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Hotlists 2008
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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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Crime Fiction Hot List 2001
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2001: Authors M - Z
| Author |
Title
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Date | Stars ~ Notes 1st Novel |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacAlister, V.A. | The Mosquito War | Sept | |
| MacDonald, Hector | The Mind Game | March | 
1st |
| MacKay, Scott | Fall Guy: Barry Gilbert | Sept | |
| Mahoney, Dan | The Two Chinatowns | July | |
| Maitland, Barry | The Chalon Heads: Kathy and Brock | Aug |
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| Malone, Michael | First Lady | Sept | |
| Maloney, Shane | The Big Ask: Murray Whelan | May | |
| Mankell, Henning | One Step Behind: Kurt Wallander | Feb | |
| Mann, Jessica | A Private Inquiry | Feb |
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| Marcinko, Richard | Rogue Warrior: Detachment Bravo | May | |
| Marcuse, Irene | Guility Mind: Anita Servi | May | |
| Margolin, Phillip | The Associate | Sept | |
| Marklund, Liza | Bomber | June | |
| Maron, Margaret | Corpus Christmas | Nov | |
| Maron, Margaret | Uncommon Clay: Deborah Knott | May |
PW Notable |
| Marshall, Evan | Stabbing Stephanie | May | |
| Marston, Edward | The Devil's Apprentice: Nicholas Bracewell | Aug | |
| Marston, Edward | The Wildcats of Exeter: Domesday Books | Jan | |
| Martel, John S. | Billy Strobe | Sept | |
| Martin, Allanna | Death of the Last Villista: Texana Jones | Aug | |
| Martin, Dannie M. | The Shooter's Job |
canceled? |
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| Martini, Steve | The Jury | June | |
| Massey, Sujata | The Bride's Kimona | Oct | |
| Mathes, Charles | The Girl in the Face of the Clock | March | |
| Mathews, Francine | The Cutout | Jan 30 | |
| Matthews, Alex | Death's Domain | Oct | |
| Matthews, Christine | Gentle Insanities and Other States of Mind | Oct | |
| Maxim, John | Whistler's Angel | March | |
| Mayor, Archer | Tucker Peake: Joe Gunther | Nov | PW Notable |
| McBain, Ed | Money, Money, Money: 87th Precinct | Sept | PW Notable Edgar Best Novel Nominee |
| McBain, Ed/Evan Hunter | Candyland: A Novel in Two Parts | Jan |
Book World Rave |
| McCafferty, Barbara Taylor & Beverly Taylor Herald | Double Date: Bert and Nan Tatum | Jan | |
| McClendon, Lise | Blue Wolf: Alix Thorssen | June | |
| McClendon, Lise | One O'Clock Jump: Dorie Lennox | March | |
| McCrumb, Sharyn | The Songcatcher | June | |
| McDermid, Val | Killing the Shadows | Oct | Book World Rave |
| McDowell, Iain | A Study in Death | Dec | 1st |
| McGarrity, Michael | Under Color of the Law: Kevin Kerney | July |
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| McGown, Jill | Scene of the Crime | April | |
| McInerny, Ralph | Emerald Aisle: Notre Dame | Nov | |
| McInerny, Ralph | Sub Rosa | Oct | |
| McInerny, Ralph | Triple Pursuit: Father Dowling | April | |
| McKevett, G.A. | Sour Grapes | Feb | |
| McKinney, Megan | Still of the Night | March | |
| McMillan, Ann | Civil Blood: Civil War Mystery | June | LJ Best Genre |
| McNab, Andy | Firewall | July | |
| McNaught, Judith | Water's Edge | 2002? | |
| Meek, Margaret | If You Go Down to the Woods | June | |
| Meier, Leslie | Wedding Day Murder: Lucy Stone | Nov | |
| Meltzer, Brad | First Counsel | Jan | |
| Melville, Jennie | Complicity | March | |
| Mesce, Bill | Officer of the Court (title change) | Oct | |
| Meyers, Annette | Murder Me Now: Olivia Brown | Jan |
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| Mickelbury, Penny | Paradise Interrupted | Feb | |
| Millett, Larry | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance | Oct | |
| Mills, Kyle | Burn Factor | April | |
| Mina, Denise | Exile | March | NYTBR Notable |
| Mitchell, Gladys | Laurels Are Poison | Jan | |
| Mitchell, Kirk | Ancient Ones | May 1 | |
| Monfredo, Miriam Grace | Brothers of Cain | Sept | |
| Montanari, Richard | Kiss of Evil: A Novel of Suspense | April | |
| Moody, Skye Kathleen | K Falls: Venus Diamond | July | |
| Mooney, Chris | World Without End | Nov | |
| Morgan, Fidelis | Unnatural Fire: Countess Ashby De La Zouche | March | |
| Mosley, Walter | Fearless Jones | June |
PW Notable |
| Mostert, Natasha | The Midnight Side | Jan | |
| Muller, Marcia | Point Deception | July |
Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cat Spitting Mad | Jan | |
| Murray, Lynne | At Large: Josephine Fuller | June | |
| Myers, Tamar | The Crepes of Wrath: Pennsylvania Dutch | Jan | |
| Mysterious Press (ed) | The Mysterious Press Anniversary Collection: Celebrating 25 Years | May | |
| Nabb, Magdalen | Property of Blood | Sept |
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| Nance, John | Headwind | April | |
| Nasaw, Jonathan | The Girls He Adored | Jan | |
| Nava, Michael | Rag and Bone: Henry Rio | March |
LJ Best Genre |
| Nayes, Alan | Gargoyles | Aug | |
| Neel, Janet | O Gentle Death | Sept | |
| Nelscott, Kris | Smoke-Filled Rooms: Smokey Dalton | Aug | Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Nevins, Francis M. | Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories | July | |
| Nicole, Christopher | Be Not Afraid | March | |
| Norbu, Jamyang | Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years | Jan | Book World Rave |
| Nordon, Robert | Dead and Breakfast | Oct | |
| Oates, Joyce
Carol/ Rosamond Smith |
The Barrens | May | |
| O'Brien, Charles | Mute Witness | May |
PW Notable 1st |
| O'Callaghan, Maxine | Deal with the Devil and Other Stories | April | |
| O'Connor, Joseph (ed) | Yates is Dead: A Novel by 15 Irish Writers | June | |
| Oleksiw, Susan | Friends and Enemies: Mellingham | Jan | |
| Oliver, Maria-Antonia | Study in Lilac | Nov | |
| Oppel, Kenneth | The Devil's Cure | June | |
| O'Shaugnessy, Perri | Writ of Execution | July 3 | |
| Padgett, Abigail | The Last Blue Plate Special | March | Book World Rave |
| Page, Katherine H. | The Body in the Moonlight: Faith Fairchild | March | |
| Paige, Robin | Death at Epsom Downs | March | |
| Pall, Ellen | Corpse de Ballet: Nine Muses: Terpsichore | June | |
| Pamuk, Orhan | My Name is Red | Aug |
NYTBR Notable |
| Paretsky, Sara | Total Recall: V.I. Warshawski | Sept |
Book World Rave |
| Parker, Barbarba | Suspicion of Vengeance: Gail Connor & Anthony Quintana | Aug | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | Silent Joe | April | Hammett Nominee Edgar Nominee Best Novel LA Times Award Nominee |
| Parker, Robert B. | Death in Paradise | Oct | Book World Rave |
| Parker, Robert B. | Potshot: Spenser | March |
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| Parkinson, Dan | The Fox and the Fortune | Feb | |
| Parks, Tim | Mimi's Ghost | Jan |
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| Parry, Owen | Call Each River Jordan | Oct |
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| Partridge, Norman | The Man With the Barbed-Wire Fists | May | |
| Pate, Jeff | Eye of the Beholder: Clark Hager | April | |
| Patterson, James | 1st to Die | April | |
| Patterson, James | Violets Are Blue: Alex Cross | Nov | |
| Patterson, Richard North | Protect and Defend | Jan |
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| Pattison, Eliot | Water Touching Stone: Shan Tao Yun | June |
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| Peace, David | Nineteen Eighty | Nov | |
| Peale, Cynthia | Murder at Bertram's Bower: Beacon Hill | Feb 20 | |
| Pearson, Ridley | Parallel Lies | July | |
| Pelecanos, George | Right as Rain | Feb |
Booklist Top Crime Book Book World Rave Hammett Nominee |
| Penzler, Otto (ed) | Murder on the Ropes | Sept | |
| Penzler, Otto (ed) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 | Oct | |
| Perez-Reverte, Arturo | Nautical Chart | Oct |
Book World Rave Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Perkins, Wilder | Hoare and the Matter of Treason | April | |
| Perry, Anne | Funeral in Blue: Monk | Oct | |
| Perry, Anne | The Whitechapel Conspiracy: The Pitts | Feb |
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| Perry, Anne & Martin H. Greenberg (ed) | Death by Horoscope: Stories | Aug | |
| Perry, Thomas | Death Benefits: Stillman & Walker | Jan 16 |
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| Peters, Elizabeth | Lord of the Silent: Amelia Peabody | June | PW Notable |
| Peterzen, Elisabeth | The Last Draw | Nov | |
| Petit, Christopher | Back from the Dead | March | |
| Phillips, Gary | Shooter's Point: Martha Chainey | Oct | |
| Pickard, Nancy | Ring of Truth: Marie Lightfoot | June | |
| Pickard, Nancy | The Secret Ingredient Murders: Eugenia Potter | Jan 9 |
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| Pineiro, R.J. | Conspiracy.Com | April | |
| Powers, Tim | Declare | Jan |
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| Preston, Marcia | Perhaps She'll Die | July | Mary Higgins Clark Nominee |
| Pronzini, Bill | In an Evil Time | March | |
| Puzo, Mario | The Family | Oct | |
| Quill, Monica | Death Takes theBooklist Best Crime Novels Veil and Other Stories | July | |
| Rabb, Jonathan | The Book of Q | May 8 | |
| Rand, Naomi R. | The One That Got Away: Emma Price | June | 1st |
| Randisi, Robert | Delvecchio's Brooklyn: A Short Story Collection | Jan | |
| Rankin, Ian | The Falls: John Rebus | Nov |
PW Notable s |
| Raphael, Lev | Burning Down the House: Nick Hoffman | Oct | |
| Rathbone, Julian | Brandenburg Concerto | July | |
| Rawlinson, Peter | The Richmond Diary | Dec |
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| Reah, Danuta | Listen to the Shadows | July | |
| Redfern, Elizabeth | The Music of the Spheres | July | |
| Reed, Philip | Marquis De Fraud | June | |
| Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer | Two for Joy | Jan |
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| Reichs, Kathy | Fatal Voyage: Temperance Brennan | July | |
| Reilly, Matt | Temple | Jan |
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| Rendell, Ruth | Piranha to Scurfy: Stories | Feb | |
| Reuland, Rob | Hollowpoint | March |
Hammett Nominee |
| Richman, Phyllis C. | Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham | May | |
| Ricks, Thomas E. | A Soldier's Duty | May | 1st |
| Riggs, Cynthia | Deadly Nightshade | May | |
| Riordan, Rick | The Devil Went Down to Austin | May 29 |
Booklist Best Breakout Bets |
| Ripley, Ann | Harvest of Murder | Oct | |
| Ripley, J.R. | Lost in Austin: Tony Kozol | June | |
| Ripley, W.L. | Springer's Gambit | June | Booklist Best New Series |
| Robb, Candace | A Trust Betrayed: First Chapter of Margaret Kerr of Perth | April | |
| Roberts, Gillian | Whatever Doesn't Kill You: Emma Howe and Billie August | May | |
| Roberts, David | The Bones are Buried | Oct | |
| Roberts, David | Sweet Poison | Jan | |
| Roberts, John Maddox | Nobody Loves a Centurian: SPQR VI | Sept | |
| Roberts, Les | The Dutch: Milan Jacovich | June | |
| Robinson, Peter | Aftermath | Oct |
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| Robinson, Lynda | Slayer of the Gods | June |
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| Rooselvet, Elliott (tm) | Murder at the President's Door | Dec | |
| Rosen, R.D. | Mean Streak: Harvey Blissberg | Oct | |
| Rosenfeld, Arthur | Diamond Eye | July | Booklist Best New Series |
| Rotenberg, David | The Lake Ching Murders: A Mystery of Fire and Ice | Oct | |
| Roughan, Howard | The Up and Comer | June | |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | Black Lotus: Sano Ichiro | April | LJ Best Genre |
| Rowlands, Betty | Touch Me Not | May | |
| Rozan, S.J. | Reflecting the Sky: Chin & Smith | Feb |
Edgar Best Novel Nominee |
| Rucka, Greg | Critical Space: Atticus Kodiak | Oct | |
| Rusch, Kristine | Little Miracles and Other Tales of Murder | Oct | |
| Russell, Jay | Greed & Stuff: Marty Burns | Feb | |
| Salinger, Steven D. | White Darkness | July | |
| Sallis, James | Ghost of a Flea: Lew Griffin | Nov |
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| Sanders, Lawrence | McNally's Chance | July | |
| Sandford, John | Chosen Prey | May |
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| Santangelo, Elena | Hang My Head and Cry: Pat Montella | Feb | |
| Saul, John | The Manhattan Hunt Club | July 31 | |
| Schanker, D. R. | Natural Law: Nora Lumsey | March | |
| Schechter, Harold | The Hum Bug | Nov | |
| Schumacher, Aileen | Rosewood's Ashes: Travers/Alvarez | May | |
| Schumacher, Barrett | Fear Itself | Dec | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | The Vendetta Defense | March | |
| Sears, Richard | Last Day | Oct | |
| Sedley, Kate | The Brothers of Glastonbury | Jan | |
| Sedley, Kate | The Goldsmith's Daughter | Aug | |
| Sedley, Kate | The Weaver's Inheritance: Roger Chapman | Sept | |
| Seranella, Barbara | Unfinished Business | May | |
| Shannon, John | The Orange Curtain: Jack Liffey | April |
LJ Best Genre |
| Shapiro, Robert L. & Walt Becker | Misconceptions | May | |
| Shea, Michael | The Danube Enigma | July | |
| Shelton, Connie | Honeymoons Can Be Murder | Feb | |
| Sherbaniuk, Richard | The Fifth Horseman | March | |
| Sherer, Michael W. | A Forever Death | Jan | |
| Shobin, David | The Cure | Feb | |
| Siegel, James | Epitaph | June | |
| Siegel, Sheldon | Incriminating Evidence | July 31 | |
| Siler, Jenny | Iced | Jan | |
| Silva, Daniel | The Kill Artist | Jan |
Book World Rave |
| Silvis, Randall | On Night's Shore | Jan |
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| Simmons, Dan | Hardcase | June |
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| Simpson, Marcia | Sound Tracks: Alaska Panhandle | May |
Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Singerman, Philip | Proof Positive | Jan | |
| Siporin, Alan | Fire's Edge | Feb | |
| Skinner, Robert | Pale Shadow | Aug | |
| Skvorecky, Josef | Two Murders in My Double Life | May | |
| Slaughter, Karin | Blindsighted | Aug | Book World Rave |
| Smith, Rosamond/Joyce Carol Oates | The Barrens | May | |
| Smith, Carol | Family Reunion | Feb | |
| Smith, Frank | Thread of Evidence | March | |
| Smith, Julie | Louisiana Hotshot: Baroness Pontalba | May | |
| Smith, Taylor | Deadly Grace | Dec | |
| Smolens, John | Cold | Sept |
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| Snyder, Keith | The Night Men: Jason Keltner | Nov | |
| Soos, Troy | Island of Tears: Marshall Webb | Nov | |
| Spence, Gerry | Half Moon and Empty Stars | June | 1st |
| Spencer, Sally | The Dark Lady | Jan | |
| Spencer, Sally | The Golden Mile to Murder | July | |
| Spring, Michelle | In the Midnight Hour | Feb | |
| Stabenow, Dana | The Singing of the Dead: Kate Shugak | May |
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| Stahl, Jerry | Plainclothes Naked | Nov | |
| Standiford, Les | Deal with the Dead | Feb | |
| Stark, Richard | Firebreak | Nov |
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| Stella, Charles P. | Eddie's World | Dec | |
| Stevens, Rosemary | The Tainted Snuff Box: Beau Brummell | May | |
| Stevenson, Jane | London Bridges | Sept | |
| Stone, Jonathan | The Heat of Lies | Jan |
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| Straley, John | Cold Water Burning | Jan 2 |
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| Strohmeyer, Sarah | Bubbles Unbound | March | |
| Stroud, Carsten | Black Water Transit | Aug 7 | |
| Stroyar, J.N. | The Children's War | June |
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| Stukas, David | Someone Killed His Boyfriend | Sept | |
| Sutherland, Grant | Diplomatic Immunity | May 1 | |
| Swain, James | Grift Sense: Tony Valentine | June |
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| Taggart, Susan | Web of Intrigue | Jan | |
| Talley, Marcia (ed) | Naked Came the Phoenix | Aug | |
| Talton, Jon | Concrete Desert: David Mapstone | July |
1st |
| Tanenbaum, Robert K. | Enemy Within | Aug | |
| Tapply, William G. | Past Tense: Brady Coyne | Oct | |
| Tasker, Peter | Samurai Boogie (trade paper) | Oct | PW Notable |
| Temple, Lou Jane | Red Beans and Vice: Heaven Lee | Aug | |
| Teran, Boston | Never Count Out the Dead | May | |
| Thayer, James | Force 12 | March |
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| Theroux, Marcel | The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes | April | NYTBR Notable |
| Thompson, June | Holmes and Watson: A Study in Friendship | March | |
| Thornton, Betsy | High Lonesome Road: Chloe Newcomb | Feb |
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| Thurlo, Aimee and David | Blackening Song: Ella Clah | Oct | |
| Thurlo, Aimee and David | Red Mesa: Ella Clah | April | |
| Tisdale, Deborah | Corpse on the Court | June | |
| Tobin, Besty | Bone House | Feb |
1st |
| Todd, Charles | Watchers of Time: Ian Rutledge | Oct | |
| Tonkin, Peter | Thunder Bay | May | |
| Tope, Rebecca | Dark Undertakings | June | |
| Tramble, Nichelle D. | The Dying Ground | Jan | 1st SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Traxler, Patricia | Blood | Sept | 1st |
| Tremayne, Peter | Act of Mercy: Celtic Mystery | Nov | |
| Tremayne, Peter | The Monk Who Vanished: A Celtic Mystery | Jan | |
| Trow, M.J. | Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder | Feb | |
| Truman, Margaret | Murder in Havana | July | |
| Turnbull, Peter | Perils and Dangers | May | |
| Ulmer, Mari | Carreta de la Muerte | March | |
| Vachss, Andrew | Pain Management: Burke | Sept | |
| Wadley, Margot | The Gripping Beast: Orkney Mystery | April | 1st |
| Waldeman, Ayelet | The Big Nap | June | |
| Walker, Robert W. | Bitter Instinct | May | |
| Walter, Jess | Over Tumbled Graves | Feb | NYTBR Notable |
| Walters, Minette | The Shape of Snakes | July |
NYTBR Notable |
| Webb, Betty | Desert Noir: Alena Jones | June | |
| Webb, Don | Endless Honeymoon | Jan |
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| Webb, James H. | Lost Soldiers | Sept |
SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Weir, Charlene | A Cold Christmas | Dec | |
| West, Cameron | The Medici Dagger | Sept | 1st |
| Westlake, Donald | Bad News: Dortmunder | April |
PW Notable NYTBR Notable |
| Westlake, Donald | Firebreak | Nov | |
| White, Michael C. | A Dream of Wolves | Jan | Booklist Top Crime Book Book World Rave |
| White, Stephen | The Program | March | |
| White, Randy Wayne | Shark River: Doc Ford | May | |
| Whitelaw, Stella | Wave and Die | Aug | |
| Wilhelm, Kate | Desperate Measures | June | |
| Williams, Billy Dee and Elizabeth Atkins Bowman | Twilight | Aug | |
| Williams, Gerard | Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery | Aug | |
| Williams, Gerard | Dr. Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery | April | |
| Williams, John | Cardiff Dead (trade paper) | Aug | Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Wilson, Charles | Deep Sleep | Feb | |
| Wilson, F. Paul | Hosts: Repairman Jack | Nov | |
| Wilson, Robert | Company of Strangers | Oct | SF Chronicle Best Mystery |
| Wiltse, David | Heartland | March |
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| Wimberley, Darryl | Strawman's Hammock | Nov |
PW Notable |
| Wishnia, K.j.a. | Red House: Filomena Buscarsela | Nov | |
| Woodrell, Daniel | The Death of Sweet Mister | May |
Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Woods, Paula | Stormy Weather: Charlotte Justice | Aug | |
| Woods, Stuart | Cold Paradise: Stone Barrington | April | Book World Rave |
| Woods, Stuart | Orchid Blues | Oct | |
| Wright, Eric | Death of a Hired Hand: Mel Pickett | March | |
| Wyle, Dirk | Medical School is Murder | July | |
| Wynn, Patricia | The Birth of Blue Satan | March | |
| Wynne, Marcus | No Other Option | Sept | |
| Yager, Fred & Jan | Just Your Everyday People | June | |
| Yorke, Margaret | A Case to Answer | Dec | |
| Young, Paul Henry | Death of a Healer | Sept | |
| Zubro, Mark Richard | Sex and Murder.Com: Paul Turner | June |
2001: 
Hardback Authors A - L
Stars
Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec Crime Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
Speculative Fiction Romance Historical Nonfiction | YA
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