Dilys Award Winners Mystery Novel

Ordinary Grace (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Apr-2013
/ Mystery

Seven for a Secret (Nominee)
Lyndsay Faye

Sep-2013
/ Historical Mystery

The Land of Dreams (Nominee)
Vidar Sundstol

Oct-2013
/ Mystery

Pagan Spring (Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Oct-2013
/ Mystery

Spider Woman's Daughter (Nominee)
Anne Hillerman

Oct-2013
/ Police Procedural

Before the Poison (Winner)
Peter Robinson

Mar-2012
/ Mystery

The Expats (Nominee)
Chris Pavone

Mar-2012
/ Espionage

Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Nominee)
Susan Elia MacNeal

Apr-2012
/ Historical Mystery

Ghost Hero (Winner)
S.J. Rozan

Oct-2011
/ Private Investigator

A Trick of the Light (Nominee)
Louise Penny

Sep-2011
/ Police Procedural

Bury Your Dead (Winner)
Louise Penny

Oct-2010
/ Police Procedural

The Lock Artist (Nominee)
Steve Hamilton

Jan-2010
/ Thriller

Love Songs from a Shallow Grave (Nominee)
Colin Cotterill

Aug-2010
/ Mystery

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Winner)
Alan Bradley

Feb-2009
/ Historical Mystery

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Nominee)
Stieg Larsson

Jan-2009
/ Thriller

A Quiet Belief in Angels (Nominee)
R.J. Ellory

Sep-2009
/ Thriller

The Brutal Telling (Nominee)
Louise Penny

Oct-2009
/ Police Procedural

Trigger City (Winner)
Sean Chercover

Oct-2008
/ Private Investigator

Silent in the Sanctuary (Nominee)
Deanna Raybourn

Nov-2007
/ Historical Mystery

Child 44 (Nominee)
Tom Rob Smith

May-2008
/ Thriller

The Dawn Patrol (Nominee)
Don Winslow

May-2008
/ Suspense

The Victoria Vanishes (Nominee)
Christopher Fowler

Nov-2008
/ Mystery

Thunder Bay (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Aug-2007
/ Law Enforcement

The Blade Itself (Nominee)
Marcus Sakey

Jan-2007
/ Mystery

Silent in the Grave (Nominee)
Deanna Raybourn

Jan-2007
/ Historical Mystery

The Spellman Files (Nominee)
Lisa Lutz

Mar-2007
/ Mystery

Her Royal Spyness (Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

Jul-2007
/ Historical Mystery

Still Life (Winner)
Louise Penny

Jul-2006
/ Police Procedural

Holmes on the Range (Nominee)
Steve Hockensmith

Feb-2006
/ Historical

The Virgin of Small Plains (Nominee)
Nancy Pickard

Apr-2006
/ Suspense

The Mournful Teddy (Nominee)
John J. Lamb

Aug-2006
/ Law Enforcement

Billy Boyle (Nominee)
James R. Benn

Sep-2006
/ Historical Mystery

The Thirteenth Tale (Nominee)
Diane Setterfield

Sep-2006
/ Suspense

Thirty-three Teeth (Winner)
Colin Cotterill

Aug-2005
/ Mystery

In a Teapot (Nominee)
Terence Faherty

Jul-2005
/ Private Investigator

Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Winner)
Jeff Lindsay

Jul-2004
/ Law Enforcement

The Shadow of the Wind (Nominee)
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Jan-2001
/ Historical

Lost in a Good Book (Winner)
Jasper Fforde

Apr-2003
/ Suspense

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Nominee)
Donna Andrews

Feb-2003
/ Cozy Mystery

The 6th Lamentation (Nominee)
William Brodrick

Mar-2003
/ Suspense

Monkeewrench (Nominee)
P.J. Tracy

Apr-2003
/ Thriller

Maisie Dobbs (Nominee)
Jacqueline Winspear

Jul-2003
/ Historical Mystery

In the Bleak Midwinter (Winner)
Julia Spencer-Fleming

Mar-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

Hell to Pay (Nominee)
George P. Pelecanos

Mar-2002
/ Private Investigator

Mystic River (Winner)
Dennis Lehane

Jan-2001
/ Psychological Suspense

Dead Until Dark (Nominee)
Charlaine Harris

May-2001
/ Urban Fantasy

A Place of Execution (Winner)
Val McDermid

Sep-2000
/ Suspense

The Hearse You Came In On (Nominee)
Tim Cockey

Mar-2000
/ Amateur Sleuth

Demolition Angel (Nominee)
Robert Crais

May-2000
/ Police Procedural

Hot Six (Nominee)
Janet Evanovich

Jun-2000
/ Law Enforcement

The Sibyl in Her Grave (Nominee)
Sarah Caudwell

Jul-2000
/ Amateur Sleuth

L.A. Requiem (Winner)
Robert Crais

Jun-1999
/ Private Investigator

Murder With Peacocks (Nominee)
Donna Andrews

Jan-1999
/ Cozy Mystery

Boundary Waters (Nominee)
William Kent Krueger

May-1999
/ Law Enforcement

California Fire and Life (Nominee)
Don Winslow

Jun-1999
/ Suspense

River of Darkness (Nominee)
Rennie Airth

Jun-1999
/ Historical Mystery

Gone, Baby, Gone (Winner)
Dennis Lehane

Jul-1998
/ Private Investigator

Wings of Fire (Nominee)
Charles Todd

Mar-1998
/ Historical Mystery

Sunset Limited (Nominee)
James Lee Burke

Jun-1998
/ Law Enforcement

Three To Get Deadly (Winner)
Janet Evanovich

Feb-1997
/ Law Enforcement

Deja Dead (Nominee)
Kathy Reichs

Sep-1997
/ Police Procedural

The Poet (Winner)
Michael Connelly

Jan-1996
/ Suspense

Dance for the Dead (Nominee)
Thomas Perry

Apr-1996
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Last Coyote (Winner)
Michael Connelly

Jun-1995
/ Police Procedural

Voodoo River (Nominee)
Robert Crais

Jan-1995
/ Private Investigator

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... (Nominee)
Sharyn McCrumb

Apr-1995
/ Amateur Sleuth

One for the Money (Winner)
Janet Evanovich

Sep-1994
/ Law Enforcement

Mallory's Oracle (Nominee)
Carol O'Connell

Aug-1994
/ Police Procedural

Do Unto Others (Nominee)
Jeff Abbott

Oct-1994
/ Amateur Sleuth

Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Nominee)
Nancy Atherton

Nov-1994
/ Cozy Mystery

Smilla's Sense of Snow (Winner)
Peter Hoeg

Sep-1993
/ Suspense

By Evil Means (Nominee)
Sandra West Prowell

Jan-1993
/ Private Investigator

Wolf in the Shadows (Nominee)
Marcia Muller

1993
/ Private Investigator

Death Comes As Epiphany (Nominee)
Sharan Newman

Jun-1993
/ Historical Mystery

Catilina's Riddle (Nominee)
Steven Saylor

Oct-1993
/ Historical Mystery

The Sculptress (Nominee)
Minette Walters

Oct-1993
/ Suspense

Way Down on the High Lonely (Nominee)
Don Winslow

Nov-1993
/ Private Investigator

Booked to Die (Winner)
John Dunning

Feb-1992
/ Amateur Sleuth

Bootlegger's Daughter (Nominee)
Margaret Maron

Jun-1993
/ Police Procedural

Native Tongue (Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

Sep-1991
/ Suspense

A Suitable Vengeance (Nominee)
Elizabeth George

1990
/ Police Procedural

Book Case (Nominee)
Stephen Greenleaf

Jan-1991
/ Law Enforcement

Hour of the Hunter (Nominee)
J.A. Jance

Nov-1991
/ Thriller

We Wish You a Merry Murder (Nominee)
Valerie Wolzien

Dec-1991
/ Amateur Sleuth

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