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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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Hotlists: New and Notable Books
Crime Fiction Hot List 2003: Authors A - L
Page Modified: April 14, 2008
| Author | Title ~ Main Character(s) | Stars Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Jeff | Cut and Run | Edgar Best Paperback Original Nominee |
| Ablow, Keith | Psychopath | |
| Abrahams, Peter | Their Wildest Dreams | |
| Abramo, J.L. | Clutching at Straws: Jake Diamond | |
| Abresch, Peter | Painted Lady: James Dandy Elderhostel | |
| Aird, Catherine | Amendment of Life: D.I. Sloan | |
| Akunin, Boris | The Winter Queen | NYT Notable Books |
| Albert, Susan Wittig | Indigo Dying: China Bayles | |
| Alexander, Bruce | The Price of Murder: Fielding |  Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Carolina: Dillman & Masefield | |
| Amberg, Jay | Doubloon | |
| Ambrose, David | The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk | Booklist Best Crime Novel: Chuck Barris Award - Blend of Fantasy & Espionage |
| Anderson, James | The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks | |
| Andrews, Donna | Click Here for Murder | |
| Andrews, Donna | Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon: Meg Langslow | Dilys Nomination Agatha Nomination Best Book |
| Andrews, Mary Kay | Little Bitty Lies | |
| Andrews, Russell | Aphrodite | |
| Andrews, Sarah | Killer Dust: Em Hansen | |
| Anthony, Evelyn | Sleeping With the Enemy | |
| Antieau, Kim | Coyote Cowgirl | |
| Apodaca, Jennifer | Dying to Meet You: Samantha Shaw | |
| Armstrong, Vivien | Smile Now, Die Later | |
| Arsenault, Mark | Spiked | Shamus Best First P.I. Novel Nominee |
| Ascher, Joani | Vengeance Tastes Sweet | |
| Asimov, Isaac | The Return of the Black Widowers | |
| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday | |
| Atkins, Meg | Private View | |
| Aubert, Rosemary | Leave Me by Dying: Ellis Portal | |
| Babson, Marion | The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog | |
| Bahal, Aniruddha | Bunker 13 | 1st |
| Bailey, Frankie | Old Murders: Lizzie Stuart | |
| Baldacci, David | Split Second | |
| Ballard, Mignon | The Angel Whispered Danger: Augusta Goodnight | |
| Bannister, Jo | Reflections: A Novel of Suspense | |
| Barnard, Robert | The Mistress of Alderley | |
| Barr, Nevada | Flashback | |
| Barre, Richard | Burning Moon: Wil Hardesty | |
| Barron, Stephanie | Jane and the Ghosts of Netley | |
| Barthelme, Frederick | Elroy Nights | |
| Bayard, Louis | Mr. Timothy | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Village: Hamish MacBeth | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate | |
| Bell, Nancy | Restored to Death: Judge Jackson Crain | |
| Bell, Theodore | Hawke | |
| Berenson, Laurien | Best in Show | |
| Berlinski, Claire | Loose Lips | |
| Bernhardt, William | Death Row: Ben Kincaid | |
| Berry, Linda | Death and the Ice Box: Trudy Roundtree | |
| Berry, Stephen | The Amber Room | 1st |
| Biehl, Michael M. | Lawyered to Death: Karen Hayes | |
| Billheimer, John | Drybone Hollow: Owen Allison | |
| Billingham, Mark | Scaredy Cat | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries |
| Black, Cara | Murder in the Bastille | |
| Black, Ethan | Dead for Life | |
| Black, Michelle | The Second Glass of Absinthe: A Mystery of the Victorian West | |
| Blake, James Carlos | Under the Skin | |
| Blake, Michelle | The Book of Light | |
| Blanc, Nero | A Crossworder's Gift | |
| Blanchard, Alice | The Breathtaker | |
| Blanchard, Keith | The Deed | |
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | Fatal Remains: Marti MacAlister | |
| Blauner, Peter | Last Good Day | |
| Blevins, Meredith | The Hummingbird Wizard | 1st |
| Block, Lawrence | Small Town | |
| Block, Lawrence (ed) | Blood on Their Hands | |
| Block, Valerie | None of Your Business | |
| Blunt, Giles | The Delicate Storm | Hammett Nominee Booklist Best Crime Novels Macavity Nominee Best Novel Anthony Best Novel Nominee Aurthur Ellis Award Winner |
| Bocho, Stephen | Death by Hollywood | 1st |
| Bolitho, Jane | Caught Out in Cornwell | |
| Bond, Michael | Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines | |
| Booth, Martin | Islands of Silence | |
| Booth, Stephen | Blind to the Bones | |
| Bourdain, Anthony | The Bobby Gold Stories | |
| Bowen, Peter | Badlands: Gabriel du Pre | |
| Bowen, Rhys | Evan Only Knows: Constable Evans | |
| Bowen, Rhys | For the Love of Mike: Molly Murphy | Macavity Nominee Best Mystery Novel Anthony Best Historical Mystery Winner |
| Box, C.J. | Winterkill | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Boyle, Alistair | The Unholy Ghost: Gil Yates | |
| Boyle, Gerry | Pretty Dead: Jack McMorrow | |
| Boym, Sveltana | Ninochka | |
| Bradbury, Ray | Let's All Kill Constance | |
| Bradby, Tom | The White Russian | |
| Brandon, Jay | Silver Moon: Chris Sinclair | |
| Braun, Lilian Jackson | The Cat Who Talked Turkey | |
| Braun, Lilian Jackson | The Private Life of the Cat Who: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journals of James Mackintosh Qwilleran | |
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | The Cat Who Brought Down the House | |
| Brayne, Alan | Jakarta Shadows (paper) | |
| Breaznell, Gene | Deadly Divots | |
| Brett, Simon | Murder in the Museum: Fethering | |
| Broderick, William | The 6th Lamentation | Dilys Nominee |
| Brown, Dale | Air Battle Force | |
| Brown, Dan | The Da Vinci Code | PW Best Books SF Chronicle Best Books Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Booksense Book of the Year Finalist |
| Brown, Jim | Black Valley | |
| Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie | The Tail of the Tip-Off | |
| Browne, Marshall | Eye of the Abyss | PW Best Books |
| Bruce, Leo | Death at Hallows End | |
| Bruen, Ken | The Guards | PW Best Books Edgar Best Novel Nominee Barry Nominee Best Mystery Novel Shamus Winner Best P.I. Novel Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Bruen, Ken | Blitz | |
| Bruns, Don | Barbados Heat: Mick Sever | |
| Buckley, Fiona | The Fugitive Queen: Ursula Blanchard | |
| Buff, Joe | Tidal Rip | |
| Buffa, D.W. | Star Witness | |
| Bunn, T. Davis | Winner Take All: Marcus Glenwood | |
| Burcell, Robin | Deadly Legacy | Anthony Best Paperback Original Winner |
| Burdett, John | Bangkok 8 | PW Best Books NYT Notable Books |
| Burges, Denis | Graves Gates | |
| Burke, Alafair | Judgement Calls: Samantha Kincaid | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best Debuts |
| Burke, James Lee | Last Car to Elysian Fields: Robichaux | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
| Butler, Gwendoline | Coffin Knows the Answer | |
| Camilleri, Andrea | Snack Thief | |
| Camilleri, Andrea | The Voice of the Violin | |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | Hollywood Tough: Shane Scully | |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | Runaway Heart | |
| Carroll, James | Secret Father | |
| Cassutt, Michael | Tango Midnight | |
| Chambers, Christopher | A Prayer for Deliverance: Angela Bivens | |
| Chang, Leonard | Underkill: Allen Choice | |
| Charles, Paul | I've Heard the Banshee Sing: Christy Kennedy | |
| Charles, Paul | Last Boat to Camden Town: Christy Kennedy | |
| Chazin, Suzanne | Fireplay | |
| Chesney, Marion | Snobbery With Violence | Edwardian setting |
| Child, Lee | Persuader | PW Best Books |
| Churchill, Jill | Love for Sale: Grace and Favor | |
| Churchill, Jill | Bell, Book, and Scandal: Jane Jeffry | |
| Clancy, Tom | Teeth of the Tiger | |
| Clare, Baxter | Cry Havoc (paper) | Lambda Finalist Lesbian Mystery |
| Clark, Carol Higgins | Popped: Regan Reilly | |
| Clark, Mary Jane | Nowhere to Run | |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Second Time Around | |
| Clement, Peter | Mortal Remains | |
| Cleverly, Barbara | Ragtime in Simla: Joe Sandilands | |
| Coben, Harlan | No Second Chance | SF Chronicle Best Books Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries |
| Cockey, Tim | Murder in the Hearse Degree: Hitchcock Sewell | |
| Coel, Margaret | Killing Raven | |
| Cohen, Jeffrey | A Farewell to Legs: Aaron Tucker | |
| Cohen, Nancy | Highlights to Heaven: A Bad Hair Day Mystery | |
| Cole, David | Dragonfly Bones | Shamus Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel Nominee |
| Colley, Barbara | Death Tidies Up: Charlotte Larue | |
| Collins, Larry | The Road to Armageddon | |
| Conant, Susan | The Dogfather: A Dog Lover's Mystery | |
| Conrad, Mark | Dark As Night | |
| Connelly, Michael | Lost Light: Bosch | SF Chronicle Best Books Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Edgar Best Novel Nominee - withdrawn |
| Connelly, Michael (ed) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 | |
| Connolly, John | The White Road | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries |
| Connors, Rose | Temporary Sanity | |
| Conway, Martha | 12 Bliss Street | 1st Edgar Best First Novel Nominee |
| Conway, Sara | Daughters of Summer: Lord Godwin | |
| Cook, Robin | Seizure | |
| Coonts, Stephen | Liberty | |
| Coonts, Stephen | Victory | |
| Coonts, Stephen (ed) | On Glorious Wings: The Best Flying Stories of the Century | |
| Cooper, Susan Rogers | Lying Wonders: Milt Kovak | |
| Cooper, Natasha | A Place of Safety: Trish Maguire | |
| Corbett, David | Done for a Dime | NYT Notable Books Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
| Corcoran, Tom | Octopus Alibi: Alex Rutledge | |
| Cornwell, Patricia | Blow Fly | |
| Correa, Arnaldo | Cold Havana Ground | |
| Corwin, C.R. | The Cross Kisses Back: Morgue Mama | |
| Coulter, Catherine | Blindside | |
| Coulter, Catherine | The Cove: An FBI Thriller | |
| Cousins, Caroline | Fiddle Dee Death | |
| Coyle, Daniel | Waking Samuel | 1st |
| Coyle, Harold | More Than Courage | |
| Crabbe, Richard Edward | The Empire of Shadows: Det Braddock | |
| Craft, Michael | Desert Winter: Claire Gray | |
| Craig, Philip R. | Vineyard Killing | |
| Crais, Robert | The Last Detective: Elvis Cole | Booklist Best Crime Novel Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries |
| Crawford, Isis | A Catered Murder | |
| Crider, Bill | Red, White and Blue Murder: Dan Rhodes | |
| Crombie, Deborah | Now May You Weep | |
| Crow, Michael | The Bite: A Luther Ewing Thriller | |
| Crum, Laura | Hayburner: Gail McCarthy | |
| Cummings, Doug M. | Deader by the Lake: Reno McCarthy | |
| Curzon, Clare | Flawed Light | |
| Curzon, Clare | The Body of a Woman: Superintendent Mike Yeadings | |
| Cussler, Clive & Paul Kemprecos | White Death: Kurt Austin/NUMA | |
| Cussler, Clive | Trojan Odysey | |
| Cutler, Judith | Power of Her Own: DS Kate Power | |
| Czuchlewski, David | Empire of Light | |
| Daheim, Mary | Hocus Croakus | |
| Dams, Jeanne M. | Sins Out of School: Dorothy Martin | |
| Daniel, David | White Rabbit | |
| Davidsen, Leif | Lime's Photograph (paper) | |
| Davidson, David | Death and the Jubilee | |
| Davies, Freda | Bound in Shallows | |
| Davis, Lindsey | The Jupiter Myth: Falco | |
| De Castrique, Mark | Dangerous Undertaking | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Twisted: The Collected Stories | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Vanished Man: Lincoln Rhyme | |
| Deaver, Jeffrey (ed) | A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime: Stories | |
| Decure, John | Bluebird Rising: J. Shepard | |
| Dee, Ed | The Con Man's Daughter | |
| DeMarinis, Rick | Sky Full of Sand | |
| Depoy, Phillip | The Devil's Hearth | |
| Deutermann, P.T. |
Firefly | |
| Devane, Terry | A Stain upon the Robe | |
| Dexter, Pete | Train (main listing on Fiction page) | |
| Dezenhall, Eric | Jackie Disaster | |
| Diamond, Diana | The Daughter-in-Law | |
| Dickinson, Matt | Black Ice | |
| Doherty, Paul | The Gates of Hell | |
| Donaldson, Stephen R. | The Man Who Risked his Partner: Mick Axbrewder | |
| Donohue, John | Sensei: A Thriller | 1st Booklist Best First Crime Novel |
| Dooling, Richard | You Bet Your Life | |
| Doolittle, Sean | Burn | |
| Dorsey, Tim | The Stingray Shuffle | |
| Doss, James D. | Dead Soul: Charlie Moon | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Femme Fatale: Irene Adler | |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in a Neon Nightmare | |
| Dreyer, Eileen | With a Vengeance | |
| Dubois, Brendan | Betrayed | Vietnam MIA thriller |
| Duchin, Peter & John Morgan Wilson | Good Morning, Heartache | |
| Due, Tananarive | The Good House | |
| Dunn, Alan | Payback | 1st US pub |
| Dunn, Carola | Die Laughing: Daisy Dalrymple | |
| Dymmoch, Michael Allen | The Feline Friendship: John Thinnes & Jack Caleb | |
| Eccles, Majorie | Echoes of Silence: Gil Mayo | |
| Edward, Martin (ed) | Crime in the City: The Official Anthology of the Crime Writers' Association | |
| Edwards, Grace F. | The Viaduct: A Harlem Thriller | |
| Egleton, Clive | Cry Havoc: Peter Ashton | |
| Ehrman, Kit | Dead Man's Touch | |
| Eidson, Bill | The Repo | |
| Eisler, Barry | Hard Rain | |
| Elliott, Carter | Riding a Blue Horse | |
| Ellis, Kate | The Bone Garden: Wesley Peterson | |
| Ellis, Ron | Single Shot | |
| Emerson, Earl | Into the Inferno | |
| Emmons, Cai | His Mother's Son | |
| Ephron, G. H. | Obsessed: Peter Zak | |
| Erickson, K.J. | The Last Witness: Mars Bahr | |
| Erlick, Nelson | Germline | |
| Eslick, Tom | Deadly Kin | |
| Estleman, Loren D. | Poison Blonde: Amos Walker | |
| Evanovich, Janet | To the Nines | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
| Evans, Mary Anna | Artifacts | |
| Eversz, Robert | Burning Garbo: Nina Zero | |
| Fairstein, Linda | The Bone Vault | |
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | Mumbo Gumbo: Madeline Bean | Agatha Nomination Best Book |
| Farris, John | The Fury and the Power | |
| Fawcett, Quinn | Siren Song | |
| Ferrenz, Barbara | Worse Than Death | |
| Ferrigno, Robert | Scavenger Hunt: Jimmy Gage | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Shaumus Best P.I. Novel Nominee |
| Fesperman, Dan | The Small Boat of Great Sorrows | Barry Nominee Best Mystery Novel |
| Fforde, Jasper | Lost in a Good Book: Thursday Next | Dilys Winner |
| Fiffer, Sharon | The Wrong Stuff: Jane Wheel | |
| Finnis, Jane | Get Out of Die | |
| Fitzhugh, Bill | Heart Seizure | |
| Flander, Scott | Four to Midnight | |
| Flinn, Elaine | Dealing in Murder (paper) | Agatha Nomination Best First Book Barry Nominee Best Paperback Original Anthony Best Paperback Original Nominee |
| Flora, Kate | Liberty or Death: Thea Kozack | |
| Fluke, Joanne | Lemon Meringue Pie Murder: Hannah Swensen | |
| Flynn, Vince | Executive Power: Mitch Rapp | |
| Ford, G.M. | A Blind Eye | |
| Ford, Susan & Laura Hayden | Sharp Focus: A First Daughter Mystery | |
| Forsyth, Frederick | Avenger | |
| Fowler, Earlene | Sunshine and Shadow: Benni Harper | |
| Francis, Clare | A Dark Devotion | |
| Francisco, Ruth | Confessions of a Deathmaiden | |
| Fraser, Anthea | Brought to Book | |
| Frazer, Margaret | The Bastard's Tale | |
| Freedman, J.F. | Fallen Idols | |
| French, Nicci | Land of the Living | |
| Frey, Stephen | Silent Partner | |
| Freydont, Shelley | A Merry Little Murder: Lindy Haggerty | |
| Friedman, Kinky | Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned | |
| Furst, Alan (ed) | The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage | |
| Fusilli, Jim | Tribeca Blues | |
| Gabaldon, Diana | Lord John and the Private Matter | |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz Alfredo | December Heat: Inspector Espinosa | |
| Gardner, John | The Streets of Town | |
| Gardner, Lisa | The Killing Hour | |
| Garrison, Paul | Sea Hunter | |
| Geary, Joseph | Spiral | Booklist Best Crime Novels Runners-Up |
| Geary, Nancy | Redemption | |
| Geary, Rick | The Beast of Chicago: the Murderous Case of H.H. Holmes | |
| Gellis, Roberta | Bone of Contention: Magdalene la Batarde | |
| Genna, Giuseppe | In the Name of Ishmael | SF Chronicle Best Books |
| Gentry, Christine | Mesozoic Murder | |
| George, Elizabeth | A Place of Hiding: Simon & Deborah St James | |
| Gerritsen, Tess | The Sinner | |
| Gibson, William | Pattern Recognition | |
| Gill, Bartholomew | Death in Dublin: Peter McGarr | |
| Gilstrap, John | Scott Free | |
| Glass, Leslie | Over His Dead Body: Cassie Sales | |
| Goldman, Joel | The Last Witness | Edgar Best Paperback Original Nominee |
| Gooden, Philip | Alms for Oblivion | |
| Goodman, Carol | The Seduction of Water | Hammett Winner |
| Goodweather, Hartley | Dreadfulwater Shows Up | |
| Gordon, Alan | Widow of Jerusalem: A Medieval Mystery (Theophilos) | |
| Gordan, Neil | The Company You Keep | LA Times Book Prize Finalist Mystery/Thriller |
| Gorman, Ed | Everybody's Somebody's Fool: Sam McCain | Booklist Best Little Known Series Crime Novel |
| Gorman, Ed (ed) | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories | |
| Gough, Laurence | Cloud of Suspects | |
| Grabien, Deborah | The Weaver and the Factory Maid | |
| Grace, C.L. | A Maze of Mirrors: Kathryn Swinbrooke | |
| Graham, Heather | Picture Me Dead | |
| Granger, Pip | The Widow Ginger | |
| Graves, Sarah | Unhinged | |
| Gray, John MacLachlan | The Fiend in Human: A Victorian Thriller | |
| Greeley, Andrew M. | The Bishop Goes to the University | |
| Green, Tim | The Fifth Angel | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder Most Celtic | |
| Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) | Murder Most Feline | |
| Greenlief, K.C. | Death at the Door: Swenson and Smith | |
| Greer, Robert O. | Heat Shock | Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Gregory, Susanna | A Killer in Winter: The Ninth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle | |
| Griffin, W.E.B. | Final Justice: Badge of Honor | |
| Grimes, Martha | Foul Matter | |
| Grindle, Lucretia W. | The Nightspinners | |
| Grisham, John | King of Torts | PW Best Books |
| Gruber, Michael | Tropic of Night | Hammett Nominee |
| Gutman, Amy | Anniversary | |
| Haddam, Jane | Conspiracy Theory: Gregor Demarkian | |
| Hagberg, David | By Dawn's Early Light | |
| Haig, Brian | Private Sector | |
| Haig, Brian | The Kingmaker | |
| Haines, Carolyn | Crossed Bones | |
| Hall, Adam | Quiller Balalaika | |
| Hall, James W. | Off the Chart: Thorne & Alexandra Rafferty | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
| Hall, Oakley | Ambrose Bierce & the One-Eyed Jacks | |
| Hall, Parnell | Manslaughter: Stanley Hastings | |
| Hall, Parnell | With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill | |
| Hall, Patricia | Deep Freeze: Ackroyd & Thackeray | |
| Hambly, Barbara | Days of the Dead | |
| Hamill, Denis | Sins of Two Fathers | |
| Hamilton, Denise | Sugar Skull: Eve Diamond | |
| Hamilton, Laurell K. | The Laughing Corpse | reissue |
| Hamilton, Laurell K. | Cerulean Sins: Anita Blake | |
| Hamilton, Lyn | The Thai Amulet: Lara McClintock | |
| Hamilton, Steve | Blood is the Sky: Alex McKnight | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Shamus Best P.I. Nominee Anthony Best Novel Nominee |
| Handler, David | The Bright Silver Star: Berger and Mitry | |
| Harper, Karen | The Thorne Maze: Elizabeth I | |
| Harper, Karen | The Queene's Christmas: Elizabeth I | |
| Harrar, George | The Spinning Man | |
| Harris, Charlaine | Poppy Done to Death: Aurora Teagarden | |
| Harris, Robert | Pompeii | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
| Harstad, Donald | A Long December: Carl Houseman | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Engaged to Die: Death on Demand | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Letter from Home | PW Best Books Agatha Winner Best Book |
| Hart, Erin | Haunted Ground | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best Debuts Agatha Nomination Best First Book Booklist Best First Novels Booklist Best Crime Novels Anthony Best First Novel Nominee |
| Hathaway, Robin | The Doctor Dines in Prague: Dr. Fenimore | |
| Hathaway, Robin | Scarecrow: Dr. Jo Banks | |
| Havill, Steven F. | A Discount for Death: Posadas County | |
| Hawke, Simon | The Merchant of Vengeance: Shakespeare & Smyth | |
| Hayes, J.M. | Prarie Gothic | |
| Hecht, Daniel | City of Masks: Cree Black Thriller | |
| Heffernan, William | A Time Gone By | |
| Heilbrun, Robert | Offer of Proof | Edgar Best First Novel Nominee |
| Helms, Richard | Wet Debt | Shamus Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel Nominee |
| Henry, April | Buried Diamonds: Claire Montrose | |
| Henry, Sue | Death Trap: Jessie Arnold | |
| Hensley, Joe L. | Snowbird's Walk | |
| Herren, Greg | Bourbon Street Blues | Lambda Finalist Gay Man's Mystery |
| Hess, Joan | Muletrain to Maggody: Arly Hanks | |
| Heywood, Joseph | Chasing a Blonde Moon: Woods Cop | |
| Higgins, Jack | Bad Company | |
| Higgins, Jack | In a Darker Place | |
| Hightower, Lynn | Fortunes of the Dead | |
| Hill, Bonnie Hearne | Intern | |
| Hill, Reginald | Death's Jest Book: Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| Hill, Sam | Buzz Monkey | |
| Hillerman, Tony | The Sinister Pig | |
| Hime, James | The Night of the Dance | 1st Edgar Best First Novel Nominee Booklist Best First Novel Macavity Nominee Best First Mystery Novel |
| Hirschfeld, Corson | Freeze Dry | |
| Hoar, Jere | The Hit | 1st |
| Holland, David | The Devil's Acre | |
| Holmes, Joyce | Hot Potato | |
| Holmes, Rupert | Where the Truth Lies | 1st Booklist Best First Novel |
| Holms, Joyce | Hot Potato | |
| Holt, John | Hunted | |
| Hooper, Kay | Sense of Evil | |
| Hospital, Jane Turner | Due Preparations for the Plague | Booklist Best Literary Crossovers |
| Hoyt, Richard | The Weatherman's Daughters: John Denson | |
| Hubbard, S. W. | Take the Bait (paper) | Agatha Nomination Best First Book |
| Hunnings, Vicky | Death on a Cellular Level | |
| Hunter, Fred | Ransom at Sea: Ransom/ Charters | |
| Hunter, Jack D. | The Cure | |
| Hunter, Stephen | Havana: Earl Swagger | Washington Post Rave Booklist Best Crime Novels |
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | The Kill Clause | |
| Hury, Hadley | The Edge of the Gulf | |
| Huston, James W. | Secret Justice | |
| Iles, Greg | The Footprints of God | |
| Jacobs, Jonnie | Intent To Harm: Kali O'Brien | |
| Jacobs, Nancy Baker | Ricochet | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee |
| Jacubowksi, Maxim (ed) | The Best British Mysteries | |
| Jahn, Michael | Murder on Coney Island: Bill Donavan | |
| Jakeman, Jane | Death at Versailles | |
| James, Bill | Middleman | |
| James, Dean | Faked to Death: Simon Kirkby-Jones | |
| James, P.D. | The Murder Room: Adam Dalgliesh | Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
| Jance, J.A. | Exit Wounds: Joanna Brady | |
| Jardine, Quintin | Fallen Gods: Bob SKinner | |
| Jecks, Michael | The Templar's Penance: Medieval West Country | |
| Jennings, Maureen | Let Loose the Dogs: Det Murdoch | Anthony Best Historical Mystery Nominee |
| Johansen, Iris | Fatal Tide | |
| Johansen, Iris | Dead Aim | |
| Johnson, Brett Reece | The Woman Who Found Grace (paper) | Lambda Finalist Lesbian Mystery |
| Johnson, Mat | Hunting in Harlem | |
| Jones, Solomon | The Bridge | |
| Jones, Stan | Shaman Pass | |
| Jones, Stephen Graham | All the Beautiful Sinners | |
| Jones, Susanna | Waterlily | |
| Jordan, Pat | A.K.A. Sheila Weinstein | |
| Judd, Alan | Legacy | |
| Kaiser, R.J. | Black Sheep | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Mildred Pierced: A Toby Peters Mystery | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Midnight Pass: Lew Fonsesca | |
| Kapralov, Yuri | Devil's Midnight | |
| Kava, Alex | At the Stroke of Madness: Maggie O'Dell | |
| Kay, Terry | The Valley of Light | |
| Keating, H.R.F. | A Detective Under Fire: Hard Detective Harriet Martens | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Street Dreams | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | The Conspiracy Club | |
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Cold Heart: Alex Delaware | |
| Kellogg, Marne Davis | Brilliant | |
| Kelly, Jim | The Water Clock | 1st |
| Kelly, Mary Anne | The Cordelia Squad: A Novel of Queens, New York | |
| Kelly, Susan | In Cold Blood | |
| Kelman, Judith | Every Step You Take | |
| Kelner, Toni L.P. | Wed and Buried: Laura Fleming | |
| Kent, Bill | Street Hungry: Shep Ladderback | |
| Kent, Gordon | Hostile Contact | |
| Kernick, Simon | The Business of Dying | 1st |
| Kilian, Michael | A Grave at Glorieta: Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery | |
| Kilworth, Garry Douglas | Attack on the Redan | |
| Kilworth, Gary Douglas | Winter Soldiers | |
| King, Jonathon | A Visible Darkness | Shamus Best P.I. Novel Nominee |
| King, Larry & Thomas Cook | Moon Over Manhattan | |
| King, Laurie R. | Keeping Watch | Barry Nominee Best Mystery Novel |
| King, Peter | Dine and Die on the Danube Express: Gourmet Detective | |
| Kirino, Natsuo | Out | Edgar Best Novel Nominee |
| Kisor, Henry | Seasons' Revenge: A Christmas Mystery | |
| Klavan, Andrew | Dynamite Road | |
| Klein, Daniel | Viva Las Vengeance: Elvis Presley | |
| Klempner, Joseph T. | Fogbound | |
| Kling, Christine | Cross Current: Seychelle Sullivan | |
| Knode, Helen | Ticket Out | 1st |
| Koontz, Dean | Odd Thomas | PW Best Books Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy |
| Koontz, Dean | By the Light of the Moon | |
| Koontz, Dean | The Face | |
| Kostoff, Lynn | The Long Fall | |
| Krapralov, Yuri | Devil's Midnight | |
| Krich, Rochelle | Dream House | Agatha Nomination Best Book |
| Krieg, Joyce | Murder Off the Mike: A Talk Radio Mystery | 1st Winner St Martins/ Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Agatha Nomination Best First Book |
| Krueger, William Kent | The Devil's Road | |
| Kurland, Michael (ed) | My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective | |
| Laird, Tom | Season of the Assassin: Jimmy Parisi | |
| Lake, Deryn | Death in the Valley of Shadows | |
| Lamar, Jake | Rendezvous Eighteenth | 1st Sun-Sentinel Best Debuts |
| Land, Jon | The Blue Widows: Ben Kamal | |
| Landay, Bill | Mission Flats | 1st Booklist Best First Novel Barry Nominee Best First Mystery Novel |
| Lange, Kelly | Dead File | |
| Langton, Jane | The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg | |
| Lanier, Virginia | A Bloodhound to Die For | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee |
| Lardo, Vincent | McNally's Dare | |
| Lashner, William | Fatal Flaw | Shamus Best P.I. Novel Nominee |
| Law, Janice | Voices | |
| Lawton, John | Old Flames | |
| Ledwidge, Michael | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | |
| Lehane, Dennis | Shutter Island | PW Best Books SF Chronicle Best Books Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Hammett Nominee Barry Nominee Best Mystery Novel Anthony Best Novel Nominee |
| Leon, Donna | Uniform Justice | PW Best Books |
| Leonard, Elmore | When the Women Come Out to Dance, and Other Stories | |
| Lescroart, John | The Second Chair: Hardy & Glitsky | |
| Lescroart, John | The First Law: Hardy & Glitsky | |
| Levine, Laura | Last Writes: Jaine Austen | |
| Lewin, Patricia | Blind Run | |
| Lewis, Roy | Dead Man Running: Eric Ward | |
| Lewis, Roy | Phantom: Eric Ward | |
| Lindsey, David L. | The Rules of Silence | |
| Linscott, Gillian | The Garden | |
| Lippman, Laura | Every Secret Thing | Sun-Sentinel Best Mysteries Hammett Nominee Barry Winner Best Mystery Novel Anthony Best Novel Winner |
| Liss, David | The Coffee Trader | NYT Notable Books |
| Littell, Robert | The Once and Future Spy | |
| Littell, Robert | The Amateur | reissue |
| Liu, Aimee | Flash House | |
| Lock, Joan | Dead Letters | |
| Logan, Chuck | Vapor Trail | |
| Longworth, Gay | Dead Alone | 1st US pub |
| Lordon, Randye | Son of a Gun: Syndey Sloane | |
| Lovell, Glenville | Too Beautiful to Die | |
| Lovesey, Peter | The House Sitter | LA Times Book Prize Finalist Mystery/Thriller Macavity Winner Best Mystery Novel |
| Lovett, Sarah | Dark Alchemy: Dr. Sylvia Strange | |
| Lowell, Elizabeth | Die in Plain Sight | |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Tristan Betrayal | |
| Lupica, Mike | Red Zone | |
| Lyndon, Stacey | Blindfold | |
| Lyons, Andrew | Darkness in Him | 1st |
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