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1954 Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay	1975 Peter's Pence by Jon Cleary	1994 The Sculptress by Minette Walters
1955 The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler	1976 Hopscotch by Brian Garfield	1995 The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker
1956 Beast in View by Margaret Millar	1977 Promised Land by Robert B. Parker	1996 Come to Grief by Dick Francis
1957 A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong	1978 Catch Me: Kill Me by William Hallahan	1997 The Chatham School Affair by Thomas Cook
1959 The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin	1979 Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett	1998 Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke
1961 The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons	1980 Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling	2000 Bones by Jan Burke
1962 Gideon's Fire by J.J. Marric	1981 Whip Hand by Dick Francis	2001 The Bottoms by Joe Lansdale
1963 Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters	1982 Peregrine by William Bayer	2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
1964 The Light of Day by Eric Ambler	1983 Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer	2003 Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan
1965 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carre	1984 La Brava by Elmore Leonard	2004 Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
1966 The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall	1985 Briarpatch by Ross Thomas	2005 California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
1967 King of the Rainy Country by Nicholas Freeling	1986 The Suspect by L.R. Wright	2006 Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
1968 God Save the Mark by Donald Westlake	1987 The Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine	2007 The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
1969 A Case of Need by Michael Crichton	1988 Old Bones by Aaron Elkins	2008 Down River by John Hart
1970 Forfeit by Dick Francis	1989 A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart Kaminsky	2009 Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
1971 The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall	1990 Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke	2010 The Last Child by John Hart
1972 The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth	1991 New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith	2011 The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
1973 The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer	1992 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
1974 Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman	1993 Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron


BEST FIRST NOVEL
1965 Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman	1986 When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman	2001 Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
1966 In the Heat of the Night by John Ball	1987 No One Rides for Free by Larry Beinhart	2002 Line of Vision by David Ellis
1967 The Cold War Swap by Ross Thomas	1988 Death Among Strangers by Deidre Laiken	2003 The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathan King
1971 The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders	1991 Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell	2004 Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel
1974 The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul Erdman	1992 Slow Motion Riot by Peter Blauner	2005 Country of Origin by Don Lee
1975 Fletch by Gregory McDonald	1993 The Black Echo by Michael Connelly	2006 Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
1977 The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson	1994 A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King	2007 The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
1980 The Lasko Tangent by Richard North Patterson	1996 Penance by David Housewright	2008 In the Woods by Tana French
1982 Chiefs by Stuart Woods	1998 Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon	2009 The Foreigner by Francie Lin
1983 The Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry	1999 A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton	2010 In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
1985 Strike Three, You're Dead by R.D. Rosen	2000 A Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison	2011 Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva