave2014Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistStanding in Another Man's GraveQ16545107Ian RankinQ318431Reagan Arthur Books
2014-best-first-mystery-novel-a-killing-at-cotton-hill2014Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerA Killing at Cotton HillTerry ShamesSeventh Street Books
2014-best-first-mystery-novel-yesterday-s-echo2014Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistYesterday's EchoQ30324562Matt CoyleQ6788513Oceanview Publishing
2014-best-first-mystery-novel-rage-against-the-dying2014Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistRage Against the DyingBecky MastermanMinotaur Books
2014-best-first-mystery-novel-cover-of-snow2014Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCover of SnowJenny MilchmanBallantine Books
2014-best-first-mystery-novel-norwegian-by-night2014Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistNorwegian by NightDerek MillerHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-hour-of-peril-the-secret-plot-to-mur2014Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil WarDaniel StashowerQ18921610Minotaur Books
2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-lady-and-her-monsters-a-tale-of-diss2014Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's MasterpieceRoseanne MontilloWilliam Morrow & Co.
2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-being-cool-the-work-of-elmore-leonard2014Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistBeing Cool: The Work of Elmore LeonardCharles J. RzepkaJohns Hopkins University Press
2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-care-and-feeding-of-houseplants2014Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Care and Feeding of HouseplantsArt TaylorQ18719241Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013
2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-terminal2014Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe TerminalReed Farrel ColemanQ16025004Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler, Thomas & Mercer
2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book-2014Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Caxton Private Lending Library & Book DepositoryQ30593209John ConnollyQ7110994Bibliomysteries: Short Tales About Deadly Books, edited by Otto Penzler, Bookspan
2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-dragon-s-tail2014Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Dragon's TailMartin LimonNightmare Range: The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories, Soho Books
2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-hindi-houdini2014Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Hindi HoudiniGigi PandianQ94648552Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, edited by Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press
2014-best-mystery-short-story-incident-on-the-4052014Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistIncident on the 405Travis RichardsonThe Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble, edited by Clare Toohey, Macmillan
2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-murder-as-a-fine-art2014Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerMurder as a Fine ArtDavid MorrellQ444065Little, Brown, & Co.
2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-murder-at-rosamund-s-gate2014Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Murder at Rosamund's GateSusanna CalkinsQ87836329Minotaur Books
2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-saving-lincoln2014Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistSaving LincolnRobert KresgeABQ Press
2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dandy-gilver-and-a-bothersome-number-of-2014Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of CorpsesCatriona McPhersonQ23816372Minotaur Books
2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-ratlines2014Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistRatlinesStuart NevilleQ7626905Soho Crime
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-beautiful-mystery2013Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Beautiful MysteryLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur
2013-best-mystery-novel-gone-girl2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistGone GirlQ5581570Gillian FlynnQ311755Crown
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-black-house2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Black HouseQ7718347Peter MayQ1743290Silver Oak
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-other-woman2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Other WomanQ30600291Hank Phillippi RyanQ5648440Forge Books
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-art-forger2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Art ForgerB.A. ShapiroQ29032876Algonquin Books
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-twenty-year-death2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Twenty Year DeathAriel S. WinterHard Case Crime
2013-best-mystery-novel-the-last-policeman2013Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Last PolicemanQ7745946Ben H. WintersQ4885768Quirk Books
2013-best-first-mystery-novel-don-t-ever-get-old2013Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDon't Ever Get OldDaniel FriedmanQ18350144Minotaur Books – Thomas Dunne Books
2013-best-first-mystery-novel-low-country-boil2013Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistLow Country BoilSusan M. BoyerQ16200143Henery Press
2013-best-first-mystery-novel-mr-churchill-s-secretary2013Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMr. Churchill's SecretarySusan Elia MacNealQ22278966Random House – Bantam Books
2013-best-first-mystery-novel-the-expats2013Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe ExpatsChris PavoneQ13102113Crown
2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-books-to-die-for-the-world-s-greatest-my2013Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerBooks to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery NovelsJohn Connolly and Declan Burke (eds.)Q7110994Simon & Schuster – Atria/Emily Bestler
2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-midnight-in-peking-how-the-murder-of-a-y2013Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMidnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old ChinaPaul FrenchQ14949075Penguin Books
2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-in-pursuit-of-spenser-mystery-writers-on2013Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistIn Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American HeroOtto Penzler (ed.)Q7109763BenBella/Smart Pop
2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-lord-is-my-shamus2013Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Lord Is My ShamusBarb GoffmanQ87409866Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press
2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-sequel2013Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe SequelJeffrey DeaverQ358188The Strand Magazine, November 2012-February 2013
2013-best-mystery-short-story-blind-justice2013Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBlind JusticeJim FusilliQ85290405Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books
2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-unremarkable-heart2013Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Unremarkable HeartQ30593183Karin SlaughterQ448425Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books
2013-best-mystery-short-story-thea-s-first-husband2013Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThea's First HusbandB.K. StevensAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012
2013-best-mystery-short-story-when-duty-calls2013Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistWhen Duty CallsArt TaylorQ18719241Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press
2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-an-unmarked-grave2013Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerAn Unmarked GraveCharles ToddHarperCollins
2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-city-of-broken-glass2013Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA City of Broken GlassRebecca CantrellQ18211310Forge Books
2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-princess-elizabeth-s-spy2013Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistPrincess Elizabeth's SpySusan Elia MacNealQ22278966Random House – Bantam Books
2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-confession2013Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe ConfessionCharles ToddHarperCollins
2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-elegy-for-eddie2013Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistElegy for EddieJacqueline WinspearQ3157819HarperCollins
2012-best-mystery-novel-claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead2012Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerClaire DeWitt and the City of the DeadSara GranQ2754419Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012-best-mystery-novel-12222012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalist1222Anne Holt with Marlaine Delargy (trans.)Q256763Scribner
2012-best-mystery-novel-the-house-of-silk2012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe House of SilkQ2614669Anthony HorowitzQ279305Mulholland Books
2012-best-mystery-novel-the-ridge2012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe RidgeMichael KorytaQ6831959Little, Brown, & Co.
2012-best-mystery-novel-a-trick-of-the-light2012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Trick of the LightQ30602335Louise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2012-best-mystery-novel-the-two-deaths-of-daniel-hayes2012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Two Deaths of Daniel HayesMarcus SakeyQ1894353Dutton
2012-best-mystery-novel-hell-gone2012Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHell & GoneDuane SwierczynskiQ5310393Mulholland Books
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-all-cry-chaos2012Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerAll Cry ChaosLeonard RosenPermanent Press
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-learning-to-swim2012Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistLearning to SwimQ30600671Sara J. HenryCrown
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-nazareth-child2012Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistNazareth ChildDarrell JamesMidnight Ink
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-turn-of-mind2012Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistTurn of MindAlice LaPlanteQ50355880Atlantic Monthly
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-the-informationist2012Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe InformationistQ7742011Taylor StevensQ18224263Crown
2012-best-first-mystery-novel-before-i-go-to-sleep2012Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistBefore I Go to SleepQ4880274S. J. WatsonQ984352Harper
2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-sookie-stackhouse-companion2012Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Sookie Stackhouse CompanionQ666121Charlaine HarrisQ233566Ace Books
2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-books-crooks-and-counselors-how-to-write2012Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistBooks, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom ProcedureLeslie BudewitzLinden
2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-murder-in-the-making-mor2012Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistAgatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her NotebooksJohn CurranQ65056273HarperCollins
2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-wilkie-collins-vera-caspary-and-the-evol2012Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistWilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook NovelA.B. EmrysMcFarland & Company
2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-savage-city-race-murder-and-a-genera2012Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the EdgeT. J. EnglishQ7668335William Morrow & Co.
2012-best-mystery-short-story-disarming2012Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerDisarmingDana CameronQ5214688Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011
2012-best-mystery-short-story-facts-exhibiting-wantonness2012Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistFacts Exhibiting WantonnessTrina CoreyEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2011
2012-best-mystery-short-story-palace-by-the-lake2012Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistPalace by the LakeDaryl Wood GerberFish Tales: The Guppy Anthology, Wildside Press
2012-best-mystery-short-story-truth-and-consequences2012Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistTruth and ConsequencesBarb GoffmanQ87409866Mystery Times Ten, Buddhapuss Ink
2012-best-mystery-short-story-heat-of-passion2012Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistHeat of PassionKathleen RyanA Twist of Noir, Feb. 14, 2011
2012-best-mystery-short-story-the-man-who-took-his-hat-off-to-the-driv2012Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the TrainPeter TurnbullQ18163015Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dandy-gilver-and-the-proper-treatment-of2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerDandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of BloodstainsCatriona McPhersonQ23816372Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-naughty-in-nice2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistNaughty in NiceRhys BowenQ6153562Berkley Books
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-narrows-gate2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistNarrows GateJim FusilliQ85290405AmazonEncore
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mercury-s-rise2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistMercury's RiseAnn ParkerQ17285683Poisoned Pen Press
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-troubled-bones2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistTroubled BonesJeri WestersonQ6182095Minotaur Books
2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lesson-in-secrets2012Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Lesson in SecretsJacqueline WinspearQ3157819Harper
2011-best-mystery-novel-bury-your-dead2011Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerBury Your DeadLouise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2011-best-mystery-novel-the-glass-rainbow2011Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Glass RainbowJames Lee BurkeQ982095Simon & Schuster
2011-best-mystery-novel-faithful-place2011Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistFaithful PlaceQ5431286Tana FrenchQ271423Viking Press
2011-best-mystery-novel-the-queen-of-patpong2011Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Queen of PatpongTimothy HallinanQ15457067HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co.
2011-best-mystery-novel-thirteen-hours2011Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThirteen HoursDeon MeyerQ188244Grove Atlantic
2011-best-mystery-novel-the-scent-of-rain-and-lightning2011Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Scent of Rain and LightningNancy PickardQ509515Ballantine Books
2011-best-first-mystery-novel-rogue-island2011Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerRogue IslandBruce DeSilvaQ16738931Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates
2011-best-first-mystery-novel-the-damage-done2011Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Damage DoneHilary DavidsonQ23816365Forge Books
2011-best-first-mystery-novel-the-poacher-s-son2011Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Poacher's SonPaul DoironQ18158252Minotaur Books
2011-best-first-mystery-novel-full-mortality2011Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistFull MortalitySasscer HillWildside Press
2011-best-first-mystery-novel-a-thousand-cuts2011Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Thousand CutsSimon LelicQ7519194Viking Press
2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-s-secret-notebooks-fifty2011Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerAgatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the MakingJohn CurranQ65056273HarperCollins
2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-poisoner-s-handbook-murder-and-the-b2011Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New YorkDeborah BlumQ3020854Penguin Books
2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-charlie-chan-the-untold-story-of-the-hon2011Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistCharlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American HistoryYunte HuangW. W. Norton & Co.
2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-following-the-detectives-real-locations-2011Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistFollowing the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime FictionMaxim Jakubowski (ed.)Q6795588New Holland
2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-thrillers-100-must-reads2011Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThrillers: 100 Must ReadsDavid Morrell and Hank W. Wagner (eds.)Q444065Oceanview Publishing
2011-best-mystery-short-story-swing-shift2011Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerSwing ShiftDana CameronQ5214688Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side, Berkley Books
2011-best-mystery-short-story-the-scent-of-lilacs2011Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Scent of LilacsDoug AllynEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2011-best-mystery-short-story-devil-s-pocket2011Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDevil's PocketKeith GilmanPhiladelphia Noir, Akashic Books
2011-best-mystery-short-story-the-gods-for-vengeance-cry2011Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Gods for Vengeance CryRichard HelmsQ913848Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2011-best-mystery-short-story-bookworm2011Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBookwormG.M. MallietQ18356729Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin', Wildside Press
2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-city-of-dragons2011Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerCity of DragonsKelli StanleyQ6385779Minotaur Books
2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-marked-man2011Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Marked ManBarbara HamiltonBerkley Books
2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-thousand-autumns-of-jacob-de-zoet2011Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetQ7768906David MitchellQ40479Random House
2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-red-door2011Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Red DoorCharles ToddHarperCollins/William Morrow & Co.
2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-fifth-servant2011Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Fifth ServantKenneth WishniaHarperCollins/William Morrow & Co.
2010-best-mystery-novel-tower2010Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerTowerKen Bruen and Reed Farrel ColemanQ1400285Busted Flush Press
2010-best-mystery-novel-bury-me-deep2010Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBury Me DeepQ113554933Megan AbbottQ3304340Simon & Schuster
2010-best-mystery-novel-necessary-as-blood2010Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistNecessary as BloodDeborah CrombieQ272861William Morrow & Co.
2010-best-mystery-novel-nemesis2010Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistNemesisQ4587290Jo Nesbø with Don Bartlett (trans.)Q202693HarperCollins
2010-best-mystery-novel-the-brutal-telling2010Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Brutal TellingQ30596108Louise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2010-best-mystery-novel-the-shanghai-moon2010Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Shanghai MoonQ7763649S.J. RozanQ1396654Minotaur Books
2010-best-first-mystery-novel-the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie2010Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieQ729200Alan BradleyQ504317Delacorte Publishing
2010-best-first-mystery-novel-running-from-the-devil2010Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistRunning from the DevilJamie FrevelettiQ26877316William Morrow & Co.
2010-best-first-mystery-novel-a-bad-day-for-sorry2010Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Bad Day for SorryQ30596105Sophie LittlefieldQ16885801Minotaur Books
2010-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ghosts-of-belfast2010Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Ghosts of BelfastStuart NevilleQ7626905Soho Crime
2010-best-first-mystery-novel-a-beautiful-place-to-die2010Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Beautiful Place to DieQ4655402Malla NunnQ1887476Picador
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-talking-about-detective-fiction2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerTalking About Detective FictionQ30324553P.D. JamesQ270648Alfred A. Knopf
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-l-a-noir-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-am2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistL.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive CityJohn BuntinRandom House: Harmony Books
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-rogue-males-conversations-confrontations2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistRogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing LifeCraig McDonaldQ3002034Bleak House Books
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-line-up-the-world-s-greatest-crime-w2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest DetectivesOtto Penzler (ed.)Q7109763Little, Brown, & Co.
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-provenance-how-a-con-man-and-a-forger-re2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistProvenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern ArtLaney Salisbury and Aly SujoPenguin Books
2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-dame-agatha-s-shorts-an-agatha-christie-2010Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistDame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story CompanionElena SantangeloBella Rosa Books
2010-best-mystery-short-story-on-the-house2010Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerOn the HouseHank Phillippi RyanQ5648440Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers, Level Best Books
2010-best-mystery-short-story-last-fair-deal-gone-down2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistLast Fair Deal Gone DownAce AtkinsQ2822929Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press
2010-best-mystery-short-story-femme-sole2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistFemme SoleDana CameronQ5214688Boston Noir, Akashic Books
2010-best-mystery-short-story-digby-attorney-at-law2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDigby, Attorney at LawJim FusilliQ85290405Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2009
2010-best-mystery-short-story-your-turn2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistYour TurnCarolyn HartQ3595068Two of the Deadliest, Harper
2010-best-mystery-short-story-the-desert-here-and-the-desert-far-away2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Desert Here and the Desert Far AwayMarcus SakeyQ1894353Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down, Mira
2010-best-mystery-short-story-amapola2010Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAmapolaLuis Alberto UrreaQ1876315Phoenix Noir, Akashic Books
2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-trace-of-smoke2010Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerA Trace of SmokeRebecca CantrellQ18211310Forge Books
2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-the-shadow-of-gotham2010Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistIn the Shadow of GothamStefanie PintoffQ7606391Minotaur Books
2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-duty-to-the-dead2010Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistA Duty to the DeadQ140244061Charles ToddWilliam Morrow & Co.
2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-serpent-in-the-thorns2010Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistSerpent in the ThornsJeri WestersonQ6182095Minotaur Books
2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-among-the-mad2010Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistAmong the MadJacqueline WinspearQ3157819Henry Holt & Co.
2009-best-mystery-novel-where-memories-lie2009Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerWhere Memories LieDeborah CrombieQ272861St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2009-best-mystery-novel-trigger-city2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTrigger CitySean ChercoverQ23021638Minotaur Books
2009-best-mystery-novel-the-dying-breed2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Dying BreedDeclan HughesQ1182055John Murray/ William Morrow & Co.
2009-best-mystery-novel-the-draining-lake2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Draining LakeQ7730876Arnaldur IndridasonQ215665UK: The Price of Blood
2009-best-mystery-novel-curse-of-the-spellmans2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCurse of the SpellmansLisa LutzQ3242422Doubleday
2009-best-mystery-novel-the-cruelest-month2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Cruelest MonthQ7728267Louise PennyQ460414Minotaur Books
2009-best-mystery-novel-the-fault-tree2009Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Fault TreeLouise UreHarperCollins
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo2009Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Girl with the Dragon TattooQ678288Stieg LarssonQ186317HarperCollins / Ecco
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-finding-nouf2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistFinding NoufZoë FerrarisQ630558Bantam Books
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-death-of-a-cozy-writer2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath of a Cozy WriterG.M. MallietQ18356729Metro
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-calumet-city2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCalumet CityCharlie NewtonMcFarland & Company
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-an-innocent-client2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistAn Innocent ClientScott PrattBallantine Books
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-a-carrion-death2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Carrion DeathMichael StanleyRandom House
2009-best-first-mystery-novel-the-blood-detective2009Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Blood DetectiveDan WaddellSoho Press
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-african-american-mystery-writers-a-histo2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerAfrican American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic StudyFrankie Y. BaileyOnyx
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-hard-boiled-sentimentality-the-secret-hi2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistHard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime StoriesLeonard Cassuto
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-how-to-write-killer-historical-mysteries2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistHow to Write Killer Historical MysteriesKathy Lynn EmersonQ6377259St. Martin's
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-scene-of-the-crime-the-importance-of-pla2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistScene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery FictionDavid GeherinBleak House Books
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-edgar-allan-poe-an-illustrated-companion2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistEdgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale StoriesHarry Lee PoeQ15452353Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-suspicions-of-mr-whicher-a-shocking-2009Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian DetectiveKate SummerscaleQ3297469Poisoned Pen Press
2009-best-mystery-short-story-the-night-things-changed2009Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Night Things ChangedDana CameronQ5214688Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mar/Apr 2007
2009-best-mystery-short-story-a-sleep-not-unlike-death2009Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Sleep Not Unlike DeathSean ChercoverQ23021638Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2008
2009-best-mystery-short-story-keeping-watch-over-his-flock2009Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistKeeping Watch Over His FlockToni L.P. KelnerQ7821288Murderous Intent, Fall 1999
2009-best-mystery-short-story-scratch-a-woman2009Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistScratch a WomanLaura LippmanQ446483Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan 2001
2009-best-mystery-short-story-between-the-dark-and-the-daylight2009Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBetween the Dark and the DaylightTom PiccirilliQ3530842Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2007
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-royal-pain2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerA Royal PainRhys BowenQ6153562McFarland & Co.
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-stealing-trinity2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistStealing TrinityWard LarsenQ112755089Crossover Press
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-whiskey-rebels2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Whiskey RebelsQ7774424David LissQ1175302Crum Creek Press
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-company-of-liars2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistCompany of LiarsQ5155545Karen MaitlandQ3812968Viking Press/Penguin
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-nox-dormienda2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistNox DormiendaKelli StanleyQ6385779Minotaur Books
2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-veil-of-lies2009Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistVeil of LiesJeri WestersonQ6182095William Morrow & Co.
2008-best-mystery-novel-what-the-dead-know2008Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerWhat the Dead KnowQ7991607Laura LippmanQ446483William Morrow & Co.
2008-best-mystery-novel-soul-patch2008Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSoul PatchReed Farrel ColemanQ16025004Midnight Ink
2008-best-mystery-novel-the-unquiet2008Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe UnquietJohn ConnollyQ7110994Ballantine Books
2008-best-mystery-novel-blood-of-paradise2008Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlood of ParadiseDavid CorbettSimon & Schuster
2008-best-mystery-novel-water-like-a-stone2008Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWater Like a StoneDeborah CrombieQ272861William Morrow & Co.
2008-best-first-mystery-novel-in-the-woods2008Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerIn the WoodsTana FrenchQ271423W. W. Norton & Co.
2008-best-first-mystery-novel-the-collaborator-of-bethlehem2008Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Collaborator of BethlehemMatt Beynon ReesQ955586Minotaur Books
2008-best-first-mystery-novel-heart-shaped-box2008Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistHeart-Shaped BoxQ3221827Joe HillQ370377Penguin
2008-best-first-mystery-novel-the-spellman-files2008Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Spellman FilesLisa LutzQ3242422Hodder & Stoughton/Atria
2008-best-first-mystery-novel-stealing-the-dragon2008Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistStealing the DragonTim MaleenyOceanview
2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-essential-mystery-lists-for-readers-2008Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and LibrariansRoger Sobin (ed.)Harcourt
2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-rough-guide-to-crime-fiction2008Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistRough Guide to Crime FictionBarry ForshawQ4864233McFarland & Co.
2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-chester-gould-a-daughter-s-biography-of-2008Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistChester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick TracyJean Gould O'ConnellMichael Joseph/ Delacorte
2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-arthur-conan-doyle-a-life-in-letters2008Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistArthur Conan Doyle: A Life in LettersJon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley (eds.)Q18921610Walker
2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-police-procedure-and-investigation-a-gui2008Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistPolice Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for WritersLee LoflandHarperPress/Penguin
2008-best-mystery-short-story-please-watch-your-step2008Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerPlease Watch Your StepRhys BowenQ6153562Hardly Knew Her (William Morrow & Co.)
2008-best-mystery-short-story-a-rat-s-tale2008Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Rat's TaleDonna AndrewsQ5296302Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007
2008-best-mystery-short-story-the-missing-elevator-puzzle2008Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Missing Elevator PuzzleJon L. BreenWolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin)
2008-best-mystery-short-story-brimstone-p-i2008Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBrimstone P.I.Beverle Graves MyersQ4899379Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin)
2008-best-mystery-short-story-the-old-wife-s-tale2008Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Old Wife's TaleGillian RobertsEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2004
2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mistress-of-the-art-of-death2008Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerMistress of the Art of DeathAriana FranklinQ274645UK: Michael Joseph Ltd/Penguin Books US: HarperCollins
2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-her-royal-spyness2008Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistHer Royal SpynessRhys BowenQ6153562Perseverance Press
2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-snake-stone2008Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Snake StoneQ7764981Jason GoodwinQ1683919Simon & Schuster
2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-consequences-of-sin2008Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistConsequences of SinClare Langley-HawthorneSimon & Schuster
2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-gravedigger-s-daughter2008Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Gravedigger's DaughterJoyce Carol OatesQ217557Soho Press
2007-best-mystery-novel-the-virgin-of-small-plains2007Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Virgin of Small PlainsNancy PickardQ509515Thorndike/ Random House UK
2007-best-mystery-novel-christine-falls2007Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistChristine FallsBenjamin BlackQ313077Henry Holt/Picador
2007-best-mystery-novel-the-janissary-tree2007Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Janissary TreeQ2413071Jason GoodwinQ1683919Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2007-best-mystery-novel-the-dead-hour2007Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Dead HourDenise MinaQ289947Bantam Books
2007-best-mystery-novel-piece-of-my-heart2007Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistPiece of My HeartPeter RobinsonQ637306McClelland & Stewart
2007-best-mystery-novel-all-mortal-flesh2007Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistAll Mortal FleshJulia Spencer-FlemingQ1711920Minotaur Books
2007-best-first-mystery-novel-mr-clarinet2007Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerMr. ClarinetNick StoneQ1985547Crum Creek
2007-best-first-mystery-novel-consigned-to-death2007Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistConsigned to DeathJane K. ClelandQ6152425Minotaur Books
2007-best-first-mystery-novel-47-rules-of-highly-effective-bank-robber2007Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalist47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank RobbersTroy CookCapital Crime Press
2007-best-first-mystery-novel-king-of-lies2007Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistKing of LiesJohn HartQ1532656Minotaur Books
2007-best-first-mystery-novel-a-field-of-darkness2007Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Field of DarknessCornelia ReadQ124637552Mysterious
2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-muses-100-classics-that-inspire-2007Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerMystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery WritersJim Huang and Austin Lugar (eds.)Q113518744Five Star
2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-don-t-murder-your-mystery-24-fiction-wri2007Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistDon't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript From Ending Up D.O.A.Chris RoerdenBella Rosa Books
2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-beautiful-cigar-girl-mary-rogers-edg2007Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of MurderDaniel StashowerQ18921610Dutton
2007-best-mystery-short-story-til-death-do-us-part2007Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerTil Death Do Us PartTim MaleenyMWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben (Little, Brown & Co.)
2007-best-mystery-short-story-provenance2007Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistProvenanceRobert BarnardQ1788811Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul 2006
2007-best-mystery-short-story-disturbance-in-the-field2007Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDisturbance in the FieldRoberta IsleibSeasmoke: Crime Stories by New England Writers, edited by Kate Flora, Ruth McCarty, and Susan Oleksiw (Level Best Books)
2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-oh-danny-boy2007Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerOh Danny BoyRhys BowenQ6153562G. P. Putnam's Sons
2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-lightning-rule2007Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Lightning RuleBrett Ellen BlockQ4962150William Morrow & Co.
2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-bee-s-kiss2007Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe Bee's KissBarbara CleverlyQ4858816Constable & Robinson
2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dark-assassin2007Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistDark AssassinAnne PerryQ288627Ballantine Books
2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-messenger-of-truth2007Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistMessenger of TruthJacqueline WinspearQ3157819Henry Holt
2006-best-mystery-novel-the-lincoln-lawyer2006Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Lincoln LawyerQ11125816Michael ConnellyQ313193Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2006-best-mystery-novel-one-shot2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistOne ShotLee ChildQ333719Delacorte Press
2006-best-mystery-novel-the-james-deans2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe James DeansQ30632596Reed Farrel ColemanQ16025004Plume
2006-best-mystery-novel-vanish2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistVanishTess GerritsenQ6950Ballantine Books
2006-best-mystery-novel-solomon-vs-lord2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSolomon vs. LordPaul LevineQ761152Bantam Books
2006-best-mystery-novel-strange-affair2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistStrange AffairQ7621331Peter RobinsonQ637306William Morrow & Co.
2006-best-mystery-novel-the-power-of-the-dog2006Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Power of the DogQ1323188Don WinslowQ908571Knopf
2006-best-first-mystery-novel-immoral2006Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerImmoralBrian FreemanQ680479St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2006-best-first-mystery-novel-all-shook-up2006Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistAll Shook UpMike HarrisonECW Press
2006-best-first-mystery-novel-baby-game2006Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistBaby GameRandall HicksQ28136470Wordslinger Press
2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-girl-sleuth-nancy-drew-and-the-women-who2006Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerGirl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created HerMelanie RehakColumbia University Press
2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-tracks-to-murder2006Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistTracks to MurderJonathan GoodmanKent State University Press
2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-behind-the-mystery-top-mystery-writers-i2006Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistBehind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers InterviewedStuart Kaminsky with Laurie Roberts (photo)Q2036138Hothouse Press
2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-new-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-novels2006Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistNew Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The NovelsLeslie S. Klinger (ed.)Q6531114W. W. Norton & Co.
2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-spook-science-tackles-the-afterlife2006Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSpook: Science Tackles the AfterlifeQ7579077Mary RoachQ444136W. W. Norton & Co.
2006-best-mystery-short-story-there-is-no-crime-on-easter-island2006Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThere Is No Crime on Easter IslandNancy PickardQ509515Scam and Eggs, Five Star
2006-best-mystery-short-story-everybody-s-girl2006Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistEverybody's GirlRobert BarnardQ1788811Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2005
2006-best-mystery-short-story-it-can-happen2006Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistIt Can HappenDavid CorbettSan Francisco Noir, Akashic Books
2006-best-mystery-short-story-the-big-road2006Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Big RoadSteve HockensmithQ7612850Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2005
2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-pardonable-lies2006Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysterytrueWinnerPardonable LiesJacqueline WinspearQ3157819Scribner
2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-like-flynn2006Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistIn Like FlynnRhys BowenQ6153562St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-spectres-in-the-smoke2006Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistSpectres in the SmokeTony BroadbentSt. Martin's
2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-war-of-the-world-murders2006Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistThe War of the World MurdersMax Allan CollinsQ690233
2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-night-s-child2006Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical MysteryfalseFinalistNight's ChildMaureen JenningsQ2679049McClelland & Stewart
2005-best-mystery-novel-the-killing-of-the-tinkers2005Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Killing of the TinkersKen BruenQ1400285Little, Brown & Co.
2005-best-mystery-novel-cold-case2005Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCold CaseRobin BurcellQ22210012Avon
2005-best-mystery-novel-darkly-dreaming-dexter2005Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDarkly Dreaming DexterQ840125Jeff LindsayQ313038Doubleday
2005-best-mystery-novel-high-country-fall2005Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHigh Country FallMargaret MaronQ465231Mysterious Press
2005-best-mystery-novel-california-girl2005Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCalifornia GirlT. Jefferson ParkerQ64069HarperCollins
2005-best-mystery-novel-playing-with-fire2005Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistPlaying with FirePeter RobinsonQ637306William Morrow & Co.
2005-best-first-mystery-novel-dating-dead-men2005Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDating Dead MenQ30632577Harley Jane KozakQ540064Midnight Ink
2005-best-first-mystery-novel-uncommon-grounds2005Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistUncommon GroundsSandra BalzoFive Star
2005-best-first-mystery-novel-summer-of-the-big-bachi2005Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistSummer of the Big BachiNaomi HiraharaQ21034199Delta
2005-best-first-mystery-novel-whiskey-sour2005Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistWhiskey SourJ. A. KonrathQ13548830Hyperion
2005-best-first-mystery-novel-misdemeanor-man2005Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMisdemeanor ManDylan SchafferBloomsbury Publishing
2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-forensics-for-dummies2005Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerForensics for DummiesD. P. Lyle, MDWilliam Morrow & Co.
2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-famous-american-crimes-trials-vol-12005Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistFamous American Crimes & Trials, Vol. 1Frankie Y. Bailey and Steven ChermakPraeger Publishers
2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-just-the-facts-true-tales-of-cops-crimin2005Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistJust the Facts: True Tales of Cops & CriminalsJim DohertyDeadly Serious Press
2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-new-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-co2005Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short StoriesLeslie S. KlingerQ6531114W. W. Norton
2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-latin-american-mystery-writers-an-a-to-z2005Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistLatin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z GuideDarrell B. LockhartGreenwood Press
2005-best-mystery-short-story-the-widow-of-slane2005Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Widow of SlaneTerence FahertyQ7701900Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept-Oct 2005
2005-best-mystery-short-story-viscery2005Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistViscerySandra BalzoEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2004
2005-best-mystery-short-story-the-lady-s-not-for-dying2005Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Lady's Not for DyingAlana WhiteFutures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Winter 2004
2004-best-mystery-novel-the-house-sitter2004Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe House SitterPeter LoveseyQ1350599St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2004-best-mystery-novel-the-delicate-storm2004Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Delicate StormGiles BluntQ717021G. P. Putnam's Sons
2004-best-mystery-novel-for-the-love-of-mike2004Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistFor the Love of MikeQ30668108Rhys BowenQ6153562St. Martin's
2004-best-mystery-novel-the-guards2004Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe GuardsKen BruenQ1400285St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2004-best-mystery-novel-done-for-a-dime2004Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDone for a DimeDavid CorbettBallantine Books
2004-best-first-mystery-novel-maisie-dobbs2004Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerMaisie DobbsQ6736997Jacqueline WinspearQ3157819Libraries Unlimited
2004-best-first-mystery-novel-night-of-the-dance2004Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistNight of the DanceJames HimeSt. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2004-best-first-mystery-novel-death-of-a-nationalist2004Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath of a NationalistRebecca C. PawelSoho Press
2004-best-first-mystery-novel-the-bridge-of-sighs2004Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Bridge of SighsOlen SteinhauerQ750036St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-make-mine-a-mystery-a-reader-s-guide-to-2004Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerMake Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective FictionQ30078149Gary Warren NiebuhrG. P. Putnam's Sons
2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-women-an-encyclopedia-of-leading2004Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Vol. 3Colleen A BarnettPoisoned Pen Press
2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-second-helping-of-murder-more-diabolic2004Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistA Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery WritersJo Grossman and Robert WeibezahlPoisoned Pen Press
2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-beautiful-shadow-a-life-of-patricia-high2004Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistBeautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia HighsmithAndrew WilsonQ4648203Bloomsbury Publishing
2004-best-mystery-short-story-the-grass-is-always-greener2004Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Grass Is Always GreenerSandy BalzoEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2007
2004-best-mystery-short-story-rogues-gallery2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistRogues GalleryRobert BarnardQ1788811Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003
2004-best-mystery-short-story-texas-two-step2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistTexas Two-StepDiana DeverellAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 2003
2004-best-mystery-short-story-no-man-s-land2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistNo Man's LandBeth FoxwellBlood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime)
2004-best-mystery-short-story-war-crimes2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistWar CrimesG. Miki HaydenA Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime)
2004-best-mystery-short-story-child-support2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistChild SupportRonnie KlaskinA Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime)
2004-best-mystery-short-story-red-meat2004Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistRed MeatElaine VietsQ5353312Blood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime)
2003-best-mystery-novel-winter-and-night2003Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerWinter and NightS.J. RozanQ1396654Intrigue
2003-best-mystery-novel-savannah-blues2003Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSavannah BluesMary Kay AndrewsQ6779987HarperCollins
2003-best-mystery-novel-jolie-blon-s-bounce2003Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistJolie Blon's BounceJames Lee BurkeQ982095Simon & Schuster
2003-best-mystery-novel-nine2003Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistNineJan BurkeQ1681667Simon & Schuster
2003-best-mystery-novel-city-of-bones2003Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCity of BonesQ1133593Michael ConnellyQ313193Little, Brown & Co.
2003-best-first-mystery-novel-in-the-bleak-midwinter2003Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerIn the Bleak MidwinterQ16847774Julia Spencer-FlemingQ1711920Hodder & Stoughton/Viking
2003-best-first-mystery-novel-the-blue-edge-of-midnight2003Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Blue Edge of MidnightJonathon KingDutton
2003-best-first-mystery-novel-the-distance2003Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe DistanceEddie MullerQ3047293Scribner
2003-best-first-mystery-novel-a-valley-to-die-for2003Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Valley To Die ForRadine Trees NehringSt. Kitts Press
2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-they-died-in-vain-overlooked-underapprec2003Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThey Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery NovelsQ30632489Jim Huang (ed.)Q113518744William Morrow & Co.
2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-mammoth-encyclopedia-of-crime-fictio2003Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Mammoth Encyclopedia of Crime FictionMike AshleyQ15454805Carroll & Graf
2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-intent-to-sell-marketing-the-genre-novel2003Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistIntent to Sell: Marketing the Genre NovelJeff MarksDeadly Alibi Press
2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-art-of-noir-the-posters-and-graphics2003Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film NoirEddie MullerQ3047293The Overlook Press
2003-best-mystery-short-story-voice-mail2003Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerVoice MailJanet DawsonQ50400045Harper / Headline
2003-best-mystery-short-story-boot-scoot2003Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBoot ScootDiana DeverellAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2002
2003-best-mystery-short-story-an-empire-s-reach2003Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistAn Empire's ReachBrendan DuBoisQ4960869Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2002
2003-best-mystery-short-story-bible-belt2003Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBible BeltToni L.P. KelnerQ7821288Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2002
2003-best-mystery-short-story-too-many-cooks2003Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistToo Many CooksMarcia TalleyQ6757145Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime)
2003-best-mystery-short-story-the-adventure-of-the-rara-avis2003Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Adventure of the Rara AvisCarolyn WheatQ23816377Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower (Carroll & Graf)
2002-best-mystery-novel-folly2002Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerFollyLaurie R. KingQ272794Wiley
2002-best-mystery-novel-tell-no-one2002Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTell No OneQ152629Harlan CobenQ318099Delacorte Press
2002-best-mystery-novel-the-deadhouse2002Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe DeadhouseLinda FairsteinQ6551554Scribner
2002-best-mystery-novel-mystic-river2002Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistMystic RiverQ647167Dennis LehaneQ311744William Morrow & Co.
2002-best-mystery-novel-silent-joe2002Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSilent JoeT. Jefferson ParkerQ64069Hyperion
2002-best-first-mystery-novel-open-season2002Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerOpen SeasonC. J. BoxQ856006Henry Holt & Co.
2002-best-first-mystery-novel-the-jasmine-trade2002Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Jasmine TradeDenise HamiltonQ5257678Scribner
2002-best-first-mystery-novel-perhaps-she-ll-die2002Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistPerhaps She'll DieM.K. PrestonIntrigue
2002-best-first-mystery-novel-blindsighted2002Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistBlindsightedQ3823276Karin SlaughterQ448425William Morrow & Co.
2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-writing-the-mystery-a-start-to-finish-gu2002Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerWriting the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and ProfessionalG. Miki HaydenHowdunit Series, Writers Digest Books
2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-war-of-the-world-murders2002Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe War of the World MurdersMax Allan CollinsQ690233Collectors Press
2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-my-name-s-friday-the-unauthorized-but-tr2002Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMy Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack WebbMichael J. HaydeCumberland House
2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-seldom-disappointed-a-memoir2002Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSeldom Disappointed: A MemoirTony HillermanQ181920HarperCollins
2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-who-was-that-lady-craig-rice-the-queen-o2002Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistWho Was that Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball MysteryJeffrey MarksQ6176154Delphi Books
2002-best-mystery-short-story-the-abbey-ghosts2002Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Abbey GhostsJan BurkeQ1681667Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003
2002-best-mystery-short-story-the-would-be-widower2002Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Would-Be WidowerKatherine Hall PageQ21634562Malice Domestic 10, edited by Nevada Barr (Avon)
2002-best-mystery-short-story-my-bonnie-lies2002Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistMy Bonnie LiesTed HertelThe Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, edited by Michael Hemmingson (Carroll & Graf)
2002-best-mystery-short-story-bitter-waters2002Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistBitter WatersRochelle KrichQ2160238Criminal Kabbalah, edited by Lawrence W. Raphael (Jewish Lights)
2001-best-mystery-novel-a-place-of-execution2001Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA Place of ExecutionQ1305043Val McDermidQ239911Berkley Books
2001-best-mystery-novel-guns-and-roses2001Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistGuns and RosesTaffy CannonPerseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.
2001-best-mystery-novel-the-bottoms2001Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe BottomsJoe LansdaleQ665768Mysterious Press
2001-best-mystery-novel-half-moon-street2001Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHalf Moon StreetAnne PerryQ288627Ballantine Books
2001-best-mystery-novel-the-whole-truth2001Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Whole TruthNancy PickardQ509515Pocket Books
2001-best-first-mystery-novel-a-conspiracy-of-paper2001Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerA Conspiracy of PaperQ4656085David LissQ1175302St. Martin's
2001-best-first-mystery-novel-death-dances-to-a-reggae-beat2001Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath Dances to a Reggae BeatQ30632510Kate GrilleyBerkley Prime Crime
2001-best-first-mystery-novel-crow-in-stolen-colors2001Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCrow in Stolen ColorsMarcia SimpsonBerkley Prime Crime
2001-best-first-mystery-novel-three-dirty-women-and-the-garden-of-deat2001Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThree Dirty Women and the Garden of DeathJulie Wray HermanSilver Dagger Mysteries
2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-american-regional-mystery2001Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe American Regional MysteryMarvin LachmanMinotaur Books
2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-doctor-and-the-detective-a-biography2001Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMartin BoothQ6775031Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-essays2001Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistessaysMargaret Caldwell ThomasThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books
2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-women-of-mystery-the-lives-and-works-of-2001Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistWomen of Mystery: the Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime NovelistsMartha Hailey DuboseEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2000
2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-100-favorite-mysteries-of-the-century2001Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalist100 Favorite Mysteries of the CenturyJim Huang (ed.)Q113518744Crum Creek Press
2001-best-mystery-short-story-a-candle-for-christmas2001Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerA Candle for ChristmasReginald HillQ953849Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep-Oct 2007
2001-best-mystery-short-story-the-man-in-the-civil-suit2001Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Man in the Civil SuitJan BurkeQ1681667Malice Domestic 9 (Avon)
2001-best-mystery-short-story-the-chosen2001Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe ChosenJoyce ChristmasUnholy Orders (Intrigue Press)
2000-best-mystery-novel-the-flower-master2000Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe Flower MasterSujata MasseyQ266187Knopf
2000-best-mystery-novel-river-of-darkness2000Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistRiver of DarknessRennie AirthQ2144098Viking Press
2000-best-mystery-novel-l-a-requiem2000Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistL.A. RequiemQ616606Robert CraisQ922053Doubleday
2000-best-mystery-novel-in-a-dry-season2000Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistIn a Dry SeasonQ10483431Peter RobinsonQ637306Avon
2000-best-first-mystery-novel-inner-city-blues2000Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerInner City BluesQ17008046Paula L. WoodsQ7154714Soho Press
2000-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-with-peacocks2000Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder with PeacocksQ29097878Donna AndrewsQ5296302St. Martin's
2000-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-the-marais2000Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder in the MaraisCara BlackQ5037300Soho Press
2000-best-first-mystery-novel-revenge-of-the-gypsy-queen2000Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistRevenge of the Gypsy QueenKris NeriRainbow Books
2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-ross-macdonald2000Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerRoss MacdonaldTom NolanPenguin Rough Guides
2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-taste-of-murder2000Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistA Taste of MurderJo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl (eds.)Dell
2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-teller-of-tales-the-life-of-arthur-conan2000Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistTeller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan DoyleDaniel StashowerQ18921610Henry Holt & Co.
2000-best-mystery-short-story-maubi-and-the-jumbies2000Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerMaubi and the JumbiesKate GrilleyThe Strand Magazine, Spring 2007
2000-best-mystery-short-story-paleta-man2000Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistPaleta ManLaurie KingQ272794Irreconcilable Differences, edited by Lia Matera (HarperCollins)
2000-best-mystery-short-story-heroes2000Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistHeroesAnne PerryQ288627Murder & Obsession, edited by Otto Penzler (Delacorte Press)
2000-best-mystery-short-story-show-me-the-bones2000Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistShow Me the BonesCarolyn WheatQ23816377Diagnosis Dead, edited by Jonathan Kellerman (Pocket Books)
1999-best-mystery-novel-blood-work1999Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerBlood WorkQ1088165Michael ConnellyQ313193Little Brown & Co.
1999-best-mystery-novel-blind-descent1999Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlind DescentNevada BarrQ447404G. P. Putnam's Sons
1999-best-mystery-novel-butchers-hill1999Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistButchers HillQ30668090Laura LippmanQ446483Avon
1999-best-mystery-novel-home-fires1999Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHome FiresMargaret MaronQ465231Mysterious Press
1999-best-mystery-novel-blue1999Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlueAbigail PadgettQ321123Mysterious Press
1999-best-first-mystery-novel-sympathy-for-the-devil1999Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerSympathy for the DevilJerrilyn FarmerQ13562993Avon
1999-best-first-mystery-novel-tiger-s-palette1999Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistTiger's PaletteJacqueline FiedlerPocket Books
1999-best-first-mystery-novel-the-doctor-digs-a-grave1999Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Doctor Digs a GraveRobin HathawaySt. Martin's
1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-killer-books1999Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerKiller BooksJean Swanson and Dean JamesQ6171568Berkley Books
1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-reader-s-walking-guide-to-washin1999Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistMystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington, DCAlzina Stone DalePassport Books
1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-speaking-of-murder1999Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSpeaking of MurderEd Gorman and Martin GreenbergQ5343140Berkley Books
1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-dark-city-the-lost-world-of-film-noir1999Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistDark City: The Lost World of Film NoirEddie MullerQ3047293St. Martin's
1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-silk-stalkings-ii1999Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistSilk Stalkings IIVictoria Nichols and Susan ThompsonScarecrow
1999-best-mystery-short-story-of-course-you-know-that-chocolate-is-a-v1999Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerOf Course You Know That Chocolate Is a VegetableBarbara D'AmatoQ4858844Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 98
1999-best-mystery-short-story-sleeping-dogs-lie1999Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistSleeping Dogs LieLaurien BerensonQ6501768Canine Crimes (Ballantine Books)
1999-best-mystery-short-story-a-simple-philosophy1999Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistA Simple PhilosophyHarlan CobenQ318099Malice Domestic 7 (Avon)
1999-best-mystery-short-story-the-village-vampire-the-oboe-of-death1999Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Village Vampire & the Oboe of DeathDean JamesQ6456420Malice Domestic 7 (Avon)
1998-best-mystery-novel-dreaming-of-the-bones1998Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerDreaming of the BonesDeborah CrombieQ272861Scribner
1998-best-mystery-novel-hocus1998Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHocusJan BurkeQ1681667Simon & Schuster
1998-best-mystery-novel-trunk-music1998Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTrunk MusicQ687220Michael ConnellyQ313193Little Brown & Co.
1998-best-mystery-novel-the-club-dumas1998Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Club DumasQ1192798Arturo Perez-ReverteQ155106Harcourt Brace
1998-best-mystery-novel-the-ax1998Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe AxQ3221851Donald WestlakeQ538508Mysterious Press
1998-best-first-mystery-novel-dead-body-language1998Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDead Body LanguagePenny WarnerQ7164447Bantam Books
1998-best-first-mystery-novel-killing-floor1998Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistKilling FloorQ911224Lee ChildQ333719G. P. Putnam's Sons
1998-best-first-mystery-novel-off-the-face-of-the-earth1998Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistOff the Face of the EarthAljean HarmetzQ4727595Scribner
1998-best-first-mystery-novel-charm-city1998Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCharm CityLaura LippmanQ446483Avon
1998-best-first-mystery-novel-the-salaryman-s-wife1998Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Salaryman's WifeSujata MasseyQ266187HarperPaperbacks
1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-deadly-women1998Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerDeadly WomenJan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen NehrQ6456420Carroll & Graf
1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-napoleon-of-crime-life-and-times-of-1998Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistThe Napoleon of Crime: Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master ThiefBen MacintyreQ2895507Farrar, Straus & Giroux
1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-g-is-for-grafton1998Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistG Is for GraftonNatalie Kaufman and Carol KayHenry Holt & Co.
1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-guilty-parties-a-mystery-lover-s-compani1998Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticalfalseFinalistGuilty Parties: A Mystery Lover's CompanionIan OusbyQ16015164Thames & Hudson
1998-best-mystery-short-story-two-ladies-of-rose-cottage1998Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerTwo Ladies of Rose CottagePeter RobinsonQ637306Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books)
1998-best-mystery-short-story-real-bullets-this-time1998Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistReal Bullets This TimeWilliam BankierQ8005014Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1997
1998-best-mystery-short-story-find-miriam1998Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistFind MiriamStuart KaminskyQ2036138New Mystery Magazine, Summer 1997
1998-best-mystery-short-story-the-corbett-correspondence1998Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Corbett CorrespondenceEdward Marston and Peter LoveseyQ6384761Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books)
1998-best-mystery-short-story-etiquette-lesson1998Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistEtiquette LessonPolly WhitneyMurderous Intent Mystery Magazine
1997-best-mystery-novel-bloodhounds1997Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerBloodhoundsPeter LoveseyQ1350599Mysterious Press
1997-best-mystery-novel-the-chatham-school-affair1997Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Chatham School AffairThomas H. CookQ2072876
1997-best-mystery-novel-two-for-the-dough1997Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTwo for the DoughQ3024953Janet EvanovichQ240547
1997-best-mystery-novel-the-grass-widow1997Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Grass WidowTeri HolbrookQ7702382
1997-best-mystery-novel-hearts-and-bones1997Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHearts and BonesMargaret Lawrence
1997-best-first-mystery-novel-death-in-little-tokyo1997Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDeath in Little TokyoQ29097931Dale FurutaniQ3701016St. Martin's
1997-best-first-mystery-novel-final-jeopardy1997Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistFinal JeopardyLinda FairsteinQ6551554
1997-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-on-a-girls-night-out1997Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder on a Girls’ Night OutAnne GeorgeQ4768372
1997-best-first-mystery-novel-a-brother-s-blood1997Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Brother’s BloodMichael C. White
1997-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-detecting-women-21997Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerDetecting Women 2Willetta HeisingPurple Moon Press
1997-best-mystery-short-story-cruel-unusual1997Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerCruel & UnusualCarolyn WheatQ23816377Guilty As Charged (Pocket Books)
1997-best-mystery-short-story-takeout1997Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistTakeoutJoyce ChristmasMalice Domestic 5
1997-best-mystery-short-story-the-bun-also-rises1997Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Bun Also RisesJill ChurchillQ13563085Malice Domestic 5
1997-best-mystery-short-story-red-clay1997Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistRed ClayMichael MaloneQ2387077Murder for Love
1997-best-mystery-short-story-the-music-lesson1997Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Music LessonRosemarie SantiniNew Mystery, Number 9, 1996
1996-best-mystery-novel-under-the-beetle-s-cellar1996Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerUnder the Beetle's CellarQ17011330Mary Willis WalkerQ274708Doubleday
1996-best-mystery-novel-hard-christmas1996Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistHard ChristmasBarbara D'AmatoQ4858844
1996-best-mystery-novel-the-last-coyote1996Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Last CoyoteQ599495Michael ConnellyQ313193
1996-best-mystery-novel-bookman-s-wake1996Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBookman’s WakeJohn DunningQ1627461
1996-best-mystery-novel-a-wild-and-lonely-place1996Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Wild and Lonely PlaceMarcia MullerQ444016
1996-best-first-mystery-novel-the-strange-files-of-fremont-jones1996Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Strange Files of Fremont JonesDianne DayDoubleday
1996-best-first-mystery-novel-the-body-in-the-transept1996Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Body in the TranseptJeanne M. Dams
1996-best-first-mystery-novel-a-far-and-deadly-cry1996Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Far and Deadly CryTeri HolbrookQ7702382
1996-best-first-mystery-novel-horse-of-a-different-killer1996Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistHorse of a Different KillerJody Jaffe
1996-best-first-mystery-novel-death-in-bloodhound-red1996Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath in Bloodhound RedQ30632480Virginia LanierQ7934362
1996-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-detecting-women1996Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerDetecting WomenWilletta L. HeisingPurple Moon
1996-best-mystery-short-story-evans-tries-an-o-level1996Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerEvans Tries an O-LevelColin DexterQ457092Morse's Greatest Mystery (Crown)
1996-best-mystery-short-story-rule-of-law1996Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistRule of LawK. K. BeckQ6323438Malice Domestic 4
1996-best-mystery-short-story-cupid-s-arrow1996Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistCupid's ArrowDorothy CannellQ5298347Crimes of the Heart
1995-best-mystery-novel-she-walks-these-hills1995Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerShe Walks These HillsQ29097868Sharyn McCrumbQ1152905
1995-best-mystery-novel-the-concrete-blonde1995Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Concrete BlondeQ1639810Michael ConnellyQ313193
1995-best-mystery-novel-playing-for-the-ashes1995Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistPlaying for the AshesQ3548645Elizabeth GeorgeQ236727
1995-best-mystery-novel-scandal-in-fair-haven1995Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistScandal in Fair HavenCarolyn G. HartQ3595068
1995-best-mystery-novel-the-red-scream1995Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Red ScreamMary Willis WalkerQ274708
1995-best-first-mystery-novel-do-unto-others1995Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDo Unto OthersJeff AbbottQ537057
1995-best-first-mystery-novel-one-for-the-money1995Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistOne for the MoneyQ3211930Janet EvanovichQ240547
1995-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-the-place-of-anubis1995Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder in the Place of AnubisQ60839217Lynda S. RobinsonQ3841011
1995-best-first-mystery-novel-north-of-montana1995Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistNorth of MontanaApril SmithQ4782081
1995-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-by-a-woman-s-hand1995Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerBy a Woman's HandDean James and Jean SwansonQ6456420
1995-best-mystery-short-story-cast-your-fate-to-the-wind1995Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerCast Your Fate to the WindDeborah AdamsQ69447247Malice Domestic 3
1995-best-mystery-short-story-unharmed1995Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerUnharmedJan BurkeQ1681667Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1994
1994-best-mystery-novel-the-sculptress1994Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerThe SculptressQ7762733Minette WaltersQ238295
1994-best-mystery-novel-missing-joseph1994Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistMissing JosephQ3281069Elizabeth GeorgeQ236727
1994-best-mystery-novel-dead-man-s-island1994Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDead Man’s IslandCarolyn G. HartQ3595068
1994-best-mystery-novel-old-enemies1994Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistOld EnemiesJanet LaPierre
1994-best-mystery-novel-to-live-and-die-in-dixie1994Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistTo Live and Die in DixieKathy Hogan TrocheckQ6779987
1994-best-first-mystery-novel-death-comes-as-epiphany1994Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerDeath Comes as EpiphanySharan NewmanQ7489401
1994-best-first-mystery-novel-track-of-the-cat1994Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistTrack of the CatQ30668086Nevada BarrQ447404
1994-best-first-mystery-novel-a-share-in-death1994Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Share in DeathDeborah CrombieQ272861
1994-best-first-mystery-novel-a-grave-talent1994Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Grave TalentQ4657157Laurie R. KingQ272794
1994-best-first-mystery-novel-child-of-silence1994Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistChild of SilenceAbigail PadgettQ321123
1994-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-fine-art-of-murder1994Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Fine Art of MurderEd Gorman (ed.)Q5343140
1994-best-mystery-short-story-checkout1994Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerCheckoutSusan DunlapQ19683712Malice Domestic 2
1994-best-mystery-short-story-kim-s-game1994Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistKim's GameM. D. LakeMalice Domestic 2
1993-best-mystery-novel-bootlegger-s-daughter1993Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerBootlegger's DaughterQ29097702Margaret MaronQ465231
1993-best-mystery-novel-booked-to-die1993Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBooked To DieJohn DunningQ1627461
1993-best-mystery-novel-the-hangman-s-beautiful-daughter1993Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Hangman’s Beautiful DaughterSharyn McCrumbQ1152905
1993-best-mystery-novel-white-butterfly1993Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWhite ButterflyWalter MosleyQ188117
1993-best-first-mystery-novel-blanche-on-the-lam1993Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerBlanche on the LamQ4924906Barbara NeelyQ4859184
1993-best-first-mystery-novel-aunt-dimity-s-death1993Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistAunt Dimity’s DeathNancy AthertonQ529015
1993-best-first-mystery-novel-every-crooked-nanny1993Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistEvery Crooked NannyKathy Hogan TrocheckQ6779987
1993-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-doubleday-crime-club-compendium1993Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerDoubleday Crime Club CompendiumEllen NehrDoubleday
1993-best-mystery-short-story-henrie-o-s-holiday1993Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerHenrie O's HolidayCarolyn HartQ3595068Malice Domestic 1
1993-best-mystery-short-story-the-last-to-know1993Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Last to KnowJoan HessQ1690743Malice Domestic 1
1993-best-mystery-short-story-the-hand-of-carlos1993Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistThe Hand of CarlosCharles McCarryQ2489779The Armchair Detective, Fall 1992
1992-best-mystery-novel-i-o-u1992Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerI.O.U.Nancy PickardQ509515
1992-best-mystery-novel-the-christie-caper1992Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Christie CaperCarolyn G. HartQ3595068
1992-best-mystery-novel-a-red-death1992Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Red DeathWalter MosleyQ188117
1992-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-on-the-iditarod-trail1992Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerMurder on the Iditarod TrailQ29097685Sue HenryQ7634131
1992-best-first-mystery-novel-zero-at-the-bone1992Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerZero at the BoneMary Willis WalkerQ274708
1992-best-first-mystery-novel-the-bulrush-murders1992Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Bulrush MurdersRebecca Rothenberg
1992-best-first-mystery-novel-roman-blood1992Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistRoman BloodQ17025934Steven SaylorQ918553
1992-best-first-mystery-novel-flowers-for-the-dead1992Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistFlowers for the DeadAnn Williams
1992-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-talking-mysteries-a-conversation-with-to1992Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerTalking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony HillermanTony Hillerman and Ernie BulowQ181920
1992-best-mystery-short-story-deborah-s-judgement1992Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerDeborah's JudgementMargaret MaronQ465231A Woman’s Eye
1992-best-mystery-short-story-dance-of-the-dead1992Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistDance of the DeadJoe GoresQ972967The Armchair Detective, Spring 1991
1992-best-mystery-short-story-life-for-short1992Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistLife, for ShortCarolyn WheatQ23816377Sisters in Crime 4
1991-best-mystery-novel-if-ever-i-return-pretty-peggy-o1991Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerIf Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-OSharyn McCrumbQ1152905
1991-best-mystery-novel-well-schooled-in-murder1991Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWell-Schooled in MurderQ3010378Elizabeth GeorgeQ236727
1991-best-mystery-novel-deadly-valentine1991Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDeadly ValentineCarolyn G. HartQ3595068
1991-best-mystery-novel-burn-marks1991Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBurn MarksSara ParetskyQ438024
1991-best-mystery-novel-the-face-of-a-stranger1991Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Face of a StrangerAnne PerryQ288627
1991-best-first-mystery-novel-postmortem1991Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerPostmortemQ1756000Patricia CornwellQ231467
1991-best-first-mystery-novel-catering-to-nobody1991Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistCatering to NobodyDiane Mott DavidsonQ1208990
1991-best-first-mystery-novel-kindred-crimes1991Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistKindred CrimesJanet DawsonQ50400045
1991-best-first-mystery-novel-the-chartreuse-clue1991Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Chartreuse ClueWilliam F. Love
1991-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-the-woman-and-her-myster1991Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerAgatha Christie: The Woman and Her MysteriesGillian GillQ13563004
1991-best-mystery-short-story-too-much-to-bare1991Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerToo Much to BareJoan HessQ1690743Sisters in Crime 2
1990-best-mystery-novel-a-little-class-on-murder1990Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA Little Class on MurderCarolyn HartQ3595068
1990-best-mystery-novel-black-cherry-blues1990Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlack Cherry BluesJames Lee BurkeQ982095
1990-best-mystery-novel-bone1990Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBoneGeorge C. ChesbroQ2998315
1990-best-mystery-novel-the-death-of-a-joyce-scholar1990Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Death of a Joyce ScholarBartholomew GillQ15039934
1990-best-first-mystery-novel-grime-and-punishment1990Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerGrime and PunishmentJill ChurchillQ13563085
1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-cheerio-killings1990Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Cheerio KillingsDoug Allyn
1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-mark-twain-murders1990Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Mark Twain MurdersEdith SkomQ5338677
1990-best-first-mystery-novel-a-collector-of-photographs1990Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistA Collector of PhotographsDeborah Valentine
1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-last-billable-hour1990Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Last Billable HourSusan Wolfe
1990-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-bedside-companion-to-crime1990Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerThe Bedside Companion to CrimeH. R. F. KeatingQ955307
1990-best-mystery-short-story-afraid-all-the-time1990Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerAfraid All the TimeNancy PickardQ509515Sisters in Crime
1990-best-mystery-short-story-fire-burning-bright1990Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistFire Burning BrightBrendan DuBoisQ4960869Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Winter 1989
1990-best-mystery-short-story-one-eye-open1990Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistOne Eye OpenJeremiah HealyQ18402674Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1989
1990-best-mystery-short-story-too-many-crooks1990Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistToo Many CrooksDonald E. WestlakeQ538508Playboy, August 1989
1989-best-mystery-novel-a-thief-of-time1989Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA Thief of TimeQ4660061Tony HillermanQ181920
1989-best-mystery-novel-murder-unrenovated1989Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistMurder UnrenovatedP. M. CarlsonQ16028065
1989-best-mystery-novel-a-great-deliverance1989Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Great DeliveranceQ3054552Elizabeth GeorgeQ236727
1989-best-mystery-novel-e-is-for-evidence1989Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistE Is for EvidenceSue GraftonQ234865
1989-best-mystery-novel-the-silence-of-the-lambs1989Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Silence of the LambsQ897685Thomas HarrisQ313377
1989-best-mystery-novel-blood-shot1989Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBlood ShotQ4927706Sara ParetskyQ438024
1989-best-first-mystery-novel-the-killings-at-badger-s-drift1989Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Killings at Badger's DriftCaroline GrahamQ258431
1989-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-once-done1989Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMurder Once DoneMary Lou Bennett
1989-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-silk-stalkings1989Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerSilk StalkingsVictoria Nichols and Susan Thompson
1989-best-mystery-short-story-deja-vu1989Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerDeja VuDoug AllynAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1988
1989-best-mystery-short-story-fatherly-love1989Best Mystery Short StoryfalseFinalistFatherly LoveCarl MartinEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1988
1988-best-mystery-novel-marriage-is-murder1988Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerMarriage Is MurderNancy PickardQ509515
1988-best-mystery-novel-primary-target1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistPrimary TargetMax Allan CollinsQ690233
1988-best-mystery-novel-a-project-named-desire1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Project Named DesireJohn W. and Joyce H. Corrington
1988-best-mystery-novel-venetian-mask1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistVenetian MaskMickey Friedman
1988-best-mystery-novel-the-right-jack1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Right JackMargaret MaronQ465231
1988-best-mystery-novel-bitter-medicine1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBitter MedicineSara ParetskyQ438024
1988-best-mystery-novel-a-fatal-inversion1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistA Fatal InversionQ4656686Barbara VineQ232260
1988-best-mystery-novel-the-tenth-interview1988Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Tenth InterviewJohn WainwrightQ1702178
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-the-monkey-s-raincoat1988Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Monkey's RaincoatRobert CraisQ922053
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-death-on-the-rocks1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath on the RocksMichael Allegretto
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-death-on-demand1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistDeath on DemandCarolyn G. HartQ3595068
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-fetish1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistFetishJeanne Hart
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-unquiet-grave1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistUnquiet GraveJanet LaPierre
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-where-lawyers-fear-to-tread1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistWhere Lawyers Fear To TreadLia MateraQ95208231
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-neon-flamingo1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistNeon FlamingoMatt and Bonnie Taylor
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-the-unorthodox-murder-of-rabbi-wahl1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistThe Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi WahlJoseph TelushkinQ4454265
1988-best-first-mystery-novel-presumed-innocent1988Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistPresumed InnocentQ967405Scott TurowQ451136
1988-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-son-of-gun-in-cheek1988Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinnerSon of Gun in CheekBill PronziniQ862387
1988-best-mystery-short-story-the-woman-in-the-wardrobe1988Best Mystery Short StorytrueWinnerThe Woman in the WardrobeRobert BarnardQ1788811Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1987
1987-best-mystery-novel-a-taste-for-death1987Best Mystery NoveltrueWinnerA Taste for DeathQ4659983P. D. JamesQ270648
1987-best-mystery-novel-when-the-sacred-ginmill-closes1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistWhen the Sacred Ginmill ClosesQ7993024Lawrence BlockQ505123
1987-best-mystery-novel-the-million-dollar-wound1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Million-Dollar WoundMax Allan CollinsQ690233
1987-best-mystery-novel-come-morning1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistCome MorningJoe GoresQ972967
1987-best-mystery-novel-beyond-blame1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistBeyond BlameStephen Greenleaf
1987-best-mystery-novel-skinwalkers1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistSkinwalkersQ3399278Tony HillermanQ181920
1987-best-mystery-novel-the-perfect-spy1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistThe Perfect SpyJohn le CarréQ209641
1987-best-mystery-novel-deadfall1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistDeadfallBill PronziniQ862387
1987-best-mystery-novel-lady-killer1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistLady KillerMasako TogawaQ276332
1987-best-mystery-novel-night-games1987Best Mystery NovelfalseFinalistNight GamesCollin WilcoxQ2983406
1987-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ritual-bath1987Best First Mystery (Novel)trueWinnerThe Ritual BathFaye KellermanQ268466
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1987-best-first-mystery-novel-joseph-koenig1987Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistJoseph KoenigFloater
1987-best-first-mystery-novel-mike-lupica1987Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistMike LupicaDead Air
1987-best-first-mystery-novel-edward-mathis1987Best First Mystery (Novel)falseFinalistEdward MathisFrom a High Place
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1987-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-1001-midnights1987Best Mystery Nonfiction/CriticaltrueWinner1001 MidnightsMarcia Muller and Bill PronziniQ444016
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