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. 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 became the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.
Awards +Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitleResultRef.1992Native TongueWinnerFinalistBook CaseFinalistHour of the HunterFinalistWe Wish You A Merry MurderFinalist1993Booked to DieWinnerFinalistBootlegger's DaughterFinalistFinalist1994Smilla's Sense of SnowWinnerWolf in the ShadowsFinalistDeath Comes As EpiphanyFinalistBy Evil MeansFinalistCatilina's RiddleFinalistFinalistWay Down on the High LonelyFinalist1995One for the MoneyWinnerDo Unto OthersFinalistAunt Dimity and the DukeFinalistFinalistFinalistMallory's OracleFinalistWalking RainFinalist1996WinnerVoodoo RiverFinalistWho in Hell is Wanda Fuca?FinalistIf I'd Killed Him When I Met HimFinalistFinalist1997WinnerFade AwayFinalistHearts and BonesFinalistDarkness, Take My HandFinalistTularosaFinalistMoody Gets the BluesFinalistDance for the DeadFinalistFinalist1998Three to Get DeadlyWinnerKilling FloorFinalistBack SpinFinalistSacredFinalistDéjà DeadFinalistFinalist1999Gone, Baby, GoneWinnerBlind DescentFinalistFinalistSunset LimitedFinalistIron LakeFinalistWings of FireFinalist2000L.A. RequiemWinnerRiver of DarknessFinalistMurder with PeacocksFinalistBoundary WatersFinalistCalifornia Fire and LifeFinalist2001WinnerFinalistFinalistDemolition AngelFinalistHot SixFinalist2002Mystic RiverWinnerFinalistDead Until DarkFinalistPurgatory RidgeFinalistFinalist2003In the Bleak MidwinterWinnerYou've Got MurderFinalistWithout FailFinalistFinalistHell to PayFinalist2004Lost in a Good BookWinnerCrouching Buzzard, Leaping LoonFinalistFinalistMonkeewrenchFinalistMaisie DobbsFinalist2005Darkly Dreaming DexterWinnerFinalistSomething RottenFinalistFinalistBirds of a FeatherFinalistFinalist2006Thirty-Three TeethWinnerIn a TeapotFinalistFinalistHalf Broken ThingsFinalistFinalistFinalist2007Still LifeWinnerBilly BoyleFinalistHolmes on the RangeFinalistMournful TeddyFinalistFinalistFinalist2008Thunder BayWinnerHer Royal SpynessFinalistFinalistSilent in the GraveFinalistFinalist2009Trigger CityWinnerFinalistSilent in the SanctuaryFinalistChild 44FinalistDawn PatrolFinalist2010WinnerFinalistFinalistFinalistFinalistFinalistFinalist2011Bury Your DeadWinnerLove Songs from a Shallow GraveFinalistFinalistMoonlight MileFinalistOnce a SpyFinalistSavagesFinalist2012Ghost HeroWinnerWhen Elves AttackFinalistWicked AutumnFinalistTag ManFinalistFinalist2013Before the PoisonWinnerGrandad, There's a Head on the BeachFinalistBroken HarborFinalistMr. Churchill's SecretaryFinalistFinalist2014Ordinary GraceWinnerSeven for a SecretFinalistThe Black CountryFinalistSpider Woman's DaughterFinalistPagan SpringFinalistFinalist
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