The Dilys Award

Year	Winner	Nominees
2008	William Kent Kruger, Thunder Bay	Rhys Bowen, HER ROYAL SPYNESS (Berkley) William Kent Krueger, THUNDER BAY (Atria) Lisa Lutz, THE SPELLMAN FILES (Simon & Schuster) Deanna Raybourn, SILENT IN THE GRAVE (Mira) Marcus Sakey, THE BLADE ITSELF (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
2007	Louise Penny, Still Life	James R. Benn, Billy Boyle, Steve Hockensmith,Holmes on the Range, John J.Lamb, Mournful Teddy Louise Penny, Still Life Diane Setterfield, Thirteenth Tale Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains
2006	Colin Cotterill, Thirty-Three Teeth	Thirty-Three Teeth, Colin Cotterill In a Teapot, Terence Faherty The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson Half Broken Things, Morag Joss The Tenor Wore Tap Shoes, Mark Schweitzer The Power of the Dog, Don Winslow
2005	Jeffrey Lindsay. Darkly Dreaming Dexter	Lee Child; The Enemy, Jasper Fforde; Something Rotten, Leslie Silbert; The Intelligencer Jacqueline Winspear; Birds of a Feather, Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Shadow of the Wind.
2004	Jasper Fforde. Lost in a Good Book	Donna Andrews; Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon William Brodrick; The Sixth Lamentation. PJ Tracy; Monkeewrench Jacqueline Winspear; Maisie Dobbs
2003	Julia Spencer-Fleming. In the Bleak Midwinter	Donna Andrews, You've Got Murder Lee Child, Without Fail Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair George Pelecanos, Hell to Pay
2002	Dennis Lehane. Mystic River	David Handler, The Cold Blue Blood Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark William Kent Krueger, Purgatory Ridge Peter Lovesey, The Reaper
2001	Val McDermid. A Place of Execution	Sarah Caudwell, The Sibyl in Her Grave Tim Cockey, The Hearse You Came in On Robert Crais, Demolition Angel Janet Evanovich, Hot Six
2000	Robert Crais. L.A. Requiem	Rennie Airth, River of Darkness Donna Andrews, Murder with Peacocks William Kent Krueger, Boundary Waters Don Winslow, California Fire and Life
1999	Dennis Lehane. Gone, Baby, Gone	Nevada Barr, Blind Descent Richard Barre, The Ghosts of Morning James Lee Burke, Sunset Limited William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake Charles Todd, Wings of Fire
1998	Janet Evanovich. Three to Get Deadly	Lee Child, The Killing Floor Harlan Coben, Backspin Dennis Lehane, Sacred Kathy Reichs, Deja Dead Kate Ross, The Devil in Music
1997	Michael Connelly. The Poet	Harlan Coben, Fade Away Margaret Lawrence, Hearts and Bones Dennis Lehane, Darkness, Take My Hand Michael McGarrity, Tularosa Steve Oliver, Moody Gets the Blues Thomas Perry, Dance for the Dead Charles Todd, A Test of Wills
1996	Michael Connelly. The Last Coyote	Robert Crais, Voodoo River GM Ford, Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him Tom Topor, The Codicil.
1995	Janet Evanovich. One for the Money	Jeff Abbott, Do Unto Others Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity and the Duke Nevada Barr, A Superior Death Michael Connelly, The Concrete Blonde Carol O'Connell, Mallory's Oracle Susan Wade, Walking Rain
1994	Peter Hoeg. Smilla's Sense of Snow	Sharan Newman, Death Comes As Epiphany Marcia Muller, Wolf in the Shadows Sandra West Prowell, By Evil Means Stephen Saylor, Catilina's Riddle Minette Walters, The Sculptress Don Winslow, Way Down On The High Lonely
1993	John Dunning. Booked to Die	Michael Connelly, The Black Echo Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter Minette Walters, The Ice House
1992	Carl Hiaasen. Native Tongue	Elizabeth George, A Suitable Vengeance Stephen Greenleaf, Book Case J.A. Jance, Hour of the Hunter Valerie Wolzien, We Wish You A Merry Murder