The Strand Critics Awards

Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the Strand Critics Award is judged by a select group of book reviewers from the nation's top daily newspapers, as well as by Andrew F. Gulli, Managing Editor of The Strand Magazine.

2012

Best Novel Nominee:
- The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (Putnam)
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
- Broken Harbor by Tana French (Viking)
- Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
- Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)
Best First Novel Nominee:
- A Land More Than Home by Wiley Cash (William Morrow)
- The Yard by Alex Grecian (Putnam)
- The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
- Disappeared by Anthony Quinn (Mysterious Press)
- The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)

2011

Best Novel Tie:
- Buried Secret by Joseph Finder (St. Martin's Press)
- The Cut by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Best First Novel: Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Crown)

2010

Best Novel: The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Best First Novel: The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)

2009

Best Novel: Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Best First Novel Tie:
- Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown)
- Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone)

2008

Best Novel: Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

If present, indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

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