| 2000 | * Val McDermid A Place of Execution |
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| Rennie Airth River of Darkness |
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| John Connolly Every Dead Thing |
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| Colin Falconer Rough Justice |
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| Barry Maitland Chalon Heads |
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| 2001 | * Stephen Booth Black Dog |
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| John Connolly Dark Hollow |
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| Sarah Diamond The Beach Road |
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| Colin Falconer The Certainty of Doing Evil |
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| Peter Lovesey The Reaper |
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| 2002 | * Stephen Booth Dancing with the Virgins |
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| Caroline Carver Blood Junction |
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| John Connolly The Killing Kind |
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| Reginald Hill Dialogs of the Dead |
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| P.D. James Death in Holy Orders |
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| Val McDermid Killing the Shadows |
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| Ian Rankin The Falls |
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| 2003 | * John Connolly The White Road |
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| Mark Billingham Scardy Cat |
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| Tom Bradby The Master of Rain |
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| Simon Kernick The Business of Dying |
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| Peter Lovesey Diamond Dust |
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| Ed O’Connor The Yeare’s Midnight |
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| 2004 | * Val McDermid Distant echo |
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| Mark Billingham Lazybones |
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| Christopher Fowler Full Dark House |
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| Peter Lovesey The House Sitter |
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| Andrew Taylor The American Boy |
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| Simon Kernick The Murder Exchange |
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| 2005 | * John Harvey Flesh and Blood |
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| Mark Billingham The Burning Girl |
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| Ken Bruen The Dramatist |
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| My Hayder Tokyo |
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| Simon Kernick The Crime Trade |
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| Zoë Sharp First Drop |
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| 2006 | * Denise Mina Field of Blood |
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| Rennie Airth The Blood-Dimmed Tide |
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| Mark Billingham Lifeless |
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| Arnaldur Indridason Silence of the Grave |
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| Simon Kernick A Good Day to Die |
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| Michael Robotham Lost |
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| 2007 | * Ken Bruen Priest |
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| Ian Sansom The Case of the Missing Books |
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| Nick Stone Mr Clarinet |
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| Stuart MacBride Dying Light |
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| Edward Wright Red Sky Lament |
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| C.J. Sansom Sovereign |
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| 2008 | Edward Wright Damnation Falls |
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| Paul Johnston The Death List |
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| Steve Mosby The 50/50 Killer |
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| Graham Hurley One Under |
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| Mo Hayder Pig Island |
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| R.J. Ellory Wash A Quiet Belief in Angels |
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| Kevin Wignall Who Is Conrad Hirst? |
*: Gewinner
Internationale Krimis 