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Notable Mystery Fiction 1996 - 2000
Page Modified: November 28, 2009
| Author | Title | Date | Stars | Notable Notes |
| Abel, Kenneth | The Blue Wall | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Abel, Kenneth | Cold Steel Rain | 2000 | Booklist | Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Ablow, Keith | Denial | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Abrahams, Peter | A Perfect Crime | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Adams, Harold | Hatchet Job: A Carl Wilcox Mystery | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Adams, Harold | No Badge, No Gun: A Carl Wilcox Mystery | 1998 | Shamus Nominee Best Novel | |
| Adamson, Mary Jo | The Blazing Tree (paper) | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Adcock, Thomas | Thrown-Away Child: A Neil Hockaday Mystery | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Airth, Rennie | River of Darkness | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Dilys Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best Novel , Macavity Best Novel Nominee |
| Akst, Daniel | St. Burl's Obituary | 1996 | PW | |
| Alexander, Bruce | Persons or Persons Unknown | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book |
| Alexie, Sherman | Indian Killer | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Allyn, Douglas | A Dance in Deep Water: Mitch Mitchell Mystery | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Alten, Steven | MEG : A Novel of Deep Terror | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Ambrose, David | Mother of God | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Amis, Martin | Night Train | 1998 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable |
| Anderson, Kent | Night Dogs | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Andrews, Donna | Murder with Peacocks | 1999 | Kirkus | Dilys Nominee, Agatha Winner Best First Novel, Anthony Winner Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Andrews, Sarah | Bone Hunter: Em Hansen | 1999 | PW | |
| Arjourni, Jakob | One Death to Die: Kayankaya Mystery | 1997 | PW | |
| Arnott, Jake | Long Firm | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Atkins, Ace | Crossroad Blues: Nick Travers | 1998 | PW | |
| Atkins, Leo | Deadbeat (paper) | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Atwood, Margaret | Alias Grace | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Atwood, Margaret | Blind Assasin | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | Hammett Winner |
| Atwood, Russell | East of A | 1999 | Kirkus | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel |
| Aubert, Brigette | Death from the Woods | 2000 | PW | |
| Aubert, Rosemary | Free Reign: A Suspense Novel | 1997 | PW | Ellis Nominee Best Novel |
| Aubert, Rosemary | The Feast of Stephen: Ellis Portal | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Bahr, Arthur W. | Certfiably Insane | 1999 | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Baldacci, David | Winner | 1998 | PW | |
| Bambara, Toni Cade | Those Bones are Not My Child | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Banbury, Jen | Like a Hole in the Head | 1998 | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection, Shamus Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Bannister, Jo | No Birds Sing | 1996 | PW | |
| Bannister, Jo | The Lazarus Hotel: A Modern-Day Locked Room Mystery | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Bannister, Jo | Broken Lines | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Banville, John | The Untouchable | 1997 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | NYTBR Notable, PW Best Book, LJ Best Book |
| Barnard, Robert | The Habit of Widowhood | 1996 | PW | |
| Barnard, Robert | The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Barnes, Linda | Cold Case: A Carlotta Carlyle Novel | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Barr, Nevada | Firestorm | 1996 | Kirkus | Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Barr, Nevada | Endangered Species | 1997 | PW | |
| Barr, Nevada | Blind Descent | 1998 | Kirkus | Dilys Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel, NYTBR Notable |
| Barr, Nevada | Liberty Falling | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Barr, Nevada | Deep South | 2000 | Booklist, PW | NYTBR Notable, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Barre, Richard | Ghosts of Morning | 1998 | Dilys Nominee | |
| Barrett, Neal | Bad Eye Blues | 1997 | PW | |
| Barron, Stephanie | Jane and the Man of the Cloth | 1997 | PW | |
| Barry, Dave | Big Trouble | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Bartholmew, Nancy | The Miracle Strip | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Bartholomew, Nancy | Dragstrip | 1999 | PW | |
| Bateman, Colin | Cycle of Violence | 1996 | PW | |
| Bean, Greg | Grave Victory: Harry Starbranch | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Beaton, M. C. | Death of a Macho Man | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Dentist | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Scriptwriter: Hamish MacBeth | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of an Addict | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Beck, K. K. | The Revenge of Kali-Ra | 1999 | PW | |
| Bedford, Martyn | Acts of Revision: A Novel | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Bell, Nancy | Biggie and the Poisoned Politician | 1996 | Kirkus | Agatha Nominee Best First |
| Benison, C.C. | Death at Sandringham House | 1997 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | This Dog for Hire: Rachel Alexander and Dash | 1996 | Winner Shamus Best First Novel | |
| Bennett, Ronan | The Catastrophist | 1999 | PW | |
| Berlinski, David | The Body Shop: An Aaron Asherfeld Mystery | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Berne, Suzanne | A Crime in the Neighborhood | 1997 | PW | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Binding, Tim | Lying With the Enemy | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Bingham, Robert | Lightning on the Sun | 2000 | ||
| Birmingham, Ruth | Atlanta Graves | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Birmingham, Ruth | Fulton County Blues (paper) | 1999 | Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original, Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Black, Cara | Murder in the Marais | 1999 | PW | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
| Black, Ethan | The Broken Hearts Club | 1999 | PW | |
| Blackthorn, John | Sins of the Fathers | 1999 | PW | |
| Blanchard, Alice | Darkness Peering | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ | NYTBR Notable |
| Bland, Eleanor | Scream in Silence | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | See No Evil: Marti MacAlister | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Blankenship, William D. | The Time of the Wolf | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Blauner, Peter | The Intruder: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Blauner, Peter | The Man of the Hour | 1999 | PW | |
| Blaylock, James P. | The Rainy Season | 1999 | PW | |
| Block, Barbara | The Scent of Murder: Robin Light | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Block, Barbara | Vanishing Act: Robin Light | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Block, Lawrence | The Burglar in the Library | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Block, Lawrence | Even the Wicked | 1997 | Kirkus | NYTBR Notable |
| Block, Lawrence | Everybody Dies: Matt Scudder | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | PW's Best 98 Books, NYTBR Notable |
| Block, Lawrence | Hitman | 1998 | PW | |
| Block, Lawrence | The Burglar in the Rye: Bernie Rodenbarr | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Block, Lawrence | Hit List | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Bogner, Norman | To Die in Provence | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Bond, Larry | The Enemy Within | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Booth, Martin | Industry of Souls | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books, Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Booth, Steven | Black Dog | 2000 | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Bourdain, Anthony | Gone Bamboo | 1997 | PW | |
| Bowen, Gail | Verdict in Blood: Joanne Kilbourne | 1998 | PW | Ellis Nominee Best Novel |
| Bowen, Michael | Worst Case Scenario | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Bowen, Peter | Thunder Horse: Gabriel Du Pre | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| Bowen, Peter | Long Son: Gabriel Du Pre | 1999 | PW | |
| Bowen, Peter | The Stick Game | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Boyd, Randy | Uprising | 1998 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Boyd, William | Armadillo | 1998 | Kirkus | NYTBR Notable |
| Boyle, Gerry | Cover Story | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Bradley, James | Wrack | 1999 | PW | |
| Brady, Liz | Sudden Blow | 1998 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Bram, Christopher | Gossip | 1997 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Brett, Simon | Dead Room Farce: Charles Paris | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Brett, Simon | The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Bringle, Mary | True Confessions: The Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Brouwer, Sigmund | Blood Ties: A Novel | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Browing,Sinclair | The Sporting Club (paper) | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Browining, Sinclair | The Last Song Dogs (paper) | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Brown, Dale | Shadows of Steel | 1996 | PW | |
| Brown, Dale | Tin Man | 1998 | PW | |
| Brown, Molly | Invitation to a Funeral | 1998 | LJ | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Brown, Rita Mae | Outfoxed | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Bruno, Anthony | Devil's Food | 1997 | PW | Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Bryers, Paul | In a Pig's Ear | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Bryers, Paul | Prayer of the Bone | 1999 | PW | |
| Buchanan, Edna | Garden of Evil: Britt Montero | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Buckley, Fiona | To Shield the Queen | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Buffa, D.W. | The Defense | 1997 | LJ, PW | |
| Bugge, Carole | The Haunting of Torre Abbey | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Bunker, Edward | Dog Eat Dog | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Burcell, Robin | Every Move She Makes (paper) | 1999 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Burke, James Lee | Cadillac Jukebox | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Burke, James Lee | Cimmaron Rose | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Hammett Nominee, Edgar Winner Best Novel |
| Burke, James Lee | Sunset Limited | 1998 | Booklist, PW | PW's Best 98 Books, NYTBR Notable, Dilys Nominee |
| Burke, James Lee | Heartwood: Billy Bob Holland | 1999 | PW | NYTBR Notable, Hammet Nominee |
| Burke, James Lee | Purple Cane Road: Dave Robicheaux | 2000 | Booklist, LJ, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Burke, Jan | Hocus: Irene Kelly | 1997 | Booklist | Agatha Best Novel Nominee, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Burke, Jan | Liar: Irene Kelly | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Burke, Jan | Bones: Irene Kelly | 1999 | Booklist | LJ Best Genre Fiction, Edgar Winner Best Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Burke, Jan | Flight: Irene Kelly | 2000 | ||
| Burley, W.J. | Wycliffe and the Redhead | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Busch, Frederick | Girls | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Book, NYTBR Notable |
| Cameron, Sue | Love, Sex, and Murder | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | The One Safe Place | 1996 | PW | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | Nazareth Hill | 1997 | LJ, PW | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | The Silent Children | 2000 | PW | |
| Campbell, Robert | Pigeon Pie | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Cannell, Dorothy | God Save the Queen | 1997 | PW | |
| Cannell, Dorothy | Bridesmaids Revisted | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | King Con | 1997 | PW | |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | Riding the Snake | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Cannon, Taffy | Guns and Roses ( trade paper) | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Caputo, Philip | Equation for Evil: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Carlon, Patricia | The Souvenir | 1996 | PW | |
| Carlon, Patricia | The Whispering Wall | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Carlon, Patricia | Crime of Silence | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | PW's Best 98 Books |
| Carlon, Patricia | The Running Woman | 1998 | PW | |
| Carlon, Patricia | The Price of an Orphan | 1999 | PW | |
| Carlon, Patricia | Unquiet Night | 2000 | PW | |
| Carr, Caleb | The Angel of Darkness | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Carroll, Jonathan | Kissing the Beehive | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Carter, Charlotte | Coq Au Vin | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Carter, Charlotte | Drumstick | 2000 | LJ Best Books - Genre | |
| Case, John F. | The Genesis Code | 1997 | LJ, PW | |
| Caudwell, Sarah | The Sibyl in Her Grave | 2000 | Booklist, LJ | NYTBR Notable, Dilys Nominee, Booklist Top Ten Best Crime Novel |
| Caunitz, William | Chains of Command | 1999 | NYTBR Notable | |
| Chafets, Zev | The Project | 1997 | PW | |
| Chamoiseau, Patrick | Solibo the Magnificent | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Charles, Paul | Fountain of Sorrow | 1999 | PW | |
| Charyn, Jerome | El Bronx | 1997 | PW | |
| Charyn, Jerome | Citizen Sidel | 1999 | PW | |
| Child, Lee | Killing Floor | 1997 | Kirkus | Dilys Nominee, Anthony Winner Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
| Child, Lee | Tripwire | 1999 | PW | |
| Christie, Agatha, adapted by Charles Osborne | Black Coffee: A New Hercule Poirot Novel | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Christilian, J.D. | Scarlet Women: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Clancy, Tom | Executive Orders | 1996 | PW | |
| Clancy, Tom | Rainbow Six | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Clancy, Tom | The Bear and the Dragon: Jack Ryan | 2000 | PW | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Moonlight Becomes You | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Pretend You Don't See Her | 1997 | Kirkus | PW's Longest Running Bestseller #7 |
| Clark, Robert | Mr. White's Confession | 1998 | Kirkus, LJ | Edgar Winner Best Novel |
| Clement, Peter | Lethal Practice | 1998 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Clynes, Michael | A Brood of Vipers: Being the Fourth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspirac | 1996 | PW | |
| Cobb, James | Choosers of the Slain | 1996 | LJ | |
| Coben, Harlan | Fade Away: Myron Bolitar | 1996 | Anthony NomineeBest Paperback Orginal, Dilys Nominee, Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original, Shamus Winner Best Original Paperback | |
| Coben, Harlan | One False Move: Myron Bolitar | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | PW's Best 98 Books |
| Coben, Harlan | The Final Detail: Myron Bolitar | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Coben, Harlan | Darkest Fear: Myron Bolitar | 2000 | PW | |
| Cockey, Tim | The Hearse You Came In On | 2000 | Dilys Nominee | |
| Coel, Margaret | The Ghost Walker | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Coel, Margaret | The Story Teller | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Coel, Margaret | The Lost Bird | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Coffey Tom | The Serpent Club | 1999 | PW | |
| Coggins, Mark | The Immortal Game | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Collins, Max Allan | Damned in Paradise: Nathan Heller | 1996 | PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Collins, Max Allan | Flying Blind: Nathan Heller | 1998 | Booklist | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Collins, Max Allan | Majic Man: Nathan Heller | 1999 | PW | |
| Collins, Max Allan | The Hindenburg Murders (paper) | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Connelly, Michael | The Poet | 1996 | Anthony Winner Best Novel, Dilys Nominee, Hammett Nominee | |
| Connelly, Michael | Trunk Music | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book, Hammett Nominee, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Connelly, Michael | Blood Work | 1998 | PW | Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Winner Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Connelly, Michael | Void Moon | 2000 | Bookist, LJ | |
| Connolly, John | Every Dead Thing: Charlie Parker | 1999 | PW | Shamus Winner Best First Novel |
| Connor, Beverly | Skeleton Crew: Lindsey Chamberlain | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Constantine, K. C. | Good Sons | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Constantine, K.C. | Family Values | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Constantine, K.C. | Brushback | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| Constantine, K.C. | Blood Mud | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Constantine, K.C. | Grievance: Rugs Carlucci | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Cook, Christopher | Robbers | 2000 | Booklist | Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Cook, Robin | Vector | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Cook, Thomas H. | The Chatham School Affair | 1996 | PW | |
| Cook, Thomas H. | Instruments of Night | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Cook, Thomas H. | Places in the Dark | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Coonts, Stephen | Fortunes of War | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Coonts, Stephen | Cuba | 1999 | PW | |
| Cooper, Susan Rogers | Home Again, Home Again | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Corcoran, Tom | Gumbo Limbo | 1999 | PW | |
| Cornwell, Patricia | Cause of Death | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Cornwell, Patricia | Point of Origin: Kay Scarpetta | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Cornwell, Patricia | Black Notice: Kay Scarpetta | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Corpi, Lucha | Black Widow's Wardrobe (trade paper) | 1999 | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Cose, Ellis | The Best Defense | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Cosin, Elizabeth | Zen and the Art of Murder | 1998 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Cotler, Gordon | Prime Candidate | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Crabbe, Richard E. | Suspension | 2000 | LJ | |
| Craft, Michael | Name Games | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Crais, Robert | Sunset Express: An Elvis Cole Novel | 1996 | PW | Shamus Winner Best Novel |
| Crais, Robert | Indigo Slam: Elvis Cole | 1997 | Kirkus | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Crais, Robert | L. A. Requeim | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Dilys Winner, Hammett Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Crais, Robert | Demolition Angel: Carol Starkey | 2000 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | Dilys Nominee, Mary Higgins Clark Nominee |
| Crichton, Michael | Timeline | 1999 | PW | |
| Crombie, Deborah | Mourn Not Your Dead: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James | 1996 | PW | |
| Crombie, Deborah | Dreaming of the Bones: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Winner Best Novel |
| Crombie, Deborah | Kissed a Sad Goodbye: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Cross, Amanda | The Collected Stories | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Cross, Amanda | Honest Doubt: Kate Fansler | 2000 | LJ | |
| Crumley, James | Bordersnakes | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Cullen, Robert | Heirs of the Fire | 1997 | PW | |
| Cussler, Clive | Flood Tide: Dirk Pitt | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Daley, Robert | Nowhere to Run | 1996 | PW | |
| D'Amato, Barbara | Hard Bargain: Cat Marsala | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| D'Amato, Barbara | Hard Evidence: Cat Marsala | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| D'Amato, Barbara | Authorized Personnel Only | 2000 | PW | Mary Higgins Clark Winner |
| Dams, Jeanne M. | Death in Lacquer Red: Hilda Johansson | 1999 | LJ | |
| Darnton, John | The Experiment | 1999 | NYTBR Notable | |
| Daugharty, Janice | Whistle | 1998 | PW | |
| David, James F. | Ship of the Damned | 2000 | PW | |
| Davis, Lindsey | Last Act in Palmyra | 1996 | PW | |
| Davis, Lindsey | Three Hands in the Fountain: Marcus Didius | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | The Bone Collector: Lincoln Rhyme | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | The Coffin Dancer:Lincoln Rhyme/Amelia Sachs | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Year | 1999 | PW | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | The Empty Chair: Lincoln Rhyme | 2000 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable |
| Dee, Ed | Little Boy Blue | 1997 | PW | |
| Dee, Ed | Nightbird | 1999 | ||
| DeMille, Nelson | Plum Island | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| DeMille, Nelson | The Lion's Game | 2000 | PW | |
| Depoy, Phillip | Too Easy | 1998 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Deutermann, P.T. | Train Man | 1999 | PW | |
| Deverell, William | Trial of Passion | 1997 | Hammett Winner, Ellis Winner Best Novel | |
| Dexter, Colin | The Remorseful Day: The Final Morse | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Diamond, Diana | The Trophy Wife | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Dibdin, Michael | Dark Specter | 1996 | PW | |
| Dibdin, Michael | Cosi Fan Tutti: Aurelio Zen Mystery | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Dibdin, Michael | A Long Finish: Aurelio Zen | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Dibdin, Michael | Blood Rain: Aurelio Zen | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Dickey, Christopher | Innocent Blood | 1997 | PW | |
| Dickinson, Peter | Some Deaths Before Dying | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books, NYTBR Notable |
| Diehl, William | Reign in Hell | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Dobson, Joanne | Quieter Than Sleep | 1997 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Dobson, Joanne | The Northbury Papers | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Dobyns, Stephen | The Church of the Dead Girls | 1997 | PW | |
| Dobyns, Stephen | Boy in the Water | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Doherty, P.C. | The Ghostly Murders: The Priest's Tale | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Dold, Gaylord | Schedule Two | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Dold, Gaylord | The Devil to Pay | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Dooling, Richard | Brain Storm | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Dorsey, Tim | Hammerhead Ranch Motel | 2000 | PW | |
| Doss, James D. | The Shaman's Bones | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Doughty, Louise | An English Murder | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Douglas, John & Mark Olshaker | The Mindhunter: Broken Wings | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Draper, Robert | Hadrian's Walls | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Dreher, Sarah | Shaman's Moon | 1998 | Lambda Winner (tie) | |
| Dubois, Brendan | Resurrection Day | 1999 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| Dubois, Brendan | Shattered Shell | 1999 | PW | |
| Dunbar, Anthony P. | Shelter from the Storm | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Dunbar, Tony | Lucky Man (paper) | 1999 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Dunker, Patricia | Hallucinating Foucault | 1997 | PW | |
| Dunlap, Susan | Cop Out | 1997 | PW | |
| Dunmore, Helen | Talking to the Dead | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Dunn, Carola | Dead in the Water: Daisy Dalrymple | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Dunn, J.R. | Days of Cain | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Easterman, Daniel | The Final Judgement | 1996 | PW | |
| Eccles, Marjorie | A Species of Revenge | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Eddy, Paul | Flint | 2000 | PW | |
| Edwards, Grace | If I Should Die | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, SLJ Best Adult Book for Young Adults |
| Egelton, Clive | Warning Shot | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Egleton, Clive | Dead Reckoning | 1999 | LJ | |
| Ekman, Kerstin | Blackwater | 1996 | PW | |
| Ekman, Kerstin | Under the Snow | 1998 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Elkins, Aaron | Twenty Blue Devils | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Elkins, Aaron | Loot | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Elkins, Aaron | Skeleton Dance: Gideon Oliver | 2000 | PW | |
| Ellis, Kate | Merchant's House | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Ellis, Rhian | After Life | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Emerson, Earl | Deception Pass: Thomas Black | 1997 | Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Shamus Nominee Best Novel | |
| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Face Down Under the Wych Elm | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Ephron, G.H. | Amnesia | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Estleman, Loren | The Hours of the Virgin: Amos Walker | 1999 | PW | |
| Estleman, Loren D. | Never Street | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Estleman, Loren D. | Jitterbug: A Novel of Detroit | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| Estleman, Loren D. | The Witchfinder: Amos Walker | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| Estleman, Loren D. | A Smile on the Face of the Tiger | 2000 | Booklist, PW | Shamus Nominee Best Hardcover Novel |
| Evanovich, Janet | Two for the Dough: Stephanie Plum | 1996 | Kirkus | Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Evanovich, Janet | Three to Get Deadly: Stephanie Plum | 1997 | Dilys Winner | |
| Evanovich, Janet | Four to Score: Stephanie Plum | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Evanovich, Janet | High Five: Stephanie Plum | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Evanovich, Janet | Hot Six: Stephanie Plum | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Dilys Nominee, Booklist Top Ten Best Crime Novel |
| Evans, Roy Aaron | Bloodroot | 2000 | LJ | |
| Everett, Gabriel | A Story of Scorpions | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Eversz, Robert M. | Gypsy Hearts | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Faherty, Terence | The Ordained | 1997 | PW | Shamus Winner Best Novel |
| Fairstein, Linda | Final Jeopardy | 1996 | Kirkus | Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
| Fairstein, Linda A. | Cold Hit | 1999 | PW | |
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | Sympathy for the Devil: Maddie Bean | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Winner Best First Novel | |
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | Immaculate Reception: Maddie Bean | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | Killer Wedding: Maddie Bean | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Farris, John | Solar Eclipse | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Farrow, John | City of Ice | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Faust, Ron | Lord of the Dark Lake | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Faust, Ron | Split Image | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Ferrigno, Robert | Heartbreaker | 1999 | PW | |
| Fesperson, Dan | Lie in the Dark | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Fiedler, Jacqueline | Tiger's Palette | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Winner Best First Novel | |
| Fielding, Joy | Missing Pieces | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Finder, Joseph | The Zero Hour: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Finder, Joseph | High Crimes | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Flood, John | Bag Men | 1997 | PW | |
| Flynn, Vince | Term Limits | 1998 | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection | |
| Follett, Ken | The Hammer of Eden | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Follett, Ken | Code to Zero | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Folsom, Allan | Day of Confession | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Forbes, Edith | Nowle's Passing: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Forbes, Leslie | Bombay Ice | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection |
| Ford, G. M. | Cast in Stone: A Leo Waterman Mystery | 1996 | PW | |
| Ford, G.M. | The Deader the Better: Leo Waterman | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Hardcover Novel | |
| Forrest, Katherine | Sleeping Bones: Kate Delafield | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Forrest, Katherine V. | Apparition Alley: Kate Delafield | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | Lambda Nominee |
| Forsyth, Frederick | Icon | 1996 | PW | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Kansas Troubles: Benni Harper | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Goose in the Pond: Benni Harper | 1997 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Dove in the Window: Benni Harper | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Mariner's Compass: Benni Harper | 1999 | PW | Agatha Winner Best Novel |
| Fox, Zachary Allen | All Fall Down | 1997 | PW | |
| Francis, Dick | To the Hilt | 1996 | PW | |
| Francis, Dick | 10 lb. Penalty | 1997 | PW | |
| Francis, Dick | Shattered | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Fraser, Anthea | The Gospel Makers | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Frazer, Margaret | The Prioress' Tale | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Frazer, Margaret | The Reeve's Tale | 1999 | PW | |
| Frazer, Margaret | The Squire's Tale | 2000 | PW | |
| Freedman, J. F. | House of Smoke | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Freedman, J.F. | Key Witness | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Freeling, Nicolas | A Dwarf Kingdom | 1996 | PW | |
| Freemantle, Brian | Bomb Grade | 1997 | Booklist | |
| French, Nicci | Killing Me Softly: A Novel of Obsession | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| French, Nicci | Beneath the Skin | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Friedman, Kinky | Blast From the Past | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Friedman, Kinky | Spanking Watson | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Friedman, Philip | Grand Jury: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Fullerton, John | The Monkey House | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Furst, Alan | Red Gold | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Furutani, Dale | Death in Little Tokyo: Ken Tanaka | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Winner (tie) Best First Novel, Macavity Winner Best First Novel | |
| Furutani, Dale | Jade Palace Vendetta: Samurai Mystery | 1999 | PW | |
| Fyfield, Frances | Without Consent | 1997 | PW | |
| Fyfield, Frances | Blind Date | 1998 | LJ | |
| Fyfield, Frances | Staring at the Light | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Gaitano, Nick | Jaded | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Gandolfi, Simon | White Sands | 1997 | PW | |
| Gannon, Steve | A Song For the Asking | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Garcia, Eric | Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story | 1999 | PW | |
| Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina | Bloody Secrets | 1998 | PW | |
| Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina | Havana Heat | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Hardcover Novel | |
| Garland, Alex | The Tesseract | 1999 | LJ | |
| Garrett, George | The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Garrison, Paul | Fire and Ice | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Gash, Jonathan | Prey Dancing:Dr. Clare Burtonall | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Gash, Jonathan | The Rich and the Profane: Lovejoy | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Gaus, P.L. | Blood of the Prodigal: An Ohio Amish Mystery | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Genberg, Ira | Reckless Homicide | 1998 | Booklist, PW | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| George, Anne | Murder on a Girl's Night Out | 1996 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| George, Elizabeth | In the Presence of the Enemy | 1996 | PW | |
| George, Elizabeth | Deception on His Mind | 1997 | PW | |
| George, Elizabeth | In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner | 1999 | PW | |
| Gerritsen, Tess | Gravity | 1999 | PW | |
| Giancana, Sam & Bettina | 30 Seconds | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Gibbs, Tony | Shot in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense | 1996 | PW | |
| Gill, Bartholomew | The Death of an Irish Tinker | 1997 | PW | |
| Gill, Bartholomew | Death of an Irish Lover | 2000 | PW | |
| Gilstrap, John | Nathan's Run: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Gilstrap, John | At All Costs | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Girardi, Robert | The Pirate's Daughter: A Novel of Adventure | 1997 | PW | |
| Gleiter, Jan | Lie Down With Dogs | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Goddard, Robert | Beyond Recall | 1998 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Goddard, Robert | Caught in the Light | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Gordon, Alan | Thirteenth Night: Medieval Mystery | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Gordon, Neil | The Gun Runner's Daughter | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Gores, Joe | Contract Null & Void | 1996 | PW | |
| Gores, Joe | Cases | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Gorman, Ed | Wake Up Little Susie: Sam McCain | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Gosh, Amitav | The Calcutta Chromosome | 1997 | LJ, PW | |
| Gosling, Paula | The Dead of Winter | 1996 | PW | |
| Grace, Tom | Spyder Web | 1999 | ||
| Grady, P.J. | Maximum Insecurity (paper) | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Grafton, Sue | O Is for Outlaw | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | PW Best Books, NYTBR Notable |
| Graham, Caroline | Faithful Unto Death | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Graham, Caroline | A Place of Safety | 1999 | PW | |
| Graham, Mark | Resurrectionist: A Mystery of Old Philadelphia | 1999 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Graham, Mark | The Black Maria | 2000 | Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Grant, Linda | Lethal Genes: Catherine Saylor | 1996 | Anthony Nominee Best Novel | |
| Gray, A. W. | Shares | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Gray, Muriel | Furnace | 1997 | PW | |
| Greenleaf, Stephen | Flesh Wounds | 1996 | Booklist, PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Greenleaf, Stephen | Past Tense: John Marshall Tanner | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Greenleaf, Stephen | Strawberry Sunday: Marshall Tanner | 1999 | Booklist | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Greenleaf, Stephen | Ellipsis: John Marshall Tanner | 2000 | PW | Shamus Nominee Best Hardcover |
| Griffith, Nicola | Blue Place | 1998 | PW | Lambda Winner (tie) |
| Grilley, Kate | Death Dances to a Reggae Beat (paper) | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Winner Best Paperback Original, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Grimes, Martha | The Case Has Altered: Jury | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Grimes, Martha | The Stargazey | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Grimes, Terris | Somebody Else's Child | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Winner (tie) Best First Novel, Anthony Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Grimsley, Jim | My Drowning | 1996 | PW | |
| Grisham, John | The Runaway Jury | 1996 | PW | |
| Grisham, John | The Partner | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Grisham, John | Testament | 1999 | PW | |
| Grisham, John | The Brethern | 2000 | PW | |
| Gruenfeld, Lee | The Halls of Justice | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Grumbach, Doris | Life in a Day | 1996 | PW | |
| Gur, Batya | Murder Duet | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Hager, Jean | Masked Dancers:Mitch Bushyhead | 1998 | PW | |
| Hailey, Arthur | Detective | 1997 | PW | |
| Hall, James | Red Sky at Night | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Hall, James W. | Buzz Cut | 1996 | LJ, PW | Hammett Nominee |
| Hall, James W. | Body Language | 1998 | LJ, PW | |
| Hall, Matthew | The Art of Breaking Glass | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Hall, Oakley | Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Hall, Patricia | The Dead of Winter | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Hall, Patricia | Perils of the Night | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Hall, Robert Lee | London Blood: Benjamin Franklin | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Hambly, Barbara | Fever Season | 1998 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Hamilton, Lyn | The Xibalba Murders | 1997 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel, Harlequin Worldwide Library 3rd Place tie | |
| Hamilton, Steve | A Cold Day in Paradise: Alex McKnight | 1998 | Kirkus | Edgar Winner Best First Novel, Shamus Winner Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel |
| Hamilton, Steve | Winter of the Wolf Moon: Alex McKnight | 2000 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Handler, David | The Man Who Loved Women to Death: Stewart Hoag | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Hansen, Ron | Atticus: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Harmetz, Aljean | Off the Face of the Earth | 1997 | Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Harper, Karen | The Poyson Garden: An Elizabeth I Mystery | 1999 | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Harper, Karen | The Tidal Pool: An Elizabeth I Mystery | 2000 | LJ Best Books - Genre | |
| Harris, Charlaine | Shakespear's Champion | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Harris, Charlaine | A Fool and His Honey | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Harris, Richard | Archangel | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Harris, Thomas | Hannibal | 1999 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Harrison, Colin | Manhattan Nocturne: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Harrison, Colin | Afterburn | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Harrison, Jamie | Going Local | 1996 | PW | |
| Harrison, Jamie | An Unfortunate Prarie Occurance | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Harrison, Jamie | Blue Deer Thaw | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | LJ Best Books - Genre |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Blood Lines: Inspector Bill Slider | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Killing Time: Inspector Bill Slider | 1998 | PW | |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Shallow Grave: Inspector Bill Slider | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Harstad, Donald | Eleven Days | 1998 | LJ | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel |
| Harstad, Donald | Known Dead: Carl Houseman | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Hart, Carolyn | Death on the River Walk | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Hart, Ellen | Wicked Games | 1998 | Booklist | Lambda Nominee |
| Hart, Ellen | Hunting the Witch | 1999 | Lambda Winner | |
| Hartman, Keith | The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse (paper) | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Hartov, Steven | The Nylon Hand of God | 1996 | PW | |
| Harvard, Jane | The Student Body | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Harvey, John | Easy Meat: Resnick | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Harvey, John | Now's the Time: Complete Resnick Short Stories | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Harvey, John | Last Rites: Resnick | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Hathaway, Robin | The Doctor Digs a Grave | 1998 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Hautman, Pete | The Mortal Nuts: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Hautman, Pete | Mrs. Million | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ | |
| Havill, Steven | Out of Season | 1999 | PW | |
| Havill, Steven F. | Before She Dies | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Hawke, Simon | A Mystery of Errors | 2000 | LJ | |
| Hayder, Mo | Birdman | 2000 | PW | |
| Haymon, S. T. | Death of a Hero | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Haywood, Anthony Gar | All the Lucky Ones are Dead: Aaron Gunner | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Healy, Jeremiah | Invasion of Privacy: John Francis Cuddy | 1996 | Shamus Nominee Best Novel | |
| Healy, Jeremiah F. | The Stalking of Sheila Quinn | 1998 | PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Hecht, Daniel | Skull Session | 1998 | PW | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection |
| Hemlin, Tim | A Whisper of Rage | 1997 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Henderson, Lauren | The Strawberry Tattoo: Sam Jones (trade paper) | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Henderson, Lauren | Freeze My Margarita: Sam Jones (trade paper) | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Henry, April | Circles of Confusion | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Henry, Sue | Deadfall: An Alaska Mystery | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Hensley, Joe L. | Robak's Witch | 1997 | PW | |
| Herman, George | The Tears of the Madonna | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Herman, Julie Wray | Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Hernon, Peter | 8.4 | 1999 | PW | |
| Hess, Joan | The Maggody Militia | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Hess, Joan | Misery Loves Maggody | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Hess, Joan | A Conventional Corpse | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Hess, Joan | Murder at Maggody.Com | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Heywood, Joseph | The Snowfly | 2000 | PW | |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Lucky You | 1997 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | NYTRB Notable |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Sick Puppy | 2000 | LJ, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Higgins, George | At End of Day | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Higgins, George V. | The Agent | 1999 | PW | |
| Hightower, Lynn | The Debt Collector | 2000 | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee | |
| Hill, Ernest | A Life for a Life | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Hill, John Spencer | Ghirlandaio's Daughter | 1997 | Ellis Nominee Best Novel | |
| Hill, Reginald | The Wood Beyond: A Dalziel/Pascoe Mystery | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Hill, Reginald | On Beulah Height: Dalziel & Pascoe | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | PW's Best Books, NYTBR Notable, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Hill, Reginald | Arms and the Women: Dalziel/Pascoe | 1999 | Booklist, PW | PW Best Books |
| Hillerman, Tony | The Fallen Man | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Hillerman, Tony | The First Eagle: Leaphorn & Chee | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Hillerman, Tony | Hunting Badger: Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn | 2000 | PW | |
| Hirshfield, Corson | Aloha Mr. Lucky | 2000 | Booklist, LJ | |
| Hoag, Tami | Ashes to Ashes | 1999 | PW | |
| Hodgson, Barbara | The Sensualist | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Hoffman, William | Tidewater Blood | 1998 | PW | Hammett Winner |
| Hoffman, William | Blood and Guile | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Holbrook, Teri | The Grass Widow | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original, Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Holden, Craig | Four Corners of Night | 1999 | PW | |
| Holman, Sheri | The Dress Lodger | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Holmes, Guy | P.E.A.C.E : A Novel of Police Terror | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Holton, Hugh | Violent Crimes | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Honig, Donald | The Sword of General Englund: A Novel of Murder in the Dakota Territory, 1876 | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Horn, Stephen | In Her Defense | 2000 | PW | |
| Horrock, Henry | Potomac Fever | 1999 | PW | |
| Housewright, David | Practice to Deceive | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Howatch, Susan | The High Flyer | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Hunt, David | The Magician's Tale | 1997 | Lambda Winner | |
| Hunter, Fred | Federal Fag | 1998 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Hunter, Stephen | Black Light | 1996 | PW | |
| Hunter, Stephen | Hot Springs | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Hammett Nominee, Booklist Top Ten Best Crime Novel |
| Huston, James W. | Balance of Power | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Iakovou, Takis & Iakovou, Judy | So Dear to Wicked Men | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Ignatius, David | A Firing Offense | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Iles, Greg | 24 Hours | 2000 | PW | |
| Isaacs, Susan | Lily White | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Jackson, Jon A. | Dead Folks | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Jackson, Jon A. | Man With an Axe | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Jackson, Jon A. | La Donna Detroit: Sgt Mulheisen | 2000 | PW | |
| Jaffe, Jody | Chestnut Mare, Beware | 1996 | PW | |
| James, Bill | Gospel | 1997 | PW | |
| James, Bill | Roses, Roses: Harpur & Iles | 1998 | Booklist, PW | PW Best Books |
| James, Bill | Eton Crop: Harpur & Iles | 1999 | PW | |
| James, Bill | Lovely Mover | 1999 | PW | |
| James, Bill | Top Banana: Harpur and Iles | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| James, Bill | Kill Me: Harpur & Iles | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| James, Donald | Monstrum | 1997 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| James, P.D. | Certain Justice | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book |
| James, Russell | Count Me Out | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Janes, J. Robert | Mannequin | 1998 | PW | |
| Janes, J. Robert | Salamander | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Jeffries, Roderic | An Enigmatic Disappearance: Inspector Alvarex | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Jennings, Maureen | Except the Dying | 1997 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Harlequin Worldwide Library Award 3rd Place tie | |
| Johansen, Roy | The Answer Man | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| John, Katherine | By Any Other Name | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Johnson, Denis | Already Dead | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Johnson, Wayne | Don't Think Twice | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Johnston, Paul | Body Politic | 1999 | PW | |
| Jones, Douglas C. | A Spider for Loco Shoat | 1997 | PW | |
| Jones, Matthew F. | A Single Shot | 1996 | PW | |
| Jones, Matthew F. | Deepwater | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Jones, Stan | White Sky, Black Ice | 1999 | LJ | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Kahn, Sharon | Fax Me a Bagel | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Blood and Rubles: A Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Lieberman's Law | 1996 | PW | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Tarnished Icons: Porfiry Posntnikov | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | The Dog Who Bit a Policeman | 1998 | Booklist, PW | PW's Best Books |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Vengeance | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Kanar, Stephen | The J Factor (paper) | 2000 | PW | |
| Kanon, Joseph | Los Alamos | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | PW Best Book, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Katz, Jamie | Dead Low Tide | 1998 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Katzenbach, John | Hart's War | 1999 | PW | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Prayers for the Dead: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Serpent's Tooth | 1997 | PW | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Stalker | 2000 | PW | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Survival of the Fittest | 1997 | PW | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | The Clinic | 1997 | PW | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Monster: Alex Delaware | 1999 | Booklist, PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Billy Straight | 1999 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| Kelley, Norman | The Big Mango (trade paper) | 2000 | PW | |
| Kelly, Lelia | False Witness | 2000 | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee | |
| Kelly, Thomas | Payback | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Kemelman, Harry | That Day the Rabbi Left Town | 1996 | PW | |
| Kemprecos, Paul | Bluefin Blues | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Kennedy, Douglas | The Big Picture | 1997 | PW | |
| Kenney, Charles | The Son of John Devlin | 1999 | PW | |
| Kerr, Baine | Harmful Intent: A Legal Thriller of Medical Malpractice | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Kerr, Philip | The Grid | 1996 | PW | |
| Kerr, Philip | Esau | 1997 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| Kerr, Philip | A Five-Year Plan | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Kerr, Philip | The Second Angel | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Kimball, Michael | Mouth to Mouth | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| King, Laurie R. | A Letter of Mary: A Mary Russell Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| King, Laurie R. | With Child | 1996 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| King, Laurie R. | A Letter of Mary: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes | 1997 | PW | |
| King, Laurie R. | The Moor: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| King, Laurie R. | Night Work: Kate Martinelli | 2000 | PW | |
| Klaven, Andrew | Hunting Down Amanda | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Kleier, Glenn | The Last Day | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Klein, Daniel | Kill Me Tender | 2000 | PW | |
| Klein, Dave | Fourth Down | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Kohler, Sheila | Cracks | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Koontz, Dean | Sole Survivor | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Koontz, Dean | Fear Nothing | 1998 | PW | |
| Koontz, Dean | False Memory | 2000 | PW | |
| Koontz, Dean | Intensity: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Korelitz, Jean Haniff | Sabbathday River | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Krabbe, Tim | The Cave | 2000 | LJ, PW | |
| Kraus, Krandall | Love's Last Chance: Nigel and Nicky | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Krich, Rochelle Majer | Blood Money | 1999 | PW | |
| Krist, Gary | Bad Chemistry | 1998 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Krist, Gary | Chaos Theory | 2000 | PW | |
| Krueger, William Kent | Iron Lake: Cork O'Connor | 1998 | Booklist, PW | Dilys Nominee, Anthony Winner Best First Novel |
| Krueger, William Kent | Boundary Waters: Cork O'Connor | 1999 | Dilys Nominee | |
| Kruger, Mary | Masterpiece of Murder: A Gilded Age Mystery | 1996 | PW | |
| Kumin, Maxine | Quit Monks or Die! | 1999 | PW | |
| Kung, Dinah | Left in the Care Of | 1997 | PW | |
| La Plante, Lynda | Cold Shoulder | 1996 | PW | |
| Lafavor, Carole | Evil Dead Center | 1997 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Landesman, Peter | Blood Acre | 1999 | PW | |
| Landsman, Anne | The Devil's Chimney | 1997 | PW | |
| Langton, Jane | The Face on the Wall: Homer Kelly | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Langton, Jane | The Thief of Venice: Homer Kelly | 1999 | PW | |
| Lanier, Virginia | Blind Bloodhound Justice | 1998 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Bad Chili | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Rumble Tumble | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Freezer Burn | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | The Bottoms | 2000 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Winner Best Novel, Hammett, Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel, Booklist Top Ten Best Crime Novel |
| Larsgaard, Chris | Heir Hunter | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Lathen, Emma | Brewing Up a Storm: A John Thatcher Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Latour, Jose | Outcast (paper) | 1999 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Orginal | |
| Latreille, Stan | Perjury | 1998 | PW | |
| Laurence, Janet | Canaletto and the Case of the Westminster Bridge | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Laurie, Hugh | The Gun Seller | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Law, Janice | The Night Bus | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Lawrence, Margaret K. | Hearts and Bones: A Novel of Historical Suspense | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Dilys Nominee, Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Lawrence, Margaret K. | Blood Red Roses | 1997 | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Le Carre, John | The Tailor of Panama | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Le Carre, John | Single and Single | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus | NYTBR Notable |
| Ledwidge, Michael S. | The Narrowback | 1999 | PW | |
| Lee, Gus | Tiger's Tail | 1996 | PW | |
| Lee, Gus | No Physical Evidence | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Lehane, Dennis | Darkness, Take My Hand: Kenzie and Gennaro | 1996 | PW | Dilys Nominee |
| Lehane, Dennis | Sacred: Kenzie and Gennaro | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | Dilys Nominee, Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Lehane, Dennis | Gone, Baby, Gone: Kenzie and Gennaro | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | Dilys Winner, Shamus Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Lehane, Dennis | Prayers for Rain: Kenzie and Gennaro | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Leonard, Elmore | Out of Sight | 1996 | PW | |
| Leonard, Elmore | Cuba Libra | 1998 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Leonard, Elmore | Be Cool | 1999 | Booklist, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Leonard, Elmore | Pagan Babies | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Lescroart, John | Guilt | 1997 | PW | |
| Lescroart, John | The Mercy Rule | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Lescroart, John | Nothing But the Truth | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Lethem, Jonathan | Motherless Brooklyn | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | NYTBR Notable, Booklist Editors' Choice, ALA Notable Books List |
| Levinson, Robert S. | The Elvis and Marilyn Affair | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Lieberman, Herbert | The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Lindsey, David | Requiem for a Glass Heart | 1996 | PW | |
| Lindsey, Paul | Freedom to Kill | 1997 | PW | |
| Lipinski, Thomas | A Picture of Her Tombstone | 1996 | PW | |
| Lipinski, Thomas | Steel City Confessions (paper) | 1999 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Lipinski, Thomas | Death in the Steel City (paper) | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Lippman, Laura | Baltimore Blues (paper) | 1997 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Lippman, Laura | Charm City (paper) | 1997 | Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original, Shamus Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Lippman, Laura | Butchers Hill (paper) | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback, Agatha Winner Best Novel, Shamus Nominee Best Paperback, Anthony Winner Best Paperback, Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Lippman, Laura | In Big Trouble (paper) | 1999 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Winner Best Paperback Original, Shamus Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Lippman, Laura | The Sugar House | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Lira, Gonzalo | Counterparts | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Liss, David | A Conspiracy of Paper | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | Edgar Winner Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
| Littell, Robert | Walking Back the Cat | 1997 | PW | |
| Livesey, Margot | The Missing World | 2000 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Logan, Chuck | The Price of Blood | 1996 | PW | |
| Logan, Chuck | Hunter's Moon | 1996 | PW | |
| Logan, Chuck | The Big Law | 1998 | PW | |
| Logue, Mary | Dark Coulee: Claire Watkins | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Long, Jeff | The Descent | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Lordon, Randye | Father Forgive Me | 1997 | Lamba Winner, Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Lordon, Randye | Mother May I | 1998 | Lamda Nominee | |
| Lott, Bret | The Hunt Club | 1998 | LJ | |
| Lovesey, Peter | Bloodhounds | 1996 | PW | Macavity Winner Best Novel |
| Lovesey, Peter | Upon Dark Night | 1998 | PW | |
| Lovesey, Peter | The Vault | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Lovett, Sarah | A Desperate Silence | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Lynch, Patrick | Omega | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Lynch, Patrick | The Policy | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Lynch, Patrick | Figure of 8 | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Macdonald, Marianne | Ghost Walk | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| MacDougal, Bonnie | Angle of Impact | 1998 | Booklist | |
| MacGregor, Gregory Michael | Deadspin | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| MacKay, Scott | Cold Comfort | 1998 | Kirkus | Ellis Nominee |
| MacLeod, Charlotte | The Balloon Man | 1998 | PW | |
| MacPherson, Rett | Comedy of Heirs | 1999 | PW | |
| Magnuson, James | Windfall | 1999 | PW | |
| Mahoney, Dan | Once In, Never Out | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Maitland, Barry | The Malcontenta: Kathy Kolla and David Brock | 2000 | PW | |
| Maloney, Shane | The Brush-Off: Murray Whelan | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Maloney, Shane | Nice Try: Murray Whelan | 2000 | ||
| Mankell, Henning | Faceless Killers: Kurt Wallender | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Mankell, Henning | Sidetracked: Kurt Wallender | 1999 | PW | |
| Mankell, Henning | Fifth Woman: Kurt Wallender | 2000 | Booklist, LJ | LJ Best Books - Genre |
| Marcuse, Irene | Death of an Amiable Child | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Booklist Best First Crime Novel | |
| Marcy, Jean | Mommy Deadest: Meg Darcy | 2000 | Lambda Winner | |
| Margolin, Philip | Wild Justice | 2000 | PW | |
| Marks, John | The Wall | 1998 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Maron, Margaret | Up Jumps the Devil: Deborah Knott | 1996 | PW | Agatha Winner Best Novel |
| Maron, Margaret | Home Fires Burning: Deborah Knott | 1998 | PW | PW Best Books, Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Maron, Margaret | Storm Track: Deborah Knott | 2000 | Agatha Winner Best Novel | |
| Marshall, James Vance | White-Out | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Marston, Edward | The Lions of the North: A Novel (Domesday Books) | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Marston, Edward | Wanton Angel | 1999 | PW | |
| Martin, Dannie | In the Hat | 1997 | PW | |
| Martin, David | Cul-de-Sac | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Martin, J. Wallis | A Likeness in Stone | 1998 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Martin, J. Wallis | The Bird Yard | 1999 | PW | PW Best Books |
| Martin, Valeriei | Italian Fever | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Martinez, Al | The Last City Room | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Martini, Steve | The Judge | 1996 | PW | |
| Martini, Steve | The List | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Massey, Sujata | The Salaryman's Wife | 1997 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original, Macavity Best First Novel Nominee | |
| Massey, Sujata | Zen Attitude | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Massey, Sujata | The Flower Master | 1999 | Kirkus | Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Winner Best Novel |
| Massey, Sujata | The Floating Girl | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Matera, Lia | Last Chants: A Willa Jansson Mystery | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Matera, Lia | Havana Twist: Willa Jansson | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Matteson, Stefanie | Murder Under the Palms | 1997 | LJ Best Genre Fiction of 1997 | |
| Matthiessen, Peter | Lost Man's River | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book, NYTBR Notable |
| Maxim, John R. | The Shadow Box | 1996 | PW | |
| Maxim, John R. | Mosiac: Novel of Suspense | 1999 | PW | |
| Mayor, Archer | The Ragman's Memory | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Mayor, Archer | Bellows Falls | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Mayor, Archer | Occam's Razor | 1999 | PW | |
| McAlary, Mike | Sore Loser: Mickey Donovan | 1998 | PW | |
| McBain, Ed | Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| McBain, Ed | Nocturne: 87th Precinct | 1997 | NYTBR Notable | |
| McBain, Ed | The Last Best Hope | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| McBain, Ed | The Last Dance: 87th Precinct | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| McBain, Ed | The Big Bad City: 87th Precinct | 1999 | PW | PW Best Books, NYTBR Notable |
| McClister, Michael | Victim's Choice | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| McClister, Michael | Double Deal | 2000 | Booklist | |
| McColley, Kevin | Praying to a Laughing God | 1998 | Hammett Nominee | |
| McCrumb, Sharon | The PMS Outlaws: Elizabeth McPherson | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| McCrumb, Sharyn | The Rosewood Casket | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| McCrumb, Sharyn | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | 1998 | Booklist, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| McDermid, Val | The Mermaids Singing | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| McDermid, Val | Place of Execution | 2000 | PW | NYT Notable, Dilys Winner, Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Winner Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| McDermid, Val | Booked for Murder: Lindsey Gordon (trade paper) | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| McFarland, Dennis | A Face at the Window | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| McGarrity, Michael | Tularosa: Kevin Kearny | 1996 | PW | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Dilys Nominee |
| McGarrity, Michael | Mexican Hat: Kevin Kearny | 1997 | PW | |
| McGarrity, Michael | Serpent Gate: Kevin Kearny | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| McGarrity, Michael | Hermit's Peak: Kevin Kerney | 1999 | Booklist | |
| McGown, Jill | Verdict Unsafe | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| McGown, Jill | Picture of Innocence | 1998 | Booklist, PW | |
| McGrath, Patrick | Asylum | 1997 | NYTBR Notable | |
| McGrory, Brian | The Incumbent: A Washington Thriller | 2000 | PW | |
| McNab, Andy | Crisis Four | 2000 | PW | |
| McNab, Claire | Past Due | 1998 | Lambda Nominee | |
| McNab, Claire | Murder Undcover: Denise Cleaver (paper) | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| McNab, Claire | Death Understood: Denise Cleever | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Meade, Glenn | Snow Wolf | 1996 | PW | |
| Medawar, Mardi Oakley | Death at Rainy Mountain | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Meltzer, Brad | Dead Even | 1998 | LJ | |
| Mesce Bill & Steve Szilagyi | The Advocate: A Novel of World War II | 2000 | PW | |
| Michaels, Grant | Dead as a Doornail | 1998 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Mickelbury, Penny | One Must Wait | 1998 | PW | |
| Mickelbury, Penny | Where to Choose: Carol Ann Gibson | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Mills, James | The Hearing | 1998 | PW | |
| Mina, Denise | Garnet Hill | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Minichino, Camille | The Hydrogen Murder | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Mitchell, Kay | A Rage of Innocents | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Miyabe, Miyuki | All She Was Worth | 1997 | PW | |
| Mize, William | Resurrection Angel (trade paper) | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Mones, Nicole | Lost in Translatioin | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Monfredo, Miriam Grace | Through a Gold Eagle: A Glynis Tryon Mystery | 1996 | PW | |
| Montalbano, William D. | Basilica | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Moody, Skye Kathleen | Rain Dance | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Moody, Skye Kathleen | Wildcrafters: Venus Diamond | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Moody, Susan | King of Hearts | 1996 | PW | |
| Morgan, Mary | Willful Neglect | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Morrell, David | Extreme Denial | 1996 | PW | |
| Morrow, Bradford | Giovanni's Gift | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Mortimer, John | Rumpole and the Angel of Death | 1996 | PW | |
| Mortimer, John | Felix in the Underworld | 1997 | NYTBR Notable | |
| Moseley, Margaret | Bonita Faye | 1996 | Edgar Nominee Best First Mystery | |
| Mosley, Walter | A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Mosley, Walter | Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned: | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Mosley, Walter | Gone Fishin' | 1997 | LJ, PW | |
| Mosley, Walter | Walkin' the Dog: Socrates Fortlaw | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Muller, Marcia | The Broken Promise Land | 1996 | PW | |
| Muller, Marcia | Both Ends of the Night | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Book |
| Muller, Marcia | Listen to the Silence | 2000 | Booklist | Shamus Nominee Best Hardcover Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Munger, Katy | Legwork: Casey Jones | 1997 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Munger, Katy | Bad to the Bone | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Murakami, Haruki | The Wind-Up Bird | 1997 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable, Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Nadelson, Reggie | Bloody London | 2000 | PW | |
| Nava, Michael | The Death of Friends | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | Lambda Winner |
| Nava, Michael | The Burning Plain | 1997 | Lamba Nominee | |
| Nelscott, Kris | A Dangerous Road | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Nelson, Casey | Nothing Gold Can Stay | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Neri, Kris | Revenge of the Gypsy Queen | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Newman, Sharan | Strong as Death | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Noah, Robert | The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa | 1998 | Hammett Nominee | |
| O'Callaghan, Maxine | Down for the Count: Delilah West | 1997 | Shamus Nominee Best Novel | |
| O'Connell, Carol | Killing Critics: Mallory | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| O'Connell, Carol | Stone Angel: Mallory | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| O'Connell, Carol | Judas Child | 1998 | Booklist | |
| O'Connell, Carol | Shell Game: Mallory | 1999 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| O'Connell, Jack | The Skin Palace | 1996 | PW | |
| Oeste, Bob | The Last Pumpkin Paper: A Novel | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Oliver, Steve | Moody Gets the Blues | 1996 | Dilys Nominee | |
| O'Nan, Stewart | The Names of the Dead | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Owens, Louis | Nightland | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Padgett, Abigail | Moonbird Boy | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Padgett, Abigail | The Dollmaker's Daughters | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Padgett, Abigail | Blue | 1998 | Kirkus | Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Palliser, Charles | The Unburied | 1999 | Booklist, LJ, PW | |
| Palmer, Michael | Critical Judgment | 1996 | PW | |
| Paretsky, Sara | Hard Time | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Parker, Robert B. | Chance | 1996 | PW | |
| Parker, Robert B. | Small Vices: Spenser | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Washington Post Book World |
| Parker, Robert B. | Family Honor | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books |
| Parker, Robert B. | Hugger Mugger: Spenser | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | The Triggerman's Dance | 1996 | PW | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | The Blue Hour | 1999 | PW | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | Red Light | 2000 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Parry, Owen | Faded Coat of Blue | 1999 | PW | |
| Parsons, Julie | Mary, Mary | 1999 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Patrick, Vincent | Smoke Screen | 1999 | Kirkus | NYTBR Notable |
| Patterson, James | When the Wind Blows | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Patterson, James | Roses are Red: Alex Cross | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Patterson, Richard North | Silent Witness | 1996 | PW | |
| Patterson, Richard North | Silent Witness | 1997 | PW | |
| Patterson, Richard North | Dark Lady | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Pattison, Eliot | The Skull Mantra | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Edgar Winner Best First Novel |
| Paul, William | Sleeping Pretty | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Pears, Iain | An Instance of the Fingerpost | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | PW Best Books, NYTBR Notable, Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Pears, Iain | The Immaculate Deception | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Pearson, Ridley | Beyond Recognition | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Pearson, Ridley | The Pied Piper | 1998 | PW | |
| Pearson, Ridley | The First Victim | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Pearson, Ridley | Middle of Nowhere | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Pease, William D. | The Monkey's Fist | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Pelecanos, George P. | The Big Blowdown | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Pelecanos, George P. | King Suckerman | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Pelecanos, George P. | The Sweet Forever | 1998 | Booklist, PW | PW Best Books |
| Pelecanos, George P. | Shame the Devil | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Penman, Sharon Kay | The Queen's Man: A Medieval Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best First Mystery |
| Pennac, Daniel | Write to Kill | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Penzler, Otto (Edt) | Murder for Love | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Penzler, Otto (Edt) | Murder for Revenge | 1998 | PW | |
| Perdue, Lewis | Daughter of God | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Perez-Reverte, Arturo | The Club Dumas | 1997 | NYTBR Notable, Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Perez-Reverte, Arturo | Fencing Master | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Perkins, Robert | Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocity | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Perry, Anne | Pentecost Alley | 1996 | PW | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Perry, Anne | Weighed in the Balance | 1996 | PW | |
| Perry, Anne | Ashworth Hall | 1997 | PW | |
| Perry, Anne | A Breach of Promise | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Perry, Anne | The Twisted Root: William Monk | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Perry, Anne | Bedford Square: Pitt | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Perry, Anne | Half Moon Street: Pitt | 2000 | Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Perry, Thomas | Dance for the Dead: A Jane Whitefield Novel | 1996 | Kirkus | Dilys Nominee |
| Perry, Thomas | Shadow Woman: A Jane Whitefield Novel | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | Washington Post Book World |
| Perry, Thomas | The Face Changers:Jane Whitefield | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Perry, Thomas | Blood Money: Jane Whitefield | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Peters, Elizabeth | Seeing a Large Cat: Amelia Peabody | 1997 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Ape Who Guards the Balance: Amelia Peabody | 1998 | Kirkus | Agatha Nominee Best Novel |
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Falcon and the Portal: Amelia Peabody | 1999 | PW | |
| Peters, Elizabeth | He Shall Thunder the Sky: Amelia Peabody | 2000 | PW | Agatha Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Peters, Ralph | The Devil's Garden | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Phillips, Gary | The Jook: A Crime Novel | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Phillips, Scott | The Ice Harvest | 2000 | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Hammett Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Pickard, Nancy | The Blue Corn Murders: Eugenia Potter | 1998 | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Pickard, Nancy | The Whole Truth | 2000 | PW | Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Picoult, Jodi | Plain Truth | 2000 | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee | |
| Plante, David | The Age of Terror | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Popescu, Petru | Almost Adam | 1996 | LJ | |
| Porter, Henry | Remembrance Day | 2000 | LJ | |
| Pottinger, Stanley | A Slow Burning | 2000 | PW | |
| Powers, Thomas | The Confirmation | 2000 | LJ, PW | |
| Poyer, David | As the Wolf Loves Winter | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Price, Richard | Freedomland | 1998 | Booklist, LJ, PW | PW Best Books |
| Prieto, Jose Manuel | Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Pronzini, Bill | Sentinels: A "Nameless Detective" Mystery | 1996 | PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Pronzini, Bill | Illusions | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Pronzini, Bill | A Wasteland of Strangers | 1997 | Hammett Nominee, Edgar Best Novel Nominee | |
| Pronzini, Bill | Boobytrap: Nameless | 1998 | Booklist | Shamus Winner Best Novel |
| Pugh, Diane | Foolproof: Iris Thorne | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Puzo, Mario | The Last Don | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Puzo, Mario | Omerta | 2000 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Pye, Michael | Taking Lives | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Pyper, Andrew | Lost Girls | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Shamus Nominee Best First Novel |
| Rabb, Jonathan | The Overseer | 1998 | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection | |
| Raine, Jerry | Smalltime | 1997 | PW | |
| Ramos, Manuel | Blues for the Buffalo | 1997 | PW | |
| Ramus, David | The Gravity of Shadows | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Rankin, Ian | Let It Bleed: Rebus Mystery | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Rankin, Ian | Black and Blue: Rebus | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus | Edgar Best Novel Nominee |
| Rankin, Ian | Dead Souls: Rebus | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Rankin, Ian | Set in Darkness: Rebus | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, PW | LJ Best Books - Genre |
| Raphael, Lawrence (ed) | Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction | 1999 | PW | |
| Raphael, Lev | The Death of a Constant Lover: Nick Hoffman | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Rawlinson, Peter | The Caverel Claim | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Rawlinson, Peter | Indictment for Murder | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Redmann, J.M. | Lost Daughters: Micky Knight | 1999 | Booklist | Lambda Nominee |
| Reed, Barry | The Deception | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Reed, Philip | Bird Dog | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Reich, Christopher | Numbered Account | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Reichs, Kathleen | Deja Dead: Tempe Brennan | 1997 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | Dilys Nominee, Ellis Winner Best Novel, Harlequin Worldwide Library Award 1st place |
| Reichs, Kathleen | Death Du Jour: Tempe Brennan | 1999 | Booklist, PW | |
| Reichs, Kathy | Deadly Decisions: Tempe Brennan | 2000 | LJ | |
| Rendell, Ruth | The Keys to the Street: A Novel of Suspense | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Rendell, Ruth | Road Rage | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Rendell, Ruth | Harm Done: Inspector Wexford | 1999 | PW | |
| Rendell, Ruth | A Sight for Sore Eyes | 1999 | Booklist, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Reynolds, Clay | The Players | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Rice, Christopher | A Density of Souls | 2000 | Lamdba Nominee | |
| Richman, Phyllis | The Butter Did It:A Gastronomic Tale of Love and Murder | 1997 | Booklist | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel |
| Ridley, John | Love is a Racket | 1998 | PW | |
| Riordan, Rick | Big Red Tequila | 1997 | Anthony Winner Best Paperback Original, Shamus Winner Best First Novel | |
| Riordan, Rick | The Widower's Two-Step | 1998 | PW | Edgar Winner Best Paperback, Shamus Nominee Best Paperback, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback |
| Riordan, Rick | The Last King of Texas | 2000 | Booklist, PW | |
| Robb, J.D. | Judgement in Death | 2000 | PW | |
| Roberts, Gillian | The Bluest Blood | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Roberts, Lillian M. | Riding for a Fall | 1996 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Robinson, Frank M. | Waiting | 1999 | PW | |
| Robinson, Lynda S. | Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing: A Lord Meren Mystery (Walker Mystery) | 1996 | PW | |
| Robinson, Lynda S. | Eater of Souls: Lord Meren | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Robinson, Lynda S. | Drinker of Blood | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Robinson, Patrick | Nimitz Class | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Robinson, Peter | Innocent Graves: Inspector Banks | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | Hammett Nominee |
| Robinson, Peter | Blood at the Root: Inspector Banks | 1997 | PW | Ellis Nominee Best Novel |
| Robinson, Peter | In a Dry Season: Inspector Banks | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Hammett Nominee, Anthony Winner Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Robinson, Peter | Cold Is the Grave: Inspector Banks | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ | Arthur Ellis Winner Best Novel |
| Roe, Caroline | Remedy for Treason | 1998 | Ellis Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Roe, Caroline | An Antidote for Avarice (paper) | 1999 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Rogers, Chris | Bitch Factor | 1998 | LJ | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection |
| Rogow, Roberta | The Problem of the Missing Miss | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Rosenbaum, Thane | Second Hand Smoke | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor | Abuse of Power | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Ross, Kate | The Devil in Music | 1997 | PW | Dilys Nominee, Agatha Winner Best Novel |
| Rotenberg, David | The Shangai Murders:A Zhong Fong Mystery | 1998 | LJ | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Rozan, S. J. | Stone Quarry: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Mystery | 1999 | Booklist, PW | Shamus Nominee Best Novel |
| Rozan, S.J. | No Colder Place: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Mystery | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Book, Anthony Winner Best Novel, Shamus Best Novel Nominee |
| Rozan, S.J. | A Bitter Feast: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Mystery | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Rucka, Greg | Finder | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Rucka, Greg | Smoker | 1998 | PW | |
| Rucka, Greg | Shooting At Midnight | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Ruryk, Jean | Next Week Will Be Better | 1998 | Ellis Nominee Best Novel | |
| Russell, Alan | Multiple Wounds | 1996 | Anthony Nominee Best Novel, Macavity Nominee Best Novel | |
| Russell, J.S. | Celestial Dogs | 1997 | Washington Post Book World | |
| Sacks, Jen | Nice | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Sakamoto, Kerri | The Electrical Field | 1998 | PW | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel |
| Sakamoto, Kerri | The Elecrical Field | 1999 | PW | |
| Salinger, Steven D. | Behold the Fire | 1997 | PW | |
| Sallis, James | Eye of the Cricket: Lew Griffin | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book, Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
| Sallis, James | Bluebottle: Lew Griffin | 1998 | PW | |
| Sandford, John | Sudden Prey | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Sandford, John | Secret Prey | 1998 | PW | |
| Santangelo, Elena | By Blood Possessed | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Satterthwait, Walter | Masquerade | 1998 | PW | |
| Saulnier, Beth | Distemper | 2000 | PW | |
| Sawyer, Robert J. | Illegal Alien | 1997 | Ellis Nominee Best Novel | |
| Sayers, Dorothy L. | Thrones, Dominations | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Saylor, Steven | A Murder on the Appian Way | 1996 | PW | Lambda Nominee |
| Saylor, Steven | Rubicon | 1999 | PW | |
| Saylor, Steven | Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Schanker, D.R. | A Criminal Appeal | 1998 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Schumacher, Aileen | Framework for Death | 1998 | Anthony Nominee Best Novel | |
| Schwartz, John Burnham | Reservation Road | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Scoppettone, Sandra | Let's Face the Music and Die | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Legal Tender | 1996 | PW | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Rough Justice | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Mistaken Identity | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Moment of Truth | 2000 | PW | |
| Sedley, Kate | Wicked Winter | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| See, Lisa | The Flower Net | 1997 | PW | NYTBR Notable, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Setlowe, Richard | The Sexual Occupation of Japan | 1999 | Kirkus, LJ, PW | |
| Seymour, Gerald | Killing Ground | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Seymour, Gerald | Dead Ground | 1999 | PW | |
| Seymour, Gerald | A Line in the Sand | 2000 | PW | |
| Shakespeare, Nicholas | The Dancer Upstairs | 1997 | Booklist | Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Shames, Laurence | Virgin Heat | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Shankman, Sarah | I Still Miss My Man but My Aim Is Getting Better | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Shankman, Sarah | Digging Up Momma | 1998 | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Shelby, Philip | Days of Drums: A Novel | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Shields, Jody | The Fig Eater | 2000 | LJ | |
| Shreve, Anita | The Weight of Water | 1996 | PW | |
| Shreve, Anita | The Weight of Water | 1997 | Booklist, PW | |
| Siegel, Barry | The Perfect Witness | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Siler, Jenny | Easy Money | 1999 | PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Silva, Daniel | The Mark of the Assassin | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Silva. Daniel | The Unlikely Spy | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Simmons, Dan | The Crook Factory | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Simmons, Dan | Darwin's Blade | 2000 | PW | |
| Simpson, Marcia | Crow in Stolen Colors | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best First Mystery, Macavity Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Simpson, Thomas William | The Caretaker | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Skeggs, Douglas | The Phoenix of Prague | 1997 | PW | |
| Skinner, Robert | Skin Deep, Blood Red | 1997 | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Sloan, Bob | Bliss Jumps the Gun: Lenny Bliss | 1999 | PW | |
| Slung, Michele, ed | Murder and Other Acts of Literature | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Smith, Frank | Fatal Flaw | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Smith, Julie | 82 Desire: Skip Langdon | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Smith, Martin Cruz | Rose | 1996 | PW | Hammett Winner |
| Smith, Martin Cruz | Havana Bay: Arkady Renko | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Hammett Winner |
| Smith, Martin J. | Time Release | 1997 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone | An American Killing | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable |
| Smith, Michael Marshall | Spares | 1997 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Smith, Peter Moore | Raveling | 2000 | Kirkus, LJ | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Smith, Sarah | The Knowledge of Water | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Smith, Sarah | A Citizen of the Country | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Soares, Jo | A Samba for Sherlock | 1997 | Booklist | Booklist Editors' Choice |
| Solomita, Stephen | Damaged Goods | 1996 | Hammett Nominee | |
| Songer, C.J. | Bait: A Crime Novel | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Sprague, Gretchen | Death in Good Company | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Springer, Michelle | Standing in the Shadows | 1998 | Ellis Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Blood Will Tell: A Kate Shugak Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Fire and Ice: Liam Campbell | 1998 | LJ | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Stabenow, Dana | So Sure of Death: Liam Campbell | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Hunter's Moon: Kate Shugak | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Standiford, Les | Presidential Deal | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Stansbury, Domenic | The Last Days of Il Duce | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel, Hammett Nominee | |
| Stark, Richard | Comeback: Parker | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, Washington Post Book World |
| Stark, Richard | Backflash: Parker | 1998 | NYTBR Notable | |
| Stark, Richard | Flashfire: Parker | 2000 | PW | |
| Stashower, Daniel | The Floating Lady Murder (paper) | 2000 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Steinberg, Janice | Death in a City of Mystics | 1998 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Stephenson, Neal | Cryptonomicon | 1999 | LJ, PW | |
| Stevens, Rosemary | Death on a Silver Tray: Beau Brummell Mystery | 2000 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel | |
| Stevenson, Richard | Chain of Fools: A Donald Strachey Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Stevenson, Richard | Strachey's Folly: A Donald Strachey Mystery | 1998 | Lamda Nominee | |
| Stewart, Leah | Body of a Girl | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Stewart, Mike | Sins of the Brother | 1999 | Kirkus | |
| Stockley, Grif | Self-Incrimination: A Gideon Page Novel | 1997 | PW | |
| Stone, Jonathan | The Cold Truth | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Stone, Michael | The Low End of Nowhere: Streeter | 1996 | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Straley, John | The Music of What Happens | 1996 | PW | |
| Straub, Peter | Mr. X | 1999 | PW | |
| Strong, Tony | The Poison Tree | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Sullivan, Mark T. | The Purification Ceremony | 1997 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Sultan, Faye & Teresa Kennedy | Over the Line | 1998 | Booklist | |
| Swanson, Denise | Murder of a Small Town Honey | 2000 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Swift, Virginia | Brown-Eyed Girl | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Szmanski, Therese | When Evil Changes Face: Brett Higgins | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Taibo, Paco | Just Passing Through | 2000 | LJ | |
| Talley, Marcia | Sing It to Her Bones (paper) | 1999 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Tanenbaum, Robert | Act of Revenge | 1999 | PW | |
| Tanenbaum, Robert K. | Falsely Accused | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Tanenbaum, Robert K. | True Justice | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Tannenbaum, Robert K. | Irrestible Impulse | 1997 | PW | |
| Tapply, William G. | Scar Tissue: Brady Coyne | 2000 | PW | |
| Tasker, Peter | Buddha Kiss | 1997 | PW | |
| Taylor, Andrew | The Office of the Dead: Roth Triology | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Teran, Boston | God Is a Bullet | 1999 | PW | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Thomas-Graham, Pamela | A Darker Shade of Crimson: Ivy League Mystery | 1998 | LJ Spring Best First Novel selection | |
| Thompson, Cole | Chocolate Lizards | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Thompson, Victoria | Murder on St. Mark's Place (trade paper) | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Thomson, Maynard F. | Breaking Faith: Featuring Nason Nichols, P.I | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Thorpe, Adam | Pieces of Light | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Todd, Charles | A Test of Wills | 1996 | PW | Dilys Nominee, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Todd, Charles | Wings of Fire:Inspector Ian Rutledge | 1998 | PW | NYTBR Notable, Dilys Nominee |
| Todd, Charles | Search the Dark | 1999 | ||
| Todd, Charles | Legacy of the Dead: Inspector Ian Rutledge | 2000 | NYT Notable, Anthony Nominee Best Novel | |
| Tope, Rebecca | A Dirty Death | 2000 | Booklist | Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Topping, Seymour | Peking Letter: A Novel of China's Civil War | 1999 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable |
| Trevor, William | Death in Summer | 1998 | Kirkus, PW | PW's Best 98 Books |
| Truluck, Bob | Street Level | 2000 | Booklist, PW | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Truscott, Lucian | Heart of War | 1997 | PW | |
| Turow, Scott | The Laws of Our Fathers | 1996 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | |
| Turow, Scott | Personal Injuries | 1999 | Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books, Hammett Nominee |
| Uhnak, Dorothy | Codes of Betrayal | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Van de Wetering, Janwillem | The Perfidious Parrot | 1997 | PW | |
| Vine, Barbara | The Brimstone Wedding | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Vine, Barbara | Grasshopper | 2000 | Booklist, LJ | |
| Wade, Susan | Walking Rain | 1996 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original, Dilys Nominee, Edgar Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Wager, Walter | Tunnel | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Walker, Mary Willis | All the Dead Lie Down | 1998 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Wallace, Marilyn | Lost Angel: A Novel of Suspense | 1996 | PW | |
| Walsh, Michael | Exchange Alley | 1997 | PW | |
| Walters, Minette | The Dark Room | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Walters, Minette | The Echo | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Walters, Minette | The Breaker | 1999 | Booklist, Kirkus, PW | PW Best Books |
| Warner, Penny | Dead Body Language | 1997 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Winner Best First Novel | |
| Waterhouse, Jane | Shadow, Walk | 1997 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Waterhouse, Jane | Dead Letter | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Waters, Sarah | Affinity | 2000 | Kirkus | |
| Watkins, Paul | Archangel | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| Watts, Timothy | Steal Away | 1996 | PW | |
| Webb, Cynthia | No Daughter of the South | 1997 | Lamba Nominee | |
| Webb, Don | Essential Saltes | 1999 | Booklist | |
| Weber, Janice | Devil's Food | 1996 | PW | |
| Weld, William F. | Mackerel by Moonlight | 1998 | NYTBR Notable | |
| Wessel, John | This Far, No Further | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | Shamus Nominee Best First Novel |
| West, Chassie | Killing Kin | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Westlake, Donald | The Ax | 1997 | PW | PW Best Book, Washington Post Book World, NYTBR Notable, Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Westlake, Donald E. | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Wheat, Carolyn | Mean Streak | 1996 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Wheat, Carolyn | Troubled Waters | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Wheat, Carolyn | Sworn to Defend | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| White, Gloria | Sunset and Santiago | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| White, Michael C. | A Brother's Blood: A Novel | 1996 | Booklist | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Best First Novel |
| White, Randy Wayne | Captiva | 1996 | Booklist, PW | |
| White, Randy Wayne | Ten Thousand Islands | 2000 | PW | |
| White, Stephen | Harm's Way | 1996 | PW | |
| White, Stephen | Remote Control | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| White, Stephen | Manner of Death | 1999 | PW | |
| Whitelaw, Stella | Pray and Die | 2000 | Booklist | |
| Wilhelm, Kate | Malice Prepense | 1996 | PW | |
| Wilhelm, Kate | No Defense | 2000 | LJ | |
| Willocks, Tim | Bloodstained Kings | 1998 | PW | |
| Wilson, Barbara | Death Brims Over | 1997 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Wilson, Barbara | The Case of the Orphaned Bassonist | 2000 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Wilson, F. Paul | All the Rage: Repairman Jack | 2000 | PW | |
| Wilson, John M. | Simple Justice: Benjamin Justice | 1996 | Booklist | Winner Edgar Best First Novel, Lambda Nominee |
| Wilson, John M. | Revision of Justice: Benjamin Justice Mystery | 1997 | Booklist | Lambda Nominee |
| Wilson, John M. | Justice at Risk: Benjamin Justice | 1999 | Booklist, PW | Lambda Winner Gay Mystery |
| Wilson, John M. | The Limits of Justice: Benjamin Justice | 2000 | Booklist | Lambda Winner Best Gay Mystery |
| Wilson, Laura | A Little Death (paper) | 2000 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Wilson, Robert | A Small Death in Lisbon | 2000 | Kirkus, PW | NYTBR Notable, LJ Best Books |
| Wiltse, David | Blown Away | 1996 | PW | |
| Wings, Mary | She Came in Drag : Emma Victor (paper) | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Winslow, Don | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | 1997 | PW | |
| Winslow, Don | California Fire and Life | 1999 | PW | Dilys Nominee, Shamus Winner Best Novel |
| Winter, Douglas E. | Run | 2000 | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Wishnia, K.j.a | 23 Shades of Black | 1997 | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Wishnia, K.j.A. | Soft Money: Filomena Buscarsela | 1999 | Kirkus | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Wolf, William | Whacking Jimmy | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Womac, Steven | Chain Of Fools | 1996 | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original, Shamus Nominee Best Original Paperback | |
| Womack, Steven | Murder Manual | 1998 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback, Shamus Winner Best Paperback, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback | |
| Womack, Steven | Dirty Money | 2000 | Shamus Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Wood, William P. | Quicksand | 1998 | Kirkus | |
| Woodrell, Daniel | Give Us a Kiss: A Country Noir | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Woodrell, Daniel | Tomato Red | 1998 | Booklist | NYTBR Notable, BL Editors' Choice, Hammet Nominee |
| Woods, Paula L. | Inner City Blues: Charlotte Justice | 1999 | Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Nominee Best First Novel, Macavity Winner Best First Novel |
| Woods, Stuart | Dirt: A Novel | 1996 | PW | |
| Woods, Stuart | Dead in the Water | 1997 | Kirkus | |
| Wright, Eric | The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn: Joe Barley (trade paper) | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Arthur Ellis Nominee Best Novel, Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Orginal | |
| Wright, Laurali R. | Strangers Among Us | 1996 | Booklist | |
| Wright, Laurali R. | Acts of Murder | 1997 | Hammett Nominee | |
| Wright, Lawrence | God's Favorite | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Wright, Sally S. | Pursuit and Pursuasion | 2000 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Wyrick, E. L. | Power in the Blood | 1996 | Kirkus | |
| Xialong, Qui | The Death of a Red Heroine | 2000 | Booklist, Kirkus | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel, Anthony Winner Best First Novel, Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Yorke, Margaret | A Question of Belief | 1997 | Booklist | |
| Zigal, Thomas | Hardrock Stiff: A Kurt Muller Mystery | 1996 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Zimler, Richard | The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon | 1998 | Booklist | Herodotus Award Best First US Historical |
| Zimmerman, R.D | Hostage | 1997 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Zimmerman, R.D. | Tribe | 1996 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original, Lamda Nominee | |
| Zimmerman, R.D. | Outburst | 1998 | Lambda Winner | |
| Zimmerman, R.D. | Innuendo | 1999 | Lambda Nominee | |
| Zubro, Mark Richard | Drop Dead: Paul Turner | 1999 | Lambda Nominee |
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