| Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
| 2009 |
|
Andrew Taylor |
Bleeding Heart Square |
| 2008 |
|
Andrea Maria Schenkel |
The Murder Farm |
| 2007 |
|
Thomas H. Cook |
Red Leaves |
| 2006 |
|
Philippe Claudel |
Grey Souls |
| 2005 |
|
Arnaldur Indriðason |
Voices: A Thriller |
| 2004 |
|
Alexander McCall Smith |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
| 2003 |
|
Ben Elton |
Dead Famous |
| 2002 |
|
Karin Fossum |
Black Seconds |
| 2001 |
|
Peter Robinson |
In a Dry Season |
| 2000 |
|
Thomas H. Cook |
The Chatham School Affair |
| 1999 |
|
Iain Pears |
An Instance of the Fingerpost |
| 1998 |
|
Mary Willis Walker |
Under the Beetle's Cellar |
| 1997 |
|
Barry Unsworth |
Morality Play |
| 1996 |
|
David Guterson |
Snow Falling on Cedars |
| 1995 |
|
Scott Smith |
A Simple Plan |
| 1994 |
|
Maarten 't Hart |
Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld |
| 1993 |
|
Tim Krabbé |
The Golden Egg |
| 1992 |
|
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán |
Southern Seas |
| 1991 |
|
Doris Gercke |
Weinschröter, du musst hängen |
| 1990 |
|
Ross Thomas |
Chinaman's Chance |
| 1989 |
|
Anders Bodelsen |
Mørklægning |
| 1988 |
|
Scott Turow |
Presumed Innocent |
| 1987 |
|
Matti Yrjänä Joensuu |
Harjunpää and the Tormentors |
| 1986 |
|
John le Carré |
A Perfect Spy |
| 1985 |
|
Elmore Leonard |
LaBrava |
| 1984 |
|
Len Deighton |
Berlin Game |
| 1983 |
|
Pierre Magnan |
Death in the Truffle Wood |
| 1982 |
|
Margaret Yorke |
The Scent of Fear |
| 1981 |
|
Sébastien Japrisot |
One Deadly Summer |
| 1980 |
|
Ruth Rendell |
Make Death Love Me |
| 1979 |
|
Brian Garfield |
Recoil |
| 1978 |
|
Anthony Price |
Other Paths to Glory |
| 1977 |
|
Leslie Thomas |
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective |
| 1976 |
|
John Franklin Bardin |
The Last of Philip Banter |
| 1976 |
|
John Franklin Bardin |
Devil Take the Blue-tail Fly |
| 1975 |
|
Cornell Woolrich |
Rendezvous in Black |
| 1974 |
|
Anthony Berkeley Cox |
Malice Aforethought |
| 1973 |
|
Richard Neely |
The Walter Syndrome |
| 1972 |
|
Frederick Forsyth |
The Day of the Jackal |
| 1971 |
|
Julian Symons |
The 31st of February |
