Mysteries
The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century as picked by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Submitted by kanyiferous on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 22:42The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
- Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke
- Ambler, Eric. A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison
- Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity's Death
- Ball, John. In the Heat of the Night
- Barnard, Robert. Death by Sheer Torture
- Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat
- Blake, Nicholas. The Beast Must Die
- Block, Lawrence. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
- Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger
- Brown, Frederic.
THE BARRY AWARDS
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 20:34Tags:
The Barry Award
- 2008
- ◊ Best Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
- ◊ Best First Novel: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
- ◊ Best British Crime Novel: Damnation Falls by Edward Wright (Orion)
- ◊ Best Paperback Original: Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
- ◊ Best Thriller: The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
- 2007
- ◊ Best Novel: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
- ◊ Best First Novel: Still Life by Louise Penny
- ◊ Best British Crime Novel: Priest by Ken Bruen
- ◊ Best Paperback Original: The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle
- ◊ Best Thri
THE DILYS AWARD
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 20:22Tags:
The Dilys Award
- 2009 Winner: Trigger City by Sean Chercover
- 2008 Winner: Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
- 2007 Winner: Still Life by Louise Penny
- 2006 Winner: Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
- 2005 Winner: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeffrey Lindsay
- 2004 Winner: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
- 2003 Winner: In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- 2002 Winner: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
- 2001 Winner: A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
- 2000 Winner: L. A.
THE MACAVITY AWARDS
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 19:59Tags:
The Macavity Awards
- 2008
- ◊ Best Mystery Novel: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (Morrow)
- ◊ Best First Mystery Novel: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
- 2007
- ◊ Best Mystery Novel: The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine)
- ◊ Best First Mystery Novel: Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone (HarperCollins)
- 2006
- ◊ Best Mystery Novel: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
- ◊ Best First Mystery Novel: Immoral by Brian Freeman (St. Martin's Minotaur)
- 2005
- ◊ Best Mystery Novel: The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen (St.
THE NERO AWARD
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 19:36Tags:
The Nero Award
- 2008
- ◊ Winner: Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer
- 2007
- ◊ Winner: All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- 2006
- ◊ Winner: Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
- 2005
- ◊ Winner: The Enemy by Lee Child
- 2004
- ◊ Winner: Fear Itself by Walter Mosley
- 2003
- ◊ Winner: Winter and Night by S. J.
THE SHAMUS AWARDS
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 19:14Tags:
The Shamus Award
- 2008
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman (New York PI Moe Prager)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover (Ray Dudgeon)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas (John Blake)
- 2007
- ◊ Best PI Hardcover: The Dramatist by Ken Bruen (Irish PI Jack Taylor)
- ◊ Best First PI Novel: The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes (Irish PI Ed Loy)
- ◊ Best PI Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave by P. J.
THE DAGGER AWARDS
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 15:22Tags:
- 2008 Blood from Stone by Francis Fyfield
- 2007 The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
- 2006 Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
- 2005 Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason
- 2004 Blacklist by Sara Paretsky
- 2003 Fox Evil by Minette Walters
- 2002 The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza
- 2001 Sidetracked by Henning Mankell
- 2000 Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
- 1999 A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
- 1998 Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
- 1997 Black and Blue: An Inspector Rebus Mystery by Ian Rankin
- 1996 Popcorn by Ben Elton
- 1995 The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
- 1994 Scold's Brid
EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FOR BEST FIRST MYSTERY NOVEL
Submitted by lbhick on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 18:52- 2009 Francie Lin - The Foreigner
- 2008 Tana French - In the Woods
- 2007 Alex Berenson - The Faithful Spy
- 2006 Theresa Schwegel - Officer Down
- 2005 Don Lee - Country of Origin
- 2004 Rebecca Pawel - Death of a Nationalist
- 2003 Jonathon King - The Blue Edge of Midnight
- 2002 David Ellis - Line of Vision
- 2001 David Liss - A Conspiracy of Paper
- 2000 Eliot Patterson - The Skull Mantra
- 1999 Steve Hamilton - A Cold Day in Paradise
- 1998 Joseph Kanon - Los Alamos
- 1997 John Morgan Wilson - Simple Justice
- 1996 David Housewright - Penance
- 199
ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST MYSTERY NOVEL
Submitted by lbhick on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 18:31Tags:
- 2008 WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
- 2007 NO GOOD DEEDS by Laura Lippman
- 2006 MERCY FALLS by William Kent Krueger
- 2005 BLOOD HOLLOW by William Kent Kruger
- 2004 EVERY SECRET THING by Laura Lippman
- 2003 CITY OF BONES by Michael Connelly
- 2002 MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane
- 2001 A PLACE OF EXECUTION by Val McDermid
- 2000 IN A DRY SEASON by Peter Robinson
- 1999 BLOOD WORK by Michael Connelly
- 1998 NO COLDER PLACE by S. J.
The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century as picked by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Submitted by lbhick on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 14:42The 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
- Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke
- Ambler, Eric. A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Armstrong, Charlotte. A Dram of Poison
- Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity's Death
- Ball, John. In the Heat of the Night
- Barnard, Robert. Death by Sheer Torture
- Barr, Nevada. Track of the Cat
- Blake, Nicholas. The Beast Must Die
- Block, Lawrence. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
- Brand, Christianna. Green for Danger
- Brown, Frederic.
