2020
2019
Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
2018
- Blood for Wine by Warren C. Easley (Poisoned Pen Press)
- The Lioness is the Hunter by Loren D. Estelman (Forge)
- Gone to Dustby by Matt Goldman (Forge)
- August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho)
- The Dime by Kathleen Kent (Mulholland Books/Little, Brown)
2017
- Death at Breakfast -- Beth Gutcheon (Harper Collins)
- Home -- Harlen Coben (Penguin Random House)
- Surrender, New York -- Caleb Carr (Penguin Random House)
- With Six You Get Wally -- Al Lamanda (A John Becker Mystery, Five Star Publishing)
2016
- Past Crimes, Glen Erik Hamilton, Morrow (Harper Collins)
- Crazy Mountain Kiss, Keith McCafferty, Viking
- Night Life, David Taylor, Tor Forge
- This Side of Midnight, Al Lamanda, Five Star Publishing
- Hard Latitudes, Baron R. Birtcher, Permanent Press
2015
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Peter Pan Must Die, John Verdon, Crown Publishing Group
- Herbie's Game, Timothy Hallinan, Soho Press
- The Detective & The Pipe Girl, Michael Craven, HarperCollins
- First Light, Al Lamanda, Five Star
- The Detective, James Patrick Hunt, Cengage Gale
2014
- Ask Not, Max Allan Collins, Tor & Forge Books
- Three Can Keep a Secret, Archer Mayor, St. Martins Press
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Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell, Little, Brown & Company
- A Study in Revenge, Kieran Sheilds, Crown Publishing Group
- A Question of Honor, Charles Todd, William Morrow/Harper Collins
2013
- Antiques Disposal, Barbara Allan
- Burning Midnight, Loren D. Estleman
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Dead Anyway, Chris Knopf
- Truth of All Things, Kieran Shields
2012
- Guilt by Association, Marcia Clark
- The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen
- The House of Silk, Anthony Horowitz
- Spiral, Paul McEuen
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Though Not Dead,Dana Stabenow
- Black Orchid Blues, Persia Walker
2011
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Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny -- St. Martin's Minotaur
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Ice Cold, Tess Gerritsen -- Ballantine Books
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The Book of Spies, Gayle Lynds -- St. Martin's Press
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The Midnight Show Murders, Al Roker & Dick Lochte -- Delacorte
- Think of a Number, John Verdon -- Crown
2010
- Faces of Gone, Brad Parks
- The Fleet Street Murders, Charles Finch
- Crack in the Lens, Steve Hockensmith
All from Minotaur Books, an imprint of the St. Martin's Publishing Group
2009
- The Tenth Case, Joseph Teller, MIRA
- The Dark Tide, Andrew Gross, Harper Collins
- The Fault Tree, Louise Ure, Minotaur Books
2008
- Anatomy of Fear, Jonathan Santlofer, William Morrow
- Glass Houses, Jane Haddam, St. Martins Minotaur
- The Burnt House, Faye Kellerman, William Morrow
- In This Rain, S. J. Rosen, Delta
- In Secret Service, Mitch Silver, Pocket Star
2007
- All Mortal Flesh — Julia Spencer-Fleming, St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
- Kidnapped — Jan Burke, Simon & Schuster
- A Stolen Season — Steve Hamilton, St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books