Winners of the Hammett Award for Crime Novels
| Year |
Title | Author |
| 2007 |
The Outlander |
Gil Adamson |
| 2006 |
The Prisoner of Guantanamo |
Dan Fesperman |
| 2005 |
Alibi |
Joseph Kanon |
| 2005 |
Prince of Thieves |
Chuck Hogan |
| 2004 |
The Seduction of Water |
Carol Goodman |
| 2003 |
Honor's Kingdom |
Owen Parry |
| 2002 |
Kingdom of Shadows |
Alan Furst |
| 2001 |
The Blind Assassin |
Margaret Atwood |
| 2000 |
Havanna Bay |
Martin Cruz Smith |
| 1999 |
Tidewater Blood |
William Hoffman |
| 1998 |
Trial of Passion |
William Deverell |
| 1997 |
Rose |
Martin Cruz Smith |
| 1996 |
Under the Beetle's Cellar |
Mary Willis |
| 1995 |
Dixie City Jam |
James Lee Burke |
| 1994 |
Mexican Tree Duck |
James Crumley |
| 1993 |
Turtle Moon |
Alice Hoffman |
| 1992 |
Maximum Bob |
Elmore Leonard |
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