Dilys Award

The Dilys Award was presented every year from 1992 to 2014 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It was given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.[1][2] The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale of mystery books. The Dilys award is named after Dilys Winn, who founded the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.[3]

Awards

Winners and nominated titles for each year:[3]

Year	Winner	Other nominees
2014	Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger	Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye The Black Country by Alex Grecian Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman Pagan Spring by G. M. Malliet The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol
2013	Before the Poison by Peter Robinson	Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill Broken Harbor by Tana French Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal The Expats by Chris Pavone
2012	Ghost Hero by S. J. Rozan	When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet Tag Man by Archer Mayor A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
2011	Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny	Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane Once a Spy by Keith Thomson Savages by Don Winslow
2010	The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley	A Quiet Belief in Angels by R. J. Ellory The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny The Shanghai Moon by S. J. Rozan
2009	Trigger City by Sean Chercover	The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
2008	Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger	Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
2007	Still Life by Louise Penny[4]	Billy Boyle by James R. Benn Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Virgin of the Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
2006	Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill	In a Teapot by Terence Faherty The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson Half Broken Things by Morag Joss The Tenor Wore Tapshoes by Mark Schweitzer The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
2005	Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay	The Enemy by Lee Child Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2004	Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde	Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
2003	In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming	You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews Without Fail by Lee Child The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
2002	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane	The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
2001	A Place of Execution by Val McDermid	The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey Demolition Angel by Robert Crais Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
2000	L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais	River of Darkness by Rennie Airth Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger California Fire and Life by Don Winslow
1999	Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane	Blind Descent by Nevada Barr The Ghosts of Morning by Richard Barre Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger Wings of Fire by Charles Todd
1998	Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich	Killing Floor by Lee Child Back Spin by Harlan Coben Sacred by Dennis Lehane Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs The Devil in Music by Kate Ross
1997	The Poet by Michael Connelly	Fade Away by Harlan Coben Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane Tularosa by Michael McGarrity Moody Gets the Blues by Steve Oliver Dance for the Dead by Thomas Perry A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
1996	The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly	Voodoo River by Robert Crais Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? by G. M. Ford If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb The Codicil by Tom Topor
1995	One for the Money by Janet Evanovich	Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton A Superior Death by Nevada Barr The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell Walking Rain by Susan Wade
1994	Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg	Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller By Evil Means by Sandra West Prowell Catilina's Riddle by Steven Saylor The Sculptress by Minette Walters Way Down On The High Lonely by Don Winslow
1993	Booked to Die by John Dunning	The Black Echo by Michael Connelly Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron The Ice House by Minette Walters
1992	Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen	A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George Book Case by Stephen Greenleaf Hour of the Hunter by J.A. Jance We Wish You A Merry Murder by Valerie Wolzien

Notes

1. Clark, Candace; Charles, John; Morrison, Joanna (2002). The mystery readers' advisory: the librarian's clues to murder and mayhem. Chicago: American Library Association. p. 75. ISBN 0-8389-0811-X.
2. Tere Stouffer (2007). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Harry Potter (Complete Idiot's Guide to). Indianapolis, IN: Alpha. pp. 107. ISBN 1-59257-599-4. Dilys award.
3. "The DILYS AWARD". Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
4. Wilda W. Williams (2007-04-15). "Genre Spotlight 2007 "Mystery": The Killer Genre - 4/15/2007 - Library Journal". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

External links

• Official website