Book awards: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

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Works (77)

Titles
Priest by Ken Bruen	2009
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg	2008
Citoyens clandestins by DOA	2007
Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason	2007
The Librarian: A Novel by Larry Beinhart	2006
Dead souls by Ian Rankin	2005
The Analyst by John Katzenbach	2004
Double peine by Virginie Brac	2004
Dead Before Dying: A Novel by Deon Meyer	2003
Les brouillards de la butte by P. Pecherot	2002
One Foot in the Grave by Peter Dickinson	2002
Chasseurs de têtes - Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière 2001 by Michel Crespy	2001
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson	2001
River of Darkness by Rennie Airth	2000
Blood Work by Michael Connelly	1999
Shadow Play by Frances Fyfield	1998
Death from the woods by Brigitte Aubert	1997
Imperfect Strangers by Stuart Woods	1997
The Alienist by Caleb Carr	1996
Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson	1995
Cabal by Michael Dibdin	1994
Death By Publication by Jean-Jacques Fiechter	1994
Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte	1993
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke	1992
Holy Smoke by Tonino Benacquista	1992
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris	1991
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George	1990
Snowbound by Bill Pronzini	1989
Strega by Andrew H. Vachss	1988
A Taste for Death by P. D. James	1988
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman	1987
City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit by Elmore Leonard	1986
Meurtres pour mémoire by Didier Daeninckx	1985
Swing, Swing Together by Peter Lovesey	1985
The Maine Massacre by Janwillem Van De Wetering	1984
Sur la terre comme au ciel by Rene Belletto	1984
No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth	1983
Party of the Year by John Crosby	1982
Los Mares Del Sur by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán	1981
A Stranger Is Watching by Mary Higgins Clark	1980
The Chain of Chance by Stanisław Lem	1979
And on the Eighth Day by Ellery Queen	1978
City of the Dead by Herbert Lieberman	1977
Doctor Frigo by Eric Ambler	1976
Les Sirenes De Minuit by Jean François Coatmeur	1976
The dark number by Edward Boyd	1975
Mirror Mirror on the Wall by Stanley Ellin	1974
Pazza da uccidere by Jean-Patrick Manchette	1973
The Children Are Watching by Laird Koenig	1972
Hændeligt uheld by Anders Bodelsen	1971
Ledger by Dorothy Uhnak	1971
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey	1969
Fire, Burn! by John Dickson Carr	1969
Traditori di tutti by Giorgio Scerbanenco	1968
I Start Counting by Audrey Erskine Lindop	1967
The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall	1966
Gun Before Butter by Nicolas Freeling	1965
A Key to the Suite by John D. MacDonald	1964
De man die zijn eigen erfgenaam was by Shelley Smith	1963
Trap for Cinderella by Sébastien Japrisot	1963
The Green Stone by Suzanne Blanc	1962
The Evil of the Day by Thomas Sterling	1960
The Praying Mantises by Hubert Monteilhet	1960
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes	1958
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith	1957
The Desperate Hours by Joseph Hayes	1956
Nothing in Her Way by Charles Williams	1956
The Danger Within by Michael Gilbert	1955
Horns for the Devil by Louis Malley	1953
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall	1953
Follow as the Night by Pat McGerr	1952
The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers	1951
After Midnight by Martha Albrand	1950
Jeux pour mourir d'après le roman de Géo-Charles Véran by Tardi	1950
Puzzle for Pilgrims by Patrick Quentin	1949
The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart	1948
Mission to Marseilles (Nestor Burma Mysteries) by Léo Malet	1948

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Award description

The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.