| Titles | Order |
| Doubting Thomas by Robert Nicholas Reeves | First Novel, 1986 |
| Flood by Andrew Vachss | First Novel, 1986 |
| The Gemini Man by Susan Kelly | First Novel, 1986 |
| Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky | Novel, 1986 |
| The Lonely Silver Rain by John D. MacDonald | Novel, 1986 |
| Murder Is Academic by P. M. Carlson | Paperback Original, 1986 |
| The Plain Old Man by Charlotte MacLeod | Novel, 1986 |
| Poverty Bay by Earl Emerson | Paperback Original, 1986 |
| Shattered Moon by Kate Green | Paperback Original, 1986 |
| The Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah Caudwell | Novel, 1986 |
| Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte | First Novel, 1986 |
| Sleightly Murder by Patrick A. Kelley | Paperback Original, 1986 |
| Back-Door Man by Rob Kantner | Paperback Original, 1987 |
| The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun | Paperback Original, 1987 |
| Dead Air by Mike Lupica | First Novel, 1987 |
| Floater by Joseph L. Koenig | First Novel, 1987 |
| Life's Work by Jonathan Valin | Novel, 1987 |
| No Body by Nancy Pickard | Novel, 1987 |
| The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman | First Novel, 1987 |
| Strangled Prose by Joan Hess | First Novel, 1987 |
| Trace 6: Too Old a Case (Trace) by Warren Murphy | Paperback Original, 1987 |
| Trial by Fury by J. A. Jance | Paperback Original, 1987 |
| Tropical Heat by John Lutz | Novel, 1987 |
| When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block | Novel, 1987 |
| Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb | Paperback Original, 1988 |
| Bishop's Gambit, Declined by Conrad Haynes | Paperback Original, 1988 |
| The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun | Paperback Original, 1988 |
| Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart | Paperback Original, 1988 |
| Death on the Rocks by Michael Allegretto | First Novel, 1988 |
| The House of Blue Lights by Robert J. Bowman | First Novel, 1988 |
| An Infinite Number of Monkeys by Les Roberts | First Novel, 1988 |
| Knight Fall by Monica Ferris | First Novel, 1988 |
| Marriage is Murder by Nancy Pickard | Novel, 1988 |
| Old Bones by Aaron Elkins | Novel, 1988 |
| Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters | Novel, 1988 |
| A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes | Novel, 1988 |
| Where Lawyers Fear to Tread by Lia Matera | Paperback Original, 1988 |
| Blood Shot by Sara Paretsky | Novel, 1989 |
| Carolina Skeletons by David Stout | First Novel, 1989 |
| Dead Crazy by Nancy Pickard | Novel, 1989 |
| E Is For Evidence by Sue Grafton | Novel, 1989 |
| Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood | First Novel, 1989 |
| The Killings at Badger's Drift (Inspector Barnaby) by Caroline Graham | First Novel, 1989 |
| The Man Who Died Laughing by David Handler | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Murder by Impulse by D. R. Meredith | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Murder Once Done by Mary Lou Bennett | First Novel, 1989 |
| Murder Unrenovated by P. M. Carlson | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Paying the Piper by Sharyn McCrumb | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Pepper Pike by Les Roberts | Novel, 1989 |
| Primary Target by Marilyn Wallace | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| A Radical Departure by Lia Matera | Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Random Access Murder by Linda Grant | First Novel, 1989 |
| Shackles by Bill Pronzini | Novel, 1989 |
| A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman | Novel, 1989 |
| The Widows Club by Dorothy Cannell | Novel, 1989 |
| A Collector Of Photographs by Deborah Valentine | Paperback Original, 1990 |
| Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron | Novel, 1990 |
| Grime And Punishment by Jill Churchill | First Novel, 1990 |
| The Last Billable Hour by Susan Wolfe | First Novel, 1990 |
| A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart | Novel, 1990 |
| The Mark Twain Murders (Beth Austin Mysteries) by Edith Skom | First Novel, 1990 |
| The Mother Shadow by Melodie Johnson Howe | First Novel, 1990 |
| Murder by Deception by D. R. Meredith | Paperback Original, 1990 |
| On My Honor by M. Black | Paperback Original, 1990 |
| Pious Deception by Susan Dunlap | Novel, 1990 |
| Rough Justice by Keith Peterson | Paperback Original, 1990 |
| Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson | First Novel, 1991 |
| Dead in the Scrub by B.J. Oliphant | Paperback Original, 1991 |
| Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons by Serita Deborah Stevens | Critical Work, 1991 |
| Eric Ambler by Peter Lewis | Critical Work, 1991 |
| The Good Fight by Lia Matera | Hardcover Novel, 1991 |
| Grave Undertaking by James McCahery | First Novel, 1991 |
| If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb | Hardcover Novel, 1991 |
| John Dickson Carr: A Critical Study by S. T. Joshi | Critical Work, 1991 |
| Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson | First Novel, 1991 |
| New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith | Hardcover Novel, 1991 |
| Not a Creature was Stirring by Jane Haddam | Paperback Original, 1991 |
| Sisters in Crime 2 (Anthology 21-in-1) by Marilyn Wallace | Paperback Original, 1991 |
| A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block | Hardcover Novel, 1991 |
| Trouble is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film, and Television, 1927-1988 by John Conquest | Critical Work, 1991 |
| Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Majer Krich | First Novel, 1991 |
| And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi | True Crime, 1992 |
| Bulrush Murders by Rebecca Rothenberg | First Novel, 1992 |
| Carpool by Mary Cahill | First Novel, 1992 |
| Cat Crimes by Martin H. Greenberg | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1992 |
| The chocolate box: An Edna Heathcott mystery by Leslie Elizabeth Watts | First Novel, 1992 |
| Christmas Stalkings by Charlotte MacLeod | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1992 |
| Cruel Doubt by Joe McGinniss | True Crime, 1992 |
| Fifty Years of the Best from Ellery Queen by Eleanor Sullivan | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1992 |
| Home Sweet Homicide by Cathleen Jordan | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1992 |
| Hour of the Hunter by J. A. Jance | Novel, 1992 |
| I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard | Novel, 1992 |
| Jim Thompson : sleep with the devil by Michael J. McCauley | Critical Work, 1992 |
| Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes: A Comprehensive Bibliography by Robert Adey | Critical Work, 1992 |
| Love Nor Money by Linda Grant | Novel, 1992 |
| Murder on the Run by Gloria White | First Novel, 1992 |
| Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) by Frankie Y. Bailey | Critical Work, 1992 |
| Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK? by Mark Lane | True Crime, 1992 |
| A Relative Stranger by Margaret Lucke | First Novel, 1992 |
| Rogue Wave by Susan Dunlap | Novel, 1992 |
| Single Stone, A by Marilyn Wallace | Novel, 1992 |
| Sins of the Father by Eileen Franklin | True Crime, 1992 |
| Sisters in Crime 4 (Anthology 21-in-1) by Marilyn Wallace | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1992 |
| Talking mysteries by Tony Hillerman | Critical Work, 1992 |
| Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (St James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers) by John Reilly | Critical Work, 1992 |
| Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell by Christopher Joyce | True Crime, 1992 |
| Alias S S Van Dine by John Loughery | Critical Work, 1993 |
| The Black Echo by Michael Connelly | First Novel, 1993 |
| Blood Echoes by Thomas H. Cook | True Crime, 1993 |
| Booked to Die by John Dunning | Novel, 1993 |
| Decked (Regan Reilly Mysteries, No. 1) by Carol Higgins Clark | First Novel, 1993 |
| Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes | Critical Work, 1993 |
| Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule | True Crime, 1993 |
| The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb | Novel, 1993 |
| Lullaby Town by Robert Crais | Novel, 1993 |
| The Shadow of Death: The Hunt for a Serial Killer by Philip E. Ginsburg | True Crime, 1993 |
| Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart | Novel, 1993 |
| Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert | First Novel, 1993 |
| The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach | True Crime, 1993 |
| The Winter Widow by Charlene Weir | First Novel, 1993 |
| The Black Ice by Michael Connelly | Novel, 1994 |
| Bohannon's Country by Joseph Hansen | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1994 |
| Child of Silence by Abigail Padgett | First Novel, 1994 |
| Consider the Crows by Charlene Weir | Novel, 1994 |
| Criminal Intent 1 by Marcia Muller | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1994 |
| Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman | First Novel, 1994 |
| Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds | Critical Work, 1994 |
| Driven To Kill (Pinnacle True Crime) by Gary C. King | True Crime, 1994 |
| Goodnight, Irene by Jan Burke | First Novel, 1994 |
| A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King | First Novel, 1994 |
| O Little Town of Maggody by Joan Hess | Novel, 1994 |
| The Misbegotten Son by Jack Olsen | True Crime, 1994 |
| Morons and Madmen by Earl W. Emerson | Novel, 1994 |
| Old Enemies by Janet LaPierre | Novel, 1994 |
| A Reader's Guide to the Private Eye Novel (Reader's Guides to Mystery Novels) by Gary Warren Niebuhr | Critical Work, 1994 |
| A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection by Marvin Lachman | Critical Work, 1994 |
| Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman | Novel, 1994 |
| The Saint by Burl Barer | Critical Work, 1994 |
| The Sculptress by Minette Walters | Novel, 1994 |
| Some Days You Get the Bear by Lawrence Block | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1994 |
| Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron | Novel, 1994 |
| To Live & Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck | Novel, 1994 |
| Until the Twelfth of Never: The Deadly Divorce of Dan & Betty Broderick by Bella Stumbo | True Crime, 1994 |
| The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, 1993 by Edward D. Hoch | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1994 |
| The 13th Juror by John Lescroart | Novel, 1995 |
| Big Town by Doug J. Swanson | First Novel, 1995 |
| Black Betty by Walter Mosley | Novel, 1995 |
| Cold Shoulder by Lynda La Plante | Novel, 1995 |
| The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden | True Crime, 1995 |
| The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly | Novel, 1995 |
| Crack Down by Val McDermid | Novel, 1995 |
| Cuckoo by Alex Keegan | First Novel, 1995 |
| Death of a Blue Lantern by Christopher West | First Novel, 1995 |
| Dillinger : the untold story by G. Russell Girardin | True Crime, 1995 |
| A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane | First Novel, 1995 |
| Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television by William L. DeAndrea | Critical Work, 1995 |
| Every Breath You Take (Laura Principal Mysteries) by Michelle Spring | First Novel, 1995 |
| The Faber Book of Murder by Simon Rae | True Crime, 1995 |
| The Fatal Art of Entertainment: Interviews With Mystery Writers by Rosemary Herbert | Critical Work, 1995 |
| Hollywood Nocturnes by James Ellroy | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1995 |
| Just a Corpse at Twilight by Janwillem van de Wetering | Novel, 1995 |
| K Is For Killer by Sue Grafton | Novel, 1995 |
| Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson | Novel, 1995 |
| London Noir by Maxim Jakubowski | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1995 |
| Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell | First Novel, 1995 |
| A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries by Edward Gorman | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1995 |
| Murder for Halloween: Tales of Suspense by Michele Slung | Short Story Collection / Anthology, 1995 |
| Murder on a Kibbutz: A Communal Case by Batya Gur | Novel, 1995 |
| Not Till the Red Fog Rises by Derek Raymond | Novel, 1995 |
| One for the Money by Janet Evanovich | Novel, 1995 |
| Pictures of Perfection by Reginald Hill | Novel, 1995 |
| Shinjū by Laura Joh Rowland | First Novel, 1995 |
| Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore | True Crime, 1995 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel by David Guterson | First Novel, 1995 |
| The Tony Hillerman Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to His Life and Work by Martin Harry Greenberg | Critical Work, 1995 |
| Bad Medicine by Eileen Dreyer | Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Blue Lonesome by Bill Pronzini | Novel, 1996 |
| Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang by T. J. English | True Crime, 1996 |
| Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation by Martin H. Greenberg | Short Story Collection, 1996 |
| Charged With Guilt by Gloria White | Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, And Justice In A Southern Town by Pete Earley | True Crime, 1996 |
| Closet by R. D. Zimmerman | Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Crimes of the Heart by Carolyn G. Hart | Short Story Collection, 1996 |
| A Far and Deadly Cry by Teri Holbrook | Paperback Original, 1996 |
| A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes | Critical Work, 1996 |
| Hammurabi's Code by Charles Kenney | First Novel, 1996 |
| Hard Christmas (A Cat Marsala mystery) by Barbara D'Amato | Novel, 1996 |
| The Innocents by Richard Barre | First Novel, 1996 |
| John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G Greene | Critical Work, 1996 |
| The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly | Novel, 1996 |
| Malice Domestic 4: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories by Carolyn G. Hart | Short Story Collection, 1996 |
| Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne by Burl Barer | True Crime, 1996 |
| Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas | True Crime, 1996 |
| Murder in Scorpio by Martha C. Lawrence | First Novel, 1996 |
| Ngaio Marsh by B. J. Rahn | Critical Work, 1996 |
| Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson by Robert Polito | Critical Work, 1996 |
| Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes by Paula L. Woods | Short Story Collection, 1996 |
| True Crime by Andrew Klavan | Novel, 1996 |
| Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G. M. Ford | First Novel, 1996 |
| A Brother's Blood: A Novel by Michael C. White | First Novel, 1997 |
| By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women by Jean Swanson | [for the 2nd. ed.] Critical / Biographical, 1997 |
| Chain of Fools by Steven Womack | Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Fade Away by Harlan Coben | Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Firestorm by Nevada Barr | Novel, 1997 |
| The Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook | Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence | Novel, 1997 |
| Lethal genes by Linda Grant | Novel, 1997 |
| The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist by Dorothy L. Sayers | Critical / Biographical, 1997 |
| Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell | Novel, 1997 |
| Mystery!: A Celebration by Ron Miller | Critical / Biographical, 1997 |
| A Test of Wills by Charles Todd | First Novel, 1997 |
| Tularosa by Michael McGarrity | First Novel, 1997 |
| Walking Rain by Susan Wade | Paperback Original, 1997 |
| 23 Shades of Black by K. J. A. Wishnia | Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Bird Dog by Philip Reed | First Novel, 1998 |
| The Bum's Rush by G. M. Ford | Cover Art, 1998 |
| Charm City by Laura Lippman | Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Deception Pass by Earl Emerson | Novel, 1998 |
| Devil's Food by Anthony Bruno | Novel, 1998 |
| The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte | Novel, 1998 |
| Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings | First Novel, 1998 |
| Eye of the Cricket by James Sallis | Novel, 1998 |
| Family Values by K. C. Constantine | Cover Art, 1998 |
| Fruitcake: A Mystery by Jane Rubino | Cover Art, 1998 |
| If I Should Die by Grace F. Edwards | First Novel, 1998 |
| The Salaryman's Wife by Sujata Massey | Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Skin Deep, Blood Red by Robert Skinner | First Novel, 1998 |
| Time Release by Martin J. Smith | Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Virgin Heat by Laurence Shames | Cover Art, 1998 |
| Blind Descent by Nevada Barr | Novel, 1999 |
| A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton | First Novel, 1999 |
| Dark city : the lost world of film noir by Eddie Muller | Critical Non-Fiction Work, 1999 |
| Eleven Days by Donald Harstad | First Novel, 1999 |
| Framework for death by Aileen Schumacher | Novel, 1999 |
| Gone, Baby, Gone: A Novel by Dennis Lehane | Novel, 1999 |
| Murder Manual by Steven Womack | Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Mystery and Suspense Writers by Robin W. Winks | Critical Non-Fiction Work, 1999 |
| Mystery Reader's Walking Guide, Washington, D.C. by Alzina Stone Dale | Critical Non-Fiction Work, 1999 |
| On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill | Novel, 1999 |
| Remedy for Treason by Caroline Roe | Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Silk Stalkings: When Women Write of Murder by Victoria Nichols | Critical Non-Fiction Work, 1999 |
| Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer | First Novel, 1999 |
| Tiger's Palette (Caroline Canfield Mysteries) by Jacqueline Fiedler | First Novel, 1999 |
| The Widower's Two-Step by Rick Riordan | Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey | Paperback Original, 1999 |
| An Antidote for Avarice by Caroline Roe | Paperback Original, 2000 |
| The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler | Novel Of The Century, 2000 |
| Bones by Jan Burke | Novel, 2000 |
| Circles of Confusion: A Claire Montrose Mystery (Claire Montrose Mysteries) by April Henry | First Novel, 2000 |
| Every Move She Makes by Robin Burcell | Paperback Original, 2000 |
| Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers | Novel Of The Century, 2000 |
| Havana Outcast by Jose Latour | Paperback Original, 2000 |
| High Five by Janet Evanovich | Novel, 2000 |
| Inner City Blues (Fawcett Book) by Paula L. Woods | First Novel, 2000 |
| L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais | Novel, 2000 |
| Lucky Man by Tony Dunbar | Paperback Original, 2000 |
| The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett | Novel Of The Century, 2000 |
| Murder in the Marais by Cara Black | First Novel, 2000 |
| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie | Novel Of The Century, 2000 |
| Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri | First Novel, 2000 |
| River of Darkness by Rennie Airth | Novel, 2000 |
| Ross Macdonald : A Biography by Tom Nolan | Non-Fiction, 2000 |
| Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Daniel Stashower | Non-Fiction, 2000 |
| The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman | Non-Fiction, 2001 |
| Bad to the Bone by Katy Munger | Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Black Dog by Stephen Booth | First Novel, 2001 |
| The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale | Novel, 2001 |
| The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson | Non-Fiction, 2001 |
| A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss | First Novel, 2001 |
| Deep South by Nevada Barr | Novel, 2001 |
| The Floating Lady Murder by Daniel Stashower | Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines by Erin A. Smith | Non-Fiction, 2001 |
| He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters | Novel, 2001 |
| The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips | First Novel, 2001 |
| The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn: A Joe Barley Mystery (Joe Barley Mysteries) by Eric Wright | Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Killing Kin by Chassie West | Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Legacy of the Dead by Charles Todd | Novel, 2001 |
| Listen to the Silence (Sharon McCone Mysteries) by Marcia Muller | Novel, 2001 |
| A Little Death by Laura Wilson | Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Magnolias and Mayhem by Jeffrey Marks | Anthology / Short Story Collection, 2001 |
| Malice Domestic 9: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories by Joan Hess | Anthology / Short Story Collection, 2001 |
| Run by Douglas E. Winter | First Novel, 2001 |
| Street Level by Bob Truluck | First Novel, 2001 |
| Tales out of School : Mystery Stories by Carolyn Wheat | Anthology / Short Story Collection, 2001 |
| Unholy Orders by Serita Stevens | Anthology / Short Story Collection, 2001 |
| Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists by Martha Hailey DuBose | Non-Fiction, 2001 |
| Austin City Blue by Jan Grape | First Novel, 2002 |
| Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers by Jo Hammett | Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| Dead of Winter by P. J. Parrish | Paperback Original, 2002 |
| The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan | Novel, 2002 |
| The Devil's Redhead by David Corbett | First Novel, 2002 |
| Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer | Paperback Original, 2002 |
| Flight by Jan Burke | Novel, 2002 |
| The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin | Young Adult, 2002 |
| The history of mystery by Max Allan Collins | Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| The Houdini Specter by Daniel Stashower | Paperback Original, 2002 |
| The Jasmine Trade (Eve Diamond Novels) by Denise Hamilton | First Novel, 2002 |
| A Kiss Gone Bad by Jeff Abbott | Paperback Original, 2002 |
| Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan | Novel, 2002 |
| Tell No One by Harlan Coben | Novel, 2002 |
| Third Person Singular: A Mars Bahr Mystery (Mars Bahr Mysteries) by Kj Erickson | First Novel, 2002 |
| The Viking Claw by Michael Dahl | Young Adult, 2002 |
| Who was that lady? : Craig Rice : the queen of screwball mystery by Jeffrey Marks | Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| A Witness Above by Andy Straka | First Novel, 2002 |
| Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden | Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott | Paperback Original, 2003 |
| The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King | First Novel, 2003 |
| The Distance by Eddie Muller | First Novel, 2003 |
| An Eye for Murder by Libby Fischer Hellmann | First Novel, 2003 |
| Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos | Novel, 2003 |
| Intent to Sell by Jeffrey Marks | Critical Work, 2003 |
| A Killing Sky by Andy Straka | Paperback Original, 2003 |
| The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley | Non-Fiction, 2003 |
| Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black | Novel, 2003 |
| North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton | Novel, 2003 |
| Paint It Black by P. J. Parrish | Paperback Original, 2003 |
| Six Strokes Under by Roberta Isleib | Paperback Original, 2003 |
| Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book by Jeffery Deaver | First Novel, 2003 |
| Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan | Novel, 2003 |
| Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson | Non-Fiction, 2004 |
| Blood is the Sky by Steve Hamilton | Novel, 2004 |
| The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer | Historical Mystery, 2004 |
| Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn | Paperback Original, 2004 |
| Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel | First Novel, 2004 |
| The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer | Young Adult, 2004 |
| Feast of Fools by Bridget Crowley | Young Adult, 2004 |
| Find Me Again by Sylvia Maultash Warsh | Paperback Original, 2004 |
| Haunted Ground by Erin Hart | First Novel, 2004 |
| Interrogations by Jon Jordan | Non-Fiction, 2004 |
| Let Loose the Dogs by Maureen Jennings | Historical Mystery, 2004 |
| Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear | Historical Mystery, 2004 |
| Mystery Women I Revised: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Volume 1: 1860-1979 by Colleen Barnett | Non-Fiction, 2004 |
| No Escape by Norah McClintock | Young Adult, 2004 |
| The Seventh Knot by Kathleen Karr | Young Adult, 2004 |
| Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane | Novel, 2004 |
| The Story of Jane Doe: A Book About Rape by Jane Doe | Non-Fiction, 2004 |
| The Summer that Never Was by Peter Robinson | Novel, 2004 |
| Thicker Than Water by P. J. Parrish | Paperback Original, 2004 |
| Tough Luck by Jason Starr | Paperback Original, 2004 |
| Wiley's Lament by Lono Waiwaiole | First Novel, 2004 |
| Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein | Non-Fiction, 2005 |
| Blue Blood by Edward Conlon | Non-Fiction, 2005 |
| Blue Blood by Susan McBride | Paperback Original, 2005 |
| By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman | Novel, 2005 |
| California Girl: A Novel by T. Jefferson Parker | Novel, 2005 |
| Cold Case by Robin Burcell | Paperback Original, 2005 |
| The Halo Effect (MIRA) by M. J. Rose | Paperback Original, 2005 |
| The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen | Novel, 2005 |
| The Madman's Tale by John Katzenbach | Novel, 2005 |
| Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming | Novel, 2005 |
| Putt to Death by Roberta Isleib | Paperback Original, 2005 |
| Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman | First Novel, 2005 |
| Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo | First Novel, 2005 |
| Whiskey Sour by J. A. Konrath | First Novel, 2005 |
| The Baby Game by Randall Hicks | First Novel, 2006 |
| Bloodlines by Jan Burke | Novel, 2006 |
| The Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Susan McBride | Paperback Original, 2006 |
| Immoral by Brian Freeman | First Novel, 2006 |
| A Killing Rain by P. J. Parrish | Paperback Original, 2006 |
| Kiss her goodbye by Allan Guthrie | Paperback Original, 2006 |
| The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly | Novel, 2006 |
| Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel | First Novel, 2006 |
| Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook | Novel, 2006 |
| Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston | Paperback Original, 2006 |
| To The Power Of Three by Laura Lippman | Novel, 2006 |
| 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming | Novel, 2007 |
| Baby Shark by Robert Fate | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower | Non-Fiction, 2007 |
| The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| The Dead Hour by Denise Mina | Novel, 2007 |
| Don't Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden | Non-Fiction, 2007 |
| A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read | First Novel, 2007 |
| The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff | First Novel, 2007 |
| Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith | First Novel, 2007 |
| Kidnapped by Jan Burke | Novel, 2007 |
| The King of Lies by John Hart | First Novel, 2007 |
| Read 'Em Their Writes: A Handbook for Mystery and Crime Fiction Book Discussions by Gary Warren Niebuhr | Non-Fiction, 2007 |
| The Science of Sherlock Holmes by E. J. Wagner | Non-Fiction, 2007 |
| Shotgun Opera by Victor Gischler | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara | Paperback Original, 2007 |
| The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard | Novel, 2007 |
| Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Robert Fate | Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child | Novel, 2008 |
| Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover | Best First Novel, 2008 |
| The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey | First Novel, 2008 |
| Blood of Paradise: A Novel (Mortalis.) by David Corbett | Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction (Crime Files) by Christiana Gregoriou | Critical Work, 2008 |
| The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians by Roger M Sobin | Critical Work, 2008 |
| Head Games by Craig McDonald | Best First Novel, 2008 |
| Queenpin by Megan Abbott | Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Slide by Ken Bruen | Paperback Original, 2008 |
| The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz | First Novel, 2008 |
| Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger | Novel, 2008 |
| The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke | Novel, 2008 |
| The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson | Critical Work, 2008 |
| The Watchman by Robert Crais | Novel, 2008 |
| African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey | Critical Work, 2009 |
| Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith | First Novel, 2009 |
| The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny | Best Novel, 2009 |
| Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet | First Novel, 2009 |
| Death was the Other Woman by Linda L. Richards | Cover Art, 2009 |
| Death Will Get You Sober by Elizabeth Zelvin | Cover Art, 2009 |
| The Fault Tree by Louise Ure | Cover Art, 2009 |
| The first Quarry by Max Allan Collins | Paperback Original, 2009 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson | Novel, 2009 |
| How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past by Kathy Lynn Emerson | Critical Work, 2009 |
| In a Dark Season by Vicki Lane | Paperback Original, 2009 |
| Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson | Children's / Young Adult, 2009 |
| Money shot by Christa Faust | Paperback Original, 2009 |
| The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart | Children's / Young Adult, 2009 |
| Paper Towns by John Green | Children's / Young Adult, 2009 |
| Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| Red Knife by William Kent Krueger | Best Novel, 2009 |
| South of Hell by P. J. Parrish | Paperback Original, 2009 |
| Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale | Critical Work, 2009 |
| Trigger City by Sean Chercover | Best Novel, 2009 |
| Bury Me Deep: A Novel by Megan Abbott | Best Paperback Original, 2010 |
| Dame Agatha's Shorts by Elena Santangelo | Critical Work, 2010 |
| Death and the Lit Chick by G. M. Malliet | Best Paperback Original, 2010 |
| The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson | Best Novel, 2010 |
| Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak | Critical Work, 2010 |
| In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| The Last Child by John Hart | Best Novel, 2010 |
| The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler | Critical Work, 2010 |
| The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston | Best Novel, 2010 |
| Quarry in the middle by Max Allan Collins | Best Paperback Original, 2010 |
| The Shanghai Moon by S. J. Rozan | Best Novel, 2010 |
| Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar | Critical Work, 2010 |
| Tower: A Novel by Ken Bruen | Best Paperback Original, 2010 |
| The Twelve by Stuart Neville | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin | Novel, 2011 |
| Drive Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Best Paperback Original, 2011 |
| Faithful Place by Tana French | Novel, 2011 |
| The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley | Best Paperback Original, 2011 |
| I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman | Best Novel, 2011 |
| The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton | Best Novel, 2011 |
| Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard | Best Paperback Original, 2011 |
| The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron | Best First Novel, 2011 |
| Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva | Best First Novel, 2011 |
| The Sherlockian by Graham Moore | Best First Novel, 2011 |
| Snow Angels by James Thompson | Best First Novel, 2011 |
| Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads by David Morrell | Critical Work, 2011 |
| Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis | Best Paperback Original, 2011 |
| The Wire: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez | Critical Work, 2011 |
| Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran | Critical Work, 2012 |
| All Cry Chaos (Henri Poincare) by Leonard Rosen | Best Novel, 2012 |
| Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson | First Novel, 2012 |
| Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure by Leslie Budewitz | Critical Work, 2012 |
| Choke hold by Christa Faust | Best Paperback Original, 2012 |
| The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett | Best Paperback Original, 2012 |
| Deadly Communion by Frank Tallis | Best Paperback Original, 2012 |
| Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley | Best Paperback Original, 2012 |
| Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film by Philippa Gates | Critical Work, 2012 |
| The Drop by Michael Connelly | Best Novel, 2012 |
| The End of Everything: A Novel by Megan Abbott | Best Novel, 2012 |
| Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski | Best Paperback Original, 2012 |
| Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman | Best Novel, 2012 |
| The Informationist by Taylor Stevens | Best First Novel, 2012 |
| Nazareth Child (Del Shannon, Book 1) by Darrell James | Best First Novel, 2012 |
| On Conan Doyle: or, the The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda | Critical Work, 2012 |
| One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming | Best Novel, 2012 |
| Purgatory Chasm: A Mystery by Steve Ulfelder | Best First Novel, 2012 |
| Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab | Best First Novel, 2012 |
| The 500 by Matthew Quirk | Best First Novel, 2013 |
| And She Was by Alison Gaylin | Best Paperback Original, 2013 |
| Black Fridays by Michael Sears | Best First Novel, 2013 |
| Blessed Are the Dead: An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery by Malla Nunn | Best Paperback Original, 2013 |
| Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich | Critical Work, 2013 |
| Dare Me by Megan Abbott | Best Novel, 2013 |
| Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman | Best First Novel, 2013 |
| Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | Best Novel, 2013 |
| The Grand Tour: Around the World With the Queen of Mystery by Mathew Prichard | Critical Work, 2013 |
| In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero by Otto Penzler | Critical Work, 2013 |
| More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered (Marder and Mayhem) by Douglas P. Lyle | Critical Work, 2013 |
| Murder for Choir by Joelle Charbonneau | Best Paperback Original, 2013 |
| The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Best Novel, 2013 |
| The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen | First Novel 2013 |
| The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover | Best Novel, 2013 |
| Whiplash River: A Novel by Lou Berney | Best Paperback Original, 2013 |
| All The Wild Children: A noir memoir by Josh Stallings | Critical Work, 2014 |
| The Big Reap (The Collector) by Chris F. Holm | Best Paperback Original, 2014 |
| A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry | Best Novel, 2014 |
| Ghostman by Roger Hobbs | Best First Novel, 2014 |
| The Hard Bounce by Todd Robinson | Best First Novel, 2014 |
| Joyland by Stephen King | Best Paperback Original, 2014 |
| Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova | Critical Work, 2014 |
| Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman | Best First Novel, 2014 |
| Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight | Best First Novel, 2014 |
| The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry | Critical Work, 2014 |
| Suspect by Robert Crais | Best Novel, 2014 |
| Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming | Best Novel, 2014 |
| Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense by Sarah Weinman | Critical Work, 2014 |
| The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood | Best Paperback Original, 2014 |
| The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Best Novel, 2014 |
| Blessed are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino | Best First Novel, 2015 |
| Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice by Kate Clark Flora | Best Critical or Non-fiction Work, 2015 |
| The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis by Charles Brownson | Best Critical or Non-fiction Work, 2015 |
| Ice Shear by M. P. Cooley | Best First Novel, 2015 |
| Invisible City by Julia Dahl | Best First Novel, 2015 |
| The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood | Best Paperback Original, 2015 |
| Lamentation by Joe Clifford | Best Novel, 2015 |
| The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens | Best First Novel, 2015 |
| The Long Way Home by Louise Penny | Best Novel, 2015 |
| No Stone Unturned: An Ellie Stone Mystery (Ellie Stone Mysteries) by James W. Ziskin | Best Paperback Original, 2015 |
| Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J. W. Ocker | Best Critical or Non-fiction Work, 2015 |
| The Secret Place by Tana French | Best Novel, 2015 |
| Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin | Best Paperback Original, 2015 |
| Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Best Novel, 2015 |
| World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters | Best Paperback Original, 2015 |
| Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich | Best First Novel, 2016 |
| The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson | Best Novel, 2016 |
| Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott | Best First Novel, 2016 |
| The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards | Nonfiction, 2016 |
| Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty | Best Paperback Original, 2016 |
| Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day | Best Paperback Original, 2016 |
| The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett by Nathan Ward | Nonfiction, 2016 |
| Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald by Suzanne Marrs | Nonfiction, 2016 |
| The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For by Kate White | Nonfiction, 2016 |
| The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny | Best Novel, 2016 |
| New Yorked (Ash McKenna) by Rob Hart | Best First Novel, 2016 |
| Night Tremors by Matt Coyle | Best Novel, 2016 |
| On The Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories by Art Taylor | Best First Novel, 2016 |
| Stone Cold Dead: An Ellie Stone Mystery (Ellie Stone Mysteries) by James W. Ziskin | Best Paperback Original, 2016 |
| What You See by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Best Novel, 2016 |
| Young Americans by Josh Stallings | Best Paperback Original, 2016 |
