| 1997 | * Terris McMahan Grimes Somebody Else´s Child |
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| Harlan Coben Fade Away |
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| Teri Holbrook The Grass Widow |
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| Susan Wade Walking Rain |
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| Steven Womack Chain of Fools |
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| 1998 | * Rick Riordan Big Red Tequila |
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| Laura Lippman Charm City |
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| Sujata Massey The Salaryman’s Wife |
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| Martin J. Smith Time Release |
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| K.J. Wishnia 23 Shades of Black |
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| 1999 | * Laura Lippman Butcher´s Hill |
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| Sujata Massey Zen Attitude |
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| Rick Riordan The Widower’s Two-Step |
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| Steven Womack Murder Manual |
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| Roe Caroline Remedy for Treason |
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| 2000 | * Laura Lippman In Big Trouble |
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| Robin Burcell Every Move She Makes |
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| Tony Dunbar Lucky Man |
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| Caroline Roe An Antidote for Avarice |
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| Jose Latour Outcast |
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| 2001 | * Kate Grilley Death Dances to a Reggae Beat |
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| Chassie West Killing Kin |
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| Daniel Stashower The Floating Lady Murder |
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| Katy Munger Bad to the Bone |
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| Eric Wright The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn |
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| Laura Wilson A Little Death |
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| 2002 | * Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark |
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| P.J. Parrish Dead of Winter |
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| Jerrilyn Farmer Dim Sum Dead |
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| Daniel Stashower The Houdini Specter |
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| Jeff Abbott A Kiss Gone Bad |
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| 2003 | * Robin Burcell Fatal Truth |
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| Jeff Abbott Black Jack Point |
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| Roberta Isleib Six Strokes Under |
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| P.J. Parrish Paint It Black |
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| Andy Straka A Killing Sky |
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| 2004 | * Robin Burcell Deadly Legacy |
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| Elaine Flinn Dealing in Murder |
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| P.J. Parrish Thicker Than Water |
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| Sylvia Maultash Warsh Find Me Again |
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| Jason Starr Tough Luck |
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| 2005 | * Jason Starr Twisted City |
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| Robin Burcell Cold Case |
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| Roberta Isleib Putt to Death |
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| Susan McBride Blue Blood |
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| M.J. Rose The Halo Effect |
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| 2006 | * Reed Farrel Coleman The James Deans |
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| Susan McBride The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder |
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| P.J. Parrish A Killing Rain |
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| Allan Guthrie Kiss Her Goodbye |
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| Charlie Huston Six Bad Things |
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| 2007 | * Dana Cameron Ashes and Bones |
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| Troy Cook 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers |
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| Robert Fate Baby Shark |
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| Sean Doolittle The Cleanup |
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| Charlie Huston A Dangerous Man |
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| Victor Gischler Shotgun Opera |
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| Naomi Hirahara Snakeskin Shamisen |
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| 2008 | Robert Fate Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues |
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| David Corbett Blood of Paradise |
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| Megan Abbott Queenpin |
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| Ken Bruen, Jason Starr Slide |
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| P.J. Parrish A Thousand Bones |
Die nominierten Bücher vor 1997 sind nicht bekannt.
*: Gewinner
Internationale Krimis 