That difficult second year… or not, really. More Puzzly summaries and the summary of the year is here.

January 2013

Winner

• Now You See Me by S J Bolton

Honourable Mentions

• Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr
• The Skeleton Room by Kate Ellis
• Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

February 2013

Winner

• The Plague Maiden by Kate Ellis

Honourable Mentions

• The Slayers of Seth by Paul Doherty
• Act of Mercy by Peter Tremayne
• Locked In by Kerry Wilkinson
• Yesterday’s Papers by Martin Edwards

March 2013

Winner

• Our Lady Of Darkness by Peter Tremayne

Honourable Mentions

• Fatal Induction by Bernadette Pajer
• Playing With Bones by Kate Ellis
• Cop To Corpse by Peter Lovesey

 April 2013

Winner

• Countdown City by Ben H Winters

Honourable Mentions

• Falconer’s Crusade by Ian Morson
• The Death Of A King by Paul Doherty
• The Tainted Relic by The Medieval Murderers

May 2013

Winner

• Smoke In The Wind by Peter Tremayne

Honourable Mention

• The Waxman Murders by Paul Doherty

June 2013

Winner

The Axeman Cometh by Nev Fountain

Honourable Mentions

• A Decent Interval by Simon Brett
• Dove Amongst The Hawks by Paul Doherty

 

July 2013

Winner

• Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon

Honourable Mention

• A Moorland Hanging by Michael Jecks

August 2013

Winner

• He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr

Honourable Mentions

• When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell
• Tragedy At Law by Cyril Hare
• The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin

September 2013

Winner

• The Darkening Glass by Paul Doherty

Honourable Mentions

• Murder On Cue by Jane Dentinger
• Fatality In Fleet Street by Christopher St John Sprigg
• Fair and Tender Ladies by Chris Nickson

October 2013

Winner

• The Crediton Killings by Michael Jecks

Honourable Mentions

• The Strangling On The Stage by Simon Brett
• Badger’s Moon by Peter Tremayne
• Shadows In The Night by Jane Finnis

November 2013

Winner

• The Mysterium by Paul Doherty

Honourable Mentions

• The Marriage Hearse by Kate Ellis
• The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D Hoch

December 2013

Winner

• Shatter The Bones by Stuart MacBride

Honourable Mentions

• Dream Of The Dead by M G Scarsbrook