EDGAR ALLEN POE

• 2004 Resurrection Men Ian Rankin
• 2003 Winter and Night S. J. Rozan
• 2002 Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker
• 2001 The Bottoms Joe R Lansdale
• 2000 Bones Jan Burke
• 1999 Mr White's Confession Robert Clark
• 1998 Cimarron Rose James Lee Burke
• 1997 The Chatham School Affair Thomas A. Cook
• 1996 Come to Grief Dick Francis
• 1995 The Red Scream Mary Willis Walker
• 1994 Sculptress Minette Walters
• 1993 Bootlegger’s Daughter Margaret Maron
• 1992 A dance at the Slaughterhouse Lawrence Block
• 1991 New Orleans Mourning Julie Smith
• 1990 Black Cherry Blues James Lee Burke
• 1989 A Cold Red Sunrise Stuart M. Kaminsky
• 1988 Old Bones Aaron Elkins
• 1986 A Dark-Adapted Eye Barbara Vine
• 1985 The Suspect L.R. Wright
• 1984 Briar Patch Ross Thomas
• 1983 La Brava Elmore Leonard
• 1982 Billingsgate Shoal Rick Boyer
• 1981 Peregrine William Bayer
• 1980 Whip Hand Dick Francis
• 1979 The Rheingold Route Arthur Maling
• 1978 The Eye of the Needle Ken Follett
• 1977 Catch Me: Kill Me William Hallahan
• 1976 Promised Land Robert Parker
• 1975 Hopscotch Brian Garfield
• 1974 Peter’s Pence Jon Cleary
• 1973 Dance Hall of the Dead Tony Hillerman
• 1972 The Lingala Vode Warren Kiefer
• 1971 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth
• 1970 The Laughing Policeman Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
• 1969 Forfeit Dick Francis
• 1968 A Case of Need Jeffery Hudson
• 1967 God Save the Mark Donald E. Westlake
• 1966 King of the Rainy Country Nicolas Freeling
• 1965 The Quiller Memorandum Adam Hall
• 1964 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John Le Carre
• 1963 The Light of Day Eric Ambler
• 1962 Death of the Joyful Woman Ellis Peters
• 1961 Gideon’s Fire J.J. Marric
• 1960 Progress of a Crime Julian Symons
• 1959 The Hours Before Dawn Celia Fremlin
• 1958 The Eighth Circle Stanley Ellin
• 1957 Room to Swing Ed Lacy
• 1956 A Dram of Poison Charlotte Armstrong
• 1955 Beast in View Margaret Millar
• 1954 The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler
• 1953 Beat Not the Bones Charlotte Jay