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Some of the major hardcover titles (and a few paperbacks) scheduled for release in the U.S.
All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos. Older hotlists provide quick overviews of starred review titles and notable/award-winning fiction.
Hotlists 2008
Crime Fiction - embedded
May 08
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris
Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Skeleton at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
The Calling by Inger Wolfe
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
Black Out by Lisa Unger
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
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Crime Fiction
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Lists of selected "hot" crime fiction & notable titles.
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