Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
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The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize
founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction
in France
. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.
Literary award
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founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. It is the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Two prizes are awarded annually to the best French novel and to the best international crime novel published in that year.
1940s
- 1948 - Le Cinquième procédé by Léo MaletLéo Malet-Biography:Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925....
- 1949 - La Parole est au mort by Odette Sorensen
1950s
- 1950 - Jeux pour mourir by Géo-Charles Véran
- 1951 - Fumées sans feu by Jacques Decrest et Germaine Decrest
- 1952 - Passons la monnaie by André Piljean
- 1953 - Opération Odyssée by Jean-Pierre Conty
- 1954 - La Beauté qui meurt by François Brigneau
- 1955 - Assassin mon frère by Gilles-Maurice Dumoulin
- 1956 - Pleins feux sur Sylvie by Michel Lebrun and Les Petites mains de la Justice by Guy Venayre
- 1957 - Le Bourreau pleure by Frédéric DardFrédéric DardFrédéric Dard was a French writer and author of the San-Antonio series..-Biography:...
- 1958 - On n'enterre pas le dimanche by Fred Kassak
- 1959 - Deuil en rouge by Paul Gerrard
1960s
- 1960 - Les Mantes religieuses by Hubert Monteilhet
- 1962 - Le Procès du Diable by Pierre Forquin
- 1963 - Piège pour Cendrillon by Sébastien JaprisotSébastien JaprisotSébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name...
- 1964 - La Jeune morte by Michel Carnal
- 1965 - Bâteau en Espagne by Marc Delory
- 1966 - L'interne de service by Laurence Oriol
- 1967 - Le Crocodile est dans l'escalier by Jean-Pierre Alem
- 1968 - Un beau monstre by Dominique FabreDominique Fabre (novelist)Dominique Fabre [30.06.1929] is the French novelist of such works as Un beau monstre which received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1968.-Reference:...
- 1969 - Drôle by pistolet by Francis Ryck
1970s
- 1970 - Zigzags by Paul Andréota
- 1971 - L'Assassin maladroit by René Réouven
- 1972 - Le Canal rouge by Gilbert Tanugi
- 1973 - O Dingos, O Châteaux by Jean-Patrick ManchetteJean-Patrick ManchetteJean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties. His stories are violent, existentialist explorations of the human condition and French society...
- 1974 - De 5 à 7 avec la mort by André-Paul DuchâteauAndré-Paul DuchâteauAndré-Paul Duchâteau is a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist. He worked with Tibet on Ric Hochet. He has also written under the pseudonym Michel Vasseur.-Awards:*1974: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière - French Prize...
- 1975 - Un incident indépendant de notre volonté by Yvon Toussaint
- 1976 - Les Sirènes de minuit by Jean-François Coatmeur
- 1977 - La Plus longue course d'Abraham Coles, chauffeur de taxi by Christopher Diable
- 1978 - Dénouement avant l'aube by Madeleine Coudray
- 1979 - Le Salon du prêt à saigner by Joseph Bialot
1980s
- 1980 - Le Crime d'Antoine by Dominique Roulet
- 1981 - Reflets changeants sur mare de sang, L'Unijambiste de la côte 284, and Aime le maudit by Pierre SiniacPierre SiniacPierre Siniac received the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in 1981 for three of his works, including Aime le Maudit. Under the title Ferdinaud Céline, The Collaborators was published in French in 1997 to great acclaim....
- 1982 - L'Audience solennelle by Jean-Pierre Cabannes
- 1983 - Collabo song by Jean Mazarin
- 1984 - Sur la terre comme au ciel by René BellettoRené Belletto-References:...
- 1985 - Meurtres pour mémoire by Didier DaeninckxDidier DaeninckxDidier Daeninckx is a French author and left-wing politician, best known for his romans noirs. He frequently uses fictional settings to transport social critique; his writings are characterized by a sobering social realism...
- 1986 - La queue du scorpion by Christian Gernigon
- 1986 - N'oubliez pas l'artiste by Gérard Delteil
- 1987 - Trois morts au soleil by Jacques SadoulJacques SadoulJacques Sadoul is a French author.He has produced a number of anthologies on the history of science fiction.His Histoire de la science fiction moderne was a major encouragement for the serious, academic study of SF, particularly among the East European peoples of that time, because the book was...
- 1988 - Aix abrupto by Jean-Paul Demure
- 1989 - Un gros besoin d'amour by Tito Topin
1990s
- 1990 - Billard à l'étage by Michel QuintMichel Quint-Works:* Le testament inavouable, Fleuve Noir* Mauvaise conscience, Fleuve Noir* Posthume, Fleuve Noir* Hôtel des deux roses, Fleuve Noir* Bella ciao, Fleuve Noir* La dernière récré, Fleuve Noir* Mascarades, Fleuve Noir...
- 1991 - Hôpital souterrain by Hervé Jaouen
- 1992 - La Commedia des ratés by Tonino BenacquistaTonino BenacquistaTonino Benacquista is an award-winning French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter.- Awards :*1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for La Commedia des ratés...
- 1993 - Boulevard des ombres by Paul Couturiau
- 1994 - Tiré à part by Jean-Jacques Fiechter
- 1995 - La Main morte by Philippe Huet
- 1996 - Ambernave by Jean-Hugues Oppel
- 1997 - La Mort des bois by Brigitte AubertBrigitte AubertBrigitte Aubert is a French writer of detective fiction. She has done some screenwriting and had works adapted for film.-Novels:* 1992 : Les Quatre fils du Docteur March* 1993 : La Rose de fer...
- 1998 - Sans homicide fixe by Serge Gardebled
- 1999 - La Paresse de Dieu by Laurent Bénégui
2000s
- 2000 - Du bruit sous le silence by Pascal Dessaint
- 2001 - Chasseurs de têtes by Michel Crespy
- 2002 - Les Brouillards de la Butte by Patrick Pécherot
- 2003 - L'Ivresse des dieux by Laurent Martin
- 2004 - Double peine by Virginie Brac
- 2004 - Les Silences de Dieu by Gilbert SinoueGilbert SinouéGilbert Sinoué is a classically trained guitarist and author who has lived in France since the age of 19. He has won major French literary awards for his books, which are written in French...
- 2005 - Le Testament de Dieu by Philippe Le Roy
- 2006 - La Colère des enfants déchus by Catherine Fradier
- 2007 - Citoyens clandestins by DOA
- 2008 - Zulu by Caryl Férey
- 2009 - Les Cœurs déchiquetés by Hervé Le Corre
2010s
- 2010 - Adieu Jérusalem by Alexandra Schwartzbrod
- 2011 - L’Honorable Société by DOA and Dominique Manotti
1940s
- 1948 - Frances Noyes HartFrances Noyes HartFrances Newbold Noyes Hart was an American writer whose short stories were published in Scribner's magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, the Ladies' Home Journal.-Biography:...
, The Bellamy Trial, (USA, 1927) - 1949 - Patrick QuentinPatrick QuentinPatrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler , Richard Wilson Webb , Martha Mott Kelly and Mary Louise White Aswell wrote detective fiction...
, Puzzle for Pilgrims, (USA, 1947)
1950s
- 1950 - Martha Albrand, After Midnight, (USA, 1948)
- 1951 - Joel Townsley RogersJoel Townsley RogersJoel Townsley Rogers , American writer who wrote science fiction, air-adventure, and mystery stories and a handful of mystery novels....
, The Red Right Hand, (USA, 1945) - 1952 - Patricia McGerrPatricia McGerrPatricia McGerr was an American crime writer, primarily known for her puzzle mystery novels. She won an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine/MWA prize for her 1968 story Match Point in Berlin and was awarded the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in 1952 for her 1951 novel Follow, As the Night. Her...
, Follow as the Night, (USA, 1951) - 1953 - Geoffrey Holiday Hall, The End is Known, (USA, 1949)
- 1953 - Louis Malley, Horns for the Devil, (USA, 1951)
- 1954 - Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
, The Body in Grant's Tomb, (USA, 1943), (short story) - 1955 - Michael GilbertMichael GilbertMichael Francis Gilbert, CBE was a British writer of both fictional mysteries and thrillers who wrote as Michael Gilbert.-Life and work:...
, Death in Captivity, (UK, 1952) - 1956 - Joseph Hayes, The Desperate Hours, (USA, 1955)
- 1956 - Charles WilliamsCharles Williams (U.S. author)Charles Williams was an American writer of hardboiled crime fiction. He is regarded by critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1951 debut, the pulp paperback novel Hill Girl, sold over a million copies...
, Nothing in Her Way, (USA, 1953) - 1957 - Patricia HighsmithPatricia HighsmithPatricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short-story writer most widely known for her psychological thrillers, which led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times, notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951...
, The Talented Mr. RipleyThe Talented Mr. RipleyThe Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. This novel first introduced the character of Tom Ripley who returns in the novels Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water...
, (USA, 1955) - 1958 - Chester HimesChester HimesChester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and a series of Harlem Detective novels...
, The Five-Cornered Square, (USA, 1956) - 1959 - Donald Downes, Orders to Kill, (USA, 1958)
1960s
- 1960 - Thomas Sterling, The Evil of the DayThe Evil of the DayThe Evil of the Day is a novel by Thomas Sterling, published in 1955. The book is patterned after Ben Jonson's Elizabethan comedy Volpone, and was later adapted for the stage by playwright Frederick Knott under the title of Mr. Fox of Venice. Together, these three works formed the basis of Joseph L...
, (UK, 1955) - 1961 - no prize awarded
- 1962 - Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone, (USA, 1961)
- 1963 - Shelley Smith, The Ballad of the Running Man, (UK, 1961)
- 1964 - John D. MacDonaldJohn D. MacDonaldJohn Dann MacDonald was an American crime and suspense novelist and short story writer.MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of Florida...
, A Key to the Suite, (USA, 1963) - 1965 - Nicolas FreelingNicolas FreelingNicolas Freeling, born Nicolas Davidson , was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the Van der Valk series of detective novels...
, Gun before Butter, (UK, 1963) - 1966 - Adam HallElleston TrevorElleston Trevor was the pseudonym, and eventually legal name, of the British novelist Trevor Dudley-Smith , who also wrote as Adam Hall, Simon Rattray, Howard North, Roger Fitzalan, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith and Lesley Stone...
, The Berlin Memorandum, (UK, 1965) - 1967 - Audrey Erskine Lindop, I Start Counting, (UK, 1966)
- 1968 - Giorgio ScerbanencoGiorgio ScerbanencoGiorgio Scerbanenco was an Italian crime writer.-Life and works:He was born in Kiev, in what was then the Russian Empire, on 28 July 1911...
, Betrayers of All, (Traditori di tutti, Italy, 1966) - 1969 - Josephine TeyJosephine TeyJosephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth Mackintosh a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. She also wrote as Gordon Daviot, under which name she wrote plays with an historical theme....
, The Daughter of TimeThe Daughter of TimeThe Daughter of Time is a 1951 novel by Josephine Tey concerning King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published, shortly before her death.-Plot summary:...
, (UK, 1951) - 1969 - John Dickson CarrJohn Dickson CarrJohn Dickson Carr was an American author of detective stories, who also published under the pen names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn....
, Fire, Burn! (USA, 1957)
1970s
- 1970 - Antonis Samarakis, The Flaw, (To Lathos, Greece, 1965)
- 1971 - Anders BodelsenAnders BodelsenAnders Bodelsen is a prolific Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with Christian Kampmann and Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen prefers the social-realistic style of writing, often thrillers about middle-class people that faces the consequences of...
, Hit and Run, Run, Run, (Hændeligt uheld, Denmark, 1968) - 1971 - Dorothy UhnakDorothy UhnakDorothy Uhnak was an American novelist.-Biography:Uhnak was born in New York City. She attended City College of New York and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice....
, The Ledger, (USA, 1970) - 1972 - Laird KoenigLaird KoenigLaird Koenig is an American author. His best-known work is The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, a novel published in 1974. The novel was adapted into a movie starring Jodie Foster. He also wrote a play based on the novel.-References:...
& Peter L. Dixon, The Children Are Watching, (USA, 1970) - 1973 - E. V. Cunningham, Millie, (USA, 1973)
- 1974 - Stanley EllinStanley EllinStanley Bernard Ellin was an American mystery writer. Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York. He garnered a love for reading at a young age with an interest in works by the likes of Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and Edgar Allan Poe. Ellin was educated at Brooklyn College and received a B.A. in 1936...
, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, (USA, 1972) - 1975 - Edward BoydEdward Boyd (writer)Edward Boyd was a Scottish writer best known for his television and radio work.Boyd was born in Stevenston in South Ayrshire. He worked with the Glasgow Unity Theatre in the 1940s.Later he moved into radio & TV...
& Roger Parkes, The Dark Number, (UK, 1973) - 1976 - Eric AmblerEric AmblerEric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.-Life:...
, Doctor Frigo, (UK, 1974) - 1977 - Herbert LiebermanHerbert LiebermanHerbert Henry Lieberman is a mystery/crime novelist and playwright. He received his AB from City College of New York and his AM from Columbia University...
, City of the Death, (USA, 1976) - 1978 - Ellery QueenEllery QueenEllery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by...
, And on the Eighth Day, (USA, 1964) - 1979 - Stanisław Lem, The Chain of Chance (Katar, Poland, 1975)
1980s
- 1980 - Mary Higgins ClarkMary Higgins ClarkMary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney , known professionally as Mary Higgins Clark, is an American author of suspense novels...
, A Stranger is WatchingA Stranger Is WatchingA Stranger Is Watching is a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark.-Plot summary:The main characters in the novel are Steve Peterson... - 1981 - Manuel Vázquez MontalbánManuel Vázquez MontalbánManuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humourist, critic, as well as a gastronome and a FC Barcelona supporter....
, Southern Seas (Los mares del Sur, Spain, 1979) - 1982 - John Crosby, Party of the Year
- 1983 - Frederick ForsythFrederick ForsythFrederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan and The Cobra.-...
, No ComebacksNo ComebacksNo Comebacks is a 1982 collection of short stories by Frederick Forsyth. Each story takes place in a different setting and ends with a plot twist. Several of them involve a central male character who is henpecked or persecuted by others in the story, cleverly getting his revenge and comeuppance at... - 1984 - Janwillem van de WeteringJanwillem van de WeteringJanwillem Lincoln van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He was particularly noted for his detective fiction, his most popular creations being Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories...
, The Maine Massacre (USA, 1979) - 1985 - Peter LoveseyPeter LoveseyPeter Lovesey is a British writer of historical and contemporary crime novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath...
, Swing, Swing Together - 1986 - Elmore LeonardElmore LeonardElmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...
, City Primeval - 1987 - Tony HillermanTony HillermanTony Hillerman was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels...
, Dance Hall of the DeadDance Hall of the DeadDance Hall Of The Dead is the second of the Navajo Tribal Police series of crime fiction novels by Tony Hillerman. Centered around the character of police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, Dance Hall of the Dead is, like many of Hillerman's books, set on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners region of... - 1988 - P. D. JamesP. D. JamesPhyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL , commonly known as P. D. James, is an English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.-Life and career:James...
, A Taste for Death - 1988 - Andrew VachssAndrew VachssAndrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths...
, StregaStrega (novel)Strega is a hardboiled detective novel written by American author and attorney Andrew Vachss, first published in 1987. The story features the pursuit and destruction by the protagonist Burke, an ex-con private investigator, of a pedophile ring involved in trading child pornography via telephone... - 1989 - Bill PronziniBill PronziniBill Pronzini is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories....
, Snowbound
1990s
- 1990 - Elizabeth GeorgeElizabeth GeorgeSusan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain.Eleven of her novels featuring her lead character Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.-Biography:George was born in Warren, Ohio to Robert Edwin and Anne ...
, A Great Deliverance - 1991 - Thomas HarrisThomas HarrisThomas Harris is an American author and screenwriter, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter...
, The Silence of the LambsThe Silence of the Lambs (novel)The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.- Plot summary :The novel takes... - 1992 - James Lee BurkeJames Lee BurkeJames Lee Burke is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won an Edgar Award for Black Cherry Blues and Cimarron Rose . The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin and then Tommy Lee Jones...
, Black Cherry Blues - 1993 - Arturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for twenty-one years . His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels...
, The Flanders PanelThe Flanders PanelThe Flanders Panel is a novel written by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte in 1990, telling of a mystery hidden in an art masterpiece spanning from the 15th century to the present day.-Plot summary:... - 1994 - Michael DibdinMichael DibdinMichael Dibdin , was a British crime writer.-Life:Dibdin was born in Wolverhampton, the son of a physicist, and was brought up from the age of seven in Lisburn, Northern Ireland where he attended Friends' School...
, CabalCabal (Michael Dibdin novel)Cabal is a novel by Michael Dibdin, and the third entry in the Aurelio Zen series.When, one dark night in November, Prince Ludovico Ruspanti fell a hundred and fifty feet to his death in the chapel at St. Peter's, Rome, there were a number of questions to be answered. The answer the Vatican... - 1995 - Richard North PattersonRichard North PattersonRichard North Patterson is an American author of fiction. He was born in Berkeley, California, the eldest child of a corporate executive and a housewife. While still a child, he moved with his parents to Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Bay High School in 1964. He...
, Degree of Guilt - 1996 - Caleb CarrCaleb CarrCaleb Carr is an American novelist and military historian.-Biography:A son of Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure, he was born in Manhattan and lived for much of his life on the Lower East Side. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a B.A. in...
, The AlienistThe AlienistThe Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. The sequel to the novel is The Angel of Darkness. The story... - 1997 - Stuart WoodsStuart Woods-Early life:Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia and graduated in 1959 from the University of Georgia, with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. After graduation he enrolled in the Air National Guard, spending two months in basic training before moving to New York, where he began a career in...
, Imperfect Strangers - 1998 - Frances FyfieldFrances FyfieldFrances Fyfield is the pseudonym of Frances Hegarty. Fyfield is a British lawyer and crime-writer.Born and brought up in Derbyshire, Frances Hegarty was mostly educated in convent schools before reading English at Newcastle University. After graduation, she took a course in criminal law. She...
, Shadow Play - 1999 - Michael ConnellyMichael ConnellyMichael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books, which have been translated into 36 languages, have garnered him many awards...
, Blood WorkBlood Work (novel)Blood Work is a novel written by Michael Connelly which marks the first appearance of Terry McCaleb. The book was used as the basis for the 2002 movie of the same name, starring Clint Eastwood...
2000s
- 2000 - Rennie AirthRennie AirthRennie Airth is a novelist born in South Africa in 1935 and now resident in Italy. Airth has also worked as foreign correspondent for the Reuters news service.-Novels:...
, River of Darkness, (South Africa, 1999) - 2001 - Peter RobinsonPeter Robinson (novelist)Dr. Peter Robinson is an English crime writer, based in Canada. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks...
, In a Dry SeasonIn a Dry SeasonIn A Dry Season is the 12th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 1999 and is 10th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical...
, (Canada, 1999) - 2002 - Peter DickinsonPeter DickinsonPeter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE is an English author and poet who has written a wide variety of books, notably children's books and detective stories, over a long and distinguished career.-Life and work:...
, One Foot in the Grave, (UK, 1979) - 2003 - Deon MeyerDeon MeyerDeon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing in Afrikaans. His books have been translated in 20 languages. He has also written numerous scripts for television and film.-Life and career:...
, Dead before Dying, (South Africa, 1999) - 2004 - John KatzenbachJohn KatzenbachJohn Katzenbach is a U.S. author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, John worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News , and a featured writer for the Herald’s Tropic magazine...
, The Analyst, (USA, 2002) - 2005 - Ian RankinIan RankinIan Rankin, OBE, DL , is a Scottish crime writer. His best known books are the Inspector Rebus novels. He has also written several pieces of literary criticism.-Background:He attended Beath High School, Cowdenbeath...
, Dead SoulsDead Souls (1999 novel)Dead Souls is a 1999 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the tenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It was the third episode in the Rebus television series starring John Hannah, airing in 2001.-Plot summary:...
, (UK, 1999) - 2006 - Larry BeinhartLarry BeinhartLarry Beinhart is an American author. He is best known as the author of the political and detective novel American Hero, which was adapted for the political-parody film Wag the Dog. Directed by Barry Levinson, it starred Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, William H...
, The Librarian, (USA, 2004) - 2007 - Arnaldur IndriðasonArnaldur IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction. He has repeatedly proved to be the most popular writer in Iceland in recent years — topping bestseller lists year after year...
, Voices, (Röddin, Iceland, 2003) - 2008 - Camilla LäckbergCamilla LäckbergJean Edith Camilla Läckberg Eriksson is a Swedish crime writer.A common theme in Läckberg's books is that all are traditionally set in or around her birthplace, the small Swedish west coast town of Fjällbacka...
, The Ice PrincessThe Ice Princess (novel)The Ice Princess is a 2003 crime novel by the Swedish author Camilla Läckberg. It was originally published in 2002 in Swedish, titled Isprinsessan...
, (Isprinsessan, Sweden, 2002) - 2009 - Ken BruenKen BruenKen Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction.He was born in Galway, and educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and later at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned a Ph.D. in metaphysics. He spent twenty-five years as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, S.E. Asia and...
, Priest, (UK, 2006)
2010s
- 2010 - William GayWilliam Gay (author)William Gay is an American writer of novels and short stories.-Life and career:Gay was born in Hohenwald, Tennessee, which he still calls home. After high school, Gay joined the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War...
, Twilight (USA, 2006) - 2011 - Yishai Sarid, Limassol