• WITHOUT FAIL, Lee Child
• THE HEARSE CASE SCENARIO, Tim Cockey
• NORTH OF NOWHERE, Steve Hamilton
• HELL TO PAY, George Pelecanos
• WINTER AND NIGHT, S. J. Rozan

• THE DEVIL’S REDHEAD, David Corbett
• NOT ALL TARTS ARE APPLE, Pip Granger
• THE BLUE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT, Jonathon King
• THE DISTANCE, Eddie Muller
• BUCK FEVER, Ben Rehder

• SCAREDY CAT, Mark Billingham
• THE MASTER OF RAIN, Tom Bradby
• THE BUSINESS OF DYING, Simon Kernick
• DIAMOND DUST, Peter Lovesey
• THE YEARE’S MIDNIGHT, Ed O’Connor

• TELL NO ONE, Harlan Coben
• DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, Michael Connelly
• PURGATORY RIDGE, William Kent Krueger
• SILENT JOE, T. Jefferson Parker
• RIGHT AS RAIN, George Pelecanos
• BAD NEWS, Donald E. Westlake

• THIRD PERSON SINGULAR, K.J. Erickson
• CHASING THE DEVIL’S TAIL, David Fulmer
• PERHAPS SHE’LL DIE, M.K. Preston
• BLINDSIGHTED, Karen Slaughter
• BUBBLES UNBOUND, Sarah Strohmeyer

• BLOOD JUNCTION, Caroline Carver
• THE KILLING KIND, John Connolly
• DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD, Reginald Hill
• DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS, P.D. James
• KILLING THE SHADOWS, Val McDermid
• THE FALLS, Ian Rankin

• RODE HARD, PUT AWAY DEAD, Sinclair Browning
• DEATH IS A CABARET, Deborah Morgan
• THE FOURTH WALL, Beth Saulnier
• STRAW MEN, Martin J. Smith

Best Novel:
Deep South, Nevada Barr

Nominees:

• Running Blind, Lee Child
• Places in the Dark, Thomas H. Cook
• Cross Dressing, by Bill Fitzhugh
• Winter of the Wolf Moon, Steven Hamilton
• Unwanted Company, Barbara Seranella

Best First Novel:
A Conspiracy of Paper, David Liss

Nominees:

• In Her Defense, Stephen Horn
• The Ice Harvest, Scott Phillips
• Street Level, Bob Truluck
• Death of a Red Heroine, Qiu Xiaolong

Best British Crime Novel:
Black Dog, Stephen Booth

Nominees:

• Dark Hollow, John Connolly
• The Beach Road, Sarah Diamond
• The Certainty of Doing Evil, Colin Falconer
• The Reaper, Peter Lovesey

Best Paperback Original:
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn, Eric Wright

Nominees:

• Dive Deep and Deadly, Glynn Marsh Alam
• Death Dances to a Reggae Beat, Kate Grilley
• Little Mexico, Cathie John
• Distemper, Beth Saulnier

Best Novel:
In a Dry Season, Peter Robinson

Nominees:

• Angels Flight, Michael Connelly
• L.A. Requiem, Robert Crais
• High Five, Janet Evanovich
• Hart's War, by John Katzenbach
• Pray for Rain, Dennis Lehane

Best First Novel:
Murder with Peacocks, Donna Andrews

Nominees:

• The Immortal Game, Mark Coggins
• Lie in the Dark, Dan Fesperman
• White Sky Black Ice, Stan Jones
• Every Trace, Greg Main

Best British Crime Novel:
A Place of Execution, Val Mcdermid

Nominees:

• River of Darkness, Rennie Airth
• Every Dead Thing, John Connolly
• Rough Justice, Colin Falconer
• The Chalon Heads, Barry Maitland

Best Paperback Original:
Every Move She Makes, Robin Burcell
                        and
An Antidote for Avarice, Caroline Roe

Nominees:

• Them Bones, Carolyn Haines
• The Hunted, Jerry Kennealy
• The Last Song Dogs, Sinclair Browning

Best Novel:
On Beulah Height, Reginald Hill
                  and
Gone, Baby, Gone, Dennis Lehane

Nominees:

• Evan Help Us, Rhys Bowen
• Blood Work, Michael Connelly
• The Coffin Dancer, Jeffery Deaver
• Judas Child, Carol O'Connell
• The Hanging Garden, Ian Rankin
• All the Dead Lie Down, Mary Willis Walker

Best First Novel:
Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger

Nominees:

• The Contrary Blues, John Billheimer
• A Cold Day in Paradise, Steve Hamilton
• The Doctor Digs a Grave, Robin Hathaway
• Tidewater Blood, William Hoffman
• A Likeness in Stone, J. Wallis Martin
• Billy Dead, Lisa Reardon
• A Criminal Appeal, D.R. Schanker

Best Novel:
Trunk Music, Michael Connelly

Nominees:

• Dreaming of the Bones, Deborah Crombie
• Hocus, Jan Burke
• A Wasteland of Strangers, Bill Pronzini
• The Life and Death of Bobby Z, Don Winslow
• No Colder Place, S.J. Rozan
• Cimarron Rose, James Lee Burke

Best First Novel:
Killing Floor, Lee Child

Nominees:

• No Human Involved, Barbara Seranella
• Except the Dying, Maureen Jennings
• Free Reign, Rosemary Aubert
• Flower Net, Lisa See
• Los Alamos, Joseph Kanon

Best Paperback Original:
Backspin, Harlan Coben

Nominees:

• Big Red Tequila, Rick Riordan
• The Salaryman's Wife, Sujata Massey
• Dead Body Language, Penny Warner

Best Novel:
Bloodhounds, Peter Lovesey

Nominees:

• Hearts and Bones, by Margaret Lawrence
• Dance of the Dead, by Thomas Perry
• The Wood Beyond, by Reginald Hill
• Speak no Evil, by Rochelle Krich
• The Chatham School Affair, by Thomas H. Cook

Best First Novel:
Test of Wills, Charles Todd

Nominees:

• A Brother's Blood, Michael C. White
• A Killing in Quail County, Jameson Cole
• Lie Down With Dogs, Jan Gleiter
• What the Deaf Mute Heard, by G.D. Gearino
• Fatal Gift, by H. Michael Frase

Best Paperback Original:
Walking Rain, Susan Wade

Nominees:

• The Grass Widow, Teri Holbrook
• Fade Away, Harlan Coben

Best Non-Fiction:
Detecting Women 2, Willetta L. Heising