Prix Mystère de la critique

The Prix Mystère de la critique was established in 1972 by , published by from 1948 to 1976, and is one of the oldest French awards for a detective novel. It continues to be awarded each year by its founder, Georges Rieben and his team, and has the characteristic of having survived the demise of the magazine.

Since 2011, the award's ceremony takes place at the .

The prize is divided into two categories: French novel and foreign novel.

Laureates of the best French novel The prizewinners in the National category is reserved for the best French-language crime series published the previous year. The most successful in this category were the French Alain Demouzon (1979 and 2001), Pascal Dessaint (1997 and 2008), Thierry Jonquet (1994 and 1999), Dominique Manotti (2002 and 2007), Jean-Hugues Oppel (1995 and 2006), Fred Vargas (1996 and 2000) and Hervé Le Corre (2005 and 2010), who won the prize twice. Vargas was at the same time the first female criminal writer to be awarded the prize. 2018: Franz Bartelt : L'hôtel du grand cerf, Coll. Cadre Noir, Le Seuil, 2017 2017: Cloé Mehdi : Rien ne se perd, Jigal, 2017 2016: DOA : Pukhtu, Série Noire/Gallimard, 2015 2015: Nicolas Mathieu : Aux Animaux la Guerre, Actes Sud, 2014: Romain Slocombe : Première Station avant l'abattoir, Le Seuil (Seuil Policiers), 2013 2013: Olivier Truc : Le Dernier Lapon, Métailié (Noire), 2012 2012: Marcus Malte : Les Harmoniques, Éditions Gallimard (Série noire), 2011 2011: Marin Ledun : La Guerre des vanités, Gallimard (Série noire), 2010 2010: Hervé Le Corre : Les Cœurs déchiquetés, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 2009 2009: Caryl Férey : Zulu, Gallimard (Série noire), 2008 2008: Pascal Dessaint : Cruelles Natures, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 2007 2007: Dominique Manotti : Lorraine Connection, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 2006 2006: Jean-Hugues Oppel : French Tabloïds, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 2005 2005: Hervé Le Corre : L’Homme aux lèvres de saphir, Rivages (), 2004 2004: Michèle Rozenfarb : L'Homme encerclé, Gallimard (Série noire), 2003 2003: Claude Amoz : Bois-Brûlé, Rivages (Rivages/Noir), 2002 2002: Dominique Manotti : Nos fantastiques années fric, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 2001 2001: Alain Demouzon : La Promesse de Melchior, Calmann Levy (Melchior), 2000 2000: Fred Vargas : L’Homme à l’envers, Viviane Hamy (Chemins nocturnes), 1999 1999: Thierry Jonquet : Moloch, Gallimard (Série noire), 1998 1998: Hugues Pagan : Dernière station avant l'autoroute, Rivages (Rivages/Thriller), 1997 1997: Pascal Dessaint : Bouche d’ombre, Rivages (Rivages/Noir), 1996 1996: Fred Vargas : Debout les morts, Viviane Hamy (Chemins nocturnes), 1995 1995: Jean-Hugues Oppel : Brocéliande-sur-Marne, Rivages (Rivages/Noir), 1994 1994: Thierry Jonquet : Les Orpailleurs, Gallimard (Série noire), 1993 1993: Jean-Bernard Pouy : La Belle de Fontenay, Gallimard (Série noire), 1992 1992: Tonino Benacquista : La Commedia des ratés, Gallimard (Série noire), 1991 1991: Jacques Syreigeol : Une mort dans le Djebel, Gallimard (Série noire), 1990 1990: Joseph Bialot : Un violon pour Mozart, Gallimard (Série noire), 1989 1989: Patrick Raynal : Fenêtre sur femmes, Albin Michel, 1988 1988: Daniel Pennac : La Fée carabine, Gallimard (Série noire), 1987 1987: Didier Daeninckx : Play-Back, L’instant (L'Instant Noir), 1986 1986: Jean Amila : , Gallimard (Série noire), 1985 1985: Pierre Magnan : La Maison assassinée, Denoël, 1984 1984: Tito Topin : 55 de fièvre, Gallimard (Série noire), 1983 1983: Albert Davidson : Élémentaire mon cher Holmes, Denoël (Sueurs froides), 1982 1982: Brice Pelman : Attention les fauves, Fleuve Noir (Spécial Police), 1981 1981: Jean-François Coatmeur : La Bavure, Denoël (Sueurs froides), 1980 1980: Jean Vautrin : Bloody Mary, Mazarine (Romans), 1979 1979: Alain Demouzon : Mes crimes imparfaits, Flammarion, 1978 1978: Michel Grisolia : L’Inspecteur de la mer, Jean-Claude Lattès 1977: Georges-Jean Arnaud : Enfantasme, Fleuve Noir (Spécial Police), 1976 et A. D. G. : L’Otage est sans pitié, Gallimard (Super noire), 1976 (ex æquo) 1976: Louis C. Thomas : La Place du mort, Denoël (Sueurs froides), 1975 1975: Raf Vallet : Adieu Poulet, Gallimard (Super noire), 1974 1974: Boileau-Narcejac : , Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1973 1973: Fred Kassak : Nocturne pour un assassin, Presses de la Cité (Suspens), 1972 1972: Albert Simonin : Hotu soit qui mal y pense, Gallimard (Série noire), 1971

Laureates of the best foreign novel The prizewinners in the International category, is reserved for the best foreign crime scene published in the previous year in French translation. The most successful in this category were Donald E. Westlake (1972 and 2001), Robin Cook (1984 and 1995), William Bayer (1986 and 2005) and James Lee Burke (1992 and 2009), who could have won the award twice. Horst Bosetzky was the only German-speaking criminal writer, to succeed in the victory of a criminal writer. In 1988, he triumphed with his novel "Kein Reihenhaus" for Robin Hood, which had been published under the pseudonym -ky, under the title Robin des bois est mort, in the Bordeaux publishing house Le Mascaret the previous year.

2010s 2018 — Killarney Blues by Colin O'Sullivan (, 2013) 2017 — Cartel by Don Winslow (, 2015) 2016 — Hell on Church Street by Jake Hinkson (, 2011) 2015 — Black Flies by Shannon Burke (, 2008) 2014 — The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel (, 2010) 2013 — The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock (, 2011) 2012 — The Twelve by Stuart Neville (, 2009) 2011 — Twilight by William Gay (, 2007) 2010 — The Resurrectionist by Jack O’Connell (, 2008)

2000s 2009 — Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke (, 2003) 2008 — Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (, 2006) 2007 — Cinco mujeres y media by Francisco González Ledesma (, 2005) 2006 — Jar City (Mýrin) by Arnaldur Indriðason (, 2000) 2005 — The Dream of the Broken Horses by William Bayer (, 2002) 2004 — Dead at Daybreak (Orion) by Deon Meyer (, 2000) 2003 — Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (, 2001) 2002 — The Winter Queen (Азазель) by Boris Akunin : Azazel (, 1998) 2001 — The Hook by Donald E. Westlake (, 2000) 2000 — Sidetracked (Villospår) by Henning Mankell (, 1995)

1990s 1999 — The Shape of Water (La forma dell’acqua) by Andrea Camilleri (, 1994) 1998 — The Poet by Michael Connelly (, 1996) 1997 — Enigma by Robert Harris (, 1995) 1996 — The Alienist by Caleb Carr (USA, 1994) 1995 — Not Till the Red Fog Rises by Robin Cook (, 1994) 1994 — March Violets by Philip Kerr (, 1989) 1993 — La Dama de Cachemira by Francisco González Ledesma (, 1986) 1992 — Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke (, 1989) 1991 — The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (, 1988) 1990 — The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy (, 1988)

1980s 1989 — The Wrong Case by James Crumley (USA, 1975) 1988 — Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood by Horst Bosetzky (Germany, 1979) 1987 — Coda by Tom Topor (USA, 1984) 1986 — Switch by William Bayer (USA, 1984) 1985 — Night of the Juggler by William P. McGivern (USA, 1975) 1984 — He Died With His Eyes Open by Robin Cook (UK, 1984) 1983 — Eddie Macon's Run by James McLendon (USA, 1980) 1982 — The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (USA, 1980) 1981 — The Protector Malcolm Braly (USA, 1979) 1980 — Bad Ronald by Jack Vance (USA, 1973)

1970s 1979 — Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler (UK, 1959) 1978 — No award 1977 — No award 1976 — The File on Lester by Andrew Garve (UK, 1974) 1975 — No award 1974 — No award 1973 — No award 1972 — The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake (USA, 1970)

Prix Mystère de la critique

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