Dilys Award

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The Dilys Award was presented every year from 1992 to 2014 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It was given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. [1] [2] The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale of mystery books. The Dilys award is named after Dilys Winn, who became the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States. [3]

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Awards

Award winners and finalists [3] [4]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1992 Carl Hiaasen Native Tongue Winner
Elizabeth George A Suitable Vengeance Finalist
Stephen GreenleafBook CaseFinalist
J.A. Jance Hour of the HunterFinalist
Valerie Wolzien We Wish You A Merry MurderFinalist
1993 John Dunning Booked to DieWinner
Michael Connelly The Black Echo Finalist
Margaret Maron Bootlegger's Daughter Finalist
Minette Walters The Ice House Finalist
1994 Peter Høeg Smilla's Sense of Snow Winner
Marcia Muller Wolf in the Shadows Finalist
Sharan Newman Death Comes As EpiphanyFinalist
Sandra West Prowell By Evil MeansFinalist
Steven Saylor Catilina's Riddle Finalist
Minette Walters The Sculptress Finalist
Don Winslow Way Down on the High LonelyFinalist
1995 Janet Evanovich One for the Money Winner
Jeff Abbott Do Unto OthersFinalist
Nancy Atherton Aunt Dimity and the DukeFinalist
Nevada Barr A Superior DeathFinalist
Michael Connelly The Concrete Blonde Finalist
Carol O'Connell Mallory's Oracle Finalist
Susan Wade Walking RainFinalist
1996 Michael Connelly The Last Coyote Winner
Robert Crais Voodoo RiverFinalist
G. M. Ford Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?Finalist
Sharyn McCrumb If I'd Killed Him When I Met HimFinalist
Tom Topor The CodicilFinalist
1997 Michael Connelly The Poet Winner
Harlan Coben Fade Away Finalist
Margaret LawrenceHearts and BonesFinalist
Dennis Lehane Darkness, Take My Hand Finalist
Michael McGarrity TularosaFinalist
Steve OliverMoody Gets the BluesFinalist
Thomas Perry Dance for the Dead Finalist
Charles Todd A Test of WillsFinalist
1998 Janet Evanovich Three to Get Deadly Winner
Lee Child Killing Floor Finalist
Harlan Coben Back Spin Finalist
Dennis Lehane Sacred Finalist
Kathy Reichs Déjà Dead Finalist
Kate Ross The Devil in MusicFinalist
1999 Dennis Lehane Gone, Baby, Gone Winner
Nevada Barr Blind DescentFinalist
Richard BarreThe Ghosts of MorningFinalist
James Lee Burke Sunset LimitedFinalist
William Kent Krueger Iron LakeFinalist
Charles Todd Wings of FireFinalist
2000 Robert Crais L.A. Requiem Winner
Rennie Airth River of DarknessFinalist
Donna Andrews Murder with Peacocks Finalist
William Kent Krueger Boundary WatersFinalist
Don Winslow California Fire and LifeFinalist
2001 Val McDermid A Place of Execution Winner
Sarah Caudwell The Sibyl in Her GraveFinalist
Tim Cockey The Hearse You Came in OnFinalist
Robert Crais Demolition AngelFinalist
Janet Evanovich Hot Six Finalist
2002 Dennis Lehane Mystic River Winner
David Handler The Cold Blue BloodFinalist
Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark Finalist
William Kent Krueger Purgatory RidgeFinalist
Peter Lovesey The ReaperFinalist
2003 Julia Spencer-Fleming In the Bleak Midwinter Winner
Donna Andrews You've Got MurderFinalist
Lee Child Without Fail Finalist
Jasper Fforde The Eyre AffairFinalist
George Pelecanos Hell to Pay Finalist
2004 Jasper Fforde Lost in a Good Book Winner
Donna Andrews Crouching Buzzard, Leaping LoonFinalist
William Brodrick The Sixth LamentationFinalist
P. J. Tracy Monkeewrench Finalist
Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs Finalist
2005 Jeff Lindsay Darkly Dreaming Dexter Winner
Lee Child The Enemy Finalist
Jasper Fforde Something Rotten Finalist
Leslie Silbert The IntelligencerFinalist
Jacqueline Winspear Birds of a FeatherFinalist
Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Shadow of the Wind Finalist
2006 Colin Cotterill Thirty-Three Teeth Winner
Terence Faherty In a TeapotFinalist
Craig Johnson The Cold DishFinalist
Morag Joss Half Broken Things Finalist
Mark Schweitzer The Tenor Wore TapshoesFinalist
Don Winslow The Power of the Dog Finalist
2007 Louise Penny Still LifeWinner [5] [6]
James R. Benn Billy BoyleFinalist
Steve Hockensmith Holmes on the Range Finalist
John J. Lamb Mournful TeddyFinalist
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of the Small PlainsFinalist
Diane Setterfield The Thirteenth Tale Finalist
2008 William Kent Krueger Thunder BayWinner [7]
Rhys Bowen Her Royal SpynessFinalist [8]
Lisa Lutz The Spellman FilesFinalist [8]
Deanna Raybourn Silent in the GraveFinalist [8]
Marcus Sakey The Blade Itself Finalist [8]
2009 Sean Chercover Trigger CityWinner [9]
Christopher Fowler The Victoria VanishesFinalist [10]
Deanna Raybourn Silent in the SanctuaryFinalist [10]
Tom Rob Smith Child 44 Finalist [10]
Don Winslow Dawn PatrolFinalist [10]
2010 Alan Bradley The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Winner [11]
R. J. Ellory A Quiet Belief in Angels Finalist [12]
Craig Johnson The Dark HorseFinalist [12]
Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire Finalist [12]
Stuart Neville The Ghosts of BelfastFinalist [12]
Louise Penny The Brutal Telling Finalist [12]
S. J. Rozan The Shanghai Moon Finalist [12]
2011 Louise Penny Bury Your Dead Winner [13]
Colin Cotterill Love Songs from a Shallow GraveFinalist [14]
Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist Finalist [14]
Dennis Lehane Moonlight Mile Finalist [14]
Keith ThomsonOnce a SpyFinalist [14]
Don Winslow Savages Finalist [14]
2012 S. J. Rozan Ghost HeroWinner [15]
Tim Dorsey When Elves AttackFinalist [16]
G. M. Malliet Wicked AutumnFinalist [16]
Archer Mayor Tag ManFinalist [16]
Louise Penny A Trick of the Light Finalist [16]
2013 Peter Robinson Before the PoisonWinner [17]
Colin Cotterill Grandad, There's a Head on the BeachFinalist [18]
Tana French Broken HarborFinalist [18]
Susan Elia MacNeal Mr. Churchill's SecretaryFinalist [18]
Chris Pavone The Expats Finalist [18]
2014 William Kent Krueger Ordinary Grace Winner [19]
Lyndsay Faye Seven for a SecretFinalist [20]
Alex Grecian The Black CountryFinalist [20]
Anne Hillerman Spider Woman's DaughterFinalist [20]
G. M. Malliet Pagan SpringFinalist [20]
Vidar Sundstol The Land of DreamsFinalist [20]

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