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Crime Fiction Hot Paperback List 2006: Authors M-Z
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A list of some of the paperbacks (trade and mass market) scheduled for release in the U.S. All information is subject to change and dyslexic typos. Arranged alphabetically by author.
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| Author | Title | isbn | $ | Date | Updated |
| Madigan, Dan | See No Evil | 1416520341 | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Malan, Violette | Dead in the Water: An Anthology of Canadian Mystery Fiction | 1894917375 | 14.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Mankell, Henning | Before the Frost | 1400095816 | 13 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Mariotte, Jeff | Dead Man's Hand: Las Vegas Novel 1 | 1416516786 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Martin, Nancy | Cross Your Heart And Hope to Die: A Blackbird Sisters Mystery | 045121532X | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Martin, Rosemary | Twist And Shout Murder: A Murder A-go-go Mystery | 0451218191 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Martinez, Michele | The Finishing School | 0060724013 | 7.99 | Dec-06 | March |
| Mathews, Francine | Blown | 0553586297 | 7.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Matthews, Christine (EDT) | Deadly Housewives | 0060853271 | 13.95 | May-06 | Jan |
| McBain, Ed | Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct | 0156032783 | 14 | Sep-06 | March |
| McBain, Ed | He Who Hesitates | 0380641984 | 3.5 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| McBain, Ed | Transgressions | 0765347504 | 7.99 | Aug-06 | March |
| McBride, Susan | The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club: A Debutante Dropout Mystery | 0060564083 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | Friends, Lovers, Chocolate | 1400077109 | 12.95 | Aug-06 | March |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | 140007570X | 12.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| McClure, Ken | Eye of the Raven | 0749082097 | 9.95 | May-06 | Jan |
| McDonald, Gregory | Fletch Reflected | 0375713506 | 12.95 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| McGown, Jill | Unlucky For Some | 0345476565 | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| McKinzie, Clinton | Badwater | 0440242193 | 6.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Meissner, Susan | Widows And Orphans | 0736919147 | 12.99 | Oct-06 | March |
| Meyers, Annette | Hedging: A Smith And Wetzon Mystery | 1410402355 | 13.95 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Miller, John Ramsey | Too Far Gone | 0440243092 | 6.99 | Aug-06 | March |
| Miller, Susan Cummins | Detachment Fault | 0425208931 | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Miyabe, Miyuki | Shadow Family | 4770030045 | 11.95 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Montalban, Manuel Vazquez | Man of My Life | 1852428465 | 15 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Montanari, Richard | The Rosary Girls | 0345470966 | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Moore, Sandra K. | Dead Reckoning | 037351414X | 4.99 | Jul-06 | March |
| Moore, steve | V for Vendetta | 1416516999 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Moorhouse, Frank | Satanic Killings | 0749081554 | 15.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Moreton, Casey | The Greater Good | 0743456580 | 7.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Morris, Mark | The Immaculate | 0843956704 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Mountain, Fiona | Bloodline: A Genealogical Mystery | 0451219341 | 6.99 | Sep-06 | March |
| Muller, Marcia | Cape Perdido | 0446614998 | 10.01 | Jul-06 | Jan |
| Murakami, Ryu | In the Miso Soup | 014303569X | 14 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Murphy, Margaret | Darkness Falls | 0843956496 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery | 0060578122 | 6.99 | Oct-06 | March |
| Myers, Tamar | Assault And Pepper | 0451215672 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Myers, Tamar | The Cane Mutiny | 0060535199 | 6.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Nance, John J. | Saving Cascadia | 0743476611 | 7.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Neate, Patrick | City of Tiny Lights | 1594481865 | 14 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Neggers, Carla | Breakwater | 0778322378 | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Nevins, Francis M. | Tonight, Somewhere in New York | 0786717971 | 14.95 | Jul-06 | March |
| Noble, Diane | The Butterfly Farm | 1400070392 | 13.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Olson, Neil | The Icon | 0060748397 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| O'Shaughnessy, Perri | Case of Lies | 0440241820 | 7.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Page, Katherine Hall | The Body in the Snowdrift: A Faith Fairchild Mystery | 0060525320 | 6.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Palmer, Rob | No Time to Hide | 0843956674 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Parker, I. J. | Rashomon Gate | 0143035606 | 13 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Passero, Kathy | Laguna Beach: Life Inside the Bubble | 1416531726 | 12.95 | May-06 | March |
| Patton, Jim | Dying for Dana | 0765345633 | 8.95 | Jan-09 | Jan |
| Pawel, Rebecca | Watcher in the Pine | 1569474095 | 12 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Pearson, Ridley | Cut And Run | 0786890029 | 7.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Pelecanos, George P. | Drama City | 0446611441 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Pelecanos, George P. (EDT) | Dc Noir | 1888451904 | 14.95 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Pence, Joanne | Red Hot Murder: An Angie Amalfi Mystery | 0060758058 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Pence, Joanne | The Da Vinci Cook: An Angie Amalfi Mystery | 0060758066 | 6.99 | Dec-06 | March |
| Perez-Reverte, Arturo | Club Dumas | 015603283X | 14 | May-06 | Jan |
| Perry, Anne | Long Spoon Lane: A Charlotte And Thomas Pitt Novel | 0345469283 | 7.5 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Mummy Case | 0060878118 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Peters, Elizabeth | The Serpent on the Crown | 006059179X | 9.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Prabhu, Manjiri | The Astral Alibi | 0440241731 | 6.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Purser, Ann | Fear on Friday | 0425212254 | 6.99 | Sep-06 | March |
| Purser, Ann | Theft on Thursday | 0425207471 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Rabb, Jonathan | Rosa | 0307336190 | 14 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Rand, Naomi | It's Raining Men | 0060723742 | 6.99 | Nov-06 | March |
| Rankin, Ian | Fleshmarket Alley: An Inspector Rebus Novel | 0316010405 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Reichs, Kathy | Bones | 1416524614 | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Rhodes, Evie | Criss Cross | 0758208723 | 14 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Riehl, Gene | Sleeper | 0312987730 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Riordan, Rick | Mission Road | 0553583263 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Riskin, Boris | Scrambled Eggs | 1410402614 | 13.95 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Rivas, Manuel | In the Wilderness | 1585677558 | 14.95 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Roberts, Gillian | Till the End of Tom: An Amanda Pepper Mystery | 0449007375 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Roberts, John Maddox | Spqr IX: The Princess And the Pirates | 0312337248 | 12.95 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Robins, Madeleine E. | Petty Treason | 0765343061 | 6.99 | May-06 | March |
| Robinson, Peter | Strange Affair | 0060544341 | 7.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Rollins, James | Map of Bones | 0060765240 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Roos, Kelley | If the Shroud Fits | 0915230925 | 14.95 | May-06 | Jan |
| Roper, Gayle | Allah's Fire | 1590524055 | 12.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Rosenberg, Joel | Home Front | 0765344173 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Saintcrow, Lilith | Working for the Devil: A Dante Valentine Novel | 0446616702 | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Sallis, James | Drive | 0156030322 | 13 | Sep-06 | March |
| Saulnier, Beth | Ecstasy | 0446613703 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Scherf, Margaret | Glass on the Stairs | 0915230909 | 14.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Scoppettone, Sandra | This Dame For Hire | 0345478118 | 6.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Scott, James | Presumed Guilty | 0310253314 | 12.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Shattuck, Shari | Loaded | 1416514945 | 13 | Feb-07 | Jan |
| Short, Sharon | Hung Out to Die: A Stain-busting Mystery | 0060793244 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Skillings, Judith | Driven to Murder | 0060583207 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Slaughter, Karin | Faithless | 0440242916 | 7.99 | Jul-06 | Jan |
| Smartt, Madison Bell | Straight Cut | 0843955929 | 6.99 | May-06 | March |
| Smiley, Patricia | Cover Your Assets | 044661629X | 10 | Nov-06 | Jan |
| Smith, Brad | Busted Flush | 0312425678 | 14 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Smith, Julie | P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof: A Talba Wallis Novel | 0765351145 | 7.99 | Aug-06 | March |
| Smith, Martin Cruz | Wolves Eat Dogs | 0671775952 | 14 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Sniegoski, Tom | The God Machine | 1416507841 | 7.99 | Jul-06 | March |
| Speart, Jessica | Unsafe Harbor: A Rachel Porter Mystery | 0060559616 | 6.99 | Oct-06 | March |
| Spencer-Fleming, Julia | To Darkness And to Death | 0312988877 | 6.99 | May-06 | March |
| Spiegelman, Peter | Death's Little Helpers | 1400033608 | 13.95 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Spignesi, Stephen J. | Dialogues | 0553587587 | 12 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Sprinkle, Patricia | Did You Declare the Corpse?: A Thoroughly Southern Mystery | 0451217802 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Sprinkle, Patricia Houck | Death on the Family Tree | 0060819685 | 6.99 | Dec-06 | March |
| Stacey, Lyndon | Outside Chance | 009946344X | 8.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Staeger, Will | Painkiller | 0060765887 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Stanley, Jennifer | A Killer Collection: A Collectible Mystery | 0425207455 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Stansberry, Domenic | Chasing the Dragon | 0312324685 | 13.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Stark, Richard | Lemons Never Lie | 0843955945 | 6.99 | Jul-06 | March |
| Starr, Jason | Lights Out | 1400075076 | 12 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Staub, Wendy Corsi | The Last to Know | 0821779796 | 4.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Steiner, Barbara | 23 Shadow Street: Deadly Dreams | 1596873299 | 8.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Stewart, Mariah | Dead End | 0345483820 | 7.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Stewart, Mike | A Clean Kill | 0440241340 | 6.5 | May-06 | Jan |
| Stroby, Wallace | The Heartbreak Lounge | 0312939124 | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Strong, Terence | Wheels of Fire | 0743429931 | 7.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Sue Ann Jaffarian (NA) | Too Big to Miss | 0738708631 | 13.95 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Sullivan, Mark T. | The Serpent's Kiss | 074343983X | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Swain, James | Deadman's Bluff: A Tony Valentine Novel | 0345475518 | 6.99 | May-06 | Jan |
| Swain, James | Deadman's Poker: A Tony Valentine Novel | 0345475496 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Taichert, Pari Noskin | The Belen Hitch: A Sasha Solomon Mystery | 0826339166 | 14.95 | Apr-06 | March |
| Talley, Marcia | Through the Darkness: A Hannah Ives Mystery | 0060587415 | 6.99 | Sep-06 | March |
| Taylor, Elaine | Final Betrayal | 1596874066 | 7.99 | Aug-06 | March |
| Taylor, Sarah Stewart | Judgment of the Grave | 0312940165 | 6.99 | Aug-06 | March |
| Thayer, Cynthia | A Brief Lunacy | 038533964X | 12 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Thomas, Will | To Kingdom Come | 074327234X | 9.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Thurlo, Aimée | White Thunder | 0765350343 | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Tishy, Cecelia | Now You See Her | 044661355X | 7.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Tracy, P. J. | Dead Run | 0451218159 | 7.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Twining, James | The Double Eagle | 0060762209 | 7.99 | Jul-06 | Jan |
| Vachss, Andrew H. | Two Trains Running | 1400079381 | 14.95 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Vaughn, Evelyn | Lost Calling | 0373514115 | 4.99 | Jul-06 | March |
| Vermillion, Mary | Murder by Mascot: A Mara Gilgannon Mystery | 1555839169 | 13.95 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Villatoro, Marcos M. | A Venom Beneath the Skin | 0440242223 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Waldron, Ann | A Rare Murder in Princeton | 0425210375 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Walker, Robert W. | Shadows in the White City: An Inspector Alastair Ransom Mystery | 0060739967 | 6.99 | Nov-06 | March |
| Wall, Judith Henry | The Surrogate | 0743258517 | 13 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Wall, Kathryn R. | Resurrection Road | 031293534X | 6.99 | May-06 | March |
| Walsh, Marcie | Killing Club | 0786890940 | 6.99 | Feb-06 | Jan |
| Wan, Michelle | Deadly Slipper | 1400079527 | 13.95 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Warner Brothers | Without a Trace: Safe Harbor | 0743492684 | 6.99 | Feb-08 | Jan |
| Webb, Debra | Vows of Silence | 037383702X | 5.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Webber, Heather | Digging Up Trouble: A Nina Quinn Mystery | 0060723491 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Weiner, Ellis | The Big Boat to Bye-bye | 0451218205 | 6.99 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Weisman, John | Direct Action | 0060758252 | 7.99 | Jun-06 | Jan |
| Westlake, Donald E. | Watch Your Back! | 0446617121 | 7.5 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Wildwind, Sharon | Some Welcome Home | 1410402622 | 13.95 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| Willeford, Charles | Wild Wives | 1400032474 | 12.95 | Mar-06 | Jan |
| Wilson, F. Paul | Crisscross: A Repairman Jack Novel | 0765346060 | 7.99 | May-06 | March |
| Wilson, Robert | The Vanished Hands | 0156032821 | 14 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Winslow, Don | The Power of the Dog | 1400096936 | 14.95 | May-06 | Jan |
| Winspear, Jacqueline | Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel | 0312426216 | 14 | Jun-06 | March |
| Wiprud, Brian M. | Sleep With the Fishes | 0440243130 | 6.99 | Sep-06 | March |
| Wood, William P. | Broken Trust | 0843954965 | 6.99 | Jan-06 | Jan |
| Wynn, Patricia | Spider's Touch: Featuring Blue Satan And Mrs. Kean | 0977191303 | 17.95 | Apr-06 | Jan |
| York, Christina F. | Strategic Reserve | 141690946X | 6.99 | Mar-06 | Jan |
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