1971 - Julian Symons, The 31st February, (UK, 1950)
1972 - Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal, (UK, 1971) 
1973 - Richard Neely, The Walter Syndrome, (USA, 1970)
1974 - Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought, (UK, 1931)
1975 - Cornell Woolrich, , (USA, 1948) 
1976 - John Franklin Bardin, The Last of Philip Banter, (USA, 1947) and Devil Take The Blue-Tail Fly, (UK, 1948)
1977 - Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective, (UK, 1976)
1978 - Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory, (UK, 1974)
1979 - Brian Garfield, Recoil, (USA, 1977)
1980 - Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me, (UK, 1979)
1981 - Sébastien Japrisot, One Deadly Summer, (L'Été meurtrier, France, 1977) 죽음의 정사
1982 - Margaret Yorke, The Scent of Fear, (UK, 1980)
1983 - Pierre Magnan, Death in the Truffle Wood, (Le Commissaire dans la truffière, France, 1978)
1984 - Len Deighton, Berlin Game, (UK, 1983)
1985 - Elmore Leonard, LaBrava, (USA, 1983)
1986 - John le Carré, A Perfect Spy, (UK, 1986)
1987 - Matti Joensuu, Harjunpää and the Tormentors, (Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät, Finland, 1986)
1988 - Scott Turow, Presumed Innocent, (USA, 1987) 
1989 - Anders Bodelsen, Mørklægning, (Denmark, 1988)
1990 - Ross Thomas, Chinaman's Chance, (USA, 1978)
1991 - Doris Gercke, Weinschröter, du musst hängen, (Weinschröter, du musst hängen, Germany, 1988)
1992 - Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seas, (Los mares del Sur, Spain, 1979) 남쪽바다
1993 - Tim Krabbé, The Golden Egg, (Het gouden ei, Netherlands, 1984)
1994 - Maarten 't Hart, Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld, (Netherlands, 1993)
1995 - Scott Smith, A Simple Plan, (USA, 1993) 심플플랜
1996 - David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, (USA, 1994)
1997 - Barry Unsworth, Morality Play, (UK, 1995)
1998 - Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle's Cellar, (USA, 1995)
1999 - Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost, (UK, 1997) 
2000 - Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair, (USA, 1996)
2001 - Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season, (USA, 1999)
2002 - Karin Fossum, Black Seconds, (Svarte sekunder, Norway, 2002)
2003 - Ben Elton, Dead Famous, (UK, 2001)
2004 - Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, (UK, 1998) 
2005 - Arnaldur Indriðason, Voices, (Röddin, Iceland, 2002) 
2006 - Philippe Claudel, Grey Souls, (Les Âmes Grises, France, 2003)
2007 - Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves, (USA, 2005)