Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller

2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerEnvy the NightMichael KorytaIt's been seven years since Frank discovered his father's dark secret: that he was a U.S. Marshal a contract killer who committed suicide to avoid prosecution. Now Devin Matteson the man who betrayed his father - drawing him into the killing game and then ...Amazon2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistBad Traffic: An Inspector Jian NovelSimon LewisAmazonChild 44: A NovelTom Rob SmithAmazonThe Age of Dreaming: A NovelNina RevoyrAmazonThe Finder: A NovelColin HarrisonAmazon

2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerThe Indian Bride: An Inspector Sejer MysteryKarin Fossum, Charlotte BarslundWhen perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None o...Amazon2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistChristine Falls: A NovelBenjamin BlackAmazonFrozen Tracks: An Inspector Erik Winter NovelÅke EdwardsonAmazonIce Moon: A NovelJan Costin WagnerAmazonIn the WoodsTana FrenchAmazon

2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerEcho Park: A Harry Bosch NovelMichael ConnellyBosch reopens the hunt for a psychotic killer who stalked the streets of Los Angeles years before. In 1993, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Fearing the worst, the case was elevated by LAPD commanders from the missin...Amazon2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistCity of Tiny LightsPatrick NeateAmazonThe Night Gardener: A NovelGeorge P. PelecanosAmazonThe Winter of Frankie Machine: A NovelDon WinslowAmazonThe Zero: A NovelJess WalterAmazon

2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerLegends: A Novel of DissimulationRobert LittellNow a TNT series starring Sean Bean Robert Littell is the undisputed master of American spy fiction, hailed for his profound grasp of the world of international espionage. His previous novel, The Company, an international bestseller, was praised as "one of...Amazon2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistAsh & Bone: A Frank Elder MysteryJohn HarveyAmazonStrange Affair: A Novel of SuspensePeter RobinsonAmazonThe Lincoln Lawyer: A NovelMichael ConnellyAmazonThe Right Madness: A NovelJames CrumleyAmazon

2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerTijuana Straits: A NovelKem NunnFrom Kem Nunn, the National Book Award-nominated author of Tapping the Source and The Dogs of Winter, comes an exquisitely written tale of loss and redemption. Nunn renders the dangerous beaches and waters of California's borderland as only the critically ...Amazon2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistA Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus NovelIan RankinAmazonDark Voyage: A NovelAlan FurstAmazonOld BoysCharles McCarryAmazonThe Return of the Dancing MasterHenning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonAmazon

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerSoul CircusGeorge P. PelecanosA young woman is brutally murdered and PIs Strange and Quinn are forced to confront their own part in the crime. Private Investigator Derek Strange and his partner, Terry Quinn, are running a PI business in the seedy underbelly of Washington DC are approac...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistDeath of a NationalistRebecca PawelAmazonThe Company You KeepNeil GordonAmazonThe Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallendar MysteryHenning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonAmazonThe House SitterPeter LoveseyAmazon

2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerHell to Pay: A NovelGeorge P. PelecanosDerek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute. The two ex-cops think ...Amazon2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistLiving Dead GirlTod GoldbergAmazonOne Step Behind: A Kurt Wallander MysteryHenning Mankell, Ebba SegerbergAmazonReversible Errors: A NovelScott TurowAmazonThe Emperor of Ocean ParkStephen L. CarterAmazon

2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerSilent JoeT. Jefferson ParkerAtmospheric, complex and intelligent psychological suspense from the bestselling author of The Blue Hour and Red LightWith the horrible remnants of a childhood trauma forever visible on his face, Joe Trona is scarred in more ways than one. Rescued from an ...Amazon2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistChasing the Devil's Tail: A Mystery of Storyville, New OrleansDavid FulmerAmazonLittle AmericaHenry BromellAmazonOpen Season: A Joe Pickett NovelC.J. BoxAmazonThe Wooden Leg of Inspector AndersMarshall BrowneAmazon