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Last updated January 2012.

Aames, Avery: Best First Mystery Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2010

Abbott, Jeff: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1995

Abbott, Jeff: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1994

Abbott, Megan: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2008

Abbott, Megan: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2008

Abrahams, Peter: Best Young Adult, The Edgar Awards, 2010

Abrahams, Peter: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2005

Abramo, J. L.: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2000

Ackerman, Hal: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2011

Adair, Cherry: Mystery/Suspense, The Best Books Award, 2007

Adams, Deborah: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1995

Adams, Harold: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1993

Adamson, Gil: , The Hammett Prize, 2007

Adcock, Thomas: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1992

Adler-Olsen, Jussi: , The Glass Key Award, 2010

Adler-Olsen, Jussi: Best Thriller, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2010

Akounine, Boris: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2002

Alba, Alicia Gaspar De: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2005

Aleas, Richard: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2008

Alexander, Patrick: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1976

Alexander, Tasha: Best Historical, The Lovey Award, 2011

Alexander, Tasha: Best Historical, The Lovey Award, 2009

Alfredsson, Karin: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2006

Allegretto, Michael: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1988

Allyn, Doug: Best Short Story, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Allyn, Doug: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1989

Alvtegen, Karin: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2008

Alvtegen, Karin: , The Glass Key Award, 2001

Ambjørnsen, Ingvar: , The Riverton Prize, 1990

Ambler, Eric: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Eric Ambler, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1986

Ambler, Eric: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1979

Ambler, Eric: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1972

Ambler, Eric: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1964

Ambler, Eric: Crossed Red Herring, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1959

Amdrup, Erik: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1990

Amila, Jean: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1986

Amoz, Claude: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2003

Andrews, Donna: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2005

Andrews, Donna: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2002

Andrews, Donna: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2000

Andrews, Donna: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2000

Andrews, Donna: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2000

Andrews, Donna: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1999

Andrews, Donna: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Andrews, Donna: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1998

Armstrong, Charlotte: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1957

Armstrong, Kelly: Best Romance / Fantasy, The Lovey Award, 2005

Armstrong, Ken: Best Fact Crime, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Armstrong, Lori G.: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2011

Armstrong, Lori G.: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2009

Arvidsson, Tomas: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1976

Atkinson, Kate: Sounds of Crime — Unabridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2009

Atwood, Margaret: , The Hammett Prize, 2000

Aubert, Rosemary: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2000

Aust, Kurt: , The Glass Key Award, 2004

Aust, Kurt: , The Riverton Prize, 2003

Avieson, Bunty: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Ayoob, Michael: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2011

Ayoob, Michael: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2009

Ayres, A. C.: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1992

Azolakov, Antoinette: Lesbian mystery/science fiction, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1988

Bagge, Tapani: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2007

Bailey, Frankie Y.: Best Mystery Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2009

Bailey, Linda: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2000

Bailey, Linda: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1997

Baker, Joanna: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2005

Baker, Lise S.: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1998

Ball, John: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1966

Balliett, Blue: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2004

Balzo, Sandra: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2004

Bandy, Frank: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1979

Barber, Christine: Best First Novel, The Tony Hillerman Prize, 2007

Barclay, Linwood: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2009

Bardin, John Franklin: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1976

Bardsley, Michele: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2002

Barlog, J. M.: Best Suspense Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2000

Barnard, Robert: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Robert Barnard, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2003

Barnard, Robert: , The Nero Award, 1991

Barnard, Robert: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1988

Barnes, Linda: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

Barr, Nevada: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2001

Barr, Nevada: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1994

Barr, Nevada: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1993

Barre, Richard: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2003

Barre, Richard: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1996

Barrett, Chuck: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Bartholomew, Nancy: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Bateman, Colin: Last Laugh, The CrimeFest Award, 2010

Batista, Paul: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Battles, Brett: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2009

Bauer, Belinda: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

Bauer, Sydney: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2007

Bayer, William: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2005

Bayer, William: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1986

Bayer, William: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1982

Bazell, Josh: e-Dunnit, The CrimeFest Award, 2010

Bazell, Josh: Best First Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2009

Bebris, Carrie: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Beinhart, Larry: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1987

Benacquista, Tonino: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1992

Benison, C. C.: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1997

Benjamin, Carol Lea: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Benjamin, Carol Lea: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1997

Bennett, Margot: Crossed Red Herring, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1958

Benoit, Charles: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2005

Benson, Raymond: Best Paranormal / Sci-Fi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2009

Benson, Raymond: Best Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2007

Berendt, John: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1994

Berenson, Alex: Best First Novel by an American Author, The Edgar Awards, 2007

Berenson, Laurien: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Berkowitz, Ira: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2010

Berry, Jedediah: , The Hammett Prize, 2009

Berry, Steve: Best Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2009

Bialot, Joseph: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1990

Bidulka, Anthony: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2004

Billingham, Mark: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2009

Billingham, Mark: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2005

Birmingham, Ruth: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2000

Black, Ingrid: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2005

Black, Michael: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2011

Black, Michael: Best Suspense, The Lovey Award, 2009

Black, Michael: Best Suspense, The Lovey Award, 2006

Black, Michael: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2004

Black, Michael A.: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2007

Blackburn, Estelle: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2001

Blake, James Carlos: , The Falcon Award, 2007

Blanc, Suzanne: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1962

Blanchard, Alice: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Blauner, Peter: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1992

Blincoe, Nicholas: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1998

Block, Lawrence: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Lawrence Block, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2004

Block, Lawrence: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1994

Block, Lawrence: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1992

Block, Lawrence: , The Falcon Award, 1992

Block, Lawrence: , The Falcon Award, 1987

Block, Lawrence: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1982

Block, Lawrence: , The Nero Award, 1980

Blunt, Giles: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2004

Blunt, Giles: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2001

Bobrick, Sam: Best Play, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Bodelsen, Anders: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1989

Bodie, Leona: First, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Bolinder, Jean: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1990

Bolinder, Jean: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1985

Bonansinga, Jay: Best Suspense Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2002

Bonfiglioli, Kyril: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1973

Booth, Stephen: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2002

Booth, Stephen: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2001

Borg, Todd: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2008

Bornemark, Kjell-Olof: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1989

Bornemark, Kjell-Olof: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1982

Bosco, Alix: Winner, The Ngaio Marsh Award, 2010

Bowen, Gail: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1995

Bowen, Rhys: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2011

Bowen, Rhys: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

Bowen, Rhys: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2009

Bowen, Rhys: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2008

Bowen, Rhys: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2007

Bowen, Rhys: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2004

Bowen, Rhys: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2001

Bowen, Rhys: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Box, C. J.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2009

Box, C. J.: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2002

Box, C. J.: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2002

Box, C. J.: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2002

Box, C. J.: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2002

Boyer, Rick: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1983

Bradley, Alan: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2010

Bradley, Alan: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2010

Bradley, Alan: , The Dilys Award, 2010

Bradley, Alan: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2010

Bradley, Alan: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2010

Bradley, Alan: Best First Mystery Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2009

Bradshaw, Mel: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2004

Brady, John: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1989

Brady, Liz: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1999

Braly, Malcolm: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1981

Brennan, Allison: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Bringsværd, Jon Bing and Tor Åge: , The Riverton Prize, 1978

Broadbent, Tony: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2006

Brod, D. C.: Best Short Story, The Lovey Award, 2009

Brod, D. C.: Best Paranormal / SciFi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2006

Broderick, William: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Brooks, Larry: Suspense/Thriller, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2010

Brown, Fredric: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1948

Brown, Janet: Thriller, EPIC eBook Awards, 2003

Browne, Marshall: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2000

Bruen, Ken: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2010

Bruen, Ken: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2007

Bruen, Ken: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2007

Bruen, Ken: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2007

Bruen, Ken: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2005

Bruen, Ken: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2004

Bruns, Don: Mystery / Suspense, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2009

Bruns, Don: Mystery / Suspense / Thriller, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2008

Bruns, Don: Mystery / Suspense / Thriller, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2007

Bruns, Don: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2007

Bruns, Don: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, The Best Books Award, 2006

Buchholz, Todd: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2007

Buckey, Sarah Masters: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2007

Buehler, Luisa: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2008

Bulow, Tony Hillerman and Ernie: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1992

Burcell, Robin: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2004

Burcell, Robin: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2003

Burcell, Robin: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2000

Burke, James Lee: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2009

Burke, James Lee: Best Mystery, The Gumshoe Award, 2008

Burke, James Lee: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1998

Burke, James Lee: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1998

Burke, James Lee: , The Hammett Prize, 1994

Burke, James Lee: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1992

Burke, James Lee: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1990

Burke, Jan: Suspense / Thriller, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

Burke, Jan: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Burke, Jan: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2002

Burke, Jan: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2000

Burke, Jan: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Burke, Jan: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1995

Burns, Rex: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1976

Butler, Dori Hillestad: Best Juvenile, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Butler, Gwendoline: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1973

Byrd, Max: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1982

Caldwell, Laura: Best Romantic Suspense, The Lovey Award, 2011

Calvert, Candy: First, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2006

Cameron, Dana: Best Short Story, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Cameron, Dana: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2011

Cameron, Dana: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2009

Cameron, Dana: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2007

Cameron, Lindy: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2008

Cameron, Lindy: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2004

Cameron, Lindy: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2002

Cameron, Stevie: Best Crime Non-Fiction, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Camilleri, Andrea: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1999

Campbell, Robert: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1987

Campbell, Robert: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1987

Canning, Victor: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1972

Cantrell, Rebecca: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2010

Cantrell, Rebecca: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2010

Carr, A. H. Z.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1972

Carr, Caleb: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1998

Carr, Caleb: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1996

Carr, Caleb: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1995

Carre, John le: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1977

Carre, John le: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1965

Carre, John le: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1963

Carré, John le: Sounds of Crime — Abridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2011

Carré, John le: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1992

Carré, John le: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): John le Carré, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1988

Carré, John le: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1986

Carter, Alan: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2011

Catran, Ken: Best Teenage/Young Adult Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Caudwell, Sarah: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1990

Champagne, Pam: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2008

Chandler, Raymond: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1955

Chaney, Roy: Best First Novel, The Tony Hillerman Prize, 2008

Charteris, Leslie: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Leslie Charteris, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1992

Chavarria, Daniel: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2002

Chercover, Sean: , The Dilys Award, 2009

Chercover, Sean: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2008

Chercover, Sean: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2008

Chercover, Sean: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2008

Child, Lee: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2011

Child, Lee: Best Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2008

Child, Lee: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2008

Child, Lee: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2005

Child, Lee: , The Nero Award, 2001

Child, Lee: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1998

Child, Lee: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 1998

Christensen, Lars Saabye: , The Riverton Prize, 1987

Churchill, Jill: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1990

Churchill, Jill: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1989

Clark, Mary Higgins: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Clark, Robert: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1999

Claudel, Philippe: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2006

Clausen, Lowen: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2004

Clausen, Lowen: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2004

Clausen, Lowen: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2000

Cleary, Jon: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2004

Cleary, Jon: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1975

Cleave, Paul: Winner, The Ngaio Marsh Award, 2011

Cleeves, Ann: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2006

Cleland, Jane K.: Winner, The David Award, 2008

Clemeau, Carol: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1983

Clements, Rory: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

Cleverly, Barbara: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2004

Clifford, Francis: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1974

Clifford, Francis: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1969

Coalson, Les: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2008

Coatmeur, Jean-François: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1981

Coben, Harlan: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 1998

Coben, Harlan: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1997

Coben, Harlan: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1997

Coben, Harlan: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1996

Cockey, Tom: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2003

Cody, Liza: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1992

Cody, Liza: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1980

Coel, Margaret: Hillerman Sky Award, The Lefty Awards, 2011

Coggins, Mark: Gold, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2010

Coggins, Mark: Mystery/Suspense, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2008

Coggins, Mark: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Cohen, Theodore Jerome: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Cohen, Theodore Jerome: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Cohen, Theodore Jerome: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Cole, Cathy: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2003

Cole, Martina: Crime Thriller, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2006

Cole, Meredith: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2007

Coleman, Reed Farrel: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2009

Coleman, Reed Farrel: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2008

Coleman, Reed Farrel: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2006

Coleman, Reed Farrel: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2006

Coleman, Reed Farrel: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2006

Collins, Max Allan: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1992

Collins, Max Allan: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1984

Collins, Michael: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1968

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2010

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2009

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2009

Connelly, Michael: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2006

Connelly, Michael: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2006

Connelly, Michael: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2006

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2003

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2003

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1999

Connelly, Michael: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1999

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 1998

Connelly, Michael: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1998

Connelly, Michael: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1997

Connelly, Michael: , The Dilys Award, 1997

Connelly, Michael: , The Dilys Award, 1996

Connelly, Michael: , The Falcon Award, 1995

Connelly, Michael: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1993

Connelly, Michael: , The Nero Award, 1984

Connolly, John: Best British Novel, The Barry Awards, 2003

Connolly, John: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Connolly, John: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2000

Connolly, Lynne: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2005

Connor, Beverly: Suspense / Thriller, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

Conway, Simon: Ian Fleming Steel, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

Cook, Robin: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1995

Cook, Robin: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1984

Cook, Thomas H.: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2007

Cook, Thomas H.: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2006

Cook, Thomas H.: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2000

Cook, Thomas H.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1997

Cooke, R. Cameron: Best Paperback Original, The Thriller Award, 2006

Corleone, Douglas: Winner, Best First Crime Novel Contest, 2009

Cornwell, Patricia: Crime Thriller, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2008

Cornwell, Patricia: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1993

Cornwell, Patricia: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1991

Cornwell, Patricia: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1991

Cornwell, Patricia: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1990

Cornwell, Patricia D.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1991

Corre, Hervé Le: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2010

Corre, Hervé Le: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2005

Corris, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2009

Côté, Jacques: Best Crime Novel in French, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Cotterill, Colin: , The Dilys Award, 2006

Crais, Robert: Winner, SCIBA T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award, 2010

Crais, Robert: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2008

Crais, Robert: Best Thriller, The Gumshoe Award, 2008

Crais, Robert: , The Dilys Award, 2000

Crais, Robert: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1997

Crais, Robert: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1988

Crais, Robert: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1988

creator, Harri Nykänen, television series: Best Finnish Media, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2001

Crider, Bill: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1987

Crombie, Deborah: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2009

Crombie, Deborah: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1998

Cross, Amanda: , The Nero Award, 1990

Cross, Neil: Best Television Episode Teleplay, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Crumley, James: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2002

Crumley, James: , The Hammett Prize, 1993

Crumley, James: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1989

Crumley, James: , The Falcon Award, 1985

Cullen, Sean: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2007

Curran, John: Best Critical Non-Fiction, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Curran, John: Best Mystery Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2011

Curran, John: Best Non-Fiction, The Agatha Awards, 2010

Daeninckx, Didier: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1987

Dahl, Arne: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2011

Dahl, Arne: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2004

Dahl, Kjell Ola: , The Riverton Prize, 2000

Dale, John: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2000

Dale, John: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1996

D'Amato, Barbara: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2005

D'Amato, Barbara: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2005

D'Amato, Barbara: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2004

D'Amato, Barbara: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2003

D'Amato, Barbara: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2000

D'Amato, Barbara: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1999

Dams, Jeanne M.: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1995

Daniel, David: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1994

Dapin, Mark: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2010

Darcy, Emma: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Davidsen, Leif: , The Glass Key Award, 1999

Davidsen, Leif: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1989

Davidson, Diane Mott: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

Davidson, Hilary: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Davidson, Lionel: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Lionel Davidson, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2001

Davidson, Lionel: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1978

Davidson, Lionel: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1966

Davidson, Lionel: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1960

Davis, Lindsey: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Lindsey Davis, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Davis, Lindsey: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1999

Davis, Mildred: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1949

Davis, Thomas: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1992

Dawson, Janet: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2003

Dawson, Janet: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1989

Day, Dianne: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1996

Day, Marele: Best Non-Fiction, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1997

Day, Marele: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1993

DeAndrea, William L.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1980

DeAndrea, William L.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1979

Dearl, Elizabeth: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2004

Dearl, Elizabeth: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2002

Deaver, Jeffery: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2009

Deaver, Jeffery: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2009

Deaver, Jeffery: , The Nero Award, 2006

Deighton, Len: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1984

Delacourt, Marianne: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2010

Demouzon, Alain: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2001

Demouzon, Alain: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1979

Derby, Ray: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2003

DeSilva, Bruce: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2011

DeSilva, Bruce: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2011

Dessaint, Pascal: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2008

Dessaint, Pascal: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1997

Deverell, William: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2006

Deverell, William: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1998

Deverell, William: , The Hammett Prize, 1997

Dexter, Colin: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Colin Dexter, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1997

Dexter, Colin: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1996

Dexter, Colin: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1996

Dexter, Colin: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1992

Dexter, Colin: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1989

Dexter, Colin: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1981

Dexter, Colin: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1979

Dibdin, Michael: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1988

Dickinson, Peter: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1969

Dickinson, Peter: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1968

Disher, Garry: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2010

Disher, Garry: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2007

Dix, Ray: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2006

Dobbyn, John F.: Thriller/Suspense: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

Doiron, Paul: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2011

Doiron, Paul: Best First Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2010

Donnell, Gordon: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2007

Doogan, Mike: Best First Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2007

Doolittle, Sean: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2007

Doolittle, Sean: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2003

Douglas, Lauren Wright: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1990

Douglass, Donald McNutt: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1957

Dowd, John: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1994

Downs, Tim: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2004

Downwind, Hans Lamborn;: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1990

Doyle, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1999

Doyle, Peter: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1997

Dreher, Sarah: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1998

Dreux, Alain Gallou: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1977

Dreyer, Eileen: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

Driver, Sandra Tooley writing as Lee: Best Paranormal / SciFi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2005

DuBois, Brendan: Best Short Story, The Barry Awards, 2010

Due, Becky: Suspense, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2011

Dunant, Sarah: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1993

Duncan, Elizabeth: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2008

Duncan, W. Glenn: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1991

Dunlap, Susan: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1994

Dunn, Matthew: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Dunning, John: , The Dilys Award, 1993

Dunning, John: , The Nero Award, 1983

Durcan, Liam: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2008

Durham, Laura: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2005

Durling, Ulf: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1983

Durling, Ulf: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1971

Dymmoch, Michael: Best Suspense Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2005

Dymmoch, Michael Allen: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1992

Early, Jack: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1985

editor, Ed Gorman,: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1994

editor, Jim Huang,: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 2003

editor, Roger Sobin,: Best Mystery Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2008

editors, Jim Huang and Austin Lugar,: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2007

editors, Ritva Hapuli and Johanna Matero,: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1998

Edwards, Ruth Dudley: Last Laugh, The CrimeFest Award, 2008

Edwardson, Åke: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2001

Edwardson, Åke: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1997

Edwardson, Åke: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1995

Egan, Colleen: Best True Crime, The Davitt Award, 2011

Egeland, Tom: , The Riverton Prize, 2009

Ehrman, Kit: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Ehrman, Kit: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2006

Ehrman, Kit: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2005

Eisler, Barry: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2006

Eisler, Barry: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2005

Eisler, Barry: Best Thriller, The Gumshoe Award, 2005

Ekman, Kerstin: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1993

Elkins, Aaron: , The Nero Award, 2000

Elkins, Aaron: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1988

Ellin, Stanley: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1959

Ellis, David: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2002

Ellison, J. T.: Best Paperback Original, The Thriller Award, 2011

Ellory, R. J.: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2010

Ellory, R. J.: Mystery / Suspense, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2010

Ellroy, James: , The Falcon Award, 1997

Ellroy, James: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1990

Elster, Torolf: , The Riverton Prize, 1982

Elton, Ben: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2003

Elton, Ben: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1996

Emerson, Earl: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 1996

Emerson, Earl: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1986

Emery, Anne: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2011

Emery, Anne: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2007

Engel, Howard: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1985

Engleman, Paul: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1984

Ephron, Hallie: Winner, The David Award, 2010

Epping, Charles: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Erdman, Paul E.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1974

Eriksson, Kjell: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2002

Eriksson, Kjell: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1999

Estleman, Loren D.: Best Short Story, The Barry Awards, 2011

Estleman, Loren D.: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1985

Eustis, Helen: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1947

Evanovich, Janet: Winner, The Quill Book Award, 2006

Evanovich, Janet: Winner, The Quill Book Award, 2005

Evanovich, Janet: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 1999

Evanovich, Janet: , The Dilys Award, 1998

Evanovich, Janet: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 1998

Evanovich, Janet: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1997

Evanovich, Janet: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1995

Evanovich, Janet: , The Dilys Award, 1995

Evans, Jon: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2005

Evans, Mary Anna: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2004

Faherty, Terence: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2006

Faherty, Terence: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2005

Faherty, Terrance: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1998

Fairstein, Linda: PI / Police Procedural Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Fairstein, Linda: , The Nero Award, 1999

Farmer, Jerrilyn: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2004

Farmer, Jerrilyn: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2002

Farmer, Jerrilyn: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1999

Fast, Julius: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1946

Fawer, Adam: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2006

Feegel, John R.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1976

Férey, Caryl: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2009

Ferran, Monette Michaels and Janet: Thriller, EPIC eBook Awards, 2005

Ferrigno, Robert: Best Thriller, The Gumshoe Award, 2007

Ferris, Gloria: Best Unpublished, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2010

Fesperman, Dan: , The Hammett Prize, 2006

Fesperman, Dan: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1999

Fforde, Jasper: , The Dilys Award, 2004

Fields, Tricia: Best First Novel, The Tony Hillerman Prize, 2010

Finder, Joseph: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2007

Finder, Joseph: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2006

Finder, Joseph: Best Thriller, The Gumshoe Award, 2006

Findley, Timothy: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1989

Finger, Gerrie Ferris: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2009

Finkelstein, Honora: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2007

Fish, Robert L.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1963

Fitzhugh, Bill: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2002

Fleet, Susan: , The Premier Book Award, 2009

Fleming, Joan: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1970

Fleming, Joan: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1962

Flinn, Elaine: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2005

Fluke, Joanne: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

Flynn, Gillian: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2007

Follett, Ken: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1979

Ford, Clyde W.: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Ford, Clyde W.: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2006

Ford, G. M.: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2003

Ford, Jeffrey: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2006

Ford, Michael Thomas: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2009

Forrest, Katherine V.: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2004

Forrest, Katherine V.: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1991

Forrest, Katherine V.: Lesbian mystery: The Beverly Malibu, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Forsyth, Frederick: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1972

Forsyth, Frederick: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1972

Fossum, Karin: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2007

Fossum, Karin: Best European Crime Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2007

Fossum, Karin: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2002

Fossum, Karin: , The Glass Key Award, 1997

Fossum, Karin: , The Riverton Prize, 1996

Foti, Silvia: Best Paranormal / SciFi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2008

Fowler, Christopher: Last Laugh, The CrimeFest Award, 2009

Fowler, Earlene: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Fowler, Earlene: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1999

Fox, Kathryn: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2005

Fradkin, Barbara: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2007

Fradkin, Barbara: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2005

Francis, Dick: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1996

Francis, Dick: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Dick Francis, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1989

Francis, Dick: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1981

Francis, Dick: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1979

Francis, Dick: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1970

Franklin, Ariana: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2008

Franklin, Ariana: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2007

Franklin, Tom: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Franklin, Tom: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

Franklin, Tom: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2010

Fredrick, M. J.: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2011

Fredrick, M. J.: Mystery/Suspense/Horror Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2009

Freeling, Nicolas: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1967

Freeman, Brian: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2006

Fremlin, Celia: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1960

French, Tana: Best First Novel by an American Author, The Edgar Awards, 2008

French, Tana: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2008

French, Tana: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2008

French, Tana: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2008

Freveletti, Jamie: Best Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2011

Freveletti, Jamie: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2010

Freveletti, Jamie: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2010

Friis, Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete: Best Thriller, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2009

Frimansson, Inger: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2005

Frimansson, Inger: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1998

Fulmer, David: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2002

Furst, Alan: , The Hammett Prize, 2001

Furutani, Dale: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1997

Furutani, Dale: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1997

Fusilli, Jim: Best Mystery, The Gumshoe Award, 2005

Fyfield, Frances: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2008

Fyfield, Frances: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1991

Gadd, Nick: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2009

Gaghan, Stephen: Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Edgar Awards, 2006

Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2001

Gardiner, Meg: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2009

Gardiner, Meg: PI / Police Procedural Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

Gardner, Ashley: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Gardner, Lisa: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2010

Gardner, Lisa: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

Garfield, Brian: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1979

Garfield, Brian: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1976

Garner, Helen: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2005

Garve, Andrew: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1976

Gash, Jonathan: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1977

Gault, William Campbell: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1983

Gault, William Campbell: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1953

Gay, William: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2011

Gaylord, Louise: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2003

Gellis, Roberta: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

George, Anne: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1996

George, Elizabeth: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1989

George, Elizabeth: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1988

George, Sara: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1975

Gercke, Doris: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1991

Gericke, Shane: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Gerritsen, Tess: Best Suspense, The Lovey Award, 2008

Gerritsen, Tess: , The Falcon Award, 2006

Gerritsen, Tess: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Gerritsen, Tess: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

Gerritsen, Tess: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Gerritsen, Tess: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Gerritsen, Tess: , The Nero Award, 1994

Gilbert, Michael: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Michael Gilbert, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1994

Gill, B. M.: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1984

Gill, Gillian: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1991

Gill, Mathew Lee: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2006

Gilman, Keith: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2007

Gilpatrick, Noreen: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1990

Gilroy, Tony: Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Edgar Awards, 2008

Ginsberg, Debra: Winner, SCIBA T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award, 2009

Girard, Danielle: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2003

Gittlin, Adam: Thriller, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2009

given, No award: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1996

Gleiter, Jan: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1995

Goddard, Robert: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Goldberg, Ed: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1995

Goldsborough, Robert: Best Historical, The Lovey Award, 2006

Goldsborough, Robert: , The Nero Award, 2005

Goldsby, Gabrielle: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2007

Gonsalves, Theresa J.: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2008

Gonzales-Ledesma, Francisco: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2007

Gonzales-Ledesma, Francisco: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1993

Goodall, Jane: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2004

Goodman, Carol: , The Hammett Prize, 2003

Goodwin, Jason: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2007

Gordon, Josie: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2008

Gores, Joe: , The Falcon Award, 1986

Gores, Joe: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1970

Gosling, Paula: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1985

Gosling, Paula: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1979

Gough, Laurence: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1990

Gough, Laurence: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1988

Gould, Heywood: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Grabenstein, Chris: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2009

Grabenstein, Chris: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2008

Grabenstein, Chris: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2006

Grafton, Sue: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement), The CWA Dagger Awards, 2008

Grafton, Sue: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Grafton, Sue: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1995

Grafton, Sue: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1991

Grafton, Sue: , The Falcon Award, 1991

Grafton, Sue: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1991

Grafton, Sue: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1987

Grafton, Sue: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1987

Grafton, Sue: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1986

Grafton, Sue: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1986

Graham, Caroline: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1989

Graham, Mark: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2001

Graham, Winston: Crossed Red Herring, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1955

Grangé, Jean-Christophe: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2011

Granger, Bill: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1981

Grant, Vicki: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2006

Green, Alan: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1950

Green, George Dawes: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1995

Greenleaf, Stephen: , The Falcon Award, 1993

Greenwood, Kerry: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2010

Greenwood, Kerry: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2007

Greenwood, Kerry: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2006

Greenwood, Kerry: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2002

Grescoe, Paul: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1992

Grey, Kimberly: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2002

Grierson, Edward: Crossed Red Herring, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1956

Griffin, H. Terrell: Mystery/Suspense, The Best Books Award, 2009

Griffith, Nicola: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1998

Griffiths, Elly: The Simon & Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark Award, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Grilley, Kate: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2001

Grilley, Kate: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2000

Grimes, Martha: , The Nero Award, 1993

Grimes, Terris McMahan: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1997

Grisolia, Michel: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1978

Grogan, Wayne: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2004

Gruley, Bryan: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2010

Gruley, Bryan: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2010

Gruley, Bryan: Best First Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2009

Grytten, Frode: , The Riverton Prize, 2005

Guilfoile, Kevin: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2006

Guillou, Jan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1988

Gunnerud, Jørgen: , The Riverton Prize, 2007

Gussin, Patricia: Thriller/Suspense: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

Guterson, David: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1996

Guthrie, Allan: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2007

Guttridge, Peter: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2006

Haataja, Paul-Erik: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1988

Haddad, Helen: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2003

Häger, Olle: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1991

Hahn, Mary Downing: Best Juvenile, The Edgar Awards, 2010

Haines, Carolyn: Best Short Story, The Lovey Award, 2011

Haines, Carolyn: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

Haines, Carolyn: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2005

Hale, Daniel J.: Best Children's/Young Adult Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2002

Hall, Adam: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1966

Hall, James W.: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2003

Hallahan, William H.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1978

Hamilton, Steve: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Hamilton, Steve: Ian Fleming Steel, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Hamilton, Steve: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2011

Hamilton, Steve: Best Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2004

Hamilton, Steve: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1999

Hamilton, Steve: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1999

Hamilton, Steve: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1997

Hamrick, Janice: Winner, Best First Crime Novel Contest, 2010

Handler, David: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1991

Hansen, Joseph: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1991

Hara, Ryo: , The Falcon Award, 1990

Hardin, Josh: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2003

Harris, C. S.: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

Harris, C. S.: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

Harris, C. S.: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Harris, Charlaine: Best Paranormal / SciFi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2007

Harris, Charlaine: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Harris, Charlaine: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Harris, Charlaine: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2002

Harris, Charlaine: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

Harris, Fred: , The Nero Award, 1996

Harris, Robert: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2008

Harris, Robert: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1997

Harris, Thomas: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1991

Harris, Thomas: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1989

Harris, Y. L.: Thriller, EPIC eBook Awards, 2002

Harriss, Will: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1984

Hart, Carolyn: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2003

Hart, Carolyn: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1993

Hart, Carolyn: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1993

Hart, Carolyn: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1990

Hart, Carolyn: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1989

Hart, Carolyn G.: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1990

Hart, Carolyn G.: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1988

Hart, Ellen: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2001

Hart, Ellen: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1999

Hart, Ellen: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1996

Hart, Ellen: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1994

Hart, Erin: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Hart, John: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2010

Hart, John: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2010

Hart, John: Ian Fleming Steel, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Hart, John: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2008

Hart, John: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2007

Hart, Maarten 't: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1994

Harvey, John: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): John Harvey, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2007

Harvey, John: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2005

Harvey, John: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2004

Hathaway, Robin: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1998

Hathaway, Robin: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1997

Hauge, Kolbjørn: , The Riverton Prize, 1995

Haworth-Attard, Barbara: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2010

Hayden, G. Miki: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 2002

Haymon, S. T.: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1982

Haynes, Dana: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2011

Hayter, Sparkle: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1995

Haywood, Gar Anthony: Best PI Short Story, The Shamus Awards, 2011

Haywood, Gar Anthony: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1989

Haywood, Gar Anthony: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1987

Healy, Jeremiah: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1987

Hedström, Ingrid: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2008

Heffernan, William: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1996

Heising, Willetta L.: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 1997

Heising, Willetta L.: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1996

Hellmann, Libby Fischer: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2009

Hellmann, Libby Fischer: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2006

Hellmann, Libby Fischer: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2004

Hellmann, Libby Fischer: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2003

Hellström, Anders Roslund & Börje: , The Glass Key Award, 2005

Hellström, Anders Roslund and Börge: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Hellström, Anders Roslund and Börge: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2009

Helms, Richard: Best Short Story, The Thriller Award, 2011

Heneghan, James: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1995

Henry, Sue: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1992

Henry, Sue: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1992

Herren, Greg: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2007

Hess, Joan: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1991

Hesseldahl, Morten: Best Thriller, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2008

Hewson, David: Sounds of Crime — Unabridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2008

Hiaasen, Carl: , The Dilys Award, 1992

Hicks, Randall: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2006

Hicks, Richard: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Hightower, Lynn: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1994

Hill, Joe: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2008

Hill, John Spencer: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1996

Hill, Reginald: Best British Novel, The Barry Awards, 2011

Hill, Reginald: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2001

Hill, Reginald: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 1999

Hill, Reginald: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1997

Hill, Reginald: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Reginald Hill, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1995

Hill, Reginald: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1990

Hillerman, Tony: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1989

Hillerman, Tony: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1988

Hillerman, Tony: , The Nero Award, 1982

Hillerman, Tony: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1974

Hirahara, Naomi: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2007

Hirschberg, Cornelius: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1964

Hoag, Tami: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Hoar, Jere: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2004

Hoeg, Peter: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1994

Hoeg, Peter: , The Dilys Award, 1994

Høeg, Peter: , The Glass Key Award, 1993

Høeg, Peter: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1993

Hoffman, Alice: , The Hammett Prize, 1992

Hoffman, William: , The Hammett Prize, 1998

Hogan, Chuck: , The Hammett Prize, 2004

Holst, Kirsten: Best Thriller, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2007

Holt, Anne: , The Riverton Prize, 1994

Holton, Hugh: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2000

Holtzer, Susan: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1993

Hooper, Chloe: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2009

Hooper, Kay: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

Hospital, Janette Turner: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2004

Housewright, David: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1996

Howell, Katherine: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2011

Howell, Katherine: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2009

Howell, Katherine: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2008

Huang, Jim: Best Crime-Related Non-Fiction, The Lovey Award, 2005

Huang, Yunte: Best Critical/Biographical, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Hudson, Jeffery: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1969

Hughes, Declan: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2007

Hughes, Murdoch: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2005

Hunt, David: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1997

Hunter, Gwen: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

Hutton, John: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1983

Hyland, Adrian: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2007

Hyzy, Julie: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2011

Hyzy, Julie: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2009

Hyzy, Julie: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2009

Hyzy, Julie: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2009

Hyzy, Julie: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2007

Hyzy, Julie: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2005

Hyzy, Julie: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2004

III, Donald Geddes: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

III, James J. Murphy: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Iles, Francis: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1974

Indridason, Arnaldur: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2009

Indridason, Arnaldur: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2006

Indridason, Arnaldur: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2005

Indridason, Arnaldur: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2005

Indriðason, Arnaldur: , The Glass Key Award, 2003

Indriðason, Arnaldur: , The Glass Key Award, 2002

Ironside, Elizabeth: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1984

Jacobs, Jonnie: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Jacobsen, Alf R.: , The Riverton Prize, 1988

Jacobsen, Geesche: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2011

Jaffarian, Sue Ann: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Jahn, Mike: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1978

Jahn, Ryan David: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

James, Darrell: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2006

James, Jean Swanson and Dean: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1999

James, P. D.: Best Critical Non-Fiction, The Anthony Awards, 2010

James, P. D.: Best Mystery Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2010

James, P. D.: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1988

James, P. D.: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): P. D. James, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1987

James, P. D.: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1987

James, P. D.: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1986

James, P. D.: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1975

James, P. D.: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1971

James, Peter: Sounds of Crime — Unabridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2011

James, Steven: Inspirational Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

James, Wendy: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2006

Japrisot, Sebastien: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1981

Jasper, Liz: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2008

Jaspersohn, William: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1996

Jax, Marilyn: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2011

Jay, Charlotte: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1954

Jeneroux, John: Best First Unpublished Crime Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Jeunet, Jean-Pierre: Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Edgar Awards, 2005

Jinks, Catherine: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2009

Jinks, Catherine: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2006

Joensuu, Matti: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1987

Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2004

Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1994

Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1985

Johansen, Iris: Suspense / Thriller, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

Johnson, Craig: Watson, The Lefty Awards, 2011

Johnson, E. Richard: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1969

Johnston, Paul: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1997

Jokinen, Seppo: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2002

Jones, Susanna: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2001

Jonquet, Thierry: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1999

Jonquet, Thierry: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1994

Joss, Morag: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2003

Judson, D. Daniel: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2003

Kahane, Allan: Gold, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Kaminsky, Stuart M.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1989

Kanon, Joseph: , The Hammett Prize, 2005

Kanon, Joseph: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1998

Kantner, Rob: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1990

Kantner, Rob: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1989

Kantner, Rob: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1987

Karr, Kathleen: Best Children's/Young Adult Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2003

Kassak, Fred: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1973

Kauffman, Lane: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1956

Kaufman, Thomas: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2008

Keating, H. R. F.: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): H. R. F. Keating, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1996

Keating, H. R. F.: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1990

Keating, H. R. F.: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1980

Keating, H. R. F.: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1964

Keefer, Sean: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2011

Kellerman, Faye: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1987

Kellerman, Jonathan: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1986

Kellerman, Jonathan: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1986

Kelly, Mary: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1961

Kelly, Nora: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1999

Kemelman, Harry: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1965

Kemprecos, Paul: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1992

Kerr, Philip: e-Dunnit, The CrimeFest Award, 2011

Kerr, Philip: Best British Novel, The Barry Awards, 2010

Kerr, Philip: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Kerr, Philip: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1994

Ketcham, Diane: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Kiefer, Warren: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1973

Kijewski, Karen: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1990

Kijewski, Karen: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1990

Kijewski, Karen: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1988

Kilcommons, Denis: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1987

Kilpi, Marko: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2008

King, Jonathon: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2003

King, Laurie R.: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2006

King, Laurie R.: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2002

King, Laurie R.: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1995

King, Laurie R.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1994

King, Laurie R.: , The Nero Award, 1985

Kirstilä, Pentti: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1993

Kirstilä, Pentti: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1987

Kissane, Karen: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2007

Klackenberg, Tove: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2002

Knief, Charles: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1995

Knopf, Chris: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2009

Knox, Malcolm: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2005

Konrath, J. A.: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2006

Konrath, J. A.: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2005

Koryta, Michael: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2008

Koryta, Michael: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2003

Kozak, Harley Jane: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2005

Kozak, Harley Jane: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2005

Kozak, Harley Jane: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2004

Krabbé, Tim: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1993

Kramer, Julie: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

Krich, Rochelle: Suspense, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Krieg, Joyce: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2002

Kristensen, Tom: , The Riverton Prize, 2006

Krokvik, Sigrun: , The Riverton Prize, 1972

Kronenwetter, Michael: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2004

Krueger, William Kent: , The Dilys Award, 2008

Krueger, William Kent: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2008

Krueger, William Kent: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2008

Krueger, William Kent: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2006

Krueger, William Kent: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2005

Krueger, William Kent: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2003

Krueger, William Kent: Best PI / Police Procedural, The Lovey Award, 2002

Krueger, William Kent: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1999

Krueger, William Kent: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 1999

Kuhlken, Ken: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1990

Kuipers, Alice: Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Ky,  : Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1988

Lachman, Marvin: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2001

Lacy, Ed: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1958

LaFleur, P. D.: Mystery, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2010

Laiken, Deidre S.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1988

Lakin, Rita: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2010

Lalor, Peter: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2003

Landay, William: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2003

Langan, Mike: Mystery/Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2009

Langton, Jane: , The Nero Award, 1998

Lanier, Virginia: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Lanier, Virginia: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1996

Lansdale, Joe R.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2001

Lanyon, Laura Baumbach and Josh: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Erotic Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2010

Larbalestier, Justine: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2010

Larsen, Erik Otto: , The Glass Key Award, 1995

Larsen, Pio: , The Riverton Prize, 1976

Larsen, Ulf Breistrand and Jarl Emsell: , The Riverton Prize, 2004

Larsen, Ward: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Larsen, Ward: Thriller/Adventure, The Best Books Award, 2008

Larsen, Ward: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2008

Larsen, Ward: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2006

Larsson, Åsa: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2004

Larsson, Åsa: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2003

Larsson, Stieg: Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade, The Barry Awards, 2010

Larsson, Stieg: Sounds of Crime — Abridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2010

Larsson, Stieg: Sounds of Crime — Unabridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2010

Larsson, Stieg: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2009

Larsson, Stieg: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2009

Larsson, Stieg: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2009

Larsson, Stieg: Crime Thriller, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2009

Larsson, Stieg: Sounds of Crime — Abridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2009

Larsson, Stieg: , The Glass Key Award, 2008

Larsson, Stieg: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2006

Larsson, Stieg: , The Glass Key Award, 2006

Lathen, Emma: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1967

Ledun, Marin: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2011

Lee, Barbara: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1994

Lee, Don: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2005

Lehane, Cornelius: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2002

Lehane, Dennis: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2003

Lehane, Dennis: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2002

Lehane, Dennis: , The Dilys Award, 2002

Lehane, Dennis: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2002

Lehane, Dennis: , The Dilys Award, 1999

Lehane, Dennis: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 1999

Lehane, Dennis: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1995

Lehane, Dennis: , The Nero Award, 1986

Lehtolainen, Leena: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1997

Leigh, James: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1981

Leino, Marko: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2010

Lennon, David: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2010

Leon, Donna: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2000

Leon, Donna: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2000

Leonard, Elmore: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Elmore Leonard, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2006

Leonard, Elmore: , The Hammett Prize, 1991

Leonard, Elmore: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1985

Leonard, Elmore: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1984

Lethern, Jonathan: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2000

Levin, Ira: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1954

Lewin, Michael Z.: , The Falcon Award, 1988

Lewis, Evan: Robert L. Fish Memorial Award, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Liffner, Eva-Marie: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2001

Lin, Francie: Best First Novel by an American Author, The Edgar Awards, 2009

Lind, Idar: , The Riverton Prize, 1989

Lindell, Unni: , The Riverton Prize, 1999

Lindsay, Jeffrey: , The Dilys Award, 2005

Linscott, Gillian: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2000

Lipinski, Thomas: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2001

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2008

Lippman, Laura: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2008

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2008

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2007

Lippman, Laura: Winner, The Quill Book Award, 2007

Lippman, Laura: Best Mystery, The Gumshoe Award, 2006

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2004

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2004

Lippman, Laura: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

Lippman, Laura: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2000

Lippman, Laura: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2000

Lippman, Laura: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1999

Lippman, Laura: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1998

Lippman, Laura: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1998

Lippman, Laura: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1998

Lippman, Laura: , The Nero Award, 1989

Liss, David: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2001

Liss, David: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2001

Liss, David: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2001

Littell, Robert: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2005

Littell, Robert: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1973

Littlefield, Sophie: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2010

Littlefield, Sophie: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

Lochte, Dick: , The Nero Award, 2004

Loerzel, Robert: Best Crime-Related Non-Fiction, The Lovey Award, 2004

Lönnaeus, Olle: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2009

Lord, Gabrielle: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2003

Lord, Gabrielle: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Lordon, Randye: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1997

Lovesey, Peter: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2004

Lovesey, Peter: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Peter Lovesey, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2000

Lovesey, Peter: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1997

Lovesey, Peter: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 1997

Lovesey, Peter: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1996

Lovesey, Peter: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1995

Lovesey, Peter: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1992

Lovesey, Peter: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1982

Lovesey, Peter: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1978

Lovitt, Zane: Best Short Story, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2010

Lowden, Desmond: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1989

Ludlum, Robert: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1982

Lundmark, Lennart: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1997

Lutz, John: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1989

Lyle, D. P.: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2005

Lyon, Jacqueline M.: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2011

Lyons, C. J.: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2009

Mac, Carrie: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2005

MacBride, Stuart: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2006

Macdonald, Ross: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1965

MacGregor, T.J.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2003

MacLeod, Charlotte: , The Nero Award, 1997

Maffini, Mary Jane: Best Crime Short Story, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Maffini, Mary Jane: Best Short Story, The Agatha Awards, 2010

Magnan, Pierre: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1985

Magnan, Pierre: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1983

Maiman, Jaye: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1992

Maitland, Barry: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1996

Maleeny, Tim: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2009

Maleeny, Tim: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2009

Maleeny, Tim: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2009

Maleeny, Tim: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Maleeny, Tim: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2007

Malfi, Ronald Damien: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2010

Maling, Arthur: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1980

Malliet, G. M.: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Malliet, G. M.: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2008

Malone, Michael: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2002

Maloney, Shane: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1997

Mandleman, Avner: Best First Crime Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Mankell, Henning: Best European Crime Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2005

Mankell, Henning: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2001

Mankell, Henning: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2000

Mankell, Henning: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1995

Mankell, Henning: , The Glass Key Award, 1992

Mankell, Henning: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1991

Manotti, Dominique: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2008

Manotti, Dominique: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2007

Manotti, Dominique: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2002

Marcy, Jean: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2000

Margolin, Phillip: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2009

Marklund, Liza: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1998

Marks, Kathy: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2010

Marlowe, Dan J.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1971

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2000

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1996

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1993

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1993

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1993

Maron, Margaret: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1992

Maron, Margaret: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1992

Marric, J. J.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1962

Marshall, Debi: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2007

Martin, Andrew: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Martin, Nancy: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2002

Martinez, Michele: PI / Police Procedural Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Massey, Sujata: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2000

Massey, Sujata: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1997

Masterson, Andrew: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2001

Masterson, Andrew: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1999

Mathews, Adrian: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1999

Matthews, Penny: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2011

Matturro, Claire: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

McAuliffe, Frank: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1972

McBain, Ed: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Ed McBain, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1998

McBride, Susan: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2008

McBride, Susan: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2005

McCahery, James: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1991

McCarthy, Cormac: , The Falcon Award, 2008

McClintock, Norah: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2003

McClintock, Norah: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2002

McClintock, Norah: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1999

McClintock, Norah: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1998

McClintock, Norah: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1996

McCloy, Helen: , The Nero Award, 1988

McClure, James: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1976

McClure, James: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1971

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1995

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1995

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1995

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1994

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1991

McCrumb, Sharyn: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1988

McCrumb, Sharyn: , The Nero Award, 1981

McCulloch, Lachlan: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2006

McCullogh, Patrick Glendon: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2007

McDermid, Val: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2011

McDermid, Val: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Val McDermid, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

McDermid, Val: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2010

McDermid, Val: PI / Police Procedural Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

McDermid, Val: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2006

McDermid, Val: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2004

McDermid, Val: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2001

McDermid, Val: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2001

McDermid, Val: , The Dilys Award, 2001

McDermid, Val: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2000

McDermid, Val: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2000

McDermid, Val: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1995

McDermott, Scott: Best Short Story, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2009

McDonagh, Martin: Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Edgar Awards, 2009

McDonald, Gregory: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1977

McDonald, Gregory: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1975

McDonnell, R. J.: , The Premier Book Award, 2010

McElroy, Paul: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2001

McElroy, Paul: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2000

McEvoy, John: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2007

McEvoy, John: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2001

McGaham, Andrew: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2001

McGeachin, Geoffrey: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2011

McGivern, William P.: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1985

McHugh, Evan: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2008

McHugh, Paul: Mystery, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2011

McIlvanney, William: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1983

McIlvanney, William: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1977

McKay, Sharon E.: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2009

McLendon, James: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1983

McMenamin, Michael: Thriller/Suspense: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

McMullen, Mary: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1952

McNamee, Graham: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2004

McPeek, Marcos: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2001

Mehlum, Jan: , The Riverton Prize, 1998

Meihaus, Stan: Suspense/Thriller, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2011

Meyer, Deon: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2011

Meyer, Deon: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2010

Meyer, Deon: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2004

Meyer, Nicholas: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1975

Michaels, Kasey: Amateur Sleuth, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Michelet, Jon: , The Riverton Prize, 2001

Michelet, Jon: , The Riverton Prize, 1981

Millar, Margaret: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1956

Miller, Susan Cummins: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2008

Miller, Susan Cummins: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2006

Mills, Mark: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2004

Mina, Denise: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2011

Mina, Denise: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2006

Mina, Denise: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1998

Mitchell, Dreda Say: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2005

Mitcheltree, Tom: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 1998

Mofina, Rick: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2003

Monahan, William: Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Edgar Awards, 2007

Montalbán, Manuel Vázquez: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1992

Moore, Christopher G.: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2011

Moore, Donna: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2007

Morehouse, Lyda: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2002

Morgan, Deborah: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2001

Moriarty, Jaclyn: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2007

Morrell, David: Best Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2006

Morrell, David: Best Suspense Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2004

Morse, L. A.: , The Falcon Award, 1984

Morse, L. A.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1982

Mortensen, Henning: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2005

Morwood, Carolyn: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2002

Mosley, Walter: , The Nero Award, 1995

Mosley, Walter: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1991

Mosley, Walter: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1991

Motte, Anders de la: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2010

Muller, Eddie: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2003

Muller, Eddie: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2003

Muller, Marcia: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2010

Muller, Marcia: PI / Police Procedural Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Muller, Marcia: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1994

Murphy, Molly Cochran, Warren: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1985

Murphy, Warren: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1986

Murphy, Warren: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1985

Nadel, Barbara: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2005

Nadelson, Reggie: Mystery/Suspense, The Best Books Award, 2010

Narceja, Pierre Boileau and Thomas: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1974

Nava, Michael: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2001

Nava, Michael: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1996

Nava, Michael: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1992

Nava, Michael: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1990

Nava, Michael: Gay men's mystery/science fiction, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1988

Naylor, Roger A.: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2009

Neel, Janet: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1988

Neely, Barbara: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1993

Neely, Barbara: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1993

Neely, Barbara: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1992

Neely, Richard: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1973

Nehr, Ellen: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1993

Nehr, Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 1998

Nelscott, Kris: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2007

Nelscott, Kris: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2005

Nesbø, Jo: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2010

Nesbø, Jo: , The Glass Key Award, 1998

Nesbø, Jo: , The Riverton Prize, 1997

Nesser, Håkan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2007

Nesser, Håkan: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2007

Nesser, Håkan: , The Glass Key Award, 2000

Nesser, Håkan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1996

Nesser, Håkan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1994

Nesser, Håkan: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1993

Neuharth, Jan: Mystery: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

Neville, Stuart: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2009

Newman, Sharan: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2005

Newman, Sharan: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1994

Newton, P. M.: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2011

Nichol, James W.: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2003

Niebuhr, Gary Warren: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 2004

Nolan, Tom: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2000

Nunn, Kem: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2004

Nunn, Malla: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2009

Nykänen, Harri: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1990

Nyst, Chris: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2006

O'Brien, Kevin: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2006

O'Connell, Carol: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2003

O'Connell, Jack: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2010

Olsen, Morten Harry: , The Riverton Prize, 1993

O'Neil, Vincent H.: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2005

Oppel, Jean-Hugues: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2006

Oppel, Jean-Hugues: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1995

Orenduff, J. Michael: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2011

Orenduff, J. Michael: Mystery/Suspense Fiction, EPIC eBook Awards, 2011

Orenduff, J. Michael: Mystery/Suspense Fiction, EPIC eBook Awards, 2010

Pagan, Hugues: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1998

Page, Katherine Hall: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2005

Page, Katherine Hall: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1990

Palmer, Alex: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2003

Palmer, Alex: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2003

Paretsky, Sara: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2004

Paretsky, Sara: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Sara Paretsky, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2002

Paretsky, Sara: PI Novel, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Paretsky, Sara: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1988

Parker, Robert B.: , The Falcon Award, 1983

Parker, Robert B.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1977

Parker, Sloan: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Erotic Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2011

Parker, T. Jefferson: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2005

Parker, T. Jefferson: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2002

Parker, T. Jefferson: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2001

Parks, Brad: , The Nero Award, 2010

Parks, Brad: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2010

Parrish, P. J.: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2008

Parrish, P. J.: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2007

Parrish, P. J.: Best Paperback Original, The Thriller Award, 2007

Parrish, Stephen: Gold, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2011

Parry, Owen: , The Hammett Prize, 2002

Parshall, Sandra: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2006

Patric, A. S.: Best Short Story, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2011

Patten, Steven Van: , The Premier Book Award, 2008

Patterson, James: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1977

Patterson, Richard North: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1980

Pattison, Eliot: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2000

Pawel, Rebecca: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2004

Peacock, Shane: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2008

Pears, Iain: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1999

Pedrazas, Allan: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1993

Pelecanos, George: , The Hammett Prize, 2008

Pelecanos, George: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2007

Pelecanos, George P.: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2003

Pelecanos, George P.: Best Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2003

Pelecanos, George P.: Winner, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2002

Pelecanos, George P.: , The Falcon Award, 1999

Pelman, Brice: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1982

Pennac, Daniel: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1988

Penney, Stef: Winner, The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2008

Penny, Louise: , The Nero Award, 2011

Penny, Louise: Best Crime Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2011

Penny, Louise: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Penny, Louise: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2011

Penny, Louise: , The Dilys Award, 2011

Penny, Louise: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2010

Penny, Louise: Best Mystery Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2010

Penny, Louise: Best Mystery Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2009

Penny, Louise: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2008

Penny, Louise: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2007

Penny, Louise: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2007

Penny, Louise: , The Dilys Award, 2007

Penny, Louise: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2007

Penny, Louise: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2006

Penny, Louise: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2006

Pentecost, Hugh: , The Nero Award, 2003

Pérez-Reverte, Arturo: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1995

Perry, Anne: Best Historical, The Lovey Award, 2007

Perry, Anne: Best Historical Novel, The Lovey Award, 2005

Perry, Anne: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2004

Perry, Thomas: Best Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2002

Perry, Thomas: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1983

Perry, Will: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1974

Persson, Leif G. W.: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2010

Persson, Leif G. W.: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2003

Persson, Leif G. W.: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1982

Peters, Elizabeth: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Peters, Elizabeth: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Peters, Elizabeth: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1989

Peters, Ellis: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Ellis Peters, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1993

Peters, Ellis: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1980

Peters, Ellis: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1963

Peterson, Keith: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1990

Petrucelli, Robert: Second, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2009

Phelan, Twist: Best Short Story, The Thriller Award, 2010

Philbrick, Rodman: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1994

Phillips, Edward O.: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1987

Phillips, Max: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2005

Phillips, Mike: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1990

Piccirilli, Tom: Best Paperback Original, The Thriller Award, 2010

Piccirilli, Tom: Best Paperback Original, The Thriller Award, 2008

Pickard, Nancy: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2007

Pickard, Nancy: Best Suspense, The Lovey Award, 2007

Pickard, Nancy: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2006

Pickard, Nancy: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2006

Pickard, Nancy: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1992

Pickard, Nancy: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1991

Pickard, Nancy: Best Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1990

Pickard, Nancy: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1990

Pickard, Nancy: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1988

Pickard, Nancy: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1986

Pickens, Cathy: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2003

Pincus, Elizabeth: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1992

Pintoff, Stefanie: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2010

Pintoff, Stefanie: Winner, Best First Crime Novel Contest, 2008

Pontvieux, Delphine: Thriller, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2011

Porter, Liz: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2007

Postupack, Kevin: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2001

Potts, Jean: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1955

Potts, Sharon: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2010

Potts, Sharon: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2009

Pouy, Jean-Bernard: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1993

Powers, Martha: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Powers, Martha: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2008

Price, Anthony: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1978

Price, Anthony: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1974

Price, Antony: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1970

Price, Charlie: Best Young Adult, The Edgar Awards, 2011

Price, Richard: Best Novel, Strand Critics Award, 2008

Prior, Natalie Jane: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2003

Pronzini, Bill: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1999

Pronzini, Bill: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1988

Pronzini, Bill: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1983

Pronzini, Marcia Muller and Bill: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1987

Pyper, Andrew: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2000

Quinn, Daniel: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2003

Randall, Brant: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2009

Randall, Brant: Mystery/Suspense, The Best Books Award, 2008

Rankin, Ian: Sounds of Crime — Abridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2009

Rankin, Ian: Sounds of Crime — Abridged, The CrimeFest Award, 2008

Rankin, Ian: Crime Thriller, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2007

Rankin, Ian: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Ian Rankin, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2005

Rankin, Ian: Crime Thriller, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2005

Rankin, Ian: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2004

Rankin, Ian: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2001

Rankin, Ian: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1997

Ranum, Edith: , The Riverton Prize, 1986

Raybourn, Deanna: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2007

Raynal, Patrick: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1989

Redfern, Jon: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2008

Redfern, Jon: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2002

Redhead, Leigh: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2006

Redhead, Leigh: Readers Choice Award, The Davitt Award, 2005

Redmann, J. M.: Mystery: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

Redmann, J. M.: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2009

Redmann, J. M.: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1995

Reed, Philip: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2001

Rees, Matt Beynon: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2008

Rees, Peter: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2004

Reeves, Tony: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2005

Rehak, Melanie: Best Non-Fiction, The Macavity Awards, 2006

Rehner, Jan: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Rehner, Jan: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2004

Reich, Christopher: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2006

Reichs, Kathy: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1998

Remes, Ilkka: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1999

Rendell, Ruth: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1994

Rendell, Ruth: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Ruth Rendell, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1991

Rendell, Ruth: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1986

Rendell, Ruth: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1984

Rendell, Ruth: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1980

Rendell, Ruth: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1976

Réouven, René: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1983

Reynolds, John Lawrence: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1994

Reynolds, John Lawrence: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1990

Rice, Christopher: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2002

Richards, Mike: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Richardson, Robert: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1985

Rider, J. W.: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1987

Rigolosi, Steve: Winner, The David Award, 2007

Riisøen, Helge: , The Riverton Prize, 1979

Riordan, Rick: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1999

Riordan, Rick: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1998

Riordan, Rick: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 1998

Roberts, Gillian: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1988

Roberts, Les: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1986

Robertson, Kel: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2009

Robinet, Harriette: Best Historical Novel, The Lovey Award, 2004

Robinson, Peter: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2006

Robinson, Peter: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2001

Robinson, Peter: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2001

Robinson, Peter: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2000

Robinson, Peter: Best Novel, The Barry Awards, 2000

Robinson, Peter: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1998

Robinson, Peter: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1997

Robinson, Peter: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1992

Robinson, Ron: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2000

Robotham, Michael: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2008

Robotham, Michael: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2005

Roe, Caroline: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2000

Rogstad, Anker: , The Riverton Prize, 1974

Rönkä, Matti: , The Glass Key Award, 2007

Rönkä, Matti: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2006

Roome, Annette: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1989

Ropponen, Markku: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1992

Rose, Heather: Best Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2006

Rose, Karen: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2009

Rosen, R. D.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1985

Rosenfeld, Arthur: Gold, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Ross, Kate: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1997

Ross, Robert: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1978

Rozan, S. J.: , The Falcon Award, 2009

Rozan, S. J.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2003

Rozan, S. J.: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2003

Rozan, S. J.: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2002

Rozan, S. J.: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1998

Rozan, S. J.: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1996

Rozan, S. J.: , The Nero Award, 1987

Rozenfarb, Michèle: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2004

Rubin, Catherine Snodgrass and Bryndis: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2004

Rule, Andrew: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2000

Russell, Alan: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 1996

Ryan, Garry: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2006

Ryan, Hank Phillippi: Best Short Story, The Anthony Awards, 2010

Ryan, Hank Phillippi: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 2010

Ryan, Hank Phillippi: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2007

Rypdal, Arild: , The Riverton Prize, 1992

Sale, Medora: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1987

Sand, Richard: Mystery/Suspense, The Benjamin Franklin Awards, 2002

Sanders, Lawrence: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1971

Sanford, John: Best Novel, The Thriller Award, 2011

Sansom, C. J.: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2005

Santlofer, Jonathan: , The Nero Award, 2008

Santogrossi, Stephen: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2006

Santora, Robert: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2009

Sayer, Mandy: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2008

Saylor, Steven: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1993

Schaab, Susan: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2008

Schaffer, Dylan: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2005

Schenkel, Andrea Maria: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2008

Schutz, Benjamin: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1988

Schwartz, Jinx: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2007

Schwegel, Theresa: Best First Novel by an American Author, The Edgar Awards, 2006

Scott, Barbara: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2010

Scott, Chris: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1989

Scott, D. Travers: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2005

Scott, Gavin: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1994

Scottoline, Lisa: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1995

Seeley, Larry: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2010

Serafin, David: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1978

Shaber, Sarah: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1996

Shepherd, Lynn: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2010

Sherer, Michael W.: Third, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2006

Sherman, Scott: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2008

Shields, Carol: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1988

Shimer, R.H.: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1973

Shlian, Deborah: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2010

Shlian, Deborah: Thriller, The National Indie Excellence Award, 2010

Shlian, Deborah: Thriller/Adventure, The Best Books Award, 2009

Shlian, Deborah: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2008

Sholes, Lynn: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2005

Shrier, Howard: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2010

Shrier, Howard: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2009

Silva, Daniel: Best Thriller, The Barry Awards, 2007

Simmons, Hal: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2008

Simon, Roger L.: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1974

Simonin, Albert: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1972

Simpson, Dorothy: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1985

Simpson, Marcia: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2001

Sims, Elizabeth: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2003

Sipilä, Jarkko: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2009

Siverling, Michael: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2002

Sjöblom, Simo: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1991

Sjøstrand, Audun: , The Riverton Prize, 1991

Skagen, Fredrik: , The Glass Key Award, 1996

Skagen, Fredrik: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1987

Skagen, Fredrik: , The Riverton Prize, 1980

Skibbins, David: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2004

Slaughter, Karin: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2003

Slesar, Henry: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1960

Småge, Kim: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1999

Småge, Kim: , The Glass Key Award, 1994

Småge, Kim: , The Riverton Prize, 1983

Smedberg, Åke: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2001

Smith, Alexander McCall: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2004

Smith, Carl T.: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2007

Smith, Craig: Bronze, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2002

Smith, Julie: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1991

Smith, K. Nolte: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1981

Smith, Martin Cruz: , The Hammett Prize, 1996

Smith, Martin Cruz: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1981

Smith, Sarah: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2010

Smith, Scott: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1995

Smith, Tom Rob: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2009

Smith, Tom Rob: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2009

Smtih, Martin Cruz: , The Hammett Prize, 1999

Soininvaara, Taavi: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2003

Sokoloff, Alexandra: Best Short Story, The Thriller Award, 2009

Somoza, Jose Carlos: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2002

Sourander, Bobi: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1984

Spang, Michael Grundt: , The Riverton Prize, 1985

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: Best Mystery, The Gumshoe Award, 2007

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2003

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2003

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: , The Dilys Award, 2003

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2003

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2002

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2001

Spencer-Fleming, Julia: , The Nero Award, 1992

Spiegelman, Peter: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2004

Spring, Michelle: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2002

Staalesen, Gunnar: , The Riverton Prize, 2002

Staalesen, Gunnar: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1991

Staalesen, Gunnar: , The Riverton Prize, 1975

Stabenow, Dana: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1993

Stander, Aaron: Mystery: Silver, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2010

Stanley, Kelli: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2011

Stanley, Kelli: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2009

Stansberry, Domenic: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2005

Starke, Ruth: Best Young Adult Novel, The Davitt Award, 2004

Starr, Jason: Best Graphic Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Starr, Jason: Best Paperback, The Anthony Awards, 2005

Starr, Jason: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2004

Staun, Susanne: Best Thriller, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2011

Steed, Neville: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1986

Steinhauer, Olen: , The Hammett Prize, 2010

Stephens, Marta: Bronze, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Stern, Richard Martin: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1959

Stevens, Chevy: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2011

Stevens, Rosemary: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2000

Stevens, Rosemary: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Stewart, Fran: Winner, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2005

Stewart, Sean: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1993

Stone, Nick: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2007

Stone, Nick: Best First Novel, The Thriller Award, 2007

Stone, Scott C. S.: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1970

Stoner, S. L.: Mystery, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2010

Stout, David: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1989

Straka, Andy: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 2004

Straley, John: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 1997

Straley, John: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1993

Strange, Marc: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2010

Strohmeyer, Sarah: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2001

Strohmeyer, Sarah: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2001

Stroud, Carsten: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1993

Stroud, Carsten: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1991

Sullivan, Winona: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1991

Sundstøl, Vidar: , The Riverton Prize, 2008

Sutton, Candace: Best True Crime, The Davitt Award, 2010

Svedelid, Olov: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1987

Swanson, Dean James and Jean: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1995

Swanson, Doug J.: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1994

Swierczynski, Duane: Best Paperback Original, The Anthony Awards, 2011

Symons, Julian: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Julian Symons, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1990

Symons, Julian: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1971

Symons, Julian: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1961

Symons, Julian: Crossed Red Herring, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1957

Syreigeol, Jacques: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1991

Talley, Marcia: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2000

Taylor, Andrew: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Andrew Taylor, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Taylor, Andrew: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2009

Taylor, Andrew: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2003

Taylor, Andrew: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2001

Taylor, Andrew: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1982

Taylor, J. M.: Thriller, EPIC eBook Awards, 2004

Teller, Joseph: , The Nero Award, 2009

Temple, Peter: Gold: Peter Temple, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2007

Temple, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2006

Temple, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2003

Temple, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2001

Temple, Peter: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2000

Temple, Peter: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1997

Teran, Boston: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2000

Terry, Mark: Thriller/Adventure, The Best Books Award, 2010

Tervo, Jari: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2000

Theorin, Johan: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2010

Theorin, Johan: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Theorin, Johan: , The Glass Key Award, 2009

Theorin, Johan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2008

Theorin, Johan: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2007

Thomas, Leslie: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1977

Thomas, Louis C.: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1976

Thomas, Paul: Best Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 1996

Thomas, Ross: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1990

Thomas, Ross: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1985

Thomas, Ross: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1967

Thompson, John: Gold, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2009

Thompson, Peter J.: Best Paranormal / SciFi / Horror, The Lovey Award, 2004

Thompson, Victoria Nichols and Susan: Best Critical/Biographical, The Macavity Awards, 1989

Thor, Brad: Thriller/Adventure, The Best Books Award, 2007

Thrasher, L. L.: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 1999

Tikka, Juha Numminen and Eero J.: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1986

Titchener, Louise: Mystery, EPIC eBook Awards, 2002

Todd, Charles: Historical Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 1999

Todd, Charles: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 1997

Toole, D. H.: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1996

Tooley, S. D.: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2002

Tooley, Sandra: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2002

Tooley, Sandra: Gold, The ForeWord Book of the Year Award, 2000

Topin, Tito: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1984

Topor, Tom: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1987

Torjussen, David: , The Riverton Prize, 1973

Tormod, Mats: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1985

Tracy, Margaret: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1984

Tracy, P. J.: Contemporary Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2006

Tracy, P. J.: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2004

Tracy, P. J.: Best First Mystery Novel, The Barry Awards, 2004

Tracy, P. J.: Best First Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2004

Trosell, Aino: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 2000

Truluck, Bob: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2001

Truluck, Robert: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 1999

Tuomainen, Antti: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2011

Turow, Scott: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1988

Turow, Scott: Silver, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1987

Tvedt, Chris: , The Riverton Prize, 2010

Tyler, L. C.: Last Laugh, The CrimeFest Award, 2011

Uhnak, Dorothy: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1969

Unefäldt, Gösta: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1992

Unefäldt, Valter: Bästa svenska debut (Best Swedish First Novel), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1974

Unsworth, Barry: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1997

Ure, Louise: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2006

Vachss, Andrew: , The Falcon Award, 1989

Valen, Christopher: First, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2009

Valen, Christopher: First, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2008

Valin, Jonathan: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 1990

Vallet, Raf: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1975

Vance, Jack: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1980

Vance, John Holbrooke: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1961

Vargas, Fred: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2009

Vargas, Fred: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2007

Vargas, Fred: International, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2006

Vargas, Fred: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2000

Vargas, Fred: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1996

Varis, Tuula-Liina: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 2005

Vasquez, Ian: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 2009

Vaughn, Carrie: First Mystery, The Reviewers' Choice Award, 2005

Vautrin, Jean: Best French Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1980

Viets, Elaine: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2008

Vine, Barbara: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 1994

Vine, Barbara: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1991

Vine, Barbara: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1987

Vine, Barbara: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1987

Vuorio, Hannu: Best Finnish Novel, The Vuoden Johtolanka (Clue) Award, 1996

Wade, Susan: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 1997

Wadley, M.: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 2000

Wahloo, Maj Sjowall, Per: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1971

Walker, David J.: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2000

Walker, Mary Willis: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1998

Walker, Mary Willis: Best Novel, The Anthony Awards, 1996

Walker, Mary Willis: Best Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1996

Walker, Mary Willis: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1995

Walker, Mary Willis: , The Hammett Prize, 1995

Walker, Mary Willis: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1992

Walker, Mary Willis: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 1991

Walker, Robert: Best Suspense Thriller, The Lovey Award, 2003

Walker, Robert W.: Best Historical, The Lovey Award, 2008

Walker, Tom: Silver, The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPYs), 2010

Wallace, Marilyn: Best First Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1987

Walsh, Thomas: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1951

Walter, Jess: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 2006

Walters, Minette: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2003

Walters, Minette: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2002

Walters, Minette: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1994

Walters, Minette: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1994

Walters, Minette: Best Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1994

Walters, Minette: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1992

Wambaugh, Joseph: Winner, SCIBA T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award, 2008

Warga, Wayne: Best First PI Novel, The Shamus Awards, 1986

Warner, Penny: Best Children's/Young Adult Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2001

Warner, Penny: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 1998

Warsh, Sylvia Maultash: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 2004

Washburn, L. J.: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1988

Waters, Sarah: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2002

Watson, S. J.: John Creasey New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2011

Watson, S. J.: Thriller and Crime Novel, The Galaxy National Book Awards, 2011

Weeks, William Rawle: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1958

Weir, Charlene: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1991

Welk, Mary V.: Best Traditional / Amateur Sleuth, The Lovey Award, 2002

Welk, Mary V.: Best Series, The Lovey Award, 2002

Welk, Mary V.: Best First Novel, The Lovey Award, 2000

Welsh, Louise: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2002

Westerberg, Sven: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1999

Westerlund, Staffan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1986

Westerlund, Staffan: Bästa svenska (Best Swedish), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1984

Westlake, Donald E.: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2001

Westlake, Donald E.: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 1972

Westlake, Donald E.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1968

Wheat, Carolyn: Best Mystery Short Story, The Macavity Awards, 1997

White, Teri: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1983

Whiting, Anita: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2006

Wiesner, Karen: Romantic Suspense, EPIC eBook Awards, 2007

Wiley, Michael: , The Best Private Eye Novel Contest, 2006

Wilhelm, Kate: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2008

Wilhelm, Kate: Best Novel, The Spotted Owl Award, 2002

Williams, Kay: First, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2007

Wilson, Barbara: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1990

Wilson, J. L.: Mystery/Suspense/Horror Erotic Romance, EPIC eBook Awards, 2009

Wilson, John Morgan: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2003

Wilson, John Morgan: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2000

Wilson, John Morgan: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1999

Wilson, John Morgan: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1997

Wilson, Karen R.: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2007

Wilson, Laura: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2008

Wilson, Robert: Best European Crime Novel, The Gumshoe Award, 2006

Wilson, Robert: Gold, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1999

Wings, Mary: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1993

Winslow, Don: , The Falcon Award, 2011

Winslow, Don: , SCIBA T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award, 2011

Winslow, Don: , The Falcon Award, 2010

Winslow, Don: Best Crime Novel, Danish Crime Novel Awards, 2009

Winslow, Don: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2000

Winslow, Don: , The Falcon Award, 1994

Winsor, Roy: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1975

Winspear, Jacqueline: Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, The Lefty Awards, 2011

Winspear, Jacqueline: Winner, The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award, 2011

Winspear, Jacqueline: Sue Feder Historical Mystery, The Macavity Awards, 2006

Winspear, Jacqueline: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2004

Winspear, Jacqueline: Best Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2004

Winspear, Jacqueline: Best First Novel, The Agatha Awards, 2003

Wiprud, Brian M.: Lefty, The Lefty Awards, 2003

Wolfe, Susan: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1990

Womack, Steve: Best PI Paperback Original, The Shamus Awards, 1999

Womack, Steven: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1994

Womersley, Chris: Best First Novel, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2008

Woodcraft, Elizabeth: Lesbian mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 2002

Woodrell, Daniel: Best Foreign Novel, Le Prix Mystère de la Critique, 2008

Woods, Paula L.: Best First Mystery Novel, The Macavity Awards, 2000

Woods, Stuart: Best First Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1982

Woodworth, Deborah: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2002

Wooley, Marilyn: , The Best Traditional Mystery Contest, 1999

Woolrich, Cornell: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1975

Wootan, Wolf: Honorable Mention, The Reader Views Literary Awards, 2006

Wormser, Richard: Best Paperback Original, The Edgar Awards, 1973

Wright, Ed: Best PI Hardcover, The Shamus Awards, 2005

Wright, Edward: Best British Crime Novel, The Barry Awards, 2008

Wright, Edward: Ellis Peters Historical, The CWA Dagger Awards, 2006

Wright, Eric: Best Paperback Original, The Barry Awards, 2001

Wright, Eric: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1986

Wright, Eric: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1984

Wright, Eric: New Blood, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1983

Wright, L. R.: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1996

Wright, L. R.: Best Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 1991

Wright, L.R.: Best Novel, The Edgar Awards, 1986

Wright, Nancy Means: Best Children's/Young Adult, The Agatha Awards, 2006

Writer, Larry: Best True Crime, The Ned Kelly Awards, 2002

Wynne-Jones, Tim: Best Juvenile, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2001

Xiaolong, Qiu: Best First Novel, The Anthony Awards, 2001

Yahagi, Toshihiko: , The Falcon Award, 2005

Yorke, Margaret: Diamond (Lifetime Achievement): Margaret Yorke, The CWA Dagger Awards, 1999

Yorke, Margaret: Bästa översatta (Best Translated), Swedish Crime Novel Awards, 1982

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz: Best First Novel, The Barry Awards, 2005

Zeltserman, Dave: Best PI Short Story, The Shamus Awards, 2010

Zimmerman, R. D.: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1998

Zimmerman, R. D.: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1995

Zubro, Mark Richard: Gay men's mystery, The Lambda Literary Awards, 1989

Zuehlke, Mark: Best First Novel, The Arthur Ellis Awards, 2001

Zurl, Wayne: Mystery, The Next Generation Indie Book Award, 2011