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Hotlists 2008
Crime Fiction - embedded
May 08
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Skeleton at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
The Calling by Inger Wolfe
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
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List 2001 Authors A - L
Page Modified: April 14, 2008
| Author | Title | Date | Stars ~ Notes 1st novel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrahams, Peter | Last of the Dixie Heroes | May 29 | |
| Abramo, J. L. | Catching Water in a Net | Oct | 1st SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Abresch, Peter | Tip-A-Canoe | Jan | |
| Aird, Catherine | Little Knell: Sloane | April | |
| Alam, Glynn Marsh | Deep Water Death | Oct | |
| Albert, Susan Wittig | Bloodroot: China Bayles | Oct | |
| Alcock, Terri | Held for Ransom | June | |
| Alexander, Bruce | Smuggler's Moon | Oct | |
| Allbeury, Ted | Rules of the Game | Nov |  |
| Allyn, Douglas | Welcome to Wolf Country | July | |
| Alten, Steve | Domain | Feb | |
| Alwyn, Cynthia G. | Scent of Murder | June | 1st |
| Andrews, Donna | Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos | Oct | |
| Andrews, Robert | A Murder of Honor | Jan | |
| Andrews, Russell | Icarus | July 3 | |
| Aristides, Paris | The Viper's Kiss | Nov | |
| Ashford, Jeffrey | Looking-Glass Justice | Oct | |
| Atherton, Charles | First Stone | April | |
| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity: Detective | Oct | |
| Aubert, Rosemary | The Ferryman Will Be There: Ellis Portal | June | |
| Baldacci, David | Last Man Standing | Nov | |
| Banks, T. F. | The Thief-Taker | Oct | |
| Bannister, Jo | Echoes of Lies | Dec | |
| Barnard, Robert | Unholy Dying | April | |
| Barr, Nevada | Blood Lure | March |
PW Notable |
| Barron, Stephanie | Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House | Sept | |
| Bartholomew, Nancy | Strip Poker: Sierra Lavotini | Nov | |
| Barton, Dan | Heckler | April | |
| Bates, Karen Grigsby | Plain Brown Wrapper: Alex Powell (trade paper) | July | BCALA Honor Book |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Dustman: Hamish McBeth | March | |
| Beaton, M.C. | The Skeleton in the Closet | March | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Agatha Raisin and the Love From Hell | Dec | |
| Belgrave, Laura | In the Spirit of Murder | Feb | |
| Bell, Josephine | A Flat Tyre in Fulham | Jan | |
| Bell, Nancy | Biggie and the Quincy Ghost | Sept | |
| Benioff, David | The 25th Hour | Jan |
1st SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | The Long Good Boy: Rachel Alexander & Dash | Oct | |
| Benson, Raymond | Never Dream of Dying | June | |
| Berenson, Laurien | Once Bitten: Melanie Travis | Sept | |
| Bergman, Andrew | Tender is Levine: Jack Levine | Feb | |
| Berne, Suzanne | A Perfect Arrangment | June | |
| Bernhardt, William | Murder One | April | |
| Bernhardt, William (devised) | Natural Suspect | Nov | |
| Billheimer, John | Dismal Mountain: Owen Allison | July | |
| Bishop, Claudia (ed) | Death Dines at 8:30: A Short Story Anthology | May | |
| Bissell, Sallie | In the Forest of Harm | Jan 2 | |
| Black, Ethan | All the Dead Were Strangers | Aug | |
| Blacker, Terence | Kill Your Darlings | Dec | |
| Blake, Michelle | Earth Has No Sorrow | June | |
| Blanchard, Al | The Iscariot Conspiracy | Nov | |
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | Whispers in the Dark: Marti MacAlister | Nov | |
| Bloch, Robert | Lost Bloch Crimes | July | |
| Block, Barbara | Blowing Smoke: Robin Light | July | |
| Block, Lawrence (ed) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 | Oct | |
| Block, Lawrence | Hope to Die: Matthew Scudder | Nov | |
| Block, Lawrence (ed) | Speaking of Lust: Stories of Forbidden Desire | April | |
| Blunt, Giles | Forty Words for Sorrow | June | |
| Bodoin, Dorothy | Darkness at Foxglove Corners | Oct | |
| Bogner, Norman | The Deadliest Art | July | |
| Bone, Patrick | A Melungeon Winter | June | |
| Booth, Stephen | Dancing With the Virgins | Nov | |
| Bowen, Gail | Burying Ariel: Joanne Kilbourn | May | |
| Bowen, Peter | Cruzatte and Maria: Gabriel Du Pre | March | |
| Bowen, Rhys | Evan Can Wait: Constable Evans | Feb | |
| Bowen, Rhys | Murphy's Law: Molly Murphy | Oct | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee |
| Box, C.J. | Open Season | July | 1st NYTBR Notable Edgar Nominee Best First Novel LA Times Award Nominee Booklist Best Crime Novels Booklist Best New Series |
| Boyle, Alistair | What Now, King Lear: Gil Yates | May | |
| Brandon, Jay | Executive Privilege | Oct | |
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | The Cat Who Smelled a Rat | Jan | PW Notable |
| Bredes, Don | Cold Comfort | Feb | |
| Brett, Simon | Death in the Downs: Fethering | Aug | |
| Brewer, Steve | Crazy Love: Bubba | March | |
| Bromell, Henry | Little America | June |
NYTBR Notable LA Times Award Nominee Booklist Best Spy Novels |
| Brookmyre, Christopher | Not the End of the World | April | |
| Brown, Dale | Warrior Class | May | |
| Brown, Dan | Deception Point | Nov | |
| Brown, John Gregory | Audubon's Watch | Sept | |
| Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie | Claws and Effect: Mrs. Murphy | Feb 27 | PW Notable |
| Browne, Marshall | The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders | May | PW Notable LJ Best Genre LA Times Award Nominee |
| Bruen, Ken | The McDead | April | |
| Bruno, Anthony | Hot Fudge: Kovacs & Marvelli | Oct | |
| Buchanan, Edna | You Only Die Twice | April | |
| Buff, Joe | Thunder in the Deep: A Novel of Undersea Nuclear War | July 31 | |
| Buffa, D.W. | The Judgement | May | Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Bunn, T. Davis | Drummer in the Dark | Aug 7th | |
| Burke, James Lee | Bitterroot: Billy Bob Holland | Aug | |
| Burke, Jan | Flight: Irene Kelly | March 6th | |
| Burt, Guy | The Hole | Oct | |
| Butler, Gwendoline | A Coffin for the Canary | Jan | |
| Butler, Gwendoline | Coffin's Ghost | Dec | |
| Cabrera, Infante G. | Guilty of Dancing the Cha Cha Cha | Oct | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | Pact of the Fathers | Dec | |
| Cannell, Dorothy | Family Jewels and Other Stories | July | |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | The Tin Collectors | Jan | |
| Carcaterra, Lorenza | Gangster | Feb | |
| Carlon, Patricia | Death by Demonstration | July | |
| Carlon, Patricia | Hush, It's a Game | Feb | |
| Case, John | The Syndrome | May 1 | |
| Cassutt, Michael | Red Moon | Jan | |
| Chamberlain, Diane | The Courage Tree | March | |
| Chambers, Christopher | Sympathy for the Devil: Angela Bivens | Sept | 1st |
| Chang, Leonard | Over the Shoulder: A Novel of Intrigue | Feb | |
| Chapman, Herb | The Book of Cain: A Novel of Suspense | May | |
| Chazin, Suzanne | The Fourth Angel | Feb 19th | 1st |
| Cherne, Barbara | Bella Donna: Renaissance Mystery | June | |
| Child, Lee | Echo Burning: Jack Reacher | July | |
| Churchill, Jill | Someone to Watch over Me: Grace & Favor | Dec | |
| Clare, Alys | Ashes of the Elements: Hawkenlye | April | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | On the Street Where You Live | April | |
| Clark, Carol Higgins | Fleeced | Oct 23 | |
| Clark, Mary Jane | Close to You | Sept | |
| Clarkson, John | Reed's Promise | Dec | |
| Clement, Peter | Mutant: A Medical Thriller | July 3 | |
| Cleveland, David Adams | With a Gem-Like Flame: A Novel of Venice and a Lost Masterpiece | July | |
| Cobb, Laverne B. | Splendor Bay | Sept | |
| Coben, Harlan | Tell No One | June 19 |
SF Chronicle Best Mystery Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
| Coburn, Andrew | Widow's Walk | April | |
| Cockey, Tim | Hearse of a Different Color | Feb | |
| Coe, Tucker | Wax Apple: Mitchell Tobin | Jan | |
| Coel, Margaret | The Thunder Keeper | Sept | |
| Coffey, Tom | Miami Twilight: A Novel of Suspense | Aug | |
| Cohen, Gabriel | Red Hook | Oct | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel Booklist Best New Series |
| Cohen, Nancy | Murder by Manicure: A Bad Hair Day Mystery | Dec | |
| Colapinto, John | About the Author | Aug | |
| Coleman, Reed Farrel | Walking the Perfect Square | Nov | |
| Coles, William | The Secret Diary of Katherine Soffel | June | |
| Collins, Max & Jeff Gelb (ed) | Flesh and Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion | April | |
| Collins, Max Allen | Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides | Oct | |
| Collins, Max Allen | Angel in Black | March | |
| Connelly, Michael | A Darkness More Than Night | Jan 23rd | |
| Connolly, John | Dark Hollow: Charlie 'Bird' Parker | July | |
| Conway, Sara | Murder on Good Friday: Lord Godwin | March | |
| Coonts, Stephen | America: Jake Grafton | Aug | |
| Coonts, Stephen (ed) | Combat | Jan | |
| Corcoran, Tom | Bone Island Mambo | May | |
| Corley, Elizabeth | Fatal Legacy: Andrew Fenwick | Oct | |
| Cornwell, Patricia | Isle of Dogs | Nov | PW Notable |
| Coward, Mat | In and Out: Packham and Mitchell | Dec | |
| Coyle, Harold | Dead Hand | May | |
| Craft, Michael | Boy Toy: Mark Manning | June | |
| Craft, Michael | Desert Autumn: Claire Gray | Dec | |
| Craig, Philip R. | Vineyard Shadows: Martha's Vineyard | June | |
| Crais, Robert | Hostage | Aug 7 | NYTBR Notable |
| Crawford, Louise | Blaize of Glory | April | |
| Cray, David | Bad Lawyer | Feb | |
| Crider, Bill | A Romantic Way to Die: Dan Rhodes | Nov | |
| Crider, Bill | The Nighttime is the Right Time: Stories | Jan | |
| Crombie, Deborah | A Finer End: Duncan Kincaid & Gemma Jones | May 1 | Book World Rave |
| Crowner, Flavia | Pie Pantry | Dec | |
| Crum, Laura | Breakaway: Gail McCarthy | June | |
| Crumley, James | The Final Country | Aug |
PW Notable NYTBR Notable |
| Crusie, Jennifer | Fast Women | May | |
| Curzon, Clare | Cold Hands: Mike Yeadings | March | |
| Cussler, Clive | Valhalla Rising | Aug | |
| Daheim, Mary | Sutre Self: Bed-and-Breakfast | Feb | |
| D'Amato, Barbara | Hard Road: Cat Marsala | Aug | |
| Damron, Carla | Keeping Silent | April | |
| Dams, Jeanne M. | To Perish in Penzance: Dorothy Martin | Nov | |
| Dams, Jeanne M. | Green Grow the Victims: Hilda Johansson | May | |
| Darden, Christopher & Dick Lochte | L.A. Justice | Jan | |
| Davidson, Diane Mott | Sticks and Scones | April 3 | PW Notable |
| Davies, Freda | A Fine and Private Place | Nov | |
| Davis, Carole Anne | Noise Abatement | April | |
| Davis, Dorothy Salisbury | In the Still of the Night: Stories to Lock Your Doors By | Jan | |
| Davis, Lindsey | Ode to a Banker: Marcus Didius Falco | July | |
| Davis, Nageeba | A Dying Art: Maggie Kean | July | |
| Davis, Patrick A. | The Colonel | July | |
| Davis, Val | The Return of the Spanish Lady: Nicolette Scott | March | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Speaking in Tongues | Jan | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Blue Nowhere | May |
PW Notable SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Deaver, Jeffrey (ed) | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | Nov | |
| Decure, John | Reef Dance | Sept | 1st |
| DeMarnis, Rick | A Clod of Wayward Marl | Feb | |
| Deutermann, P.T. | Hunting Season | Feb | |
| Devane, Terry | Uncommon Justice | Aug | |
| Dewhurst, Eileen | Closing Stages | May | |
| Diamond, Diana | The Babysitter | June | |
| Dielh, Standford | Angel in the Front Room, Devil Out Back | June | |
| Dietrich, William | Dark Winter | April | |
| Doherty, P.C. | The Demon Archer: Hugh Corbett | March | |
| Doherty, P.C. | The Anubis Slayings: Ancient Egypt | June | |
| Doherty, Paul | The House of Death: Alexander the Great | June | |
| Dold, Gaylord | Samedi's Back: Mitch Roberts | May | |
| Donaldson, Stephen R. | The Man Who Fought Alone | Nov | |
| Donovan, Truly | Winslow's Wife | ? | |
| Dorsey, Tim | Orange Crush | July 3 | |
| Doss, James D. | Grandmother Spider: Charlie Moon | Jan | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in a Leopard Spot | April | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Chapel Noir: Irene Adler | Oct | |
| Dunant, Sarah | Mapping the Edge | Feb | |
| Dunbar, Sophie | Fashion Victims | Jan | |
| Dunn, Carola | To Davy Jones Below: Daisy Dalyrmple | April | |
| Dunning, John | Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime | Jan | Booklist Top Crime Book |
| Edge, Arabella | The Company: The Story of a Murderer | July | 1st |
| Edwards, Dudley Ruth | Corridors of Death | Jan | |
| Edwards, Michael B. | Murder at the Panionic Games | Nov | |
| Egleton, Clive | The Honey Trap: Peter Ashton | March | |
| Ellis, David | Line of Vision | Jan | 1st Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Ellis, Kate | An Unhallowed Grave | May | |
| Ellroy, James | The Cold Six Thousand | May | |
| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Face Down Before the Rebel Hooves | Aug | |
| Engle, Howard | Dead and Buried | Aug | |
| Ephron, G.H. | Addiction: Peter Zak | Sept | |
| Erickson, K. J. | Third Person Singular | Jan |
1st |
| Evanovich, Janet | Seven Up | June | PW Notable Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Evans, Eric C. | Misconstrued | Feb | |
| Fairstein, Linda A. | The Deadhouse | Sept | Book World Rave |
| Farris, John | The Fury and the Terror | April | |
| Farrow, John | Ice Lake | July | |
| Fast, Howard | Sylvia | Jan | |
| Fawcett, Quinn | The Scottish Ploy | Nov | |
| Ferrars, Elizabeth | The Busy Body | Jan | |
| Ferrigno, Robert | Flinch | Oct |
Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Fiffer, Sharon | Killer Stuff | Sept | 1st |
| Florman, Samuel C. | The Aftermath | Dec | |
| Fluke, Joanne | Strawberry Shortcake Murder: Hannah Swenson | March | |
| Flynn, Vince | Separation of Power | Oct | |
| Follett, Ken | Jackdaws | Dec | |
| Forbes, Deloris | One Man Died on Base | Jan | |
| Forbes, Leslie | Fish, Blood and Bone | May | |
| Force, John | Brute Force | Oct | |
| Ford, G.M. | Fury | May | |
| Forsyth, Frederick | The Veteran: Stories | Sept | |
| Foster, Alan Dean | Primal Shadows: A Dark Thriller of Papua New Guinea | July | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Arkansas Traveler | April | |
| Frances, Clare | Deceit | June | |
| Frederickson, Michael | Witness for the Dead | May | |
| Freedman, J.F. | Bird's Eye View | Aug | |
| French, Nicci | The Red Room | Aug | |
| Frey, Stephen | Trust Fund | Jan | |
| Freydont, Shelley | Midsummer Murder: Lindsey Haggerty | Aug | |
| Friedman, Kinky | Steppin' on a Rainbow | Aug | |
| Fullilove, Eric James | Blowback | Sept | |
| Fulmer, David | Chasing the Devil's Tale | Nov | LA Times Award Nominee Booklist Best New Series |
| Furst, Alan | Kingdom of Shadows | Jan |
Booklist Top Crime Book PW Notable Book World Rave Hammett Nominee |
| Fusilli, Jim | Closing Time | Sept |
1st |
| Fyfield, Frances | Undercurrents | April | |
| Gaiman, Neil | American Gods | July |
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| Gambino, Michael | The Honored Society | Nov | |
| Garcia, Eric | Casual Rex | March | |
| Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina | Bitter Sugar: Lupe Solano | Nov | |
| Gardner, Lisa | The Next Accident | Aug | |
| Gardner, Lisa | The Third Victim (paper) | Jan | |
| Garland, Ardella | Hit Time: Georgia Barnett | Sept | |
| Gates, John | Sister Wife: Brigham Bybee | June | |
| Gaus, P.L. | Clouds Without Rain: Ohio Amish Mystery | June | PW Notable |
| Gear, Kathleen O'Neal & W. Michael | Bone Walker: Anasazi Mystery | Oct | |
| Geary, Nancy | Misfortune | July | |
| Gellis, Roberta | A Personal Devil: Magdalene la Bartarde | March | |
| George, Anne | Murder Dirty Boogies With Elvis: Southern Sisters | June | |
| George, Elizabeth | Traitor to Memory | June 26 | |
| George, Kathleen | Taken | May 8 | |
| Gerritsen, Tess | The Surgeon | Aug | |
| Gilbert, Anna | A Morning in Eden | Dec | |
| Gill, Bartholomew | The Death of an Irish Sinner: McGarr | June |
Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Goddard, Kenneth | Outer Perimeter | Jan | |
| Gold, Glen David | Carter Beats the Devil | Sept | PW Notable 1st NYTBR Notable Book World Rave |
| Goldberg, Ed | Better Dead | May | |
| Gores, Joe | Cons, Scams & Grifts: DKA File | Aug |
PW Notable |
| Gorman, Ed | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow: Sam McCain | Jan | |
| Gorman, Ed | Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories | Jan | |
| Gorman, Ed | Blood Game | May | |
| Gorman, Ed (ed) | The World's Finest Mysteries and Crime Stories | Dec | |
| Gough, Lawrence | Funny Money: Willows and Parker | May | |
| Goulart, Ron | Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders | June | |
| Grace, C.L. | Saintly Murders: Kathryn Swinbrooke | June | |
| Grady, P. J | Deadly Sin: Matty Madrid | Oct | |
| Grafton, Sue | P is for Peril | June 6th |
PW Notable Book World Rave |
| Granger, Ann | Shades of Murder: Mitchell & Markby | Oct | |
| Grape, Jan | Austin City Blues | Oct | |
| Graves, Ralph | Champagne Kisses, Cyanide Dreams | June | |
| Graves, Sarah | Wreck the Halls | Nov | |
| Greeley, Andrew M. | The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St Germain | July | |
| Green, Chloe | Designed to Die: Dallas O'Connor | June | |
| Green, Christine | Fire Angels | Aug | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder in Baker Street | Oct | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder Most Postal: Tall Tales of Irish Mayheim | May | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder Most Celtic: Tall Tales of Irish Mayheim | March | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder Most Romantic: Passionate Tales of Life and Death | Feb | |
| Griffin, W.E.B. | Special Ops: Brotherhood of War | Jan | |
| Grimes, Martha | The Blue Last: Richard Jury | Sept | |
| Grimes, Martha | Cold Flat Junction | Feb | |
| Grippando, James M. | A King's Ransom | May | |
| Gruenfeld, Lee | The Street | March 20 | |
| Gunn, Elizabeth | Six Pound Walleye: Jake Hines | June |
PW Notable |
| Gutman, Amy | Equivocal Death | Jan | 1st |
| Haddam, Jane | True Believers: Gregor Demarkian | April | |
| Hagberg, David | Eden's Gate | June | |
| Haig, Brian | Secret Sanction | July |
1st SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Hall, Parnell | Puzzled to Death | Nov | |
| Hall, Parnell | Cozy: Stanley Hastings | July | |
| Hall, Patricia | Dead on Arrival: Thackery & Ackroyd | April | |
| Hambly, Barbara | Die Upon a Kiss: Benjamin January | June 19 | |
| Hamilton, Denise | Jasmine Trade: Eve Diamond | July | 1st Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
| Hamilton, Lyn | The African Quest: An Archaeological Mystery | Feb | |
| Hamilton, Steve | The Hunting Wind: Alex McKnight | June |
Booklist Best Breakout Bets |
| Hammond, Gerald | Illegal Tender: Three Oaks | April | |
| Handler, David | The Cold Blue Blood: Berger & Mitry | Oct |
Dilys Nominee |
| Hardwick, Gary | The Color of Justice | Dec | |
| Hardwick, Phil | Cover-Up in Columbus | April | |
| Harper, Karen | The Twylight Tower | March 6 | |
| Harrington, Jonathan | A Great Day for Dying | March | |
| Harris, Charlaine | Shakespeare's Counselor | Nov | |
| Harrison, Janis | Lilies That Fester: Bretta Solomon | Nov | |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Blood Sinister: Bill Slider | Sept | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Resort to Murder: Henrie O. | May | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. (ed) | Love and Death | Jan | |
| Hart, Ellen | Merchant of Venus: Jane Lawless | Feb | |
| Hathaway, Robin | The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest: Dr. Fenimore | Dec | |
| Hautman, Pete | Rag Man | Oct | |
| Havill, Steven F. | Bag Limit: Sheriff Bill Gastner | Nov | |
| Hawke, Simon | The Slaying of the Shrew | Dec | |
| Hayder, Mo | The Treatment: Jack Caffery | Dec | |
| Hayes, John R. | Catskill | Sept |
1st |
| Hecht, Daniel | The Babel Effect | Jan | |
| Hegwood, Martin | Massacre Island | Oct | |
| Hemmingson, Michael | Wild Turkey | May | |
| Henry, April | Heart-Shaped Box | Feb | |
| Henry, Sue | Dead North: An Alaska Mystery | June | |
| Hensley, Joe L. | Robak in Black: Don Robak | Dec | |
| Herman, Richard | The Trojan Sea | Feb | |
| Hess, Joan | Maggody and the Moonbeams | Aug | |
| Heywood, Joseph | Ice Hunter: Woods Cop | June | |
| Higgins, Jack | Edge of Danger | Feb |
PW Notable |
| Highsmith, Patricia | Selected Stories | Aug | |
| Hirschfeld, Corson | Too High | Sept |
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| Hoch, Ed | The Night People and Other Stories | Oct | |
| Hodge, Joan Aiken | Unsafe Hands | June | |
| Holton, Hugh | The Devil's Shadow | May | |
| Holtzer, Susan | Better Than Sex: Anneke Haagen | Aug | |
| Hunt, Laird | The Impossibility: A Novel Noir | Sept | 1st |
| Hunter, Evan & Ed McBain | Candyland: A Novel of Obsession | Jan |
PW Notable Book World Rave |
| Hunter, Fred | The Chicken Asylum: Alex Reynolds | Oct | |
| Hunter, Stephen | Pale Horse Coming | Oct | |
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | Minutes to Burn | Aug | |
| Huston, James W. | Fallout | July | |
| Iles, Greg | Dead Sleep | August | |
| Infante, Guillermo Cabrera | Guilty of Dancing the Cha Cha Cha | March | |
| Isaacs, Susan | Long Time No See | Aug |
NYTBR Notable Book World Rave |
| Jacobs, Jonnie | Witness for the Defense: Kali O'Brien | April | |
| Jacobson, Alan | The Hunted | March | |
| Jahn, Michael | Murder on the Waterfront: Bill Donovan | Oct | |
| Jakes, John | Crime Time: Mystery & Suspense Stories | July | |
| James, Bill | The Detective is Dead: Harpur & Iles | Feb | |
| James, Bill | Panicking Ralph: Harpur & Iles | May | |
| James, Bill | Pay Days: Harpur & Iles | Sept | |
| James, P.D. | Death in Holy Orders: Adam Dalgliesh | April 10 | SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| James, Russell | Painting in the Dark | April | |
| Jance, J.A. | Birds of Prey: A Novel of Suspense | Jan | |
| Jance, J.A. | Paradise Lost | Sept | |
| Janes, J. Robert | Kaleidoscope | Nov | Booklist Best Breakout Bets |
| Jeffries, Roderick | The Ambiguity of Murder: Alverez | May | |
| Jennings, Maureen | Poor Tom is Cold | Feb | |
| Johansen, Iris | Final Target | May 29 | |
| Johansen, Roy | Beyond Belief | April | |
| Johnston, Paul | Water of Death: Quintilian Dalrymple | March | |
| Jones, Solomon | Pipe Dream (trade paper) | July |
Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Jones, Susanna | The Earthquake Bird | Sept | 1st Creasy Dagger |
| Joseph, Mark | The Wild Card | Aug | SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Junkin, Tim | Good Counsel | March 30 | |
| Kahn, Sharon | Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami: Ruby the Rabbi's Wife | Sept | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | A Few Minutes Past Midnight: Toby Peters | Aug | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express | Oct | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | Retribution: Lew Fonesca | Dec | |
| Kanon, Joseph | The Good German | Oct | NYTBR Notable |
| Karp, Larry | The Midnight Special | Feb | |
| Kava, Alex | Split Second | Aug | |
| Keating, H.R.F. | Breaking and Entering: Inspector Ghote | Nov | |
| Kellerman, Faye | The Forgotten: Decker & Lazarus | Aug | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Flesh and Blood | Dec | |
| Kellogg, Marne Davis | Insatiable | Jan | |
| Kelly, Norman | Black Heat: Nina Halligan | Feb | |
| Kelly, Thomas | The Rackets | June | NYTBR Notable |
| Kelman, Judith | Summer of Storms | March | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee |
| Kelner, Toni L.P. | Mad as the Dickens: Laura Fleming | Oct | |
| Kendrick, Stephen | Night Watch: Holmes Meets Father Brown | Nov | |
| Kenney, Charles | The Last Man | July 3 | |
| Kent, Gordon | Peacemaker | April | |
| Kienzle, William X. | The Sacrifice | March | |
| Kilian, Michael | A Killing at Ball's Bluff: Harrison Raines Civil War | Jan | |
| Kilmer, Nicolas | Lazarus Arise | Oct | |
| King, Laurie | Folly | Feb 27 | |
| King, Peter | Eat, Drink, and Be Buried: Gourmet Detective | May | |
| King, Ross | Ex-Libris | March |
Booklist Top Crime Book |
| Kittle, Katrina | Two Truths and a Lie | June | |
| Klaven, Andrew | Man and Wife | Nov |
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| Knief, Charles | Silversword: John Caine | June | |
| Koontz, Dean | From the Corner of His Eye | Jan | |
| Krich, Rochelle | Shadows of Sin | Oct | |
| Krueger, William Kent | Purgatory Ridge: Cork O'Connor | March | Dilys Nominee |
| Kurland, Michael | The Great Game: Professor Moriarty | June |
PW Notable |
| Kurzweil, Allen | The Grand Complication | Aug |
NYTBR Notable |
| Laird, Thomas | Cutter | Dec | |
| LaManna, Ross | Acid Test | July 31 | 1st |
| Lamar, Jake | If 6 Were 9 | March | |
| Land, Jon | Keepers of the Gate | April | |
| Langton, Jane | Murder at Monticello: Homer Kelly | Feb | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Captains Outrageous: Hap Collins & Leonard Pine | Sept | |
| Lapierre, Janet | Keepers: Port Silva Mystery | Oct | |
| Lardo, Vincent | The Hampton Connection | May | |
| Latour, Jose | Outcast (reprint) | Feb | |
| Law, Janice | The Night Bus | Oct | |
| Lawrence, Martha C. | Ashes of Aries | Sept | |
| Le Carre, John | The Constant Gardner | Jan |
PW Notable |
| Ledwidge, Michael | Bad Connection | April | |
| Lehane, Dennis | Mystic River | Feb 6 |
Booklist Top Crime Book PW Notable NYTBR Notable Dilys Nominee Hammett Nominee |
| Lescroart, John T. | The Hearing | March | |
| Levinson, Robert S. | The John Lennon Affair: Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner | Aug | |
| Lewis, Jack | The Scarlet Canary | Feb | |
| Lewis, Roy | Dead Secret | June | |
| Lewis, Roy | A Form of Death: Eric Ward | Jan | |
| Lindsey, David L. | Animosity | May | |
| Linscott, Gillian | A Perfect Daughter: Nell Bray | April | |
| Lippman, Laura | In a Strange City | Sept |
NYTBR Notable Book World Rave |
| Little, Eddie | Steel Toes | Nov | |
| Logue, Mary | Glare Ice: Claire Watkins | Nov | |
| Lordon, Randye | East of Niece: Sydney Sloane | June | |
| Lovesey, Peter | The Reaper | April |
Dilys Nominee |
| Lovett, Sarah | Dante's Inferno: Dr. Sylvia Strange | April | Book World Rave |
| Lowell, Elizabeth | Moving Target | July | |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Sigma Protocol | Oct | |
| Luiken, N.M. | Running on Instinct | July | |
| Lutz, John | The Nudger Dilemmas: Short Stories | July | |
| Lysaght, Brian | Last Dance of the Viper | Nov |
2001: 
Hardback Authors M - Z
Stars
Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec Crime Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
Speculative Fiction Romance Historical Nonfiction | YA
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