The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007 to 2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic. [1]
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Winner | |
| Ken Bruen | The Guards | Finalist | ||
| Michael Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer | Finalist | ||
| Dennis Lehane | Mystic River | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | Still Life | Finalist | ||
| Carlos Ruiz Zafón | The Shadow of the Wind | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Robert Crais | Suspect | Winner | [3] [4] |
| Lou Berney | November Road | Finalist | [3] | |
| Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | Finalist | [3] | |
| Jane Harper | The Dry | Finalist | [3] | |
| Peter May | The Blackhouse | Finalist | [3] | |
| Don Winslow | The Border | Finalist | [3] |
The "British Crime Novel" in this context is best crime fiction novel first published in English in the United Kingdom and does not reflect the author's nationality.
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Val McDermid | A Place of Execution | Winner | |
| Rennie Airth | River of Darkness | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | Every Dead Thing | Finalist | ||
| Colin Falconer | Rough Justice | Finalist | ||
| Barry Maitland | The Chalon Heads | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Stephen Booth | Black Dog | Winner | |
| John Connolly | Dark Hollow | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Diamond | The Beach Road | Finalist | ||
| Colin Falconer | The Certainty of Doing Evil | Finalist | ||
| Peter Lovesey | The Reaper | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Stephen Booth | Dancing with the Virgins | Winner | |
| Caroline Carver | Blood Junction | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | The Killing Kind | Finalist | ||
| Reginald Hill | Dialogues of the Dead | Finalist | ||
| P. D. James | Death in Holy Orders | Finalist | ||
| Val McDermid | Killing the Shadows | Finalist | ||
| Ian Rankin | The Falls | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | John Connolly | The White Road | Winner | |
| Mark Billingham | Scaredy Cat | Finalist | ||
| Tom Bradby | The Master of Rain | Finalist | ||
| Simon Kernick | The Business of Dying | Finalist | ||
| Peter Lovesey | Diamond Dust | Finalist | ||
| Ed O'Connor | The Yeare’s Midnight | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Val McDermid | The Distant Echo | Winner | |
| Mark Billingham | Lazybones | Finalist | ||
| Christopher Fowler | Full Dark House | Finalist | ||
| Simon Kernick | The Murder Exchange | Finalist | ||
| Peter Lovesey | The House Sitter | Finalist | ||
| Andrew Taylor | The American Boy (An Unpardonable Crime) | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | John Harvey | Flesh & Blood | Winner | |
| Mark Billingham | The Burning Girl | Finalist | ||
| Ken Bruen | The Dramatist | Finalist | ||
| Mo Hayder | Tokyo (The Devil of Nanking) | Finalist | ||
| Simon Kernick | The Crime Trade | Finalist | ||
| Zoë Sharp | First Drop | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Denise Mina | Field of Blood | Winner | |
| Rennie Airth | The Blood-Dimmed Tide | Finalist | ||
| Mark Billingham | Lifeless | Finalist | ||
| Arnaldur Indridason | Silence of the Grave | Finalist | ||
| Simon Kernick | A Good Day to Die | Finalist | ||
| Michael Robotham | Lost | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Ken Bruen | Priest | Winner | |
| Stuart MacBride | Dying Light | Finalist | ||
| C. J. Sansom | Sovereign | Finalist | ||
| Nick Stone | Mr. Clarinet | Finalist | ||
| Edward Wright | Red Sky Lament | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Edward Wright | Damnation Falls | Winner | |
| R. J. Ellory | A Quiet Belief In Angels | Finalist | ||
| Mo Hayder | Pig Island | Finalist | ||
| Graham Hurley | One Under | Finalist | ||
| Paul Johnston | The Death List | Finalist | ||
| Steve Mosby | The 50/50 Killer | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Winner | |
| R. J. Ellory | A Simple Act of Violence | Finalist | ||
| Mo Hayder | Ritual | Finalist | ||
| Michael Robotham | Shatter | Finalist | ||
| Andrew Taylor | Bleeding Heart Square | Finalist | ||
| Martin Walker | Bruno, Chief of Police | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Philip Kerr | If the Dead Rise Not | Winner | |
| S. J. Bolton | Awakening | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | The Lovers | Finalist | ||
| Reginald Hill | Midnight Fugue | Finalist | ||
| Denise Mina | Still Midnight | Finalist | ||
| Robert Wilson | The Ignorance of Blood | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Reginald Hill | The Woodcutter | Winner | [5] |
| Kate Atkinson | Started Early, Took My Dog | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Bolton | Blood Harvest | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | The Whisperers | Finalist | ||
| Roslund & Hellström | Three Seconds | Finalist | ||
| Zoë Sharp | Fourth Day | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Peter James | Dead Man’s Grip | Winner | |
| S. J. Bolton | Now You See Me | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | Hell’s Bells (The Infernals) | Finalist | ||
| R. J. Ellory | Bad Signs | Finalist | ||
| Elly Griffiths | The House at Sea’s End | Finalist | ||
| Arnaldur Indridason | Outrage | Finalist |
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Charles Todd | A Test of Wills | Winner | [6] [7] |
| Jameson Cole | A Killing in Quail Country | Finalist | ||
| H. Michael Frase | Fatal Gift | Finalist | ||
| G. D. Gearino | What the Deaf Mute Heard | Finalist | ||
| Michael C. White | A Brother’s Blood | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Lee Child | Killing Floor | Winner | |
| Rosemary Aubert | Free Reign | Finalist | ||
| Maureen Jennings | Except the Dying | Finalist | ||
| Joseph Kanon | Los Alamos | Finalist | ||
| Lisa See | Flower Net | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Seranella | No Human Involved | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | William Kent Krueger | Iron Lake | Winner | |
| John Billheimer | The Contrary Blues | Finalist | ||
| Steve Hamilton | A Cold Day in Paradise | Finalist | ||
| Robin Hathaway | The Doctor Digs a Grave | Finalist | ||
| William Hoffman | Tidewater Blood | Finalist | ||
| J. Wallis Martin | A Likeness in Stone | Finalist | ||
| Lisa Reardon | Billy Dead | Finalist | ||
| D.R. Schanker | A Criminal Appeal | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Donna Andrews | Murder With Peacocks | Winner | |
| Mark Coggins | The Immortal Game | Finalist | ||
| Dan Fesperman | Lie in the Dark | Finalist | ||
| Stan Jones | White Sky, Black Ice | Finalist | ||
| Gregg Main | Every Trace | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | David Liss | A Conspiracy of Paper | Winner | |
| Stephen Horn | In Her Defense | Finalist | ||
| Scott Phillips | The Ice Harvest | Finalist | ||
| Bob Truluck | Street Level | Finalist | ||
| Qiu Xiaolong | Death of a Red Heroine | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | C. J. Box | Open Season | Winner | [8] |
| K. J. Erickson | Third Person Singular | Finalist | ||
| David Fulmer | Chasing the Devil’s Tail | Finalist | ||
| M. K. Preston | Perhaps She’ll Die | Finalist | ||
| Karin Slaughter | Blindsighted | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Strohmeyer | Bubbles Unbound | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | In the Bleak Midwinter | Winner | |
| David Corbett | The Devil’s Redhead | Finalist | ||
| Pip Granger | Not All Tarts Are Apple | Finalist | ||
| Jonathan King | The Blue Edge of Midnight | Finalist | ||
| Eddie Muller | The Distance | Finalist | ||
| Ben Rehder | Buck Fever | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | P. J. Tracy | Monkeewrench | Winner | |
| William Landay | Mission Flats | Finalist | ||
| Olen Steinhauer | The Bridge of Sighs | Finalist | ||
| Wallace Stroby | Barbed Wire Kiss | Finalist | ||
| Jacqueline Winspear | Maisie Dobbs | Finalist | ||
| Edward Wright | Clea’s Moon | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | The Shadow of the Wind | Winner | |
| Charles Benoit | Relative Danger | Finalist | ||
| James O. Born | Walking Money | Finalist | ||
| Colin Cotterill | The Coroner's Lunch | Finalist | ||
| Claire Matturro | Skinny-Dipping | Finalist | ||
| Will Thomas | Some Danger Involved | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Stuart MacBride | Cold Granite | Winner | |
| Megan Abbott | Die a Little | Finalist | ||
| Brian Freeman | Immoral | Finalist | ||
| Randall Hicks | The Baby Game | Finalist | ||
| David Hosp | Dark Harbor | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Louise Penny | Still Life | Winner | |
| Alex Berenson | The Faithful Spy | Finalist | ||
| Gillian Flynn | Sharp Objects | Finalist | ||
| Tom Gabbay | The Berlin Conspiracy | Finalist | ||
| John Hart | The King of Lies | Finalist | ||
| Cornelia Read | A Field of Darkness | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Tana French | In the Woods | Winner | |
| Gordon Campbell | Missing Witness | Finalist | ||
| Sean Chercover | Big City, Bad Blood | Finalist | ||
| Lisa Lutz | The Spellman Files | Finalist | ||
| Matt Beynon Rees | The Collaborator of Bethlehem | Finalist | ||
| Marcus Sakey | The Blade Itself | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Tom Rob Smith | Child 44 | Winner | |
| Tom Epperson | The Kind One | Finalist | ||
| Julie Kramer | Stalking Susan | Finalist | ||
| David Levien | City of the Sun | Finalist | ||
| Michael Stanley | A Carrion Death | Finalist | ||
| Carolyn D. Wall | Sweeping Up Glass | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Alan Bradley | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Winner | |
| Josh Bazell | Beat the Reaper | Finalist | ||
| Rebecca Cantrell | A Trace of Smoke | Finalist | ||
| Sophie Littlefield | A Bad Day for Sorry | Finalist | ||
| Attica Locke | Black Water Rising | Finalist | ||
| Stuart Neville | The Ghosts of Belfast | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Paul Doiron | The Poacher’s Son | Winner | |
| Lou Berney | Gutshot Straight | Finalist | ||
| Bruce DeSilva | Rogue Island | Finalist | ||
| Graham Moore | The Sherlockian | Finalist | ||
| William Ryan | The Holy Thief | Finalist | ||
| Keith Thomson | Once a Spy | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Taylor Stevens | The Informationist | Winner | |
| Sara Henry | Learning To Swim | Finalist | ||
| Keigo Higashino | The Devotion of Suspect X | Finalist | ||
| Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis | The Boy in the Suitcase | Finalist | ||
| Alice LaPlante | Turn of Mind | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Bolton | Before I Go To Sleep | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Julia Keller | A Killing in the Hills | Winner | [9] |
| Alex Grecian | The Yard | Finalist | ||
| Owen Laukkanen | The Professionals | Finalist | ||
| David Mark | The Dark Winter | Finalist | ||
| Tim O'Mara | Sacrifice Fly | Finalist | ||
| Michael Sears | Black Fridays | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Barry Lancet | Japantown | Winner | |
| Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | Finalist | ||
| Charlie Lovett | The Bookman’s Tale | Finalist | ||
| Becky Masterman | Rage Against the Dying | Finalist | ||
| Jenny Milchman | Cover of Snow | Finalist | ||
| Derek B. Miller | Norwegian by Night | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Julia Dahl | Invisible City | Winner | |
| Adam Brookes | Night Heron | Finalist | ||
| M. P. Cooley | Ice Shear | Finalist | ||
| Elizabeth Little | Dear Daughter | Finalist | ||
| Laura McHugh | The Weight of Blood | Finalist | ||
| William Shaw | She’s Leaving Home | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Ausma Zehanat Khan | The Unquiet Dead | Winner | |
| John A. Connell | Ruins of War | Finalist | ||
| Glen Erik Hamilton | Past Crimes | Finalist | ||
| Elsa Hart | Jade Dragon Mountain | Finalist | ||
| Paula Hawkins | The Girl on the Train | Finalist | ||
| Brian Panowich | Bull Mountain | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Nicholas Petrie | The Drifter | Winner | |
| Bill Beverly | Dodgers | Finalist | ||
| Samuel Bjork | I’m Traveling Alone | Finalist | ||
| Joe Ide | IQ | Finalist | ||
| Iain Reid | I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Finalist | ||
| Susie Steiner | Missing, Presumed | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Jane Harper | The Dry | Winner | |
| Jordan Harper | She Rides Shotgun | Finalist | ||
| Sheena Kamal | The Lost Ones | Finalist | ||
| H. B. Lyle | The Irregular | Finalist | ||
| Abir Mukherjee | A Rising Man | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Tallent | My Absolute Darling | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | C.J. Tudor | The Chalk Man | Winner | [10] [11] |
| Oyinkan Braithwaite | My Sister, the Serial Killer | Finalist | ||
| Karen Cleveland | Need To Know | Finalist | ||
| John Copenhaver | Dodging and Burning | Finalist | ||
| Caz Frear | Sweet Little Lies | Finalist | ||
| James A. McLaughlin | Bearskin | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Søren Sveistrup | The Chestnut Man | Winner | [3] [4] |
| Chris Hammer | Scrublands | Finalist | [3] | |
| S. A. Lelchuk | Save Me from Dangerous Men | Finalist | [3] | |
| Alex Michaelides | The Silent Patient | Finalist | [3] | |
| Holly Watt | To the Lions | Finalist | [3] | |
| Lauren Wilkinson | American Spy | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2021 | David Heska Wanbli Weiden | Winter Counts | Winner | [12] |
| Chris Hauty | Deep State | Finalist | [12] | |
| Nev March | Murder in Old Bombay | Finalist | [12] | |
| Richard Osman | The Thursday Murder Club | Finalist | [12] | |
| Alex Pavesi | The Eighth Detective | Finalist | [12] | |
| Stephanie Wrobel | Darling Rose Gold | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2022 | Connor Sullivan | Sleeping Bear | Winner | [13] [14] |
| Alexandra Andrews | Who Is Maud Dixon? | Finalist | [13] | |
| Abigail Dean | Girl A | Finalist | [13] | |
| Taylor Moore | Down Range | Finalist | [13] | |
| T. J. Newman | Falling | Finalist | [13] | |
| Brandon Webb and John David Mann | Steel Fear | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2023 | Jacqueline Bublitz | Before You Knew My Name | Finalist | [15] [16] |
| Eli Cranor | Don't Know Tough | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Ramona Emerson | Shutter | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Nita Prose | The Maid | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Sascha Rothchild | Blood Sugar | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Hayley Scrivenor | Dirt Creek | Finalist | [15] [16] |
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Peter Lovesey | Bloodhounds | Winner | |
| Thomas H. Cook | The Chatham School Affair | Finalist | ||
| Reginald Hill | The Wood Beyond | Finalist | ||
| Rochelle Krich | Speak No Evil | Finalist | ||
| Margaret Lawrence | Hearts and Bones | Finalist | ||
| Thomas Perry | Dance for the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Michael Connelly | Trunk Music | Winner | |
| James Lee Burke | Cimarron Rose | Finalist | ||
| Jan Burke | Hocus | Finalist | ||
| Deborah Crombie | Dreaming of the Bones | Finalist | ||
| Bill Pronzini | A Wasteland of Strangers | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Rozan | No Colder Place | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Reginald Hill | On Beulah Height | Winner | |
| Dennis Lehane | Gone, Baby, Gone | Winner | ||
| Rhys Bowen | Evan Help Us | Finalist | ||
| Michael Connelly | Blood Work | Finalist | ||
| Jeffery Deaver | The Coffin Dancer | Finalist | ||
| Carol O'Connell | Judas Child | Finalist | ||
| Ian Rankin | The Hanging Garden | Finalist | ||
| Mary Willis Walker | All the Dead Lie Down | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Peter Robinson | In a Dry Season | Winner | |
| Michael Connelly | Angels Flight | Finalist | ||
| Robert Crais | L.A. Requiem | Finalist | ||
| Janet Evanovich | High Five | Finalist | ||
| John Katzenbach | Hart’s War | Finalist | ||
| Dennis Lehane | Prayers for Rain | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Nevada Barr | Deep South | Winner | |
| Lee Child | Running Blind | Finalist | ||
| Thomas H. Cook | Places in the Dark | Finalist | ||
| Bill Fitzhugh | Cross Dressing | Finalist | ||
| Steve Hamilton | Winter of the Wolf Moon | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Seranella | Unwanted Company | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Dennis Lehane | Mystic River | Winner | |
| Harlan Coben | Tell No One | Finalist | ||
| Michael Connelly | A Darkness More Than Night | Finalist | ||
| William Kent Krueger | Purgatory Ridge | Finalist | ||
| T. Jefferson Parker | Silent Joe | Finalist | ||
| George P. Pelecanos | Right as Rain | Finalist | ||
| Donald E. Westlake | Bad News | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Michael Connelly | City of Bones | Winner | |
| Lee Child | Without Fail | Finalist | ||
| Tim Cockey | The Hearse Case Scenario | Finalist | ||
| Steve Hamilton | North of Nowhere | Finalist | ||
| George P. Pelecanos | Hell to Pay | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Rozan | Winter and Night | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Laura Lippman | Every Secret Thing | Winner | |
| Ken Bruen | The Guards | Finalist | ||
| Dan Fesperman | The Small Boat of Great Sorrows | Finalist | ||
| Laurie R. King | Keeping Watch | Finalist | ||
| Dennis Lehane | Shutter Island | Finalist | ||
| Julia Spencer-Fleming | A Fountain Filled with Blood | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Lee Child | The Enemy | Winner | |
| K. J. Erickson | Alone at Night | Finalist | ||
| Jeff Lindsay | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | Finalist | ||
| Chris Mooney | Remembering Sarah | Finalist | ||
| Walter Mosley | Little Scarlet | Finalist | ||
| George P. Pelecanos | Hard Revolution | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Thomas H. Cook | Red Leaves | Winner | |
| Jan Burke | Bloodlines | Finalist | ||
| William Kent Krueger | Mercy Falls | Finalist | ||
| David Rosenfelt | Sudden Death | Finalist | ||
| James Swain | Mr. Lucky | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | The Power of the Dog | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | George Pelecanos | The Night Gardener | Winner | |
| Ace Atkins | White Shadow | Finalist | ||
| Rhys Bowen | Oh Danny Boy | Finalist | ||
| Dan Fesperman | The Prisoner of Guantanamo | Finalist | ||
| Ariana Franklin | City of Shadows | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Laura Lippman | What the Dead Know | Winner | |
| Reed Farrel Coleman | Soul Patch | Finalist | ||
| John Connolly | The Unquiet | Finalist | ||
| John Hart | Down River | Finalist | ||
| J. A. Konrath | Dirty Martini | Finalist | ||
| Peter Spiegelman | Red Cat | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Arnaldur Indriðason | The Draining Lake | Winner | |
| Sean Chercover | Trigger City | Finalist | ||
| Michael Koryta | Envy the Night | Finalist | ||
| William Kent Krueger | Red Knife | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | The Cruelest Month | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | The Dawn Patrol | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | John Hart | The Last Child | Winner | [17] |
| John Connolly | The Gates | Finalist | ||
| David Ellis | The Hidden Man | Finalist | ||
| Joe Gores | Spade & Archer | Finalist | ||
| Marcia Muller | Locked In | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Rozan | The Shanghai Moon | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Steve Hamilton | The Lock Artist | Winner | |
| C. J. Box | Nowhere To Run | Finalist | ||
| Tom Franklin | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter | Finalist | ||
| Dennis Lehane | Moonlight Mile | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | Bury Your Dead | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | Savages | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Jussi Adler-Olsen | The Keeper of Lost Causes | Winner | |
| Linwood Barclay | The Accident | Finalist | ||
| Reed Farrel Coleman | Hurt Machine | Finalist | ||
| John Hart | Iron House | Finalist | ||
| Craig Johnson | Hell Is Empty | Finalist | ||
| Henning Mankell | The Troubled Man | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Peter May | The Blackhouse | Winner | [9] |
| Linwood Barclay | Trust Your Eyes | Finalist | ||
| S. J. Bolton | Dead Scared | Finalist | ||
| Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | Finalist | ||
| William Landay | Defending Jacob | Finalist | ||
| Dennis Lehane | Live by Night | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | William Kent Krueger | Ordinary Grace | Winner | |
| Jussi Adler-Olsen | A Conspiracy of Faith | Finalist | ||
| Linwood Barclay | A Tap on the Window | Finalist | ||
| Thomas H. Cook | Sandrine’s Case | Finalist | ||
| Robert Crais | Suspect | Finalist | ||
| Ian Rankin | Standing in Another Man’s Grave | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Greg Iles | Natchez Burning | Winner | |
| Jussi Adler-Olsen | The Marco Effect | Finalist | ||
| James R. Benn | The Rest Is Silence | Finalist | ||
| Reed Farrel Coleman | The Hollow Girl | Finalist | ||
| Bruce DeSilva | Providence Rag | Finalist | ||
| Arnaldur Indridason | Strange Shores | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | C.J. Box | Badlands | Winner | [8] |
| John Connolly | A Song of Shadows | Finalist | ||
| Owen Laukkanen | The Stolen Ones | Finalist | ||
| Michael Robotham | Life or Death | Finalist | ||
| Jeffrey Siger | Devil of Delphi | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | The Cartel | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Louise Penny | A Great Reckoning | Winner | |
| Reed Farrel Coleman | Where It Hurts | Finalist | ||
| Michael Connelly | The Wrong Side of Goodbye | Finalist | ||
| Steve Hamilton | The Second Life of Nick Mason | Finalist | ||
| Laura Lippman | Wilde Lake | Finalist | ||
| David Swinson | The Second Girl | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Karen Dionne | The Marsh King’s Daughter | Winner | |
| Michael Connelly | The Late Show | Finalist | ||
| Steve Hamilton | Exit Strategy | Finalist | ||
| Anthony Horowitz | Magpie Murders | Finalist | ||
| Philip Kerr | Prussian Blue | Finalist | ||
| Don Winslow | The Force | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lou Berney | November Road | Winner | [10] [11] |
| Michael Connelly | Dark Sacred Night | Finalist | ||
| Allen Eskens | The Shadows We Hide | Finalist | ||
| Craig Johnson | Depth of Winter | Finalist | ||
| Mindy Mejia | Leave No Trace | Finalist | ||
| Abir Mukherjee | A Necessary Evil | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Jane Harper | The Lost Man | Winner | [3] [4] |
| Steve Cavanagh | Th1rt3en | Finalist | [3] | |
| Steph Cha | Your House Will Pay | Finalist | [3] | |
| Philip Kerr | Metropolis | Finalist | [3] | |
| Michael Koryta | If She Wakes | Finalist | [3] | |
| Don Winslow | The Border | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2021 | S. A. Cosby | Blacktop Wasteland | Winner | [12] |
| Harlan Coben | The Boy from the Woods | Finalist | [12] | |
| Michael Connelly | The Law of Innocence | Finalist | [12] | |
| Anthony Horowitz | Moonflower Murders | Finalist | [12] | |
| Rachel Howzell Hall | And Now She’s Gone | Finalist | [12] | |
| Louise Penny | All the Devils Are Here | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2022 | S. A. Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Winner | [13] [14] |
| Michael Connelly | The Dark Hours | Finalist | [13] | |
| Matt Coyle | Last Redemption | Finalist | [13] | |
| Naomi Hirahara | Clark and Division | Finalist | [13] | |
| Stephen King | Billy Summers | Finalist | [13] | |
| Chris Whitaker | We Begin at the End | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2023 | Steve Cavanagh | The Accomplice | Finalist | [15] [16] |
| Michael Connelly | Desert Star | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Deon Meyer | The Dark Flood | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Chris Offutt | Shifty's Boys | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Alex Segura | Secret Identity | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Don Winslow | City on Fire | Finalist | [15] [16] |
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Susan Wade | Walking Rain | Winner | |
| Harlan Coben | Fade Away | Finalist | ||
| Teri Holbrook | The Grass Widow | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Harlan Coben | Back Spin | Winner | |
| Sujata Massey | The Salaryman’s Wife | Finalist | ||
| Rick Riordan | Big Red Tequila | Finalist | ||
| Penny Warner | Dead Body Language | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Robin Burcell | Every Move She Makes | Winner | |
| Caroline Roe | Antidote for Avarice | Winner | ||
| Sinclair Browning | The Last Song Dogs | Finalist | ||
| Carolyn Haines | Them Bones | Finalist | ||
| Jerry Kennealy | The Hunted | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Eric Wright | The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn | Winner | |
| Glynn Marsh Alam | Dive Deep and Deadly | Finalist | ||
| Kate Grilley | Death Dances to a Reggae Beat | Finalist | ||
| Cathie John | Little Mexico | Finalist | ||
| Beth Saulnier | Distemper | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Deborah Woodworth | Killer Gifts | Winner | |
| Sinclair Browning | Rode Hard, Put Away Dead | Finalist | ||
| Deborah Morgan | Death Is a Cabaret | Finalist | ||
| Beth Saulnier | The Fourth Wall | Finalist | ||
| Martin J. Smith | Straw Men | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Danielle Girard | Cold Silence | Winner | |
| Jeff Abbott | Black Jack Point | Finalist | ||
| Robin Burcell | Fatal Truth | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Judson | The Bone Orchard | Finalist | ||
| Anna Salter | Prison Blues | Finalist | ||
| Brian M. Wiprud | Pipsqueak | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Jason Starr | Tough Luck | Winner | |
| Elaine Flinn | Dealing in Murder | Finalist | ||
| Christopher Hyde | Wisdom of the Bones | Finalist | ||
| Jay MacLarty | The Courier | Finalist | ||
| Judith Van Gieson | The Shadow of Venus | Finalist | ||
| Elaine Viets | Murder Between the Covers | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Elaine Flinn | Tagged for Murder | Winner | |
| Larry Beinhart | The Librarian | Finalist | ||
| Thomas H. Cook | Into the Web | Finalist | ||
| M.G. Kincaid | Last Seen in Aberdeen | Finalist | ||
| Domenic Stansberry | The Confession | Finalist | ||
| Jason Starr | Twisted City | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Reed Farrel Coleman | The James Deans | Winner | |
| Charlie Huston | Six Bad Things | Finalist | ||
| Maureen Jennings | Night’s Child | Finalist | ||
| Rochelle Krich | Now You See Me… | Finalist | ||
| Mary Jane Maffini | The Dead Don’t Get Out Much | Finalist | ||
| John Ramsey Miller | Inside Out | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Sean Doolittle | The Cleanup | Winner | |
| Ken Bruen and Jason Starr | Bust | Finalist | ||
| Max Allan Collins | The Last Quarry | Finalist | ||
| Jay MacLarty | Live Wire | Finalist | ||
| James Swain | Deadman’s Poker | Finalist | ||
| Brian M. Wiprud | Crooked | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Megan Abbott | Queenpin | Winner | |
| Felicia Donovan | The Black Widow Agency | Finalist | ||
| Jay MacLarty | Choke Point | Finalist | ||
| Jason Pinter | The Mark | Finalist | ||
| Fred Vargas | Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand | Finalist | ||
| Kevin Wignall | Who Is Conrad Hirst? | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Julie Hyzy | State of the Onion | Winner | |
| Max Allan Collins | The First Quarry | Finalist | ||
| Christa Faust | Money Shot | Finalist | ||
| Åsa Larsson | The Black Path | Finalist | ||
| Duane Swierczynski | Severance Package | Finalist | ||
| Johan Theorin | Echoes from the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Bryan Gruley | Starvation Lake | Winner | |
| Megan Abbott | Bury Me Deep | Finalist | ||
| Max Allan Collins | Quarry in the Middle | Finalist | ||
| Heather Gudenkauf | The Weight of Silence | Finalist | ||
| Frank Tallis | Fatal Lies | Finalist | ||
| L. C. Tyler | The Herring Seller’s Apprentice | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Val McDermid | Fever of the Bone | Winner | |
| Bryan Gruley | The Hanging Tree | Finalist | ||
| Sophie Hannah | The Dead Lie Down | Finalist | ||
| Julie Hyzy | Eggsecutive Orders | Finalist | ||
| Judith Rock | The Rhetoric of Death | Finalist | ||
| A. D. Scott | A Small Death in the Great Glen | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Michael Stanley | The Death of the Mantis | Winner | |
| Brett Battles | The Silenced | Finalist | ||
| Oliver Pötzsch | The Hangman's Daughter | Finalist | ||
| A. D. Scott | A Double Death on the Black Isle | Finalist | ||
| Duane Swierczynski | Fun & Games | Finalist | ||
| Nicola Upson | Two for Sorrow | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Susan Elia MacNeal | Mr. Churchill’s Secretary | Winner | [9] |
| John Enright | Pago Pago Tango | Finalist | ||
| Alan Glynn | Bloodland | Finalist | ||
| Sophie Hannah | The Other Woman’s House | Finalist | ||
| Malla Nunn | Blessed Are the Dead | Finalist | ||
| A. D. Scott | Beneath the Abbey Wall | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Adrian McKinty | I Hear the Sirens in the Street | Winner | [18] |
| Paul Cleave | Joe Victim | Finalist | ||
| Ian Hamilton | The Disciple of Las Vegas | Finalist | ||
| Gene Kerrigan | The Rage | Finalist | ||
| Nicola Upson | Fear in the Sunlight | Finalist | ||
| Elaine Viets | Fixing to Die | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Allen Eskens | The Life We Bury | Winner | |
| Joël Dicker | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Finalist | ||
| Alex Marwood | The Killer Next Door | Finalist | ||
| Malla Nunn | Present Darkness | Finalist | ||
| Lori Rader-Day | The Black Hour | Finalist | ||
| Stav Sherez | Eleven Days | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lou Berney | The Long and Faraway Gone | Winner | |
| Kristi Belcamino | Blessed Are Those Who Weep | Finalist | ||
| Max Allan Collins | Quarry’s Choice | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Hilary | No Other Darkness | Finalist | ||
| Ragnar Jónasson | Snowblind | Finalist | ||
| James W. Ziskin | Stone Cold Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Adrian McKinty | Rain Dogs | Winner | [18] |
| Flynn Berry | Under the Harrow | Finalist | ||
| Allen Eskens | The Heavens May Fall | Finalist | ||
| Susan Elia MacNeal | The Queen’s Accomplice | Finalist | ||
| Alex Marwood | The Darkest Secret | Finalist | ||
| Jake Needham | The Girl in the Window | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Allen Eskens | The Deep Dark Descending | Winner | |
| R. J. Bailey | Safe from Harm | Finalist | ||
| Kristi Belcamino | Blessed Are the Peacemakers | Finalist | ||
| Kellye Garrett | Hollywood Homicide | Finalist | ||
| Lori Rader-Day | The Day I Died | Finalist | ||
| James Swain | Super Con | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Dervla McTiernan | The Rúin | Winner | [10] [11] [19] |
| Christine Carbo | A Sharp Solitude | Finalist | ||
| David Mark | Dead Pretty | Finalist | ||
| Sherry Thomas | The Hollow of Fear | Finalist | ||
| Emma Viskic | Resurrection Bay | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Rick Mofina | Missing Daughter | Winner | [3] [4] |
| RJ Bailey | Winner Kills All | Finalist | [3] | |
| Hannelore Cayre | The Godmother | Finalist | [3] | |
| Max Allan Collins | Killing Quarry | Finalist | [3] | |
| Ian Hamilton | Fate: The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung | Finalist | [3] | |
| James Swain | No Good Deed | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2021 | James W. Ziskin | Turn to Stone | Winner | [12] |
| Alyssa Cole | When No One Is Watching | Finalist | [12] | |
| Jake Needham | Monkok Station | Finalist | [12] | |
| Jason Pinter | Hide Away | Finalist | [12] | |
| James Swain | Bad News Travels Fast | Finalist | [12] | |
| Emma Viskic | Darkness for Light | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2022 | Dervla McTiernan | The Good Turn | Winner | [13] [14] |
| Gabriel Bergmoser | The Hunted | Finalist | [13] | |
| Mia P. Manansala | Arsenic and Adobo | Finalist | [13] | |
| Andrew Mayne | Black Coral | Finalist | [13] | |
| Rick Mofina | Search for Her | Finalist | [13] | |
| Vanda Symon | Bound | Finalist | [13] |
| Year | Author | Story | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Robert Barnard | Rogues’ Gallery | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , March 2003 | Winner | |
| Doug Allyn | The Blind Pig | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , May 2003 | Finalist | ||
| Brendan DuBois | Always Another War | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , July/August 2003 | Finalist | ||
| Clark Howard | The Mask of Peter | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , April 2003 | Finalist | ||
| Donald Olson | Rogue's Run | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , April 2003 | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Edward D. Hoch | The War in Wonderland | Green for Danger | Winner | |
| Catherine Aird | Cold Comfort | Chapter & Hearse & Other Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| Melodie Johnson Howe | Facing Up | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , July 2004 | Finalist | ||
| John Mortimer | Rumpole and the Christmas Break | The Strand Magazine , #14, 2004 | Finalist | ||
| Amy Myers | Murder, the Missing Heir, and the Boiled Egg | Criminal Appetites | Finalist | ||
| Neil Schofield | Ledgers | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , July 2004 | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Nancy Pickard | There is no Crime on Easter Island | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , September/October 2005 | Winner | |
| Steve Hockensmith | The Big Road | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , May 2005 | Finalist | ||
| Peter Lovesey | Needle Match | Murder Is My Racquet | Finalist | ||
| Joan Richter | Love and Death in Africa | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , January 2005 | Finalist | ||
| Tom Savage | The Method in her Madness | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , June 2005 | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Brendan DuBois | The Right Call | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , September/October 2006 | Winner | |
| Simon Brett | Cain Was Innocent | Thou Shalt Not Kill | Finalist | ||
| Judith Cutler | Shaping the Ends | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , May 2006 | Finalist | ||
| Kate Ellis | A Man of Taste | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , March/April 2006 | Finalist | ||
| Paul Halter | The Flower Girl | The Night of the Wolf | Finalist | ||
| June Thomson | A Case for Inspector Ghote | The Verdict of Us All | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Edward D. Hoch | The Problem of the Summer Snowman | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , November 2007 | Winner | |
| Doug Allyn | Dead As a Dog | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , July 2007 | Finalist | ||
| Dale C. Andrews and Kurt Sercu | The Book Case | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , May 2007 | Finalist | ||
| Jon L. Breen | The Missing Elevator Puzzle | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , February 2007 | Finalist | ||
| Jeffrey Deaver | Bump | Dead Man’s Hand | Finalist | ||
| Gillian Roberts | The Old Wife’s Tale | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , March/April 2007 | Finalist | ||
| Neil Schofield | Murder: A User's Guibe | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , July/August 2007 | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | James O. Born | The Drought | The Blue Religion | Winner | |
| Jan Burke | The Fallen | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , August 2008 | Finalist | ||
| Brendan DuBois | A Trace of a Trace | At the Scene of the Crime | Finalist | ||
| G. Miki Hayden | A Killing in Midtown | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , January/February 2008 | Finalist | ||
| Mick Herron | Proof of Love | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , September/October 2008 | Finalist | ||
| Edward D. Hoch | The Problem of the Secret Patient | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , May 2008 | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Brendan DuBois | The High House Writer | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine , July–August 2009 | Winner | |
| Barbara Callahan | My Mother's Keeper | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , June 2009 | Finalist | ||
| David Dean | Erin's Journal | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , December 2009 | Finalist | ||
| John H. Dirckx | Real Men Die | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2009 | Finalist | ||
| Melodie Johnson Howe | A Hollywood Ending | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , July 2009 | Finalist | ||
| Morley Swingle | Hard Blows | The Prosecution Rests | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Loren D. Estleman | The List | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , May 2010 | Winner | |
| Mitch Alderman | Requiem for Antlers | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January–February 2010 | Finalist | ||
| Robert Barnard | Family Values | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , February 2010 | Finalist | ||
| Caroline Benton | The Body in the Dunes | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , January 2010 | Finalist | ||
| Terence Faherty | The Seven Sorrows | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , March–April 2010 | Finalist | ||
| Ellen Larson | When the Apricots Bloom | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July–August 2010 | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Jeffrey Cohen | The Gun Also Rises | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January–February 2011 | Winner | |
| Doug Allyn | Thicker Than Blood | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2011 | Finalist | ||
| Mike Cooper | Whiz Bang | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , September–October 2011 | Finalist | ||
| Trina Corey | Facts Exhibiting Wantonness | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , November 2011 | Finalist | ||
| James Powell | Last Laugh in Floogle Park | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine , July 2011 | Finalist | ||
| Eric Rutter | Purge | Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 2011 | Finalist |
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Barry Eisler | Rain Storm | Winner | |
| Joseph Finder | Paranoia | Finalist | ||
| Joseph Garber | Whirlwind | Finalist | ||
| Jay MacLarty | Bagman | Finalist | ||
| Matthew Reilly | Scarecrow | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Silva | A Death in Vienna | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Joseph Finder | Company Man (No Hiding Place) | Winner | |
| Vince Flynn | Consent To Kill | Finalist | ||
| Mike Lawson | The Inside Ring | Finalist | ||
| Matthew Reilly | Seven Deadly Wonders | Finalist | ||
| James Rollins | Map of Bones | Finalist | ||
| Greg Rucka | Private Wars | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Daniel Silva | The Messenger | Winner | |
| Joe Finder | Killer Instinct | Finalist | ||
| Alan Furst | The Foreign Correspondent | Finalist | ||
| Simon Kernick | Relentless | Finalist | ||
| Stephen Leather | Cold Kill | Finalist | ||
| Stephen White | Kill Me | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Robert Crais | The Watchman | Winner | |
| Linwood Barclay | No Time for Goodbye | Finalist | ||
| Brett Battles | The Cleaner | Finalist | ||
| Brent Ghelfi | Volk’s Game | Finalist | ||
| Thomas Perry | Silence | Finalist | ||
| James Swain | Midnight Rambler | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Brett Battles | The Deceived | Winner | |
| Jeff Abbott | Collision | Finalist | ||
| Tom Cain | The Survivor | Finalist | ||
| Colin Harrison | The Finder | Finalist | ||
| Stephen Hunter | Night of Thunder | Finalist | ||
| Marcus Sakey | Good People | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Jamie Freveletti | Running from the Devil | Winner | |
| Tom Cain | No Survivors | Finalist | ||
| Mark Greaney | The Gray Man | Finalist | ||
| Derek Haas | Columbus (Hunt for the Bear) | Finalist | ||
| Mike Lawson | House Secrets | Finalist | ||
| Greg Rucka | Walking Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Deon Meyer | Thirteen Hours | Winner | |
| Noah Boyd | The Bricklayer | Finalist | ||
| Charlie Charters | Bolt Action | Finalist | ||
| Vince Flynn | American Assassin | Finalist | ||
| Mark Greaney | On Target | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Silva | The Rembrandt Affair | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Thomas Perry | The Informant | Winner | |
| Tom Cain | Carver | Finalist | ||
| Ben Coes | Coup d’Etat | Finalist | ||
| Matthew Dunn | Spycatcher (Spartan) | Finalist | ||
| Mark Greaney | Ballistic | Finalist | ||
| Mike Lawson | House Divided | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Daniel Silva | The Fallen Angel | Winner | [9] |
| Ben Coes | The Last Refuge | Finalist | ||
| Charles Cumming | A Foreign Country | Finalist | ||
| Brian Freemantle | Red Star Burning | Finalist | ||
| Derek Haas | The Right Hand | Finalist | ||
| Mike Lawson | House Blood | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Taylor Stevens | The Doll | Winner | |
| Mick Herron | Dead Lions | Finalist | ||
| Roger Hobbs | Ghostman | Finalist | ||
| Jason Matthews | Red Sparrow | Finalist | ||
| Charles McCarry | The Shanghai Factor | Finalist | ||
| Stuart Neville | Ratlines | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Michael Koryta | Those Who Wish Me Dead | Winner | |
| Joe Finder | Suspicion | Finalist | ||
| Ian Hamilton | The Water Rat of Wanchai | Finalist | ||
| Robert Harris | An Officer and a Spy | Finalist | ||
| Terry Hayes | I Am Pilgrim | Finalist | ||
| Mike Lawson | House Reckoning | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Taylor Stevens | The Mask | Winner | |
| Marc Cameron | Brute Force | Finalist | ||
| Chris Holm | The Killing Kind | Finalist | ||
| M. A. Lawson | Viking Bay | Finalist | ||
| Stefanie Pintoff | Hostage Taker | Finalist | ||
| A.J. Tata | Foreign and Domestic | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Joseph Finder | Guilty Minds | Winner | |
| Matthew Betley | Overwatch | Finalist | ||
| Ben Coes | First Strike | Finalist | ||
| Mark Greaney | Back Blast | Finalist | ||
| Andrew Gross | The One Man | Finalist | ||
| Spencer Kope | Collecting the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Meg Gardiner | UNSUB | Winner | |
| Ben Coes | Trap the Devil | Finalist | ||
| Mark Greaney | Gunmetal Gray | Finalist | ||
| Mick Herron | Spook Street | Finalist | ||
| K. J. Howe | The Freedom Broker | Finalist | ||
| Thomas Perry | The Old Man | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Dan Fesperman | Safe Houses | Winner | [10] [11] |
| Jack Carr | The Terminal List | Finalist | ||
| Mick Herron | London Rules | Finalist | ||
| Anthony Horowitz | Forever and a Day | Finalist | ||
| Nick Petrie | Light It Up | Finalist | ||
| James Swain | The King Tides | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Adrian McKinty | The Chain | Winner | [3] [4] |
| Jack Carr | True Believer | Finalist | [3] | |
| Mark Greaney | Mission Critical | Finalist | [3] | |
| Thomas Perry | The Burglar | Finalist | [3] | |
| Henry Porter | White Hot Silence | Finalist | [3] | |
| Brad Thor | Backlash | Finalist | [3] | |
| 2021 | Thomas Perry | Eddie’s Boy | Winner | [12] |
| Tom Bradby | Double Agent | Finalist | [12] | |
| Matt Coyle | Blind Vigil | Finalist | [12] | |
| Mark Greaney | One Minute Out | Finalist | [12] | |
| Deon Meyer | The Last Hunt | Finalist | [12] | |
| Nick Petrie | The Wild One | Finalist | [12] | |
| 2022 | James Kestrel | Five Decembers | Winner | [13] [14] |
| Jack Carr | The Devil’s Hand | Finalist | [13] | |
| John Connolly | The Nameless Ones | Finalist | [13] | |
| Paul Doiron | Dead by Dawn | Finalist | [13] | |
| Mark Greaney | Relentless | Finalist | [13] | |
| Mick Herron | Slough House | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2023 | Jack Carr | In the Blood | Finalist | [15] [16] |
| Dan Fesperman | Winter Work | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Mark Greaney | Sierra Six | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Mick Herron | Bad Actors | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Deanna Raybourn | Killers of a Certain Age | Finalist | [15] [16] | |
| Richard O'Rawe | Goering's Gold | Finalist | [15] [16] |
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