Question: What was the classification of the novel that won the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, the 2001 Dilys Award written by an author best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill?
Context: Val McDermid FRSE, FRSL (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill. A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891–1924 is an award-winning book written by British historian Orlando Figes.  First published in 1996, it chronicles Russian history from the Famine of 1891-1892, the response to which, Figes argues, severely weakened the Russian Empire, to the death of Lenin in 1924, when "the basic elements of the Stalinist regime - the one-party state, the system of terror and the cult of the personality - were all in place".  According to Figes "... the whole of 1917 could be seen as a political battle between those who saw the revolution as a means of bringing the war to an end and those who saw the war as a means of bringing the revolution to an end."  "A People's Tragedy" won the Wolfson History Prize, the WH Smith Literary Award, the NCR Book Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.  In 2008, the "Times Literary Supplement" listed "A People's Tragedy" as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war". The Torment of Others is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid, and is the fourth entry in her popular Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill series, which has been successfully adapted into the television series "Wire in the Blood".  The novel was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, and won the 2006 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.  As with her other novels in the Tony Hill series, the title is an extract from a poem by T. S. Eliot. Fever of the Bone is a novel written by noted Scottish crime author Val McDermid.  It was published by Little, Brown in Great Britain (2009) and HarperCollins for the United States and Canada (2010), and is the sixth novel in the series featuring psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan.  Several of the books in this series have been adapted into the television series "Wire in the Blood", starring Robson Green as Tony Hill and Hermione Norris as Carol Jordan. Ted Bell is an American author of suspense novels such as "Hawke" and "Assassin", "Pirate", and "Spy" and "Warlord" and "Phantom".  He is best known for his New York Times Bestselling series of spy thriller novels featuring the character Lord Alexander Hawke. Beneath The Bleeding (2007) is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid, the fifth featuring her recurring protagonist, Dr. Tony Hill and his police partner Carol Jordan.  The books were successfully adapted into the television series "Wire in the Blood". , starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. A Place of Execution is an acclaimed crime novel by Val McDermid, first published in 1999.  The novel won the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, the 2001 Dilys Award, was shortlisted for both the Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award, and was chosen by "The New York Times" as one of the most notable books of the year. Alex Grecian ( ; born Alexander Douglas Grecian on August 6, 1969) is an American author of short fiction, novels, comic books, and graphic novels.  His notable works include the comic book series Proof and the novels in the Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series: The Yard, The Black Country, The Devil's Workshop, The Harvest Man, Lost and Gone Forever, and The Blue Girl.  He has been nominated for the The Strand Award for Best Debut Novel for "The Yard", the The Dilys Award for "The Black Country", and the Barry Award for Best First Novel for "The Yard".  He was also the recipient of the Kansas Notable Book Award from the State Library of Kansas for "The Yard", "The Black Country", and "The Devil's Workshop". Pamela Erens is an American writer who appeared on a list compiled by the "Reader's Digest" of "23 Contemporary Writers You Should Have Read by Now".  She has written three critically acclaimed novels.  Her debut novel, "The Understory" (2007), was a fiction finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.  Erens's second novel, "The Virgins" (2013), received accolades from many sources including "The New York Times", "The New Yorker" and "Vanity Fair".  It was a finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award .  Her newest novel, "Eleven Hours," was published in May 2016.  It was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New Yorker , NPR , and Kirkus .  Erens has also written essays and critical articles for publications such as "The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Virginia Quarterly Review," and "Los Angeles Review of Books." The Mermaids Singing (1995) is a crime novel by Scottish author Val McDermid.  The first featuring her recurring protagonist, Dr. Tony Hill, it was adapted into the pilot episode of ITV1's television series based on McDermid's work, "Wire in the Blood", starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris.
Answer: crime novel