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2002 Crime Fiction Award Nominees & Winners (Fiction)
Agatha, Anthony, Barry, Mary Higgins Clark, Dilys, Edgars, Arthur Ellis Awards, Hammett, Lambda, Macavity Awards, Nero Wolfe & Shamus Nominees - and assorted others when possible. The Anthony Awards are determined at Bouchercon each year. Malice Domestic Agatha Awards are for the best cozy books per category. The Barry Awards are nominated by the staff of Deadly Pleasure mystery magazine. The Mary Higgins Clark Award is given for the book written most closely in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition. The Chester Himes Award is given to a black mystery writer for a body of work. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association presents the Dilys Winn Awards for the books most fun to sell. The Mystery Writers of America presents the Edgar Awards for achievement for the best work in the mystery field. The Arthur Ellis Awards are presented at the Canadian Crime Writers meeting. The International Association of Crime Writers' presents the Hammett Award to works of excellence by and American or Canadian writer. The Lamda Mystery awards are part of literary awards given in a a variety of areas to recognize gay/lesbian writers. The Mystery Readers International Award for Excellence is the Macavity, named in honor of T.S. Eliot's "Curious Cat". The Nero Wolfe award is given to a novel that members of the organization think best reflects the Nero Wolfe tradition. The Shamus Awards are presented by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor writers of P.I. novels.Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine unless otherwise noted.
Listings are arranged alphabetically by author.
- Black Jack Point
Author: Abbott, Jeff
Publisher: Signet PubDate: 2002-09 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451410505
Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
Anthony Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
The missing friends of Texas judge Whit Mosley are found at Black Jack Point--dead and buried along with bones and relics. When Whit opens an inquest into the murders, he's plunged into a shadowy world of ruthless treasure hunters, double-crossing tycoons, and money-hungry sharks all chasing a long-lost fortune in emeralds and gold. - Blackflies are Murder
Author: Allin, Lou
Publisher: RendezVous PubDate: 2002-07 $ 10.95 ISBN: 092914192x
Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel
In the sequel to Northern Winters Are Murder, it's now high summer in the Canadian Far North, and everyone is bear bait, even the bears. - You've Got Murder
Author: Andrews, Donna
Publisher: Prime Crime PubDate: 2002-04 $ 21.95 ISBN: 042518191x
Dilys Award Nominee
Agatha Award Winner Best Novel
From a winner of both the Anthony and Agatha awards comes the first mystery to feature a computer with a mind like Miss Marple and hardware that hides a suspiciously human heart. - Savannah Blues
Author: Andrews, Mary Kay
Publisher: HarperCollins PubDate: 2002-02 $ 24.95 ISBN: 006019958x
Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel
Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel
Landing a catch like Talmadge Evans III got Eloise "Weezie" Foley a big house in Savannah's historic district. Divorcing him got her booted into the carriage house in the backyard. Tal, meanwhile, lives with his girlfriend, elegant Caroline DeSantos, in the mansion Weezie lovingly restored. Dirty deals are simmering all around her, just as Weezie discovers how very delicious love can be--the second time around. - Private Heat
Author: Bailey, Robert E.
Publisher: Evans PubDate: 2002-02 $ 21.95 ISBN: 0871319705
Shamus Award Nominee Best First P.I. Novel
Private detective Art Hardin usually stays away from the flashy kind of PI work, but when the premier legal fin in Grand Rapids approaches Hardin about a job protecting his niece, Hardin isn't exactly eager to take on the job--especially after a hatchet attack, a house burning, and a few violent encounters with some crooked cops, Hardin can hardly wait for the case to be over. - Murder in the Sentier
Author: Black, Cara
Publisher: Soho PubDate: 2002-04 $ 24 ISBN: 1569472785
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Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel
The third Aimee Leduc investigation is set in the historic Sentier district, where once-fashionable private mansions now house the Parisian "rag" trade and nightclubs. Members of a 1960s Red gang are seeking their hidden loot, which leads to new murders. Aimee fears the killers may include her long-lost mother. - Cash Out
Author: Boray, Paul
Publisher: NAL PubDate: 2002-10 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451410165
Shamus Award Nominee Best Paperback P.I. Novel
When San Francisco bookie Billy Rossi comes up $300,000 short, some Chinatown thugs beat it out of him and his showgirl girlfriend, Sherri. Unable to report the crime, Rossi turns to down-and-out ex-cop John "Tomb" Tomei, who agrees to get the money back. Soon, Sherri disappears, and Tomb's crazy friend Red Vanes, retired king of the Chinatown beat, has his own psychotic idea about settling the score. - Death of Riley
Author: Bowen, Rhys
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-12 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312282117
Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel
Fiery redheaded Molly Murphy explores bohemian turn-of-the-century New York City in the follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award and Agatha Award finalist, Murphy's Law. - Fatal Truth
Author: Burcell, Robin
Publisher: Avon PubDate: 2002-07 $6.50 ISBN: 0061061239
Anthony Award Winner Best Paperback Original
A frantic phone call from a snitch threatens to destroy everything San Francisco Police Homicide Inspector Kate Gillespie has earned. When she enters a shadowy street for their clandestine meeting, Kate sees the frightened informer shot dead--by another cop. Now Kate is a target, and a trail of dirty deals, corruption, and escalating violence that reaches into her own troubled family history. - Jolie Blon's Bounce
Author: Burke, James Lee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster PubDate: 2002-06 $ 25 ISBN: 0743204840
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Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel
Hammett Nominee
Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel
Bestselling author James Lee Burke's most popular character, Dave Robicheaux, returns in this suspenseful and enthralling story of two brutal murders in New Iberia, Louisiana. Gothic, dense, brutal, touching, and always compelling, Jolie Blon's Bounce is classic storytelling from a writer dubbed "the Faulkner of crime fiction." - Nine
Author: Burke, Jan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster PubDate: 2002-11 $ 24 ISBN: 0743223896
Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel
Hailed by reviewers and fellow authors alike, Burke has won a legion of devoted readers with her witty novels featuring Irene Kelly. Now the award-winning author who earned critical acclaim for her stunning departure novel, Flight, returns with a thriller--a modern morality tale from an acclaimed master of mystery and suspense. - The Eighth Day
Author: Case, John
Publisher: Ballantine PubDate: 2002-11 $ 25.95 ISBN: 0345433092
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Hammett Nominee
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genesis Code comes a spellbinding new thriller of international intrigue, religious prophecy, and unrelenting suspense. - Without Fail
Author: Child, Lee
Publisher: Putnam PubDate: 2002-04 $24.95 ISBN: 0399148612
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Dilys Award Nominee
Assassins have the new vice president in their sights, until Jack Reacher picks up their trail. For only Reacher has the head and the heart to corner his prey and bring them to justice--without fail. - Westerfield's Chain
Author: Clark, Jack
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-11 $ 24.95 ISBN: 031228960x
Shamus Award Nominee Best First P.I. Novel
Penned by a cab driver who also writes a column for The Chicago Reader, this mystery introduces a gritty, new hero--Chicago P.I. Nick Acropolis - Southern Latitudes
Author: Clark, Stephen J.
Publisher: Prime Crime PubDate: 2002-09 $ 6.50 ISBN: 0425186377
Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel
Nelson Ingram left his hometown of Litchfield, Alabama, full of dreams to see the world. Now the burnt-out reporter returns to the one place he's avoided most of his adult life--home. But not everything is as it seems--even an apparent Klan lynching of a black man. When a bullet wound is found in the victim's head, and a second body appears, Nelson realizes it's up to him to uncover the secrets of this old Southern town. - Gone for Good
Author: Coben, Harlan
Publisher: Delacorte PubDate: 2002-04 $ 23.95 ISBN: 038533558X
Nero Wolf Award Finalist
The bestselling author of Tell No One returns with a page-turning summer thriller about a man surrounded by deaths and disappearances. Everyone Will Klein loves seems to be harboring dark secrets--and each step toward finding out what is really going on takes him closer to the truth . . . a truth that is worse than anything he ever imagined. - The Lusitania Murders
Author: Collins, Max Allan
Publisher: Berkely Prime Crime PubDate: 2002-11 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0425186881
Shamus Award Nominee Best Paperback P.I. Novel
In 1915, journalist Willard Wright goes undercover aboard the luxury liner Lusitania, traveling under the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine to interview the ship's rich and famous passengers. But he is actually sent to investigate the possible transportation of munitions for the war effort. Hours before the ship is hit by a German torpedo on May 7, Wright/Van Dine is thrust into a mystery filled with treason, sabotage, and murder. - City of Bones
Author: Connelly, Michael
Publisher: Little Brown PubDate: 2002-04 $ 25.95 ISBN: 0316154059
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Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel
Anthony Award Winner Best Novel
Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel
Barry Award Winner Best Novel
The bones of a 12-year-old boy are found scattered in a remote canyon in the Hollywood Hills. For Harry Bosch, the City of Angels becomes the City of Bones. The case awakens police and political machinations, delves into a family's dark history, and opens-up Bosch's own childhood memories. - The White Road
Author: Connolly, John
Publisher: Atria PubDate: (US) 2003-003 $ 25 ISBN: 0743456386
Barry Award Winner Best British Novel
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Charlie Parker races to unravel a brutal crime committed in the Deep South. - Publisher Marketing. - Absolute Certainty
Author: Connors, Rose
Publisher: Scribner PubDate: 2002-08 $ 24 ISBN: 0743229061
Mary Higgins Clark Award Winner
Martha "Marty" Nickerson is an Assistant D.A. on Cape Cod. When a young man is accused of brutally murdering a college student, Marty makes the case so solid that even public defender Harry Madigan expects a conviction. When the guilty verdict comes in, the body of another teenager is found in disturbingly similar circumstances. Certain the killer will strike again, Marty and two colleagues try to unearth the secrets of the murders. - The Devil's Redhead
Author: Corbett, David
Publisher: Ballantine PubDate: 2002-06 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0345447522
Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel
This gritty debut novel of betrayal and retribution heralds the arrival of a powerful new voice in crime fiction. An ex-con smuggler comes up with a daring plan to exact revenge on those who sent him up. - Hot Spot
Author: Craft, Michael
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-06 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312289006
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Mystery
Mark Manning hosts a wedding for his best friend, only to end up with one of the guests murdered by an electrical malfunction. - The Weeping Buddha
Author: Dunn-MacAdam, Heather
Publisher: Consortium PubDate: 2002-10 $ 16.95 (paper) ISBN: 1888451394
Nero Wolf Award Finalist
Lambda Nominee
New Year's Eve: Long Island detectives Devon Halsey and Lochwood Brennen, secret lovers, are thrust into mayhem by the grisly murder of Devon's best friend. What has haunted Devon for years begins to take shape, and as she dissects the file, she learns that the carvings in the victims' bodies are actually Koans -- unanswerable questions that must be meditated upon in order to reach enlightenment. - Publisher Marketing. - The Eyre Affair
Author: Fforde, Jasper
Publisher: Viking PubDate: 2002-01 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0670030643
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Dilys Award Nominee
Based on an imaginary world where time and reality bend in the most convincing and original way since Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Eyre Affair is a an endlessly inventive caper unlike any other. - Once Upon a Time
Author: Fradkin, Barbara
Publisher: RendezVous PubDate: 2002-07 $ 10.95 ISBN: 0929141849
Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel
When an old man dies a seemingly natural death in a parking lot, only Inspector Michael Green finds it suspicious. A search of his house turns up an old tool box with a hidden compartment containing a German ID card from World War II. - Cold Silence
Author: Girard, Danielle
Publisher: Onyx PubDate: (US) 2002:11 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451410599
Barry Award Winner Best Paperback Original
When eight-year-old Ryan O'Brien is kidnapped in broad daylight, the greatest fear of his mother, former FBI agent Cody O'Brien, is knowing the true motive behind it. She escaped the killers who murdered her husband, took a new identity, and learned to start over. Now failed by the Witness Protection Program, Cody trusts only herself to save her son from the one woman who is after cold-blooded revenge. - Not All Tarts Are Apple
Author: Granger, Pip
Publisher: Poisoned Pen PubDate: 2002-10 $ 24.95 ISBN: 1590580338
Kirkus
Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel
A first novel serves up an inimitable slice of British life from Coronation Summer, 1953, in a city not much different than that familiar to Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist. Seven-year-old Rosie lives happily with Uncle Bert and pillow-plump Aunt Maggie above their cafe on Old Compton Street. The Soho neighborhood is rife with tough and sinewy London life including pimps and prostitutes, thieves and con men, the bent and the wicked. One day at school Rosie learns her real mum's a tart. In fact, the Perfumed Lady is not only a tart, she's addicted to gin--but what's her real story? As Bert and Maggie bring in the clever nearby lawyer Sharkey Finn to draw up adoption papers, the motley group of grown-ups surrounding Rosie contribute in their own way to making the child safe from a truly surprising threat. Rosie is an entrancing narrator, sharing the cafe clientele's matter-of-fact attitude towards crooks and crimes, not to mention the puzzling mystery of identity that unfolds so convincingly yet so innocently that time and place will blur as you turn the pages. - Publisher Marketing. - The Good Cop: Dick Hardesty
Author: Grey, Dorien
Publisher: GLB PubDate: 2002-09 $ ? ISBN: 1897194759
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Mystery - The Lodger
Author: Gummerson, Drew
Publisher: Prowler PubDate: 2002-08 $ 13.95 ISBN: 1902852400
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Mystery
Honza takes in a lodger, Andy, who seems like his opposite -- a coarse straight guy who comes home drunk every night to fart happily in front of the TV. But when, in a drunken stupor, Andy confesses to murder, Honza refuses to believe him. Then one weekend Andy disappears, only to return with his face rearranged. This black comedy of misunderstandings is a deft debut with huge crossover potential. - Blackwater Sound
Author: Hall, James W.
Publisher: St Martins PubDate: 2002-01 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312203845
Shamus Award Winner Best P.I. Novel
Two of Hall's most popular characters are together for the first time. When an airliner crashes in Florida's Blackwater Sound, Thorn witnesses the crash and pulls survivors to safety. Thorn is soon thrust into the national spotlight and pulled into an elaborate conspiracy involving a prominent Florida family that lures him and photographer Alexandra Rafferty dangerously close to the family's dark secret. - North of Nowhere
Author: Hamilton, Steve
Publisher: Rugged Land PubDate: 2002-05 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312268971
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Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel
Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel
It's summertime in Paradise, Michigan, and reclusive Alex McKnight is playing poker when three masked men arrive at the bar/restaurant where he hangs out. The private detective is forced to realize that not only is there no place to hide, but sometimes that can be a blessing. - The Stone Forest
Author: Harper, Karen
Publisher: Mira PubDate: 2002-06 $ 6.50 ISBN: 1551669099
Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee
Jenna Kirk has no memory of what happened to her twin sister, Amanda, who disappeared 16 years ago. Desperate to uncover the truth about that night, Jenna returns to her childhood home in Stone County, Indiana. Soon after arriving, Jenna suspects someone is trying to frighten her away. With the help of two high school friends, Jenna begins to piece together a disturbing puzzle. - Immaculate Midnight
Author: Hart, Ellen
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-07 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312266766
Lambda Winner Lesbian Mystery
Lesbian sleuth Jane Lawless must rescue her lawyer father when a client's father vows revenge. - An Eye for Murder
Author: Hellman, Libby Fischer
Publisher: Poisoned Pen PubDate: 2002-11 $ 24.95 ISBN: 1590580354
Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel
It begins in 1944 Prague, but the madness--and the murder--move on to contemporary Chicago where an old man has died. Then it goes to the North Shore suburbs where documentary filmmaker Ellie Fore-man gets a letter prompted by the success of her show Celebrate Chicago. The landlady of the dead Ben Sinclair has found Ellie's name among his effects. Why? Mrs. Fleischman is uneasy, and wants to know, moreover, if Ben could have been murdered. Ellie became a filmmaker to help people tell their stories. The books and wartime relics Ben left behind--will they be enough to tell his? - Publisher Marketing. - Juicy Watusi
Author: Helms, Richard
Publisher: Black Alley PubDate: 2002-06 $ 15.95 ISBN: 0971015910
Shamus Award Nominee Best Paperback P.I. Novel - Murder in the Rue Dauphine
Author: Herren, Greg
Publisher: Alyson PubDate: 2002-01 $ 13.95 ISBN: 1555835856
Lambda Finalist Gay Men's Mystery
For gay New Orleans private eye Chanse MacLeod, it seemed like a simple case: find out who was blackmailing his pretty-boy client's rich, closeted boyfriend, collect a nice check, and take some time off. But then the pretty boy turns up dead in what looks like a hate crime and the gay community of New Orleans is up in arms, demanding justice. - Publisher Marketing. - Six Strokes Under
Author: Isleib, Roberta
Publisher: Prime Crime PubDate: 2002-06 $ 5.99 ISBN: 0425185222
Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel
Anthony Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
Former PGA tour caddy Cassandra Burdette is now at the Qualifying School for the LPGA tour. Competition is fierce, but the only standout is Kaitlin Rupert--whose talent is eclipsed by her hostile attitude. When Kaitlin's psychiatrist is murdered, police suspect Cassie. Now, Cassie must find the killer--before he tees her up first. First title in a new series. - Flykiller
Author: Janes, Robert
Publisher: McArthur/Orion - UK PubDate: 2002-05
Hammett Nominee - Beat Until Stiff
Author: Johnson, Claire M.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen PubDate: 2002-11 $ 24.95 ISBN: 1590580400
Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel - The Bone Orchard
Author: Judson, D. Daniel
Publisher: Bantam PubDate: 2002-03 $ 6.50 ISBN: 0553584162
Shamus Award Winner Best First P.I. Novel
Beneath the glamor of the trendy Hamptons summer town lies a different world of dark secrets. Local P.I. Declan MacManus struggles to survive after the summer folk leave, but nothing prepares him for what he's about to discover. Witnessing a bizarre car wreck, Mac knows what he saw was a murder. Following a trail of clues to a chilling conspiracy, Mac is running out of time, and about to become part of a secret no one is willing to talk about. - The Poisoned Rose
Author: Judson, D. Daniel
Publisher: Bantam PubDate: 2002-10 $ 6.50 ISBN: 0553584197
Shamus Award Nominee Best Paperback P.I. Novel
On a rainy October night in the Hamptons village of Sag Harbor, private investigator Declan MacManus gets caught in the middle of a brutal homicide of a young man. Months later, Mac is approached by a corrupt PI to whom he owes a favor. Soon, Mac is searching for the missing daughter of a mysterious Southampton family--and he uncovers a secret that traces back to that murderous rainy night. - Hot Pursuit
Author: Kelly, Nora
Publisher: Poisoned Pen PubDate: 2002-04 $ 24.95 ISBN: 1590580141
Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel
From Arthur Ellis Award Winner Nora Kelly comes a powerful suspense story evoking a hip yet historic 21st Century London. - The Blue Edge of Midnight
Author: King, Jonathan
Publisher: Dutton PubDate: 2002-04 $ 22.95 ISBN: 0525946438
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Edgar Award Winner Best First Novel
Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel
Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel
Featuring Max Freeman, an ex-cop from Philadelphia, The Blue Edge of Midnight marks the debut of a powerful new crime series. - Blues in the Night
Author: Krich, Rochelle
Publisher: Ballantine PubDate: 2002-10 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0345449711
Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel
The bestselling author of Shadows of Sin debuts a thrilling new suspense series starring the intrepid Molly Blume, the crime writer for a Los Angeles tabloid. - The Last Place
Author: Lippman, Laura
Publisher: HarperCollins PubDate: 2002-10 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0380978199
Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel
With each novel, Lippman enhances her reputation as one of the premier suspense writers alongside Janet Evanovich and Patricia Cornwell. In this latest installment, P.I. Tess Monaghan faces her darkest demons--and possibly a serial killer--when she's hired to research a series of unsolved homicides that might be overlooked cases of domestic violence. - The Night Watcher
Author: Lutz, John
Publisher: Pinnacle PubDate: 2002-11 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0786015152
Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
NYPD detectives Ben Stack and Rica Lopez investigate the cruel deaths of wealthy Manhattanites--each discovered brutally murdered in the "safety" of their luxurious high-rise apartments. Stack and Lopez have no idea they are being observed by a cunning murderer--a killer with a personal campaign of retribution and someone who knows their case all too well. - The Weeping Buddha
Author: Macadam, Heather Dune
Publisher: Akashic PubDate: 2002-10 $ 16.95 ISBN: 1888451394
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Mystery
New Years Eve: Long Island detectives Devon Halsey and Lochwood Brennen, secret lovers, are thrust into mayhem by the grisly murder of Devons best friend. What has haunted Devon for years begins to take shape, and as she dissects the file, she learns that the carvings in the victims bodies are actually Koansunanswerable questions that must be meditated upon in order to reach enlightenment. - Publisher Marketing. - Out of Sight
Author: MacGregor, T.J.
Publisher: Zebra PubDate: 2002-09 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0786013230
Edgar Award Winner Best Paperback Original
When the Townsend family sets out for its annual camping trip, Renie, her husband Andy, and their 12-year-old daughter Katie are soon plunged into a nightmare race for survival in the Everglades. They find themselves in a deserted village built on stilts, a place seemingly stopped in time--and where the Townsends make a terrifying discovery that puts their lives in deadly danger. - Death by Prophecy: Connor Hawthorne
Author: Maddison, Lauren
Publisher: Alyson PubDate: 2002-11 $ 14.95 ISBN: 1555837646
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Mystery
While traveling the California coast visiting historic missions, Connor Hawthorne and her partner, Laura Nez, are unwittingly thrust into the middle of an age-old conflict as they help investigate what may be terrorist threats against nuclear power plants. - Highwire
Author: Majd, Kam
Publisher: Dell PubDate: 2002-01 $ 5.99 ISBN: 0440237343
Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel
In the worst snowstorm New York has ever seen, all pilot Kate Gallagher wants is to land her plane and get home to her daughter. But somebody has contaminated the plane with a lethal virus. Kate finds herself in a race-against-time to clear her name and find the true culprit. To do so, she will be forced to fly again and face a horrifying reality--there are 262 lives at stake on another airplane. And the price for saving all those lives, only one--hers. - Trauma
Author: Masterton, Graham
Publisher: Signet PubDate: 2002-01 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0451205553
Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
Bonnie Winter, a working wife and mother, has a job cleaning up at the scenes of domestic crimes. Washing away the sins of a stranger can be quite a chore. Considering what she sees every day, the stories she's heard, and what she knows about the evil that men do, it would take a lot to disturb a woman like Bonnie Winter. - Accidental Murder
Author: McNab, Claire
Publisher: Bella PubDate: 2002-05 $ 12.95 ISBN: 1931513163
Lambda Finalist Lesbian Mystery
When people with no obvious connections to each other are dying in what appear to be legitimate accidents -- a fall down the stairs, a single-vehicle car crash, a drowning in a hot tub -- nothing seems amiss. Until, Detective Inspector Carol Ashton receives a call from a private investigator who works for a number of insurance companies. - Publisher Marketing. - Blood of Others
Author: Mofina, Rick
Publisher: Zebra PubDate: 2002-06 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0786012676
Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel
A shy, solitary woman searches for her soulmate in a cold city. Hidden away is a tortured man searching for the one woman who can forgive his monstrous sins and redeem his soul. She thinks she's found the man of her dreams--until he turns into her worst nightmare. - Bad Boy Brawly Brown
Author: Mosley, Walter
Publisher: Little Brown PubDate: 2002-07 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0316073016
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Hammett Nominee - The Distance
Author: Muller, Eddie
Publisher: Scribner PubDate: 2002-01 $ 25 ISBN: 0743214439
Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel
Macavity Award Nominee Best First Novel
Shamus Award Winner Best First P.I. Novel
The demimonde of professional boxing resounds with echoes of film noir in this thrilling debut novel from an author renowned in both fields. - A Valley to Die For
Author: Nehring, Rading Trees
Publisher: St. Kitts Pub Date: 2002-08 $ 14 ISBN: 0966187997
Macavity Award Nominee Best First Novel - The Body in the Bonfire
Author: Page, Katherine Hall
Publisher: Morrow PubDate: 2002-03 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0380978431
Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel
Now that it's winter, Faith Fairchild is teaching a cooking class at a boys' boarding school. Unfortunately, there's a more serious reason behind the job. Faith is out to unmask someone who's harassing a minority student. But events take a deadly turn when human remains are found in the ashes of the annual school bonfire. - Paint It Black
Author: Parrish, P.J.
Publisher: Pinnacle PubDate: 2002-01 $ 6.99 ISBN: 0786014199
Anthony Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
Shamus Award Nominee Best Paperback P.I. Novel
Detective Louis Kincaid lands in the coastal community of Sereno Bay, Florida, which has been shaken by a grisly ritualistic murder. Though an arrest is quickly made, Kincaid feels unsettled. His uncertainty is confirmed when a second body is discovered, then a third--each branded with the bizarre trademarks of a serial killer. Now, Kincaid will do whatever it takes to stop the slaughter. - Honor's Kingdom
Author: Parry, Owen
Publisher: Morrow PubDate: 2002-07 $ 25.95 ISBN: 0060186348
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Hammett Nominee
Union Major Abel Jones arrives in London in 1862 to thwart the Confederates' plan to buy warships from the British. Instead, he finds the corpse of his predecessor in a basket of eels. Jones soon finds himself tangled in scandals in Parliament, murders among England's poor, and the danger that London will be drawn once again into war with the United States. - Hell to Pay
Author: Pelecanos, George P.
Publisher: Little Brown PubDate: 2002-02 $ ISBN: 0316695068
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Dilys Award Nominee
Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel
Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel
Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their debut in Right As Rain , are hired to find a teenager turned prostitute and enter their most dangerous territory ever. - The Golden One
Author: Peters, Elizabeth
Publisher: Morrow PubDate: 2002-04 $ 25.95 ISBN: 0380978857
Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel
Once again, the bestselling author carries readers to a breathtaking realm of ancient wonders and crumbling splendor--from the hectic bustle of the Cairo markets to remote, sand-swept corners of the Egyptian desert. Returning visitors to the world of Amelia Peabody will be enthralled by her latest mesmerizing adventure. - The Truth Hurts
Author: Pickard, Nancy
Publisher: Pocket PubDate: 2002-07 $ 24 ISBN: 0743412036
Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee
When true-crime author Marie Lightfoot first reads the email message, she assumes it's merely a sick joke. The man writes that he loves her work, and that he and Marie seem to have a lot in common--because he is a killer much like the ones Marie writes about. And now he wants to give Marie the "opportunity" to understand murder from the inside . . . by becoming his next victim. - Buck Fever: A Blanco County Texas, Novel
Author: Rehder, Ben
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-09 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312291140
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Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel
It's the beginning of a crazy weekend in Blanco County as deer hunting season gets underway--and already a man in a deer suit has been shot. A sidesplittingly funny debut that does for Texas what Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey have done for Florida. - Grave Secrets
Author: Reichs, Kathy
Publisher: Scribner PubDate: 2002-07 $ 25.00 ISBN: 0684859734
Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel
From the bestselling author and world-class forensic anthropologist, the newest, bone-chilling Tempe Brennan novel links a decades-old mass murder in Guatemala with contemporary homicide. - The Snow Garden
Author: Rice, Christopher
Publisher: Miramax PubDate: 2002-02 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0786868139
Lambda Winner Gay Men's Mystery
When a respected professor's wife drives to her death in an icy river, an illicit relationship between a student and his teacher threatens to come to light, and within days Atherton University is the scene of escalating speculation and intrigue. As in A Density of Souls , Christopher Rice explores the dynamic within a tightly knit group of young people haunted by sexual memories and fears and driven by obscure desires. - Open and Shut
Author: Rosenfelt, David
Publisher: Mysterious PubDate: 2002-05 $ 23.95 ISBN: 089296748x
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Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel
Shamus Award Nominee Best First P.I. Novel
Nero Wolf Award Finalist
Defense attorney Andy Carpenter manages to sail through any tough situation, whether inside the courtroom or in his personal life. But this all changes when his marriage breaks up and his father suddenly dies, leaving him distraught--and 22 million dollars richer. - Winter and Night
Author: Rozan, S.J.
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-02 $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312245556
Kirkus
Edgar Award Winner Best Novel
Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel
Macavity Award Winner Best Novel
Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel
Nero Wolf Award Winner
From the award-winning author of Reflecting the Sky comes an explosive, breakout novel about the corrosive power of secrets and corruption in a small town. - No Good Deed
Author: Scott, Manda
Publisher: Bantam PubDate: 2002-04 $ 22.95 ISBN: 0553802674
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Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel
From the award-winning author of Stronger Than Death comes a powerful thriller about a woman detective and a nine-year-old boy in danger after he witnesses an act of savagery by one of the most feared criminals in Europe. - In the Bleak Midwinter
Author: Spencer-Fleming, Julia
Publisher: Minotaur PubDate: 2002-02 $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312288476
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Dilys Award Winner
Agatha Award Winner Best First Novel
Anthony Award Winner Best First Novel
Macavity Award Winner Best Novel
Barry Award Winner Best First Novel
Nero Wolf Award Finalist
It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill. When a newborn baby is abandoned and a young mother is brutally murdered, newly-ordained Clare Fergusson has to pick her way through the secrets and silence that shadow the town like the ever-present Adirondack mountains. - A Killing Sky
Author: Straka, Andy
Publisher: Signet PubDate: 2002-04 $ 5.99 ISBN: 0451205707
Anthony Award Nominee Best Paperback Original
Charlottesville, Virginia, private eye and falconer Frank Pavlicek is called by Cassidy Drummond, the daughter of a Congressman, to investigate the disappearance of her twin sister, Cartwright. Their father is known for his philandering--and Cassidy wonders if this led to Cartwright's disappearance. Despite a long list of suspects, Frank's not sure foul play is involved, putting him on a trail of family secrets and scandals. - The Bad Witness
Author: Van Wormer, Laura
Publisher: Mira PubDate: 2002-11 $ 23.95 ISBN: 1551669528
Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee
From the author the New York Times Book Review called "a master of suspense" comes the fourth title to feature Sally Harrington, the smart, spunky heroine who just can't seem to keep out of trouble. - Shadows at tbe Fair: An Antique Print Mystery
Author: Wait, Lea
Publisher: Scribner PubDate: 2002-07 $ 24 ISBN: 0743225538
Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel
Written by a fourth generation antiques dealer, this debut mystery series crackles with suspense, intrigue, and authenticity as it brings together antique prints and unexplained homicides. - Good Bad Woman: Frankie Richmond
Author: Woodcraft, Elizabeth
Publisher: Kensington PubDate: 2002-09 $ 22 ISBN: 075820258x
Lambda Winner Lesbian Mystery
Full of surprising twists, the debut novel in Woodcraft's new mystery series introduces Frankie Richmond, a London barrister long on attitude and short on paying clients. In Good Bad Woman , Frankie's career and search for Ms. Right gets unexpectedly sidetracked when she's accused of murder.
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