The Dilys Awards Winners and Nominees

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  1. 2012 (will be announced March 31)

  2. Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan
  3. Tag Man by Archer Mayor
  4. A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
  5. When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey
  6. Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet

  7. 2011

  8. Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
  9. The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
  10. Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
  11. Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
  12. Once a Spy by Keith Thomson
  13. Savages by Don Winslow

  14. 2010

  15. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
  16. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
  17. The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
  18. The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
  19. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson
  20. A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellroy
  21. The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan

  22. 2009

  23. Trigger City by Sean Chercover
  24. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
  25. Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
  26. Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
  27. The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler

  28. 2008

  29. Thunder Bay by William Kent Kruger
  30. The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
  31. Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
  32. Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn
  33. The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

  34. 2007

  35. Still Life by Louise Penny
  36. Billy Boyle by James R. Benn
  37. Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
  38. Mournful Teddy by John J.Lamb
  39. Still Life by Louise Penny
  40. Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  41. The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

  42. 2006

  43. Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
  44. The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
  45. Half Broken Things by Morag Joss
  46. In a Teapot by Terence Faherty
  47. The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
  48. The Tenor Wore Tap Shoes by Mark Schweitzer

  49. 2005

  50. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeffrey Lindsay
  51. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
  52. The Enemy by Lee Child
  53. The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
  54. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  55. Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde

  56. 2004

  57. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
  58. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
  59. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
  60. Monkeewrench by PJ Tracy
  61. The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick

  62. 2003

  63. In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
  64. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  65. Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
  66. Without Fail by Lee Child
  67. You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews

  68. 2002

  69. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
  70. The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler
  71. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
  72. Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
  73. The Reaper by Peter Lovesey

  74. 2001

  75. A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
  76. Demolition Angel by Robert Crais
  77. The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey
  78. Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
  79. The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell

  80. 2000

  81. L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
  82. Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
  83. California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
  84. Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
  85. River of Darkness by Rennie Airth

  86. 1999

  87. Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
  88. Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
  89. The Ghosts of Morning by Richard Barre
  90. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
  91. Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke
  92. Wings of Fire by Charles Todd

  93. 1998

  94. Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
  95. Backspin by Harlan Coben
  96. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
  97. The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
  98. The Killing Floor by Lee Child
  99. Sacred by Dennis Lehane

  100. 1997

  101. The Poet by Michael Connelly
  102. Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry
  103. Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane
  104. Fade Away by Harlan Coben
  105. Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
  106. Moody Gets the Blues by Steve Oliver
  107. A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
  108. Tularosa by Michael McGarrity

  109. 1996

  110. The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
  111. The Codicil by Tom Topor
  112. If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb
  113. Voodoo River by Robert Crais
  114. Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? by GM Ford

  115. 1995

  116. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  117. Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
  118. The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
  119. Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott
  120. Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
  121. A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
  122. Walking Rain by Susan Wade

  123. 1994

  124. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
  125. By Evil Means by Sandra West Prowell
  126. Catilina's Riddle by Stephen Saylor
  127. Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman
  128. The Sculptress by Minette Walters
  129. Way Down On The High Lonely by Don Winslow
  130. Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller

  131. 1993

  132. Booked to Die by John Dunnin
  133. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
  134. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
  135. The Ice House by Minette Walters

  136. 1992

  137. Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen
  138. Book Case by Stephen Greenleaf
  139. Hour of the Hunter by J.A. Jance
  140. A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George
  141. We Wish You A Merry Murder by Valerie Wolzien
Author Comments: 

The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The award is named in honor of Dilys Winn, the founder of Murder Ink (now sadly closed), the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.

The winner for the year is listed first.

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THE DILYS AWARD