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Book AwardsDilys Award

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  • Dilys Award

Book awards by cover

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Works (23)

TitlesOrder
Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen1992
Booked to Die by John Dunning1993
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg1994
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich1995
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly1996
The Poet by Michael Connelly1997
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich1998
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane1999
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais2000
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid2001
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane2002
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming2003
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde2004
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay2005
Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill2006
Still Life by Louise Penny2007
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger2008
Trigger City by Sean Chercover2009
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley2010
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny2011
Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan2012
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson2013
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger2014

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Award description

Description
The Dilys award is named in honor of Dilys Winn, founder of the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the U.S. It was given annually by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association from 1993 until 2014.
This is a general description. It is not a review.
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I-Tunes Canada
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Lovey Award
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ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Dublin Literary Award
Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009
Locus Recommended Reading
Colorado Book Award
Amelia Bloomer List
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
SF Site Editor's Choice
LA Times Book Prize
Quill and Quire Book of the Year
The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
Amazon.com Best Books
Spotted Owl Award
Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher
100 Essential New England Books
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers’ Choice Award
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)
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Helene McCready
Amanda McCready
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Remy Broussard
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Jerry Harkness
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Los Angeles, California, USA
Swindon, England, UK
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Québec, Canada
Greenland
Copenhagen, Denmark
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New Jersey, USA
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Massachusetts, USA
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA
Denmark
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Miller's Kill, New York, USA
New York, USA
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Jane Neal's house, Three Pines, Québec, Canada
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Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
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St Rémy, Québec, Canada
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Northern Ontario, Canada
Independence, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bishop's Lacey, England, UK
Buckshaw, Bishop's Lacey, England, UK
Thirteen Drakes Inn, Bishop's Lacey, England, UK
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Québec City, Québec, Canada
Yorkshire, England, UK
Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, UK
New Bremen, Minnesota, USA
Missouri Valley Community Hospital
Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
Cadbury, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Anson House, Greyminster School, near Hinley, England, UK
Miami, Florida, USA
Canada
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Palm Springs, California, USA
Copenhague, Danemark
Gela Alta, Groenland, Danemark
Kopenhagen, Dänemark
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Nuuk
Kopenhagen, Denemarken
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Boston, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Littleton, Colorado, USA
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Derbyshire, England, UK
Pavilion Gardens
Manchester Evening Chronicle, Manchester, England, UK
Duke of York
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Vientiane, Laos
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Mankato, Minnesota, USA

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