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Crime Fiction Hotlist 2000: M- Z
Page Modified: April 2, 2008
Some of the major hardcover titles scheduled for release in the
U.S. All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos.
Alphabetically arranged by author. Starting in March, the date
in the notes column indicates the last update for that entry.
A star indicates the book received at least one starred review
(indicating that review source felt the title was exceptional)
from the following sources: Booklist
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Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library
Journal (LJ).
| Author | Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macdonald, Marianne | Road Kill | Sept | |
| MacPherson, Rett | A Misty Morning | Sept | |
| Magnan, Pierre | The Murdered House | May | |
| Maitland, Barry | The Malcontenta: Kathy Kolla and David Brock | Aug |  |
| Maloney, Shane | Nice Try: Murray Whelan | April | |
| Mankell, Henning | Fifth Woman: Kurt Wallender | Aug | LJ Best Books - Genre |
| Manuel, David | A Matter of Diamonds: Faith Abbey | Nov | |
| Marchinko, Richard | Echo Platoon (Rogue Warrior) | June | |
| Marcuse, Irene | The Death of an Amiable Child | April | |
| Marcy, Jean | Mommy Deadest: Meg Darcy | Oct | |
| Margolin, Philip | Wild Justice | Sept | |
| Maron, Margaret | Storm Track | April | |
| Marshall, Evan | Hanging Hannah | May | |
| Marston, Edward | The Hawks of Delamere | Feb | |
| Martin, Allana | Death of a Mythmaker: Texana Jones | March | |
| Martin, Dannie M. | The Shooter's Job | Sept | |
| Martini, Steve | Attorney | Jan | |
| Marshall, James Vance | White-Out | Dec | |
| Massey, Sujata | The Floating Girl | May | |
| Matera, Lia | Counsel for the Defense and Other Stories | June | |
| Matthews, Alex | Cat's Claw | April | |
| Maupin, Armistead | The Night Listener | Oct | |
| Mayor, Archer | The Marble Mask: Joe Gunther | Oct | |
| McBain, Ed | Running from Legs and Other Stories | Aug | |
| McCafferty, Barbara Taylor and Beverly Taylor Herald | Double Dealer: Bert and Nan Tatum | Feb | |
| McClendon, Lise | One O'Clock Jump | Oct | |
| McClister, Michael | Double Deal | Oct | |
| McCrumb, Sharon | The PMS Outlaws: Elizabeth McPherson | Sept | |
| McDermid, Val | Place of Execution | Sept | NYT Notable |
| McInery, Ralph | Still Life | Nov | |
| McInery, Ralph | The Book of Kills: Notre Dame | Sept | |
| McInery, Ralph | Heirs and Parents | June | |
| McInery, Ralph | Grave Undertakings: Father Dowling | Jan | |
| McGarrity, Michael | The Judas Judge: Kevin Kerney | July | |
| McKevett, G.A. | Sugar and Spite: Savanah Reid | Jan | |
| McMahon, Neil | Twice Dying | March | |
| McNab, Andy | Crisis Four | July | |
| Meadows, Lee | Silent Conspiracy | Aug | |
| Meier, Leslie | The Turkey Day Murder: Lucy Stone | Oct | |
| Mesce Bill & Steve Szilagyi | The Advocate: A Novel of World War II | Sept 5 | |
| Mercer, Judy | Blind Spot | April | |
| Meyer, Charles | Deathangel | May | |
| Mickelbury, Penny | The Step Between: Carole Ann Gibson | Feb | |
| Miller, Martha | Nine Nights on the Windy Tree | Oct | |
| Millhiser, Marlys | Killer Commute | Oct | |
| Mills, Kyle | Free Fall | April | |
| Milofsky, David | The Color of Law | Oct | |
| Minichino, Camille | The Beryllium Murder | March | |
| Mints, Paula | Legacy of Courage | Jan | |
| Mitchell, Kirk | Spirit Sickness | July 5th | |
| Mooney, Chris | Deviant Ways | Nov | |
| Morgan, Douglas | Tiger Cruise | Oct | |
| Monfredo, Miriam Grace | Sisers of Cain: Seneca Falls | Sept | |
| Morrell, David | Burnt Sienna | June | |
| Muller, Marcia | Listen to the Silence | July | |
| Munnings, Claire | Overnight Float | Sept | |
| Murie, Martin | Windswept | May | |
| Murray, Earl | South of Eden: An Ecological Thriller | Aug | |
| Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cat to the Dogs: Joe Grey | Jan | |
| Murray, Lynne | Large Target | April | |
| Nadelson, Reggie | Bloody London | Jan | |
| Nance, John | Blackout | Feb | |
| Neely, Barbara | Blanche Passes Go | July | |
| Nelscott, Kris | A Dangerous Road | July | |
| Nevins, Frances M. | Beneficiaries Requiem | March | |
| Newman, Sharan | To Wear a White Cloak | Oct | |
| Nolan, William F. | Down the Long Night | Nov | |
| Novak, Karen | Five Mile House | Oct | |
| Oakley, Mardi | The Ft. Larned Incident | July | |
| O'Marie, Carol Ann | Requiem at the Refuge: Sister Mary Helen | Jan | |
| Osborne, Charles/Agatha Christie | Spider's Web | Oct | |
| O'Shaugnessey, Perri | Move to Strike | Aug 8th | |
| O'Sullivan, Maurice (ed) | Orange Pulp: Stories of Mayhem, Murder and Mystery | Nov | |
| Page, Jake | Cavern | Aug | |
| Palmer, Michael | The Patient | May | |
| Palmer, William J. | The Dons and Mr Dickens | Nov | |
| Parker, Barbara | Suspicion of Malice: Gail Conner & Anthony Quintana | May | |
| Parker, Robert B. | Perish Twice: Sunny Randall | Sept | |
| Parker, Robert B. | Hugger Mugger: Spenser | March | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | Red Light | April | |
| Parry, Owen | Shadows of Glory | Sept | |
| Parsons, Julie | The Courtship Gift | March | |
| Passman, Don | Mirage: A Thriller | Oct | |
| Patterson, James | Roses are Red: Alex Cross | Nov | |
| Patterson, James | Cradle and All | May 22nd | |
| Patton, Jim | The Shake | July | |
| Peale, Cynthia | The Death of Colonel Mann: Beacon Hill Mystery | April | |
| Pears, Iain | The Immaculate Deception | Oct | |
| Pearson, Ridley | Middle of Nowhere | June | |
| Pearson, T.R. | Blue Ridge | Oct | |
| Pelecanos, George | Shame the Devil | Jan | |
| Penzler, Otto | The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 | Oct | |
| Perdue, Lewis | Daughter of God | April | |
| Perkins, Wilder | Hoare and the Headless Captains | Jan | |
| Perry, Anne | Slaves of Obsession | Oct | |
| Perry, Anne | Half Moon Street | April | |
| Perry, Thomas | Blood Money: Jane Whitefield | Jan | |
| Peters, Elizabeth | He Shall Thunder the Sky | May 3rd | |
| Phillips, Clyde | Blindsided: Jane Candotti | March | |
| Phillips, Gary | High Hand | Nov | |
| Phillips, Gary | Only the Wicked | Nov | |
| Phillips, Scott | The Ice Harvest | Nov | NYT Notable SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Pickard, Nancy | The Whole Truth | March | |
| Picoult, Jodi | Plain Truth | May | |
| Pineiro, R.J. | Shutdown | May | |
| Pottinger, Stanley | A Slow Burning | Feb | |
| Porter, Henry | Remembrance Day | May | |
| Powers, Martha | Bleeding Heart | August | |
| Powers, Thomas | The Confirmation | June | |
| Poyer, David | China Sea | Feb | |
| Powlick, James | Meltdown | Nov 28 | |
| Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child | The Ice Limit | July | |
| Prieto, Jose Manuel | Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire | Nov | |
| Pronzini, Bill | Oddment: Short Story Collection | Nov | |
| Pronzini, Bill | Crazybones | Aug | |
| Prospero, Ann | Almost Night | April | |
| Puzo, Mario | Omerta | June | |
| Pyper, Andrew | Lost Girls | June | NYT Notable |
| Ramus, David | On Ice | June | |
| Randisi, Robert | Blood on the Arch | April | |
| Rankin, Ian | Set in Darkness: Rebus | Nov | LJ Best Books - Genre |
| Rankin, Ian | Death is Not the End | June | |
| Raphael, Lev | Little Miss Evil: Nick Hoffman | March | |
| Rawlinson, Peter | Indictment for Murder | Feb | |
| Reasoner, James & Livia Washburn | Tie a Black Ribbon | March | |
| Reid, Elwood | Midnight Sun | Oct | |
| Reese, Laura | Panic Snap | April | |
| Reich, Christopher | The Runner | Feb | |
| Reichs, Kathy | Deadly Decisions: Tempe Brennan | July | |
| Reid, Elwood | Midnight Sun | Sept 5 | |
| Riordan, Rick | The Last King of Texas | Feb | |
| Robards, Karen | Paradise Country | Nov | |
| Robbins, David L. | The End of War: A Novel of the Race for Berlin | Sept | |
| Robbins, Harold | The Secret | April | |
| Roberts, Gareth | Cracker: Best Boys | Feb | |
| Roberts, Gillian | Helen Hath No Fury | July | |
| Roberts, Les | Indian Sign | Aug | |
| Robinson, Peter | Cold Is the Grave: Alan Banks | Oct | |
| Rogers, Chris | Chill Factor | March | |
| Rogow, Roberta | The Problem of the Evil Editor | June | |
| Roosevelt, Elliot | Murder in the Lincoln Bedroom | Nov | |
| Rosen, Dorothy & Sidney | Death & Strudel | Nov | |
| Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor | Buried Evidence | Sept | |
| Rosenberg, Thomas | Phantom on His Wheel | March | |
| Rovin, Jeff | Fatalis | May | |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | The Samurai's Wife | April | |
| Rubino, Jane | Plot Twist | June | |
| Salazar, Michael | Drop Zone | April | |
| Samuel, Steve | Rock, Paper, Scissors | Aug | |
| Sanders, Lawrence/Vince Lardo | McNally's Folly | August | |
| Sandford, John | The Devil's Code: A Kidd Novel | Oct | |
| Sandford, John | Easy Prey | May 8th | |
| Savage, Tom | Scavenger | Jan | |
| Saylor, Steven | Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome | Oct | |
| Saylor, Steven | Honor the Dead: A Novel of Texas | April | |
| Scott, Holden | The Carrier | May | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Moment of Truth | April | |
| Sears, Richard | First Born | Jan | |
| Sedgwick, John | The Dark House | Aug | |
| Seeley, Mabel | The Crying Sisters | May | |
| Seranella, Barbara | Unwanted Company: Munch Mancini | Feb | |
| Seymour, Gerald | A Line in the Sand | August | |
| Shaber, Sarah | Snipe Hunt | March | |
| Shames, Laurence | The Naked Detective | June | |
| Shields, Jody | The Fig Eater | March | |
| Siegal, Sheldon | Special Circumstances | Jan | |
| Simmons, Dan | Darwin's Blade | Nov | |
| Simpson, Dorothy | Dead and Gone: Luke Thanet | Feb | |
| Simpson, Marcia | Crow in Stolen Colors | May | |
| Skinner, Robert | Blood to Drink | July | |
| Slater, Susan | Yellow Lies: Ben Pecos | Aug | |
| Smith, April | Be the One | July | |
| Smith, Barbara Burnett | Mauve & Murder | July | |
| Smith, Julie | Mean Rooms: A Short Story Collection | March | |
| Smith, Michael | The Inheritors | March | |
| Smith, Peter Moore | Raveling | July | |
| Smith, Sarah | A Citizen of the Country | Aug | |
| Smith, Taylor | The Innocents Club | Aug | |
| Spizer, Joyce | I'm Okay, You're Dead | June | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Nothing Gold Can Stay: Liam Campbell | Oct | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Midnight Come Again | May | |
| Stansberry, Domenic | Manifesto for the Dead | Jan | |
| Standiford, Les | Black Mountain | Feb | |
| Stark, Richard | Flashfire | Nov | |
| Starling, Boris | Storm | Aug | |
| Stead, C.K. | Talking About O'Dwyer | Oct | |
| Stein, Michael | The Lynching Tree | Dec | |
| Steinberg, Richard | 4 Phase Man | April | |
| Stevens, Rosemary | Death on a Silver Tray: Beau Brummell Mystery | May | |
| Stevens, Serita (ed) | Unholy Orders: Mystery Stories with a Religious Twist | Nov | |
| Stewart, Chris | Third Consequence: A Technothriller | March | |
| Stewart, Mike | Dog Island | Sept | |
| Stryker, Dev | A Wilderness of Mirrors | June | |
| Stuart, Leah | Body of a Girl | Aug | |
| Sussman, Susan & Sarajane Avidon | Cruising for Murder | July | |
| Swanson, Doug | House of Corrections | Aug | |
| Swift, Virginia | Brown-Eyed Girl | April | |
| Swindle, Howard | Doin' Dirty | Nov | |
| Szulc, Tad | To Kill the Pope: An Ecclesiastical Thriller | June | |
| Taibo, Paco | Just Passing Through | March | |
| Tanenbaum, Robert K. | True Justice | Aug | |
| Tapply, William G. | Scar Tissue: Brady Coyne | Oct | |
| Taylor, Andrew | The Office of the Dead | Aug | |
| Taylor, Chad | Shirker | Sept | |
| Tervalon, Jervey | Dead Above the Ground | Feb | |
| Thorpe, Adam | Pieces of Light | Jan | |
| Thrasher, L.L. | Charlie's Web | Aug | |
| Thurlo, Aimee & David | Shooting Chant | April | |
| Todd, Charles | Legacy of the Dead: Inspector Ian Rutledge | Oct 3 | NYT Notable |
| Tooley, Sandy | Nothing Else Matters: Sam Casey | April | |
| Tope, Rebecca | A Dirty Death | June | |
| Tremayne, Peter | Valley of the Shadow | March | |
| Trevanian | Hot Night in the City: Stories | June | |
| Trocheck, Kathy Hogan | Irish Eyes: Callahan Garrity | March | |
| Trow, M.J. | Lestrade and the Sawdust King | Oct | |
| Trow, M.J. | Lestrade and the Sign of Nine | Sept | |
| Trow, M.J. | Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand | Aug | |
| Trow, M.J. | Lestrade and the Magpie | April | |
| Truluck, Bob | Street Level | Sept | |
| Truman, Margaret | Murder at Foggy Bottom | July | |
| Turnbull, Peter | Fear of Drowning | Aug | |
| Ulmer, Mari | Murder at the Camposanto | April | |
| Vachss, Andrew | Dead and Gone: Burke | Sept | |
| Vine, Barbara | Grasshopper | Oct | |
| Vukcevich, Ray | The Man of Maybe Half-A-Dozen Faces | Feb | |
| Wager, Walter | Tunnel | April | |
| Waites, Martyn | Candleland | May | |
| Waldeman, Ayelet | Nursery Crimes: A Mommy-Track Mystery | June | |
| Walker, David | The End of Emerald Woods | Dec | |
| Walker, David | A Beer at a Bawdy House | Jan | |
| Walker, Robert W. | Blind Instinct: Jessica Coran | April | |
| Waters, Sarah | Affinity | May | |
| Weber, Ronald | Catch & Keep | April | |
| Wesley, Valerie Wilson | The Devil Riding: Tamara Hayle | June | |
| Wessen, Marianne | A Suggestion of Death | Feb | |
| West, Christopher | The Third Messiah | Oct | |
| Westlake, Donald | Hook | March | |
| White, Randy Wayne | Ten Thousand Islands | May | |
| White, Stephen | Cold Case | Jan | |
| Whitelaw, Stella | Pray and Die | Dec | |
| Wilhelm, Kate | The Deepest Water | Oct | |
| Wilhelm, Kate | No Defense | Jan | |
| Williamson, Penn | Mortal Sins | June | |
| Willard, Fred | Princess Naughty and the Voodoo Cadillac | Oct | |
| Wilson, Charles | Game Plan | Jan | |
| Wilson, F. Paul | All the Rage: Repairman Jack | Oct | |
| Wilson, F. Paul | Conspiracies: Repairman Jack | Feb | |
| Wilson, John Morgan | The Limits of Justice: A Benjamin Justice | Aug | |
| Wilson, Robert | A Small Death in Lisbon | Oct | NYT Notable LJ Best Books |
| Wimberley, Darryl | Dead Man's Bay | July | |
| Winter, Douglas E. | Run | March | |
| Wishnia, K.J.A. | The Glass Factory: Filomena Buscarsela | June | |
| Wolf, Joan | The Poisoned Serpent | April | |
| Woods, Stuart | L.A. Dead | Oct | |
| Woods, Stuart | The Run | April | |
| Wooley, Marilyn | Jackpot Justice | April | |
| Woolman, Steven | Episode Two: The Baskerville Case & Other Characters | Jan | |
| Wright, Eric | The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn: Joe Barley | Sept | |
| Wright, Lawrence | God's Favorite | March | |
| Wright, Nancy Means | Poison Apples | July | |
| Xialong, Qui | The Death of a Red Heroine | June | |
| Yorke, Margaret | The Price of Guilt | March | |
| Young, Paul Henry | Death of a Healer | Nov | |
| Zubro, Mark Richard | One Dead Drag Queen | July |
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