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Literary Awards: 1980- 1989

This guide gives a listing of some of the literary award winners.

1989 Winners

BEST NOVEL

A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781585470211

Publication Date: 2000-04-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Carolina Skeletons by David Stout
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780892962648

Publication Date: 1988-05-01

1988 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Old Bones by Aaron Elkins
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781497643154

Publication Date: 2014-07-08

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Death among Strangers by Deidre S. Laiken
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780025674004

Publication Date: 1987-03-01

1987 Winners

BEST NOVEL

A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780141040189

Publication Date: June 23, 2009

BEST FIRST NOVEL

No One Rides for Free by Larry Beinhart
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780688060572

Publication Date: 1986-02-01

1986 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Suspect by L. R. Wright
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781934609071

Publication Date: 2008-06-09

BEST FIRST NOVEL

When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780345540218

Publication Date: 2013-03-26

1985 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Briarpatch by Ross Thomas; Lawrence Block (Introduction by); Ross Thomas
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780312290313

Publication Date: 2003-01-09

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Strike Three You're Dead by R. D. Rosen
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781480407770

Publication Date: 2013-04-09

1984 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Labrava by Elmore Leonard
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780062227881

Publication Date: 2012-12-26

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Bay Psalm Book Murder by Will Harriss
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 0802754945

Publication Date: 1983-06-01

1983 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780804105514

Publication Date: 1989-11-28

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry
Call Number: Ebook

ISBN: 9781588362964

Publication Date: June 10, 2003

1982 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Peregrine by William Bayer; William Bayer
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780765311610

Publication Date: 2005-06-01

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Chiefs by Stuart Woods
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780451215802

Publication Date: 2005-07-05

1981 Winners

BEST NOVEL

Whip Hand by Dick Francis
Call Number: PR6056.R27W54 1987

ISBN: 0449212742

Publication Date: 1987-02-12

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Watcher by Kay Nolte Smith
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9781584451532

Publication Date: 1999-09-01

1980 Winners

BEST NOVEL

The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling
Call Number: Not Available- Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780575027138

Publication Date: 1979

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Lasko Tangent by Richard North Patterson
Call Number: Not available—Request via Interlibrary Loan

ISBN: 9780393347234

Publication Date: 2014-02-03