Finias Guide to
the Mystery Novel
2005 Edgar Winner for Best Novel:
California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker (William Morrow)
Best Novel Nominees
Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney (Atria Books)
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's Minotaur)
2004
2003 Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
2001 The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
2000 Bones, by Jan Burke
1999 Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark
1998 Cimarron Rose (Hyperion) by James Lee Burke
Best Novel Nominees
Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones (Avon)
Bill Pronzini A Wasteland of Strangers (Walker)
Ian Rankin Black and Blue (St. Martin's Press)
Mark T. Sullivan The Purification Ceremony (Avon)Best Paperback Original
Charm City (Avon) by Laura Lippman
Nominees
Susan Rogers Cooper Home Again, Home Again (Avon)
Margaret Frazer The Prioress' Tale (Berkley Prime Crime)
Stuart M Kaminsky Tarnished Icons (Ivy Books)
Gloria White Sunset and Santiago (Dell)1998 Agatha Nomination for Best Novel:
Best Novel
The Devil in Music (Viking) Kate Ross
Best Novel Nominees
Jan Burke Hocus (Simon & Schuster)
Deborah Crombie Dreaming Of The Bones (Scribner)
Earlene Fowler Goose In A Pond (Berkley)
Elizabeth Peters Seeing A Large Cat (Warner)1997 Anthony Award Winners & Nominees
Best Novel
Michael Connelly The Poet (Little Brown)
Best Novel Nominees
Nevada Barr Firestorm (Avon)
Linda Grant Lethal Genes (Scribner)
Margaret Lawrence Hearts and Bones (Avon)
Alan Russell Blue Lonesome (Multiple Wounds)Best Paperback Original
Terris McMahon Grimes Somebody Else's Child (Onyx)
Best Paperback Original Nominees
Harlan Coben Fade Away (Dell)
Teri Holbrook The Grass Widow (Bantam)
Susan Wade Walking Rain (Bantam)
Steven Womack Chain of Fools (Ballantine)
