Honorable Mentions in Green
Spotted Owl Winner in Red
| Author | Title | Publisher | Residence | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersen, Susan | Obsessed | Zebra Books | WA | 2001 |
| Banks, T.F. | The Thief Taker | Delacorte | BC | 2001 |
| Brooks, Larry | Pressure Point | Onyx | OR | 2001 |
| Brown, Jim | 24/7 | Ballantine | OR | 2001 |
| Cady, Jack | The Haunting Of Hood Canal | St. Martin’s | WA | 2001 |
| Christofferson, April | Patent To Kill | Forge | WA | 2001 |
| Colbert, Curt | Rat City | Uglytown | WA | 2001 |
| Conway, Sara | Murder On Good Friday | Cumberland | WA | 2001 |
| Cunningham, Mary | Deadly Revenge | Xlibris | WA | 2001 |
| Daheim, Mary | A Streetcar Named Expire | Avon | WA | 2001 |
| Daheim, Mary | Suture Self | Morrow | WA | 2001 |
| Daheim, Mary | The Alpine Nemesis | Ballantine | WA | 2001 |
| Davenport, Chai | The Christmas Party | AmErica | WA | 2001 |
| Dereske, Jo | Miss Zukas Shelves The Evidence | Avon | WA | 2001 |
| Dibdin, Michael | Thanksgiving | Pantheon | WA | 2001 |
| Dietrich, William | Dark Winter | Warner | WA | 2001 |
| Duncan, Sharon | Death On A Casual Friday | Signet | WA | 2001 |
| Dunn, Carola | To Davy Jones Below | St. Martin’s | OR | 2001 |
| Ferrigno, Robert | Flinch | Pantheon | WA | 2001 |
| Ford, G.M. | Fury | Morrow | WA | 2001 |
| Goddard, Ken | Outer Perimeter | Bantam | OR | 2001 |
| Gough, Laurence | Funny Money | M&S | BC | 2001 |
| Harrington, Patricia | Death Stalks The Khmer | AmErica | WA | 2001 |
| Henry, April | Heart-Shaped Box | Harper | OR | 2001 |
| Henry, Sue | Dead North | Morrow | AK | 2001 |
| Hopper, Kay | Touching Evil | Bantam | WA | 2001 |
| Huebner, Fredrick | Shades Of Justice | Simon & Schuster | WA | 2001 |
| Jance, J.A. | Birds Of Prey | Morrow | WA | 2001 |
| Jance, J.A. | Paradise Lost | Morrow | WA | 2001 |
| Karp, Larry | The Midnight Special | Write Way | WA | 2001 |
| Kingsbury, Kate | A Bicycle Built For Murder | Berkley | OR | 2001 |
| Kingsbury, Kate | Death Is In The Air | Berkley | OR | 2001 |
| Krentz, Jayne Ann | Lost and Found | Putnam | WA | 2001 |
| LaFlamme, Lon | Lords Of Paradise | Writer’s Showcase | WA | 2001 |
| Lowell, Elizabeth | Moving Target | Morrow | WA | 2001 |
| Lowell, Elizabeth | Tell Me No Lies | Mira | WA | 2001 |
| Luckett, Mitch | To Kill A Common Loon | Media Weavers | OR | 2001 |
| Margolin, Phillip | The Associate | Harper | OR | 2001 |
| Martini, Steve | The Jury | Putnam | WA | 2001 |
| Maxwell, David | Men Lie | Insomniac | BC | 2001 |
| Moody, Skye Kathleen | K Falls | St. Martin’s | WA | 2001 |
| Nance, John J. | Headwind | Putnam | WA | 2001 |
| Nelscott, Kris | Smoke Filled Room | St. Martin’s | OR | 2001 |
| Pearson, Ridley | Parallel Lies | Hyperion | ID | 2001 |
| Robb, Candace | A Trust Betrayed | Mysterious Press | WA | 2001 |
| Rucka, Greg | Critial Space | Bantam | OR | 2001 |
| Saul, John | The Manhattan Hunt Club | Ballantine | WA | 2001 |
| Simpson, Marcia | Sound Tracks | Poisoned Pen Press | WA | 2001 |
| Siporin, Alan | Fire’s Edge | West Coast Crime | OR | 2001 |
| Slade, Michael | Hangman | Signet | BC | 2001 |
| Smith, Frank | Thread Of Evidence | St. Martin’s | BC | 2001 |
| Smith-Levin, Judith | Reckless Eyeballin’ | Fawectt | WA | 2001 |
| Stabenow, Dana | The Singing Of The Dead | St. Martin’s | AK | 2001 |
| Straley, John | Cold Water Burning | Bantam | AK | 2001 |
| Thayer, James | Force 12 | Simon & Schuster | WA | 2001 |
| Vachss, Andrew | Pain Management | Knopf | WA | 2001 |
| Walter, Jess | Over Tumbled Graves | Harper | WA | 2001 |
| Wilhelm, Kate | Desperate Measures | St. Martin’s Press | OR | 2001 |
| Winterhouse, C.M. | Cut Bait | McRoy & Blackburn | AK | 2001 |