# Macavity Awards, winners and finalists

| ID | Year | Category | Won | Result | Title | Work (Wikidata) | Author(s) | Author (Wikidata) | Publisher / publication | Series |
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| 2025-best-mystery-novel-california-bear | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | California Bear |  | Duane Swierczynski | Q5310393 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2025-best-mystery-novel-hall-of-mirrors | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hall of Mirrors |  | John Copenhaver | Q87409861 | Pegasus Crime |  |
| 2025-best-mystery-novel-served-cold | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Served Cold |  | James L’Etoile |  | Level Best |  |
| 2025-best-mystery-novel-the-god-of-the-woods | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The God of the Woods |  | Liz Moore | Q43325488 | Riverhead Books |  |
| 2025-best-mystery-novel-the-in-crowd | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The In Crowd |  | Charlotte Vassell |  | Doubleday (publisher) |  |
| 2025-best-mystery-novel-all-the-colors-of-the-dark | 2025 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | All the Colors of the Dark |  | Chris Whitaker | Q110765371 | Crown Publishing Group |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-all-the-sinners-bleed | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | All the Sinners Bleed |  | S.A. Cosby | Q98497315 | Flatiron Books |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-dark-ride | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Dark Ride |  | Lou Berney | Q28497719 | Wm. Morrow |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-hide | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hide |  | Tracy Clark | Q117023495 | Thomas & Mercer |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-happiness-falls | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Happiness Falls |  | Angie Kim |  | Hogarth |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-murder-book | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Murder Book |  | Thomas Perry | Q2426488 | Mysterious |  |
| 2024-best-mystery-novel-crook-manifesto | 2024 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Crook Manifesto |  | Colson Whitehead | Q509662 | Penguin Random House - Doubleday |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-a-world-of-curiosities | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A World of Curiosities | Q117317201 | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-back-to-the-garden | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Back to the Garden |  | Laurie R. King | Q272794 | Bantam |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-two-nights-in-lisbon | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Two Nights in Lisbon |  | Chris Pavone | Q13102113 | MCD |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-a-heart-full-of-headstones | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Heart Full of Headstones | Q115806245 | Ian Rankin | Q318431 | Little, Brown |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-killers-of-a-certain-age | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Killers of a Certain Age |  | Deanna Raybourn | Q5246761 | Berkley |  |
| 2023-best-mystery-novel-secret-identity | 2023 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Secret Identity |  | Alex Segura | Q116378763 | Flatiron Books |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-razorblade-tears | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Razorblade Tears | Q108619623 | S. A. Cosby | Q98497315 | Flatiron Books |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-the-dark-hours | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Dark Hours |  | Michael Connelly | Q313193 | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-1979 | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | 1979 |  | Val McDermid | Q239911 | Atlantic Monthly |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-bobby-march-will-live-forever | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bobby March Will Live Forever |  | Alan Parks | Q1517481 | World Noir |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-we-begin-at-the-end | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | We Begin at the End |  | Chris Whitaker | Q2964893 | Henry Holt & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-novel-harlem-shuffle | 2022 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Harlem Shuffle | Q98113816 | Colson Whitehead | Q509662 | Doubleday |  |
| 2022-best-first-mystery-novel-arsenic-and-adobo | 2022 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Arsenic and Adobo |  | Mia P. Manansala |  | Berkley Books |  |
| 2022-best-first-mystery-novel-who-is-maude-dixon | 2022 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Who Is Maude Dixon? |  | Alexandra Andrews |  | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-first-mystery-novel-girl-a | 2022 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Girl A |  | Abigail Dean | Q105075065 | Viking Press |  |
| 2022-best-first-mystery-novel-deer-season | 2022 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Deer Season |  | Erin Flanagan |  | University of Nebraska Press |  |
| 2022-best-first-mystery-novel-all-her-little-secrets | 2022 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | All Her Little Secrets |  | Wanda M. Morris |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-how-to-write-a-mystery-a-handbook-from-m | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America |  | Lee Child with Laurie R. King | Q333719 | Scribner |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-s-poirot-the-greatest-de | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World |  | Mark Aldridge | Q51163670 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-confidence-men-how-two-prisoners-of- | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History |  | Margalit Fox | Q6759071 | Random House |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham- | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene | Q106993260 | Richard Greene |  | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-tony-hillerman-a-life | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Tony Hillerman: A Life |  | James McGrath Morris | Q16186383 | University of Oklahoma Press |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-reason-for-the-darkness-of-the-night | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science |  | John Tresch |  | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-twelve-lives-of-alfred-hitchcock-an- | 2022 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense | Q106968353 | Edward White |  | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-sweeps-week | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Sweeps Week |  | Richard Helms |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-lucky-thirteen | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Lucky Thirteen |  | Tracy Clark |  | Midnight Hour (Crooked Lane Books) |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-curious-incidents | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Curious Incidents |  | Steve Hockensmith | Q7612850 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021 |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-road-to-hana | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Road to Hana |  | R.T. Lawton |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2021 |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-white-star | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The White Star |  | G.M. Malliet | Q18356729 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-the-locked-room-library | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Locked Room Library |  | Gigi Pandian | Q94648552 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 |  |
| 2022-best-mystery-short-story-julius-katz-and-the-two-cousins | 2022 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Julius Katz and the Two Cousins |  | Dave Zeltserman | Q3703063 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-clark-and-division | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Clark and Division |  | Naomi Hirahara | Q21034199 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-venice-sketchbook | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Venice Sketchbook |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Lake Union |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-hollywood-spy | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Hollywood Spy |  | Susan Elia MacNeal | Q22278966 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-bombay-prince | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Bombay Prince |  | Sujata Massey | Q266187 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-velvet-was-the-night | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Velvet was the Night |  | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Q17386413 | Del Rey Books |  |
| 2022-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-death-at-greenway | 2022 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Death at Greenway |  | Lori Rader-Day | Q23816368 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-blacktop-wasteland | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Blacktop Wasteland | Q108619501 | S. A. Cosby | Q98497315 | Flatiron Books |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-before-she-was-helen | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Before She Was Helen |  | Caroline B. Cooney | Q2939963 | Ecco Press |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-blind-vigil | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Blind Vigil |  | Matt Coyle | Q6788513 | Oceanview Publishing |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-all-the-devils-are-here | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | All the Devils Are Here |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-these-women | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | These Women |  | Ivy Pochoda | Q13563187 | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-novel-when-she-was-good | 2021 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | When She Was Good |  | Michael Robotham | Q981683 | Scribner |  |
| 2021-best-first-mystery-novel-winter-counts | 2021 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Winter Counts |  | David Heska Wanbli Weiden | Q107356587 | Ecco Press |  |
| 2021-best-first-mystery-novel-djinn-patrol-on-the-purple-line | 2021 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line | Q99777276 | Deepa Anappara |  | Random House |  |
| 2021-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-old-bombay | 2021 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder in Old Bombay |  | Nev March |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2021-best-first-mystery-novel-the-thursday-murder-club | 2021 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Thursday Murder Club | Q104881034 | Richard Osman | Q7328202 | Pamela Dorman Books |  |
| 2021-best-first-mystery-novel-darling-rose-gold | 2021 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Darling Rose Gold |  | Stephanie Wrobel |  | Berkley Books |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-h-r-f-keating-a-life-of-crime | 2021 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime |  | Sheila Mitchell |  | Level Best Books |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-sometimes-you-have-to-lie-the-life-and-t | 2021 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy |  | Leslie Brody | Q6530666 | Seal Press |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-howdunit-a-masterclass-in-crime-writing- | 2021 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club |  | Martin Edwards (ed.) | Q4529813 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-ian-rankin-a-companion-to-the-mystery-fi | 2021 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction |  | Erin E. MacDonald |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-southern-cross-crime-the-pocket-essentia | 2021 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand |  | Craig Sisterson |  | Oldcastle Books |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-short-story-elysian-fields | 2021 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Elysian Fields |  | Gabriel Valjan |  | California Schemin': The 2020 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Art Taylor (Wildside Press) |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-short-story-dear-emily-etiquette | 2021 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Dear Emily Etiquette |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2020 |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-short-story-the-boy-detective-the-summer-of-74 | 2021 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Boy Detective & The Summer of ‘74 |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2020 |  |
| 2021-best-mystery-short-story-dog-eat-dog | 2021 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Dog Eat Dog |  | Elaine Viets | Q5353312 | The 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-engagement | 2021 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Twenty-Five Year Engagement |  | James W. Ziskin | Q28497898 | In 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-stone | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Turn to Stone |  | James Ziskin | Q28497898 | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-last-mrs-summers | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Last Mrs. Summers |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Berkley Books |  |
| 2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-cabinets-of-barnaby-mayne | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne |  | Elsa Hart |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-turning-tide | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Turning Tide |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Quercus |  |
| 2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mortal-music | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Mortal Music |  | Ann Parker | Q17285683 | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2021-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-mimosa-tree-mystery | 2021 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Mimosa Tree Mystery |  | Ovidia Yu | Q18640003 | Constable Press |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-the-chain | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Chain | Q109927867 | Adrian McKinty | Q4685212 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-your-house-will-pay | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Your House Will Pay |  | Steph Cha | Q22095423 | Ecco Press |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-this-tender-land | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | This Tender Land | Q113144623 | William Kent Krueger | Q534738 | Atria |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-lady-in-the-lake | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Lady in the Lake |  | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-the-murder-list | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Murder List |  | Hank Philippi Ryan |  | Forge Books |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-novel-sarah-jane | 2020 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Sarah Jane |  | James Sallis | Q736143 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-one-night-gone | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | One Night Gone |  | Tara Laskowski |  | Graydon House Books |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-my-lovely-wife | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | My Lovely Wife |  | Samantha Downing | Q108210276 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ninja-daughter | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Ninja Daughter |  | Tori Eldridge |  | Agora Books |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-miracle-creek | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Miracle Creek |  | Angie Kim |  | Sarah Crichton Books |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-call-me-evie | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Call Me Evie |  | J.P. Pomare |  | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2020-best-first-mystery-novel-american-spy | 2020 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | American Spy | Q85741243 | Lauren Wilkinson | Q60894265 | Random House |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-hitchcock-and-the-censors | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Hitchcock and the Censors |  | John Billheimer |  | University Press of Kentucky |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-frederic-dannay | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Frederic Dannay |  | Laird R. Blackwell |  | Ellery 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-j | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan |  | Ursula Buchan |  | Bloomsbury Publishing |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-norco-80-the-true-story-of-the-most-spec | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery |  | Peter Houlahan |  | American History, Counterpoint |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-mutual-admiration-society-how-doroth | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women |  | Mo Moulton | Q104772868 | Basic Books |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-indecent-advances-a-hidden-history-of-tr | 2020 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall |  | James Polchin |  | Counterpoint |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-better-days | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Better Days |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-west-texas-barbecue | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | West Texas Barbecue |  | Michael Chandos |  | The Eyes of Texas, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books) |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-the-cardboard-box | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Cardboard Box |  | Terence Faherty | Q7701900 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-alex-s-choice | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Alex's Choice |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Crime Travel, edited by Barb Goffman(Wildside Press) |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-whiteout | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Whiteout |  | G.M. Malliet | Q18356729 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jan/Feb 2019 |  |
| 2020-best-mystery-short-story-brother-s-keeper | 2020 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Brother's Keeper |  | Dave Zeltserman | Q3703063 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-secrets-we-kept | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | The Secrets We Kept |  | Lara Prescott | Q112542140 | Vintage |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-murder-knocks-twice | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Murder Knocks Twice |  | Susanna Calkins | Q87836329 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-pearl-dagger | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Pearl Dagger |  | L. A. Chandlar | Q125948160 | Kensington Books |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lady-s-guide-to-gossip-and-murder | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder |  | Dianne Freeman |  | Kensington Books |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-satapur-moonstone | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Satapur Moonstone |  | Sujata Massey | Q266187 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2020-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-charity-s-burden | 2020 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Charity's Burden |  | Edith Maxwell | Q94579903 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-november-road | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | November Road |  | Lou Berney | Q28497719 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-if-i-die-tonight | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | If I Die Tonight |  | Alison Gaylin | Q30727087 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-the-lost-man | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Lost Man |  | Jane Harper | Q28524412 | Flat Iron Books |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-jar-of-hearts | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Jar of Hearts |  | Jennifer Hillier | Q28497900 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-hiroshima-boy | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hiroshima Boy |  | Naomi Hirahara | Q21034199 | Prospect Park Books |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-novel-under-my-skin | 2019 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Under My Skin |  | Lisa Unger | Q3242453 | Harlequin – Park Row Books |  |
| 2019-best-first-mystery-novel-dodging-and-burning | 2019 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Dodging and Burning |  | John Copenhaver | Q87409861 | Pegasus Books |  |
| 2019-best-first-mystery-novel-my-sister-the-serial-killer | 2019 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | My Sister, the Serial Killer | Q104843316 | Oyinkan Braithwaite | Q64532867 | Doubleday |  |
| 2019-best-first-mystery-novel-where-the-crawdads-sing | 2019 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Where the Crawdads Sing | Q65063529 | Delia Owens | Q62112277 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2019-best-first-mystery-novel-something-in-the-water | 2019 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Something in the Water |  | Catherine Steadman |  | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2019-best-first-mystery-novel-the-chalk-man | 2019 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Chalk Man |  | C.J. Tudor | Q54627519 | Crown |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-real-lolita-the-kidnapping-of-sally- | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World |  | Sarah Weinman | Q47510114 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-metaphysical-mysteries-of-g-k-cheste | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction |  | Laird R. Blackwell |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-conan-doyle-for-the-defense-the-true-sto | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer |  | Margalit Fox | Q6759071 | Random House |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-classic-american-crime-fiction-of-the-19 | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s |  | Leslie S. Klinger | Q6531114 | Pegasus Books |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-i-ll-be-gone-in-the-dark-one-woman-s-obs | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer | Q52186659 | Michelle McNamara | Q23924683 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-a-mysterious-life | 2019 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life |  | Laura Thompson |  | Pegasus Books |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-english-398-fiction-workshop | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | English 398: Fiction Workshop |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul/Aug 2018 |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-race-to-judgment | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Race to Judgment |  | Craig Faustus Buck |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018 |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-all-god-s-sparrows | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | All God's Sparrows |  | Leslie Budewitz |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/Jun 2018 |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-bug-appetit | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Bug Appétit |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018 |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-three-star-sushi | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Three-Star Sushi |  | Barry Lancet |  | Down & Out: The Magazine, Vol.1, No. 3 |  |
| 2019-best-mystery-short-story-the-cambodian-curse | 2019 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Cambodian Curse |  | Gigi Pandian | Q94648552 | The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-widows-of-malabar-hill | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | The Widows of Malabar Hill |  | Sujata Massey | Q266187 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lady-s-guide-to-etiquette-and-murder | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder |  | Dianne Freeman |  | Kensington Books |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-city-of-ink | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | City of Ink |  | Elsa Hart |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-island-of-the-mad | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Island of the Mad | Q85770149 | Laurie R. King | Q272794 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-dying-note | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Dying Note |  | Ann Parker | Q17285683 | Poisoned Pen |  |
| 2019-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-forgotten-place | 2019 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Forgotten Place |  | Charles Todd |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-magpie-murders | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Magpie Murders | Q97194506 | Anthony Horowitz | Q279305 | Harper |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-the-marsh-king-s-daughter | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Marsh King's Daughter |  | Karen Dionne | Q29656096 |  |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-bluebird-bluebird | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bluebird, Bluebird | Q96373727 | Attica Locke | Q4818340 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-glass-houses | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Glass Houses | Q25210982 | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-the-old-man | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Old Man | Q106441173 | Thomas Perry | Q2426488 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-novel-the-force | 2018 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Force |  | Don Winslow | Q908571 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-lost-ones | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Lost Ones |  | Sheena Kamal | Q58423984 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-hollywood-homicide | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Hollywood Homicide |  | Kellye Garrett |  | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-dry | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Dry | Q28524515 | Jane Harper | Q28524412 | Flatiron Books |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-she-rides-shotgun | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | She Rides Shotgun |  | Jordan Harper |  | Ecco Press |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-the-last-place-you-look | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Last Place You Look |  | Kristen Lepionka | Q67079987 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2018-best-first-mystery-novel-lost-luggage | 2018 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Lost Luggage |  | Wendall Thomas |  | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books |  | Martin Edwards | Q4529813 | Poisoned Pen Press/British Library |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-from-holmes-to-sherlock-the-story-of-the | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon | Q60768029 | Mattias Bostrom |  | Mysterious Press |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-chester-b-himes-a-biography | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Chester B. Himes: A Biography |  | Lawrence P. Jackson |  | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-man-from-the-train-the-solving-of-a- | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery |  | Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James | Q2903257 | Scribner |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-arthur-and-sherlock-conan-doyle-and-the- | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes |  | Michael Sims | Q6834418 | Bloomsbury |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-lady-killers-deadly-women-throughout-his | 2018 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History |  | Tori Telfer |  | Harper Perennial |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-windward | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Windward |  | Paul D. Marks | Q46996200 | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-as-ye-sow | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | As Ye Sow |  | Craig Faustus Buck |  | Passport to Murder: Bouchercon Anthology 2017, Down and Out Books |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-the-2-pencil | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The 2 Pencil |  | Matt Coyle | Q6788513 | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-infinite-uticas | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Infinite Uticas |  | Terence Faherty | Q7701900 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-whose-wine-is-it-anyway | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Whose Wine Is it Anyway? |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | 50 Shades of Cabernet, Koehler Books |  |
| 2018-best-mystery-short-story-a-necessary-ingredient | 2018 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Necessary Ingredient |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Down & Out Books |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-farleigh-field | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | In Farleigh Field |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Lake Union Publishing |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-devouring | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Devouring |  | James R. Benn | Q6141569 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-rising-man | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Rising Man |  | Abir Mukherjee | Q70587920 | Pegasus |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dangerous-to-know | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Dangerous to Know |  | Renee Patrick |  | Forge Books |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-racing-the-devil | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Racing the Devil |  | Charles Todd |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2018-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-cast-the-first-stone | 2018 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Cast the First Stone |  | James W. Ziskin | Q28497898 | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-a-great-reckoning | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A Great Reckoning |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-you-will-know-me | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | You Will Know Me | Q26252700 | Megan Abbott | Q3304340 | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-dark-fissures | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Dark Fissures |  | Matt Coyle | Q6788513 | Oceanview |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-before-the-fall | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Before the Fall |  | Noah Hawley | Q7045396 | UK: Hodder & Stoughton US: Grand Central Publishing |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-real-tigers | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Real Tigers |  | Mick Herron | Q24929761 | UK: John Murray US: Soho Press |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-novel-wilde-lake | 2017 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Wilde Lake |  | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2017-best-first-mystery-novel-iq | 2017 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | IQ |  | Joe Ide | Q50385245 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2017-best-first-mystery-novel-the-widow | 2017 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Widow |  | Fiona Barton |  | UK: Bantam Books US: NAL |  |
| 2017-best-first-mystery-novel-under-the-harrow | 2017 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Under the Harrow |  | Flynn Berry | Q41753388 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2017-best-first-mystery-novel-dodgers | 2017 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Dodgers |  | Bill Beverly | Q28076275 | No Exit Press |  |
| 2017-best-first-mystery-novel-design-for-dying | 2017 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Design for Dying |  | Renee Patrick |  | Forge Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-sara-paretsky-a-companion-to-the-mystery | 2017 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction |  | Margaret Kinsman |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mastering-suspense-structure-and-plot-ho | 2017 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats |  | Jane K. Cleland | Q6152425 | Writer's Digest Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-shirley-jackson-a-rather-haunted-life | 2017 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life |  | Ruth Franklin | Q92452668 | Liveright Publishing |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-something-in-the-blood-the-untold-story- | 2017 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula |  | David J. Skal | Q2891712 | Liveright Publishing |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-wicked-boy-the-mystery-of-a-victoria | 2017 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer |  | Kate Summerscale | Q3297469 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-parallel-play | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Parallel Play |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, Wildside Press |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-autumn-at-the-automat | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Autumn at the Automat |  | Lawrence Block | Q505123 | In Sunlight or in Shadow, Pegasus Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-blank-shot | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Blank Shot |  | Craig Faustus Buck |  | Black Coffee, Darkhouse Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-survivor-s-guilt | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Survivor's Guilt |  | Greg Herren | Q16203351 | Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016, Down & Out Books |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-ghosts-of-bunker-hill | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Ghosts of Bunker Hill |  | Paul D. Marks | Q46996200 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Dec. 2016 |  |
| 2017-best-mystery-short-story-the-crawl-space | 2017 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Crawl Space |  | Joyce Carol Oates | Q217557 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 2016 |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-heart-of-stone | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Heart of Stone |  | James W. Ziskin | Q28497898 | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-death-along-the-river-fleet | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Death Along the River Fleet |  | Susanna Calkins | Q87836329 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-jane-steele | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Jane Steele |  | Lyndsay Faye | Q18609305 | UK: Headline Review US: G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-delivering-the-truth | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Delivering The Truth |  | Edith Maxwell | Q94579903 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-reek-of-red-herrings | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Reek of Red Herrings |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | US: Minotaur UK: Houghton Stodder |  |
| 2017-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-what-gold-buys | 2017 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | What Gold Buys |  | Ann Parker | Q17285683 | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-the-long-and-faraway-gone | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Long and Faraway Gone | Q30593214 | Lou Berney | Q28497719 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-little-black-lies | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Little Black Lies |  | Sharon Bolton | Q2277246 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-the-hot-countries | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Hot Countries |  | Tim Hallinan |  | Soho Press |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-the-child-garden | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Child Garden |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-life-or-death | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Life or Death | Q20800530 | Michael Robotham | Q981683 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-novel-the-cartel | 2016 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Cartel |  | Don Winslow | Q908571 | Alfred A. Knopf |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-past-crimes | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Past Crimes |  | Glen Erik Hamilton |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-concrete-angel | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Concrete Angel |  | Patricia Abbott |  | Polis |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-the-killing-kind | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Killing Kind |  | Chris Holm |  | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-where-all-light-tends-to-go | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Where All Light Tends to Go |  | David Joy | Q27840037 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-the-unquiet-dead | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Unquiet Dead | Q96409678 | Ausma Zehanat Khan | Q28497878 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2016-best-first-mystery-novel-on-the-road-with-del-and-louise | 2016 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | On the Road with Del and Louise |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Henery |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-golden-age-of-murder-the-mystery-of- | 2016 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story |  | Martin Edwards | Q4529813 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-is-for-arsenic-the-poisons-of-agatha-c | 2016 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | A Is For Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie |  | Kathryn Harkup | Q115869637 | Bloomsbury Sigma |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-meanwhile-there-are-letters-the-correspo | 2016 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald |  | Suzanne Marrs and Tom Nolan (eds.) |  | Arcade |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-forensics-what-bugs-burns-prints-dna-and | 2016 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime |  | Val McDermid | Q239911 | Grove Press |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-lost-detective-becoming-dashiell-ham | 2016 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett |  | Nathan Ward |  | Bloomsbury Publishing |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-the-little-men | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Little Men |  | Megan Abbott | Q3304340 | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-on-borrowed-time | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | On Borrowed Time |  | Mat Coward |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2015 |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-sob-sister | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Sob Sister |  | Loren D. Estleman | Q6680363 | Detroit Is Our Beat: Tales of the Four Horsemen, Tyrus |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-a-year-without-santa-claus | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Year Without Santa Claus |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2015 |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-quack-and-dwight | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Quack and Dwight |  | Travis Richardson |  | Jewish Noir, edited by Kenneth Wishnia, PM Press |  |
| 2016-best-mystery-short-story-a-joy-forever | 2016 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Joy Forever |  | B.K. Stevens |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015 |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-masque-of-a-murderer | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | The Masque of a Murderer |  | Susanna Calkins | Q87836329 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-gilded-grave | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Gilded Grave |  | Shelley Freydont |  | Berkley Prime Crime |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-tom-lucky-and-george-cokey-flo | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Tom & Lucky (and George & Cokey Flo) |  | C. Joseph Greaves |  | Bloomsbury |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-lady-from-zagreb | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Lady from Zagreb |  | Philip Kerr | Q556815 | Marian Wood/G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-secret-life-of-anna-blanc | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Secret Life of Anna Blanc |  | Jennifer Kincheloe |  | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2016-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dreaming-spies | 2016 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Dreaming Spies | Q16989082 | Laurie R. King | Q272794 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-killer-next-door | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Killer Next Door |  | Alex Marwood | Q7453119 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-missing-place | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Missing Place |  | Sophie Littlefield | Q16885801 | Gallery |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-lewis-man | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Lewis Man |  | Peter May | Q1743290 | Quercus |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-day-she-died | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Day She Died | Q30632659 | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-long-way-home | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Long Way Home |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-novel-the-last-death-of-jack-harbin | 2015 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Last Death of Jack Harbin |  | Terry Shames |  | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-invisible-city | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Invisible City |  | Julia Dahl |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-blessed-are-the-dead | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Blessed Are the Dead |  | Kristi Belcamino |  | Witness Impulse |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-dry-bones-in-the-valley | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Dry Bones in the Valley |  | Tom Bouman | Q28497867 | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-someone-else-s-skin | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Someone Else's Skin |  | Sarah Hilary | Q24572775 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-dear-daughter | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Dear Daughter |  | Elizabeth Little |  | Viking Press |  |
| 2015-best-first-mystery-novel-the-black-hour | 2015 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Black Hour | Q30324564 | Lori Rader-Day | Q23816368 | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-writes-of-passage-adventures-on-the-writ | 2015 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey |  | Hank Phillippi Ryan (ed.) | Q5648440 | Henery Press |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-figure-of-the-detective-a-literary-h | 2015 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis |  | Charles Brownson |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-poe-land-the-hallowed-haunts-of-edgar-al | 2015 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe | Q30593084 | J.W. Ocker |  | Countryman |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-400-things-cops-know-street-smart-lesson | 2015 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | 400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman |  | Adam Plantinga |  | Quill Driver |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-short-story-honeymoon-sweet | 2015 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Honeymoon Sweet |  | Craig Faustus Buck |  | Murder at the Beach: The Bouchercon Anthology 2014, edited by Dana Cameron, Down & Out |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-shadow-knows | 2015 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Shadow Knows |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, Wildside Press |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-short-story-howling-at-the-moon | 2015 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Howling at the Moon |  | Paul D. Marks | Q46996200 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-proxy | 2015 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Proxy |  | Travis Richardson |  | Thuglit 13, Sept./Oct. 2014 |  |
| 2015-best-mystery-short-story-the-odds-are-against-us | 2015 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Odds Are Against Us |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-deadly-measure-of-brimstone | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | A Deadly Measure of Brimstone |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-queen-of-hearts | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Queen of Hearts |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Berkley Prime Crime |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-things-half-in-shadow | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Things Half in Shadow |  | Alan Finn | Q99395425 | Gallery |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-an-officer-and-a-spy | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | An Officer and a Spy | Q17016603 | Robert Harris | Q313981 | Alfred A. Knopf |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-present-darkness | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Present Darkness |  | Malla Nunn | Q1887476 | Atria |  |
| 2015-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-hunting-shadows | 2015 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Hunting Shadows |  | Charles Todd |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-ordinary-grace | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Ordinary Grace | Q30632434 | William Kent Krueger | Q534738 | Atria Books |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-sandrine-s-case | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Sandrine's Case |  | Thomas H. Cook | Q2072876 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-dead-lions | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Dead Lions |  | Mick Herron | Q24929761 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-the-wicked-girls | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Wicked Girls | Q29830790 | Alex Marwood | Q7453119 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-how-the-light-gets-in | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | How the Light Gets In |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-novel-standing-in-another-man-s-grave | 2014 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Standing in Another Man's Grave | Q16545107 | Ian Rankin | Q318431 | Reagan Arthur Books |  |
| 2014-best-first-mystery-novel-a-killing-at-cotton-hill | 2014 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | A Killing at Cotton Hill |  | Terry Shames |  | Seventh Street Books |  |
| 2014-best-first-mystery-novel-yesterday-s-echo | 2014 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Yesterday's Echo | Q30324562 | Matt Coyle | Q6788513 | Oceanview Publishing |  |
| 2014-best-first-mystery-novel-rage-against-the-dying | 2014 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Rage Against the Dying |  | Becky Masterman |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2014-best-first-mystery-novel-cover-of-snow | 2014 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Cover of Snow |  | Jenny Milchman |  | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2014-best-first-mystery-novel-norwegian-by-night | 2014 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Norwegian by Night |  | Derek Miller |  | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-hour-of-peril-the-secret-plot-to-mur | 2014 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War |  | Daniel Stashower | Q18921610 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-lady-and-her-monsters-a-tale-of-diss | 2014 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece |  | Roseanne Montillo |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-being-cool-the-work-of-elmore-leonard | 2014 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard |  | Charles J. Rzepka |  | Johns Hopkins University Press |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-care-and-feeding-of-houseplants | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Care and Feeding of Houseplants |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-terminal | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Terminal |  | Reed Farrel Coleman | Q16025004 | Kwik Krimes, edited by Otto Penzler, Thomas & Mercer |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-caxton-private-lending-library-book- | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | Q30593209 | John Connolly | Q7110994 | Bibliomysteries: Short Tales About Deadly Books, edited by Otto Penzler, Bookspan |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-dragon-s-tail | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Dragon's Tail |  | Martin Limon |  | Nightmare Range: The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories, Soho Books |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-the-hindi-houdini | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Hindi Houdini |  | Gigi Pandian | Q94648552 | Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, edited by Ramona DeFelice Long, Wildside Press |  |
| 2014-best-mystery-short-story-incident-on-the-405 | 2014 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Incident on the 405 |  | Travis Richardson |  | The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble, edited by Clare Toohey, Macmillan |  |
| 2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-murder-as-a-fine-art | 2014 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Murder as a Fine Art |  | David Morrell | Q444065 | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-murder-at-rosamund-s-gate | 2014 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Murder at Rosamund's Gate |  | Susanna Calkins | Q87836329 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-saving-lincoln | 2014 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Saving Lincoln |  | Robert Kresge |  | ABQ Press |  |
| 2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dandy-gilver-and-a-bothersome-number-of- | 2014 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2014-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-ratlines | 2014 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Ratlines |  | Stuart Neville | Q7626905 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-beautiful-mystery | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Beautiful Mystery |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-gone-girl | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Gone Girl | Q5581570 | Gillian Flynn | Q311755 | Crown |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-black-house | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Black House | Q7718347 | Peter May | Q1743290 | Silver Oak |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-other-woman | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Other Woman | Q30600291 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Q5648440 | Forge Books |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-art-forger | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Art Forger |  | B.A. Shapiro | Q29032876 | Algonquin Books |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-twenty-year-death | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Twenty Year Death |  | Ariel S. Winter |  | Hard Case Crime |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-novel-the-last-policeman | 2013 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Last Policeman | Q7745946 | Ben H. Winters | Q4885768 | Quirk Books |  |
| 2013-best-first-mystery-novel-don-t-ever-get-old | 2013 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Don't Ever Get Old |  | Daniel Friedman | Q18350144 | Minotaur Books – Thomas Dunne Books |  |
| 2013-best-first-mystery-novel-low-country-boil | 2013 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Low Country Boil |  | Susan M. Boyer | Q16200143 | Henery Press |  |
| 2013-best-first-mystery-novel-mr-churchill-s-secretary | 2013 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Mr. Churchill's Secretary |  | Susan Elia MacNeal | Q22278966 | Random House – Bantam Books |  |
| 2013-best-first-mystery-novel-the-expats | 2013 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Expats |  | Chris Pavone | Q13102113 | Crown |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-books-to-die-for-the-world-s-greatest-my | 2013 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels |  | John Connolly and Declan Burke (eds.) | Q7110994 | Simon & Schuster – Atria/Emily Bestler |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-midnight-in-peking-how-the-murder-of-a-y | 2013 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China |  | Paul French | Q14949075 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-in-pursuit-of-spenser-mystery-writers-on | 2013 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero |  | Otto Penzler (ed.) | Q7109763 | BenBella/Smart Pop |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-lord-is-my-shamus | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Lord Is My Shamus |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-sequel | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Sequel |  | Jeffrey Deaver | Q358188 | The Strand Magazine, November 2012-February 2013 |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-blind-justice | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Blind Justice |  | Jim Fusilli | Q85290405 | Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-the-unremarkable-heart | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Unremarkable Heart | Q30593183 | Karin Slaughter | Q448425 | Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance, Little, Brown, & Co. – Mulholland Books |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-thea-s-first-husband | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Thea's First Husband |  | B.K. Stevens |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012 |  |
| 2013-best-mystery-short-story-when-duty-calls | 2013 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | When Duty Calls |  | Art Taylor | Q18719241 | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job Is Murder, Wildside Press |  |
| 2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-an-unmarked-grave | 2013 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | An Unmarked Grave |  | Charles Todd |  | HarperCollins |  |
| 2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-city-of-broken-glass | 2013 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A City of Broken Glass |  | Rebecca Cantrell | Q18211310 | Forge Books |  |
| 2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-princess-elizabeth-s-spy | 2013 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Princess Elizabeth's Spy |  | Susan Elia MacNeal | Q22278966 | Random House – Bantam Books |  |
| 2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-confession | 2013 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Confession |  | Charles Todd |  | HarperCollins |  |
| 2013-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-elegy-for-eddie | 2013 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Elegy for Eddie |  | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-claire-dewitt-and-the-city-of-the-dead | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead |  | Sara Gran | Q2754419 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-1222 | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | 1222 |  | Anne Holt with Marlaine Delargy (trans.) | Q256763 | Scribner |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-the-house-of-silk | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The House of Silk | Q2614669 | Anthony Horowitz | Q279305 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-the-ridge | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Ridge |  | Michael Koryta | Q6831959 | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-a-trick-of-the-light | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Trick of the Light | Q30602335 | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-the-two-deaths-of-daniel-hayes | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes |  | Marcus Sakey | Q1894353 | Dutton |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-novel-hell-gone | 2012 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hell & Gone |  | Duane Swierczynski | Q5310393 | Mulholland Books |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-all-cry-chaos | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | All Cry Chaos |  | Leonard Rosen |  | Permanent Press |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-learning-to-swim | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Learning to Swim | Q30600671 | Sara J. Henry |  | Crown |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-nazareth-child | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Nazareth Child |  | Darrell James |  | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-turn-of-mind | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Turn of Mind |  | Alice LaPlante | Q50355880 | Atlantic Monthly |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-the-informationist | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Informationist | Q7742011 | Taylor Stevens | Q18224263 | Crown |  |
| 2012-best-first-mystery-novel-before-i-go-to-sleep | 2012 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Before I Go to Sleep | Q4880274 | S. J. Watson | Q984352 | Harper |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-sookie-stackhouse-companion | 2012 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Sookie Stackhouse Companion | Q666121 | Charlaine Harris | Q233566 | Ace Books |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-books-crooks-and-counselors-how-to-write | 2012 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure |  | Leslie Budewitz |  | Linden |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-murder-in-the-making-mor | 2012 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks |  | John Curran | Q65056273 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-wilkie-collins-vera-caspary-and-the-evol | 2012 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel |  | A.B. Emrys |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-savage-city-race-murder-and-a-genera | 2012 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge |  | T. J. English | Q7668335 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-disarming | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Disarming |  | Dana Cameron | Q5214688 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011 |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-facts-exhibiting-wantonness | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Facts Exhibiting Wantonness |  | Trina Corey |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2011 |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-palace-by-the-lake | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Palace by the Lake |  | Daryl Wood Gerber |  | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology, Wildside Press |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-truth-and-consequences | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Truth and Consequences |  | Barb Goffman | Q87409866 | Mystery Times Ten, Buddhapuss Ink |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-heat-of-passion | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Heat of Passion |  | Kathleen Ryan |  | A Twist of Noir, Feb. 14, 2011 |  |
| 2012-best-mystery-short-story-the-man-who-took-his-hat-off-to-the-driv | 2012 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train |  | Peter Turnbull | Q18163015 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011 |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dandy-gilver-and-the-proper-treatment-of | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains |  | Catriona McPherson | Q23816372 | Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-naughty-in-nice | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Naughty in Nice |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Berkley Books |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-narrows-gate | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Narrows Gate |  | Jim Fusilli | Q85290405 | AmazonEncore |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mercury-s-rise | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Mercury's Rise |  | Ann Parker | Q17285683 | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-troubled-bones | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Troubled Bones |  | Jeri Westerson | Q6182095 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2012-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-lesson-in-secrets | 2012 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Lesson in Secrets |  | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | Harper |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-bury-your-dead | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Bury Your Dead |  | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-the-glass-rainbow | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Glass Rainbow |  | James Lee Burke | Q982095 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-faithful-place | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Faithful Place | Q5431286 | Tana French | Q271423 | Viking Press |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-the-queen-of-patpong | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Queen of Patpong |  | Timothy Hallinan | Q15457067 | HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-thirteen-hours | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Thirteen Hours |  | Deon Meyer | Q188244 | Grove Atlantic |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-novel-the-scent-of-rain-and-lightning | 2011 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Scent of Rain and Lightning |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2011-best-first-mystery-novel-rogue-island | 2011 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Rogue Island |  | Bruce DeSilva | Q16738931 | Forge Books/Tom Doherty Associates |  |
| 2011-best-first-mystery-novel-the-damage-done | 2011 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Damage Done |  | Hilary Davidson | Q23816365 | Forge Books |  |
| 2011-best-first-mystery-novel-the-poacher-s-son | 2011 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Poacher's Son |  | Paul Doiron | Q18158252 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2011-best-first-mystery-novel-full-mortality | 2011 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Full Mortality |  | Sasscer Hill |  | Wildside Press |  |
| 2011-best-first-mystery-novel-a-thousand-cuts | 2011 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Thousand Cuts |  | Simon Lelic | Q7519194 | Viking Press |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-s-secret-notebooks-fifty | 2011 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making |  | John Curran | Q65056273 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-poisoner-s-handbook-murder-and-the-b | 2011 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York |  | Deborah Blum | Q3020854 | Penguin Books |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-charlie-chan-the-untold-story-of-the-hon | 2011 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History |  | Yunte Huang |  | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-following-the-detectives-real-locations- | 2011 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction |  | Maxim Jakubowski (ed.) | Q6795588 | New Holland |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-thrillers-100-must-reads | 2011 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Thrillers: 100 Must Reads |  | David Morrell and Hank W. Wagner (eds.) | Q444065 | Oceanview Publishing |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-short-story-swing-shift | 2011 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Swing Shift |  | Dana Cameron | Q5214688 | Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side, Berkley Books |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-short-story-the-scent-of-lilacs | 2011 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Scent of Lilacs |  | Doug Allyn |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-short-story-devil-s-pocket | 2011 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Devil's Pocket |  | Keith Gilman |  | Philadelphia Noir, Akashic Books |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-short-story-the-gods-for-vengeance-cry | 2011 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Gods for Vengeance Cry |  | Richard Helms | Q913848 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |  |
| 2011-best-mystery-short-story-bookworm | 2011 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Bookworm |  | G.M. Malliet | Q18356729 | Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin', Wildside Press |  |
| 2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-city-of-dragons | 2011 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | City of Dragons |  | Kelli Stanley | Q6385779 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-marked-man | 2011 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Marked Man |  | Barbara Hamilton |  | Berkley Books |  |
| 2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-thousand-autumns-of-jacob-de-zoet | 2011 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet | Q7768906 | David Mitchell | Q40479 | Random House |  |
| 2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-red-door | 2011 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Red Door |  | Charles Todd |  | HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2011-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-fifth-servant | 2011 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Fifth Servant |  | Kenneth Wishnia |  | HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-tower | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Tower |  | Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman | Q1400285 | Busted Flush Press |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-bury-me-deep | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bury Me Deep | Q113554933 | Megan Abbott | Q3304340 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-necessary-as-blood | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Necessary as Blood |  | Deborah Crombie | Q272861 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-nemesis | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Nemesis | Q4587290 | Jo Nesbø with Don Bartlett (trans.) | Q202693 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-the-brutal-telling | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Brutal Telling | Q30596108 | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-novel-the-shanghai-moon | 2010 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Shanghai Moon | Q7763649 | S.J. Rozan | Q1396654 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2010-best-first-mystery-novel-the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie | 2010 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Q729200 | Alan Bradley | Q504317 | Delacorte Publishing |  |
| 2010-best-first-mystery-novel-running-from-the-devil | 2010 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Running from the Devil |  | Jamie Freveletti | Q26877316 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2010-best-first-mystery-novel-a-bad-day-for-sorry | 2010 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Bad Day for Sorry | Q30596105 | Sophie Littlefield | Q16885801 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2010-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ghosts-of-belfast | 2010 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Ghosts of Belfast |  | Stuart Neville | Q7626905 | Soho Crime |  |
| 2010-best-first-mystery-novel-a-beautiful-place-to-die | 2010 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Beautiful Place to Die | Q4655402 | Malla Nunn | Q1887476 | Picador |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-talking-about-detective-fiction | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Talking About Detective Fiction | Q30324553 | P.D. James | Q270648 | Alfred A. Knopf |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-l-a-noir-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-am | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City |  | John Buntin |  | Random House: Harmony Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-rogue-males-conversations-confrontations | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Rogue Males: Conversations & Confrontations About the Writing Life |  | Craig McDonald | Q3002034 | Bleak House Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-line-up-the-world-s-greatest-crime-w | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives |  | Otto Penzler (ed.) | Q7109763 | Little, Brown, & Co. |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-provenance-how-a-con-man-and-a-forger-re | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art |  | Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo |  | Penguin Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-dame-agatha-s-shorts-an-agatha-christie- | 2010 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Dame Agatha's Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion |  | Elena Santangelo |  | Bella Rosa Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-on-the-house | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | On the House |  | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Q5648440 | Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers, Level Best Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-last-fair-deal-gone-down | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Last Fair Deal Gone Down |  | Ace Atkins | Q2822929 | Crossroad Blues, Busted Flush Press |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-femme-sole | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Femme Sole |  | Dana Cameron | Q5214688 | Boston Noir, Akashic Books |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-digby-attorney-at-law | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Digby, Attorney at Law |  | Jim Fusilli | Q85290405 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2009 |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-your-turn | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Your Turn |  | Carolyn Hart | Q3595068 | Two of the Deadliest, Harper |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-the-desert-here-and-the-desert-far-away | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away |  | Marcus Sakey | Q1894353 | Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down, Mira |  |
| 2010-best-mystery-short-story-amapola | 2010 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Amapola |  | Luis Alberto Urrea | Q1876315 | Phoenix Noir, Akashic Books |  |
| 2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-trace-of-smoke | 2010 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | A Trace of Smoke |  | Rebecca Cantrell | Q18211310 | Forge Books |  |
| 2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-the-shadow-of-gotham | 2010 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | In the Shadow of Gotham |  | Stefanie Pintoff | Q7606391 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-duty-to-the-dead | 2010 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | A Duty to the Dead | Q140244061 | Charles Todd |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-serpent-in-the-thorns | 2010 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Serpent in the Thorns |  | Jeri Westerson | Q6182095 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2010-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-among-the-mad | 2010 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Among the Mad |  | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | Henry Holt & Co. |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-where-memories-lie | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Where Memories Lie |  | Deborah Crombie | Q272861 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-trigger-city | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Trigger City |  | Sean Chercover | Q23021638 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-the-dying-breed | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Dying Breed |  | Declan Hughes | Q1182055 | John Murray/ William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-the-draining-lake | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Draining Lake | Q7730876 | Arnaldur Indridason | Q215665 | UK: The Price of Blood |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-curse-of-the-spellmans | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Curse of the Spellmans |  | Lisa Lutz | Q3242422 | Doubleday |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-the-cruelest-month | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Cruelest Month | Q7728267 | Louise Penny | Q460414 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-novel-the-fault-tree | 2009 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Fault Tree |  | Louise Ure |  | HarperCollins |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Q678288 | Stieg Larsson | Q186317 | HarperCollins / Ecco |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-finding-nouf | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Finding Nouf |  | Zoë Ferraris | Q630558 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-death-of-a-cozy-writer | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death of a Cozy Writer |  | G.M. Malliet | Q18356729 | Metro |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-calumet-city | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Calumet City |  | Charlie Newton |  | McFarland & Company |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-an-innocent-client | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | An Innocent Client |  | Scott Pratt |  | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-a-carrion-death | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Carrion Death |  | Michael Stanley |  | Random House |  |
| 2009-best-first-mystery-novel-the-blood-detective | 2009 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Blood Detective |  | Dan Waddell |  | Soho Press |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-african-american-mystery-writers-a-histo | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study |  | Frankie Y. Bailey |  | Onyx |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-hard-boiled-sentimentality-the-secret-hi | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories |  | Leonard Cassuto |  |  |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-how-to-write-killer-historical-mysteries | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries |  | Kathy Lynn Emerson | Q6377259 | St. Martin's |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-scene-of-the-crime-the-importance-of-pla | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction |  | David Geherin |  | Bleak House Books |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-edgar-allan-poe-an-illustrated-companion | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories |  | Harry Lee Poe | Q15452353 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-suspicions-of-mr-whicher-a-shocking- | 2009 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective |  | Kate Summerscale | Q3297469 | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-short-story-the-night-things-changed | 2009 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Night Things Changed |  | Dana Cameron | Q5214688 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mar/Apr 2007 |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-short-story-a-sleep-not-unlike-death | 2009 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Sleep Not Unlike Death |  | Sean Chercover | Q23021638 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep/Oct 2008 |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-short-story-keeping-watch-over-his-flock | 2009 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Keeping Watch Over His Flock |  | Toni L.P. Kelner | Q7821288 | Murderous Intent, Fall 1999 |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-short-story-scratch-a-woman | 2009 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Scratch a Woman |  | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan 2001 |  |
| 2009-best-mystery-short-story-between-the-dark-and-the-daylight | 2009 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Between the Dark and the Daylight |  | Tom Piccirilli | Q3530842 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2007 |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-a-royal-pain | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | A Royal Pain |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | McFarland & Co. |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-stealing-trinity | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Stealing Trinity |  | Ward Larsen | Q112755089 | Crossover Press |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-whiskey-rebels | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Whiskey Rebels | Q7774424 | David Liss | Q1175302 | Crum Creek Press |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-company-of-liars | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Company of Liars | Q5155545 | Karen Maitland | Q3812968 | Viking Press/Penguin |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-nox-dormienda | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Nox Dormienda |  | Kelli Stanley | Q6385779 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2009-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-veil-of-lies | 2009 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Veil of Lies |  | Jeri Westerson | Q6182095 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-novel-what-the-dead-know | 2008 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | What the Dead Know | Q7991607 | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-novel-soul-patch | 2008 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Soul Patch |  | Reed Farrel Coleman | Q16025004 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-novel-the-unquiet | 2008 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Unquiet |  | John Connolly | Q7110994 | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-novel-blood-of-paradise | 2008 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Blood of Paradise |  | David Corbett |  | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-novel-water-like-a-stone | 2008 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Water Like a Stone |  | Deborah Crombie | Q272861 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2008-best-first-mystery-novel-in-the-woods | 2008 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | In the Woods |  | Tana French | Q271423 | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2008-best-first-mystery-novel-the-collaborator-of-bethlehem | 2008 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Collaborator of Bethlehem |  | Matt Beynon Rees | Q955586 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2008-best-first-mystery-novel-heart-shaped-box | 2008 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Heart-Shaped Box | Q3221827 | Joe Hill | Q370377 | Penguin |  |
| 2008-best-first-mystery-novel-the-spellman-files | 2008 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Spellman Files |  | Lisa Lutz | Q3242422 | Hodder & Stoughton/Atria |  |
| 2008-best-first-mystery-novel-stealing-the-dragon | 2008 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Stealing the Dragon |  | Tim Maleeny |  | Oceanview |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-essential-mystery-lists-for-readers- | 2008 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians |  | Roger Sobin (ed.) |  | Harcourt |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-rough-guide-to-crime-fiction | 2008 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Rough Guide to Crime Fiction |  | Barry Forshaw | Q4864233 | McFarland & Co. |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-chester-gould-a-daughter-s-biography-of- | 2008 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Chester Gould: A Daughter's Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy |  | Jean Gould O'Connell |  | Michael Joseph/ Delacorte |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-arthur-conan-doyle-a-life-in-letters | 2008 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters |  | Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley (eds.) | Q18921610 | Walker |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-police-procedure-and-investigation-a-gui | 2008 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers |  | Lee Lofland |  | HarperPress/Penguin |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-short-story-please-watch-your-step | 2008 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Please Watch Your Step |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Hardly Knew Her (William Morrow & Co.) |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-short-story-a-rat-s-tale | 2008 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Rat's Tale |  | Donna Andrews | Q5296302 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2007 |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-short-story-the-missing-elevator-puzzle | 2008 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Missing Elevator Puzzle |  | Jon L. Breen |  | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin) |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-short-story-brimstone-p-i | 2008 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Brimstone P.I. |  | Beverle Graves Myers | Q4899379 | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe, edited by Harris & Kelner (Penguin) |  |
| 2008-best-mystery-short-story-the-old-wife-s-tale | 2008 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Old Wife's Tale |  | Gillian Roberts |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2004 |  |
| 2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-mistress-of-the-art-of-death | 2008 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Mistress of the Art of Death |  | Ariana Franklin | Q274645 | UK: Michael Joseph Ltd/Penguin Books US: HarperCollins |  |
| 2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-her-royal-spyness | 2008 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Her Royal Spyness |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | Perseverance Press |  |
| 2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-snake-stone | 2008 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Snake Stone | Q7764981 | Jason Goodwin | Q1683919 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-consequences-of-sin | 2008 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Consequences of Sin |  | Clare Langley-Hawthorne |  | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2008-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-gravedigger-s-daughter | 2008 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Gravedigger's Daughter |  | Joyce Carol Oates | Q217557 | Soho Press |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-the-virgin-of-small-plains | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Virgin of Small Plains |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 | Thorndike/ Random House UK |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-christine-falls | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Christine Falls |  | Benjamin Black | Q313077 | Henry Holt/Picador |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-the-janissary-tree | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Janissary Tree | Q2413071 | Jason Goodwin | Q1683919 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-the-dead-hour | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Dead Hour |  | Denise Mina | Q289947 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-piece-of-my-heart | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Piece of My Heart |  | Peter Robinson | Q637306 | McClelland & Stewart |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-novel-all-mortal-flesh | 2007 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | All Mortal Flesh |  | Julia Spencer-Fleming | Q1711920 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2007-best-first-mystery-novel-mr-clarinet | 2007 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Mr. Clarinet |  | Nick Stone | Q1985547 | Crum Creek |  |
| 2007-best-first-mystery-novel-consigned-to-death | 2007 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Consigned to Death |  | Jane K. Cleland | Q6152425 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2007-best-first-mystery-novel-47-rules-of-highly-effective-bank-robber | 2007 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers |  | Troy Cook |  | Capital Crime Press |  |
| 2007-best-first-mystery-novel-king-of-lies | 2007 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | King of Lies |  | John Hart | Q1532656 | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2007-best-first-mystery-novel-a-field-of-darkness | 2007 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Field of Darkness |  | Cornelia Read | Q124637552 | Mysterious |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-muses-100-classics-that-inspire- | 2007 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers |  | Jim Huang and Austin Lugar (eds.) | Q113518744 | Five Star |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-don-t-murder-your-mystery-24-fiction-wri | 2007 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript From Ending Up D.O.A. |  | Chris Roerden |  | Bella Rosa Books |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-beautiful-cigar-girl-mary-rogers-edg | 2007 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder |  | Daniel Stashower | Q18921610 | Dutton |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-short-story-til-death-do-us-part | 2007 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Til Death Do Us Part |  | Tim Maleeny |  | MWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben (Little, Brown & Co.) |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-short-story-provenance | 2007 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Provenance |  | Robert Barnard | Q1788811 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Jul 2006 |  |
| 2007-best-mystery-short-story-disturbance-in-the-field | 2007 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Disturbance in the Field |  | Roberta Isleib |  | Seasmoke: 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-boy | 2007 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Oh Danny Boy |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-lightning-rule | 2007 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Lightning Rule |  | Brett Ellen Block | Q4962150 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-bee-s-kiss | 2007 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The Bee's Kiss |  | Barbara Cleverly | Q4858816 | Constable & Robinson |  |
| 2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-dark-assassin | 2007 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Dark Assassin |  | Anne Perry | Q288627 | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2007-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-messenger-of-truth | 2007 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Messenger of Truth |  | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | Henry Holt |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-the-lincoln-lawyer | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Lincoln Lawyer | Q11125816 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 | Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus and Giroux |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-one-shot | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | One Shot |  | Lee Child | Q333719 | Delacorte Press |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-the-james-deans | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The James Deans | Q30632596 | Reed Farrel Coleman | Q16025004 | Plume |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-vanish | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Vanish |  | Tess Gerritsen | Q6950 | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-solomon-vs-lord | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Solomon vs. Lord |  | Paul Levine | Q761152 | Bantam Books |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-strange-affair | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Strange Affair | Q7621331 | Peter Robinson | Q637306 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-novel-the-power-of-the-dog | 2006 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Power of the Dog | Q1323188 | Don Winslow | Q908571 | Knopf |  |
| 2006-best-first-mystery-novel-immoral | 2006 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Immoral |  | Brian Freeman | Q680479 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2006-best-first-mystery-novel-all-shook-up | 2006 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | All Shook Up |  | Mike Harrison |  | ECW Press |  |
| 2006-best-first-mystery-novel-baby-game | 2006 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Baby Game |  | Randall Hicks | Q28136470 | Wordslinger Press |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-girl-sleuth-nancy-drew-and-the-women-who | 2006 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her |  | Melanie Rehak |  | Columbia University Press |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-tracks-to-murder | 2006 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Tracks to Murder |  | Jonathan Goodman |  | Kent State University Press |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-behind-the-mystery-top-mystery-writers-i | 2006 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed |  | Stuart Kaminsky with Laurie Roberts (photo) | Q2036138 | Hothouse Press |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-new-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-novels | 2006 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels |  | Leslie S. Klinger (ed.) | Q6531114 | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-spook-science-tackles-the-afterlife | 2006 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife | Q7579077 | Mary Roach | Q444136 | W. W. Norton & Co. |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-short-story-there-is-no-crime-on-easter-island | 2006 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | There Is No Crime on Easter Island |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 | Scam and Eggs, Five Star |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-short-story-everybody-s-girl | 2006 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Everybody's Girl |  | Robert Barnard | Q1788811 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2005 |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-short-story-it-can-happen | 2006 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | It Can Happen |  | David Corbett |  | San Francisco Noir, Akashic Books |  |
| 2006-best-mystery-short-story-the-big-road | 2006 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Big Road |  | Steve Hockensmith | Q7612850 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2005 |  |
| 2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-pardonable-lies | 2006 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | true | Winner | Pardonable Lies |  | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | Scribner |  |
| 2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-in-like-flynn | 2006 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | In Like Flynn |  | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-spectres-in-the-smoke | 2006 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Spectres in the Smoke |  | Tony Broadbent |  | St. Martin's |  |
| 2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-the-war-of-the-world-murders | 2006 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | The War of the World Murders |  | Max Allan Collins | Q690233 |  |  |
| 2006-sue-feder-memorial-award-for-best-historical-mystery-night-s-child | 2006 | Sue Feder Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery | false | Finalist | Night's Child |  | Maureen Jennings | Q2679049 | McClelland & Stewart |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-the-killing-of-the-tinkers | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Killing of the Tinkers |  | Ken Bruen | Q1400285 | Little, Brown & Co. |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-cold-case | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Cold Case |  | Robin Burcell | Q22210012 | Avon |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-darkly-dreaming-dexter | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | Q840125 | Jeff Lindsay | Q313038 | Doubleday |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-high-country-fall | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | High Country Fall |  | Margaret Maron | Q465231 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-california-girl | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | California Girl |  | T. Jefferson Parker | Q64069 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-novel-playing-with-fire | 2005 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Playing with Fire |  | Peter Robinson | Q637306 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2005-best-first-mystery-novel-dating-dead-men | 2005 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Dating Dead Men | Q30632577 | Harley Jane Kozak | Q540064 | Midnight Ink |  |
| 2005-best-first-mystery-novel-uncommon-grounds | 2005 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Uncommon Grounds |  | Sandra Balzo |  | Five Star |  |
| 2005-best-first-mystery-novel-summer-of-the-big-bachi | 2005 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Summer of the Big Bachi |  | Naomi Hirahara | Q21034199 | Delta |  |
| 2005-best-first-mystery-novel-whiskey-sour | 2005 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Whiskey Sour |  | J. A. Konrath | Q13548830 | Hyperion |  |
| 2005-best-first-mystery-novel-misdemeanor-man | 2005 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Misdemeanor Man |  | Dylan Schaffer |  | Bloomsbury Publishing |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-forensics-for-dummies | 2005 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Forensics for Dummies |  | D. P. Lyle, MD |  | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-famous-american-crimes-trials-vol-1 | 2005 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Famous American Crimes & Trials, Vol. 1 |  | Frankie Y. Bailey and Steven Chermak |  | Praeger Publishers |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-just-the-facts-true-tales-of-cops-crimin | 2005 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Just the Facts: True Tales of Cops & Criminals |  | Jim Doherty |  | Deadly Serious Press |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-new-annotated-sherlock-holmes-the-co | 2005 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories |  | Leslie S. Klinger | Q6531114 | W. W. Norton |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-latin-american-mystery-writers-an-a-to-z | 2005 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Latin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z Guide |  | Darrell B. Lockhart |  | Greenwood Press |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-short-story-the-widow-of-slane | 2005 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Widow of Slane |  | Terence Faherty | Q7701900 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept-Oct 2005 |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-short-story-viscery | 2005 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Viscery |  | Sandra Balzo |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2004 |  |
| 2005-best-mystery-short-story-the-lady-s-not-for-dying | 2005 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Lady's Not for Dying |  | Alana White |  | Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Winter 2004 |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-novel-the-house-sitter | 2004 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The House Sitter |  | Peter Lovesey | Q1350599 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-novel-the-delicate-storm | 2004 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Delicate Storm |  | Giles Blunt | Q717021 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-novel-for-the-love-of-mike | 2004 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | For the Love of Mike | Q30668108 | Rhys Bowen | Q6153562 | St. Martin's |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-novel-the-guards | 2004 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Guards |  | Ken Bruen | Q1400285 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-novel-done-for-a-dime | 2004 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Done for a Dime |  | David Corbett |  | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2004-best-first-mystery-novel-maisie-dobbs | 2004 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Maisie Dobbs | Q6736997 | Jacqueline Winspear | Q3157819 | Libraries Unlimited |  |
| 2004-best-first-mystery-novel-night-of-the-dance | 2004 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Night of the Dance |  | James Hime |  | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2004-best-first-mystery-novel-death-of-a-nationalist | 2004 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death of a Nationalist |  | Rebecca C. Pawel |  | Soho Press |  |
| 2004-best-first-mystery-novel-the-bridge-of-sighs | 2004 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Bridge of Sighs |  | Olen Steinhauer | Q750036 | St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-make-mine-a-mystery-a-reader-s-guide-to- | 2004 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction | Q30078149 | Gary Warren Niebuhr |  | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-women-an-encyclopedia-of-leading | 2004 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Vol. 3 |  | Colleen A Barnett |  | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-second-helping-of-murder-more-diabolic | 2004 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers |  | Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl |  | Poisoned Pen Press |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-beautiful-shadow-a-life-of-patricia-high | 2004 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith |  | Andrew Wilson | Q4648203 | Bloomsbury Publishing |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-the-grass-is-always-greener | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Grass Is Always Greener |  | Sandy Balzo |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Feb 2007 |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-rogues-gallery | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Rogues Gallery |  | Robert Barnard | Q1788811 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003 |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-texas-two-step | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Texas Two-Step |  | Diana Deverell |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 2003 |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-no-man-s-land | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | No Man's Land |  | Beth Foxwell |  | Blood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime) |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-war-crimes | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | War Crimes |  | G. Miki Hayden |  | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime) |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-child-support | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Child Support |  | Ronnie Klaskin |  | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by Jeffery Deaver (Berkley Prime Crime) |  |
| 2004-best-mystery-short-story-red-meat | 2004 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Red Meat |  | Elaine Viets | Q5353312 | Blood On Their Hands, edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley Prime Crime) |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-novel-winter-and-night | 2003 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Winter and Night |  | S.J. Rozan | Q1396654 | Intrigue |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-novel-savannah-blues | 2003 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Savannah Blues |  | Mary Kay Andrews | Q6779987 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-novel-jolie-blon-s-bounce | 2003 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Jolie Blon's Bounce |  | James Lee Burke | Q982095 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-novel-nine | 2003 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Nine |  | Jan Burke | Q1681667 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-novel-city-of-bones | 2003 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | City of Bones | Q1133593 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 | Little, Brown & Co. |  |
| 2003-best-first-mystery-novel-in-the-bleak-midwinter | 2003 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | In the Bleak Midwinter | Q16847774 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | Q1711920 | Hodder & Stoughton/Viking |  |
| 2003-best-first-mystery-novel-the-blue-edge-of-midnight | 2003 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Blue Edge of Midnight |  | Jonathon King |  | Dutton |  |
| 2003-best-first-mystery-novel-the-distance | 2003 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Distance |  | Eddie Muller | Q3047293 | Scribner |  |
| 2003-best-first-mystery-novel-a-valley-to-die-for | 2003 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Valley To Die For |  | Radine Trees Nehring |  | St. Kitts Press |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-they-died-in-vain-overlooked-underapprec | 2003 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels | Q30632489 | Jim Huang (ed.) | Q113518744 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-mammoth-encyclopedia-of-crime-fictio | 2003 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Crime Fiction |  | Mike Ashley | Q15454805 | Carroll & Graf |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-intent-to-sell-marketing-the-genre-novel | 2003 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel |  | Jeff Marks |  | Deadly Alibi Press |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-art-of-noir-the-posters-and-graphics | 2003 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir |  | Eddie Muller | Q3047293 | The Overlook Press |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-voice-mail | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Voice Mail |  | Janet Dawson | Q50400045 | Harper / Headline |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-boot-scoot | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Boot Scoot |  | Diana Deverell |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2002 |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-an-empire-s-reach | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | An Empire's Reach |  | Brendan DuBois | Q4960869 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 2002 |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-bible-belt | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Bible Belt |  | Toni L.P. Kelner | Q7821288 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2002 |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-too-many-cooks | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Too Many Cooks |  | Marcia Talley | Q6757145 | Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime) |  |
| 2003-best-mystery-short-story-the-adventure-of-the-rara-avis | 2003 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Adventure of the Rara Avis |  | Carolyn Wheat | Q23816377 | Murder, My Dear Watson, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower (Carroll & Graf) |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-novel-folly | 2002 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Folly |  | Laurie R. King | Q272794 | Wiley |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-novel-tell-no-one | 2002 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Tell No One | Q152629 | Harlan Coben | Q318099 | Delacorte Press |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-novel-the-deadhouse | 2002 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Deadhouse |  | Linda Fairstein | Q6551554 | Scribner |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-novel-mystic-river | 2002 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Mystic River | Q647167 | Dennis Lehane | Q311744 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-novel-silent-joe | 2002 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Silent Joe |  | T. Jefferson Parker | Q64069 | Hyperion |  |
| 2002-best-first-mystery-novel-open-season | 2002 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Open Season |  | C. J. Box | Q856006 | Henry Holt & Co. |  |
| 2002-best-first-mystery-novel-the-jasmine-trade | 2002 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Jasmine Trade |  | Denise Hamilton | Q5257678 | Scribner |  |
| 2002-best-first-mystery-novel-perhaps-she-ll-die | 2002 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Perhaps She'll Die |  | M.K. Preston |  | Intrigue |  |
| 2002-best-first-mystery-novel-blindsighted | 2002 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Blindsighted | Q3823276 | Karin Slaughter | Q448425 | William Morrow & Co. |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-writing-the-mystery-a-start-to-finish-gu | 2002 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional |  | G. Miki Hayden |  | Howdunit Series, Writers Digest Books |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-war-of-the-world-murders | 2002 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The War of the World Murders |  | Max Allan Collins | Q690233 | Collectors Press |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-my-name-s-friday-the-unauthorized-but-tr | 2002 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb |  | Michael J. Hayde |  | Cumberland House |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-seldom-disappointed-a-memoir | 2002 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir |  | Tony Hillerman | Q181920 | HarperCollins |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-who-was-that-lady-craig-rice-the-queen-o | 2002 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Who Was that Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery |  | Jeffrey Marks | Q6176154 | Delphi Books |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-short-story-the-abbey-ghosts | 2002 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Abbey Ghosts |  | Jan Burke | Q1681667 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 2003 |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-short-story-the-would-be-widower | 2002 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Would-Be Widower |  | Katherine Hall Page | Q21634562 | Malice Domestic 10, edited by Nevada Barr (Avon) |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-short-story-my-bonnie-lies | 2002 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | My Bonnie Lies |  | Ted Hertel |  | The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, edited by Michael Hemmingson (Carroll & Graf) |  |
| 2002-best-mystery-short-story-bitter-waters | 2002 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Bitter Waters |  | Rochelle Krich | Q2160238 | Criminal Kabbalah, edited by Lawrence W. Raphael (Jewish Lights) |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-novel-a-place-of-execution | 2001 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A Place of Execution | Q1305043 | Val McDermid | Q239911 | Berkley Books |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-novel-guns-and-roses | 2001 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Guns and Roses |  | Taffy Cannon |  | Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co. |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-novel-the-bottoms | 2001 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Bottoms |  | Joe Lansdale | Q665768 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-novel-half-moon-street | 2001 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Half Moon Street |  | Anne Perry | Q288627 | Ballantine Books |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-novel-the-whole-truth | 2001 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Whole Truth |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 | Pocket Books |  |
| 2001-best-first-mystery-novel-a-conspiracy-of-paper | 2001 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | A Conspiracy of Paper | Q4656085 | David Liss | Q1175302 | St. Martin's |  |
| 2001-best-first-mystery-novel-death-dances-to-a-reggae-beat | 2001 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death Dances to a Reggae Beat | Q30632510 | Kate Grilley |  | Berkley Prime Crime |  |
| 2001-best-first-mystery-novel-crow-in-stolen-colors | 2001 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Crow in Stolen Colors |  | Marcia Simpson |  | Berkley Prime Crime |  |
| 2001-best-first-mystery-novel-three-dirty-women-and-the-garden-of-deat | 2001 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death |  | Julie Wray Herman |  | Silver Dagger Mysteries |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-american-regional-mystery | 2001 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The American Regional Mystery |  | Marvin Lachman |  | Minotaur Books |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-doctor-and-the-detective-a-biography | 2001 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |  | Martin Booth | Q6775031 | Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-essays | 2001 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | essays |  | Margaret Caldwell Thomas |  | Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's/Minotaur Books |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-women-of-mystery-the-lives-and-works-of- | 2001 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Women of Mystery: the Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists |  | Martha Hailey Dubose |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2000 |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-100-favorite-mysteries-of-the-century | 2001 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century |  | Jim Huang (ed.) | Q113518744 | Crum Creek Press |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-short-story-a-candle-for-christmas | 2001 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | A Candle for Christmas |  | Reginald Hill | Q953849 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sep-Oct 2007 |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-short-story-the-man-in-the-civil-suit | 2001 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Man in the Civil Suit |  | Jan Burke | Q1681667 | Malice Domestic 9 (Avon) |  |
| 2001-best-mystery-short-story-the-chosen | 2001 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Chosen |  | Joyce Christmas |  | Unholy Orders (Intrigue Press) |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-novel-the-flower-master | 2000 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Flower Master |  | Sujata Massey | Q266187 | Knopf |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-novel-river-of-darkness | 2000 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | River of Darkness |  | Rennie Airth | Q2144098 | Viking Press |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-novel-l-a-requiem | 2000 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | L.A. Requiem | Q616606 | Robert Crais | Q922053 | Doubleday |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-novel-in-a-dry-season | 2000 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | In a Dry Season | Q10483431 | Peter Robinson | Q637306 | Avon |  |
| 2000-best-first-mystery-novel-inner-city-blues | 2000 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Inner City Blues | Q17008046 | Paula L. Woods | Q7154714 | Soho Press |  |
| 2000-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-with-peacocks | 2000 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder with Peacocks | Q29097878 | Donna Andrews | Q5296302 | St. Martin's |  |
| 2000-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-the-marais | 2000 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder in the Marais |  | Cara Black | Q5037300 | Soho Press |  |
| 2000-best-first-mystery-novel-revenge-of-the-gypsy-queen | 2000 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Revenge of the Gypsy Queen |  | Kris Neri |  | Rainbow Books |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-ross-macdonald | 2000 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Ross Macdonald |  | Tom Nolan |  | Penguin Rough Guides |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-a-taste-of-murder | 2000 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | A Taste of Murder |  | Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl (eds.) |  | Dell |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-teller-of-tales-the-life-of-arthur-conan | 2000 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle |  | Daniel Stashower | Q18921610 | Henry Holt & Co. |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-short-story-maubi-and-the-jumbies | 2000 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Maubi and the Jumbies |  | Kate Grilley |  | The Strand Magazine, Spring 2007 |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-short-story-paleta-man | 2000 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Paleta Man |  | Laurie King | Q272794 | Irreconcilable Differences, edited by Lia Matera (HarperCollins) |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-short-story-heroes | 2000 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Heroes |  | Anne Perry | Q288627 | Murder & Obsession, edited by Otto Penzler (Delacorte Press) |  |
| 2000-best-mystery-short-story-show-me-the-bones | 2000 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Show Me the Bones |  | Carolyn Wheat | Q23816377 | Diagnosis Dead, edited by Jonathan Kellerman (Pocket Books) |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-novel-blood-work | 1999 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Blood Work | Q1088165 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 | Little Brown & Co. |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-novel-blind-descent | 1999 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Blind Descent |  | Nevada Barr | Q447404 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-novel-butchers-hill | 1999 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Butchers Hill | Q30668090 | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | Avon |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-novel-home-fires | 1999 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Home Fires |  | Margaret Maron | Q465231 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-novel-blue | 1999 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Blue |  | Abigail Padgett | Q321123 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 1999-best-first-mystery-novel-sympathy-for-the-devil | 1999 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Sympathy for the Devil |  | Jerrilyn Farmer | Q13562993 | Avon |  |
| 1999-best-first-mystery-novel-tiger-s-palette | 1999 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Tiger's Palette |  | Jacqueline Fiedler |  | Pocket Books |  |
| 1999-best-first-mystery-novel-the-doctor-digs-a-grave | 1999 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Doctor Digs a Grave |  | Robin Hathaway |  | St. Martin's |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-killer-books | 1999 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Killer Books |  | Jean Swanson and Dean James | Q6171568 | Berkley Books |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-mystery-reader-s-walking-guide-to-washin | 1999 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington, DC |  | Alzina Stone Dale |  | Passport Books |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-speaking-of-murder | 1999 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Speaking of Murder |  | Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg | Q5343140 | Berkley Books |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-dark-city-the-lost-world-of-film-noir | 1999 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir |  | Eddie Muller | Q3047293 | St. Martin's |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-silk-stalkings-ii | 1999 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Silk Stalkings II |  | Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson |  | Scarecrow |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-short-story-of-course-you-know-that-chocolate-is-a-v | 1999 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable |  | Barbara D'Amato | Q4858844 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 98 |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-short-story-sleeping-dogs-lie | 1999 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Sleeping Dogs Lie |  | Laurien Berenson | Q6501768 | Canine Crimes (Ballantine Books) |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-short-story-a-simple-philosophy | 1999 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | A Simple Philosophy |  | Harlan Coben | Q318099 | Malice Domestic 7 (Avon) |  |
| 1999-best-mystery-short-story-the-village-vampire-the-oboe-of-death | 1999 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Village Vampire & the Oboe of Death |  | Dean James | Q6456420 | Malice Domestic 7 (Avon) |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-novel-dreaming-of-the-bones | 1998 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Dreaming of the Bones |  | Deborah Crombie | Q272861 | Scribner |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-novel-hocus | 1998 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hocus |  | Jan Burke | Q1681667 | Simon & Schuster |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-novel-trunk-music | 1998 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Trunk Music | Q687220 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 | Little Brown & Co. |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-novel-the-club-dumas | 1998 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Club Dumas | Q1192798 | Arturo Perez-Reverte | Q155106 | Harcourt Brace |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-novel-the-ax | 1998 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Ax | Q3221851 | Donald Westlake | Q538508 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 1998-best-first-mystery-novel-dead-body-language | 1998 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Dead Body Language |  | Penny Warner | Q7164447 | Bantam Books |  |
| 1998-best-first-mystery-novel-killing-floor | 1998 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Killing Floor | Q911224 | Lee Child | Q333719 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |  |
| 1998-best-first-mystery-novel-off-the-face-of-the-earth | 1998 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Off the Face of the Earth |  | Aljean Harmetz | Q4727595 | Scribner |  |
| 1998-best-first-mystery-novel-charm-city | 1998 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Charm City |  | Laura Lippman | Q446483 | Avon |  |
| 1998-best-first-mystery-novel-the-salaryman-s-wife | 1998 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Salaryman's Wife |  | Sujata Massey | Q266187 | HarperPaperbacks |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-deadly-women | 1998 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Deadly Women |  | Jan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen Nehr | Q6456420 | Carroll & Graf |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-napoleon-of-crime-life-and-times-of- | 1998 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | The Napoleon of Crime: Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief |  | Ben Macintyre | Q2895507 | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-g-is-for-grafton | 1998 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | G Is for Grafton |  | Natalie Kaufman and Carol Kay |  | Henry Holt & Co. |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-guilty-parties-a-mystery-lover-s-compani | 1998 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | false | Finalist | Guilty Parties: A Mystery Lover's Companion |  | Ian Ousby | Q16015164 | Thames & Hudson |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-short-story-two-ladies-of-rose-cottage | 1998 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Two Ladies of Rose Cottage |  | Peter Robinson | Q637306 | Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books) |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-short-story-real-bullets-this-time | 1998 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Real Bullets This Time |  | William Bankier | Q8005014 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1997 |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-short-story-find-miriam | 1998 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Find Miriam |  | Stuart Kaminsky | Q2036138 | New Mystery Magazine, Summer 1997 |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-short-story-the-corbett-correspondence | 1998 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Corbett Correspondence |  | Edward Marston and Peter Lovesey | Q6384761 | Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books) |  |
| 1998-best-mystery-short-story-etiquette-lesson | 1998 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Etiquette Lesson |  | Polly Whitney |  | Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-novel-bloodhounds | 1997 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Bloodhounds |  | Peter Lovesey | Q1350599 | Mysterious Press |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-novel-the-chatham-school-affair | 1997 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Chatham School Affair |  | Thomas H. Cook | Q2072876 |  |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-novel-two-for-the-dough | 1997 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Two for the Dough | Q3024953 | Janet Evanovich | Q240547 |  |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-novel-the-grass-widow | 1997 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Grass Widow |  | Teri Holbrook | Q7702382 |  |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-novel-hearts-and-bones | 1997 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hearts and Bones |  | Margaret Lawrence |  |  |  |
| 1997-best-first-mystery-novel-death-in-little-tokyo | 1997 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Death in Little Tokyo | Q29097931 | Dale Furutani | Q3701016 | St. Martin's |  |
| 1997-best-first-mystery-novel-final-jeopardy | 1997 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Final Jeopardy |  | Linda Fairstein | Q6551554 |  |  |
| 1997-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-on-a-girls-night-out | 1997 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder on a Girls’ Night Out |  | Anne George | Q4768372 |  |  |
| 1997-best-first-mystery-novel-a-brother-s-blood | 1997 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Brother’s Blood |  | Michael C. White |  |  |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-detecting-women-2 | 1997 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Detecting Women 2 |  | Willetta Heising |  | Purple Moon Press |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-short-story-cruel-unusual | 1997 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Cruel & Unusual |  | Carolyn Wheat | Q23816377 | Guilty As Charged (Pocket Books) |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-short-story-takeout | 1997 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Takeout |  | Joyce Christmas |  | Malice Domestic 5 |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-short-story-the-bun-also-rises | 1997 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Bun Also Rises |  | Jill Churchill | Q13563085 | Malice Domestic 5 |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-short-story-red-clay | 1997 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Red Clay |  | Michael Malone | Q2387077 | Murder for Love |  |
| 1997-best-mystery-short-story-the-music-lesson | 1997 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Music Lesson |  | Rosemarie Santini |  | New Mystery, Number 9, 1996 |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-novel-under-the-beetle-s-cellar | 1996 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Under the Beetle's Cellar | Q17011330 | Mary Willis Walker | Q274708 | Doubleday |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-novel-hard-christmas | 1996 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Hard Christmas |  | Barbara D'Amato | Q4858844 |  |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-novel-the-last-coyote | 1996 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Last Coyote | Q599495 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 |  |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-novel-bookman-s-wake | 1996 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bookman’s Wake |  | John Dunning | Q1627461 |  |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-novel-a-wild-and-lonely-place | 1996 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Wild and Lonely Place |  | Marcia Muller | Q444016 |  |  |
| 1996-best-first-mystery-novel-the-strange-files-of-fremont-jones | 1996 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Strange Files of Fremont Jones |  | Dianne Day |  | Doubleday |  |
| 1996-best-first-mystery-novel-the-body-in-the-transept | 1996 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Body in the Transept |  | Jeanne M. Dams |  |  |  |
| 1996-best-first-mystery-novel-a-far-and-deadly-cry | 1996 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Far and Deadly Cry |  | Teri Holbrook | Q7702382 |  |  |
| 1996-best-first-mystery-novel-horse-of-a-different-killer | 1996 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Horse of a Different Killer |  | Jody Jaffe |  |  |  |
| 1996-best-first-mystery-novel-death-in-bloodhound-red | 1996 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death in Bloodhound Red | Q30632480 | Virginia Lanier | Q7934362 |  |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-detecting-women | 1996 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Detecting Women |  | Willetta L. Heising |  | Purple Moon |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-short-story-evans-tries-an-o-level | 1996 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Evans Tries an O-Level |  | Colin Dexter | Q457092 | Morse's Greatest Mystery (Crown) |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-short-story-rule-of-law | 1996 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Rule of Law |  | K. K. Beck | Q6323438 | Malice Domestic 4 |  |
| 1996-best-mystery-short-story-cupid-s-arrow | 1996 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Cupid's Arrow |  | Dorothy Cannell | Q5298347 | Crimes of the Heart |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-novel-she-walks-these-hills | 1995 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | She Walks These Hills | Q29097868 | Sharyn McCrumb | Q1152905 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-novel-the-concrete-blonde | 1995 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Concrete Blonde | Q1639810 | Michael Connelly | Q313193 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-novel-playing-for-the-ashes | 1995 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Playing for the Ashes | Q3548645 | Elizabeth George | Q236727 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-novel-scandal-in-fair-haven | 1995 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Scandal in Fair Haven |  | Carolyn G. Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-novel-the-red-scream | 1995 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Red Scream |  | Mary Willis Walker | Q274708 |  |  |
| 1995-best-first-mystery-novel-do-unto-others | 1995 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Do Unto Others |  | Jeff Abbott | Q537057 |  |  |
| 1995-best-first-mystery-novel-one-for-the-money | 1995 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | One for the Money | Q3211930 | Janet Evanovich | Q240547 |  |  |
| 1995-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-in-the-place-of-anubis | 1995 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder in the Place of Anubis | Q60839217 | Lynda S. Robinson | Q3841011 |  |  |
| 1995-best-first-mystery-novel-north-of-montana | 1995 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | North of Montana |  | April Smith | Q4782081 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-by-a-woman-s-hand | 1995 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | By a Woman's Hand |  | Dean James and Jean Swanson | Q6456420 |  |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-short-story-cast-your-fate-to-the-wind | 1995 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Cast Your Fate to the Wind |  | Deborah Adams | Q69447247 | Malice Domestic 3 |  |
| 1995-best-mystery-short-story-unharmed | 1995 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Unharmed |  | Jan Burke | Q1681667 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1994 |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-novel-the-sculptress | 1994 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | The Sculptress | Q7762733 | Minette Walters | Q238295 |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-novel-missing-joseph | 1994 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Missing Joseph | Q3281069 | Elizabeth George | Q236727 |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-novel-dead-man-s-island | 1994 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Dead Man’s Island |  | Carolyn G. Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-novel-old-enemies | 1994 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Old Enemies |  | Janet LaPierre |  |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-novel-to-live-and-die-in-dixie | 1994 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | To Live and Die in Dixie |  | Kathy Hogan Trocheck | Q6779987 |  |  |
| 1994-best-first-mystery-novel-death-comes-as-epiphany | 1994 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Death Comes as Epiphany |  | Sharan Newman | Q7489401 |  |  |
| 1994-best-first-mystery-novel-track-of-the-cat | 1994 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Track of the Cat | Q30668086 | Nevada Barr | Q447404 |  |  |
| 1994-best-first-mystery-novel-a-share-in-death | 1994 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Share in Death |  | Deborah Crombie | Q272861 |  |  |
| 1994-best-first-mystery-novel-a-grave-talent | 1994 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Grave Talent | Q4657157 | Laurie R. King | Q272794 |  |  |
| 1994-best-first-mystery-novel-child-of-silence | 1994 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Child of Silence |  | Abigail Padgett | Q321123 |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-fine-art-of-murder | 1994 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Fine Art of Murder |  | Ed Gorman (ed.) | Q5343140 |  |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-short-story-checkout | 1994 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Checkout |  | Susan Dunlap | Q19683712 | Malice Domestic 2 |  |
| 1994-best-mystery-short-story-kim-s-game | 1994 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Kim's Game |  | M. D. Lake |  | Malice Domestic 2 |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-novel-bootlegger-s-daughter | 1993 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Bootlegger's Daughter | Q29097702 | Margaret Maron | Q465231 |  |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-novel-booked-to-die | 1993 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Booked To Die |  | John Dunning | Q1627461 |  |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-novel-the-hangman-s-beautiful-daughter | 1993 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter |  | Sharyn McCrumb | Q1152905 |  |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-novel-white-butterfly | 1993 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | White Butterfly |  | Walter Mosley | Q188117 |  |  |
| 1993-best-first-mystery-novel-blanche-on-the-lam | 1993 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Blanche on the Lam | Q4924906 | Barbara Neely | Q4859184 |  |  |
| 1993-best-first-mystery-novel-aunt-dimity-s-death | 1993 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Aunt Dimity’s Death |  | Nancy Atherton | Q529015 |  |  |
| 1993-best-first-mystery-novel-every-crooked-nanny | 1993 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Every Crooked Nanny |  | Kathy Hogan Trocheck | Q6779987 |  |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-doubleday-crime-club-compendium | 1993 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Doubleday Crime Club Compendium |  | Ellen Nehr |  | Doubleday |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-short-story-henrie-o-s-holiday | 1993 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Henrie O's Holiday |  | Carolyn Hart | Q3595068 | Malice Domestic 1 |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-short-story-the-last-to-know | 1993 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Last to Know |  | Joan Hess | Q1690743 | Malice Domestic 1 |  |
| 1993-best-mystery-short-story-the-hand-of-carlos | 1993 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | The Hand of Carlos |  | Charles McCarry | Q2489779 | The Armchair Detective, Fall 1992 |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-novel-i-o-u | 1992 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | I.O.U. |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 |  |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-novel-the-christie-caper | 1992 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Christie Caper |  | Carolyn G. Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-novel-a-red-death | 1992 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Red Death |  | Walter Mosley | Q188117 |  |  |
| 1992-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-on-the-iditarod-trail | 1992 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Murder on the Iditarod Trail | Q29097685 | Sue Henry | Q7634131 |  |  |
| 1992-best-first-mystery-novel-zero-at-the-bone | 1992 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Zero at the Bone |  | Mary Willis Walker | Q274708 |  |  |
| 1992-best-first-mystery-novel-the-bulrush-murders | 1992 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Bulrush Murders |  | Rebecca Rothenberg |  |  |  |
| 1992-best-first-mystery-novel-roman-blood | 1992 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Roman Blood | Q17025934 | Steven Saylor | Q918553 |  |  |
| 1992-best-first-mystery-novel-flowers-for-the-dead | 1992 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Flowers for the Dead |  | Ann Williams |  |  |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-talking-mysteries-a-conversation-with-to | 1992 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman |  | Tony Hillerman and Ernie Bulow | Q181920 |  |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-short-story-deborah-s-judgement | 1992 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Deborah's Judgement |  | Margaret Maron | Q465231 | A Woman’s Eye |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-short-story-dance-of-the-dead | 1992 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Dance of the Dead |  | Joe Gores | Q972967 | The Armchair Detective, Spring 1991 |  |
| 1992-best-mystery-short-story-life-for-short | 1992 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Life, for Short |  | Carolyn Wheat | Q23816377 | Sisters in Crime 4 |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-novel-if-ever-i-return-pretty-peggy-o | 1991 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O |  | Sharyn McCrumb | Q1152905 |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-novel-well-schooled-in-murder | 1991 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Well-Schooled in Murder | Q3010378 | Elizabeth George | Q236727 |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-novel-deadly-valentine | 1991 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Deadly Valentine |  | Carolyn G. Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-novel-burn-marks | 1991 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Burn Marks |  | Sara Paretsky | Q438024 |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-novel-the-face-of-a-stranger | 1991 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Face of a Stranger |  | Anne Perry | Q288627 |  |  |
| 1991-best-first-mystery-novel-postmortem | 1991 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Postmortem | Q1756000 | Patricia Cornwell | Q231467 |  |  |
| 1991-best-first-mystery-novel-catering-to-nobody | 1991 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Catering to Nobody |  | Diane Mott Davidson | Q1208990 |  |  |
| 1991-best-first-mystery-novel-kindred-crimes | 1991 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Kindred Crimes |  | Janet Dawson | Q50400045 |  |  |
| 1991-best-first-mystery-novel-the-chartreuse-clue | 1991 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Chartreuse Clue |  | William F. Love |  |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-agatha-christie-the-woman-and-her-myster | 1991 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries |  | Gillian Gill | Q13563004 |  |  |
| 1991-best-mystery-short-story-too-much-to-bare | 1991 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Too Much to Bare |  | Joan Hess | Q1690743 | Sisters in Crime 2 |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-novel-a-little-class-on-murder | 1990 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A Little Class on Murder |  | Carolyn Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-novel-black-cherry-blues | 1990 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Black Cherry Blues |  | James Lee Burke | Q982095 |  |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-novel-bone | 1990 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bone |  | George C. Chesbro | Q2998315 |  |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-novel-the-death-of-a-joyce-scholar | 1990 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Death of a Joyce Scholar |  | Bartholomew Gill | Q15039934 |  |  |
| 1990-best-first-mystery-novel-grime-and-punishment | 1990 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | Grime and Punishment |  | Jill Churchill | Q13563085 |  |  |
| 1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-cheerio-killings | 1990 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Cheerio Killings |  | Doug Allyn |  |  |  |
| 1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-mark-twain-murders | 1990 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Mark Twain Murders |  | Edith Skom | Q5338677 |  |  |
| 1990-best-first-mystery-novel-a-collector-of-photographs | 1990 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | A Collector of Photographs |  | Deborah Valentine |  |  |  |
| 1990-best-first-mystery-novel-the-last-billable-hour | 1990 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Last Billable Hour |  | Susan Wolfe |  |  |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-the-bedside-companion-to-crime | 1990 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | The Bedside Companion to Crime |  | H. R. F. Keating | Q955307 |  |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-short-story-afraid-all-the-time | 1990 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Afraid All the Time |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 | Sisters in Crime |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-short-story-fire-burning-bright | 1990 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Fire Burning Bright |  | Brendan DuBois | Q4960869 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Winter 1989 |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-short-story-one-eye-open | 1990 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | One Eye Open |  | Jeremiah Healy | Q18402674 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1989 |  |
| 1990-best-mystery-short-story-too-many-crooks | 1990 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Too Many Crooks |  | Donald E. Westlake | Q538508 | Playboy, August 1989 |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-a-thief-of-time | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A Thief of Time | Q4660061 | Tony Hillerman | Q181920 |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-murder-unrenovated | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Murder Unrenovated |  | P. M. Carlson | Q16028065 |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-a-great-deliverance | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Great Deliverance | Q3054552 | Elizabeth George | Q236727 |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-e-is-for-evidence | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | E Is for Evidence |  | Sue Grafton | Q234865 |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-the-silence-of-the-lambs | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Silence of the Lambs | Q897685 | Thomas Harris | Q313377 |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-novel-blood-shot | 1989 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Blood Shot | Q4927706 | Sara Paretsky | Q438024 |  |  |
| 1989-best-first-mystery-novel-the-killings-at-badger-s-drift | 1989 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Killings at Badger's Drift |  | Caroline Graham | Q258431 |  |  |
| 1989-best-first-mystery-novel-murder-once-done | 1989 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Murder Once Done |  | Mary Lou Bennett |  |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-silk-stalkings | 1989 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Silk Stalkings |  | Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson |  |  |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-short-story-deja-vu | 1989 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | Deja Vu |  | Doug Allyn |  | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1988 |  |
| 1989-best-mystery-short-story-fatherly-love | 1989 | Best Mystery Short Story | false | Finalist | Fatherly Love |  | Carl Martin |  | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1988 |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-marriage-is-murder | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | Marriage Is Murder |  | Nancy Pickard | Q509515 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-primary-target | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Primary Target |  | Max Allan Collins | Q690233 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-a-project-named-desire | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Project Named Desire |  | John W. and Joyce H. Corrington |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-venetian-mask | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Venetian Mask |  | Mickey Friedman |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-the-right-jack | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Right Jack |  | Margaret Maron | Q465231 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-bitter-medicine | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Bitter Medicine |  | Sara Paretsky | Q438024 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-a-fatal-inversion | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | A Fatal Inversion | Q4656686 | Barbara Vine | Q232260 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-novel-the-tenth-interview | 1988 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Tenth Interview |  | John Wainwright | Q1702178 |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-the-monkey-s-raincoat | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Monkey's Raincoat |  | Robert Crais | Q922053 |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-death-on-the-rocks | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death on the Rocks |  | Michael Allegretto |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-death-on-demand | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Death on Demand |  | Carolyn G. Hart | Q3595068 |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-fetish | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Fetish |  | Jeanne Hart |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-unquiet-grave | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Unquiet Grave |  | Janet LaPierre |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-where-lawyers-fear-to-tread | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Where Lawyers Fear To Tread |  | Lia Matera | Q95208231 |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-neon-flamingo | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Neon Flamingo |  | Matt and Bonnie Taylor |  |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-the-unorthodox-murder-of-rabbi-wahl | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | The Unorthodox Murder of Rabbi Wahl |  | Joseph Telushkin | Q4454265 |  |  |
| 1988-best-first-mystery-novel-presumed-innocent | 1988 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Presumed Innocent | Q967405 | Scott Turow | Q451136 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-son-of-gun-in-cheek | 1988 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | Son of Gun in Cheek |  | Bill Pronzini | Q862387 |  |  |
| 1988-best-mystery-short-story-the-woman-in-the-wardrobe | 1988 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Woman in the Wardrobe |  | Robert Barnard | Q1788811 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1987 |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-a-taste-for-death | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | true | Winner | A Taste for Death | Q4659983 | P. D. James | Q270648 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-when-the-sacred-ginmill-closes | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | When the Sacred Ginmill Closes | Q7993024 | Lawrence Block | Q505123 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-the-million-dollar-wound | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Million-Dollar Wound |  | Max Allan Collins | Q690233 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-come-morning | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Come Morning |  | Joe Gores | Q972967 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-beyond-blame | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Beyond Blame |  | Stephen Greenleaf |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-skinwalkers | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Skinwalkers | Q3399278 | Tony Hillerman | Q181920 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-the-perfect-spy | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | The Perfect Spy |  | John le Carré | Q209641 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-deadfall | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Deadfall |  | Bill Pronzini | Q862387 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-lady-killer | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Lady Killer |  | Masako Togawa | Q276332 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-novel-night-games | 1987 | Best Mystery Novel | false | Finalist | Night Games |  | Collin Wilcox | Q2983406 |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-the-ritual-bath | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | The Ritual Bath |  | Faye Kellerman | Q268466 |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-a-case-of-loyalties | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | true | Winner | A Case of Loyalties |  | Marilyn Wallace |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-bill-crider | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Bill Crider |  | Too Late To Die |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-joseph-koenig | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Joseph Koenig |  | Floater |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-mike-lupica | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Mike Lupica |  | Dead Air |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-edward-mathis | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Edward Mathis |  | From a High Place |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-first-mystery-novel-thomas-maxwell | 1987 | Best First Mystery (Novel) | false | Finalist | Thomas Maxwell |  | Kiss Me Once |  |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-nonfiction-critical-1001-midnights | 1987 | Best Mystery Nonfiction/Critical | true | Winner | 1001 Midnights |  | Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini | Q444016 |  |  |
| 1987-best-mystery-short-story-the-parker-shotgun | 1987 | Best Mystery Short Story | true | Winner | The Parker Shotgun |  | Sue Grafton | Q234865 | Mean Streets |  |

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