The Benjamin Franklin Award
The
Independent Book Publishers Association
recognizes excellence in independent publishing with the Benjamin Franklin Award.
Awards are given in many categories, including Mystery/Suspense
(winners noted below), for books published in the previous year. 
indicates
a review by Mysterious
Reviews.
2009
◊ Winner: Head Wounds by Chris Knopf (Permanent Press)
2008
◊ Winner:
Tahoe
Silence by Todd
Borg
(Thriller Press)
2007
◊ Winner: Riders Down by John McEvoy (Poisoned Pen Press)
2006
◊ Winner: In a Teapot by Terence Faherty (Crum Creek Press)
2005
◊ Winner: Relative Danger by Charles Benoit (Poisoned Pen Press)
2004
◊ Winner:
Artifacts
by Mary
Anna
Evans
(Poisoned Pen
Press)
2003
◊ Winner: Anacacho by Louise Gaylord (Little Moose Press)
2002
◊ Winner: Private Justice by Richard Sand (Durban House Publishing)
2001
◊ Winner: Great Horse Racing Mysteries by John McEvoy (Eclipse Press)