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Some of the major hardcover titles (and a few paperbacks) scheduled for release in the U.S.
All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos. Older hotlists provide quick overviews of starred review titles and notable/award-winning fiction.
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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Crime Fiction
Hot List 2004:
Authors A - L
Page Modified: April 14, 2008
A star indicates the book received at least one starred review (indicating that review source felt the title was exceptional) from the following sources: Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal.
First novel information is derived from a variety of sources. A * notes a large print run (35,000 or more). This information may not be comprehensive.
| Author | Title ~ Main Character(s) | Stars Notes |
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| Ablow, Keith | Murder Suicide: Dr. Frank Clevenger | ||
| Abramo, J.L. | Counting to Infinity: Jake Diamond | ||
| Aird, Catherine | Chapter and Hearse: And Other Mysteries | ||
| Akunin, Boris | Murder on the Leviathan: Erast Fandorin* |  Kirkus Best Mysteries Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best European Crime Novel |
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| Albert, Susan Wittig | A Dilly of a Death: China Bayles* | ||
| Albert, Susan Wittig | The Tale of Top Hill Farm: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter | ||
| Aleas, Richard | Little Girl Lost | Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Allebeury, Ted | Hostage | |
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| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Marmora | ||
| Allyn, Doug | The Burning of Rachel Hayes | |
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| Alten, Steve | MEG: Primal Waters* | ||
| Altman, John | The Watchmen | ||
| Anderson, Sheryl | Killer Heels | ||
| Andrews, Donna | Access Denied: Turing Hopper | |
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| Andrews, Donna | We'll Always Have Parrots: Meg Langslow | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Lefty Winner (tie) Agatha Nominee Best Novel |
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| Andrews, Robert | A Murder of Justice: Frank Kearney & Jose Phelps | ||
| Andrews, Russell | Aphrodite* | |
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| Andrews, Sarah | Earth Colors: Em Hansen | ||
| Apodaca, Jennifer | Ninja Soccer Moms: Samantha Shaw | ||
| Arnott, Jake | Truecrime | ||
| Arvin, Reed | The Last Goodbye* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity Snowbound | ||
| Atkins, Ace | Dirty South: Nick Travers | ||
| Auster, Paul & Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli | City of Glass (paper) | graphic novel |
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| Aycliffe, Jonathan | A Garden Lost in Time | ||
| Babson, Marian | Please Do Feed the Cat | ||
| Bain, Donald | Murder She Wrote: A Vote for Murder | ||
| Baldacci, David | Hour Game:Sean King & Michelle Maxwell.* | |
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| Balzo, Sandra | Uncommon Grounds | Anthony Nominee Best First Novel Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Bannister, Jo | The Depths of Solitude: Brodie Farrell | ||
| Barclay, Linwood | Bad Move | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels |
1st |
| Barnard, Robert | A Cry from the Dark: A Novel of Suspense | ||
| Barnes, Linda | Deep Pockets: Carlotta Carlyle* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Barr, Nevada | High County* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Barre, Richard | Echo Bay: A Novel of Suspense | ||
| Bastion, Elisabeth | No Just Deserts | ||
| Bear, Greg | Dead Lines* | |
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| Beaton, M.C. | The Deadly Dance: Agatha Raisin* | ||
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Poison Pen* | ||
| Bebris, Carrie A. | Pride and Prescience: Mr. & Mrs. Darcy | LJ Best Genre Books |
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| Beinhart, Larry | The Librarian (paper) | Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original |
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| Bell, Ted | Assassin | ||
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | Fall Guy: Rachel Alexander and Dash | ||
| Benoit, Charles | Relative Danger | Booklist Best First Novel Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels PW Best Books PW Best Fiction Debuts Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Berenson, Laurien | Jingle Bell Bark | ||
| Bernard, Knight | Crowner's Quest | ||
| Bernhardt, William | Hate Crime: Ben Kincaid* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels | |
| Bernstein, Michael Andrew | Conspirators* | LJ Best Debuts L. A. Times Best Books |
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| Berry, Steve | The Romanov Prophecy* | ||
| Bidulka, Anthony | Flight of Aquavit: Russell Quant (paper) | Lambda Gay Mystery Nominee | |
| Billingham, Mark | Lazybones: Thorne | Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries |
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| Birkwood, Ilene | Deadly Deception | ||
| Bishop, Claudia & Dean James (ed) | Death Dines In | ||
| Black, Ethan | At Hell's Gate: Conrad Voort | ||
| Black, Ingrid | The Dead | 1st | |
| Black, Michael A. | Windy City Knights: Ron Shade | ||
| Blaine, Michael | The Midnight Band of Mercy | ||
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | A Cold and Silent Dying: Marti MacAlister | ||
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor (ed) | Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African American Authors | Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries |
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| Blevins, Meredith | The Vanished Priestess: Annie Szabo | LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Blissett, Luther | Q* | Booklist Best Literary Crossovers |
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| Bloch, Jon P. | Murder By Design: Rick Domino | ||
| Block, Lawrence | The Burglar on the Prowl: Bernie Rhodenbarr* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Bond, Larry & Jim DeFelice | Larry Bond's First Team* | ||
| Borden, Kate | Death of a Tart | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Born, James O. | Walking Money* | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels Sun Sentinel Top Mystery Debuts Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
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| Borthwick, J.S. | Intensive Scare Unit | ||
| Bowen, Michael | Unforced Error | ||
| Bowen, Peter | The Tumbler: Gabriel Du Pre | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Bowen, Rhys | Evan's Gate: Evan Evans | Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel | |
| Bowker, David | I Love My Smith and Wesson (paper) | |
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| Box, C.J. | Trophy Hunt: Joe Pickett* | |
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| Boyle, Alistair | They Fall Hard | ||
| Boyle, Gerry | Home Body | ||
| Brandon, Jay | Grudge Match: Chris Sinclair | ||
| Braun, Lilian Jackson | The Cat Who Talked Turkey* | ||
| Brett, Simon | The Hanging in the Hotel: Fethering | |
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| Brewer, Steve | Boost | ||
| Brooks, Larry | Bait and Switch (paper) | PW Best Paperbacks PW Best Overlooked Books |
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| Brown, Dale | Plan of Attack* | ||
| Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie | Whisker of Evil* | ||
| Browning, Abigail (ed) | Murder Is No Mitzvah: Short Mysteries about Jewish Occasions | ||
| Bruce, Leo | Death in the Middle Watch: Carolus Deene | ||
| Bruen, Ken | The Killing of the Tinkers: Jack Taylor | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Anthony Nominee Best Novel Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
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| Buchanan, Edna | Cold Case Squad* | new series |
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| Buck, Jerry | A Blood Red Rose: Pete Castle | ||
| Buckley, Fiona | The Siren Queen: Ursula Blanchard | |
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| Buff, Joe | Straits of Power | ||
| Buffa, Dudley W. | Breach of Trust: Joseph Antonelli | ||
| Burcell, Robin | Cold Case | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original Novel Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
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| Burke, Alafair | Missing Justice: Samantha Kincaid* | ||
| Burke, James Lee | In the Moon of Red Ponies: Billy Bob Holland* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Burke, Jan | 18 (paper) | |
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| Cady, Dick | The Executioner's Mask | ||
| Caldwell, Ian and Dustin Tomason | The Rule of Four* | LJ Best Debuts Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels SF Chronicle Best Books Washington Post Book World Rave PW Best Books |
1st |
| Callahan, Liam | Cloud Atlas | Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Canales, Juan Diaz | Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation | (graphic novel) |
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| Cannell, Stephen J. | Vertical Coffin: Shane Scully* | |
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| Caple, Natalee | Mackerel Sky | ||
| Carcaterra, Lorenzo | Paradise City | ||
| Carver, Caroline | Dead Heat | ||
| Case, John | The Murder Artist | |
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| Castrique, Mark De | Grave Undertaking | ||
| Champion, David | Easy Come, Easy Go: Bomber Hanson | ||
| Chang, Leonard | Fade to Clear: Allen Choice | |
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| Charles, Paul | I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass: Inspector Christy Kennedy | ||
| Chesney, Marion | Hasty Death: Edwardian Mystery | ||
| Child, Laura | The Jasmine Moon Murder | ||
| Child, Lee | The Enemy: Jack Reacher* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Dilys Nominee |
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| Child, Lincoln | Death Match | |
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| Chittenden, Meg | Snap Shot (paper) | Calavera Nominee | |
| Churchill, Jill | It Had to Be You: Grace & Favor | ||
| Churchill, Jill | A Midsummer Night's Scream: Jane Jeffry | ||
| Clancy, Tom | Battle Ready* | ||
| Clark, Mary Higgins & Carol Higgins Clark | Christmas Thief | ||
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Nighttime is My Time* | ||
| Clark, Mary Jane | Hide Yourself Away | ||
| Clark, Melissa | Find Courtney: A Psychological Thriller | ||
| Clemens, Judy | Till the Cows Come Home: Stella Crown | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel Anthony Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Cleverly, Barbara | Damascened Blade: Joe Sandilands | PW Best Books |
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| Coben, Harlan | Just One Look* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels SF Chronicle Best Books Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries |
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| Cockey, Tim | Backstabber* | ||
| Coel, Margaret | Wife of Moon: O'Malley & Holden | PW Best Books |
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| Cohen, Mark | The Fractal Murders | 1st | |
| Colbert, Curt | Queer Street: Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins | ||
| Cole, David | Shadow Play (paper) | Calavera Nominee | |
| Coleman, Reed | Redemption Street: Moe Prager | ||
| Colley, Barbara | Polished Off: Charlotte LaRue | ||
| Collins, Barbara & Max Allan | Bombshell | ||
| Collins, Natalie | Wives and Sisters | ||
| Compton, Jodi | The 37th Hour* | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels |
1st |
| Connelly, Michael | The Narrows: Harry Bosch/the Poet* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels PW Best Books Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels |
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| Connolly, David | Deadline in Athens: Inspector Costas Haritos | ||
| Connolly, John | Bad Men* | ||
| Connors, Rose | Maximum Security | ||
| Cook, Judith | Keeper's Gold | ||
| Cook, Thomas | Into the Web (paper) | Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Cook, Thomas | Peril | ||
| Coonts, Stephen | Liars and Thieves: Tommy Carmellini* | |
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| Cooper, Natasha | Keep Me Alive: Trish Maguire | ||
| Copp, Rick | The Actor's Guide to Adultry | ||
| Cornwell, Patricia | Trace: Kay Scarpetta* | ||
| Cotterill, Colin | Coroner's Lunch | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
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| Coulson, Juanita | Shadow over Scorpio | ||
| Coulter, Catherine | Blowout: Savitch & Sherlock* | ||
| Coward, Mat | Over and Under | ||
| Cox, Richard | Rift | ||
| Coyle, Harold | They Are Soldiers* | ||
| Craft, Michael | Desert Spring: Claire Gray | ||
| Craft, Michael | Bitch Slap: Mark Manning | ||
| Craig, Peter | Hot Plastic (paper) | |
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| Craig, Philip R. | Murder at a Vineyard Mansion | ||
| Crais, Robert | The Forgotten Man: Elvis Cole* | ||
| Cray, David | Partners | |
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| Crichton, Michael | State of Fear* | PW Best Books | |
| Crider, Bill | A Bond With Death: Prof Sally Good | ||
| Crider, Bill | Dead Soldiers | ||
| Crombie, Deborah | In a Dark House | ||
| Crouch, Blake | Desert Places | 1st | |
| Cruikshank, Jeffrey | Murder at the B-School | ||
| Crum, Laura | Forged: Gail McCarthy | ||
| Curzon, Clare | A Meeting of Minds: Thames Valley CID - Mike Yeadings | ||
| Cussler, Clive | Black Wind* | ||
| Cussler, Clive & Paul Kemprecos | Lost City: NUMA Files* | ||
| Cutler, Judith | Staying Power: Kate Power | ||
| Daheim, Mary | The Alpine Pursuit | ||
| Daheim, Mary | This Old Souse: Bed-and-Breakfast | ||
| D'Amato, Barbara | On My Honor | ||
| D'Amato, Barbara | Death of a Thousand Cuts | ||
| Dams, Jeanne | Winter of Discontent: Dorothy Martin | ||
| Daniel, David | Goofy Foot: Alex Rasmussen | |
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| Darden, Christopher & Dick Lochte | Lawless | ||
| Davidson, Diane Mott | Double Shot: Goldy Schulz | |
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| Davis, Carol Anne | Kiss It Away | |
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| Davis, Jay | Parting the Veil | ||
| Davis, Lindsey | Scandal Takes a Holiday: Marcus Didius Falco | ||
| Davis, Lindsey | The Accusers: Marcus Didius Falco | |
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| de Kretser, Michelle | The Hamilton Case | Booklist Best Literary Crossovers Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 B&N Discover Great New Writers Nominee |
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| Deaver, Jeffrey | Garden of Beasts: A Novel of Berlin 1939* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award |
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| Deeb, Mary-Jane | A Christmas Mystery in Provence | ||
| Deere, Dicey | The Irish Village Murder: Torrey Tunet | ||
| Demille, Nelson | Night Fall* | |
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| Depoy, Phillip | The Witch's Grave: Fever Devilin | ||
| Devoe, Frank | Into the Volcano: A Mallory and Morse Novel of Espionage | ||
| Dezenhall, Eric | Shakedown Beach: Jonah Eastman | |
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| Diamond, Diana | The First Wife | ||
| Dibdin, Michael | Medusa: Aurelio Zen | Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
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| Dickey, Christopher | Sleeper | ||
| Disher, Garry | Dragon Man | ||
| Doherty, P.C. | The Hangman's Hymn: The Carpenter's Tale | ||
| Donaldson, Stephen | The Man Who Tried to Get Away | ||
| Dorsey, Tim | Cadillac Beach* | ||
| Doss, James | The Witch's Tongue: Charlie Moon | |
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| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Spider Dance: Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in an Orange Twist: Midnight Louie | ||
| Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (2 vols) | PW Best Books Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 Fresh Air/Corrigan Best Books |
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| Dreyer, Eileen | Head Games | ||
| Druett, Joan | A Watery Grave: Wicki Coffin | LJ Best First Novels |
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| Drummond, Laurie Lynn | Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories | Edgar Award Winner Best Short Story - "Something About a Scar" |
1st |
| Dubois, Brendan | Buried Dreams: Lewis Cole | ||
| Duffy, Margaret | Dead Trouble | ||
| Dumas, Margaret | Speak Now | ||
| Dunlap, Susan | Fast Friends | ||
| Dunn, Carola | A Mourning Wedding: Daisy Dalyrmple | ||
| Dunning, John | The Bookman's Promise: Cliff Janeway* | Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 | |
| Dymmoch, Michael Allen | The Fall | |
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| Early, Pete | The Big Secret | ||
| Eccles, Marjorie | Untimely Graves: Gil Mayo | ||
| Eden, Alexandra | Holy Smokes: Bones and Duchess | ||
| Edwards, Martin | The Coffin Trail | ||
| Edwards, Martin (ed) | Green for Danger: The Odficial Anthology of the Crime Writers' Association | ||
| Edwards, Ruth Dudley | Carnage On the Committee | Lefty Nominee | |
| Egleton, Clive | A Dying Fall | ||
| Egleton, Clive | Assassination Day: Peter Ashton | ||
| Eglin, Anthony | The Blue Rose: An English Garden Mystery | |
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| Eidson, Bill | The Mayday: Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard | ||
| Eisler, Barry | Rain Storm: John Rain* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels SF Chronicle Best Books Mystery Ink Gumshoe Winner Best Thriller Barry Award for Thrillers Nominee |
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| Elkins, Aaron and Charlotte | Where Have All The Birdies Gone? | ||
| Elkins, Aaron | Good Blood: Gideon Oliver | ||
| Ellis, David | Jury of One | ||
| Emerson, Earl | Pyro | Kirkus Best Mysteries Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
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| Erickson, KJ | Alone at Night: Mars Bahr | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Estleman, Loren D. | Retro: Amos Walker | ||
| Evanovich, Janet | Metro Girl* | stand alone |
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| Evanovich, Janet | Ten Big Ones: Stephanie Plum* | Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
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| Evans, Geraldine | Dying For You | |
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| Evans, Liz | Sick as a Parrot: Grace Smth | ||
| Fairbanks, Nancy | Holy Guacamole (paper) | Lefty Nominee | |
| Fairstein, Linda | The Kills* | ||
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | Perfect Sax: Madeline Bean | Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries Lefty Nominee Mary Higgins Award Nominee |
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| Faust, Ron | Dead Men Rise Up Never (paper) | Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Fawcett, Quinn | Honor Among Spies | ||
| Ferris, Monica | Crewel Yul | ||
| Ferrigno, Robert | The Wake-Up | Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Thriller |
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| Fesperman, Dan | The Warlord's Son | Washington Post Book World Rave Pittsburgh Tribune Best Books |
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| Fforde, Jasper | The Well of Lost Plots: Thursday Next* | ||
| Fforde, Jasper | Something Rotten: Thursday Next* | Dilys Nominee | |
| Fiffer, Sharon | Buried Stuff: Jane Wheel | ||
| Finder, Joseph | Paranoia* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels SF Chronicle Best Books Barry Award for Thrillers Nominee |
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| Fleming, Charles | After Havana | ||
| Fluke, Joanna | Sugar Cookie Murder: Hannah Swenson | ||
| Fluke, Joanne | Fudge Cupcake Murder: Hannah Swenson | ||
| Flynn, Vince | Memorial Day* | ||
| Folsom, Allan | The Exile | Book Sense Picks Highlights | |
| Forbes, Leslie | Waking Raphael | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Ford, G.M. | Red Tide | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Forrest, Katherine V. | Hancock Park: Kate Delafield | Lambda Best Lesbian Mystery Nominee | |
| Fossum, Karin | Don't Look Back: Inspector Sejer | Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Fowler, Christopher | Full Dark House | |
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| Fowler, Earlene | Broken Dishes: Benni Harper | |
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| Foxwell, Elizabeth | The Sunken Sailor | ||
| Francis, Dorothy | Conch Shell Murder | ||
| Francis, June | Step by Step | ||
| Francisco, Ruth | Good Morning, Darkness | PW Best Books |
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| Francome, John | Inside Track | ||
| Fraser, Anthea | Jigsaw | ||
| Frazer, Margaret | The Hunter's Tale | ||
| Frederickson, Michael | A Defense for the Dead: Jimmy Morrissey | ||
| Freemantle, Brian | The Holmes Inheritance | |
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| French, Nicci | Secret Smile* | |
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| Frey, Stephen | Shadow Account* | ||
| Furst, Alan | Dark Voyage | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Thriller LA Times Book Prize Finalist |
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| Fusilli, Jim | Hard, Hard City | Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries Mystery Ink Gumshoe Winner Best Mystery |
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| Garber, Joseph R. | Whirlwind | Barry Award for Thrillers Nominee | |
| Garcia, Eric | Hot and Sweaty Rex: Vincent Rubio (Dino Mafia) | ||
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz Alfredo | Southwesterly Wind: Inspector Espinosa | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Gardner, John | Unknown Fears | ||
| Garfield, Brian | Hopscotch | ||
| Garrison, Paul | The Ripple Effect | ||
| Garwood, Julie | Murder List* | ||
| Gash, Jonathan | The Ten Word Game: Lovejoy | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Geary, Nancy | Regrets Only | ||
| George, Elizabeth (ed) | A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women | ||
| Gerritsen, Tess | Body Double* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Girardi, Robert | The Wrong Doyle | ||
| Gischler, Victor | The Pistol Poets | ||
| Glatzer, Hal | A Fugue in Hell's Kitchen | ||
| Gleeson, Janet | The Grenadillo Box | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels |
1st |
| Gobbell, John J. | The Neptune Strategy: Tod Ingram | ||
| Goldberg, Lee | The Walk | ||
| Goldsmith, Alan | Waldo Chicken Wakes the Dead (paper) | LJ Best Genre Books |
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| Gooden, Philip | Mask of Night | Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Books |
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| Goodger, John | The Druperman Tapes | |
1st |
| Goodman, Carol | The Drowning Tree | Mary Higgins Award Nominee | |
| Gordon, Alan | An Antic Disposition: Medieval Mystery (Fool's Guild) | |
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| Gorman, Ed | Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Sam McCain | ||
| Gorman, Ed (ed) | World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories | ||
| Grabien, Deborah | The Famous Flower of Serving Men | ||
| Grace, C.L. | Feast of Poisons: Kathryn Swinbrooke | ||
| Grafton, Sue | R is for Ricochet* | ||
| Graham, Caroline | The Ghost in the Machine: Chief Inspector Barnaby | |
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| Graham, Heather | Dead on the Dance Floor* | ||
| Granger, Pip | Trouble In Paradise | ||
| Graves, Sarah | Mallets Aforethought: Home Repair | ||
| Green, Christine | Deadly Choice | ||
| Green, Norman | Way Past Legal | |
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| Green, Tim | The First 48* | ||
| Greenwood, Kerry | Murder in Montparnasse: Phryne Fisher | |
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| Gregory, Susanna | The Hand of Justice: Matthew Bartholomew | ||
| Gregson, J.M. | The Wages of Sin | ||
| Grey, Dorien | Role Players (paper) | Lambda Best Gay Mystery Nominee | |
| Griffin, W.E.B. | Retreat, Hell* | ||
| Grippando, James | Hear No Evil* | ||
| Grisham, John | Last Juror* | |
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| Gross, Mitchell | Murder on the Majestic | ||
| Grossman, Lev | Codex* | SF Chronicle Best Books | |
| Guest, Judith | The Tarnished Eye: A Novel of Suspense | Booklist Editors' Choice |
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| Gur, Batya | Bethlehem Road Murder: Michael Ohayon | PW Best Books |
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| Haines, Carolyn | Hallowed Bones: Mississippi Delta | LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Hall, Adam | The Quiller Memorandum | ||
| Hall, Oakley M. | Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls | ||
| Hall, Parnell | And a Puzzle to Die On: Puzzle Lady | ||
| Hall, Patricia | Death in Dark Waters: Yorkshire Mystery - Thackery & Ackroyd | ||
| Hambly, Barbara | Dead Water: Benjamin January | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Hamilton, Denise | Last Lullaby: Eve Diamond | L. A. Times Best Books Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Mystery |
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| Hamilton, Steve | Ice Run: Alex McKnight | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Hammond, Gerald | The Hitch | ||
| Hammond, Gerald | Saving Grace | ||
| Hammond, Jim | The Phoenix Society: A Biotech Thriller | ||
| Handler, David | The Burnt Orange Sunrise: Berger & Mitry | ||
| Harrington, Kent | Red Jungle | Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels |
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| Harris, Timothy | Unfaithful Servant | ||
| Harrison, Colin | Havana Room* | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Hammett Prize Nominee |
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| Harrison, Janis | Reap a Wicked Harvest: Bretta Solomon | ||
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Murder Ahoy: Death on Demand* | ||
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Design for Murder | ||
| Hart, Ellen | An Intimate Ghost: Jane Lawless | Lambda Best Lesbian Mystery Nominee | |
| Hart, Erin | Lake of Sorrows | ||
| Harvey, John | Flesh and Blood: Frank Elder | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Silver Dagger Award |
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| Harwin, Patricia | Arson and Old Lace (paper) | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Harwood, John | Ghost Writer | LJ Best Debuts |
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| Hasburgh, Patrick | Aspen Pulp | 1st | |
| Haslam, Chris | Twelve-Step Fandango (paper) | Edgar Award Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Hathaway, Robin | Satan's Pony: Dr. Jo Banks | ||
| Havill, Steven | Convenient Disposal: Posadas County - Estelle Reye-Guzman | ||
| Hayden, L.C. | What Others Know (paper) | Calavera Nominee | |
| Hayes, J.M. | Plains Crazy: Mad Dog & Englishman | |
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| Healey, Judith Koll | The Canterbury Papers | 1st | |
| Hearn, Bonnie | Killer Body* | ||
| Hecht, Daniel | Land of Echoes: Cree Black* | ||
| Heggan, Christiane | Scent of a Killer (paper) | Mary Higgins Award Nominee | |
| Heley, Veronica | Murder by Accident | ||
| Hellman, Libby Fischer | Image of Death | ||
| Henry, Sue | The Serpent's Tale: Maxie McNabb | ||
| Herren, Greg | Jackson Square Jazz: Scotty Bradley | Lambda Best Gay Mystery Nominee | |
| Herron, Mick | The Last Voice You Hear: Zoe Boehm | ||
| Hess, Joan | Muletrain to Maggody | |
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| Hewson, David | Lucifer's Shadow | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Hewson, David | A Season for the Dead | ||
| Hiaasen, Carl | Skinny Dip* | Book Sense Picks Highlights Washington Post Book World Rave |
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| Higgins, George V. | The Easiest Thing in the World: Unpublished Fiction | ||
| Higgins, Jack | Dark Justice* | ||
| Highsmith, Patricia | Small G: A Summer Idyll | ||
| Hill, Bonnie Hearn | Killer Body* | ||
| Hill, Sam | Buzz Riff: Top Kiernan | ||
| Hill, Reginald | Good Mornng, Midnight | People's Choice Award - British Crime Writer's Association |
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| Hillerman, Tony | Skeleton Man: Leaphorn & Chee* | |
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| Hillhouse, Raelynn | Rift Zone* | Book Sense Picks Highlights Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Debut LJ Best First Novels |
1st |
| Hills, Kathleen | Hunter's Dance | |
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| Hime, James L. | Scared Money: Jeremiah Spur | ||
| Hirahara, Naomi | Summer of the Big Bachi (paper) | SF Chronicle Best Books PW Best Books Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Hoag, Tami | Kill the Messenger* | ||
| Hoffman, Jilliane | Retribution* | LJ Best First Novels Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels Anthony Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Hogan, Chuck | Prince of Thieves | Book Sense Picks Highlights Hammett Prize Nominee |
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| Hooper, Kay | Hunting Fear* | ||
| Housewright, David | A Hard Ticket Home: Rushmore McKenzie | ||
| Howard, Linda | Kiss Me While I Sleep* | ||
| Hoyt, Richard | Pony Girls: John Denson | ||
| Hurst, Phillip | Tarnished | ||
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | The Program: Tim Rackley* | ||
| Huston, Charles | Caught Stealing | Gumshoe Best Debut Nominee |
1st |
| Hyzy, Julie A. | Artistic License | ||
| Isenberg, Jane | Hot on the Trail (paper) | |
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| Isleib, Roberta | Putt to Death | Anthony Nominee Best Paperback Original Novel | |
| Ison, Graham | Whiplash | ||
| Jackson, Jon A. | No Man's Dog: Det Sgt Mulheisen | ||
| Jakeman, Jane | In the Kingdom of Mists | ||
| James, Bill | The Girl With the Long Back | ||
| James, Dean | Decorated to Death | ||
| James, Dean | Derby Rotten Scoundrels | ||
| James, Dean | Death by Dissertation | ||
| Jance, Judith | Day of the Dead: Brandon Walker* | |
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| Jardine, Quintin | Stay of Execution | ||
| Jardine, Quintin | Unnatural Justice: Oz Blackstone | ||
| Jecks, Michael | The Tolls of Death: Medieval West Country Mystery | ||
| Jecks, Michael | The Outlaws of Ennor: Medieval West Country Mystery | ||
| Joens, Mike | An Animated Death in Burbank: Sandra Cameron | ||
| Johansen, Iris | Firestorm* | ||
| Johansen, Iris | Blind Alley: Eve Duncan* | ||
| Johnson, Dolores | Taking the Wrap: Mandy Dyer | ||
| Johnson, Wayne | The Devil You Know | Booklist Editors' Choice |
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| Jones, Solomon | Ride or Die: A Novel About the Streets | ||
| Jordan, Jennifer L. | Commitment to Die: Kristin Ashe (paper) | Lambda Best Lesbian Mystery Nominee | |
| Jordan, Neil | Shade | 1st | |
| Kahn, Sharon | Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver: Ruby the Rabbi's Wife | ||
| Kaminsky, Stuart | Now You See It: Toby Peters | |
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| Kaminsky, Stuart (editor) | Show Business is Murder | ||
| Kandel, Susan | I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason: Cece Caruso | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels Agatha Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Kane, Stephanie | Seeds of Doubt | ||
| Karp, Larry | First, Do No Harm | |
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| Katzenbach, John | The Madman's Tale | Hammett Prize Nominee Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
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| Kava, Alex | One False Move* | ||
| Keating H.R.F. | A Dreaming Detective | ||
| Keizer, Gregg | The Longest Night | 1st | |
| Kellerman, Faye | Capital Crimes* | ||
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Twisted: Petra Connor and Isaac Gomez* | ||
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Therapy* | ||
| Kellerman, Jonathan and Faye | Double Homicide* | |
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| Kellogg, Marne Davis | Priceless: Kick Keswick | ||
| Kelly, Jim | The Fire Baby: Philip Dryden | Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels |
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| Kelly, Lauren | Take Me, Take Me With You: A Novel of Suspense* | ||
| Kent, Bill | Street Fighter: Shep Ladderback/Andy Cosicki | ||
| Kent, Gordon | Force Protection | |
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| Kerley, Jack | The Hundredth Man* | Booklist Best First Novel LJ Best Debuts Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels Sun Sentinel Top Mystery Debuts |
1st |
| Kernick, Simon | The Murder Exchange | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Kessler, Leo | The Blackout Murders | ||
| Kilian, Michael | The Shiloh Sister | ||
| King, Jonathon | Shadow Men: Max Freeman | Booklist Best Crime Novels Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries |
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| King, Laurie R. | The Game: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes* | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 SLJ Best Adult Books for Young Adults |
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| Klass, Perri | The Mystery of Breathing | ||
| Klavan, Andrew | Shotgun Alley | |
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| Klavan, Laurence | The Cutting Room | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels |
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| Klein, Daniel | Such Vicious Minds: Elvis Presley | ||
| Klensch, Elsa | Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15* | ||
| Kling, Christine | Cross Current: Seychelle Sullivan | ||
| Knight, Bernard | The Witch Hunter | ||
| Konrath, J. A. | Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery* | Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Debut Anthony Nominee Best First Novel Macavity Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Koontz, Dean | The Taking* | |
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| Koontz, Dean | Life Expectancy* | PW Best Books Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Thriller |
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| Koryta, Michael | Tonight I Said Goodbye: Lincoln Perry | 2003 SMP/PWA Prize for Best First PI Novel Edgar Award Nominee Best First Novel LJ Best First Novels |
1st |
| Kozak, Harley Jane | Dating Dead Men |
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1st |
| Krich, Rochelle | Grave Endings: Molly Blume | Calavera Nominee Mary Higgins Award Winner |
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| Krieg, Joyce | Slip Cue: Talk Radio | ||
| Krueger, William Kent | Blood Hollow: Cork O'Connor | Anthony Nominee Best Novel | |
| Kurland, Michael (ed) | Sherlock Holmes: the Hidden Years | original stories | |
| La Plante, Lynda | Royal Flush | |
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| Laird, Thomas | Black Dog: Jimmy Parisi | ||
| Lamb, Robert | Atlanta Blues | ||
| Land, Jon | The Last Prophecy: Ben Kamal | ||
| Lange, Kelly | Graveyard Shift: Maxi Poole | ||
| Lankford, Terrill Lee | Earthquake Weather | |
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| Lansdale, Joe R. | Sunset and Sawdust | Booklist Best Crime Novels |
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| Lashner, William | Past Due* | |
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| Latour, Jose | Havana World Series | |
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| Lawrence, David | The Dead Sit Round in a Ring: Stella Mooney | Deadly Pleasures Best First Crime Novels Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
1st |
| Lawton, John | Blufffing Mr. Churchill* | |
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| Le Carre, John | Absolute Friends* | Booklist Best Crime Novels Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels PW Best Books |
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| Lee, Don | Country of Origin | Edgar Award Winner Best First Novel |
1st |
| Leon, Donna | Doctored Evidence: Guido Brunetti* | Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best European Crime Novel | |
| Leonard, Elmore | Mr. Paradise* | SF Chronicle Best Books Washington Post Book World Rave Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
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| Levine, Laura | Killer Blonde | ||
| Lewin, Patricia | Out of Reach* | ||
| Lewis, Roy | Headhunter: Arnold Landon | ||
| Lindsay, Jeff | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Dilys Winner LJ Best First Novels Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts Macavity Nominee Best Novel |
1st |
| Lindsey, David | The Face of the Assassin* | ||
| Linscott, Gillian | Blood On the Wood: Nell Bray | ||
| Lippman, Laura | By a Spider's Thread: Tess Monaghan* | Book Sense Picks Highlights Sun Sentinel Top Mysteries Mystery Ink Gumshoe Nominee Best Mystery Edgar Award Nominee Best Novel Anthony Nominee Best Novel |
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| Liss, David | A Spectacle of Corruption: Benjamin Weaver* | Booklist Best Crime Novels Deadly Pleasures Best Crime Novels Seattle Times Scene of the Crime's Top 12 |
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| Lister, Michael | Blood of the Lamb | ||
| Littell, Robert | The Debriefing | ||
| Logan, Chuck | After the Rain* | ||
| Logue, Mary | Bone Harvest | ||
| Longworth, Gay | The Unquiet Dead: Jessie Driver | ||
| Lovell, Glenville | Love and Death in Brooklyn | ||
| Lowell, Elizabeth | The Color of Death* | ||
| Lynds, Gayle | The Coil: Liz Sansborough | ||
| Lynn, Allison | Now You See It (paper) | |
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