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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 2002: Authors A - L
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| Author | Title ~ Main Character | Date | Stars Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel, Kenneth | The Burying Field | April |  |
| Ablow, Keith | Compulsion | July | |
| Abrahams, Peter | The Tutor | June | |
| Adams, Jane | Mourning the Little Dead | Nov | |
| Adler, Warren | Cult: A Novel of Brainwashing and Death | Oct | |
| Alexander, Bruce | Experiment in Treason | Oct | |
| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Minnesota | Jan | |
| Ambrose, David | Coincidence | Feb | |
| Andrews, Donna | You've Got Murder | April | Dilys Award Nominee Agatha Award Winner Best Novel |
| Andrews, Mary Kay | Savannah Blues | Feb | Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Andrews, Robert | A Murder of Promise | March | |
| Andrews, Sarah | Fault Line: Em Hansen | Jan | |
| Apodaca, Jennifer | Dating Can Be Murder: Samantha Shaw | May | |
| Armstrong, David | Small Vices | May | |
| Arnott, Jake | He Kills Coppers | Jan | Washington Post Rave |
| Ashford, Jeffrey | A Truthful Justice | Sept | |
| Atkins, Ace | Dark End of the Street: Nick Travers | Nov | |
| Atkinson, Deborah Turrell | Primitive Secrets | Sept | |
| Aubert, Brigitte | Death from the Snows | Jan | |
| Autry, Curt | The Reunion | June | 1st |
| Axelrod, Larry | Plea Bargain | Oct | Washington Post Rave |
| Babson, Marion | The Cat Next Door | April | |
| Bailey, Robert | Private Heat: Art Hardin | Feb | Shamus Award Nominee Best First P.I. Novel |
| Baldwin, Frank | Jake & Mimi | Jan | |
| Ball, David W. | China Run | Aug | |
| Ballard, Mignon F. | Shadow of an Angel: Augusta Goodnight | April | |
| Bannister, Jo | True Witness: Brodie Farrell | Dec | |
| Barnard, Robert | Bones in the Attic | April | |
| Barnes, Linda | The Big Dig: Carlotta Carlyle | Oct | |
| Barr, Nevada | Hunting Season | Feb | |
| Barry, Dave | Tricky Business | Sept | |
| Barton, Dan | Dead Crowd: Biff Kincaid | May | |
| Bayer, William | Dream of Broken Horses | Feb | |
| Beaton, M. C. | Death of a Celebrity: Hamish McBeth | Jan | Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Beaton, M.C. | Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came | July | |
| Bechard, Gorman | Ninth Square | Jan | |
| Beck, K.K. | The Tell-Tale tattoo and Other Stories | Oct | |
| Bell, Albert | All Roads Lead to Murder: Pliny the Younger | Oct | |
| Bell, Nancy | Biggie and the Devil Diet | Nov | |
| Benson, Raymond | The Man with the Red Tattoo | June | |
| Berenson, Lauren | Hot Dog: Melanie Travis | Oct | |
| Bernhardt, William | Final Round | March | |
| Bevill, C.L. | Bayou Moon | Oct | 1st |
| Biehl, Michael | Doctored Evidence | June | 1st LJ Best Debut |
| Billingham, Mark | Sleepyhead | July |
1st Sun-Sentinel Best Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Bissell, Sallie | A Darker Justice | Jan 2 | LA Times Best Books |
| Black, Cara | Murder in the Sentier | April | Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Black, Michelle | Solomon Spring | Sept | |
| Blair, M. | If Looks Could Kill | Sept | |
| Blake, James Carlos | A World of Thieves | Feb | |
| Blanc, Nero | A Crossworder's Holiday | Oct | |
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | Windy City Dying: Marti MacAlister | Dec | |
| Blank, Hannah | A Short Life on a Sunny Isle: Alphonse Dantan | Nov | |
| Bloch, Jon P. | Best Murder of the Year | May | |
| Block, Barbara | Rubbed Out: Robin Light | Nov | |
| Block, James B./Zagel, James | Money to Burn | June | |
| Block, Lawrence | Enough Rope: Collected Stories | Aug | |
| Block, Lawrence (ed) | Speaking of Wrath: Stories of Vindictive Anger | June | |
| Bloom, Matt | A Death in the Hamptons | June | |
| Boling, Janet | Deadly Sources | Feb | |
| Bolitho, Janie | Killed in Cornwell: Rose Trevelyan | Sept | |
| Bond, Michael | Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation | April | |
| Booth, Stephen | Blood on the Tongue | Oct | PW Best of 2002 Sun-Sentinel Best |
| Borthwick, J.S. | Murder in the Rough: Sarah Deane | March | |
| Bowen, Peter | Ash Child: Gabriel Du Pre | April | |
| Bowen, Rhys | Death of Riley: Molly Murphy | Dec | Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Bowen, Rhys | Evans to Betsy | March | |
| Box, C.J. | Savage Run | June | Booklist Best Crime Novel |
| Bradby, Tom | The Master of Rain | April | 1st |
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Qwilleran | Oct | |
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | The Cat Who Went Up the Creek | Jan | |
| Braver, Gary | Gray Matter | Sept | |
| Brett, Simon | The Torso in Town | Aug | |
| Brewer, Steve | Cheap Shot: Drew Gavin | May | |
| Broadbent, Tony | The Smoke: A Creeping Narrative | Sept | 1st Booklist Best First Crime Novel Booklist Best Historical Crime Novel |
| Brown, Dale | Wings of Fire | July | |
| Brown, Rita Mae | Catch as Cat Can | Feb 26 | |
| Browne, Marshall | Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools | July | |
| Bruen, Ken | London Boulevard (trade paper) | March | |
| Bruns, Don | Jamaica Blue | Oct | 1st |
| Buchanan, Edna | The Ice Maiden | Nov | |
| Buckley, Fiona | Queen of Ambition: Ursula Blanchard | Jan | |
| Buckley, Fiona | A Pawn for a Queen: Ursula Blanchard | Dec | |
| Buff, Joe | Crush Death | Oct | |
| Buffa, D. W. | The Legacy | July | |
| Burgen, Stephen | Walking the Lions | June | |
| Burke, James Lee | Jolie Blon's Bounce: Dave Robicheaux | June | NYTBR Notable Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel Hammett Nominee Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Burke, Jan | Nine | Oct | Sun-Sentinel Best Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Calder, James | Knockout Mouse | March | |
| Camilleri, Andrea | The Terra-Cotta Dog: Salvo Montabano | Nov | Booklist Best Crime Novel Runners-up |
| Camilleri, Andrea | The Shape of Water: Salvo Montabano | May | |
| Campbell, Ramsey | Scared Stiff | Sept | |
| Cannell, Dorothy | The Importance of Being Ernestine: Ellie Haskell | June | |
| Cannell, Stephen | The Viking Funeral: Shane Scully | Jan | |
| Cannon, Taffy | Open Season on Lawyers (trade paper) | April | |
| Carcaterra, Lorenzo | Street Boys | Aug | |
| Carlon, Patricia | Who Are You, Linda Condrick | Aug | |
| Carmichael, Judson Jack | The Scared Stiff | Jan | |
| Carpenter, J.D. | The Devil in Me | Sept | |
| Carter, Stephen L. | The Emperor of Ocean Park | June | 1st NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books LA Times Book Prize Finalist |
| Carver, Caroline | Blood Junction | Sept |
1st PW Best of 2002 |
| Case, John | The Eighth Day | Nov 2 | Hammett Nominee |
| Champion, David | She Died for Her Sins: Bomber Hanson | May | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Chandler, Raymond | Collected Stories (paper) | Oct | |
| Chavarria, Daniel | The Eye of Cybele | Feb | |
| Chazin, Suzanne | Flashover | March | |
| Child, Lee | Without Fail | May | Booklist Best Crime Novel Runners-up Dilys Award Nominee |
| Child, Lincoln | Utopia | Dec 24 | |
| Churchill, Jill | The House of Seven Marbles: Jane Jeffrey | Aug | |
| Clancy, Tom | Red Rabbit: Jack Ryan | Aug | |
| Clare, Alys | The Tavern in the Morning: Hawkenlye | June | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Daddy's Little Girl | April | PW Best of 2002 |
| Clark, Carol Higgins | Jinxed | Aug | |
| Clark, Jack | Westerfield's Chain: Nick Acropolis | Nov | Shamus Award Nominee Best First P.I. Novel |
| Clark, Mary Jane | Nobody Knows | Aug | |
| Clement, Peter | Critical Condition | April | |
| Cleverly, Barbara | The Last Kashmiri Rose: Murder and Mystery in the Final Days of the Raj | Sept | NYTBR Notable |
| Cobb, James H. | Target Lock | Jan | |
| Coben, Harlan | Gone for Good | April | Sun-Sentinel Best |
| Cockey, Tim | Hearse Case Scenario | Feb | |
| Coel, Margaret | The Shadow Dancer | Oct | |
| Cohen, Nancy J. | Body Wave: A Bad Hair Day Mystery | Dec | |
| Cohen, Paula | Gramercy Park | Feb | 1st |
| Colley, Barbara | Maid for Murder: Charlotte La Rue | Feb | 1st |
| Collier, Iris | Day of Wrath | May | |
| Collins, Max Allan | Chicago Confidential: Nathan Heller | June | |
| Collins, Nancy | Knuckles and Tales | Jan | |
| Conant, Susan | The Wicked Flea | March | |
| Connelly, Michael | City of Bones: Harry Bosch | April |
NYTBR Notable Sun-Sentinel Best Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel Anthony Award Winner Best Novel Macavity Award Nominee Best Novel Barry Award Winner Best Novel |
| Connelly, Michael | Chasing the Dime | Oct 15 | LA Times Best Books |
| Connolly, John | Killing Kind | Sept | Sun-Sentinel Best |
| Connors, Rose | Absolute Certainty | Aug | 1st Mary Higgins Clark Award Winner |
| Constantine, K.C. | Saving Room for Dessert: Rocksburg | Aug | Washington Post Rave |
| Cook, Thomas H. | The Interrogation | March 26 | |
| Cooper, Natasha | Out of the Dark: Trish Maguire | Aug | |
| Corbett, David | The Devil's Redhead | June | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel |
| Correa, Arnaldo | Spy's Fate | May | |
| Corriher, Kurt | Someone to Kill | Jan | 1st |
| Coughlin, William & Walter Sorrells | Proof of Intent | Nov | |
| Coulter, Catherine | Eleventh Hour | July | |
| Coyle, Harold | Against All Enemies | May | |
| Craft, Michael | Hot Spot: Mark Manning | June | Lambda Finalist |
| Craig, Philip R. | First Light: The First Ever Brady Coyne/J.W. Jackson | Jan | |
| Crais, Robert | The Last Detective: Elvis Cole | Feb 03 | |
| Cray, David | Little Girl Blue | Jan | |
| Cray, David | What You Wish For | Dec | |
| Crichton, Michael | Prey | Nov 25 | PW Best of 2002 Booklist Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
| Crider, Bill | A Knife in the Back: Dr. Sally Good | Sept | |
| Crombie, Deborah | And Justice There Is None | Aug | |
| Cross, Amanda | The Edge of Doom | Oct 29 | |
| Crow, Michael | Red Rain: Luther Ewing | May | |
| Curzon, Clare | Don't Leave Me: Mike Yeadings | Feb | |
| Curzon, Clare | Dangerous Practice | May | |
| Cussler, Clive w/ Craig Dirgo | The Sea Hunters II | Dec | |
| Cussler, Clive w/ Paul Kemprecos | Fire Ice: Kurt Austin | June | |
| Daheim, Mary | Silver Scream: Bed and Breakfast | May | |
| D'Amato, Barbara | White Male Infant | April | |
| Dams, Jeanne M. | Silence is Golden: Hilda Johansen | April | |
| Darden, Christopher & Dick Lochte | The Last Defense | Oct | |
| Darnton, John | Mind Catcher | Aug | NYTBR Notable |
| David, James F. | Before the Cradle Falls | June | |
| Davidson, Diane Mott | Chopping Spree | June | |
| Davis, Nageeba | An Opening for Murder | July | |
| Davis, Patrick | The Commander | July | |
| Davis, Val | Thread of the Spider: Nicolette Scott | Oct | |
| Day, Ava Dianne | Cut to the Heart: Clara Barton | March | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Stone Monkey: Lincoln Rhyme | March 4 | NYTBR Notable |
| Deere, Dicey | The Irish Cairn Murder: Torrey Tunet | March | |
| Demille, Nelson | Up Country | March | |
| Depoy, Phillip | The Devil's Hearth: Fever Devlin | Oct | |
| Deutermann, P.T. | Darkside | Dec | |
| Devane, Terry | Juror Number Eleven | July | |
| Dewberry, Elizabeth | Sacrament of Lies | March | |
| Deweese, Gene | Murder in the Blood | Sept | |
| Dezenhall, Eric | Money Wanders | Feb | 1st |
| Diamond, Diana | The Good Sister | June | |
| Dibdin, Michael | And Then You Die: Aurelio Zen | May | |
| Dickinson, David | Goodnight Sweet Prince | Jan | |
| Diehl, William | Eureka | Jan | |
| Doherty, P.C. | Corpse Candle: Hugh Corbett | Dec | |
| Doherty, P.C. | The Slayers of Seth | Aug | |
| Doherty, Paul | The Godless Man: Alexander the Great | Aug | |
| Dold, Gaylord | Six White Horses | Oct | |
| Donaldson, Stephen R. | The Man Who Killed His Brother | Nov | |
| Dorsey, Tim | Triggerfish Twist | May | |
| Doss, James D. | White Shell Woman: Charlie Moon | Jan | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in a Midnight Choir | May | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Castle Rouge: Irene Adler | Sept | |
| Douglas, John & David Terrenoire | Man Down: Broken Wings Thriller | Nov | |
| Dubois, Brendan | Killer Waves: Lewis Cole | June | |
| Duchin, Peter/John Morgan Wilson | Blue Moon | Oct | |
| Duffy, Margaret | Hanging Matter | June | |
| Duncan, Patrick Sheane | A Private War | June | |
| Dunlap, Susan | Karma and Other Stories | June | |
| Dunn, Carola | The Case of the Murdered Muckraker: Daisy Dalrymple | Feb | |
| Dunn, Carola | Mistletoe and Murder: Daisy Dalyrmple | Dec | |
| Eccles, Marjorie | A Sunset Touch: Gil Mayo | Jan | |
| Egleton, Clive | One Man Running | May | |
| Ehrman, Kit | At Risk | Oct | |
| Eisler, Barry | Rain Fall | July | 1st PW Best of 2002 |
| Elkins, Aaron | Turncoat | May | |
| Ellis, Kate | The Funeral Boat: Wesley Peterson | July | |
| Ellroy, James (ed) | Best American Mystery Stories 2002 | Oct | |
| Emerson, Earl | Vertical Burn | April | |
| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Face Down Across the Western Sea: Susanna, Lady Appleton | April | |
| Engel, Howard | The Cooperman Variations | Aug | |
| Ephron, G.H. | Delusion: Peter Zak | Oct | |
| Erickson, KJ | The Dead Survivors | March | |
| Estleman, Loren | Something Borrowed, Something Black: Peter Macklin | April | |
| Estleman, Loren | Sinister Heights: Amos Walker | Feb | |
| Evanovich, Janet | Hard Eight: Stephanie Plum | June 4th | Booklist Best Crime Novel Runners-up |
| Evanovich, Janet | Visions of Sugar Plums | Nov 5 | |
| Eversz, Robert M. | Killing Paparazzi | Jan | Washington Post Rave |
| Fawcett, Quinn | Death to Spies: A Novel of Espionage Adventures of Ian Fleming | July | |
| Fforde, Jasper | The Eyre Affair | Jan | |
| Fiffer, Sharon | Dead Guy's Stuff: Jane Wheel | Oct | |
| Fleming, Charles | The Ivory Coast | Feb | 1st |
| Fluke, Joanne | Blueberry Muffin Murder: Hannah Swenson | March | |
| Flynn, Vince | Executive Power | Nov | |
| Follett, Ken | Hornet Flight | Dec 2 | |
| Ford, G.M. | Black River | June | |
| Ford, Susan w/ Laura Hayden | Double Exposure: First Daughter Mystery | April | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Steps to the Alter | April | |
| Francis, Clare | Betrayal | June | |
| Frazer, Margaret | The Clerk's Tale | Jan | |
| Fremantle, Brian | The Watchmen: Charlie Muffin | Jan | |
| Frey, Stephen | The Day Trader | Jan | |
| Freydont, Shelley | Halloween Murder: Lindy Haggerty | Oct | |
| Friedman, Kinky | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Sept | |
| Frommer, Sara Hoskinson | Witness in Bishop Hill: Joan Spencer | Nov | |
| Fry, Stephen | Revenge | July | |
| Furst, Alan | Blood of Victory | Aug | LA Times Best Books |
| Fusco, John | Paradise Salvage | Jan | 1st |
| Fusilli, Jim | A Well-Known Secret | Oct | |
| Garcia, Eric | Matchstick Men | Dec | |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz | The Silence of Rain | June | Washington Post Rave Booklist Best Crime Novel |
| Gardner, Lisa | The Survivors Club | June | |
| Garrison, Paul | Buried at Sea | Feb | |
| Gear, Michael & Kathleen | Raising Abel | July | |
| Gellis, Roberta | Bone of Contention: Magdalene la Batarde | Sept | |
| George, Elizabeth | I, Richard: Stories of Suspense | Oct 20 | |
| Gerritsen, Tess | The Apprentice | Aug | |
| Gilder, Joshua | Ghost Image | Nov | 1st |
| Gilman, Dorothy | Kaleidoscope | Jan | |
| Gobbell, John J. | When Duty Whispers Low | March | |
| Goldberg, Tod | Living Dead Girl | May | LA Times Book Prize Finalist |
| Golub, Eugene & Quinton Skinner | Protokol: A Novel of International Intrique | Sept | |
| Gooden, Philip | Pale Companion: Shakespearean Mystery | July | Booklist Best Crime Novel Runners-up |
| Goodman, Carol | The Lake of Dead Languages | Jan | |
| Gordon, Alan | A Death in the Venetian Quarter: Medieval Mystery (Jester series) | March | |
| Gordon, Nadia | Sharpshooter | March | |
| Gorman, Ed | Save the Last Dance for Me: Sam McCain | Feb | |
| Gorman, Ed (ed) | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories | Aug | |
| Goulart, Ron | Groucho Marx, Secret Agent | July | |
| Grafton, Sue | Q is for Quarry | Oct 14 | NYTBR Notable |
| Grand, David | The Disappearing Body | March | |
| Grange, Jean-Christophe | The Stone Council | Feb | |
| Granger, Ann | A Restless Evil: Mitchell & Markby | Dec | |
| Granger, Pip | Not All Tarts are Apples | Oct | 1st Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel |
| Greeley, Andrew M. | The Bishop in the West Wing: Blackie Ryan | July | |
| Green, Chloe | Fashion Victim: Dallas O' Connor | Dec | |
| Green, Tim | The Fourth Perimeter | Feb | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes | Nov | |
| Greenlief, K.C. | Cold Hunter's Moon: Lark Swenson & Lacey Smith | Jan | 1st |
| Gregson, J.M. | A Little Learning | May | |
| Griffin, W.E.B. | Under Fire | Jan | |
| Griffith, Nicola | Stay | April | |
| Grimes, Martha | The Grave Maurice | Aug | |
| Grippando, James | Beyond Suspicion | Sept | |
| Grisham, John | The Summons | Feb | |
| Gunn, Elizabeth | Seventh Inning Stretch: Jake Hines | June | |
| Haddam, Jane | Somebody Else's Music: Gregor Demarkian | April | |
| Hagberg, David | The Kill Zone | Oct | |
| Haig, Brian | Mortal Allies | May | |
| Haines, Carolyn | Splintered Bones | Feb 26 | |
| Hall, James W. | Blackwater Sound: Thorn | Jan | Sun-Sentinel Best Shamus Award Winner Best P.I. Novel |
| Hall, Parnell | A Puzzle in a Pear Tree | Nov 26 | |
| Hall, Patricia | Skeletons at the Feast: Michael Thackeray | Jan | |
| Hamilton, Laurell K. | A Caress of Twilight: Meredith Gentry | Feb | |
| Hamilton, Lyn | The Etruscan Chimera | May | |
| Hamilton, Steve | North of Nowhere: Alex McKnight | May | PW Best of 2002 Anthony Award Nominee Best Novel Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel |
| Handler, David | The Hot Pink Farmhouse: Berger & Mitry | Nov | |
| Hansen, Joseph | Bohannon's Women: Stories | June | |
| Hardwick, Gary | The Color of Justice | Jan | |
| Harkness, Lucy | The Happy Pigs | Jan | 1st |
| Harper, Karen | The Queene's Cure: Elizabeth I | March 26 | |
| Harris, Charlaine | Last Scene Alive: Aurora Teagarden | Aug | |
| Harris, Lee | Happy Birthday Murder | Jan | |
| Harris, Wiliam | No Enemy But Time: A Novel of the South | Sept | |
| Harrison, Janis | A Deadly Bouquet | Dec | |
| Harrison, Sarah | A Dangerous Thing | Jan | |
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Gone Tomorrow: Bill Slider | Nov | |
| Harstad, Donald | Code Sixty-One | March | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense | Sept | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | April Fool Dead: Death on Demand | April | |
| Hart, Ellen | Immaculate Midnight: Jane Lawless | July | Lambda Winner |
| Hartman, Elizabeth | The Truth About Fire | March | |
| Harvey, John | In a True Light | Sept |
Washington Post Rave Booklist Best Crime Novel |
| Hautman, Pete | Doohickey | Oct | |
| Havill, Steven F. | Scavengers: Posadas County | Sept | |
| Hawke, Simon | Much Ado About Murder | Dec | |
| Healy, J. F. | Turnabout | Jan | |
| Healy, J. F. | Cuddy Plus One: Stories | Aug | |
| Heffernan, William | Unholy Order: Paul Devlin | Feb | |
| Hegwood, Martin | Jackpot Bay: Jack Delmas | Nov | |
| Heitman, Lynne | Tarmac (paper) | Feb | |
| Hellmann, Libby Fischer | An Eye for Murder | Nov | Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel |
| Henderson, Lauren | Pretty Boy (trade paper) | Sept | |
| Henderson, Lauren | Chained (trade paper) | Jan | Booklist Best Breakout Bets |
| Hendricks, Vicki | Sky Blues | Feb | |
| Henry, April | Learning to Fly | May | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
| Henry, Sue | Cold Company: Alaska Mystery | June | |
| Hess, Joan | Out on a Limb: Claire Malloy | Nov | |
| Heywood, Joseph | Blue Wolf in Green Fire: Woods Cop | Sept | |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Basket Case | Jan | |
| Higgins, Jack | Midnight Runner | Feb | |
| Highsmith, Patricia | Nothing That Meets The Eye: Stories | Oct | Washington Post Rave NYTBR Notable |
| Hill, Reginald | Dialogues of the Dead | Jan 2 | |
| Hill, Tobias | The Love of Stones | Jan | |
| Hillerman, Tony | The Wailing Wind: Leaphorn & Chee | June | |
| Hills, Kathleen | Past Imperfect | June | |
| Hitchcock, Jane Stanton | Social Crimes | June | |
| Hoag, Tami | Dark Horse | Aug | |
| Hoff, Benjamin | House on the Point: A Tribute to Franklin W. Dixon and The Hardy Boys | Oct | |
| Holden, Craig | Jazz Bird | Jan |
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| Holland, David | The Devil in Bellminster: An Unlikely Mystery | March | |
| Holton, Hugh | Criminal Element: Larry Cole | Feb | |
| Hoopes, Roy | A Watergate Tape | May | |
| Horn, Stephen | Law of Gravity | Aug | |
| Hoyt, Richard | Old Soldiers Sometimes Lie | Oct | |
| Hunt, Angela Elwell | The Justice (trade paper) | Jan | |
| Hunter, Catherine | The Dead of Midnight | Sept | |
| Hunter, Evan | Moment She Was Gone | July | |
| Hunter, Fred | The Mummy's Ransom: Ransom & Charters | Feb | |
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | Do No Harm | Aug | |
| Iles, Greg | Sleep No More | July | |
| Jackson, Jon A. | Badger Games | July | |
| Jacobs, Jonnie | Cold Justice | June | |
| Jacobs, Nancy Baker | Star Struck: Quinn Collins | June | |
| James, Bill | Split (new series) | March | |
| James, Bill | Naked at the Window: Harpur & Iles | Dec | |
| James, Bill | Double Jeopardy | Jan | |
| James, Dean | Posted to Death: Simon Kirby | April | |
| James, Russell | Pick Any Title | Oct | |
| Jance, J.A. | Partner in Crime | Aug | |
| Janes, J. Robert | Dollmaker | May | |
| Jeffries, Roderic | An Artful Death: Inspector Alvarez | Dec | |
| Jeffries, Roderic | Seeing is Deceiving | May | |
| Jinks, Catherine | The Inquistitor | Oct | |
| Johansen, Iris | Body of Lies | March 26 | |
| Johansen, Iris | No One to Trust | Oct | |
| Johnson, Claire | Beat Until Stiff | Nov | 1st Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel |
| Johnson, Dolores | Buttons & Foes: Mandy Dyer | Aug | |
| Johnson-Hodge, Margaret | True Lies | Oct | |
| Jordan, Pat | A.K.A. Sheila Doyle | Aug | |
| Kadow, Jeannine | Dead Tide | July | |
| Kahn, Michael A. | Trophy Widow: Rachel Gold | July | |
| Kahn, Sharon | Hold the Cream Cheese, Kill the Lox: Ruby the Rabbi's Wife | Sept | |
| Kaiser, R.J. | Squeeze Play | Sept | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | Not Quite Kosher: Abe Lieberman | Dec | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | To Catch a Spy: Toby Peters | July | |
| Katzenbach, John | The Analyst | Jan |
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| Kava, Alex | The Soul Catcher | Aug | |
| Kaye, John | The Dead Circus | July | NYTBR Notable Booklist Editor's Choice |
| Kaye, Mavis | Who Killed Tiffany Jones | Sept | |
| Keating, H.R.F. | A Detective in Love | Dec | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Stone Kiss | Aug | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | The Murder Book | Oct 1 | PW Best of 2002 |
| Kelly, Jack | Mobtown | Jan | |
| Kelly, Nora | Hot Pursuit | April | Ellis Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Kelly, Norman | A Phat Death: Nina Halligan | Feb ? | |
| Kelly, Susan | Little Girl Lost | Dec | |
| Kent, Bill | Street Money | Oct | |
| Kent, Gordon | Top Hook | May | |
| Kerr, Baine | Wrongful Death | May | |
| Kerr, Philip | Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton | Oct | PW Best of 2002 Booklist Best Historical Crime Novel |
| Kilian, Michael | The Ironclad Alibi | Jan | |
| Killham, Nina | How to Cook a Tart | Oct | Washington Post Rave |
| Killough, Lee | Wilding Nights | May | |
| Kimball, Michael | Green Girls | Dec | |
| King, Jonathon | Blue Edge of Midnight | Jan | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best Edgar Award Winner Best First Novel Anthony Award Nominee Best First Novel Macavity Award Best Novel |
| King, Laurie R. | Justice Hall | March 26 | |
| King, Peter | Roux the Day: Gourmet Detective | June | |
| King, Ross | Domino | Nov | |
| Klein, Daniel | Blue Suede Clues: Elvis Presley | March | |
| Klempner, Joseph T. | Irreparable Damage | June | |
| Kling, Christine | Surface Tension | Nov | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best |
| Koontz, Dean | One Door Away from Heaven | Jan | |
| Krich, Rochelle | Blues in the Night | Oct | Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel |
| Krist, Gary | Extravagance | Oct | |
| Lake, Deryn | Death at St. James Palace: John Rawlings | Nov | |
| Land, Jon | Blood Diamonds | April | |
| Lange, Kelly | The Reporter | March | 1st |
| Langton, Jane | The Escher Murder: Homer Kelly | Feb | |
| Lansdale, Joe R. | A Fine Dark Line | Oct | |
| Law, Janice | The Lost Diaries of Iris Weed | Jan | |
| Law, J. Patrick | The Assistant | Feb | |
| Layton, Clare | A Clutch of Phantoms | July | |
| Leahey, Michael I. | The Pale Green Horse: J.J. Donovan | April | |
| Lee, Wendi | Crazy Like a Fox: Angela Matelli | March | |
| Lehane, Cornelius | Beware the Solitary Dinker | Sept | |
| Leonard, Elmore | Tishomingo Blues | Feb | Booklist Best Crime Novels PW Best of 2002 NYTBR Notable LA Times Best Books |
| Lescroart, John | The Oath | Jan | |
| Levine, Laura | This Pen for Hire: Jaine Austen | June | |
| Levinson, Robert S. | Hot Paint: Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner | Aug | |
| Lewis, Roy | Nightwalker: Eric Ward | April | |
| Light, Elliott | Lonesome Song | June | |
| Lindsey, Paul | Traps: A Novel of the FBI | Sept | |
| Linscott, Gillian | Dead Man Riding: Nell Bray | Dec | |
| Lippman, Laura | The Last Place | Sept | Sun-Sentinel Best Shamus Award Nominee Best P.I. Novel |
| Lira, Gonzalo | Acrobat | June | |
| Littell, Robert | The Company: The Novel of the CIA 1951-1991 | March | Booklist Best Spy Novels |
| Littell, Robert | The Defection of A.J. Lewinter | Oct | |
| Littlefair, Brian | Desert Burial | April | 1st |
| Logan, Chuck | Absolute Zero | Feb | |
| Long, Jeff | Year Zero | April | |
| Lovesey, Peter | Diamond Dust | June | |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Jansen Directive | Oct 15 |
2002: 
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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