2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner
![A Place of Execution](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580851003-59244-image-3.jpg)
A Place of Execution
Val McDermid
Winter 1963: two children have disappeared in Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: 13-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from the isolated Derbyshire hamlet of S…
2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Shortlist
![Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580870232-597-image-3.jpg)
Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Michael Dibdin
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Cold Is the Grave: A Novel of Suspense
Peter Robinson
![Purple Cane Road](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580968349-2689-image-3.jpg)
Purple Cane Road
James Lee Burke
![Shame the Devil: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580961337-2111-image-3.jpg)