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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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Crime Fiction 2005: A-L
Page Modified: April 14, 2008
Author |
Title ~ Main Characters |
ISBN |
Stars Notes |
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| Abbott, Jeff | Panic | 0525949046 |  |
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| Abbott, Megan E. | Die a Little | 0743261704 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Ablow, Keith | The Architect | 0312323921 | |
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| Abrahams, Peter | Oblivion | 0060726571 | |
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| Aird, Catherine | Hole in One: D.C.I. Sloan | 0312342292 | ||
| Airth, Rennie | The Blood-Dimmed Tide | 06708999968 | |
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| Akunin, Boris | The Turkish Gambit: Erast Fandorin | 1400060508 | ||
| Alam, Glynn Marsh | Bilge Water Bones: Luanne Fogarty | 0972507841 | ||
| Albert, Susan Wittig | Tale of Holly How: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter | 0425202747 | |
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| Albert, Susan Wittig | Dead Man's Bones | 0425200175 | ||
| Albright, Letha | Bad Luck Woman: Viv Powers | 0972570785x | ||
| Alexander, Bruce | Rules of Engagement | 0399152423 | |
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| Alexander, Tasha | And Only To Deceive | 0060756713 | 1st | |
| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Salsette: George Porter Dillman & Genevive Masefield | 0312307934 | ||
| Anaya, Rudolfo | Jemez Spring: Sonny Baca | 0826336841 | ||
| Anderson, Sheryl J. | Killer Cocktail: Mollie Forrester | 0312319444 | ||
| Andrews, Donna | Delete All Suspects | 042520569x | ||
| Andrews, Donna | Owls Well That Ends Well: Meg Langlsow | 0312329385 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Andrews, Russell | Midas | 0892967919 | ||
| Andrews, Sarah | Dead Dry: Em Hansen | 0312242527 | ||
| Anscombe, Roderick | The Interview Room | 0312323999 | |
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| Apodaca, Jennifer | Batteries Required | 0758204515 | ||
| Argula, Anne | Homicide My Own (paper) | 1929355211 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Arsenault, Mark | Speak Ill of the Living | 1590581393 | |
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| Arvin, Reed | Blood of Angels | 0060596341 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Asher, Beth | The Winterhaven Solution | 1416508406 | ||
| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin | |||
| Atkins, Charles | The Cadaver's Ball | 0312342047 | ||
| Atkinson, Deborah Turrell | The Green Room | 1590581989 | ||
| Aubert, Rosemary | Red Mass: Ellis Portal | 1882593960 | LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Baden, Michael | Remains Silent | 1400044197 | ||
| Bailey, Jane | Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven | 0786714964 | ||
| Baker, Sam | Fashion Victim | 0345475879 | 1st | |
| Baldacci, David | The Camel Club | 0446577383 | ||
| Ballard, Mignon F. | Too Late for Angels: Augusta Goodnight | 031233186x | ||
| Bannister, Jo | Breaking Faith: Brodie Farrell | 0312343019 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Barclay, Linwood | Bad Guys: Zack Walker | 0553803867 | ||
| Barnard, Robert | The Graveyard Position: A Novel of Suspense | 0743253469 | ||
| Baron, Michael | The Mourning Sexton | 0385513267 | ||
| Barr, Nevada | Hard Truth | 0399152415 | ||
| Barron, Stephanie | Jane and His Lordship's Legacy | 0553802259 | ||
| Bartoy, Mitchell | The Devil's Own Rag Doll: Pete Caudill | 0312340885 | |
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| Baxter, Holly | Tears of the Dragon | 1590581466 | |
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| Beaton M.C. | The Perfect Paragon: Agatha Raisin | 031230448x | ||
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Bore | 0892967951 | ||
| Bebris, Carrie | Suspense and Sensibility or First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery | 0765305097 | |
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| Becka, Elizabeth | Trace Evidence | 1401301746 | 1st | |
| Bell, Nancy | Death Splits a Heir: Judge Jackson Crain | 0312327811 | ||
| Bell, Ted | Pirate | 0743275071 | ||
| Benedict, Elizabeth | The Practice of Deceit | 0618563717 | ||
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | Without a Word: Rachel Alexander | 0060539011 | ||
| Berenson, Laurien | Raining Cats and Dogs | 0758208138 | ||
| Bernhardt, William | Dark Eye | 034547015x | ||
| Berry, Linda | Death and the Walking Stick | 1410402096 | ||
| Berry, Steve | The Third Secret | 0345476131 | LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Beyer, Marcel | Spies | 0151008590 | ||
| Billingham, Mark | The Burning Girl | 0060745266 | |
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| Bissell, Sallie | Legacy of Masks: Mary Crow | 0553802798 | ||
| Back, Cara | Murder in Clinchy | 1569473838 | ||
| Blake, James Carlos | The Killings of Stanley Ketchel | 0060554363 | ||
| Blake, Victoria | Bloodless Shadow (paper) | 0425203093 | |
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| Blanchard, Alice | Life Sentences | 0446576727 | ||
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | A Dark and Deadly Deception: Marti MacAlister | 031232667x | ||
| Blevins, Meredith | The Red Hot Empress: Annie Szabo | 0765307812 | ||
| Block, Lawrence | All The Flowers Are Dying: Matthew Scudder | 0060198311 | |
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| Bloom, Elizabeth | See Isabelle Run | 0892967854 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Blunt, Giles | Black Fly Season: John Cardinal & Lisa Delorme | 0399152555 | Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Bonanno, Bill | The Good Guys | 0446529656 | |
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| Bond, Larry | Dangerous Ground | 076530788x | ||
| Bondurant, Matt | The Third Translation | |||
| Bonner, Hilary | When The Dead Cry Out | 0312339461 | ||
| Born, James O. | Shock Wave | |||
| Bowen, Peter | Stewball: Gabriel Du Pre | 031227730x | ||
| Bowen, Rhys | In Like Flynn: Molly Murphy | 031232815x | ||
| Bowen, Rhys | Evan Blessed | 0312332068 | ||
| Box, C.J. | Out of Range: Joe Pickett | 0399152911 | Kirkus Best Mysteries Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Bradford, Laura | Jury of One (paper) | 1591330947 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Brady, Joan | Bleedout | 0743270088 | |
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| Brandon, Jay | Running With the Dead: Chris Sinclair | 0765308932 | |
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| Braver, Gary | Flashback | 0765302519 | |
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| Braun, Lillian Jackson | The Cat Who Went Bananas | |||
| Bredes, Don | The Fifth Season: A Novel of Suspense | 0609606883 | ||
| Brennan, Thomas | The Debt | 1594142769 | ||
| Brewer, Steve | Bank Job | 1890768650 | ||
| Brightwell, Emily | Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight | 0425205584 | ||
| Broadbent, Tony | Spectres in the Smoke | 0312290268 | Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels |
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| Brogan, Jan | A Confidential Source | 0892960078 | ||
| Brown, Dale | Act of War | 0060752998 | ||
| Brown, Rita Mae | Cat's Eyewitness | 0553801643 | ||
| Browne, Marshall | Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn | 0312311583 | ||
| Brownstein, Gabriel | The Man from Beyond | 0393051528 | |
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| Bruce, Maggie (ed) | Murder Most Crafty | 0425202062 | |
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| Bruen, Ken | The Magdalen Martyrs: Jack Taylor | 0312316453 | ||
| Buchanan, Edna | Shadows | 0743250559 | ||
| Buff, Joe | Seas of Crisis | 0060594691 | ||
| Buffa, Dudley W. | Trial by Fire | 0399152814 | ||
| Burdett, John | Bangkok Tattoo | 1400040450 | Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading |
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| Burgess, Barbara | Death on Grave Street | 1594142696 | ||
| Burke, Alafair | Close Case: Samantha Kincaid | 0805077847 | ||
| Burke, James Lee | Crusader's Cross: Dave Robichaux | 0743277198 | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Burke, Jan | Bloodlines: Irene Kelly | 074322390x | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Burton, Milton T. | The Rogue's Game | 0312336810 | |
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| Busch, Frederick | North | 039305103x | ||
| Bush, Nancy | Candy Apple Red: Jane Kelly | 0758209053 | ||
| Cain, Chelsea | Confessions of A Teen Sleuth: A Parody | 1582345112 | ||
| Calder, James | In a Family Way: Bill Damen | 081184725x | ||
| Cannell, Stephen J. | Cold Hit: Shane Scully | 0312347308 | ||
| Carcaterra, Lorenzo | Chasers | 034541098x | ||
| Carl, Lee | The Floor of T.P.'s Office | 0970414390 | ||
| Carlson, P.M. | Deathwind | 0727861751 | ||
| Carr, Caleb | The Italian Secretary | 0786715480 | ||
| Carr, Jospehine | My Very Own Murder (paper) | 0451216466 | |
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| Carrington, Tori | Sofie Metropolis | 0765312409 | ||
| Case, John | Dance of Death | 0345464737 | ||
| Celine, Marie | Dishing Up Death: A Gourmet Pet Chef Mystery, Featuring Kitty Karlyle | 1892339951 | ||
| Champion, David | To Die For: Bomber Hanson | |||
| Chan, Cassandra | The Young Widow: Jack Gibbons | 03123378485 | |
1st |
| Charles, Kate | Evil Intent | 1590582004 | ||
| Chesney, Marion | Sick of Shadows: An Edwardian Mystery | 0312329644 | ||
| Child, Lee | One Shot: Jack Reacher | 0375433384 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Childs, Laura | Camomile Mourning | 0425202518 | ||
| Churchill, Jill | Who's Sorry Now?: Grace & Favor | 0060734590 | ||
| Clark, Carol Higgins | Burned: Regan Reilly #8 | 0743242750 | ||
| Clark, Clare | The Great Stink | 0151011613 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Clark, Mary Higgins | No Place Like Home | 0743264894 | ||
| Clark, Mary Jane | Dancing in the Dark | 0312323158 | ||
| Clarke, Richard A. | The Scorpian's Gate | 0399152946 | ||
| Clemens, Judy | Three Can Keep a Secret: Stella Crown | 1590581849 | ||
| Cleverly, Barbara | The Palace Tiger: Joe Sandilands | 0786715723 | ||
| Coben, Harlan | The Innocent | 0525948740 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Coel, Margaret | Eye of the Wolf | 0425205460 | |
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| Cohen, Mark | Bluetick Revenge | 0892968001 | ||
| Coleman, Reed Farrel | The James Deans (paper) | 0452286506 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Colley, Barbara | Wiped Out: Charlotte LaRue | |||
| Collins, Kate | Dearly Depotted: A Flower Shop Mystery | 078627767x | ||
| Compton, Jodi | Sympathy Between Humans: Det Sarah Pribek | 0385337140 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Connelly, Michael | Closers: Harry Bosch | 0316734942 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Connelly, Michael | The Lincoln Lawyer | 0316734934 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries SF Gate Best Crime Fiction LJ Best Thrillers Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
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| Connelly, Michael (editor) | Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation | |||
| Connolly, John | The Black Angel: Charlie Parker | 0743487869 | ||
| Connor, Nancy | Beneath Dark Water | 076530807x | ||
| Connors, Rose | Suborning Perjury | 0743261976 | ||
| Conrad, Mark | Williams Bucket | 0975850334 | ||
| Cook, Robin | Marker | 0399152938 | |
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| Cook, Thomas | Red Leaves | 0151012504 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Cooper, Natasha | Gagged and Bound: Trish Maguire | 0312349211 | ||
| Copp, Rick | The Actor's Guide to Greed | 0758209606 | |
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| Corcoran, Tom | Air Dance Iguana: Alex Rutledge | 0312291337 | ||
| Corrigan, John | Bad Lie | 1584654546 | |
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| Cornwell, Patricia | Predator: Kay Scarpetta | 0399152830 | ||
| Corwin, C.R. | Dig: Maddy Sprowls | 1590582039 | ||
| Cotterill, Colin | Thirty-Three Teeth: Siri Paiboun | 1569473889 | Dilys Winner |
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| Coulter, Catherine | Point Blank | 0399153225 | ||
| Cousins, Caroline | Marsh Madness | 089587315x | ||
| Craft, Michael | Desert Summer: Claire Gray | 0312334230 | ||
| Craig, Peter | Blood Father | 1401300456 | |
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| Craig, Philip R. | Vineyard Prey: J.W. Jackson | 0743246772 | ||
| Craig, Philip R. & William G. Tapply | Second Sight: Brady Coyne & J.W. Jackson | 0743260678 | ||
| Crais, Robert | The Forgotten Man: Elvis Cole | 0385504284 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Crawford, Isis | A Catered Christmas | 0758206879 | ||
| Cray, David | Dead Is Forever: Philip Beckett | 0786714409 | |
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| Crouch, Blake | Locked Doors: A Thriller | 0312317999 | ||
| Crow, Michael | No Way Back | 0060725834 | ||
| Crumley, James | The Right Madness: C.W. Sughrue | 0670034061 | |
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| Cullin, Mitch | A Slight Trick of the Mind | 0385513283 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
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| Curzon, Clair | Last to Leave: Mike Yeadings | 0312318766 | ||
| Cussler, Clive & Paul Kemprecos | Polar Shift Kurt Austin/NUMA | 0399152717 | ||
| Cutler, Judith | Drawing the Line | 0749083565 | ||
| Cutler, Judith | The Food Detective | 074908328x | ||
| Daheim, Mary | Dead Man Docking: Bed-and Breakfast | 0060566485 | ||
| Daheim, Mary | The Alpine Quilt: Emma Lord | 0345477200 | ||
| Daley, Robert | The Enemy of God | 015101244x | |
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| Damsgaard, Shirley | Witch Way to Murder (paper) | 0060793481 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Daniel, David | The Marble Kite: Alex Rasmussen | 0312323514 | ||
| Daniel, John M. | The Poet's Funeral | 159058144x | |
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| David, James F. | Judgement Day | |||
| Davies, Freda | Flawed Scales | 078617672x | ||
| Davis, J. Madison | The Van Gogh Conspiracy | 141650446x | ||
| Davis, Kyra | Sex, Murder and a Double Latte: Sophie Katz | 0373895194 | ||
| Deaver, Jeffrey | The Twelfth Card: Lincoln Rhyme | 0743260929 | ||
| Dekker, Ted | Obsessed | |||
| Delany, Vicki | Scare the Light Away | 1590581415 | ||
| Denby, Joolz | Billle Morgan (paper) | 1852428651 | |
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| Denman, Margaret-Love | Daily, Before Your Eyes | 0870137433 | ||
| Deutermann, P.T. | The Cat Dancers | 0312333773 | |
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| Deverell, William | April Fool | 0771027117 | ||
| Diamond, Diana | The Stepmother | 0312337272 | ||
| Disher, Garry | Kittyhawk Down | 1569473943 | ||
| Doherty, Robert | Bodyguard of Lies | 0765311267 | ||
| Dominguez, Carlos Maria | The House of Paper | 0151011478 | ||
| Donohue, John | Deshi: Martial Arts Thriller (Connor Burke) | 0312288077 | ||
| Dorsey, Tim | Torpedo Juice: Serge Storm | 0060585609 | ||
| Doss, James D. | Shadow Man: Charlie Moon | 0312340532 | ||
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit | 0765313995 | ||
| Dreyer, Eileen | Saints and Sinner | 0312330685 | ||
| Druett, Joan | Shark Island: Wiki Coffin | 0312334567 | ||
| Dubray, Leo | Miracle | 0860136723 | ||
| Due, Tananarive | Joplin's Ghost | 0743449037 | ||
| Duffy, Margaret | So Horrible A Place | 0749083034 | ||
| Dunn, Carola | Fall of a Philanderer: Daisy Dalrymple | 031233589x | ||
| Dunning, John | The Sign of the Book: Cliff Janeway | 0743255054 | ||
| Durham, Laura | Better Off Wed: Annabelle Archer | 0060738316 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel | |
| Dymmoch, Michael Allen | White Tiger | 0312323026 | ||
| Early, Pete | Lethal Secrets | 0765307847 | ||
| Eccles, Marjorie | Killing a Unicorn | |||
| Edwards, Martin | The Cipher Garden | 1590582063 | ||
| Edwardson, Ake | Sun and Shadow: Erik Winter | 0670034150 | |
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| Egan, Martha J. | Clearing Customs | 0975588109 | ||
| Ehrman, Kit | Cold Burn: Steve Cline | 1590581431 | ||
| Eidson, Bill | The Mayday: Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard | 1932112332 | |
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| Eisler, Barry | Killing Rain | 0399152849 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| Elkins, Aaron | Where There's A Will: Gideon Oliver | 0425200264 | ||
| Ellis, David | In the Company of Liars | 0399152474 | LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Ellis, Peter Berresford | Badger's Moon: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland | 0312323417 | ||
| Elllis, Ron | City of Vultures | 0749083611 | ||
| Emerson, Earl | The Smoke Room | 0345462904 | |
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| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Fatal as a Fallen Woman: Diana Spaulding | 09970272790 | ||
| Engel, Howard | Memory Book: Benny Cooperman | 0786716444 | |
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| Ephron, G.H. | Guilt: Peter Zak | |||
| Eslick, Tom | Mountain Peril: A Whilte Mountains Mystery | 0670033863 | ||
| Estleman, Loren D. | Little Black Dress: Peter Macklin | 0765308940 | |
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| Estleman, Loren D. | The Hider | 0786277394 | ||
| Etchells, Olive | No Corners for the Devil: Murder and Mystery in a Cornish Seaside Village | 0786715650 | ||
| Evanovich, Janet | Eleven On Top: Stephanie Plum | 0312306261 | |
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| Evans, Geraldine | Bad Blood | 0727861565 | ||
| Evans, Mary Anna | Relics: Faye Longchamp | 1590581199 | ||
| Eversz, Robert | Digging James Dean: Nina Zero | 074325015x | ||
| Fackler, Elizabeth | Endless River | 159414270x | ||
| Faherty, Terence | In a Teapot: Scott Elliott | 1932325042 | Dliys Nominee | |
| Fairstein, Linda | Entombed: Alex Cooper | 0743254880 | ||
| Farmer, Jerrilyn | The Flaming Luau of Death: Madeline Bean | 0060587296 | ||
| Fasman, Jon | The Geographer's Library | 1594200386 | Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels |
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| Fforde, Jasper | The Big Over Easy | 0670034231 | |
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| Fielding, Joy | Puppet | |||
| Finder, Joseph | Company Man | 0312319169 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Finnis, Jane | A Bitter Chill: Aurelia Marcella | 1590581937 | ||
| Fluke, Joanne | Peach Cobbler Murder: Hannah Swensen | 0758201540 | ||
| Flynn, Vince | Consent to Kill | 0743270363 | ||
| Flynn, Vince | Separation of Power | 0743448375 | ||
| Ford, G.M. | No Man's Land | 0060554827 | ||
| Ford, Jeffrey | The Girl in the Glass (paper) | 0060936193 | Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Forrest, Richard | Death in the Secret Garden | 0727861921 | ||
| Fossum, Karin | He Who Fears the Wolf: Inspector Sejer | 0151010919 | ||
| Fowler, Christopher | The Water Room: Arthur Bryant and John May | 0553803891 | |
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| Fowler, Earlene | Delectable Mountains: Benni Harper | 0425202496 | |
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| Francis Dorothy | Pier Pressure: Keely Moreno | 1594142718 | ||
| Francome, John | Dead Weight | 0312329814 | ||
| Frazer, Margaret | The Widow's Tale | 0425200183 | ||
| Freeman, Brian | Immoral | 0312340427 | Sun Sentinel Best Debuts Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
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| Frey, Stephen | The Chairman | 0345457609 | ||
| Frey, Stephen | The Protege | 0345480589 | ||
| Frommer, Sara Hoskinson | Death Climbs a Tree: Joan Spencer | 0312329210 | ||
| Frost, Scott | Run the Risk | 0399152482 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Fulmer, David | Jass | 0151010250 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Gaiter, Leonce | Bourbon Street | 0786714328 | ||
| Galgut, Damon | The Quarry (paper) | 0802141617 | |
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| Gallaway, Gregory | As Simple as Snow | 0399152318 | Alex Awards | |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz A. | A Window in Copacabana: Inspector Espinosa | 0805074384 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Gardner, Lisa | Alone | 0553802534 | |
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| Garwood, Julie | Slowburn | 0345453840 | ||
| Gash, Jonathan | The Year of the Women | 0749083166 | ||
| Gaspar De Alba, Alicia | Desert Blood: the Juarez Murders | 1558854460 | LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Gaylin, Alison | Hide Your Eyes (paper) | 045121448X | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Geagley, Brad | Year of The Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt | 074325080X | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Gear, W. Michael | The Athena Factor | 0765311666 | ||
| Gentry, Christine | Carnosaur Crimes | 1590581504 | ||
| George, Elizabeth | With No One As Witness | 0060545607 | |
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| Gerritsen, Tess | Vanish | 0345476972 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Gimenez, Mark | The Color of Law | 0385516738 | |
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| Gischler, Victor | Suicide Squeeze | 0385337256 | ||
| Glass, Leslie | For Love and Money: A Novel of Stocks and Robbers | |||
| Goldberg, Lee | The Man With the Iron-on Badge | 1594143722 | |
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| Gooden, Philip | An Honorable Murder: Nick Revill | 0786715286 | ||
| Goodger, John | The Druperman Tapes | 0312321996 | ||
| Gordon, Nadia | Murder Alfresco: Napa Valley | 081184630x | ||
| Gores, Joe | A Time of Predators | 0765310503 | ||
| Goulart, Ron | Groucho Marx, King of the Jungle | 9780312322168 | ||
| Grabenstein, Chris | Tilt-a-whirl | 0786715847 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
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| Grabien, Deborah | Matty Groves | 0312333897 | |
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| Grafton, Sue | S is for Silence | 0399152970 | |
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| Graham, Heather | Killing Kelly | 0778321592 | ||
| Granger, Ann | That Way Murder Lies: Mitchell and Markby | |||
| Gray, John Maclachlan | White Stone Day: A Victorian Thriller | 0312282931 | ||
| Greeley, Andrew M. | The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood: Blackie Ryan | 0765303345 | ||
| Greeley, Andrew M. | Irish Cream: Nuala Anne McGrail | 0765303353 | ||
| Green, Christine | Deadly Night | 0727861573 | ||
| Green, Tim | Exact Revenge | 0446531456 | ||
| Greenwood, Kerry | Urn Burial: Phryne Fisher | 1590581695 | ||
| Greenwood, Kerry | Away With the Fairies: Phryne Fisher | 1590580222 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Greenwood, Kerry | Ruddy Gore: Phryne Fisher | 1590581180 | ||
| Greer, Robert O. | Resurrecting Langston Blue | 1583941363 | |
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| Griffin, W.E.B. | By Order of the President | |||
| Grimes, Martha | Belle Ruin | 0670034614 | ||
| Grisham, John | The Broker | 0385510454 | ||
| Gross, Mitchell | Murder on the Majestic | 1593150210 | ||
| Grossman, Gary | Executive Treason | 1416508430 | ||
| Gruber, Michael | Valley of Bones: Jimmy Paz | 0060577665 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Guilfoile, Kevin | Cast of Shadows | 1400043085 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Gunn, Elizabeth | Crazy Eights: Jake Hines | 0765308061 | |
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| Gust, Bob | Liars Dice | 0929636368 | ||
| Guthrie, Allan | Kiss Her Goodbye (paper) | 0843953551 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Guttridge, Peter | Two to Tango (paper) | 1931108002 | |
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| Guttridge, Peter | Cast Adrift | 0749083557 | ||
| Haddam, Jane | The Headmaster's Wife: Gregor Demarkian | 0312313144 | |
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| Haig, Brian | The President's Assassin: Sean Drummond | 0446576670 | |
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| Haines, Carolyn | Judas Burning | 1579660614 | ||
| Hagberg, David | Soldier of God | 0765306220 | ||
| Hall, James W. | Forests of the Night | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries | ||
| Hall, Oakely M. | Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots | 0670033901 | ||
| Hall, Parnell | Stalking the Puzzle Lady | 0553804170 | ||
| Hall, Patricia | Dead Reckoning: Ackroyd and Thackery | 0446576670 | ||
| Hamill, Denis | Ten Spot: Bobby Emmet | 067102616x | ||
| Hamilton, Denise | Savage Garden: Eve Diamond | 0743261925 | |
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| Hamilton, Lyn | The Moai Murders | 0425200442 | ||
| Hammett, Dashiell | Lost Stories | 0972589813 | |
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| Hammond, Gerald | Heirs and Graces | 0749083093 | ||
| Hammond, Gerald | Dead Letters: D.S. Potterton-Phipps | 0749083271 | ||
| Hardwick, Gary | The Executioner's Game | |||
| Harper, Karen | Dark Angel (paper) | 0778321797 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Harper, Karen | The Fyre Mirror: Elizabeth I | |||
| Harper, Tom | The Mosaic of Shadows: A Byzantine Mystery | 0312339678 | |
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| Harris, Charlaine | Grave Sight | 0425205681 | ||
| Harris, Charlaine | Dead as a Doornail: Sookie Stackhouse | 0441012795 | ||
| Harris, C.S. | What Angels Fear | 0451216695 | |
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| Harris, Joanne | Sleep, Pale Sister (paper) | 0060787112 | |
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| Harris, Thomas | Behind the Mask | 0385339410 | ||
| Harrison, Janis | Bindweed: Bretta Solomon | 0312348134 | ||
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Dear Departed: Bill Slider | 0312347685 | ||
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Death of the Party: Death on Demand | 0060004762 | ||
| Hart, Ellen | The Iron Girl: Jane Lawless | 0312317492 | ||
| Hayder, Mo | The Devil of Nanking | 0802117945 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Hayes, Teddy | Dead by Popular Demand: A Harlem Noir Featuring Devil Barnett | 1932112235 | ||
| Hecht, Daniel | Puppets (trade Paper) | 1582344957 | |
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| Heley, Veronica | Murder in the Garden | 072786145x | |
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| Hellman, Libby Fischer | A Shot to Die For: Ellie Foreman | 1560581857 | ||
| Helton, Peter | Headcase: Chris Honeysett | 0786715294 | ||
| Henry, Sue | Murder at Five Finger Light: Jessie Arnold | 0451213971 | ||
| Hepburn, Susan | Ghost of a Chance | 0749083832 | ||
| Herbert, James | Nobody True | 0765312123 | ||
| Hess, Joan | The Goodbye Body: Claire Malloy | 0312313047 | ||
| Hewson, David | Villa of Mysteries | 0385337728 | ||
| Heywood, Joseph | Running Dark: Woods Cop | 1592286179 | ||
| Higgins, Jack | Without Mercy | 0399153152 | ||
| Higgins, Jack | Dark Justice: Sean Dillon | 0399151788 | ||
| Hill, Jane | Grievous Angel | 0060745282 | 1st | |
| Hill, Reginald | The Stranger House | 0060820810 | |
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| Hirahara, Naomi | Gasa-gasa Girl (paper) | 0385337604 | |
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| Hitchcock, Jane | One Dangerous Lady: Jo Slater | 1401352367 | ||
| Hoffman, Jilliane | Last Witness | 0399152458 | ||
| Holland, David | The Devil's Game | 031234077x | ||
| Holmes, Joyce | Hidden Depths | 0749083174 | ||
| Holmes, Rupert | Swing | 140006158x | |
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| Hooper, Kay | Chill of Fear: Noah Bishop/Special Crimes Unit | 0553803174 | ||
| Hosp, David | Dark Harbor | 044657693x | |
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| Housewright, David | Tin City: Mac McKenzie | 9780312321512 | ||
| Howard, Linda | Killing Time | 034545345x | ||
| Hoyt, Richard | Sonja's Run | |||
| Hunsicker, Harry | Still River: Lee Henry Oswald | 9780312337872 | 1st | |
| Hunt, Alexa | Corrupts Absolutely | 0765311496 | ||
| Hunt, James Patrick | Maitland | 1594142726 | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
1st |
| Hunter, Gwen | Shadow Valley (paper) | 0778321304 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | Troubleshooter | 0060731419 | ||
| Huston, Charlie | Alread Dead: Joe Pitt (paper) | 034547824x | |
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| Huston, Charlie | Six Bad Things: Hank Thompson (paper) | 0345464796 | Edgar Nomination Best Paperback Original |
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| Iles, Greg | Blood Memory | 0743234707 | ||
| Indridason, Arnaldur | Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller | 0312340702 | Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel - 2002 |
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| Irby, Lee | 7000 Clams | 0385511892 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Ison, Graham | Hardcastle's Armistice | 0727861468 | ||
| Izzo, Jean-Claude | Total Chaos (paper) | 1933372044 | |
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| Jacobs, Jonnie | The Only Suspect | 0758208006 | |
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| Jakubowski, Maxim | The Best British Mysteries 2005 | 0749083360 | ||
| James, Bill | Easy Streets: Harpur & Iles | 039306042x | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| James, P.D. | The Lighthouse: Adam Dalgliesh | 030726291x | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Jance, J.A. | Long Time Gone: J.P.Beaumont | 0688138241 | ||
| Jefferson, Roland S. | Damaged Goods | 0743268865 | ||
| Jenkins, Emyi | Stealing with Style | 1565124456 | |
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| Joe, Yolanda | Video Cowboys: Georgia Barnett | 0743250389 | ||
| Joens, Michael | Blood Reins: Det Sandra Cameron | 0312321058 | ||
| Johansen, Iris | Countdown: Eve Duncan | 0553803425 | ||
| Johnson, Craig | Cold Dish | 0670033693 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels Dilys Nominee |
1st |
| Johnston, Dorothy | The Trojan Dog | 0312332475 | ||
| Jones, Merry Bloch | The Nanny Murders | 0312330383 | 1st | |
| Jones, Stephen Graham | Seven Spanish Angels | 1590710304 | ||
| Joss, Morag | Half Broken Things | 0385339402 | CWA Silver Dagger Award Washington Post Book World Raves Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Dilys Nominee |
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| Joss, Morag | Funeral Music (paper) | 044024214x | |
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| Jurjevics, Juris | The Trudeau Vector | 0670034371 | ||
| Kalian, Cady | As Dead as It Gets | 0765313642 | ||
| Kalla, Daniel | Pandemic | |||
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Denial: Lew Fonesca | 0765311658 | ||
| Kandel, Susan | Not a Girl Detective: Cece Caruso | 0060581077 | ||
| Kane, Andrea | I'll Be Watching You | |||
| Kanon, Joseph | Alibi | 080507886x | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| Keating, H.R.F. | A Detective at Death's Door | 0312342063 | ||
| Keizer, Gregg | Midnight Plague | 0399153195 | |
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| Keller, Harry | The Riddle of the Traveling Skull | 1932416269 | ||
| Kellerman, Faye | Straight Into Darkness | 0446530409 | ||
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Rage: Alex Delaware | 034546706x | ||
| Kellogg, Marne Davis | Perfect: Kick Keswick | 0312337329 | ||
| Kelly, Jane | A Fear of (Seaside) Heights | |||
| Kelly, Jim | The Moon Tunnel: Philip Dryden | 031234922x | |
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| Kelly, Lauren | The Stolen Heart | 0060797282 | ||
| Kent, Bill | Streetfighter: Shep Laderback & Andrea Cosicki | |||
| Kerley, Jack | The Death Collectors: Carson Ryder & Harry Nautilus | 0525948775 | Kirkus Best Mysteries Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Kernick, Simon | The Crime Trade | 9780312340599 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Kerr, Philip | Hitler's Peace | 0399152695 | |
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| Kilmer, Nicholas | Madonna of the Apes: Fred Taylor | 1590581962 | ||
| King, Jonathon | A Killing Night | 0525948651 | ||
| King, Laurie R. | Locked Rooms: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes | 055380197x | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Kirkus Best Mysteries Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Kisor, Henry | A Venture into Murder | 076531228x | ||
| Klavan, Laurence | The Shooting Script: Roy Milano | 0345462769 | ||
| Klensch, Elsa | Shooting Script | 0765307650 | ||
| Kling, Christine | Bitter End | 0345479033 | ||
| Knight, Alanna | Ghost Walk | 0749083018 | ||
| Knopf, Chris | The Last Refuge | 157962118x | |
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| Konrath, J.A. | Bloody Mary | 1401300898 | ||
| Koontz, Dean | Velocity | 0553804154 | |
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| Koontz, Dean | Forever Odd | 0553804162 | |
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| Kozak, Harley Jane | Dating Is Murder: Wollie Shelley | 0385510349 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Kreig, Joyce | Riding Gain: Talk Radio (Shauna J.) | 0312327382 | ||
| Krich, Rochelle | Now You See Me . . . | 0345468120 | ||
| Kronenwetter, Michael | First Kill | 0312347375 | 2004 PWA/SMP Best Private Eye Novel Contest | |
| Krueger, William Kent | Mercy Falls | 0743445880 | ||
| Labriola, Jerry | The Maltese Murders | 1566492971 | ||
| Lange, Kelly | Graveyard Shift: Maxi Poole | 0892967579 | ||
| Langton, Jane | Steeplechase: Homer Kelly | 0312301952 | ||
| Lankford, Terrill Lee | Blonde Lightning | 0345467795 | ||
| Lasdun, James | Seven Lies | 0393057542 | |
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| Lashner, William | Falls the Shadow | 0060721561 | |
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| Latour, Jose | Comrades in Miami | 0802118100 | |
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| Lawrence, David | Nothing Like the Night: Det Stella Mooney | 031232880x | |
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| Lawson, Michael | The Inside Ring | 0385515316 | |
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| Lawton, John | Flesh Wounds | 0871136988 | |
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| Lehane, Con | What Goes Around Comes Around: Brian McNulty | 0312322984 | ||
| Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher | The Mad Cook of Pymatuning | 0684834278 | ||
| Lehrer, Jim | The Franklin Affair | 1400061989 | ||
| Leon, Donna | Blood from a Stone: Guido Brunetti | 0871138875 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Leonard, Elmore | The Hot Kid | 0060724226 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Leroy, Margaret | The River House | 0316741574 | ||
| Lescroart, John | The Motive | 0525948449 | ||
| Levack, Simon | Demon of the Air: An Aztec Mystery | 0312348347 | Winner of the CWA Debut Dagger Award LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Levine, Laura | Shoes to Die for: Jaine Austen | |||
| Lewis, Roy | Embers of the Dead: Eric Ward | 0749083441 | ||
| Limon, Martin | Door to Bitterness | 1569474044 | |
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| Lindsay, Jeff | Dearly Devoted Dexter | 0385511248 | |
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| Lindsay, Paul | Buried: A Novel of the FBI | 0743250001 | ||
| Lippman, Laura | To the Power of Three | 0060506725 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries | |
| Littell, Robert | An Agent in Place: A Nove of Intrigue | 1585677299 | ||
| Littell, Robert | Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation | 1585676969 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Logan, Chuck | Homefront | 0060570202 | ||
| Logue, Mary | Poison Heart | 0345462246 | ||
| Lordon, Randye | Sun of a Gun: Sydney Sloane | 0312291310 | ||
| Lovesey, Peter | Circle | 1569473927 | |
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| Lowell, Elizabeth | Always Time to Die | 0060504153 | ||
| Ludlum, Robert | The Ambler Sequence | 0312316712 |
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