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Here are our favorite new mystery books (paperback) for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002... with more on the way! December 2007: Be Mine by Laura Kasischke -Suspense The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey -Suspense Firetrap: A Novel of Suspense by Earl Emerson -Thriller The Hooded Hawke by Karen Harper -Historical The Hunt by Jennifer Sturman -Amateur Sleuth Murder 101 by Maggie Barbieri -Amateur Sleuth Night Vision by Ellen Hart -Amateur Sleuth One Last Scream by Kevin O'Brien -Suspense The River Killings by Merry Jones -Amateur Sleuth Shallow Grave by Lori G. Armstrong -Private Investigator The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman -Investigative Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn -Historical
November 2007: All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison -Suspense The Blonde by Duane Swierczynski -Thriller The Body in the Ivy by Katherine Hall Page -Amateur Sleuth Brother Odd by Dean Koontz -Suspense By Blood Written by Steven Womack -Suspense The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff -Suspense Ice Storm by Anne Stuart -Thriller Jane and the Barque of Frailty by Stephanie Barron -Historical Mystery Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffet -Suspense Maiden Rock by Mary Logue -Mystery The Night Lawyer by Michelle Spring -Suspense Payback by Jasmine Cresswell -Romantic Suspense Probable Cause by Theresa Schwegel -Police Procedural The Shadow Catchers by Thomas Lakeman -Suspense The Tomb of Zeus by Barbara Cleverly -Mystery Trouble by Jesse Kellerman -Suspense Unmanned by Lois Greiman -Amateur Sleuth Village Affairs by Cassandra Chan -Amateur Sleuth The Widow by Carla Neggers -Romantic Suspense
October 2007: American Skin by Ken Bruen -Mystery Deadly Laws by Jim Michael Hansen -Suspense The Devil's Backbone by Kim Wozencraft -Suspense Deceit by James Siegel -Thriller Dying to be Thin by Kathryn Lilley -Amateur Sleuth Fatal Remedies by Donna Leon -Detective Series Find Me by Carol O'Connell -Suspense Four Kinds of Rain by Robert Ward -Suspense The Fright of the Iguana by Linda O. Johnston -Amateur Sleuth The Gardens of the Dead by William Brodrick -Mystery The Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson -Thriller Master of Souls by Peter Tremayne -Historical Murder on the Rebound by Jeffrey Miller -Mystery Paint it Black by Janet Fitch -Suspense Red Chrysanthemum by Laura Joh Rowland -Historical Mystery Sisters on the Case ed. Sara Paretsky -Short Mystery Stories Some Like it Hot Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen -Mystery Still As Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor -Mystery Stone Butterfly by James D. Doss -Mystery Tapped Out by Natalie M. Roberts -Cozy A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket by Fran Rizer -Amateur Sleuth
September 2007: The Artic Event by James H Cobb -Thriller Blue Justice by Illona Haus -Suspense California Life and Fire by Don Winslow -Investigative Capital Crimes by Jonathan and Faye Kellerman -Mystery The Collectors by David Baldacci -Thriller Copy Cat by Erica Spindler -Suspense Cross by James Patterson -Suspense Death of a Writer by Michael Collins -Suspense Die For Me by Karen Rose -Suspense The Drowning Man by Margaret Coel -Investigative Exile by Richard North Patterson -Suspense A Fly Has a Hundred Eyes by Aileen G. Baron -Historical Mystery Hundred-Dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker -Private Eye Innocent in Death by J D Robb -Suspense Kidnapped by Jan Burke -Investigative Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen -Thriller (Review one Review two) Memories Are Murder by Lou Allin -Mystery The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen -Suspense The Missing by Sarah Langan -Supernatural Suspense The Mortician's Daughter by Elizabeth Bloom -Mystery One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson -Suspense The Pawn by Steven James -Suspense A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina -Suspense Pictures by Robert Daley -Thriller Spurred Ambition by Twist Phelan -Mystery Sucker Punch by Marc Strange -Mystery True Evil by Greg IIes -Suspense Who's Kitten Who by Cynthia Baxter -Cozy
August 2007: The Concrete Maze by Steven Torres -Suspense Dead Right by Brenda Novak -Romantic Suspense Dying Light by Stuart MacBride -Investigative The Hard Way by Carol Lea Benjamin -Private Investigator Keeper of the Keys by Perri O'Shaughnessy -Suspense Killer Deal by Sheryl J. Anderson -Amateur Sleuth Love, Lies, and Liquor by M. C. Beaton -Cozy Mystery Mr. Lucky by James Swain -Investigative Mask Market by Andrew Vachss -Thriller The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos -Suspense Prey For a Miracle by Aimee and David Thurlo -Amateur Sleuth Proof Positive by Phillip Margolin -Thriller Saks & Violins by Mary Daheim -Cozy A Stolen Season by Steve Hamilton -Suspense Stripped by Brian Freeman -Police Procedural Too Hot to Handle by Mary Jane Maffini -Amateur Sleuth Taken by Chris Jordan -Suspense Terror Town by Stuart M. Kaminsky -Investigative Traceless by Debra Webb -Romantic Suspense Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand by Fred Vargas -Police Procedural What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George -Suspense Winter's Child by Margaret Maron -Mystery You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled by Parnell Hall -Amateur Sleuth
July 2007: The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child -Horror Brush With Death by Hailey Lind -Mystery Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett -Suspense Cover Your Assets by Patricia Smiley -Investigative Mystery Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe -Thriller Darkness and Light by John Harvey -Suspense Echo Park by Michael Connelly -Investigative Errors and Omissions by Paul Goldstein -Suspense A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read -Investigative The Mark by Jason Pinter -Paranormal Suspense Never End by Åke Edwardson -Police Procedural The Ruins by Scott Smith -Horror The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari -Suspense Snow Blind by P. J. Tracy -Investigative Suspense A Student of Living Things by Susan Richards Shreve -Suspense The Summit by Kat Martin -Romantic Suspense A Thousand Bones by P. J. Parrish -Police Procedural TripTych by Karin Slaughter -Suspense Twenty Questions by Alison Clement -Suspense Until the Day You Die by Tina Wainscott -Suspense Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller -Private Investigator
June 2007: The Betrayed by David Hosp -Thriller Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker -Investigative Christietown by Susan Kandel -Historical Cut to the Bone by Shane Gericke -Police Procedural Cut to the Quick by Joan Boswell -Mystery Dead on Arrival by Lori Avocato -Amateur Sleuth Don't I Know You? by Karen Shepard -Mystery Fatal Laws by Jim Michael Hansen -Suspense Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris -Suspense Heart of the World by Linda Barnes -Private Investigator Hit Parade by Lawrence Block -Anthology In the Dark of Night by John Saul -Horror It Might Have Been What He Said by Eden Collinsworth -Suspense The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco -Historical Leaning To Kill by Ed McBain -Short Stories Married to a Stranger by Patricia MacDonald -Suspense Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear -Mystery The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli -Suspense Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom -Mystery The Serial Killers Club by Jeff Povey -Thriller Sleeping With Fear by Kay Hooper -Suspense Tailed by Brian Wiprud -Mystery The Tunnels by Michael Gagnon -Suspense Vanished by Karen Robards -Romantic Suspense The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines -Historical Mystery Wicked Break by Jeff Shelby -Private Investigator Without Consent by Kathryn Fox -Mystery
May 2007: Angels Fall by Nora Roberts -Suspense The Darkest Place by Daniel Judson -Suspense A Dog About Town by J. F. Englert -Cozy Gates of Hades by Greg Loomis -Thriller Getting Old Is Criminal by Rita Lakin -Amateur Sleuth Here She Lies by Kate Pepper -Suspense The Husband by Dean Koontz -Suspense The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld -Historical Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder -Suspense Lifeless by Mark Billingham -Investigative Like A Dog With A Bone by Lee Charles Kelley -Mystery Lucky Strike by Pat Wilson & Kris Wood -Mystery Murder Unleashed by Elaine Viets -Amateur Sleuth Never Fear by Scott Frost -Suspense Nightlife by Thomas Perry -Suspense Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson -May Investigative In Plain Sight by C. J. Box -Investigative The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan -Investigative The Second Horseman by Kyle Mills -Thriller See Delphi and Die by Lindsey Davis -Historical Shamus in the Green Room by Susan Kandel -Amateur Sleuth Stone Rain by Linwood Barclay -Suspense Swapping Paint by Joyce and Jim Lavene -Amateur Sleuths Too Darn Hot by Sandra Scoppettone -Private Investigator Trial and Error by Paul Levine -Legal Thriller The Wrong Man by John Katzenbach -Suspense
April 2007: Above Ground by Don Easton -Suspense Beach Road by J. Patterson and P. De Jonge -Suspense Bleeding Hearts by Susan Wittig Albert -Mystery Born In Death by J D Robb -Mystery Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland -Mystery Dead Watch by John Sandford -Political Intrigue Diary of a Serial Killer by Ed Gaffney -Suspense The 5th Horseman by J. Patterson and M. Paetro -April Suspense Final Sins by Michael Prescott -Suspense Ice Blue by Anne Stuart -Suspense The King of Lies by John Hart -Suspense The Lost van Gough by A. J. Zerries -Investigative A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava -Suspense Night of the Jaguar by Michael Gruber -Supernatural Thriller Pretty Girl Gone by David Housewright -Private Investigator Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon -Ghost/Suspense The Science of Sherlock Holmes by E. J. Wagner -Non fiction Second Sight by Amanda Quick -Romantic Suspense Sequence by Lori Andrews -Thriller Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen -Suspense Short Straw by Stuart Woods -Mystery Smoked by Patrick Quinlan -Thriller Target by Stella Cameron -Suspense Tomb Of The Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters -Mystery
Trouble in
Bloom by Heather Webber
-Amateur Sleuth
March 2007: 18 Seconds by George Shuman -Suspense The Alpine Recluse by Mary Daheim -Amateur Sleuth The Bee's Kiss by Barbara Cleverly -Historical Mystery The Big Bamboo by Tim Dorsey -Mystery The Bookwoman's Last Fling by John Dunning -Mystery Catalogue of Death by Jo Dereske -Mystery Dead Days of Summer by Carolyn Hart -Amateur Sleuth Deadly Advice by Roberta Isleib -Suspense The Dollmaker by Amanda Stevens -Suspense Escape Clause by James O. Born -Thriller The Hard Way by Lee Child -Thriller Hello, Stranger by Virginia Swift -Mystery Kill Me by Stephen White -Suspense Killed by Clutter by Leslie Caine -Amateur Sleuth The Lost Gardens by Anthony Eglin -Mystery Mourning Dove by Aimee & David Thurlo -Investigative Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen -Historical Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag -Suspense Prisoner of Memory by Denise Hamilton -Investigative Promise Me by Harlan Coben -Suspense Sea Change by Robert Parker -Investigative The Wrong Kind of Blood by Declan Hughes -Mystery
February 2007: All In One Piece by Cecilia Tishy -Domestic Mystery Dark Assassin by Anne Perry -Historical Dead Head by Allen Wyler -Thriller Death Without Company by Craig Johnson -Investigative End of Story by Peter Abrahams -Suspense Final Truth by Mariah Stewart -Suspense A Garden of Vipers by Jack Kerley -Investigative Hardscrabble Road by Jane Haddam -Mystery High Priestess by David Skibbins - Mystery Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith -Historical Mystery The Interview Room by Roderick Anscombe -Suspense Kingdom Come by Tim Green -Thriller Midas by Russell Andrews -Thriller Murder Unfolds by Sharon Short -Amateur Sleuth No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman -Private Investigator Right From the Gecko by Cynthia Baxter -Amateur Sleuth Shadows in the Starlight by Elaine Cunningham -Fantasy Shiver by Lisa Jackson -Suspense
Sister
Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
-Victorian Mystery Speak of the Devil by Richard Hawke -Noir Thriller To Love and to Perish by Laura Durham -Amateur Sleuth
January 2007: 7 Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly -Thriller 74 Miles Away by J. D. Carpenter -Mystery Capitol Murder by William Bernhardt -Legal Thriller Dead Giveaway by Brenda Novak --Romantic Suspense Deadly Sin by James Hawkins -Investigative Death of a Dreamer by M. C. Beaton -Mystery Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline -Legal Thriller Dying to be Famous by David Hiltbrand --Investigative The Finishing School by Michele Martinez -Suspense Gone by Lisa Gardner -Suspense A Hole in Juan by Gillian Roberts -Mystery How To Seduce A Ghost by Hope McIntyre -Mystery Killing Spree by Kevin O'Brien -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook -Historical Mystery No Dominion by Charlie Huston -Vampire Thriller The Only Pure Thing by Patrick Hyde -Legal Thriller Point Blank by Catherine Coulter -Thriller Protector by Laurel Dewey -Suspense Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard -Mystery Smoke by Lisa Miscione -Suspense Sorrow's Anthem by Michael Kortya -Mystery Target Earth by Gary W. Babb -Science Fiction The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais -Thriller
December 2006: Ash & Bone by John Harvey -Investigative Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger -Suspense Blindfold Game by Dana Stabenow -Thriller Carved In Bone by Jefferson Bass -Forensic The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty -Suspense Death on the Family Tree by Patricia Sprinkle -Mystery The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker -Police Procedural Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris -Suspense Grievous Angel by Jane Hill -Suspense Mad River Road by Joy Fielding -Suspense Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death by Jo Dereske -Amateur Sleuth One Last Breath by Stephen Booth -Investigative One Last Look by Linda Lael Miller -Suspense Sun Storm by Asa Larsson -Suspense Train From Marietta by Dorothy Gairlock -Mystery
November 2006: Angels In The Gloom by Anne Perry -Historical The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle -Suspense Cold as Ice by Anne Stuart -Romantic Suspense Contact Zero by David Wolstencroft -Spy Thriller False Impression by Jeffrey Archer -Thriller Final Paradox by Mary E Martin -Suspense Forever Odd by Dean Koontz -Suspense From Black Rooms by Stephen Woodworth -Supernatural G'Day to Die by Maddy Hunter -Amateur Sleuth Got the Look by James Grippando -Suspense Hallowed Ground by Lori G. Armstrong -Private Investigator High Heels Are Murder by Elaine Viets -Amateur Sleuth A Killing Tide by P. J. Alderman -Suspense Limitations by Scott Turow -Legal Thriller Nine Lives by Sharon Sala -Suspense No Such Thing As a Good Blind Date by Shelly Fredman -Mystery Passionate Thirst by Carmen Dean -Vampire Sinners and Saints by Eileen Dreyer -Suspense Sugarplums and Scandal by Lori Avocato, et. al. -Suspense Short Stories Turning Angel by Greg Iles -Suspense The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski -Thriller
October 2006: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander -Victorian Mystery Air Dance Iguana by Tom Corcoran -Investigative The Best American Mystery Stories Edited by Scott Turow -Anthology Black Tide by Peter Temple -Investigative Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin -Thriller Bone Factory by Steven Sidor -Investigative Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods -Suspense Death Match by Lincoln Child -Investigative A Fatal Appraisal by J. B. Stanley -Amateur Sleuth Guilt Trip by Ben Rehder -Mystery Hidden in the Heart by Beth Andrews -Historical The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova -Mystery It's Raining Men by Naomi Rand -Investigative The Killing Art by Jonathan Santlofer -Suspense Mary, Mary by James Patterson -Psychological Suspense Murder at the Washington Tribune by Margaret Truman -Suspense Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel -Investigative Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow -Legal Thriller School Days by Robert B. Parker -Investigative The Sense of Paper by Taylor Holden -Mystery Shadow Laws by Jim Michael Hansen -Legal Thriller Shark Island by Joan Druett -Historical Shooting Gallery by Hailey Lind -Mystery Sleep with the Fishes by Brian M. Wiprud -Investigative St. Albans Fire by Archer Mayor -Investigative Tin City by David Housewright -Mystery The Wall by Jeff Long -Thriller
September 2006: The Bay At Midnight by Diane Chamberlain -Suspense Bloodlines by Jan Burke -Suspense The Camel Club by David Baldacci -Thriller Cat Breaking Free by Shirley Rousseau Murphy -Mystery Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley -PI Mystery Creepers by David Morrell -Thriller Dead End Dating by Kimberly Raye -Vampire Does Your Mother Know? by Maureen Jennings -Mystery Drive by James Sallis -Thriller Fever by Sean Rowe -Thriller The Grief Shop by Vicki Stiefel -Suspense Heat Signature by Lisa Teasley -Light Suspense Honour Among Men by Barbara Fradkin -Police Procedural The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard -Mystery The Hunt Ball by Rita Mae Brown -Mystery Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason -Police Procedural Kill All the Lawyers by Paul Levine -Legal Thriller The Monsters of Gramercy Park by Danny Leigh -Suspense Red Baker by Robert Ward -Mystery Sacred Cows by Karen E. Olson -Mystery The Sacred Cut by David Hewson -Thriller The Stranger House by Reginald Hill --Mystery Through the Darkness by Marcia Talley -Mystery Trace Evidence by Elizabeth Becka --Suspense Vanish by Tess Gerritsen --Thriller
August 2006: Bethlehem Road Murder by Batya Gur -Investigative Bluetick Revenge by Mark Cohen -Mystery The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston -Mystery The Cadaver's Ball by Charles Atkins -Psychological Suspense The Color of Law by Mark Gimenez -Legal Thriller The Conjurer's Bird by Martin Davies -Mystery Dead Dry by Sarah Andrews -Mystery Dive by Lisa Teasley -Suspense Done Gone Wrong by Cathy Pickens -Mystery Gagged and Bound by Natasha Cooper -Mystery Judgment of the Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor -Mystery Lifeguard by J. Patterson and A. Gross -Thriller Locked Doors by Blake Crouch -Thriller Murder Passes the Buck by Deb Baker -Amateur Sleuth The Nanny Murders by Merry Jones -Suspense The Only Suspect by Jonnie Jacobs -Suspense Panic by Jeff Abbott -Thriller To The Bone by Mark Vann -Suspense The Palace Tiger by Barbara Cleverly -Historical Mystery Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron -Mystery Shadow Man by James D. Doss -Investigative A Victim of Convenience by John Ballem -Thriller Weaving Shadows by Margaret Murphy -Suspense
When the Dead Cry Out
by Hilary Bonner
-Suspense
July 2006: 36 Yalta Boulevard by Olen Steinhauer -Spy Thriller The Astral Alibi by Manjiri Prabhu -Mystery Badger's Moon by Peter Tremayne -Historical Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett -Mystery Blonde Lightening by Terrill Lee Lankford -Mystery Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann -Thriller Calibre by Ken Bruen -Investigative Cape Perdido by Marcia Muller -Suspense Chill Factor by Sandra Brown -Suspense China Doll by Talia Carner -Suspense Crooked by Brian M. Wiprud -Mystery Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke -Investigative The Enemy of God by Robert Daley -Mystery Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen -Cozy Faithless by Karin Slaughter -Suspense Field of Blood by Denise Mina -Suspense Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky -Investigative First Impressions by Jude Deveraux -Romantic Suspense Flesh and Blood by John Harvey -Suspense Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta -Cozy Horror He Who Fears the Wolf by Karin Fossum -Investigative Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman -Suspense The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly -Legal Thriller Long Time Gone by J. A. Jance -Investigative Murder in the Rough by Otto Penzler (Editor) -Anthology Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko -Fantasy Playing by the Rules by Elaine Meryl Brown -Mystery The Side Effect by Bob Reiss -Thriller Split by Tara Moss -Suspense Straight Into Darkness by Faye Kellerman -Suspense TerrO.R by Joseph Neuschatz -Medical Mystery Troubleshooter by Gregg Hurwitz -Thriller The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose -Suspense
June 2006: 4th Of July by James Patterson -Suspense Art's Blood by Vicki Lane -Mystery Badwater by Clinton McKinzie -Investigative Thriller The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page -Cozy Bookmarked To Die by Jo Dereske -Cozy/Amateur Sleuth Case of Lies by Perri O'Shaughnessy -Legal Thriller Dialogues by Stephen J. Spignesi -Suspense Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels -Amateur Sleuth Getting Hers by Donna Hill -Suspense The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette by Raiko Raichev -Mystery Immoral by Brian Freeman -Suspense The Iron Girl by Ellen Hart -Amateur Sleuth Killer Swell by Jeff Shelby -Mystery Killing Rain by Barry Eisler -Thriller Killing Time by Linda Howard -Thriller The Mangler of Malibu Canyon by Jennifer Colt -Private Investigator Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger -Police Procedural No Man's Land by G. M. Ford -Investigative Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear -Mystery The Perfect Paragon by M. C. Beaton -Mystery The Power of Three by Laura Lippman -Suspense Red Leaves by Thomas Cook -Suspense Season of Iron by Sylvia Maultash Warsh -Mystery The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives by Sarah Strohmeyer -Suspense Still River by Harry Hunsicker -Investigative The Stolen Heart by Lauren Kelly -Suspense Twice by Lisa Miscione -Investigative Two Trains Running by Andrew Vachss -Thriller This Dame For Hire by Sandra Scoppettone -Mystery Under A Raging Moon by Frank Zafiro -Police Procedural Under Pressure by Kathy Brandt -Mystery Vineyard Prey by Philip R. Craig -Mystery White by Christopher Whitcomb -Suspense Without a Word by Carol Lea Benjamin -Private Investigator
May 2006: Alibi by Joseph Kanon -Thriller All U Can Eat by Emma Holly -Mystery Always Time To Die by Elizabeth Lowell -Suspense The Architect by Keith Ablow -Suspense Black Fly Season by Giles Blunt -Investigative Blood From a Stone by Donna Leon -Historical Mystery Blown Away by Shane Gericke -Mystery Broken Prey by John Sandford -Investigative The Burning Girl by Mark Billingham -Police Procedural The Cane Mutiny by Tamar Myers -Mystery The Code of Love by Cheryl Sawyer -Historical Romance Dancing in the Dark by Mary Jane Clark -Suspense Deadly Housewives by Christine Matthews (Editor) -Mystery Anthology Deep Sea Dead by Lori Avocato -Private Investigator The Death Collectors by Jack Kerley -Suspense Falls the Shadow by William Lashner - Legal Thriller Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure -Suspense Fruit of the Poisoned Tree by Joyce and Jim Lavene -Mystery Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner -Suspense I Right the Wrongs by Dylan Schaffer -Legal Thriller The Julian Secret by Gregg Loomis -Thriller Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler -Suspense Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox -Medical Mystery Map of Bones by James Rollins -Thriller Nothing Like the Night by David Lawrence -Police Procedural One Cold Night by Kate Pepper -Suspense Poison Heart by Mary Logue -Suspense The Practice of Deceit by Elizabeth Benedict -Suspense The Replacement by Susan Wales and Robin Shope -Thriller Strange Affair by Peter Robinson -Police Procedural The Stepmother by Diana Diamond -Suspense Thirteen Days by L. A. Starks -Thriller To Darkness and To Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming -Mystery The Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt -Historical Mystery
April 2006: A Confidential Source by Jan Brogan -Suspense A Killing Night by Jonathon King -Investigative The Abbot's Gibbet by Michael Jeeks -Historical Bad Guys by Linwood Barclay -Mystery The Big Boat to Bye-Bye by Ellis Weiner -Amateur Sleuth Broken by Kelley Armstrong -Horror Burned by Carol Higgins Clark -Amateur Sleuth Charmed to Death by Shirley Damsgaard -Mystery Deadly Will by Marion Moore Hill -Historical
The Death of Achilles
by Boris Akunin
-Historical Mystery Devil’s Corner by Lisa Scottoline -Legal Thriller Digging Up Trouble by Heather Webber -Mystery Eight of Swords by David Skibbins -Mystery The Final Victim by Wendy Corsi Staub -Suspense The Goodbye Body by Joan Hess -Mystery The Greater Good by Casey Moreton -Espionage/Thriller The Innocent by Harlan Coben -Suspense/Thriller Midnight Cab by James W. Nichol -Suspense Not A Girl Detective by Susan Kandel -Mystery Oblivion by Peter Abrahams -Thriller The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters -Historical The Shooting Script by Andrew Klavan -Amateur Sleuth Shotgun Opera by Victor Gischler -Mystery Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara -Mystery Sojourn by Jana G Oliver -Fantasy The Thieves of Heaven by Richard Doetsch -Thriller Tilt A Whirl by Chris Grabenstein -Investigative To Catch A Cook by Joanne Pence -Mystery
March 2006: All the Flowers Are Dying by Lawrence Block -Investigative The Alpine Quilt by Mary Daheim -Cozy At Risk by Stella Rimington -Thriller Bark M for Murder by J. A. Jance, et al. -Four Mysteries Blood Father by Peter Craig -Thriller Bubbles Betrothed by Sarah Strohmeyer -Amateur Sleuth
The Cold Dish
by Craig Johnson -Police Procedural
5 bolts Countdown by Iris Johansen -Thriller Cut and Run by Ridley Pearson -Thriller Dead of Night by Randy Wayne White -Mystery Death of a Party by Carolyn Hart -Cozy Down and Dirty by Gammy L. Singer -Mystery Dublin Noir: Edited Ken Bruen -Mystery Anthology For Better or Hearse by Laura Durham -Cozy Getting Old is the Best Revenge by Rita Lakin -Mystery In A Heartbeat by Rita Herron -Romantic Suspense In The Company of Liars by David Ellis -Suspense In The Night Room by Peter Straub -Horror Killing Kelly by Heather Graham -Romantic Suspense Live Wire by Jay MacLarity -Thriller Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King -Historical Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry -Historical Mystery Missing Persons by Stephen White -Suspense Night Laws by Jim Michael Hansen -Legal Thriller The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo -Thriller See Isabelle Run by Elizabeth Bloom -Suspense The Sign of the Book by John Dunning -Mystery Sonnet of the Sphinx by Diana Killian -Mystery Sympathy Between Humans by Jodi Compton -Suspense Unlucky for Some by Jill McGown -Police Procedural Valley of Bones by Michael Gruber -Suspense Watch Your Back by Donald Westlake -Mystery The Water Room by Christopher Fowler -Mystery With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George -Detective
February 2006: The Belen Hitch by Pari Noskin Taichert -Mystery Blue Valor by Illona Haus -Suspense Breakwater by Carla Neggers -Suspense Busted Flush by Brad Smith -Mystery The Closers by Michael Connelly -Thriller The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine -Legal Thriller Fatal Burn by Lisa Jackson -Suspense Fleshmarket Alley by Ian Rankin -Police Procedural Hard Truth by Nevada Barr -Suspense The Headmaster's Wife by Jane Haddam -Investigative Hung Out To Die by Sharon Short -Amateur Sleuth Improbable by Adam Fawer -Thriller Into the Volcano by Forrest DeVoe Jr. -Thriller Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart -Suspense The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club by Susan McBride -Mystery The Magdalen Martyrs by Ken Bruen -Investigative The Not Knowing by Cathi Unsworth -Suspense Now You See Her by Cecilia Tishy -Mystery Obsessed by Ted Dekker -Thriller The Pandora Key by Lynne Heitman -Thriller Privileged Witness by Rebecca Forster -Suspense Rosa by Jonathan Rabb -Thriller The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari -Suspense Second Site by W. Tapply and P. Craig -Mystery Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman -Investigative Sleeper by Gene Riehl -Thriller Suspicion of Rage by Barbara Parker -Thriller Video Cowboys by Yolanda Joe -Mystery
Vodka by Boris Starling
-Thriller
January 2006: Bloodstone by Gwen Hunter -Paranormal Mystery Bone Thief by Thomas O'Callaghan -Thriller Window in Copacabana by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza -Police Procedural Criminal Investigation Detachment by Don Bendell -Thriller Dance of Death by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child -Thriller Dark Eye by William Bernhardt -Suspense Dark Side of the Moon by J. Carson Black -Investigative (Interview)! Death of a Bore by M. C. Beaton -Mystery The Delilah Complex by M. J. Rose -Suspense Feint of Art by by Hailey Lind -Mystery The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais -Thriller Gargoyles by Alan Nayes -Thriller An Invisible Woman by Anne Strieber -Suspense A Killer Collection by J. B. Stanley -Mystery To Kingdom Come by Will Thomas -Historical Thriller Mortal Faults by Michael Prescott -Suspense Overexposed by Michael Blair -Mystery The President's Assassin by Brian Haig -Thriller Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe -Detective The Siren Queen by Fiona Buckley -Historical Suicide Squeeze by Victor Gischler -Investigative The Third Secret by Steve Berry -Thriller Under A Cloud by Eliot Sefrin -Police Investigative The Vanished Hands by Robert Wilson -Suspense
December 2005: Alone by Lisa Gardner -Suspense Already Dead By Charlie Huston -Vampire Thriller The Blackjack Conspiracy by David Kent -Thriller The Crediton Killings by Michael Jecks -Historical Double Tap by Steve Martini -Legal Thriller Bye, Bye, Love by Virginia Swift -Investigative California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker -Suspense The Chairman by Stephen Frey -Thriller Dark House by Theresa Monsour -Investigative Darkness Falls by Margaret Murphy -Police Procedural The Devil's Right Hand by J. D. Rhoades -Investigative An Ensuing Evil and Others by Peter Tremayne -Historical Short Stories The Flaming Luau of Death by Jerrilyn Farmer -Mystery Hidden River by Adrian McKinty --Thriller Hot Wired by Jane Isenberg -Amateur Sleuth I'll Be Watching You by Andrea Kane -Suspense The Jinx by Jennifer Sturman -Mystery Legacy of Masks by Sallie Bissell -Suspense Lux by Maria Flook -Suspense The Prey by Allison Brennan -Thriller The Real Mother by Judith Michael -Suspense Road to Purgatory by Max Allan Collins -Investigative Suspect by Michael Robotham -Suspense Tonight I Said Good-bye by Michael Koryta -Mystery War At Home by Kris Nelscott -Suspense Wildcat Wine by Claire Matturro Mystery
November 2005: Blood Memory by Greg Ilis -Suspense The Blue Rose by Anthony Eglin -Mystery The Broker by John Grisham -Thriller The Burnt Orange Sunrise by David Handler -Mystery Color Blind by Jonathan Santlofer -Suspense Dead Giveaway by Leann Sweeney -Private Investigator The Doctor's Wife By Elizabeth Brundage -Suspense The Druperman Tapes by John Goodger -Thriller False Profits by Patricia Smiley -Amateur Sleuth Fetish by Tara Moss -Suspense Forests of the Night by James W. Hall -Suspense Foxmask by Juliet Marillier -Fantasy In Like Flynn Rhys Bowen -Investigative The Last Dark Place by Stuart Kaminsky -Investigative A Midsummer's Night Scream by Jill Churchill -Amateur Sleuth Most Wanted by Michele Martinez -Suspense Now You Die by Christiane Heggan -Romantic Suspense Shades of Red by Doris Mortman -Suspense State of Fear by Michael Crichton -Thriller 'Twas the Bite Before Christmas by Lee Charles Kelley -Investigative
October 2005: Bahamarama by Bob Morris -Thriller Behind Closed Doors by Susan R. Sloan -Suspense Bodycheck by Steve Owad -Mystery Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (Suspense) 5 bolts Dark Whispers by Chris Blaine -Supernatural Thriller Death Row Defender by Ray Dix -Legal Thriller Falling Awake by Jayne Ann Krentz -Romantic Suspense Hear No Evil by James Grippando -Legal Thriller Hula Done it? by Maddy Hunter -Mystery In Too Deep by Tina Wainscott -Suspense Indelible by Karin Slaughter -Investigative London Bridges by James Patterson -Suspense Melancholy Baby by Robert B. Parker -Thriller Now You See Me by Rochelle Krich -Investigative Scared Money by James Hime -Investigative Seeds Of Doubt by Stephanie Kane -Legal Thriller Solomon Vs. Lord by Paul Levine -Legal Thriller The Surrogate Thief by Archer Mayor (Investigative) 4 bolts Tijuana Straits by Kem Nunn -Thriller When Secrets Die by Lynn Hightower -Suspense Whirlwind by Joseph Garber -Thriller Whiteout by Ken Follett -Thriller Xeno Solution by Nelson Erlick -Futuristic Thriller
September 2005:
The Best American Crime Writing 2005
By J. Ellroy, O. Penzler and T. H. Cook Cat Cross Their Graves by Shirley Rousseau Murphy -Cozy Cross Current by Christine Kling -Thriller Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson -Amateur Sleuth Dying in the Dark by Valerie Wilson Wesley -Serial Sleuth Follow by A.J. Matthews -Supernatural Thriller Good Morning Darkness by Ruth Francisco -Suspense Grave Endings by Rochelle Krich -Mystery Hard, Hard City by Jim Fusilli -Detective Hard Truth by Mariah Stewart -Suspense Hour Game by David Baldacci -Thriller Light On Snow by Anita Shreve -Mystery The Mayor of Lexington Avenue by James Sheehan -Suspense Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich -Amateur Sleuth Murder at the B-School by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank -Mystery My Very Own Murder by Josephine Carr -Mystery Shoulder the Sky by Anne Perry -Historical This Enemy Town by Marcia Talley -Investigative Twisted by Jonathan Kellerman -Psychological Suspense Wife of Moon by Margaret Coel -Suspense
August 2005: Absent Friends by S. J. Rozan -Thriller Beverly Hills Voodoo by L. F. Crawford -Mystery Blood on the Leaves by Jeff Stetson -Suspense Blood Retribution by Aimee and David Thurlo -Investigative A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd -Suspense Cold Truth by Mariah Stewart -Suspense Cracks in the Rainbow by Mark Bouton -Thriller Day Of The Dead by J.A. Jance -Procedural Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger -Cozy Falling Off Air by Catherine Sampson -Domestic Suspense The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates -Suspense Flashback by Jenny Siler -Thriller The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner -Mafia Thriller Head Games by Eileen Dreyer -Investigative High Country Fall by Margaret Maron -Mystery Lonely Girls Club by Suzanne Forster -Suspense Love in all the Wrong Places by Frank Devlin -Suspense Paradise City by Lorenzo Carcaterra -Mafia thriller Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan -Thriller The Profiler by Lori A. May -Suspense The Program by Gregg Hurwitz -Detective Skin River by Steven Sidor -Thriller Slip Cue by Joyce Krieg -Amateur Sleuth The Society by Michael Palmer -Medical Thriller Spider Dance by Carole Nelson Douglas -Historical A Taint in the Blood by Dana Stabenow -Amateur Sleuth This Old Souse by Mary Daheim -Amateur Sleuth Twisted Perception by Bob Avey -Mystery 4 bolts Way Past Legal by Norman Green -Suspense Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin -Detective Witch Way To Murder by Shirley Damsgaard -Mystery/Paranormal
July 2005: Angels Crest by Leslie Schwartz -Suspense The Black Silent by David Dun -Thriller Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger -Investigative Body Double by Tess Gerritsen -Medical Thriller The Butcher of Beverly Hills by Jennifer Colt -Mystery By A Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman -Investigative Dark Sky by Carla Neggers -Romantic Suspense Deadline In Athens by Petros Markaris -Detective Double Homicide by Faye & Jonathan Kellerman -Investigative The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina -Suspense Falling Down by David Cole -Investigative Final Scream by Lisa Jackson -Suspense Five In A Row by Jane Coffey -Romantic Suspense The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen -Investigative Heart of the Hunter by Deon Meyer -Thriller The Heartbreaker y Susan Howatch -Suspense Killing Her Softly by Beverly Barton -Suspense The Man Burns Tonight by Donn Cortez -Suspense The Mask Of Red Death by Harold Schechter -Historical Plant Them Deep by Aimee and David Thurlo -Mystery Puppets by Daniel Hecht -Thriller Raising Atlantis by Thomas Greanias Shoot The Moon by Billie Letts -Investigative
June 2005:
Are You Afraid of the Dark
by Sidney Sheldon -Suspense A Carnivore's Inquiry by Sabrina Murray -Thriller Coincidence by David Ambrose Dark Angel by Karen Harper -Mystery Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay -Thriller The Devil's Halo by Chris Fox -Thriller Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum -Suspense
A Ghost in
the Machine
by Caroline Graham (Ghost) 4 bolts Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper -Supernatural Ice Run by Steve Hamilton -Investigative The Judgment of Caesar by Steven Saylor -Historical Killer Heels by Sheryl J. Anderson -Amateur sleuth Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline -Legal Thriller Lazybones by Mark Billingham -Police Procedural Look Closely by Laura Caldwell -Suspense Lullaby and Goodnight by Wendy Corsi Staub -Suspense Mansions of the Dead by Sarah Stewart Taylor -Mystery Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard -Mystery A Moment on the Edge by Elizabeth George -Mystery Murder Is My Racquet by Otto Penzler -Anthology Murder Suicide by Keith Ablow -Psychological Suspense On Thin Ice by Cherry Adair -Romantic Thriller Red Tide by G.M. Ford -Thriller Regrets Only by Nancy Geary -Investigative See Jane Die by Erica Spindler -Suspense Shakedown Beach by Eric Dezenhill -Suspense Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston -Suspense Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen -Mystery Strange But True by John Searles -Suspense 'Til Death Do Us Part by Kate White -Amateur Sleuth Trace by Patricia Cornwell -Medical thriller Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath -Police Procedural
May 2005: Before I Wake by Anne Frasier -Suspense Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman -Thriller Cat in an Orange Twist by Carole Nelson Douglas -Cozy A Clean Kill by Leslie Glass -Investigative Deception by Denise Mina -Suspense Double Down by Tess Hudson -Mystery The First 48 by Tim Green -Thriller The Fix by Anthony Lee -Thriller The God Particle by Richard Cox -Thriller The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley -Thriller Land of the Blind by Jess Walter -Suspense Maximum Security by Rose Connors -Legal Thriller Men From Boys Edited by John Harvey -Anthology Misdemeanor Man by Dylan Schaffer -Legal Thriller Missing Justice by Alafair Burke -Legal Thriller Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs -Investigative A Mourning in Autumn by Harper Moore -Investigative Murder in the Hamptons by Amy Garvey -Romanic Suspense Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming -Serial Investigative The Pegasus Secret by Gregg Loomis -Thriller Seven Minutes To Noon by Kate Pepper -Suspense Too Rich To Live by Lawrence Light -Suspense
April 2005: Alone At Night by KJ Erickson -Investigative Bad Medicine by Aimee and David Thurlo -Mystery Bad Men by John Connolly -Thriller Bloodlines by Dinah McCall -Romantic Suspense Blue Mercy by Illona Haus -Suspense-Investigative Bury The Lead by David Rosenfelt -Legal Thriller Brimstone by Preston & Child -Horror Cold Case Squad by Edna Buchanan -Investigative Deadly Illusions by Chester D. Campbell -Mystery Double Exposure by Bonnie Hearn Hill -Suspense The Faithless by Ted Simon -Mystery Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters -Historical I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel -Amateur Sleuth Just One Look by Harlan Coben -Suspense thriller Last Lullaby by Denise Hamilton -Investigative Live Bait by P. J. Tracy -Investigative One False Move by Alex Kava -Suspense The Open Channel by Jill Morrow -Supernatural Past Due by William Lashner -Legal Thriller Pyro by Earl Emerson -Thriller Radio Activity by Bill Fitzhugh -Investigative The Reckoning by Jeff Long -Supernatural Thiller Remembering Sarah by Chris Mooney -Thriller Rendezvous Eighteenth by Jake Lamar -Suspense The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry -Thriller Slaying is Such Sweet Sorrow by Patricia Harwin -Mystery Shadow Men by Jonathon King -Investigative Sprayed Stiff by Laura Bradley -Amateur Sleuth Trip Wire by Charlotte Carter -Amateur Sleuth
Vengeance by Brian Pinkerton -Suspense March 2005: After Havana by Charles Fleming -Historical Thriller Blinded by Stephen White -Psychological Suspense The Body of David Hayes by Ridley Pearson -Thriller Bubbles Abroad by Sarah Strohmeyer -Amateur Sleuth Crossing the Line by Clinton McKinzie -Suspense Dangerous Curves by Judith Skillings -Mystery The Dead Stone by Vicki Stiefel -Suspense The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood -Suspense Deep Freeze by Lisa Jackson -Suspense Fairway to Heaven by Roberta Isleib -Amateur Sleuth An Intimate Ghost by Ellen Hart -Amateur Sleuth The Irish Village Murder by Dicey Deere -Amateur Sleuth The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen -Investigative The Laws of Invisible Things by Frank Huyler -Suspense Lethal Lies by Laurie Breton -Suspense The Narrows by Michael Connelly -Investigative The Promise of a Lie by Howard Roughan -Suspense The Road To Ruin by Donald Westlake -Thriller The Sapphire Sea by John B. Robinson -Adventure Southern Fried by Cathy Pickens -Cozy Unlucky in Law by Perri O'Shaughnessy -Legal Thriller An Unpardonable Crime by Andrew Taylor -Historical Wind Spirit by Aimee and David Thurlo -Investigative
February 2005: The Bookman's Promise by John Dunning -Mystery Cold Blood by Theresa Monsour -Investigative
Collecting Candace
By Susan M. Brooks
-Suspense Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham -Romantic Suspense Deadly Kin by Tom Eslick -Amateur Sleuth Depth Perception by Linda Castillo -Romantic Suspense Drop Dead My Lovely by Ellis Weiner -Detective In the Moon of Red Ponies by James Burke -Mystery Land of Echoes by Daniel Hecht -Suspense The Man In My Basement by Walter Mosley -Suspense Playing With Fire by Peter Robinson -Investigative She's Not There by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith -FBI Thriller Silent Witness by Rebecca Forster -Legal Thriller Survivor in Death by J. D. Robb -Police Procedural The Weatherman's Daughters by Richard Hoyt -Mystery Wild Card by Rachael Lee -Thriller
January 2005: 3rd Degree by James Patterson/Andrew Gross -Suspense The 37th Hour by Jodie Compton -Investigative Aphrodite by Russell Andrews -Thriller The Canterbury Papers by Judith Healey -Historical The Cutting Room by Laurence Klavan -Amateur Sleuth Dangerous Games by Michael Prescott -Thriller Darkness on the Edge of Town by J. Carson Black --Investigative Death of a Poison Pen by M. C. Beaton -Cozy
Fall Guy
by Carol Lee Benjamin (Private Investigator) 4 bolts Hate Crime by William Bernhardt -Legal Thriller The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman -Investigative Killer Body by Bonnie Hearn Hill -Suspense The Kills by Linda Fairstein -Series/Investigative Loaded Dice by James Swain -Investigative Lost by Joy Fielding -Psychological Suspense Midnight Harvest by Chelsea Quinn Yarbo -Vampire A Moorland's Hanging by Michael Jecks -Historical (Reissue) Muletrain to Maggody by Joan Hess -Mystery Patterns in Silicon by Maureen Robb -Mystery The Search by Christiane Heggan -Romantic Suspense To The Bone by Neil McMahon -Investigative A Question Of Blood by Ian Rankin -Investigative Visions In Death by JD Robb (Thriller) 4 bolts Walking Home by Gloria Goldreich -General Weeds in the Garden by Brandy Carter -Mystery The Wilderness by Karen Novak -Suspense |
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