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Edgar Award for Best Novel

Mystery Writers of America

One of several categories in the annual Edgar Awards, presented by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best in mystery and crime fiction published in the United States during the previous year, recognizing the top full-length novel in the genre.

Search through 6,630 awarded or nominated books

2026

  1. The Big Empty

    Robert Crais

    Won
  2. Fagin the Thief

    Allison Epstein

    Shortlisted
  3. Hard Town

    Adam Plantinga

    Shortlisted
  4. Presumed Guilty

    Scott Turow

    Shortlisted
  5. The Dream Hotel

    Laila Lalami

    Shortlisted
  6. The Inheritance

    Trisha Sakhlecha

    Shortlisted
  7. Wild Dark Shore

    Charlotte McConaghy

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. The In Crowd

    Charlotte Vassell

    Won
  2. Listen for the Lie

    Amy Tintera

    Shortlisted
  3. My Favorite Scar

    Nicolás Ferraro

    Shortlisted
  4. Rough Trade

    Katrina Carrasco

    Shortlisted
  5. The God of the Woods

    Liz Moore

    Shortlisted
  6. The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Shortlisted
  7. Things Don't Break on Their Own

    Sarah Easter Collins

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Flags on the Bayou

    James Lee Burke

    Won
  2. All the Sinners Bleed

    S. A. Cosby

    Shortlisted
  3. An Honest Man

    Michael Koryta

    Shortlisted
  4. Bright Young Women

    Jessica Knoll

    Shortlisted
  5. Crook Manifesto

    Colson Whitehead

    Shortlisted
  6. The Mad Women of Paris

    Jennifer Cody Epstein

    Shortlisted
  7. The River We Remember

    William Kent Krueger

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. Notes on an Execution

    Danya Kukafka

    Won
  2. Devil House

    John Darnielle

    Shortlisted
  3. Gangland

    Chuck Hogan

    Shortlisted
  4. Like a Sister

    Kellye Garrett

    Shortlisted
  5. The Devil Takes You Home

    Gabino Iglesias

    Shortlisted
  6. The Maid

    Nita Prose

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Five Decembers

    James Kestrel

    Won
  2. How Lucky

    Will Leitch

    Shortlisted
  3. No One Will Miss Her

    Kat Rosenfield

    Shortlisted
  4. Razorblade Tears

    S. A. Cosby

    Shortlisted
  5. The Venice Sketchbook

    Rhys Bowen

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

    Deepa Anappara

    Won
  2. Before She Was Helen

    Caroline B. Cooney

    Shortlisted
  3. The Distant Dead

    Heather Young

    Shortlisted
  4. The Missing American

    Kwei Quartey

    Shortlisted
  5. The Thursday Murder Club

    Richard Osman

    Shortlisted
  6. These Women

    Ivy Pochoda

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Stranger Diaries

    Elly Griffiths

    Won
  2. Fake Like Me

    Barbara Bourland

    Shortlisted
  3. Good Girl, Bad Girl

    Michael Robotham

    Shortlisted
  4. Smoke and Ashes

    Abir Mukherjee

    Shortlisted
  5. The River

    Peter Heller

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Down the River Unto the Sea

    Walter Mosley

    Won
  2. A Gambler's Jury

    Victor Methos

    Shortlisted
  3. A Treacherous Curse

    Deanna Raybourn

    Shortlisted
  4. House Witness

    Mike Lawson

    Shortlisted
  5. Only to Sleep

    Lawrence Osborne

    Shortlisted
  6. The Liar's Girl

    Catherine Ryan Howard

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Bluebird, Bluebird

    Attica Locke

    Won
  2. A Rising Man

    Abir Mukherjee

    Shortlisted
  3. Prussian Blue

    Philip Kerr

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dime

    Kathleen Kent

    Shortlisted
  5. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

    Hannah Tinti

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. Before the Fall

    Noah Hawley

    Won
  2. Jane Steele

    Lyndsay Faye

    Shortlisted
  3. The Ex

    Alafair Burke

    Shortlisted
  4. What Remains of Me

    Alison Gaylin

    Shortlisted
  5. Where It Hurts

    Reed Farrel Coleman

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. Let Me Die in His Footsteps

    Lori Roy

    Won
  2. Canary

    Duane Swierczynski

    Shortlisted
  3. Life or Death

    Michael Robotham

    Shortlisted
  4. Night Life

    David C. Taylor

    Shortlisted
  5. The Lady from Zagreb

    Philip Kerr

    Shortlisted
  6. The Strangler Vine

    MJ Carter

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. Mr. Mercedes

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Coptown

    Karin Slaughter

    Shortlisted
  3. Saints of the Shadow Bible

    Ian Rankin

    Shortlisted
  4. The Final Silence

    Stuart Neville

    Shortlisted
  5. This Dark Road to Mercy

    Wiley Cash

    Shortlisted
  6. Wolf

    Mo Hayder

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Ordinary Grace

    William Kent Krueger

    Won
  2. How the Light Gets In

    Louise Penny

    Shortlisted
  3. Sandrine’s Case

    Thomas H. Cook

    Shortlisted
  4. Standing in Another Man’s Grave

    Ian Rankin

    Shortlisted
  5. The Humans

    Matt Haig

    Shortlisted
  6. Until She Comes Home

    Lori Roy

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Live by Night

    Dennis Lehane

    Won
  2. All I Did Was Shoot My Man

    Walter Mosley

    Shortlisted
  3. Gone Girl: A Novel

    Gillian Flynn

    Shortlisted
  4. Potboiler

    Jesse Kellerman

    Shortlisted
  5. Sunset

    Al Lamanda

    Shortlisted
  6. The Gods of Gotham

    Lyndsay Faye

    Shortlisted
  7. The Lost Ones

    Ace Atkins

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. Gone

    Mo Hayder

    Won
  2. 1222

    Anne Holt

    Shortlisted
  3. Field Gray

    Philip Kerr

    Shortlisted
  4. The Devotion of Suspect X

    Keigo Higashino

    Shortlisted
  5. The Ranger

    Ace Atkins

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. The Lock Artist

    Steve Hamilton

    Won
  2. Caught

    Harlan Coben

    Shortlisted
  3. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

    Tom Franklin

    Shortlisted
  4. Faithful Place

    Tana French

    Shortlisted
  5. I'd Know You Anywhere

    Laura Lippman

    Shortlisted
  6. The Queen of Patpong

    Timothy Hallinan

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. The Last Child

    John Hart

    Won
  2. A Beautiful Place to Die

    Malla Nunn

    Shortlisted
  3. Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death

    Charlie Huston

    Shortlisted
  4. Nemesis

    Jo Nesbø

    Shortlisted
  5. The Missing

    Tim Gautreaux

    Shortlisted
  6. The Odds

    Kathleen George

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. Blue Heaven

    C. J. Box

    Won
  2. Curse of the Spellmans

    Lisa Lutz

    Shortlisted
  3. Missing

    Karin Alvtegen

    Shortlisted
  4. Sins of the Assassin

    Robert Ferrigno

    Shortlisted
  5. The Night Following

    Morag Joss

    Shortlisted
  6. The Price of Blood

    Declan Hughes

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. Down River

    John Hart

    Won
  2. Christine Falls

    John Banville

    Shortlisted
  3. Priest

    Ken Bruen

    Shortlisted
  4. Soul Patch

    Reed Coleman

    Shortlisted
  5. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    Michael Chabon

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. The Janissary Tree

    Jason Goodwin

    Won
  2. Gentlemen & Players

    Joanne Harris

    Shortlisted
  3. Liberation Movements

    Olen Steinhauer

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dead Hour: Time Only Matters When It's Running Out

    Denise Mina

    Shortlisted
  5. The Pale Blue Eye

    Louis Bayard

    Shortlisted
  6. The Virgin of Small Plains

    Nancy Pickard

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. Citizen Vince

    Jess Walter

    Won
  2. Drama City

    George Pelecanos

    Shortlisted
  3. Red Leaves

    Thomas H. Cook

    Shortlisted
  4. The Lincoln Lawyer

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  5. Vanish

    Tess Gerritsen

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. California Girl

    T. Jefferson Parker

    Won
  2. By a Spider's Thread

    Laura Lippman

    Shortlisted

  3. Evan's Gate

    Janet Quin-Harkin

    Shortlisted
  4. Out of the Deep I Cry

    Julia Spencer-Fleming

    Shortlisted
  5. Remembering Sarah

    Chris Mooney

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. Resurrection Men

    Ian Rankin

    Won
  2. Lost Light

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  3. Maisie Dobbs

    Jacqueline Winspear

    Shortlisted
  4. Out

    Natsuo Kirino

    Shortlisted
  5. The Guards

    Ken Bruen

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. Winter and Night

    S. J. Rozan

    Won
  2. City of Bones

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  3. Jolie Blon's Bounce

    James Lee Burke

    Shortlisted
  4. No Good Deed

    Manda Scott

    Shortlisted
  5. Savannah Blues

    Mary Kay Andrews

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. Silent Joe

    T. Jefferson Parker

    Won
  2. Money, Money, Money

    Evan Hunter

    Shortlisted
  3. Reflecting the Sky

    S. J. Rozan

    Shortlisted
  4. Tell No One

    Harlan Coben

    Shortlisted
  5. The Judgment

    D. W. Buffa

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. The Bottoms

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Won
  2. A Dangerous Road

    Kristine Kathryn Rusch

    Shortlisted
  3. A Place of Execution

    Val McDermid

    Shortlisted
  4. Red Light

    T. Jefferson Parker

    Shortlisted
  5. The Whole Truth

    Nancy Pickard

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. Bones

    Jan Burke

    Won
  2. In a Dry Season

    Peter Robinson

    Shortlisted
  3. L.A. Requiem

    Robert Crais

    Shortlisted
  4. River of Darkness

    Rennie Airth

    Shortlisted
  5. Strawberry Sunday

    Stephen Greenleaf

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. Mr. White's Confession

    Robert Clark

    Won
  2. A Likeness in Stone

    J. Wallis Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Beyond Recall

    Robert Goddard

    Shortlisted
  4. Blood Work

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  5. The Last Days of Il Duce

    Domenic Stansberry

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. Cimarron Rose

    James Lee Burke

    Won
  2. A Wasteland of Strangers

    Bill Pronzini

    Shortlisted
  3. Black and Blue

    Ian Rankin

    Shortlisted
  4. Dreaming of the Bones

    Deborah Crombie

    Shortlisted
  5. The Purification Ceremony

    Mark T. Sullivan

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. The Chatham School Affair

    Thomas H. Cook

    Won
  2. Hearts and Bones

    Margaret Lawrence

    Shortlisted
  3. Mean Streak

    Carolyn Wheat

    Shortlisted
  4. Pentecost Alley

    Anne Perry

    Shortlisted
  5. With Child

    Laurie R. King

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. Come to Grief

    Dick Francis

    Won
  2. The Bookman's Wake

    John Dunning

    Shortlisted
  3. The Roaring Boy

    Edward Marston

    Shortlisted
  4. The Shadow Man

    John Katzenbach

    Shortlisted
  5. The Summons

    Peter Lovesey

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. The Red Scream

    Mary Willis Walker

    Won
  2. A Long Line of Dead Men

    Lawrence Block

    Shortlisted
  3. Lights Out

    Peter Abrahams

    Shortlisted
  4. Miami, It's Murder

    Edna Buchanan

    Shortlisted
  5. Wednesday's Child

    Peter Robinson

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. The Sculptress

    Minette Walters

    Won
  2. Free Fall

    Robert Crais

    Shortlisted
  3. Smilla's Sense Of Snow

    Peter Hoeg

    Shortlisted
  4. The Journeyman Tailor

    Gerald Seymour

    Shortlisted
  5. Wolf in the Shadows

    Marcia Muller

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. Bootlegger's Daughter

    Margaret Maron

    Won
  2. 32 Cadillacs

    Joe Gores

    Shortlisted
  3. Backhand

    Liza Cody

    Shortlisted
  4. Pomona Queen

    Kem Nunn

    Shortlisted
  5. White Butterfly

    Walter Mosley

    Shortlisted

1992

  1. A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

    Lawrence Block

    Won
  2. Don't Say a Word

    Andrew Klavan

    Shortlisted
  3. I.O.U.

    Nancy Pickard

    Shortlisted
  4. Palindrome

    Stuart Woods

    Shortlisted
  5. Prior Convictions

    Lia Matera

    Shortlisted

1991

  1. New Orleans Mourning

    Julie Smith

    Won
  2. Bones and Silence

    Reginald Hill

    Shortlisted

  3. Deadfall In Berlin

    R.D. Zimmerman

    Shortlisted

  4. Fade the Heat

    Jay Brandon

    Shortlisted
  5. Whiskey River

    Loren Estleman

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. Black Cherry Blues

    James Lee Burke

    Won
  2. A Question of Guilt

    Frances Fyfield

    Shortlisted
  3. Death of a Joyce Scholar

    Bartholomew Gill

    Shortlisted
  4. Goldilocks

    Andrew Coburn

    Shortlisted
  5. The Booster

    Eugene Izzi

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. A Cold Red Sunrise

    Stuart M. Kaminsky

    Won
  2. A Thief of Time

    Tony Hillerman

    Shortlisted
  3. In the Lake of the Moon

    David L. Lindsey

    Shortlisted
  4. Joey's Case

    K. C. Constantine

    Shortlisted
  5. Sacrificial Ground

    Thomas H. Cook

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. Old Bones

    Aaron Elkins

    Won
  2. A Trouble of Fools

    Linda Barnes

    Shortlisted

  3. Nursery Crimes

    B. M. Gill

    Shortlisted
  4. Rough Cider

    Peter Lovesey

    Shortlisted
  5. The Corpse in Oozak's Pond

    Charlotte MacLeod

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. A Dark-Adapted Eye

    Barbara Vine

    Won
  2. A Taste for Death

    P. D. James

    Shortlisted
  3. Come Morning

    Joe Gores

    Shortlisted

  4. The Blind Run

    Brian Freemantle

    Shortlisted
  5. The Straight Man

    Roger L. Simon

    Shortlisted

1986

  1. The Suspect

    L. R. Wright

    Won
  2. A Shock to the System

    Simon Brett

    Shortlisted
  3. An Unkindness of Ravens

    Ruth Rendell

    Shortlisted
  4. City of Glass: The New York Trilogy

    Paul Auster

    Shortlisted
  5. The Tree of Hands

    Ruth Rendell

    Shortlisted

1985

  1. Briarpatch

    Ross Thomas

    Won
  2. Chessplayer

    William Pearson

    Shortlisted
  3. Emily Dickinson Is Dead

    Jane Langton

    Shortlisted
  4. The Black Seraphim

    Michael Gilbert

    Shortlisted

  5. The Twelfth Juror

    B. M. Gill

    Shortlisted

1984

  1. La Brava

    Elmore Leonard

    Won

  2. Texas Station

    Christopher Leach

    Shortlisted
  3. The Little Drummer Girl

    John Le Carré

    Shortlisted
  4. The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco

    Shortlisted
  5. The Papers of Tony Veitch

    William McIlvanney

    Shortlisted

1983

  1. Billingsgate Shoal

    Rick Boyer

    Won
  2. Eight Million Ways To Die

    Lawrence Block

    Shortlisted
  3. Kahawa

    Donald E. Westlake

    Shortlisted
  4. Split Images

    Elmore Leonard

    Shortlisted
  5. The Captain

    Seymour Shubin

    Shortlisted

1982

  1. Peregrine

    William Bayer

    Won
  2. Bogmail

    Patrick McGinley

    Shortlisted
  3. Death in a Cold Climate

    Robert Barnard

    Shortlisted
  4. Dupe

    Liza Cody

    Shortlisted
  5. The Amateur

    Robert Littell

    Shortlisted
  6. The Other Side of Silence

    Ted Allbeury

    Shortlisted

1981

  1. Whip Hand

    Dick Francis

    Won

  2. Death Drop

    B. M. Gill

    Shortlisted
  3. Death of a Literary Widow

    Robert Barnard

    Shortlisted
  4. Man on Fire

    A. J. Quinnell

    Shortlisted
  5. The Spy's Wife

    Reginald Hill

    Shortlisted

1980

  1. The Rheingold Route

    Arthur Maling

    Won
  2. A Coat of Varnish

    C. P. Snow

    Shortlisted
  3. Death of a Mystery Writer

    Robert Barnard

    Shortlisted
  4. Fire in the Barley

    Frank Parrish

    Shortlisted
  5. Make Death Love Me

    Ruth Rendell

    Shortlisted

1979

  1. Eye of the Needle

    Ken Follett

    Won
  2. A Sleeping Life

    Ruth Rendell

    Shortlisted
  3. Listening Woman

    Tony Hillerman

    Shortlisted
  4. The Shallow Grave

    Jack S. Scott

    Shortlisted
  5. The Snake

    John Godey

    Shortlisted

1978

  1. Catch Me: Kill Me

    William H. Hallahan

    Won
  2. Laidlaw

    William McIlvanney

    Shortlisted
  3. Nightwing

    Martin Cruz Smith

    Shortlisted

1977

  1. Promised Land

    Robert B. Parker

    Won

  2. A Madness of the Heart

    Richard Neely

    Shortlisted
  3. The Cavanaugh Quest

    Thomas Gifford

    Shortlisted
  4. The Glory Boys

    Gerald Seymour

    Shortlisted
  5. The Main

    Trevanian

    Shortlisted

1976

  1. Hopscotch

    Brian Garfield

    Won
  2. Harry's Game

    Gerald Seymour

    Shortlisted

  3. Operation Alcestic

    Maggie Rennert

    Shortlisted

  4. The Gargoyle Conspiracy

    Marvin Albert

    Shortlisted
  5. The Money Harvest

    Ross Thomas

    Shortlisted

1975

  1. Peter's Pence

    Jon Cleary

    Won

  2. Goodbye and Amen

    Francis Clifford

    Shortlisted
  3. The Lester Affair

    Andrew Garve

    Shortlisted
  4. The Man Who Loved Zoos

    Malcolm Bosse

    Shortlisted
  5. The Silver Bears

    Paul Erdman

    Shortlisted

1974

  1. Dance Hall of the Dead

    Tony Hillerman

    Won

  2. Amigo, Amigo

    Francis Clifford

    Shortlisted
  3. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

    P. D. James

    Shortlisted
  4. Dear Laura

    Jean Stubbs

    Shortlisted
  5. The Rainbird Pattern

    Victor Canning

    Shortlisted

1973

  1. The Lingala Code

    Warren Kiefer

    Won
  2. Canto for a Gypsy

    Martin Cruz Smith

    Shortlisted
  3. Five Pieces of Jade

    John Ball

    Shortlisted

  4. The Shooting Gallery

    Hugh C. Rae

    Shortlisted
  5. Tied Up in Tinsel

    Ngaio Marsh

    Shortlisted

1972

  1. The Day of the Jackal

    Frederick Forsyth

    Won
  2. Shroud for a Nightingale

    P. D. James

    Shortlisted

  3. Sir, You Bastard

    G. F. Newman

    Shortlisted
  4. The Fly on the Wall

    Tony Hillerman

    Shortlisted

  5. Who Killed Enoch Powell?

    Arthur Wise

    Shortlisted

1971

  1. The Laughing Policeman

    Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

    Won

  2. Autumn of a Hunter

    Pat Stadley

    Shortlisted
  3. Beyond this Point Are Monsters

    Margaret Millar

    Shortlisted

  4. Many Deadly Returns

    Patricia Moyes

    Shortlisted
  5. The Hot Rock

    Donald E. Westlake

    Shortlisted

  6. The Hound and the Fox and the Harper

    Shaun Herron

    Shortlisted

1970

  1. Forfeit

    Dick Francis

    Won
  2. Blind Man with a Pistol

    Chester Himes

    Shortlisted

  3. Miro

    Shaun Herron

    Shortlisted
  4. The Old English Peep Show

    Peter Dickinson

    Shortlisted
  5. When in Greece

    Emma Lathen

    Shortlisted
  6. Where the Dark Streets Go

    Dorothy Salisbury Davis

    Shortlisted

1969

  1. A Case of Need

    Michael Crichton

    Won
  2. A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest

    Peter Dickinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Blood Sport

    Dick Francis

    Shortlisted
  4. God Speed the Night

    Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross

    Shortlisted
  5. Picture Miss Seeton

    Heron Carvic

    Shortlisted
  6. The Valentine Estate

    Stanley Ellin

    Shortlisted

1968

  1. God Save the Mark

    Donald E. Westlake

    Won
  2. A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures

    George Baxt

    Shortlisted
  3. A Private Disgrace

    Victoria Lincoln

    Shortlisted
  4. Flying Finish

    Dick Francis

    Shortlisted

  5. Lemon in the Basket

    Charlotte Armstrong

    Shortlisted
  6. Rosemary's Baby

    Ira Levin

    Shortlisted
  7. The Gift Shop

    Charlotte Armstrong

    Shortlisted

1967

  1. King of the Rainy Country

    Nicolas Freeling

    Won
  2. Killer Dolphin

    Ngaio Marsh

    Shortlisted
  3. Odds Against

    Dick Francis

    Shortlisted
  4. The Busy Body

    Donald E. Westlake

    Shortlisted

1966

  1. The Quiller Memorandum

    Adam Hall

    Won
  2. Airs Above the Ground

    Mary Stewart

    Shortlisted
  3. Funeral in Berlin

    Len Deighton

    Shortlisted
  4. The Far Side of the Dollar

    Ross Macdonald

    Shortlisted
  5. The Pale Betrayer

    Dorothy Salisbury Davis

    Shortlisted
  6. The Perfect Murder

    H. R. F. Keating

    Shortlisted

1965

  1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John le Carré

    Won
  2. The Fiend

    Margaret Millar

    Shortlisted
  3. The Night of the Generals

    Hans Hellmut Kirst

    Shortlisted
  4. This Rough Magic

    Mary Stewart

    Shortlisted

1964

  1. The Light of Day

    Eric Ambler

    Won
  2. Grieve for the Past

    Stanton Forbes

    Shortlisted
  3. The Expendable Man

    Dorothy B. Hughes

    Shortlisted
  4. The Make-Believe Man

    Elizabeth Fenwick

    Shortlisted
  5. The Player on the Other Side

    Ellery Queen

    Shortlisted

1963

  1. Death and the Joyful Woman

    Ellis Peters

    Won
  2. Knave of Hearts

    Dell Shannon

    Shortlisted

  3. Seance

    Mark McShane

    Shortlisted
  4. The Ballad of the Running Man

    Shelley Smith

    Shortlisted
  5. The Evil Wish

    Jean Potts

    Shortlisted
  6. The Zebra-Striped Hearse

    Ross Macdonald

    Shortlisted

1962

  1. Gideon's Fire

    J. J. Marric

    Won
  2. Nightmare

    Anne Blaisdell

    Shortlisted
  3. The Green Stone

    Suzanne Blanc

    Shortlisted
  4. The Night of Wenceslas

    Lionel Davidson

    Shortlisted
  5. The Wycherly Woman

    Ross Macdonald

    Shortlisted

1961

  1. The Progress of a Crime

    Julian Symons

    Won
  2. The Devil's Own

    Peter Curtis

    Shortlisted
  3. The Traces of Brillhart

    Herbert Brean

    Shortlisted
  4. Watcher in the Shadows

    Geoffrey Household

    Shortlisted

1960

  1. The Hours Before Dawn

    Celia Fremlin

    Won
  2. The List of Adrian Messenger

    Philip MacDonald

    Shortlisted

1959

  1. The Eighth Circle

    Stanley Ellin

    Won
  2. A Gentleman Called

    Dorothy Salisbury Davis

    Shortlisted
  3. The Madhouse in Washington Square

    David Alexander

    Shortlisted

  4. The Woman in the Woods (Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)

    Lee Blackstock

    Shortlisted

1958

  1. Room to Swing

    Ed Lacy

    Won
  2. The Bushman Who Came Back

    Arthur Upfield

    Shortlisted
  3. The Longest Second

    Bill Ballinger

    Shortlisted

  4. The Night of the Good Children

    Marjorie Carleton

    Shortlisted

1957

  1. A Dram of Poison

    Charlotte Armstrong

    Won

  2. Night Fell on Georgia

    Charles Samuels and Louise Samuels

    Shortlisted
  3. The Man Who Didn't Fly

    Margot Bennett

    Shortlisted

1956

  1. Beast in View

    Margaret Millar

    Won
  2. The Case of the Talking Bug

    The Gordons

    Shortlisted
  3. The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith

    Shortlisted

1955

  1. The Long Goodbye

    Raymond Chandler

    Won

1954

  1. Beat Not the Bones

    Charlotte Jay

    Won