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FOR BEST "FAIR-PLAY" MYSTERY NOVEL 1979-2002 |
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FOR BEST "FAIR-PLAY" MYSTERY NOVEL 1979-2002 |
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Presented annually for the novel that best captures the spirit and fair-play aspects of the Nero Wolfe novels. The award is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, which is traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City.
| 2002 | Linda Fairstein | The Deadhouse |
| 2001 | Laura Lippman | Sugar House |
| 2000 | Fred Harris | Coyote Revenge |
| 1999 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bone Collector |
| 1998 | Dennis Lehane | Sacred |
| 1997 | Michael Connelly | The Poet |
| 1996 | Laurie R. King | A Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| 1995 | Sharyn McCrumb | She Walks These Hills |
| 1994 | Aaron Elkins | Old Scores |
| 1993 | John Dunning | Booked to Die |
| 1992 | Robert Barnard | A Scandel in Belgravia |
| 1991 | Tony Hillerman | Coyote Waits |
| 1990 | No Award | |
| 1989 | No Award | |
| 1988 | No Award | |
| 1987 | Charlotte MacLeod | The Corpse in Oozak's Pond |
| 1986 | Robert Goldsborough | Murder in E Minor |
| 1985 | Dick Lochte | Sleeping Dog |
| 1984 | Jane Langton | Emily Dickinson Is Dead |
| 1983 | Martha Grimes | The Anodyne Necklace |
| 1982 | Hugh Pentecost | Past, Present and Murder |
| 1981 | Amanda Cross | Death in a Tenured Position |
| 1980 | Helen McCloy | Burn This |
| 1979 | Lawrence Block | The Burgar Who Liked to Quote Kipling |
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