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Some of the major hardcover titles (and a few paperbacks) scheduled for release in the U.S.
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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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Some of the major hardcover titles scheduled for release in the U.S. All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos. Alphabetically arranged by author.
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.
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Title ~ Main Character |
ISBN |
Stars Notes |
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| MacBride, Stuart | Cold Granite | 031233995x |  Booklist Best Crime Debuts |
1st |
| MacIntosh, Pat | The Nicholas Feast: Gil Cunningham | 0786715707 | ||
| MacPherson, Rett | Thicker Than Water: Tori O'Shea | 0312334087 | ||
| Malcolm, John | Rogue's Gallery | 0749083581 | ||
| Mankell, Henning | Before the Frost | 1565848357 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Marcinko, Richard | Vengeance | 0743422473 | ||
| Margolin, Phillip | Lost Lake | 0060735023 | ||
| Maron, Margaret | Rituals of the Season: Deborah Knott | 0892968095 | Agatha Winner Best Novel |
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| Marston, Edward | The Malevolent Comedy: Nicholas Bracewell | 0312342837 | ||
| Marston, Edward | The Excursion Train | 0749083921 | ||
| Martin, David Lozell | Facing Rushmore | 0684853493 | ||
| Martin, Nncy | Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die: Blackbird Sisters | |||
| Martinez, Michele | Most Wanted | 006072398x | Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Mason, Sarah | Society Girls (paper) | 0345469577 | |
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| Massey, Sujata | The Typhoon Lover: Rei Shimura | 0060765127 | ||
| Masters, Priscilla | A Plea of Insanity | 0749083379 | ||
| Mathews, Francine | Blown | 0553803301 | |
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| Matturo, Claire | Wildcat Wine | 0060567074 | ||
| May, Peter | The Firemaker | 0312342942 | ||
| Mayor, Archer | St. Albans Fire | 0892968168 | ||
| McBain, Ed | Fiddlers: 87th Precinct | 0151012164 | |
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| McBain, Ed | Alice in Jeopardy | 0743262506 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| McBain, Ed (ed) | Transgressions | 0765308517 | |
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| McCall Smith, Alexander | In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | 0375422714 | Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| McCall Smith, Alexander | Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: Sunday Philosophy Club | 0375422994 | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
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| McCarry, Charles | The Miernik Dossier | 1585677361 | ||
| McCarry, Charles | The Tears of Autumn | 1585676616 | ||
| McCarthy, Keith | The Final Analysis | 0786715731 | ||
| McClure, Ken | The Eye of the Raven | 0749083344 | ||
| McDermid, Val | The Torment of Others | 9780312339197 | |
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| McDonnell, Nick | The Third Brother | 080211802x | |
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| McGown, Jill | Unlucky for Some: A Novel by Suspense (Lloud and Hill) | 0345476557 | |
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| McGregor, Elizabeth | The Girl in the Green Glass Mirror | 055380359x | ||
| McInerny, Ralph | Irish Guilt: Notre Dame | 0312336888 | ||
| McInerny, Ralph | Blood Ties: Father Dowling | 031233690x | ||
| Mcintyre, Hope | How to Seduce a Ghost | |
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| McKevett, G.A. | Murder a la Mode: Savannah Reid | |||
| McKinty, Adrian | Hidden River | 0743247000 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| McKinzie, Clinton | Badwater: Antonio Burns | 0385338473 | ||
| McMahon, Neil | Revolution No. 9 | 0060529180 | |
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| McNab, Claire | Kookaburra Gambit: Kylie Kendall (paper) | 1555839045 | |
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| McPherson, Catriona | After the Armistice Ball | 0786716088 | |
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| Meyer, Deon | Dead At Daybreak | 0316000124 | |
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| Meyers, Annette | Hedging: Smith and Wetzon | 140401995 | ||
| Mills, Kyle | Fade | 0312335776 | |
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| Mills, Wendy Howell | Island Intrigue: Sabrina Dunsweeney | 1590582179 | ||
| Mina, Denise | Field of Blood | 0316735930 | |
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| Minichino, Camille | The Nitrogen Murder: Gloria Lamerino | 0312333838 | ||
| Miscione, Lisa | Smoke: Lydia Strong and Jeff Mark | 0312341857 | ||
| Miyabe, Miyuki | Shadow Family | 4770030029 | ||
| Moffat, Gwen | Dying For Love | 0786715030 | ||
| Montanari, Richard | The Rosary Girls: A Novel of Suspense | 0345470958 | ||
| Morgan, Jill M. (ed) | Creature Cozies | 0425201279 | ||
| Morgan, Phillipa | Chaucer and the Legend of Good Women | 0786715987 | ||
| Morris, Bob | Jamaica Me Dead: Zack Chasteen | 0312328915 | ||
| Mortman, Doris | Shades of Red | 0312275587 | ||
| Mosley, Walter | Cinnamon Kiss: Easy Rawlins | 0316073024 | |
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| Muller, Marcia | Cape Perdido | 089296006X | Washington Post Book World Raves | |
| Murphy, Margaret | Weaving Shadows: Clara Pascal | 0312328532 | |
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| Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cat Breaking Free: Joe Grey | 0060578092 | ||
| Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cats Cross Their Grave: Joe Grey | 0060578084 | ||
| Murphy, Warren | Grandmaster | 0765311607 | ||
| Myers, Beverle Graves | Painted Veil | 1590581407 | |
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| Myers, Tamar | Assault and Pepper | 0451213947 | ||
| Nabb, Magdalen | Innocent | 1569474141 | ||
| Nadel, Barbara | The Ottoman Cage: A Novel of Istanbul: Inspector Cetin Ikmen | 0312337698 | ||
| Nadelson, Reggie | Disturbed Earth: Artie Cohen | 0802733832 | |
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| Nance, John | Saving Cascadia | 0743250516 | ||
| Neel, Janette | Ticket To Ride | 0312349238 | ||
| Nelscott, Kris | War At Home: Smokey Dalton | 0312325274 | |
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| Nichol, James W. | Midnight Cab | 1841956244 | ||
| Nicole, Christopher | The Falls of Death | 0727861492 | ||
| Nisbet, Jim | The Syracuse Codex | 093976752x | |
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| North, Oliver & Joe Musser | The Assassins | 0805425527 | ||
| Nugent, Andrew | The Four Courts Murder | 0312327587 | |
1st |
| Nykanen, Mark | Search Angel | 1401300197 | ||
| Ohlin, Alex | The Missing Person | 0375415246 | ||
| O'Hehir, Diana | Murder Never Forgets | 0425205851 | |
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| Oldham, Nick | Big City Jacks | 072786159x | ||
| Olson, Neil | The Icon | 0060748389 | 1st | |
| Olson, Karen E. | Sacred Cows | 0892960221 | 1st | |
| O'Neil, Tom | Shark Tank | 1416504486 | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts | 1st |
| O'Shaughnessy, Perri | Case of Lies: Nina Reilly | 0385337957 | ||
| Padura Fuentes, Leonardo | Adios Hemingway | 1841956422 | ||
| Page, Katherine Hall | The Body in the Snowdrift: Faith Fairchild | 0060525304 | Agatha Winner Best Novel | |
| Paige, Robin | Death at Blenheim Palace | 0425200353 | ||
| Paretsky, Sara | Fire Sale | 0399152792 | |
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| Parker, Barbara | Suspicion of Rage: Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana | 0525948058 | ||
| Parker, Robert B. | Cold Service: Spenser | 0399152407 | |
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| Parker, Robert B. | School Days: Spenser | 0399153233 | |
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| Parry, Owen | The Rebels of Babylon | 0060513926 | |
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| Patterson, James | Mary, Mary | 031615976x | ||
| Patterson, James | Lifeguard | 0316057851 | |
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| Patterson, James | 4th of July | 0316710601 | ||
| Patterson, James | Honeymoon | 0316710628 | ||
| Patterson, Richard North | Conviction | 0345450191 | |
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| Pawel, Rebecca | Watcher in the Pine | 156947379x | ||
| Pawson, Stuart | Over the Edge | 0749083026 | ||
| Pearce, Michael | A Dead Man in Istanbul | 0786715979 | ||
| Pearce, Michael | The Point in the Market: Mamur Zapt | 1590581377 | ||
| Pearson, Ridley | Cut and Run | 0786867624 | ||
| Pelecanos, George P. | Drama City | 0316608211 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
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| Penman, Sharon Kay | Prince of Darkness: A Medieval Mystery | 0399152563 | ||
| Penzler, Otto (ed) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 | 0618517448 | |
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| Penzler, Otto (ed) | Dangerous Women | 0892960043 | |
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| Perdue, Lewis | Perfect Killer | 0765301105 | ||
| Peritti, Frank E. | Monster | 084991180x | |
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| Perona, Tony | Angels Whisper | 1594142653 | ||
| Perry, Anne | Long Spoon Lane: Thomas Pitt | 0345469275 | ||
| Perry, Anne | Angels in the Gloom: World War I | 0345456564 | ||
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Serpent On the Crown: Amelia Peabody | 0060591781 | |
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| Petit, Caroline | Fat Man's Daughter | 1569473870 | ||
| Pickens, Cathy | Done Gone Wrong: Avery Andrews | 0312343094 | ||
| Pilkington, John | The Mapmaker's Daughter | 0727861603 | |
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| Pinerio, R.J. | Havoc | 0765308339 | ||
| Porter, Don | Deadly Detail | 1590581911 | ||
| Posadas, Carmen | The Last Resort | 0375508864 | |
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| Poulson, Christine | Stage Fright: A Cambridge Mystery (Cassandra James) | 0312340745 | ||
| Powell, J. Mark & L. D. Meagher | The Curse of Cain | 1st | ||
| Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child | Dance of Death | 0446576972 | |
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| Preston, Douglas J. | Tyrannosaur Canyon | 0765311046 | LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Pronzini, Bill | Nightcrawlers: Nameless | 0765309319 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Quinn, Peter | Hour of the Cat | 1585675970 | ||
| Rabb, Jonathan | Rosa | 1400049210 | |
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| Rabe, Peter | Murder Me for Nickels/Benny Muscles In (paper) | 0974943843 | |
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| Ramsay, Frederick | Secrets | 1590581881 | ||
| Rand, Naomi R. | It's Raining Men: Emma Price | 0060723718 | ||
| Randisi, Robert J. and Christine Matthews | Same Time, Same Murder: Gil and Claire Hunt | 031231728x | ||
| Rankin, Ian | Fleshmarket Alley: Rebus | 0316095656 | Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer | Six for Gold | 1590581458 | ||
| Rehder, Ben | Guilt Trip: Blanco County (John Marlin) | 0312321333 | ||
| Reich, Christopher | The Patriots Club | 0385337280 | ||
| Reichs, Kathy | Cross Bones | 0743233484 | ||
| Rendell, Ruth | 13 Steps Down | 1400098424 | |
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| Rhoades, J. D. | The Devil's Right Hand | 0312334192 | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
1st |
| Rice, Christopher | Light Before Day | 1401300391 | ||
| Riehl, Gene | Sleeper | 0312310536 | ||
| Riggs, Cynthia | The Paperwhite Narcisus: Martha's Vineyard Mystery (Victoria Trumbull) | 0312339836 | ||
| Rimington, Stella | At Risk | 1st | ||
| Riordan, Rick | Mission Road: Tres Navarre | 0553801856 | ||
| Ripley, Ann | Summer Garden Murder | 0758208170 | ||
| Ripley, Mike | Angel in the House | 0749082259 | ||
| Robb, J.D. | Survivor in Death: Eve Dallas | 0399152083 | ||
| Robb, J.D. | Immortal in Death: Eve Dallas | 0399151591 | ||
| Robb, J.D. | Origin in Death | 039915289x | ||
| Roberts, John Maddox | SPQR IX: The Princess and The Pirates: Decius Caecilius Metellus | |||
| Robinson, Patrick | Hunter Killer | 0060746890 | ||
| Robinson, Peter | Strange Affair: A Novel of Suspense | 0060544333 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Robotham, Michael | The Suspect | 0385508611 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels Kirkus Best Mysteries |
1st |
| Roby, Kinley | Now Comes Death: Harry Brock | 1594142874 | |
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| Rollins, James | Map of Bones | 0060763876 | ||
| Roosevelt, Kermit | In the Shadow of the Law | 0374261873 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
1st |
| Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor | Sullivan's Justice | 0758206194 | ||
| Rosenfelt, David | Sudden Death | 0892967838 | |
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| Ross, Joel N. | Double Cross Blind | 0385513887 | |
1st |
| Rowe, Rosemary | The Chariots of Calyx (paper) | 0747265194 | |
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| Rowland, Laura Joh | The Assassin's Touch: Sano/Reiko | 0312319002 | ||
| Rowlands, Betty | Deadly Obsession | 0727861514 | ||
| Rucka, Greg | Private Wars: Tara Chase | 0553802771 | ||
| Rudolph, Penny | Thicker Than Blood | 1590581482 | |
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| Rusch, Sheldon | For Edgar | 042520409x | Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Russell, Kirk | Dead Game: John Marquez | 0811850781 | Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Sallis, James | Drive | 1590581814 | Washington Post Book World Raves Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Sampson, Catherine | Out of Mind | 0892968141 | ||
| Sandford, John | Broken Prey | 0399152725 | |
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| Sanghoee, Sanjay | Merger | 0765311127 | ||
| Sansom, C.J. | Dark Fire: Matthew Shardlake | 0670033723 | ||
| Santlofer, Jonathan | The Killing Art | 0060541075 | ||
| Satterthwait, Walter | Cavalcade: Turner and Beaumont | 0312339747 | ||
| Saylor, Steven | A Gladiator Dies Only Once: Gordianus the Finder | 0312271204 | |
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| Schafer, Dylan | I Right the Wrongs: Gordon Seegerman | 1582445066 | ||
| Schlink, Bernhard | Self's Punishment (paper) | 037570907x | Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels |
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| Schwegel, Theresa | Officer Down | 0312343140 | Edgar Winner Best First Novel | 1st |
| Schweizer, Mark | The Tenor Wore Tapshoes (paper) | Dilys Nominee | ||
| Scoppettone, Sandra | This Dame for Hire | 034547810x | |
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| Scottoline, Lisa | Devil's Corner | 0060742887 | ||
| Sefton, Maggie | Knit One, Kill Two (paper) | 042520359x | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Seymour, Gerald | The Unknown Soldier | 1585676349 | Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers |
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| Shannon, John | Dangerous Games: Jack Liffey | 078671543x | |
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| Sharp, Zoe | First Drop | 0312341695 | |
1st |
| Sheehan, James | The Mayor of Lexington Avenue (paper) | 097674421x | |
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| Shelby, Jeff | Killer Swell: Noah Braddock | 0525948805 | |
1st |
| Sholes, Lynne & Joe More | The Grail Conspiracy (paper) | 0738707872 | |
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| Sidor, Steven | The Bone Factory | 0312329512 | ||
| Siegel, James | Detour | 0446531855 | |
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| Silva, Daniel | Prince of Fire | 0399152431 |
Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers |
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| Simon, Clea | Mew for Murder: Theda Krakow | 1590581652 | ||
| Simon, Michael | Body Scissors | 0670034436 | ||
| Skibbins, David | Eight of Swords | 0312339062 | Winner Minotaur/Malice Best First Traditional Mystery Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Slaughter, Karin | Faithless | 0385339453 | ||
| Sloane, Kit | Extreme Cuisine (paper) | 193075468x | |
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| Smiley, Patricia | Cover Your Assets | 0892960191 | ||
| Smith, Gregory Blake | The Madonna of Las Vegas | 1400081866 | ||
| Smith, Julie | P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof: Talba Wallis | 0765312557 | ||
| Smith, Mark Haskell | Delicious | 0871138840 | ||
| Smith, Peter Moore | Los Angeles | 0316803928 | ||
| Smith, Wilbur | The Triumph of the Sun | 0312318405 | ||
| Spedding, Sally | A Night With No Stars | 0749083123 | ||
| Spencer, Sally | Blackstone and the Golden Egg | 0727861611 | ||
| Spencer-Fleming, Julia | To Darkness and To Death: Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne | 0312334850 | Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Spiegelman, Peter | Death's Little Helpers | 1400040795 | |
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| Spignesi, Stephen | Dialogues: A Novel of Suspense | 0553804014 | 1st | |
| Spindler, Erica | Killer Takes All | 077832186x | ||
| Sprague, Gretchen | Death by Thunder | 0312347677 | |
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| Staeger, Will | Painkiller | 0060765860 | 1st | |
| Staincliffe, Cath | Blue Murder: Cry Me a River: Dt Chief Insp Janine Lewis | 0749083409 | ||
| Starling, Boris | Vodka | 0525947701 | ||
| Steinhauer, Olen | 36 Yalta Boulevard | 0312332017 | Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels |
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| Stella, Charlie | Cheapskates | 0786714794 | ||
| Stevenson, William | Spymistress | |||
| Stewart, Chris | The Fourth War | 0312286465 | ||
| Stewart, Mariah | Dead End | 0345483812 | ||
| Stone, Eric | The Living Room of the Dead | 0765312972 | 1st | |
| Strieber, Anne | Little Town Lies | 0765310945 | ||
| Stroby, Wallace | The Heartbreak Lounge: Harry Raine | 0312300956 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Strohmeyer, Sarah | Bubbles Betrothed | 0525948643 | ||
| Sullivan, Eugene | The Majority Rules | |||
| Swain, James | Mr. Lucky: Tony Valentine | 0345475445 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Swierczynski, Duane | The Wheelman | 0312343779 | ||
| Swindells, Madge | Ripples On a Pond | 0749083670 | |
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| Taichert, Pari Noskin | The Belen Hitch: Sasha Solomon | 0826339158 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Tallman, Shirley | The Russian Hill Murders: Sarah Woolson | 0312328575 | |
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| Tanenbaum, Robert K. | Fury | 0743452909 | ||
| Tapply, William G. | Last Legs: Brady Coyne | 978312337445 | ||
| Tapply, William G. | Nervous Water: Brady Coyne | 0312337442 | ||
| Taylor, Elaine | Final Betrayal | 1416508007 | ||
| Taylor, Sarah Stewart | Judgment of the Grave: Sweeney St. George | 978337391 | ||
| Terrenoire, David | Beneath a Panamanian Moon | 1st | ||
| Thomas, Scarlett | Seaside: Lily Pascale | 193211209x | ||
| Thor, Brad | Blowback | 0743271157 | ||
| Thurlo, Aimee & David | White Thunder: Ella Clah | 0765311747 | ||
| Thurlo, Aimee & David | Pale Death | 0765313855 | ||
| Tierney, Ron | Nickel Plated Soul | 0727861735 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Tillman, Lisa | Blood Relations (paper) | 1591331226 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Tishy, Cecelia | Now You See Her | 089296796x | ||
| Todd, Charles | A Cold Treachery: Ian Rutledge | 0553803492 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Tope, Rebecca | A Cotswald Ordeal | 0749083492 | ||
| Tracy, P.J. | Dead Run | 0399152466 | ||
| Tremayne, Peter | Badger's Moon: Fidelma of Cashel | 0312323417 | ||
| Trobaugh, Augusta | The Tea Olive Bird Watching Society | 0525948791 | |
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| Trow, M.J. | Maxwell's Grave | 0749083662 | ||
| Truman, Margaret | Murder at the Tribune: Capital Crimes | 0345478193 | ||
| Turnbull, Peter | The Legacy | 0749083131 | ||
| Turnbull, Peter | Hopes and Fears | 0749083220 | ||
| Turow, Scott | Ordinary Heroes | 0374184216 | |
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| Tusset, Pablo | The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant (paper) | 1841957151 | Booklist Best Crime Debuts |
1st |
| Twelve Hawks, John | The Traveler | 038551428x | Booklist Best Crime Debuts |
1st |
| Twining, James | The Double Eagle | 0060762098 | 1st | |
| Ure, Louise | Forcing Amaryllis | 0892960094 | |
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| Vachss, Andrew | Two Trains Running | 1400043816 | |
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| Villatoro, Marcos M. | Venom Beneath the Skin: Romilia Chacon | 1932112375 | ||
| Vincent, E. Duke | Mafia Summer: The Ballad of Sidney Butcher | 1582345007 | ||
| Visman, Janni | Yellow | 0670034029 | |
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| Wait, Lea | Shadows at the Spring Show: Antique Print | 0743249518 | ||
| Waiwaiole, Lono | Wiley's Refrain | 0312349092 | ||
| Walker, David J. | All the Dead Fathers: Wild Onion, LTD | 0312334540 | ||
| Wall, Kathryn R. | Resurrection Road: Bay Tanner | 0312337930 | ||
| Walpow, Nathan | The Manipulated: Joe Portugal | 0975850326 | ||
| Walsh, Marcie & Michael Malone | The Killing Club | 1401301568 | ||
| Walter, Jess | Citizen Vince | 0060394412 | Edgar Winner Best Novel |
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| Wan, Michelle | Deadly Slipper: Death in the Dordogne | 0385514573 | 1st | |
| Webber, Heather S. | Trouble in Spades: Nina Quinn (paper) | 0060723483 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Weber, Richard | Miss Gazillions | 0312331401 | |
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| Weinberger, Casper and Peter Schweizer | Chain of Command | 074343773x | |
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| Weiner, Andrew | Getting Near the End | 0889953074 | ||
| Weiner, Ellis | The Big Boat To Bye-bye | 0451213963 | ||
| Weisman, John | Direct Action: Covert War | 0060757515 | ||
| Well, Chris | Forgiving Solomon Long (paper) | 0736914056 | |
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| Welsh, Louise | Tamburlaine Must Die | |||
| Westlake, Donald E. | Watch Your Back! Dortmunder | 0892968028 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Whitcomb, Christopher | White | 0316600806 | ||
| White, Kate | Over Her Dead Body: Bailey Wiggins | 0446531766 | |
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| White, Randy Wayne | Dead of Night | 039915244x | ||
| White, Stephen | Missing Persons | 0525948597 | ||
| Wildwind, Sharon | Some Welcome Home: Elizabeth Pepperhawk/Avivah Rosen | 1594142750 | |
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| Wilhelm, Kate | The Price of Silence | 0778322165 | ||
| Williamson, Penelope | The Accident | 0446528420 | ||
| Willig, Lauren | The Secret History of the Pink Carnation | 0525948600 | 1st | |
| Wilson, Derek | The Nature of Rare Things | 0786715642 | ||
| Wilson, F. Paul | Infernal: Repairman Jack | 0765312751 | ||
| Wilson, Robert | Vanished Hands | 0151008418 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Wilson, Robley | The World Still Mending | |||
| Winslow, Don | Power of the Dog | 0375405380 | Dilys Nominee |
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| Winspear, Jacqueline | Pardonable Lies: Maisie Dobbs | 0805078975 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Agatha Nominee Best Novel |
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| Wood, Lee | Kingdom of Lies: Keen Dunliffe & Jillie Waltham | 0312340303 | ||
| Woods, Stuart | Iron Orchid | 039915325x | ||
| Woods, Stuart | Two-Dollar Bill | 0399152512 | ||
| Woodworth, Stephen | With Red Hands(paper) | 0553586459 | ||
| Wright, Nancy Means | Mad Cow Nightmare: Ruth Wilmarth | 0312331339 | ||
| Wright, Nina | Whisky on the Rocks: Whiskey Mattimoe (paper) | 073870749x | |
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| Wyler, Allen | Deadly Errors | 0765313111 | ||
| Zevin, Gabrielle | Margarettown | 1401352421 | |
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| Zigal, Thomas | The White League | 1592641156 | ||
| Zubro, Mark Richard | Nerds Who Kill: Paul Turner | 0312333013 | ||
| Zuravleff, Mary Kay | The Bowl is Already Broken | 0374115710 |
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