Honorable Mentions in Green
Spotted Owl Winner in Red
| Author | Title | Publisher | Residence | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders, Donna | All The Wrong Places | Pocket Books | WA | 2002 |
| Cameron, Stella | Cold Day In July | Kensington | WA | 2002 |
| Chandler, J. D. | Mud Bay | iuniverse | OR | 2002 |
| Cobb, James H. | Target Lock | Putnam | WA | 2002 |
| Collins, Michael | The Resurrectionists | Scribner | WA | 2002 |
| Daheim, Mary | Silver Scream | Morrow | WA | 2002 |
| Daheim, Mary | The Alpine Obituary | Ballantine | WA | 2002 |
| Dibdin, Michael | And Then You Die | Pantheon | WA | 2002 |
| Donnelly, Deborah | Veiled Threats | Dell | ID | 2002 |
| Donnelly, Deborah | Died To Match | Dell | ID | 2002 |
| Duncan, Sharon | A Deep Blue Farewell | Signet | WA | 2002 |
| Dunn, Carola | The Case of the Murdered Muckraker | St. Martin’s | OR | 2002 |
| Dunn, Carola | Mistletoe And Murder | St. Martin’s | OR | 2002 |
| Elkins, Aaron | Turncoat | Morrow | WA | 2002 |
| Emerson, Earl | Vertical Burn | Ballantine | WA | 2002 |
| Flowers, R. Barri | The Scheme Of Things | Sadorian | OR | 2002 |
| Ford, G.M. | Black River | Morrow | WA | 2002 |
| Freeman, Mary | Garden View | Berkley | OR | 2002 |
| Gom, Leona | Hating Gladys | Sumach Press | BC | 2002 |
| Griffith, Nicola | Stay | Doubleday | WA | 2002 |
| Henry, April | Learning to Fly | St. Martin’s | OR | 2002 |
| Henry, Sue | Cold Company | Morrow | AK | 2002 |
| Hoyt, Richard | Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie | Forge | WA | 2002 |
| Jackson, Lisa | Cold Blooded | Zebra | OR | 2002 |
| Jance, J.A. | Partner In Crime | Morrow | WA | 2002 |
| Kelly, Nora | Hot Pursuit | Poisoned Pen Press | BC | 2002 |
| Kingsbury, Kate | For Whom Death Tolls | Berkley | OR | 2002 |
| Kingsbury, Kate | Dig Deep For Muder | Berkley | OR | 2002 |
| Krentz, Jayne Ann | Smoke in Mirrors | Putnam | WA | 2002 |
| Lovell, Ron | Murder At Yaquina Head | Sunstone | OR | 2002 |
| Lowell, Elizabeth | Running Scared | Harper | WA | 2002 |
| Morgan, Mary | Deeper Waters | St. Martin’s | WA | 2002 |
| Nance, John J. | Turbulence | Putnam | WA | 2002 |
| Nelscott, Kris | Thin Walls | St. Martin’s | OR | 2002 |
| Newman, Sheran | Heresy | Forge/Tor | OR | 2002 |
| O’Brien, Kevin | Make Them Cry | Kensington | WA | 2002 |
| O’Brien, Meg | Crimson Rain | Mira | WA | 2002 |
| Oliver, Steve | Dead Men | Dark City | WA | 2002 |
| Pearson, Ridley | The Art Of Deception | Hyperion | ID | 2002 |
| Petrucci, Paul | Prodigal Logic | Blockbuster | WA | 2002 |
| Quick, Amanda (Jayne Ann Krentz) | Don’t Look Back | Bantam | WA | 2002 |
| Reed, John | The Kingfisher’s Call | Sourcebooks | OR | 2002 |
| Robb, Candace | A Spy for the Redeemer | Mysterious Press | WA | 2002 |
| Sachs, Harley | Ben Zakkai’s Coffin | Zumaya Publications | OR | 2002 |
| Saul, John | Midnight Voices | Ballantine | WA | 2002 |
| Siporin, Alan | Fire’s Edge | Wounded Bear | OR | 2002 |
| Slade, Michael | Death’s Door | Onyx | BC | 2002 |
| Sloan, Susan R. | Act of God | Warner | WA | 2002 |
| Smith, Dean Wesley | Hard Rain | Pocket Books | OR | 2002 |
| Stabenow, Dana | Better To Rest | NAL | AK | 2002 |
| Stabenow, Dana | A Fine And Bitter Snow | St. Martin’s | AK | 2002 |
| Taylor, Timothy | Stanley Park | Counterpoint | BC | 2002 |
| Thayer, James Stewart | The Gold Swan | Simon and Schuster | WA | 2002 |
| Thomas, Graham | Malice Downstream | Ballantine | BC | 2002 |
| Tissot, Jan | Keiki | Parhelion | WA | 2002 |
| Vachss, Andrew | Only Child | Knopf | WA | 2002 |
| Wilhelm, Kate | Skeletons | St. Martin’s | OR | 2002 |