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Crime Fiction Notables 2005
Author |
Title ~ Main Characters |
ISBN |
Stars Notes |
1st |
| Abbott, Jeff | Panic | 0525949046 |  |
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| Abbott, Megan E. | Die a Little | 0743261704 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Ablow, Keith | The Architect | 0312323921 | |
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| Abrahams, Peter | Oblivion | 0060726571 | |
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| Airth, Rennie | The Blood-Dimmed Tide | 06708999968 | |
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| Albert, Susan Wittig | Tale of Holly How: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter | 0425202747 | |
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| Alexander, Bruce | Rules of Engagement | 0399152423 | |
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| Andrews, Donna | Owls Well That Ends Well: Meg Langlsow | 0312329385 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Anscombe, Roderick | The Interview Room | 0312323999 | |
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| Argula, Anne | Homicide My Own (paper) | 1929355211 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Arsenault, Mark | Speak Ill of the Living | 1590581393 | |
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| Arvin, Reed | Blood of Angels | 0060596341 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Aubert, Rosemary | Red Mass: Ellis Portal | 1882593960 | LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Bannister, Jo | Breaking Faith: Brodie Farrell | 0312343019 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Bartoy, Mitchell | The Devil's Own Rag Doll: Pete Caudill | 0312340885 | |
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| Baxter, Holly | Tears of the Dragon | 1590581466 | |
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| Bebris, Carrie | Suspense and Sensibility or First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery | 0765305097 | |
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| Berry, Steve | The Third Secret | 0345476131 | LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Billingham, Mark | The Burning Girl | 0060745266 | |
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| Blake, Victoria | Bloodless Shadow (paper) | 0425203093 | |
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| Block, Lawrence | All The Flowers Are Dying: Matthew Scudder | 0060198311 | |
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| Bloom, Elizabeth | See Isabelle Run | 0892967854 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Blunt, Giles | Black Fly Season: John Cardinal & Lisa Delorme | 0399152555 | Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Bonanno, Bill | The Good Guys | 0446529656 | |
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| Box, C.J. | Out of Range: Joe Pickett | 0399152911 | Kirkus Best Mysteries Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
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| Bradford, Laura | Jury of One (paper) | 1591330947 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Brady, Joan | Bleedout | 0743270088 | |
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| Brandon, Jay | Running With the Dead: Chris Sinclair | 0765308932 | |
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| Braver, Gary | Flashback | 0765302519 | |
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| Broadbent, Tony | Spectres in the Smoke | 0312290268 | Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels |
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| Brownstein, Gabriel | The Man from Beyond | 0393051528 | |
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| Bruce, Maggie (ed) | Murder Most Crafty | 0425202062 | |
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| Burdett, John | Bangkok Tattoo | 1400040450 | Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading |
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| Burke, James Lee | Crusader's Cross: Dave Robichaux | 0743277198 | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Burke, Jan | Bloodlines: Irene Kelly | 074322390x | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Burton, Milton T. | The Rogue's Game | 0312336810 | |
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| Carr, Jospehine | My Very Own Murder (paper) | 0451216466 | |
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| Chan, Cassandra | The Young Widow: Jack Gibbons | 03123378485 | |
1st |
| Child, Lee | One Shot: Jack Reacher | 0375433384 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Clark, Clare | The Great Stink | 0151011613 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Coben, Harlan | The Innocent | 0525948740 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Coel, Margaret | Eye of the Wolf | 0425205460 | |
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| Coleman, Reed Farrel | The James Deans (paper) | 0452286506 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Compton, Jodi | Sympathy Between Humans: Det Sarah Pribek | 0385337140 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Connelly, Michael | The Lincoln Lawyer | 0316734934 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries SF Gate Best Crime Fiction LJ Best Thrillers Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
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| Connelly, Michael | Closers: Harry Bosch | 0316734942 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Cook, Robin | Marker | 0399152938 | |
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| Cook, Thomas | Red Leaves | 0151012504 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Copp, Rick | The Actor's Guide to Greed | 0758209606 | |
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| Corrigan, John | Bad Lie | 1584654546 | |
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| Cotterill, Colin | Thirty-Three Teeth: Siri Paiboun | 1569473889 | Dilys Winner |
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| Craig, Peter | Blood Father | 1401300456 | |
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| Crais, Robert | The Forgotten Man: Elvis Cole | 0385504284 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Cray, David | Dead Is Forever: Philip Beckett | 0786714409 | |
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| Crumley, James | The Right Madness: C.W. Sughrue | 0670034061 | |
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| Cullin, Mitch | A Slight Trick of the Mind | 0385513283 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
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| Daley, Robert | The Enemy of God | 015101244x | |
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| Damsgaard, Shirley | Witch Way to Murder (paper) | 0060793481 | Agatha Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Daniel, John M. | The Poet's Funeral | 159058144x | |
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| Denby, Joolz | Billle Morgan (paper) | 1852428651 | |
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| Deutermann, P.T. | The Cat Dancers | 0312333773 | |
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| Durham, Laura | Better Off Wed: Annabelle Archer | 0060738316 | Agatha Winner Best First Novel | |
| Edwardson, Ake | Sun and Shadow: Erik Winter | 0670034150 | |
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| Eidson, Bill | The Mayday: Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard | 1932112332 | |
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| Eisler, Barry | Killing Rain | 0399152849 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| Ellis, David | In the Company of Liars | 0399152474 | LJ Best Thrillers |
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| Emerson, Earl | The Smoke Room | 0345462904 | |
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| Engel, Howard | Memory Book: Benny Cooperman | 0786716444 | |
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| Estleman, Loren D. | Little Black Dress: Peter Macklin | 0765308940 | |
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| Evanovich, Janet | Eleven On Top: Stephanie Plum | 0312306261 | |
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| Faherty, Terence | In a Teapot: Scott Elliott | 1932325042 | Dliys Nominee | |
| Fasman, Jon | The Geographer's Library | 1594200386 | Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels |
1st |
| Fforde, Jasper | The Big Over Easy | 0670034231 | |
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| Finder, Joseph | Company Man | 0312319169 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Ford, Jeffrey | The Girl in the Glass (paper) | 0060936193 | Edgar Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Fowler, Christopher | The Water Room: Arthur Bryant and John May | 0553803891 | |
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| Fowler, Earlene | Delectable Mountains: Benni Harper | 0425202496 | |
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| Freeman, Brian | Immoral | 0312340427 | Sun Sentinel Best Debuts Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Frost, Scott | Run the Risk | 0399152482 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels Edgar Nominee Best First Novel |
1st |
| Fulmer, David | Jass | 0151010250 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Galgut, Damon | The Quarry (paper) | 0802141617 | |
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| Gallaway, Gregory | As Simple as Snow | 0399152318 | Alex Awards | |
| Garcia-Roza, Luiz A. | A Window in Copacabana: Inspector Espinosa | 0805074384 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Gardner, Lisa | Alone | 0553802534 | |
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| Gaspar De Alba, Alicia | Desert Blood: the Juarez Murders | 1558854460 | LJ Best Mysteries |
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| Gaylin, Alison | Hide Your Eyes (paper) | 045121448X | Edgar Nominee Best First Novel | |
| Geagley, Brad | Year of The Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt | 074325080X | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels LJ Best Mysteries |
1st |
| George, Elizabeth | With No One As Witness | 0060545607 | |
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| Gerritsen, Tess | Vanish | 0345476972 | Edgar Nominee Best Novel | |
| Gimenez, Mark | The Color of Law | 0385516738 | |
1st |
| Goldberg, Lee | The Man With the Iron-on Badge | 1594143722 | |
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| Grabenstein, Chris | Tilt-a-whirl | 0786715847 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Grabien, Deborah | Matty Groves | 0312333897 | |
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| Grafton, Sue | S is for Silence | 0399152970 | |
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| Greenwood, Kerry | Away With the Fairies: Phryne Fisher | 1590580222 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Greer, Robert O. | Resurrecting Langston Blue | 1583941363 | |
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| Gruber, Michael | Valley of Bones: Jimmy Paz | 0060577665 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Guilfoile, Kevin | Cast of Shadows | 1400043085 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Gunn, Elizabeth | Crazy Eights: Jake Hines | 0765308061 | |
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| Guthrie, Allan | Kiss Her Goodbye (paper) | 0843953551 | Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original | |
| Guttridge, Peter | Two to Tango (paper) | 1931108002 | |
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| Haddam, Jane | The Headmaster's Wife: Gregor Demarkian | 0312313144 | |
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| Haig, Brian | The President's Assassin: Sean Drummond | 0446576670 | |
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| Hall, James W. | Forests of the Night | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries | ||
| Hamilton, Denise | Savage Garden: Eve Diamond | 0743261925 | |
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| Hammett, Dashiell | Lost Stories | 0972589813 | |
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| Harper, Karen | Dark Angel (paper) | 0778321797 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Harper, Tom | The Mosaic of Shadows: A Byzantine Mystery | 0312339678 | |
1st |
| Harris, C.S. | What Angels Fear | 0451216695 | |
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| Harris, Joanne | Sleep, Pale Sister (paper) | 0060787112 | |
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| Hayder, Mo | The Devil of Nanking | 0802117945 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Hecht, Daniel | Puppets (trade Paper) | 1582344957 | |
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| Heley, Veronica | Murder in the Garden | 072786145x | |
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| Hill, Reginald | The Stranger House | 0060820810 | |
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| Hirahara, Naomi | Gasa-gasa Girl (paper) | 0385337604 | |
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| Holmes, Rupert | Swing | 140006158x | |
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| Hosp, David | Dark Harbor | 044657693x | |
1st |
| Hunt, James Patrick | Maitland | 1594142726 | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts |
1st |
| Hunter, Gwen | Shadow Valley (paper) | 0778321304 | Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee | |
| Huston, Charlie | Six Bad Things: Hank Thompson (paper) | 0345464796 | Edgar Nomination Best Paperback Original |
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| Huston, Charlie | Alread Dead: Joe Pitt (paper) | 034547824x | |
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| Indridason, Arnaldur | Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller | 0312340702 | Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel - 2002 |
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| Irby, Lee | 7000 Clams | 0385511892 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Izzo, Jean-Claude | Total Chaos (paper) | 1933372044 | |
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| Jacobs, Jonnie | The Only Suspect | 0758208006 | |
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| James, Bill | Easy Streets: Harpur & Iles | 039306042x | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| James, P.D. | The Lighthouse: Adam Dalgliesh | 030726291x | Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Jenkins, Emyi | Stealing with Style | 1565124456 | |
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| Johnson, Craig | Cold Dish | 0670033693 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels Dilys Nominee |
1st |
| Joss, Morag | Funeral Music (paper) | 044024214x | |
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| Joss, Morag | Half Broken Things | 0385339402 | CWA Silver Dagger Award Washington Post Book World Raves Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Dilys Nominee |
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| Kanon, Joseph | Alibi | 080507886x | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| Keizer, Gregg | Midnight Plague | 0399153195 | |
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| Kelly, Jim | The Moon Tunnel: Philip Dryden | 031234922x | |
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| Kerley, Jack | The Death Collectors: Carson Ryder & Harry Nautilus | 0525948775 | Kirkus Best Mysteries Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
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| Kernick, Simon | The Crime Trade | 9780312340599 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Kerr, Philip | Hitler's Peace | 0399152695 | |
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| King, Laurie R. | Locked Rooms: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes | 055380197x | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Kirkus Best Mysteries Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
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| Knopf, Chris | The Last Refuge | 157962118x | |
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| Koontz, Dean | Forever Odd | 0553804162 | |
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| Koontz, Dean | Velocity | 0553804154 | |
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| Kozak, Harley Jane | Dating Is Murder: Wollie Shelley | 0385510349 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Kronenwetter, Michael | First Kill | 0312347375 | 2004 PWA/SMP Best Private Eye Novel Contest | |
| Lasdun, James | Seven Lies | 0393057542 | |
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| Lashner, William | Falls the Shadow | 0060721561 | |
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| Latour, Jose | Comrades in Miami | 0802118100 | |
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| Lawrence, David | Nothing Like the Night: Det Stella Mooney | 031232880x | |
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| Lawson, Michael | The Inside Ring | 0385515316 | |
1st |
| Lawton, John | Flesh Wounds | 0871136988 | |
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| Leon, Donna | Blood from a Stone: Guido Brunetti | 0871138875 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| Leonard, Elmore | The Hot Kid | 0060724226 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Levack, Simon | Demon of the Air: An Aztec Mystery | 0312348347 | Winner of the CWA Debut Dagger Award LJ Best Mysteries |
1st |
| Limon, Martin | Door to Bitterness | 1569474044 | |
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| Lindsay, Jeff | Dearly Devoted Dexter | 0385511248 | |
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| Lippman, Laura | To the Power of Three | 0060506725 | Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries | |
| Littell, Robert | Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation | 1585676969 | Washington Post Book World Raves |
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| Lovesey, Peter | Circle | 1569473927 | |
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| MacBride, Stuart | Cold Granite | 031233995x | Booklist Best Crime Debuts |
1st |
| Mankell, Henning | Before the Frost | 1565848357 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Maron, Margaret | Rituals of the Season: Deborah Knott | 0892968095 | Agatha Winner Best Novel |
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| Martinez, Michele | Most Wanted | 006072398x | Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Mason, Sarah | Society Girls (paper) | 0345469577 | |
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| Mathews, Francine | Blown | 0553803301 | |
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| McBain, Ed | Alice in Jeopardy | 0743262506 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| McBain, Ed | Fiddlers: 87th Precinct | 0151012164 | |
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| McBain, Ed (ed) | Transgressions | 0765308517 | |
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| McCall Smith, Alexander | Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: Sunday Philosophy Club | 0375422994 | Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
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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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| 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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| Mcintyre, Hope | How to Seduce a Ghost | |
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| McKinty, Adrian | Hidden River | 0743247000 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
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| 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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| Mills, Kyle | Fade | 0312335776 | |
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| Mina, Denise | Field of Blood | 0316735930 | |
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| 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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| Myers, Beverle Graves | Painted Veil | 1590581407 | |
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| Nadelson, Reggie | Disturbed Earth: Artie Cohen | 0802733832 | |
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| Nelscott, Kris | War At Home: Smokey Dalton | 0312325274 | |
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| Nisbet, Jim | The Syracuse Codex | 093976752x | |
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| Nugent, Andrew | The Four Courts Murder | 0312327587 | |
1st |
| O'Hehir, Diana | Murder Never Forgets | 0425205851 | |
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| O'Neil, Tom | Shark Tank | 1416504486 | Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts | 1st |
| Page, Katherine Hall | The Body in the Snowdrift: Faith Fairchild | 0060525304 | Agatha Winner Best Novel | |
| Paretsky, Sara | Fire Sale | 0399152792 | |
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| 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 | Lifeguard | 0316057851 | |
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| Patterson, Richard North | Conviction | 0345450191 | |
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| Pelecanos, George P. | Drama City | 0316608211 | SF Gate Best Crime Fiction Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
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| Penzler, Otto (ed) | Dangerous Women | 0892960043 | |
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| Penzler, Otto (ed) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 | 0618517448 | |
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| Peritti, Frank E. | Monster | 084991180x | |
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| Peters, Elizabeth | The Serpent On the Crown: Amelia Peabody | 0060591781 | |
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| Pilkington, John | The Mapmaker's Daughter | 0727861603 | |
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| Posadas, Carmen | The Last Resort | 0375508864 | |
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| 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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| Rabb, Jonathan | Rosa | 1400049210 | |
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| Rabe, Peter | Murder Me for Nickels/Benny Muscles In (paper) | 0974943843 | |
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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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| Roosevelt, Kermit | In the Shadow of the Law | 0374261873 | Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
1st |
| 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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| 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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| Sandford, John | Broken Prey | 0399152725 | |
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| Saylor, Steven | A Gladiator Dies Only Once: Gordianus the Finder | 0312271204 | |
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| 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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| 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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| Siegel, James | Detour | 0446531855 | |
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| Silva, Daniel | Prince of Fire | 0399152431 | Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers |
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| Skibbins, David | Eight of Swords | 0312339062 | Winner Minotaur/Malice Best First Traditional Mystery Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Sloane, Kit | Extreme Cuisine (paper) | 193075468x | |
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| 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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| Sprague, Gretchen | Death by Thunder | 0312347677 | |
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| Steinhauer, Olen | 36 Yalta Boulevard | 0312332017 | Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels |
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| Stroby, Wallace | The Heartbreak Lounge: Harry Raine | 0312300956 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Swain, James | Mr. Lucky: Tony Valentine | 0345475445 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 Kirkus Best Mysteries |
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| 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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| 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 | |
| Todd, Charles | A Cold Treachery: Ian Rutledge | 0553803492 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| Trobaugh, Augusta | The Tea Olive Bird Watching Society | 0525948791 | |
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| 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 |
| Ure, Louise | Forcing Amaryllis | 0892960094 | |
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| Vachss, Andrew | Two Trains Running | 1400043816 | |
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| Visman, Janni | Yellow | 0670034029 | |
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| Walter, Jess | Citizen Vince | 0060394412 | Edgar Winner Best Novel |
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| Webber, Heather S. | Trouble in Spades: Nina Quinn (paper) | 0060723483 | Agatha Nominee Best Novel | |
| Weber, Richard | Miss Gazillions | 0312331401 | |
1st |
| Weinberger, Casper and Peter Schweizer | Chain of Command | 074343773x | |
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| Well, Chris | Forgiving Solomon Long (paper) | 0736914056 | |
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| Westlake, Donald E. | Watch Your Back! Dortmunder | 0892968028 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| White, Kate | Over Her Dead Body: Bailey Wiggins | 0446531766 | |
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| Wildwind, Sharon | Some Welcome Home: Elizabeth Pepperhawk/Avivah Rosen | 1594142750 | |
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| Wilson, Robert | Vanished Hands | 0151008418 | Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
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| 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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| Wright, Nina | Whisky on the Rocks: Whiskey Mattimoe (paper) | 073870749x | |
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| Zevin, Gabrielle | Margarettown | 1401352421 | |