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AWARD
YEAR
TITLE
AUTHOR
STATUS
DETAILS
Alice B Award for Sustained Achievement
2008
"body of work"
Minette Walters
winner
Amazon Rising Stars
2016
Distress Signals
Catherine Ryan Howard
Rebound
Aga Lesiewicz
Gone Astray
Michelle Davies
The Hollow Men
Rob McCarthy
Hester & Harrier
Hilary Spiers
The Primrose Path
Rebecca Griffiths
Anthony Award for Best Critical of Non-Fiction Book
Forensics
Val McDermid
Anthony Award for Best Novel (USA)
1995
Crack Down
shortlisted
2001
A Place of Execution
Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (USA)
1999
A Little Death
Laura Wilson
Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (USA)
2000
2004
The Distant Echo
2005
Tokyo
Mo Hayder
First Drop
Zoë Sharp
2007
Pig Island
2009
Ritual
Barry Award for Best Mystery Short Story (USA)
2003
Rogue’s Gallery
Robert Barnard
BBC Audio Drama Awards (Series or Serial)
2018
Dangerous Visions: Resistance
finalist
Best Book of 2008 by Publisher’s Weekly
The Ritual
Betty Trask Prize and Awards
2017
Bord Gais Energy Irish Crime Novel of the Year
Bouchercon XIX for Best Short Story
1987
Breakfast Television
British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year
The Grave Tattoo
Broom D'or
2014
Born Under Bunches
Martyn Waites
prize Winner
Voodoo Eyes
Nick Stone
second prize winner
Carnegie Gold Medal
1937
The Family From One End Street
Eve Garnett
Cheshire Prize for Literature
2012
Udumbara in Lytham St Anne’s
Sarah Hilary
Crime Reader's Assosciation 'Dagger in the Library Award'
Belinda Bauer
longlisted
CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger
2010
CWA Dagger in the Library
Chris Simms
2011
2013
Winner
CWA Debut Dagger
Demon of the Air
Simon Levack
Western Fringes
Amer Anwar
Absolution
Caro Ramsay
What Hidden Lies
Michele Rowe
CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
The Lover
Stratton’s War
An Empty Death
A Willing Victim
CWA Gold Dagger
The Beautiful Dead
CWA Gold Dagger (Duncan Lawrie)
2006
A Thousand Lies
CWA Gold Dagger (Goldsboro)
Keep Your Friends Close
Paula Daly
The Verdict
2015
The Shut Eye
CWA Gold Dagger (Macallan)
1994
The Scold’s Bridle
The Mermaids Singing
The Dark Room
Acid Row
Fox Evil
The Torment of Others
CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award for Best Actress
Juliet Stephenson
CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award for Best Crime Novel
Blacklands
Vengeance in Mind
N. J Cooper
Rubbernecker
CWA Gold Dagger ITV3 Specsavers Crime Award International Crime Writer Hall of Fame
CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
CWA John Creasey Dagger (Best Debut Crime Novel)
1985
The Latimer Mercy
Robert Richardson
1992
The Ice House
Running Hot
Dreda Say Mitchell
CWA Short Story Dagger (Macallan)
The Writing On the Wall and Other Stories
Sin of Scarlet
Provenance
Served Cold
Mother’s Milk
CWA Steel Dagger (Ian Fleming)
Nightspinners
Lucretia Grindle
The Mercy Seat
Gone
Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year
The Vanishing Point
Dilys Award (USA)
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Critical Work) (USA)
A Suitable Job for a Woman
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Fact Crime) (USA)
nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel) (USA)
1960
The Hours Before Dawn
Celia Fremlin
1993
The Sculptress
A Likeness in Stone
Julia Wallis Martin
Wolf
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Screenplay) (USA)
Patrick Harbinson
Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Paperback Original) (USA)
Ten Little Herrings
L.C. Tyler
Joe Victim
Paul Cleave
Elle Magazine Crime Fiction Prize (France)
Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Ellery Queen Readers’ Award for Best Story (USA)
The Woman in the Wardrobe
Guardian Not the Booker Prize
GLBTQ Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame
Golden Handcuffs award from British Libraries
Grand Prix des Romans d’Adventure (France)
1998
Star Struck
Grand Prix du Roman Noir
Born Under Punches
Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere
Great Scot Awards
body of work
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
After River
Donna Milner
Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
Someone Else's Skin
Lambda Literary Award for Fiction
Booked for Murder
Lichfield Prize
Big Fibs Little Fibs
Joanne Simms
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/ Thrillers
A Darker Domain
Macavity Award (Best Novel) (USA)
Macavity Awatd (Best Critical/ Biographical) (USA)
Mail on Sunday Novel Competition
Man Asian Literary Prize
Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng
Man Booker Prize
Gift of Rain
Shortlisted
McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year
Splinter the Silence
Finalist
Out of Bounds
MPH - Alliance Short Story Competition
Some Things Will Remain
Mystery and Thriller Book Club People’s Choice Award
Nero Wolfe Award
A Scandal in Belgravia
New York Times Notable Book of the Year Award
Ngaio Marsh Award
Containment
Vanda Symon
shortilsted
Blood Men
Bound
Collecting Cooper
The Laughterhouse
Faceless
5 Minutes Alone
Nobel Prize for Literature
Body of Work
Kenzaburo Oe
Pelle Rosencrantz Prize (Denmark)
The Shape of Snakes
PG Wodehouse Prize
1989
In the Red
Mark Tavener
Polari First Book Prize
The Informant
Susan Wilkins
Portico Prize
The Retribution
Prix du Polar Européen du Pont (France)
Prix SNCF du Polar Européen du Pont (France)
Quick Reads Learners’ Favourite Award
Chickenfeed
Richard and Judy Book Club Picks
Tideline
Penny Hancock
Selected
After the Fall
Charity Norman
RUSA Awards
Salt Lake County Library Assosciation Reader's Choice Award
Nominated
Scotland Magazine Icon of Scotland
Sherlock Award for Best Crime Novel
Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club
Spoken Word Publishing Association Awards (Best Crime Novel)
Stonewall Writer of the Year
Beneath The Bleeding
Strand Magazine Critics Award
Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
Hour of Darkness
Svenska Deckarakademiens Prize (Sweden)
The Facts of Life an Death
