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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 Hot List 1999 Authors A - L
Page Modified: April 14, 2008
| Author | Title | Date | Notes Stars of 1999 Links to Stars information - large files! |
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| Ablow, Keith R. | Projection: A Novel of Terror and Redemption | Sept | ||
| Abresch, Peter | Killing Thyme | Sept | ||
| Adams, Harold | Lead, So I Can Follow | Dec | ||
| Adams, Lydia | A Cat of One's Own: Alice Nestleton | Feb | ||
| Adler, Bill & Bruce Cassiday | Murder on the Internet | Sept | ||
| Aiello, Robert J. | The Deceivers | Aug | ||
| Aird, Catherine | Stiff News | Jan | ||
| Airth, Rennie | River of Darkness | June |  NYTBR Notable |
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| Albert, Susan Wittig | Lavender Lies: China Bayles | Oct | ||
| Alexander, Bruce | Death of Colonial: Sir John Fielding | Sept | ||
| Allen, Conrad | Murder on the Lusitania | Dec | ||
| Allen, Garrison | Movie Cat: Big Mike | May | ||
| Allen, Steve | Murder in Hawaii | Jan | ||
| Alten, Steve | Trench | June | ||
| Alvar, John | Prager's Pattern | Aug | ||
| Anaya, Rudolfo A. | Shaman Winter | Feb | ||
| Andrews, Donna | Murder with Peacocks | Jan | |
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| Andrews, Russell | Gideon | June | ||
| Andrews, Sarah | Bone Hunter | Sept | |
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| Anthony, Sterling | Cookie Cutter | Nov | ||
| Arnott, Jake | Long Firm | Sept | |
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| Asbaugh, Regan | In the Red | May | ||
| Ashford, Jeffrey | Loyal Disloyalty | Jan | ||
| Ashour, Linda Phillips | A Comforting Lie | Aug | ||
| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity's Christmas | Oct | ||
| Atkins, Charles | Risk Factor | Oct | ||
| Atwood, Russell | East of A | Feb | |
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| Aubert, Rosemary | The Feast of Stephen: Ellis Portal | May | |
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| Babson, Marion | Company of Cats | March | ||
| Bahr, Arthur W. | Certifiably Insane | March | ||
| Baker, Lise S. | The Loser's Club | Dec | ||
| Baldacci, David | Saving Faith | Nov | ||
| Ballard, Mignon F. | Angel at Troublesome Creek | Nov | ||
| Bambara, Toni Cade | Those Bones are Not My Child | Oct | |
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| Banks, Carolyn | Mr Right (reprint) | April | ||
| Bannister, Jo | The Hireling's Tale | Dec | ||
| Bannister, Jo | Broken Lines | March |
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| Barnard, Robert | The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori | April | |
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| Barnes, Linda | Flashpoint: Carlotta Carlyle | Sept | ||
| Barr, Nevada | Liberty Falling | March |
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| Barre, Richard | Blackheart Highway | June | ||
| Barry, Dave | Big Trouble | Sept | |
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| Baricco, Alessandro | Ocean Sea | Feb | ||
| Barron, Stephanie | Jane and the Genius of the Place: Jane Austin | Jan | ||
| Bartholomew, Nancy | Dragstrip | Sept |
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| Beaton, M. C. | Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden | Dec | ||
| Beaton, M.C. | A Highland Christmas | Nov | ||
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of an Addict | May | |
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| Beaton, M.C. | Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham | April | ||
| Beaufort, Simon | Head for Poisoning | June | ||
| Beck, K. K. | The Revenge of Kali-Ra | March | |
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| Beechy, Alan | Murdering Ministers | Nov | ||
| Bell, Nancy | Biggie and the Meddlesome Mailman | Nov | ||
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | Lady Vanishes: Rachel Alexander and Dash | Nov | ||
| Bennett, Ronan | The Catastrophist | Sept | |
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| Benson, Raymond | High Time to Kill: Bond | June | ||
| Bernhardt, William | Dark Justice | Jan | ||
| Binding, Tim | Lying With the Enemy | Nov |
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| Black, Cara | Murder in the Marais | July | |
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| Black, Edwin | Format C | May | ||
| Black, Ethan | The Broken Hearts Club | Feb | |
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| Blackthorn, John | Sins of the Fathers | Jan | |
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| Blaine, Michael | The Desperate Season | Sept | ||
| Blake, Michelle | The Tentmaker: Lilly Connor | Sept | ||
| Blanchard, Alice | Darkness Peering | Aug | NYTBR Notable |
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| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | Tell No Tales | Feb | ||
| Blank, Hannah | A Murder of Convenience | Dec | ||
| Blauner, Peter | The Man of the Hour | April | |
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| Blaylock, James P. | The Rainy Season | Aug | |
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| Block, Barbara | Endangered Species: Robin Light | Sept | ||
| Block, Lawrence (ed) | Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them | Nov | ||
| Block, Lawrence | The Burglar in the Rye: Bernie Rodenbarr | June | |
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| Block, Lawrence (ed) | Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas | May | ||
| Booth, Martin | Industry of Souls | Oct | PW Best Books Booklist Editors' Choice |
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| Borthwick, J.S. | My Body Lies Over the Ocean | Feb | ||
| Bowen, Michael | Collateral Damage | June | ||
| Bowen, Peter | Long Son | April | |
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| Bowen, Rhys | Evanly Choirs | May | ||
| Boyle, Alistair | Ship Shapely | Aug | ||
| Boyle, Randall | Katastrophe | Oct | ||
| Bradley, James | Wrack | May | |
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| Brady, James | The House That Ate the Hamptons | June | ||
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | The Cat Who Robbed a Bank | Dec | ||
| Braun, Lillian Jackson | Cat Who Saw Stars | Jan | ||
| Brewer, Sandra | Murder for Beltene | Oct | ||
| Brett, Simon | Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honor | Oct | ||
| Brewer, Steve | Dirty Pool | March | ||
| Briody, Thomas Gately | Rogue's Regatta | Nov | ||
| Brock, Pope | Indiana Gothic: A Novel of an American Murder | May | ||
| Brown, Dale | Battle Born | Nov | ||
| Brown, Gerald | Rush 929 | Sept | ||
| Brown, Rita Mae | Sneaky Pie's Cookbook for Mystery Lovers | May | ||
| Brown, Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie | Cat on the Scent | March | ||
| Brown, Sandra | The Alibi | Sept | ||
| Bryers, Paul | Prayer of the Bone | May | |
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| Buchanan, Edna | Garden of Evil: Britt Montero | Oct |
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| Buffa, D.W. | The Prosecution: A Legal Thriller | July | ||
| Burke, James Lee | Heartwood (Billy Bob Holland) | Sept | NYTBR Notable |
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| Burke, Jan | Bones: Irene Kelly | Sept | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
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| Butler, Gwendoline | Coffin's Games | July | ||
| Cameron, Stella | Key West | Oct | ||
| Cannell, Dorothy | The Trouble With Harriet: Ellie Haskell | May | ||
| Cannell, Stephen J. | The Devil's Workshop | Sept | ||
| Carlon, Patricia | The Price of an Orphan | Oct |
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| Carter, Charlotte | Coq Au Vin | Feb | |
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| Caunitz, William | Chains of Command | Sept | NYTBR Notable |
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| Cecilone, Michael | Muse | July | ||
| Champion, David | Phantom Virus | Jan | ||
| Charles, Paul | Fountain of Sorrow | March |
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| Charyn, Jerome | Citizen Sidel | Jan | |
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| Child, Lee | Tripwire | June | |
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| Chittenden, Margaret | Don't Forget to Die | July | ||
| Christie, Agatha | The Unexpected Guest | Oct | ||
| Christofferson, April | The Protocol | Oct | ||
| Churchill, Jill | A Groom with a View: Jane Jeffry | Oct | ||
| Clark, Mary Higgins | We'll Meet Again | April | ||
| Clark, Mary Jane | Do You Promise Not to Tell | Aug | ||
| Cleary, Jon | Five-Ring Circus: Scobie Malone | March | ||
| Cobb, James H. | West on 66 | Sept | ||
| Cobb, William | A Spring of Souls | Oct | ||
| Coben, Harlan | The Final Detail | July | |
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| Coel, Margaret | The Lost Bird | Oct | |
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| Coffey Tom | The Serpent Club | June | |
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| Cole, Kevin | Misdirection | July | ||
| Coleridge, Nicholas | Street Smart | Aug | ||
| Collins, Max Allan | Majic Man: Nathan Heller | Sept | |
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| Conant, Susan | Evil Breeding: A Dog Lover's Mystery | March | ||
| Connelly, Michael | Angels Flight: Harry Bosch | Jan | ||
| Connolly, John | Every Dead Thing | May | |
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| Connor, Beverly | Skeleton Crew: Lindsey Chamberlain | Oct |
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| Constantine, K.C. | Blood Mud | April |
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| Cook, Robin | Vector | Feb | |
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| Coonts, Stephen | Cuba | Aug | |
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| Cooper, Natasha | Creeping Ivy | Aug | ||
| Corcoran, Tom | Gumbo Limbo | Sept | |
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| Cordy, Michael | Crime Zero | July | ||
| Corn, David | Deep Background | Sept | ||
| Cornwell, Patricia | Black Notice: Kay Scarpetta | July | |
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| Cornwell, Patricia | Southern Cross - Andy Brazil | Jan | ||
| Corpi, Lucha | Black Widow's Wardrobe (trade paper) | Sept | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Cosgrove, Thomas | The Last Climb: A Novel of Suspense | March | ||
| Cosin, Elizabeth | Zen and the City of Angels | Oct | ||
| Craft, Michael | Body Language: Mark Manning | June | ||
| Craig, Philip | A Fatal Vineyard Season | June | ||
| Crais, Robert | L. A. Requeim | July | |
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| Crais, Robert | Devil's Cantina: Elvis Cole | Feb - cancelled (see L.A. Requiem) | ||
| Crichton, Michael | Timeline | Nov |
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| Crider, Bill | Murder is an Art | April | ||
| Crombie, Deborah | Kissed a Sad Goodbye: Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James | April | |
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| Crum, Laura | Slickrock | Nov | ||
| Curzon, Clare | Cold Hands | Aug | ||
| Cussler, Clive | Atlantis Found: Dirk Pitt | Dec | ||
| D'Amato, Barbara | Help Me Please | Oct | ||
| D'Amato, Barbara | Hard Evidence: Cat Marsala | May | |
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| Dams, Jeanne M. | The Victim in Victoria Station: Dorothy Martin | Nov | ||
| Dams, Jeanne M. | Death in Lacquer Red: Hilda Johansson | May | |
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| Darden, Christopher/ Dick Lochte |
The Trials of Nikki Hill | March | ||
| Darnton, John | The Experiment | Sept | NYTBR Notable |
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| Davis, Lindsey | Two for the Lions: Didius Falco | Dec | ||
| Davis, Lindsey | Three Hands in the Fountain: Marcus Didius | April | |
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| Davis, Patrick A. | The Passenger | Aug | ||
| Day, Dianne | Death Train to Boston: Fremont Jones | Sept | ||
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Devil's Teardrop: A Novel of the Last Night of the Year | Aug | |
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| Dee, Ed | Nightbird | Oct | ||
| Deere, Dicey | Irish Cottage Murder | May | ||
| DeLoach, Nora | Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle | Jan | ||
| Dershowitz, Alan | Just Revenge | Sept | ||
| Deutermann, P.T. | Train Man | Sept | |
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| Deverell, Diana | Night on Fire | July | ||
| Dickinson, Peter | Some Deaths Before Dying | June | PW Best Books NYTBR Notable |
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| Dirgo, Craig | The Einstein Papers | June | ||
| Dobson, Joanne | The Raven and the Nightingale: A Modern Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe | Oct | ||
| Dobyns, Stephen | Boy in the Water | June | |
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| Doherty, P.C. | Mask of Ra | May | ||
| Dold, Gaylord | The Devil to Pay | Feb | |
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| Donovan, Truly | Chandler's Daughter | Oct | ||
| Dorsey, Tim | Florida Roadkill | Aug | ||
| Doss, James D. | The Night Visitor: A Shaman Mystery | Sept | ||
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit | Nov | ||
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Cat in an Indigo Mood | April | ||
| Douglas, John & Mark Olshaker | The Mindhunter: Broken Wings | Nov |
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| Draper, Robert | Hadrian's Walls | May |
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| Driver, Lee | The Good Die Twice | Nov | ||
| Dubois, Brendan | Resurrection Day | June | |
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| Dubois, Brendan | Shattered Shell | June | |
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| Du Brul, Jack | Charon's Landing | June | ||
| Dunbar, Sophie | Shiveree: An Eclaire Mystery | May | ||
| Dunn, Carola | Styx and Stones: Daisy Dalrymple | Aug | ||
| Durant, Isadore | Death Among the Fossils | March | ||
| Eccles, Marjorie | Killing Me Softly | Dec | ||
| Edmonds, Lucinda | Playing With Fire | Dec | ||
| Edwards, Grace F. | No Time to Die | June | ||
| Eidison, Bill | Frames Per Second | Oct | ||
| Egleton, Clive | Dead Reckoning | Nov | |
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| Elkins, Aaron | Loot | Feb |
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| Ellis, Kate | Merchant's House | May | |
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| Emerson, Kathy Lynn | Face Down Among the Winchester Geese | June | ||
| Engel, Howard | Murder in Montparnasse: A Literary Mystery of Paris | June | ||
| Estleman, Loren | Thunder City: A Novel of Detroit | Nov | ||
| Estleman, Loren | The Hours of the Virgin: Amos Walker | Aug | |
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| Evanovich, Janet | High Five (Stephanie Plum) | July | PW Best Books |
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| Everett, Gabriel | The Counterfeit Son | May | ||
| Faherty, Terence | Orion Rising: Owen Kean | July | ||
| Fairstein, Linda A. | Cold Hit | Aug | |
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| Fairweather, Lori | Blood & Water | March | ||
| Farris, John | Solar Eclipse | July | |
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| Farrow, John | City of Ice | May | |
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| Fawcett, Quinn | The Flying Scotsman | Oct | ||
| Fergusson, Bruce Chandler | The Piper's Sons | Feb | ||
| Fernald, Paul | Succubus | March | ||
| Ferrigno, Robert | Heartbreaker | May | |
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| Fesperson, Dan | Lie in the Dark | June | |
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| Flander, Scott | Sons of the City | July | ||
| Fleming, Thomas | Hours of Gladness | Nov | ||
| Flynn, Don | A Brand X Murder: Fitz Fitzgerald | Dec | ||
| Flynn, Vince | Transfer of Power | July | ||
| Foglia, Leonard/David Richards | Face Down in the Park | March | ||
| Ford, G.M. | Last Ditch: Leo Waterman | March | ||
| Forrest, Katherine V. | Sleeping Bones: Kate Delafield | Sept | ||
| Forsyth, Frederick | The Phantom of Manhattan | Nov | ||
| Fowler, Earlene | Mariner's Compass: Benni Harper | May | |
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| Francis, Dick | Second Wind | Sept | ||
| Franscell, Ron | The Deadline | Dec | ||
| Frazer, Margaret | The Reeve's Tale | Dec |
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| Fredrickson, Michael | A Cinderella Affidavit | May | ||
| French, Nicci | Killing Me Softly: A Novel of Obsession | July |
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| Frey, Stephen | The Insider | Sept | ||
| Freydont, Shelley | Back Stage Murder: Linda Haggerty | Oct | ||
| Friedman, Kinky | Spanking Watson | Sept | |
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| Friedman, Philip | No Higher Law | Dec | ||
| Frommer, Sara Hoskinson | The Vanishing Violinist | Sept | ||
| Fulton, Eileen | Soap Opera | June | ||
| Furutani, Dale | Jade Palace Vendetta: Samurai Mystery | July | |
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| Furst, Alan | Red Gold | April |
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| Garcia, Eric | Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story | Aug | |
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| Garcia_Aguilera, Carolina | Miracle in Paradise: Lupe Solano | Oct | ||
| Garland, Alex | The Tesseract | Feb | |
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| Gash, Jonathan | The Rich and the Profane: Lovejoy | April | |
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| Gaus, P.L. | Blood of the Prodigal: An Ohio Amish Mystery | June |
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| Gear, Kathleen & Michael | The Visitant | Aug | ||
| Gellis, Roberta | A Mortal Bane | Sept | ||
| George, Anne | Murder Shoots the Bull | June | ||
| George, Elizabeth | In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner | Oct | |
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| Gerritsen, Tess | Gravity | Sept | |
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| Gilman, Dorothy | Thale's Folly | March | ||
| Girdner, Jacqueline | Murder on the Astral Plane | April | ||
| Glass, Leslie | Stealing Time | Feb | ||
| Goddard, Ken | First Evidence | June | ||
| Goddard, Robert | Caught in the Light | April | |
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| Gordon, Alan | Thirteenth Night: Medieval Mystery | Jan | |
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| Gores, Joe | Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes & Their Punishments | Sept | ||
| Gores, Joe | Cases | Jan | |
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| Gorman, Ed | The Day the Music Died: Sam McCain | Jan | ||
| Gorman, Ed | Night Kills | Feb | ||
| Goulart, Ron | Elementary, My Dear Groucho | Nov | ||
| Goulart, Ron | Groucho Marx: Private Eye | April | ||
| Grace, Tom | Spyder Web | Jan | ||
| Grafton, Sue | O Is for Outlaw | Oct | PW Best Books NYTBR Notable |
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| Graham, Caroline | A Place of Safety | Sept |
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| Granger, Ann | Call the Dead Again | May | ||
| Grant, Sara | From Closet to Casket | June | ||
| Graysmith, Robert | Ghost Fleet | Dec | ||
| Greeley, Andrew | Irish Mist: Nuala Anne McGrail | March | ||
| Green, Terence M. | Witness to Life | April | ||
| Green, Tim | Double Reverse | Aug | ||
| Greenleaf, Stephen | Strawberry Sunday: Marshall Tanner | Feb |
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| Griffin, W.E.B. | The Soldier Spies | June | ||
| Grimes, Martha | The Lamora Wink: Richard Jury | Sept | ||
| Grimes, Martha | Biting the Moon: A Mystery | April | ||
| Griner, Paul | Collectors | Sept | ||
| Grippando, James | Found Money | Feb | ||
| Grisham, John | Testament | March | |
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| Groom, Winston | Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl | March | ||
| Gulliver, Neil and Stevie Marriner | The Elvis and Marilyn Affair | Sept | ||
| Gur, Batya | Murder Duet | Oct |
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| Hackman, Gene | Wake of the Perdido Star | Nov | ||
| Hagberg, David | White House | Aug | ||
| Hall, Parnell | A Clue for the Puzzle Lady | Nov | ||
| Hall, Patricia | Perils of the Night | Jan | |
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| Hambly, Barbara | Graveyard Dust | Aug | ||
| Hamill, Denis | Throwing 7's | March | ||
| Hamilton, Lyn | The Moche Warrior | April | ||
| Hammett, Dashiell | Nightmare Town: Stories | Sept | ||
| Hammond, Gerald | Twice Bitten | Dec | ||
| Hannah, Janet | The Wish to Kill: Alex Kertesz | Nov | ||
| Hardwick, Gary | Supreme Justice | July | ||
| Harlow, Bill | Circle William | Feb | ||
| Harper, Karen | The Poyson Garden | Feb | LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Harrington, Jonathan | The Second Sorrowful Mystery | June | ||
| Harris, Charlaine | A Fool and His Honey | Sept | |
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| Harris, Richard | Archangel | Feb |
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| Harris, Thomas | Hannibal | June 8th | NYTBR Notable |
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| Harrison, Colin | Afterburn | Dec | ||
| Harrison, Janis | Roots of Murder | July | ||
| Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Shallow Grave: Bill Slider | Aug | |
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| Harstad, Donald | Known Dead: Carl Houseman | July | |
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| Hart, Carolyn G. | White Elephant Dead: Death on Demand | Sept | ||
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Death on the River Walk: Henrie O. | March | ||
| Hart, Ellen | Hunting the Witch | Sept | ||
| Harvey, John | Now's the Time: Complete Resnick Short Stories | Sept | |
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| Harvey, John | Last Rites | May | |
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| Hautman, Pete | Mrs. Million | March | |
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| Havill, Steven | Out of Season | Oct |
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| Hawksley, Humphrey & Simon Holberton | Dragon Strike | Nov | ||
| Hayter, Sparkle | The Chelsea Girl Murders: Robin Hudson | postponed | ||
| Haywood, Gar Anthony | All the Lucky Ones are Dead: Aaron Gunner | Oct | ||
| Healy, Jeremiah | Spiral: John Francis Cuddy | Aug | ||
| Hegwood, Martin | Big Easy Backroad | July | ||
| Heller, Jane | Sis Boom Bah | May | ||
| Hendricks, Vicki | Iguana Love | Oct | ||
| Henrick, Richard P. | Nightwatch | July | ||
| Henry, April | Circles of Confusion: Claire Montrose | Feb | ||
| Henry, Sue | Murder on the Yukon Quest | July | ||
| Hernon, Peter | 8.4 | Feb | |
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| Hess, Joan | Misery Loves Maggody | Jan |
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| Hetzer, Michael | The Forbidden Zone | Feb | ||
| Hewson, David | Solstice | July | ||
| Hickam, Homer H. | Back to the Moon | July | ||
| Hill, Reginald | Singing the Sadness: Joe Sixsmith | Sept | ||
| Hill, Reginald | Arms and the Women: Dalziel/Pascoe | Oct | PW Best Books |
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| Higgins, George V. | The Agent | Jan | |
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| Higgins, Jack | The White House Connection | May | ||
| Hill, Linda | Change of Heart | May | ||
| Hoag, Tami | Ashes to Ashes | April | |
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| Hodge, Brian | Wild Horses | March | ||
| Holden, Craig | Four Corners of Night | Jan |
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| Holt, A. J. | Catch Me | Aug | ||
| Holton, Hugh | The Left Hand of God: Larry Cole | Feb | ||
| Holtzer, Susan | Silly Season | Feb | ||
| Hooper, Kay | Haunting Rachel | Jan | ||
| Horrock, Henry | Potomac Fever | May | |
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| Housewright, David | Dearly Departed: Holland Taylor | Oct | ||
| Howard, Linda | All the Queen's Men | Aug | ||
| Huggins, James Byron | Hunter | Jan | ||
| Hunt, E. Howard | Sonora: Jack Novak | OCt | ||
| Hunt, E. Howard | Guilty Knowledge | June | ||
| Hunter, Fred | Ransom Unpaid | Nov | ||
| Hunter, Fred | Capitol Queers | June | ||
| Hunter, Fred | Ransom for a Killing | Feb | ||
| Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew | The Tower | April | ||
| Huston, James W. | The Price of Power | June | sequel to Balance of Power | |
| Iakova, Takis & Judy | There Lies a Hidden Scorpion | Oct | ||
| Iles, Greg | Quiet Game | Sept | ||
| Izzi, Eugene | Safe Harbor | Aug | ||
| Jacobs, Jonnie | Motion to Dismiss | March | ||
| Jacobson, Alan | False Accusations | March | ||
| James, Bill | Eton Crop: Harpur & Iles | Nov |
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| James, Bill | Lovely Mover | June | |
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| James, Bill | Top Banana: Harpur and Iles | Jan |
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| Jance, J. A. | Outlaw Mountain: Joanna Brady | July | ||
| Jance, J. A. | Breach of Duty: J.P. Beaumont | Feb | ||
| Janes, J. Robert | Mayhem | July | ||
| Johansen, Iris | The Killing Game | Oct | ||
| Johansen, Roy | The Answer Man | April | ||
| Johnson, Wayne | Don't Think Twice | June | |
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| Johnston, Paul | Body Politic | Aug | |
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| Jones, Matthew F. | Deepwater | Oct | |
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| Jones, Stan | White Sky, Black Ice | May | LJ Best Genre Fiction |
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| Jorgensen, Christine | Dead on Her Feet: Stella the Stargazer | May | ||
| Joseph, Mark | Deadline Y2K | Feb | ||
| Kadow, Jeannine | Burnout | March | ||
| Kaminsky, Howard and Susan | The Twelve | July | ||
| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Vengeance | Sept | |
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| Kaminsky, Stuart M. | Hidden, and Other Stories | Sept | ||
| Kanon, Joseph | The Prodigal Spy | Jan | ||
| Karaim, Reed | If Men Were Angels | May | ||
| Katzenbach, John | Hart's War | April | |
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| Kean, Rob | The Pledge | Aug | ||
| Keating, H.R.F. | Bribery, Corruption Also | Aug | ||
| Kellerman, Faye | Jupiter's Bones (Decker/Lazarus) | Aug | ||
| Kellerman, Jonathan | Monster: Alex Delaware | Dec |
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| Kellerman, Jonathan | Billy Straight | Jan |
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| Kelner, Toni | Death of a Damned Yankee: Laura Fleming | Aug | ||
| Kellog, Marne Davis | Birthday Party: Lilly Bennett | Dec | ||
| Kellog, Marne Davis | Nothing But Gossip: Lilly Bennett | Jan | ||
| Kelman, Judith | After the Fall | June | ||
| Kenney, Charles | The Son of John Devlin | Jan |
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| Kerr, Baine | Harmful Intent: A Legal Thriller of Medical Malpractice | April | |
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| Kerr, Philip | The Second Angel | Jan |
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| Kienzle, William X. | No Greater Love | March | ||
| Kihn, Greg | Mojo Hand | Nov | ||
| Kilmer, Nicholas | Dirty Linen: Fred Taylor | March | ||
| King, Benjamin | The Loki Project | Oct | ||
| King, Laurie | O Jerusalem: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes | June | ||
| King, Laurie R. | A Darker Place | March | ||
| King, Peter | Death Al Dente | April | ||
| Klaven, Andrew | Hunting Down Amanda | July | |
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| Klein, Dave | Fourth Down | Sept | |
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| Klemper, Joseph | Flat Lake in Winter | Jan | ||
| Kneif, Charles | Emerald Flash | April | ||
| Kohler, Sheila | Cracks | Sept | |
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| Koontz, Dean | Seize the Night (sequel to Fear Nothing) | Feb | ||
| Korelitz, Jean Haniff | Sabbathday River | April | |
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| Krich, Rochelle Majer | Blood Money | Feb |
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| Kruger, William Kent | Boundary Waters | May | ||
| Kumin, Maxine | Quit Monks or Die! | Sept | |
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| Labovitz, Trudy | Ordinary Justice | May | ||
| La Plante, Lynda | Cold Heart | March | ||
| Land, Jon | Dolphin Key | Nov | ||
| Land, Jon | Pillars of Solomon | March | ||
| Landesman, Peter | Blood Acre | Jan |
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| Langton, Jane | The Thief of Venice: Homer Kelly | June | |
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| Lanier, Virginia | 10 Little Bloodhounds | June | ||
| Lansdale, Joe R. | Freezer Burn | Sept | |
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| Lapierre, Janet | Baby Mine: Meg Halloran and Vince Gutierrez | Sept | ||
| Lardo, Vincent | The Hampton Affair | May | ||
| Latt, Mimi | Ultimate Justice | Aug | ||
| Lawrence, Martha | Aquarius Descending | Jan | ||
| Le Carre, John | Single and Single | March | NYTBR Notable |
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| Ledwidge, Michael S. | The Narrowback | Jan | |
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| Lee, Barbara | Dead Man's Fingers: Chesapeake Bay | May | ||
| Lee, Wendi | Deadbeat: Angela Matelli | Feb | ||
| Lehane, Dennis | Prayers for Rain: Kenzie and Gennaro | June | NYTBR Notable |
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| Leib, Franklin Allen | House of Pain | Jan | ||
| Leonard, Elmore | Be Cool | March | NYTBR Notable |
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| Lethem, Jonathan | Motherless Brooklyn | Oct | NYTBR Notable Booklist Editors' Choice Notable Books List |
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| Leuci, Robert | Blaze | Dec | ||
| Levinson, Robert S. | The Elvis and Marilyn Affair | Sept | |
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| Lewin, Michael Z. | Family Planning:Lunghi Family | Oct | ||
| Lindsey, David L. | The Color of Night | April | ||
| Linscott, Gillian | Absent Friends | May | ||
| Logue, Mary | Blood Country: Clare Watkins | Sept | ||
| Long, Jeff | The Descent | July | |
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| Lovisi, Gary | Blood in Brooklyn | Nov |
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