| 2002 The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein 2001 Sugar House by Laura Lippman 2000 Coyote Revenge by Fred Harris 1999 The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 1998 Sacred by Dennis Lehane 1997 The Poet by Michael Connelly 1996 A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie B. King 1995 She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb 1994 Old Scores by Aaron Elkins 1993 Booked To Die by John Dunning 1992 A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard 1991 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman 1990 No award 1989 No award 1988 No award 1987 The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond by Charlotte MacLeod 1986 Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough 1985 Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte 1984 Emily Dickinson is Dead by Jane Langton 1983 The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes 1982 Past, Present and Murder by Hugh Pentecost 1981 Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross 1980 Burn This by Helen McCloy 1979 The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block | 
