Hammett Award Winners

2011

Winner: The Killer is Dying: A Novel, by James Sallis

2010

WINNER: The Nearest Exit, by Olen Steinhauer

2009

WINNER: The Manual of Detection: A Novel, by Jedediah Berry

2008

WINNER: The Turnaround, by George Pelecanos

2007

WINNER: The Outlander, by Gil Adamson

2006

WINNER: The Prisoner of Guantánamo, by Dan Fesperman

2005

WINNER: Alibi: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon

2004

WINNER: Prince of Thieves: A Novel by Chuck Hogan

2003

WINNER: The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman

2002

WINNER: Honor's Kingdom by Owen Parry

2001

WINNER: Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst

2000

WINNER: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

1999

WINNER: Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smtih

1998

WINNER: Tidewater Blood by William Hoffman

1997

WINNER: Trial of Passion by William Deverell

1996

WINNER: Rose by Martin Cruz Smith

1995

WINNER: Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker

1994

WINNER: Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke

1993

WINNER: The Mexican Tree Druck by James Crumley

1992

WINNER: Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman

1991

WINNER: Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard