| Titles | Order |
| 30 for a Harry by Richard Hoyt | Best PI Hardcover, 1982 |
| Brown's Requiem by James Ellroy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1982 |
| Carpenter Detective by Hamilton T. Caine | Best Original PI Paperback, 1982 |
| Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker | Best PI Hardcover, 1982 |
| Hard Trade by Arthur Lyons | Best PI Hardcover, 1982 |
| Murder in the Wind by George Ogan | Best Original PI Paperback, 1982 |
| The Old Dick by L.A. Morse | Best Original PI Paperback, 1982 |
| A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block | Best PI Hardcover, 1982 |
| Ceremony by Robert B. Parker | Best PI Hardcover, 1983 |
| Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen | Best PI Hardcover, 1983 |
| A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton | Best PI Hardcover, 1983 |
| Nevsky's Return by Dimitri Gat | Best Original PI Paperback, 1983 |
| A Piece of the Silence by Jack Livingston | Best PI Hardcover, 1983 |
| Pieces of Death: A Bragg Thriller by Jack Lynch | Best Original PI Paperback, 1983 |
| Smoked Out by Warren Murphy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1983 |
| Dancing Bear by James Crumley | Best PI Hardcover, 1984 |
| The Dark Fantastic by Stanley Ellin | Best PI Hardcover, 1984 |
| Finders Weepers by Max Byrd | Best Original PI Paperback, 1984 |
| The Glass Highway by Loren D. Estleman | Best PI Hardcover, 1984 |
| The Steinway Collection by Robert J. Randisi | Best Original PI Paperback, 1984 |
| Trace by Warren Murphy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1984 |
| The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker | Best PI Hardcover, 1984 |
| Die again Macready by Jack Livingston | Best PI Hardcover, 1985 |
| Blunt Darts by Jeremiah Healy | Best First PI Novel, 1985 |
| Full Contact by Robert J. Randisi | Best PI Hardcover, 1985 |
| The Man Who Risked His Partner by Stephen R. Donaldson | Best Original PI Paperback, 1985 |
| The Nebraska Quotient by William J. Reynolds | Best First PI Novel, 1985 |
| Nightlines by John Lutz | Best PI Hardcover, 1985 |
| San Quentin by Jack Lynch | Best Original PI Paperback, 1985 |
| Squeeze Play by Paul Benjamin | Best Original PI Paperback, 1985 |
| Trace 2: 47 Miles of Rope by Warren Murphy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1985 |
| True Crime by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Hardcover, 1985 |
| Blue Heron by Philip Ross | Best Original PI Paperback, 1986 |
| Bones by Bill Pronzini | Best PI Hardcover, 1986 |
| A Catskill Eagle by Robert B. Parker | Best PI Hardcover, 1986 |
| Embrace the Wolf by Benjamin M. Schutz | Best First PI Novel, 1986 |
| Flood by Andrew Vachss | Best First PI Novel, 1986 |
| Hardball by Doug Hornig | Best PI Hardcover, 1986 |
| The Kill by Douglas Heyes | Best Original PI Paperback, 1986 |
| The Naked Liar by Harold Adams | Best PI Hardcover, 1986 |
| New, Improved Murder by Edward Gorman | Best First PI Novel, 1986 |
| Pigs Get Fat by Warren Murphy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1986 |
| The Rainy City (Thomas Black Mysteries) by Earl Emerson | Best Original PI Paperback, 1986 |
| Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte | Best First PI Novel, 1986 |
| C Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton | Best PI Hardcover, 1987 |
| Dark Fields by T.J. MacGregor | Best Original PI Paperback, 1987 |
| In La-LA Land We Trust by R. Wright Campbell | Best PI Hardcover, 1987 |
| Melting Point by Kenn Davis | Best Original PI Paperback, 1987 |
| The Million-Dollar Wound by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Hardcover, 1987 |
| Nervous Laughter by Earl Emerson | Best Original PI Paperback, 1987 |
| No One Rides for Free by Larry Beinhart | Best First PI Novel, 1987 |
| Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen | Best First PI Novel, 1987 |
| Trace 6: Too Old a Case (Trace) by Warren Murphy | Best Original PI Paperback, 1987 |
| When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block | Best PI Hardcover, 1987 |
| The Autumn Dead by Edward Gorman | Best PI Hardcover, 1988 |
| Detective by Parnell Hall | Best First PI Novel, 1988 |
| The House of Blue Lights by Robert J. Bowman | Best First PI Novel, 1988 |
| An Infinite Number of Monkeys by Les Roberts | Best First PI Novel, 1988 |
| Lady Yesterday by Loren D. Estleman | Best PI Hardcover, 1988 |
| Madelaine by Joseph Louis | Best Original PI Paperback, 1988 |
| The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais | Best Original PI Paperback, 1988 |
| Ride the Lightning by John Lutz | Best PI Hardcover, 1988 |
| Shawnee Alley Fire by John Douglas | Best First PI Novel, 1988 |
| Snake Eyes by Gaylord Dold | Best Original PI Paperback, 1988 |
| A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes | Best PI Hardcover, 1988 |
| Blood Shot by Sara Paretsky | Best PI Hardcover, 1989 |
| Bonepile by Gaylord Dold | Best Original PI Paperback, 1989 |
| The Burning Season by Wayne D. Dundee | Best First PI Novel, 1989 |
| Crystal Blue Persuasion by W. R. Philbrick | Best Original PI Paperback, 1989 |
| Deviant Behavior (Thomas Black Mysteries) by Earl Emerson | Best PI Hardcover, 1989 |
| Last Private Eye by John Birkett | Best Original PI Paperback, 1989 |
| Lost Daughter by Michael Cormany | Best First PI Novel, 1989 |
| Neon Mirage by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Hardcover, 1989 |
| Slow Dance in Autumn: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel by Philip Lee Williams | Best First PI Novel, 1989 |
| Swan Dive by Jeremiah Healy | Best PI Hardcover, 1989 |
| Wall Of Glass by Walter Satterthwait | Best First PI Novel, 1989 |
| Behind The Fact by Richard Hilary | Best Original PI Paperback, 1990 |
| A Collector Of Photographs by Deborah Valentine | Best Original PI Paperback, 1990 |
| The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane | Best PI Hardcover, 1990 |
| Muscle and Blood by Gaylord Dold | Best Original PI Paperback, 1990 |
| Out on the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block | Best PI Hardcover, 1990 |
| Rock Critic Murders by Jesse Sublett | Best First PI Novel, 1990 |
| The Shape of Dread by Marcia Muller | Best PI Hardcover, 1990 |
| The Skintight Shroud by Wayne D. Dundee | Best PI Hardcover, 1990 |
| Tough Enough (A T.D. Stash Crime Adventure) by Rodman Philbrick | Best Original PI Paperback, 1990 |
| Bimbo Heaven by Marvin H. Albert | Best Original PI Paperback, 1991 |
| The Blue Room by Monroe Thompson | Best Original PI Paperback, 1991 |
| Body Scissors: A Tom Bethany Mystery by Jerome Doolittle | Best First PI Novel, 1991 |
| Dead Irish by John Lescroart | Best PI Hardcover, 1991 |
| The Desert Look by Bernard Schopen | Best PI Hardcover, 1991 |
| Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson | Best First PI Novel, 1991 |
| Made in Detroit by Rob Kantner | Best Original PI Paperback, 1991 |
| Polo's Wild Card by Jerry Kennealy | Best PI Hardcover, 1991 |
| Poor Butterfly by Stuart M. Kaminsky | Best PI Hardcover, 1991 |
| The Queen's Mare by John Birkett | Best Original PI Paperback, 1991 |
| The Stone Veil by Ronald Tierney | Best First PI Novel, 1991 |
| A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block | Best PI Hardcover, 1991 |
| Best Performance by a Patsy (A Goodman-Bradley Mystery) by Stan Cutler | Best First PI Novel, 1992 |
| Black Light by Daniel Hearn | Best Original PI Paperback, 1992 |
| A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow | Best First PI Novel, 1992 |
| A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block | Best PI Hardcover, 1992 |
| Dead on the Island by Bill Crider | Best First PI Novel, 1992 |
| A Fistful Of Empty by Benjamin M. Schutz | Best PI Hardcover, 1992 |
| House of Cards by Kay Hooper | Best Original PI Paperback, 1992 |
| The January Corpse by Neil Albert | Best First PI Novel, 1992 |
| Second Chance by Jonathan Valin | Best PI Hardcover, 1992 |
| Thousand Yard Stare, The by Rob Kantner | Best Original PI Paperback, 1992 |
| Where Echoes Live by Marcia Muller | Best PI Hardcover, 1992 |
| The Brutal Ballet by Wayne Dundee | Best Original PI Paperback, 1993 |
| Cassandra in Red by Michael Collins | Best PI Hardcover, 1993 |
| Circling the Runway (Jake Diamond Mystery Book 4) by J. L. Abramo | Best Original PI Paperback, 1993 |
| Dirty Money by Marc Davis | Best Original PI Paperback, 1993 |
| Lay It On The Line by Catherine Dain | Best Original PI Paperback, 1993 |
| The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis | Best First PI Novel, 1993 |
| Lullaby Town by Robert Crais | Best PI Hardcover, 1993 |
| Shallow Graves by Jeremiah Healy | Best PI Hardcover, 1993 |
| Special Delivery by Jerry Kennealy | Best PI Hardcover, 1993 |
| Split to Splinters (An Eli Sharpe Mystery) by Max Everhart | Best Original PI Paperback, 1993 |
| Switching the Odds by Phyllis Knight | Best First PI Novel, 1993 |
| Brotherly Love by Randye Lordon | Best First PI Novel, 1994 |
| By Evil Means by Sandra West Prowell | Best First PI Novel, 1994 |
| Foursome: Foursome by Jeremiah Healy | Best PI Novel, 1994 |
| Half Hearted Detective by Milton Bass | Best Original PI Paperback, 1994 |
| The Lies That Bind by Judith Van Gieson | Best PI Novel, 1994 |
| A Minyan for the Dead by Richard Fliegel | Best Original PI Paperback, 1994 |
| Moth by James Sallis | Best PI Novel, 1994 |
| Shadow Games by Edward Gorman | Best Original PI Paperback, 1994 |
| Torch Town Boogie (Harry James Denton Mysteries) by Steven Womack | Best Original PI Paperback, 1994 |
| Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller | Best PI Novel, 1994 |
| Carnal Hours by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Novel, 1995 |
| Dead Ahead by Bridget McKenna | Best Original PI Paperback, 1995 |
| Deadly Devotion by Patricia Wallace | Best Original PI Paperback, 1995 |
| Double Plot by Leo Axler | Best Original PI Paperback, 1995 |
| Fall-Down Artist (Carroll Dorsey Mystery) by Thomas Lipinski | Best First PI Novel, 1995 |
| The Heaven Stone by David Daniel | Best First PI Novel, 1995 |
| The Killing of Monday Brown by Sandra West Prowell | Best PI Novel, 1995 |
| The Lake Effect by Les Roberts | Best PI Novel, 1995 |
| Lament for a Dead Cowboy by Catherine Dain | Best Original PI Paperback, 1995 |
| A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block | Best PI Novel, 1995 |
| One for the Money by Janet Evanovich | Best First PI Novel, 1995 |
| When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley | Best First PI Novel, 1995 |
| Charged With Guilt by Gloria White | Best PI Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Come to Grief by Dick Francis | Best PI Novel, 1996 |
| The Harry Chronicles by Allan Pedrazas | Best First PI Novel, 1996 |
| If Looks Could Kill by Ruthe Furie | Best First PI Novel, 1996 |
| Interview with Mattie by Shelley Singer | Best PI Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Movie by Parnell Hall | Best PI Novel, 1996 |
| Neon Smile by Dick Lochte | Best PI Novel, 1996 |
| Penance by David Housewright | Best First PI Novel, 1996 |
| The Vanishing Smile by Earl Emerson | Best PI Novel, 1996 |
| Way Past Dead by Steven Womack | Best PI Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? by G. M. Ford | Best First PI Novel, 1996 |
| Zero Tolerance by J. D. Knight | Best PI Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Chain of Fools by Steven Womack | Best PI Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Damned In Paradise by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Novel, 1997 |
| Flesh Wounds by Stephen Greenleaf | Best PI Novel, 1997 |
| Invasion of Privacy by Jeremiah Healy | Best PI Novel, 1997 |
| Keeper by Greg Rucka | Best First PI Novel, 1997 |
| Low End of Nowhere by Michael Stone | Best First PI Novel, 1997 |
| A Natural Death by Ruthe Furie | Best PI Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Sentinels by Bill Pronzini | Best PI Novel, 1997 |
| THIS FAR NO FURTHER: A Novel by John Wessel | Best First PI Novel, 1997 |
| When Wallflowers Die by Sandra West Prowell | Best PI Novel, 1997 |
| Back Spin by Harlan Coben | Best PI Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman | Best PI First Novel, 1998 |
| Deception Pass (Thomas Black Mysteries) by Earl Emerson | Best PI Novel, 1998 |
| Down For The Count by Maxine O'Callaghan | Best PI Novel, 1998 |
| Father, Forgive Me by Randye Lordon | Best PI Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Indigo Slam by Robert Crais | Best PI Novel, 1998 |
| Legwork by Katy Munger | Best PI First Novel, 1998 |
| No Colder Place by S. J. Rozan | Best PI Novel, 1998 |
| Sacred by Dennis Lehane | Best PI Novel, 1998 |
| Sunset and Santiago by Gloria White | Best PI Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Whisper of Rage (Culinary Mysteries) by Tim Hemlin | Best PI Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman | Best PI Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Dead Low Tide by Jamie Katz | Best First PI Novel, 1999 |
| Death in a City of Mystics by Janice Steinberg | Best PI Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Flying Blind by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Novel, 1999 |
| Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane | Best PI Novel, 1999 |
| Like a Hole in the Head by Jen Banbury | Best First PI Novel, 1999 |
| No badge, no gun by Harold Adams | Best PI Novel, 1999 |
| The Only Good Lawyer by Jeremiah Healy | Best PI Novel, 1999 |
| Too Easy by Phillip DePoy | Best PI Paperback Original, 1999 |
| The Widower's Two-Step by Rick Riordan | Best PI Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Zen and The Art of Murder by Elizabeth M. Cosin | Best First PI Novel, 1999 |
| The Answer Man by Roy Johansen | Best PI First Novel, 2000 |
| Deadbeat by Leo Atkins | Best PI Paperback Original, 2000 |
| East of A by Russell Atwood | Best PI First Novel, 2000 |
| Fulton County Blues by Ruth Birmingham | Best PI Paperback Original, 2000 |
| The Immortal Game by Mark Coggins | Best PI First Novel, 2000 |
| L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais | Best PI Novel, 2000 |
| The Last Song Dogs by Sinclair Browning | Best PI Paperback Original, 2000 |
| Maximum Insecurity by P. J. Grady | Best PI First Novel, 2000 |
| Monster by Jonathan Kellerman | Best PI Novel, 2000 |
| Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane | Best PI Novel, 2000 |
| Steel City Confessions by Thomas Lipinski | Best PI Paperback Original, 2000 |
| Stone Quarry by S. J. Rozan | Best PI Novel, 2000 |
| Bad to the Bone by Katy Munger | Best PI Paperback Original, 2001 |
| The Blazing Tree by Mary Jo Adamson | Best PI Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Brigham's Day by John Gates | Best PI First Novel, 2001 |
| The Deader the Better by G. M. Ford | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2001 |
| Dirty Money by Steven Womack | Best PI Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Ellipsis: A John Marshall Tanner Novel by Stephen Greenleaf | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2001 |
| The Heir Hunter by Chris Larsgaard | Best PI First Novel, 2001 |
| The Hindenburg Murders by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2001 |
| Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper | Best PI First Novel, 2001 |
| Resurrection Angel by William Mize | Best PI First Novel, 2001 |
| A Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Loren D. Estleman | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2001 |
| The Sporting Club by Sinclair Browning | Best PI Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Ancient Enemy by Robert Westbrook | Best PI Paperback Original, 2002 |
| Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2002 |
| Ashes of Aries by Martha C. Lawrence | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2002 |
| Cold Water Burning by John Straley | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2002 |
| The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan | Best Hardcover PI Novel, 2002 |
| Epitaph by James Siegel | Best PI First Novel, 2002 |
| Keepers by Janet LaPierre | Best PI Paperback Original, 2002 |
| Pilikia Is My Business by Mark Troy | Best PI First Novel, 2002 |
| Rat City by Curt Colbert | Best PI First Novel, 2002 |
| A Witness Above: A Frank Pavlicek Mystery by Andy Straka | Best PI First Novel, 2002 |
| The Bone Orchard by D. Daniel Judson | Best First PI Novel, 2003 |
| Cash Out by Paul Boray | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2003 |
| Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos | Best PI Novel, 2003 |
| Juicy Watusi (Pat Gallegher Mysteries) by Richard Helms | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2003 |
| The Last Place by Laura Lippman | Best PI Novel, 2003 |
| The Lusitania Murders by Max Allan Collins | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2003 |
| North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton | Best PI Novel, 2003 |
| Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt | Best First PI Novel, 2003 |
| Paint It Black by P. J. Parrish | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2003 |
| Private Heat by Robert Bailey | Best First PI Novel, 2003 |
| Westerfield's Chain by Jack Clark | Best First PI Novel, 2003 |
| Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan | Best PI Novel, 2003 |
| Blood Is the Sky by Steve Hamilton | Best PI Novel, 2004 |
| Dragonfly Bones by David Cole | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2004 |
| Fatal Flaw by William Lashner | Best PI Novel, 2004 |
| Lovers Crossing by James C. Mitchell | Best First PI Novel, 2004 |
| Scavenger Hunt by Robert Ferrigno | Best PI Novel, 2004 |
| Spiked by Mark Arsenault | Best First PI Novel, 2004 |
| Thicker Than Water by P. J. Parrish | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2004 |
| A Visible Darkness by Jonathon King | Best PI Novel, 2004 |
| Wet Debt by Richard Helms | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2004 |
| After the Rain by Chuck Logan | Best PI Novel, 2005 |
| Aspen Pulp by Patrick Hasburgh | Best First PI Novel, 2005 |
| Call the Devil by His Oldest Name by Sallie Bissell | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2005 |
| Choke Point: A Brinker Mystery (Brinker P.I.) by James C. Mitchell | Best PI Novel, 2005 |
| Fade to Clear (Allen Choice Novels) by Leonard Chang | Best PI Novel, 2005 |
| Island of Bones by P. J. Parrish | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2005 |
| The Last Goodbye by Reed Arvin | Best First PI Novel, 2005 |
| Little Girl Lost by Charles Ardai | Best First PI Novel, 2005 |
| The London Blitz Murders by Max Allan Collins | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2005 |
| Shadow of the Dahlia by Jack Bludis | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2005 |
| Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas | Best First PI Novel, 2005 |
| The Wake-Up by Robert Ferrigno | Best PI Novel, 2005 |
| Blood Ties (Julie Collins Series #1) by Lori G. Armstrong | Best First PI Novel, 2006 |
| Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley | Best PI Novel, 2006 |
| Cordite Wine by Richard Helms | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2006 |
| Deadlocked by Joel Goldman | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2006 |
| The Devil's Right Hand (Jack Keller) by J. D. Rhoades | Best First PI Novel, 2006 |
| Falling Down by David Cole | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2006 |
| The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais | Best PI Novel, 2006 |
| In a Teapot (Scott Elliott Mysteries) by Terence Faherty | Best PI Novel, 2006 |
| A Killing Rain by P. J. Parrish | Best Paperback Original PI Novel, 2006 |
| The Man with the Iron-On Badge by Lee Goldberg | Best PI Novel, 2006 |
| Oblivion by Peter Abrahams | Best PI Novel, 2006 |
| Still River by Harry Hunsicker | Best First PI Novel, 2006 |
| 18 Seconds by George D. Shuman | Best First Novel, 2007 |
| Crooked by Brian M. Wiprud | Best Paperback Original, 2007 |
| The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson | Best PI Novel, 2007 |
| Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott | Best PI Novel, 2007 |
| The Do-Re-Mi by Ken Kuhlken | Best PI Novel, 2007 |
| Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong | Best Paperback Original, 2007 |
| Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith | Best First Novel, 2007 |
| Lost Angel by Mike Doogan | Best First Novel, 2007 |
| The Prop: A Novel by Pete Hautman | Best Paperback Original, 2007 |
| A Safe Place for Dying by Jack Fredrickson | Best First Novel, 2007 |
| The Uncomfortable Dead by Subcomandante Marcos | Best Paperback Original, 2007 |
| Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller | Best PI Novel, 2007 |
| The Cleaner by Brett Battles | Best First PI Novel, 2008 |
| The Colour of Blood by Declan Hughes | Best PI Novel, 2008 |
| Deadly Beloved (Hard Case Crime) by Max Allan Collins | Best Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong | Best Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Head Games: A Novel by Thomas B. Cavanagh | Best PI Novel, 2008 |
| Keep It Real by Bill Bryan | Best First PI Novel, 2008 |
| A Killer's Kiss by William Lashner | Best PI Novel, 2008 |
| The Last Striptease by Michael Wiley | Best First PI Novel, 2008 |
| Stone Rain by Linwood Barclay | Best Paperback Original, 2008 |
| Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book by Jeffery Deaver | Best Paperback Original, 2008 |
| A Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta | Best PI Novel, 2008 |
| When One Man Dies by Dave White | Best First Novel, 2008 |
| The Ancient Rain by Domenic Stansberry | Best Hardcover, 2009 |
| The Black Hand by Will Thomas | Best Paperback Original, 2009 |
| The Blue Door by David Fulmer | Best Hardcover, 2009 |
| The Evil That Men Do by Dave White | Best Paperback Original, 2009 |
| The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes | Best Hardcover, 2009 |
| Salvation Boulevard: A Novel by Larry Beinhart | Best Hardcover, 2009 |
| Shot Girl by Karen E. Olson | Best Paperback Original, 2009 |
| Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| The Stolen by Jason Pinter | Best Paperback Original, 2009 |
| Swann's Last Song by Charles Salzberg | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson | Best First Novel, 2009 |
| Body Blows: A Joe Grundy Mystery by Marc Strange | Best Paperback Original Novel, 2010 |
| Dark Side of the Morgue by Raymond Benson | Best Paperback Original Novel, 2010 |
| The Good Son by Russel D. McLean | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| The Last Gig by Norman Green | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| Loser's Town by Daniel Depp | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| My Soul to Take by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir | Best Hardcover Novel, 2010 |
| Red Blooded Murder by Laura Caldwell | Best Paperback Original Novel, 2010 |
| Schemers: A Nameless Detective Novel ("Nameless" Detective Novels) by Bill Pronzini | Best Hardcover Novel, 2010 |
| The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta | Best Hardcover Novel, 2010 |
| Vengeance Road by Rick Mofina | Best Paperback Original Novel, 2010 |
| Where the Dead Lay by David Levien | Best Hardcover Novel, 2010 |
| City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley | First Novel P.I., 2011 |
| 1222 by Anne Holt | Best PI Novel, 2012 |
| Bye Bye, Baby by Max Allan Collins | Best PI Novel, 2012 |
| The Highly Effective Detective Crosses the Line by Richard Yancey | Best PI Novel, 2012 |
| The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel by Nelson George | Best First PI Novel, 2012 |
| When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley | Best PI Novel, 2012 |
| Blues in The Night by Dick Lochte | Hardcover P.I., 2013 |
| Devil May Care (A Crag Banyon Mystery Book 2) by James Mullaney | Indie P.I., 2013 |
| Enamored: Lucien Caye Private Eye Novel by O'Neil De Noux | Indie P.I., 2013 |
| Hunting Sweetie Rose by Jack Fredrickson | Hardcover P.I., 2013 |
| One Eyed Jack by Christopher J. Lynch | Indie P.I., 2013 |
| The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Hardcover P.I., 2013 |
| Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins | Hardcover P.I., 2013 |
| Stranger in Town by Cheryl Bradshaw | Indie P.I., 2013 |
| White Heat by Paul D. Marks | Indie P.I., 2013 |
| Blood Orange by Karen Keskinen | First Novel, 2014 |
| The Good Cop by Brad Parks | Hardcover P.I., 2014 |
| A Good Death by Christopher R. Cox | First PI Novel, 2014 |
| The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie: A 'Session Man' Mystery by Robert J. Randisi | Original PI Paperback, 2014 |
| Into the Dark by Alison Gaylin | Original PI Paperback, 2014 |
| Little Elvises by Timothy Hallinan | Hardcover P.I., 2014 |
| Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft | First PI Novel, 2014 |
| The Mojito Coast by Richard Helms | Hardcover P.I., 2014 |
| Montana by Gwen Florio | First PI Novel, 2014 |
| Murder: Take Three by April Kelly | Indie P.I., 2014 |
| Nemesis (Nameless Detective) by Bill Pronzini | Hardcover P.I., 2014 |
| No Pat Hands (Zach Rolfe PI) (Volume 4) by J. J. Lamb | Indie P.I., 2014 |
| Purgatory Key (A Del Shannon Novel) by Darrell James | Original PI Paperback, 2014 |
| Seduction of the innocent by Max Allan Collins | Original PI Paperback, 2014 |
| A Small Sacrifice by Dana King | Indie P.I., 2014 |
| State vs. Lassiter (Jake Lassiter Series) by Paul Levine | Indie P.I., 2014 |
| W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton | Hardcover P.I., 2014 |
| Bad Country by CB McKenzie | First Novel P.I., 2015 |
| Beauty with a Bomb by M. C. Grant | Paperback P.I., 2015 |
| City Of Brick And Shadow by Tim Wirkus | First Novel P.I., 2015 |
| Critical Damage (A Mark Mallen Novel) by Robert K. Lewis | Paperback P.I., 2015 |
| The Detective & The Pipe Girl: A Mystery by Michael Craven | Paperback P.I., 2015 |
| Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder | Indie P.I., 2015 |
| The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman | Hardcover P.I., 2015 |
| Hounded by David Rosenfelt | Hardcover P.I., 2015 |
| Invisible City by Julia Dahl | First Novel P.I., 2015 |
| Last of the Independents: Vancouver Noir by Sam Wiebe | First Novel P.I., 2015 |
| Nobody's Child: A Georgia Davis Novel of Suspense (Georgia Davis Series) (Volume 4) by Libby Fischer Hellmann | Indie P.I., 2015 |
| Peter Pan Must Die (Dave Gurney, No. 4): A Novel (A Dave Gurney Novel) by John Verdon | Hardcover P.I., 2015 |
| Played to Death by BV Lawson | Indie P.I., 2015 |
| The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith | Hardcover P.I., 2015 |
| Street Justice: A Smokey Dalton Novel by Kris Nelscott | Paperback P.I., 2015 |
| Tokyo Kill: A Thriller (A Jim Brodie Novel) by Barry Lancet | Hardcover P.I., 2015 |
| Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler-Willis | First Novel P.I., 2015 |
| Brush Back by Sara Paretsky | Best PI Novel, 2016 |
| Brutality by Ingrid Thoft | Best PI Novel, 2016 |
| Dance of the Bones by J. A. Jance | Best PI Novel, 2016 |
| Depth by Lev AC Rosen | First Novel P.I., 2016 |
| The Do-Right by Lisa Sandlin | First Novel P.I., 2016 |
| Gumshoe by Rob Leininger | Best PI Novel, 2016 |
| The Long Cold: Volume 8 (LaStanza Series) by O'Neil De Noux | Best Original PI Paperback, 2016 |
| Night Tremors by Matt Coyle | First Novel P.I., 2016 |
| The Promise by Robert Crais | Best PI Novel, 2016 |
| The Red Storm: A Mystery by Grant Bywaters | First Novel P.I., 2016 |
| Trouble in Rooster Paradise (Gunnar Nilson Mystery) by T. W. Emory | First Novel P.I., 2016 |
| The Detective & the Chinese High-Fin: A John Darvelle Mystery by Michael Craven | Original Private Eye Paperback, 2017 |
| Fever City by Tim Baker | First Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| Fields Where They Lay by Timothy Hallinan | Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| The Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis | Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| Hold Me, Babe: Volume 3 (Lucien Caye Private Eye) by O'Neil De Noux | Original Private Eye Paperback, 2017 |
| IQ by Joe Ide | First Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| My Bad: A Mile High Noir by Manuel Ramos | Original Private Eye Paperback, 2017 |
| The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan | Original Private Eye Paperback, 2017 |
| The Second Girl by David Swinson | First Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| SoHo Sins by Richard Vine | First Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| The Stardom Affair (Neil Gulliver & Stevie Marriner) by Robert S. Levinson | Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman | Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| With Six You Get Wally (A John Bekker Mystery) by Al Lamanda | Private Eye Novel, 2017 |
| August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones | First PI Novel, 2018 |
| Blood Truth by Matt Coyle | Private Eye Novel, 2018 |
| Dames Fight Harder by M. Ruth Myers | Original PI Paperback, 2018 |
| Dark Water by Parker Bilal | Private Eye Novel, 2018 |
| Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman | First PI Novel, 2018 |
| The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka | First PI Novel, 2018 |
| Lights Out Summer (Coleridge Taylor Mystery) by Rich Zahradnik | Original PI Paperback, 2018 |
| Monument Road by Michael Wiley | Private Eye Novel, 2018 |
| A Negro and an Ofay (The Tales of Elliot Caprice) by Danny Gardner | First PI Novel, 2018 |
| The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli | Original PI Paperback, 2018 |
| The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker | Private Eye Novel, 2018 |
| The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan | Original PI Paperback, 2018 |
| Under Water (A Duck Darley Novel) by Casey Barrett | First PI Novel, 2018 |
| Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton | Private Eye Novel, 2018 |
| Baby's First Felony (A Cecil Younger Investigation) by John Straley | Private Eye Novel, 2019 |
| The Best Bad Things: A Novel by Katrina Carrasco | First PI Novel, 2019 |
| Broken Places (A Chicago Mystery) by Tracy Clark | First PI Novel, 2019 |
| Cut You Down by Sam Wiebe | Private Eye Novel, 2019 |
| Last Looks: A Novel by Howard Michael Gould | First PI Novel, 2019 |
| No Quarter (2018) by John Jantunen | Best Original PI Paperback, 2019 |
| Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Lawrence Osborne | First PI Novel, 2019 |
| The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone | Best Original PI Paperback, 2019 |
| Second Story Man by Charles Salzberg | Best Original PI Paperback, 2019 |
| Shark Bait by Paul Kemprecos | Best Original PI Paperback, 2019 |
| She Talks to Angels (A Henry Malone Novel Book 3) by James D. F. Hannah | Best Original PI Paperback, 2019 |
| What Doesn't Kill You by Aimee Hix | First PI Novel, 2019 |
| What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka | Private Eye Novel, 2019 |
| The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey | Private Eye Novel, 2019 |
| Wrong Light by Matt Coyle | Private Eye Novel, 2019 |
