Best Mystery

Thomas PERRY : Pursuit
George P. PELECANOS : Hell to Pay
Steve HAMILTON : Blood is the Sky
Jim FUSILLI : Hard, Hard City
Laura LIPPMAN : To the Power of the Three
Julia SPENCER-FLEMING : All Mortal Flesh
James Lee BURKE : The Tin Roof Blowdown


Best Thriller

Barry EISLER : Rain Storm
Joseph FINDER : Company Man
Robert FERRIGNO : Prayers for the Assassin
Robert CRAIS : The Watchman


Best European Crime Novel

Henning MANKELL : The Return of the Dancing Master
Robert WILSON : The Vanished Hands
Karin FOSSUM : When the Devils Holds the Candle


Best Fist Novel

C. J. BOX : Open Season
Eddie MULLER : The Distance
P.J. TRACY : Monkeewrench
Dylan SCHAFFER : Misdemeanor Man
Randall HICKS : The Baby Game
John HART : The King of Lies
Sean CHERCOVER : Big City, Bad Blood


Lifetime Achievement

Ross THOMAS
Dick FRANCIS
Ruth RENDELL
Lawrence BLOCK
Ed M