2007 NERO AWARD NOMINEES:
Kidnapped
(by Jan Burke)
All Mortal Flesh (by Julia Spencer-Fleming)
A Stolen Season (by Steve Hamilton)
2007
DILYS WINN WINNER:
 Still
Life (by Louise Penny)
OTHER NOMINEES:
Billy Boyle (by James R. Benn)
Holmes on the Range (by Steve Hockensmith)
The Mournful Teddy (by John J. Lamb)
The Thirteenth Tale (by Diane Setterfield)
The Virgin of Small Plains (by Nancy Pickard)
2006
EDGAR AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
 Citizen Vince, by Jess Walter
OTHER NOMINEES:
The Lincoln Lawyer,
by Michael Connelly
Red Leaves, by Thomas Cook
Vanish, by Tess Gerritsen
Drama City, by George P. Pelecanos
Citizen Vince, by Jess Walter
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Officer Down, by Theresa Schwegel
OTHER NOMINEES:
Die a Little, by
Megan Abbott
Immoral, by Brian Freeman
Run the Risk, by Scott Frost
Hide Your Eyes, by Alison Gaylin
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
 Girl
in the Glass, by Jeffrey Ford
OTHER NOMINEES:
Homicide My Own,
by Anne Argula
The James Deans, by Reed Farrel Coleman
Kiss Her Goodbye, by Allan Guthrie
Six Bad Things, by Charlie Huston
2006
AGATHA AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
 The
Body in the Snowdrift, by Katherine Hall Page
OTHER NOMINEES:
Owls Well That Ends Well, by
Donna Andrews
Pardonable Lies, by Jacqueline Winspear
Rituals of the Season, by Margaret Maron
The Belen Hitch, by Pari Noskin Taichert
Trouble in Spades, by Heather Webber
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Better Off Wed, by Laura Durham
OTHER NOMINEES:
Blood Relations, by Lisa Tillman
Jury of One, by Laura Bradford
Knit One, Kill Two, by Maggie Sefton
Witch Way to Murder, by Shirley Damsgaard
2006
DILYS WINN AWARD WINNER:
 Thirty-Three
Teeth, by Colin Cotterill
OTHER NOMINEES:
Half Broken Things, by
Morag Joss
In a Teapot, by Terence Faherty
The Cold Dish, by Craig Johnson
The Power of the Dog, by Don Winslow
The Tenor Wore Tap Shoes, by Mark Schweizer
2005 ANTHONY
AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
Blood
Hollow, William
Kent Krueger
Other Nominees:
The Killing of the Tinkers, by Ken Bruen
The Madman's Tale, by
John Katzenbach
By a Spider's Thread, by Laura
Lippman
California Girl, by T.
Jefferson Parker
Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia
Spencer-Fleming
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Dating Dead Men, by Harley Jane
Kozak
Other Nominees:
Uncommon Grounds, by Sandra Balzo
Till the Cows Come Home, by Judy Clemens
Retribution, by Jilliane P. Hoffman
Whiskey Sour, by J. A. (Joe) Konrath
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Twisted City, by Jason Starr
Other Nominees:
Cold Case, by Robin Burcell
Putt to Death, by Roberta Isleib
Blue Blood, by Susan McBride
The Halo Effect, by M. J. Rose
2005 MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
The Killing of the Tinkers, by Ken
Bruen
Other Nominees:
Cold Case, by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall, by Margaret Maron
California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker
Playing with Fire, by Peter Robinson
BEST
FIRST NOVEL
Dating Dead Men, by Harley Jane Kozak
Other Nominees:
Uncommon Grounds, by Sandra Balzo
Summer of the Big Bachi, by Naomi Hirahara
Whiskey Sour, by J A Konrath
Misdemeanor Man, by Dylan Schaffer
2005 BARRY
AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
The Enemy, by Lee Child
Other Nominees:
Alone at Night, by K.J. Erickson
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay
Remembering Sarah, by Chris Mooney
Little Scarlet, by Walter Mosley
Hard Revolution, by George Pelecanos
BEST FIRST NOVEL
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos
Ruiz Zafon
Other Nominees:
Relative Danger, by Charles Benoit
Walking Money, by James O. Born
The Coroner's Lunch, by Colin Cotterill
Skinny Dipping, by Claire Matturro
Some Danger Involved, by Will Thomas
BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL
Flesh and Blood, by John Harvey
Other Nominees:
The Burning Girl, by Mark Billingham
The Dramatist, by Ken Bruen
Tokyo (U.S. title: The Devil of Nanking), by Mo
Hayder
The Crime Trade, by Simon Kernick
First Drop, by Zoe Sharp
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Tagged for Murder, by Elaine Flinn
Other Nominees:
The Librarian, by Larry Beinhart
Into the Web, by Thomas H. Cook
Last Seen in Aberdeen, by M. G. Kinkaid
The Confession, by Domenic Stansberry
Twisted City, by Jason Starr
BEST THRILLER
Rain Storm, by Barry Eisler
Other Nominees:
Scarecrow, by Matthew Reilly
Bagman, by Jay MacLarty
Whirlwind, by Joseph Garber
A Death in Vienna, by Daniel Silva
Paranoia, by Joseph Finder
2005 SHAMUS
AWARD WINNERS:
BEST
P.I. NOVEL
While I Disappear, by Ed Wright
Other Nominees:
Fade to Clear, by Leonard Chang
The Wakeup, by Robert Ferrigno
After the Rain, by Chuck Logan
Choke Point, by James Mitchell
BEST
PAPERBACK ORIGINAL P.I. NOVEL
Fade To Blonde, by Max Phillips
Other Nominees:
Call The Devil by His Oldest Name, by Sallie Bissell
Shadow Of The Dahlia, by Jack Bludis
The London Blitz Murders, by Max Allan Collins
Island Of Bones, by P. J. Parrish
BEST
FIRST P.I. NOVEL
The Dead, by Ingrid Black
Other Nominees:
Little Girl Lost, by Richard Aleas
The Last Goodbye, by Reed Arvin
Aspen Pulp, by Patrick Hasburgh
Some Danger Involved, by Will Thomas
2005 EDGAR
AWARD WINNERS:
BEST
NOVEL
California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker
Other
Nominees:
Evan's Gate, by Rhys
Bowen
By a Spider's Thread, by Laura Lippman
Remembering Sarah, by Chris Mooney
Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Country
of Origin, by Don Lee
Other Nominees:
Little Girl
Lost, by Richard Aleas
Relative Danger, by Charles Benoit
Cload Atlas, by Liam Callanan
Tonight I Said Goodbye, by Michael Koryta
Bahamarama, by Bob Morris
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Confession, by Domenic Stansberry
Other Nominees:
The Librarian,
by Larry Beinhart
Into the Web, by Thomas H. Cook
Dead Men Rise Up Never, by Ron Faust
Twelve-Step Fandango, by Chris Haslam
2005 AGATHA AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
Birds of a Feather, by Jacqueline Winspear
Other
Nominees:
We'll Always Have Parrots, by Donna Andrews
By a Spider's Thread, by Laura Lippman
High Country Fall, by Margaret Maron
The Pearl Diver, by Sujata Massey
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Dating Dead Men, by Harley Jane Kozak
Other
Nominees:
Till the Cows Come Home, by Judy Clemens
Arson and Old Lace, by Patricia Harwin
I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason, by Susan Kandel
The Clovis Incident, by Pari Noskin Taichert
2005 DILYS
WINN AWARD WINNER:
Darkly Dreaming
Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay
Other
Nominees:
The Intelligencer, by Leslie Silbert
Birds of a Feather, by Jacqueline Winspear
Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Enemy,
by Lee Child
Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
The Crime
Writers' Association has awarded its Cartier Diamond Dagger for
2005 to the Scottish writer, Ian Rankin!
Ian Rankin wins the Cartier Diamond Dagger in this its twentieth
year. It has been awarded annually, to mark a lifetime's achievement
in crime writing, since 1986 - the year in which his first novel,
'The Flood' was published. Previous winners have included PD James,
Ruth Rendell, Dick Francis and John Le Carre.
2004 EDGAR AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
Resurrection Men, by Ian Rankin
OTHER NOMINEES FOR BEST NOVEL
The Guards, by Ken Bruen
Out, by Natsuo Kirino
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Death of a Nationalist, by Rebecca
Pawel
OTHER NOMINEES FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
12 Bliss Street, by Martha Conway
Offer of Proof, by Robert Heilbrun
Night of the Dance, by James Hime (Houston author!)
The Bridge of Sighs, by Olen Steinhauer
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Find Me Again, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
OTHER NOMINEES FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Cut and Run, by Jeff Abbott (set in Houston!)
The Last Witness, by Joel Goldman
Wisdom of the Bones, by Christopher Hyde
Southland, by Nina Rovoyr
2004 AGATHA AWARD WINNERS:
 BEST
NOVEL
Letter from Home, by Carolyn Hart
OTHER NOMINEES FOR BEST NOVEL
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, by Donna Andrews
Mumbo Gumbo, by Jerrilyn Farmer
Dream House, by Rochelle Krich
Last Lessons of Summer, by Margaret Maron
Shop 'Till You Drop, by Elaine Viets
 BEST
FIRST NOVEL
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
OTHER NOMINEES FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
Dealing in Murder, by Elaine Flinn
Haunted Ground, by Erin Hart
Take the Bait, by S. W. Hubbard
Alpine for You, by Maddy Hunter
Murder Off Mike, by Joyce Kreig
O' Artful Death, by Sarah Stewart Taylor
2004 ANTHONY
AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
Every Secret Thing, by Laura Lippman
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Monkeewrench, by P. J. Tracy
2004 MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS:
BEST NOVEL
The House Sitter, by Peter Lovesey
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
2004
SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS:
BEST PI NOVEL
The Guards, by Ken Bruen
BEST FIRST PI NOVEL
Black Maps, by Peter Spiegelman
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