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Crime Fiction Notables List 2006
| AUTHOR | TITLE | ISBN | Stars ~ Notes | Debut |
| Abrahams, Peter | End of Story | 0060726652 | PW, PW Best Books, US Best Books | |
| Adam, Paul | The Rainaldi Quartet | 031235004x | PW | |
| Akunin, Boris | The Death of Achilles (paper) | 0753820978 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Angsten, David | Dark Gold | 0312343736 | Kirkus | |
| Archer, Jeffrey | False Impression | 0312353723 | LJ, Thriller Award Best Novel Finalist | |
| Arruda, Suzanne | Mark of the Lion: Jade Del Cameron | 0451217489 | LJ, RT Book Club Top Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Asensi, Matilde | The Last Cato | 0060828579 | Booklist | |
| Ashford, Lindsey | Frozen | 0312355815 | LJ | |
| Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea | 0670034762 | RT Bookclub Top Picks | |
| Atkins, Ace | White Shadow | 0399153551 | Kirkus, LJ, Gumshoe Best Mystery Nominee, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Atkinson, Kate | One Good Turn | 0316154849 | LJ, Washington Post Bests, NYTBR Notable, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Baldacci, David | The Collectors | 044653109x | LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Bannister, Jo | The Tinderbox | 0727863678 | Booklist | |
| Barbieri, Maggie | Murder 101 | 0312355378 | PW | 1st |
| Barnard, Robert | Dying Flames | 0743272196 | Kirkus | |
| Barnes, Linda | Heart of the World | 0312332874 | LJ | |
| Bass, William & Jon Jefferson | Carved in Bone: A Body Farm Mystery | 006075981x | Booksense Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Bayard, Louis | The Pale Blue Eye | 0060733977 | PW, Kirkus, Booksense Pick, Washington Post Bests, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Edgar Best Novel Nominee | |
| Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Dreamer | 0892967897 | Booklist, PW, RT Book Club Top Pick, Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series | |
| Bebris, Carrie | North by Northanger, Or the Shades of Pemberley:A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy | 076531410x | PW, RT Bookclub Top Picks,LJ | |
| Beckett, Simon | The Chemistry of Death | 0385340044 | LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best British Novels | |
| Benjamin, Carol Lea | The Hard Way: Rachel Alexander | 0060539038 | LJ, LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Benn, James R. | Billy Boyle: World War II Mystery | 1569474338 | Booksense Pick, Dilys Award Nominee | |
| Berenson, Alex | The Faithful Spy | 0345478991 | Kirkus, Booklist, Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels, Edgar Best First Novel Winner, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Black, Cara | Murder in Montmartre | 1569474109 | Booksense Pick, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Blauner, Peter | Slipping Into Darkness | 0316098663 | Kirkus | |
| Bond, Stephanie | Body Movers (paper) | 0778323331 | Booklist | |
| Born, James O. | Escape Clause | 0399153349 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Bowen, Rhys | Oh Danny Boy | 0312328176 | LJ, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Box, C.J. | In Plain Sight | 0399153608 | Kirkus, LJ, LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Boyd, William | Restless | 1596912367 | Washington Post Bests, Costa Award (formerly Whitbread) Best Novel | |
| Boyne, John | Crippen: A Novel of Murder | 0312343582 | PW, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Braffet, Kelly | Last Seen Leaving | 0618441441 | LJ, PW, Kirkus | |
| Brennan, Allison | The Hunt (paper) | 0345480244 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Brennan, Allison | The Kill (paper) | 0345490754 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Britton, Andrew | The American | 0758213336 | LJ | |
| Bruen, Ken | Calibre (paper) | 031234144x | PW | |
| Bruen, Ken | The Dramatist | 031231647x | PW, Gumshoe Nominee Best European Crime Novel | |
| Bruen, Ken & Jason Starr | Bust (paper) | 0843955910 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | |
| Bruns, Don | South Beach Shakedown: Gideon Pike | 0193351023 | Ben Franklin Nominee | |
| Burke, James Lee | Pegusus Decending: Dave Robicheaux | 0743277724 | Booksense Pick, LJ | |
| Burke, Jan | Kidnapped | 0743273850 | LJ, Nero Award Finalist | |
| Burton, Milton | The Sweet and the Dead | 0312343108 | Booklist, Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts | 1st |
| Cabot, Meg | Size 12 Is Not Fat: Heather Wells (paper) | 0060525118 | PW, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Camilleri, Andrea | Rounding the Mark (paper) | 014303478x | Booklist | |
| Carlotto, Massimo | Death's Dark Abyss (paper) | 1933372184 | Kirkus | |
| Case, John | Ghost Dance | 0345464737 | Hammett Prize Nominee | |
| Chang, Henry | Chinatown Beat | 1569474370 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Child, Lee | The Hard Way: Jack Reacher | 0385336691 | Booklist, LJ, PW, Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers, Gumshoe Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Church, James | A Corpse in Koryo | 0312352085 | Booklist, PW, LJ, PW Best Books, LJ Best Genre Fiction, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Gumshoe Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| Clark, Mary Higgins | Two Little Girls in Blue | 0743264908 | PW | |
| Cleland, Jane K. | Consigned to Death | 0312347251 | Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| Clemens, Judy | To Thine Own Self Be True | 1590582985 | PW | |
| Cleverly, Barbara | Bee's Kiss: Joe Sandlands | 078671736x | PW, LJ | |
| Coben, Harlan | Deal Breaker* | 0385340605 | reprint | |
| Coben, Harlan | Promise Me: Myron Bolitar | 0525949496 | Booklist, LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Collins, Max Allan | The Last Quarry | 0843955937 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals, Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | |
| Connelly, Michael | Echo Park | 0316734950 | Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, LA Times Prize, Booklist Top Crime Novels | |
| Connolly, John | The Book of Lost Things | 0743298853 | LJ | |
| Cotterill, Colin | Disco for the Departed | 1569474281 | LJ | |
| Cox, Michael | Meaning of Night: A Confession | 0393062031 | Kirkus, PW, LJ, Booklist, Washington Post Bests, Booklist Top 10 First Novels, Booklist Editors' Choice, Booklist Top Crime Novels | 1st |
| Crais, Robert | The Two-Minute Rule | 0743281616 | LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Crosby, Ellen | The Merlot Murders: Wine Country | 0743289900 | Kirkus | |
| Cunningham, Elaine | Shadows in the Starlight | 0765309718 | Kirkus | |
| Davis, Lindsey | See Delphi and Die: Marcus Didius Falco | 0312357656 | Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| De Castrique, Mark | Foolish Undertaking | 1590582276 | LJ, Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| DeMille, Nelson | Wild Fire | 044657967x | PW, LJ | |
| Depoy, Phillip | A Minister's Ghost: Fever Devilin | 0312339348 | Kirkus | |
| Dibdin, Michael | Back to Bologna (paper) | 0307275884 | Kirkus | |
| Doogan, Mike | Lost Angel (paper) | 0425216667 | Edgar Award Winner Best First Novel | |
| Doolittle, Sean | Rain Dogs (05) | 0440242819 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Doolittle, Sean | The Cleanup (paper) | 0440242827 | Booklist, Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | |
| Eccles, Marjorie | The Shape of Sand | 0312352328 | PW | |
| Eisler, Barry | The Last Assassin | 0399153594 | Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Gumshoe Best Thriller Nominee, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Emley, Dianne | The First Cut | 034548617x | Kirkus Hot Debuts | 1st |
| Enright, Tracey | Claire Fontaine Crime Fighter: A Novel of Life and Death and Shoes | 0312319606 | Kirkus | |
| Ericksson, Kjell | The Princess of Burundi | 0312327676 | PW, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Eversz, Robert | Zero to the Bone: Nina Zero | 0743250176 | PW, RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Fairstein, Linda | Death Dance | 0743254899 | Booklist, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Ferrigno, Robert | Prayers for the Assassin: A Novel of the Future | 0743272897 | Booksense Pick, Gumshoe Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Fesperman, Dan | The Prisoner of Guantanamo | 1400044669 | LJ, Booksense Pick, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Hammett Prize Nominee, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Finder, Joseph | Killer Instinct | 0312347472 | PW, Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Thriller Award Best Novel Finalist, Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Finkelstein, Honora & Susan Smily | The Chef Who Died Sauteing (paper) | 1591331609 | Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| Flora, Kate | Playing God | 1594144613 | PW, LJ | |
| Flynn, GIllian | Sharp Objects | 0307341542 | Kirkus, LJ, Edgar Best First Novel Nominee, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Fossum, Karin | When the Devil Holds the Candle | 0151011885 | LJ, Gumshoe Nominee Best European Crime Novel | |
| Fowler, Christopher | Ten Second Staircase: Bryant & May | 0553804499 | Booklist, PW | |
| Fowler, Earlene | The Saddlemaker's Wife | 0425207781 | Kirkus, PW, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel | |
| Francis, Dick | Under Orders | 0399154000 | Booklist, LJ | |
| Franklin, Ariana | City of Shadows | 0060817267 | LJ, Booksense Pick, Gumshoe Best Mystery Nominee, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Fredrickson, Jack | A Safe Place for Dying | 0312351682 | PW | |
| Freedman, Dave | Natural Selection | 1401302092 | Booklist, Booklist Top 10 First Novels | 1st |
| Freeman, Brian | Stripped | 0312340443 | Booklist, Booksense Pick | |
| Frei, Pierre & Anthea Bell | Berlin | 0802118321 | LJ | |
| Frost, Scott | Never Fear | 0399153403 | Booklist, PW, Kirkus | |
| Furst, Alan | The Foreign Correspondent | 1400060192 | PW, Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Booklist Top Crime Novels, Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Gabbay, Tom | The Berlin Conspiracy | 0060787856 | Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | |
| Garcia-Roza, L.A. | Pursuit: Inspector Espinosa | 0805074392 | Booksense Pick | |
| Gardner, Lisa | Gone | 0553804136 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Gellis, Roberta | Chains of Folly | 1594144729 | LJ | |
| George, Elizabeth | What Came Before He Shot Her | 0060545623 | Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, Washington Post Bests | |
| Ginsberg, Debra | Blind Submission | 0307346048 | Booklist | |
| Gishler, Victor | Shotgun Opera | 0440241715 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Glauser, Friedrich | Matto's Realm: Sergeant Studer (paper) | 1904738060 | PW, Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Goddard, Robert | Borrowed Time (paper) | 0385339224 | Booklist | |
| Goldstein, Paul | Errors and Omissions | 0385517173 | Booksense Pick | |
| Goodwin, Jason | The Janissary Tree | 0374178607 | Edgar Best Novel Winner | |
| Grabenstein, Chris | Mad Mouse | 0786717602 | Kirkus, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries | |
| Grabien, Deborah | Cruel Sister: A Haunted Ballad | 0312357575 | LJ | |
| Grady, James | Mad Dogs | 0765316498 | LJ | |
| Granger, Pip | No Peace for the Wicked | 1590582160 | Booklist | |
| Green, Norman | Dead Cat Bounce (paper) | 0060851694 | Kirkus, Booklist | |
| Greiman, Lois | Unplugged (paper) | 0440242630 | RT Bookclub Top Pick | |
| Griffin, W.E.B. | The Hostage | 0399153144 | PW, Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers | |
| Grimes, Martha | The Old Wine Shades: Richard Jury | 0670034797 | Kirkus, PW, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries | |
| Grimwood, Jon Courtenay | Stamping Butterflies | 0553383779 | Kirkus, LJ | |
| Grippando, James | Got the Look | 006056458x | LJ | |
| Gruen, Sara | Dope | 0060577681 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Gur, Batya | Murder in Jerusalem: Michael Ohayon | 0060852933 | PW, Booklist | |
| Haddam, Jane | Hardscrabble Road: Gregor Demarkian | 0312353731 | PW, Kirkus, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Haines, Carolyn | Penumbra | 0312351607 | LJ, LJ Best Genre Fiction | |
| Halliday, Gemma | Spying in High Heels (paper) | 0843957352 | PW | |
| Hamilton, Steve | A Stolen Season: Alex McKnight | 031235360x | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Nero Award Finalist | |
| Harper, Tom | Knights of the Cross: Epic Novel of the Crusades | 0312338708 | PW | |
| Harris, C. S. | When Gods Die: Sebastian St. Cyr | 0451219686 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Harris, Joanne | Gentlemen and Players | 0060559144 | PW, Booklist, LJ, Booksense Pick, Washington Post Bests, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction , Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Edgar Best Novel Nominee | |
| Hart, Carolyn G. | Dead Deays of Summer: Death on Demand | 0060724021 | PW | |
| Hart, John | King of Lies | 031234161x | PW, Booklist, LJ, Booksense Pick, PW Best Books, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels, Edgar Best First Novel Nominee, Gumshoe Nominee Best First Novel, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Harvey, John | Ash & Bone: Frank Elder | 0151011397 | LJ, Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, CWA Diamond Dagger | |
| Harvey, John | Darkness & Light: Frank Elder | 0151011338 | Booklist, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best British Novels, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, CWA Diamond Dagger | |
| Hautman, Pete | The Prop (paper) | 0743284658 | Booklist, Booklist Top 10 Crime Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Hawke, Richard | Speak of the Devil | 1400064252 | Booklist, Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts | |
| Hayden, L.C. | Why Casey Had to Die: Harry Bronson | 1594144931 | Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel | |
| Herron, Mick | Why We Die | 0786718277 | Kirkus | |
| Hewson, David | The Lizard's Bite | 0385339550 | PW | |
| Hewson, David | The Sacred Cut | 038533849x | Booklist, Booklist Top 10 Crime Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Hiaasen, Carl | Nature Girl | 0307262995 | PW, Booklist | |
| Hills, Kathleen | Witch Cradle | 1590582543 | Booklist | |
| Hirahara, Naomi | Snakeskin Shamisen (paper) | 0385339612 | Edgar Award Winner Best Paperback Original | |
| Hoag, Tami | Prior Bad Acts | 0553801988 | PW | |
| Hockensmith, Steve | Holmes on the Range | 0312347804 | LJ, PW, Booklist, Booksense Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels, Dilys Award Nominee, Edgar Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Holt, Anne | What is Mine | 0446578029 | Kirkus, Booklist | |
| Hughes, Declan | The Wrong Kind of Blood: Murder and Betrayal on the Streets of Dublin | 0060825464 | Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Huston, Charlie | A Dangerous Man (paper) | 034548133X | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Iles, Greg | Turning Angel | 0743234715 | PW | |
| Indridason, Arnaldur | Silence of the Grave | 0312340710 | PW, PW Best Books | |
| Izzo, Jean-Claude | Chourmo (paper) | 1933372176 | Kirkus | |
| Jacobs, Michael | Critique of Criminal Reason | 0312349947 | PW, Booklist | |
| James, Bill | Wolves of Memory: Harpur & iles | 0393061884 | Booklist, Kirkus | |
| Jance, J.A. | Dead Wrong | 0060540907 | LJ | |
| Johansen, Iris | On the Run | 0553803433 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Johnson, Craig | Death Without Company | 0670034673 | Kirkus, Booklist, Booksense Pick, Booklist Top 10 Crime Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Joss, Morag | Puccini's Ghosts | 038533978x | Washington Post Bests | |
| Judson, Daniel | The Darkest Place | 0031252530 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Kaminsky, Stuart | Terror Town: Abe Lieberman | 076531164x | PW | |
| Kane, Andrea | Wrong Place, Wrong Time | 0060741325 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Karp, Marshall | Rabbit Factory | 1596921749 | Booklist, PW, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Katzenbach, John | The Wrong Man | 0345464834 | PW, Washington Post Bests | |
| Kellerman, Jesse | Sunstroke | 0399153306 | Kirkus, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| Kerley, Jack | Garden of Vipers | 0525949526 | Booklist | |
| Kernick, Simon | Relentless | Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | ||
| Kerr, Philip | The One from the Other | 0399152997 | PW, LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Kettenbach, Hans Werner | Black Ice (paper) | 1904738087 | Kirkus | |
| Khoury, Raymond | The Last Templar | 0525949410 | Quill Nominee Debut Author | |
| King, Jonathon | Eye of Vengeance | 0525949534 | Kirkus | |
| King, Laurie R. | The Art of Detection: Kate Martinelli | 0553804537 | Booklist, Booksense Pick | |
| Klavan, Andrew | Damnation Street | 0151012172 | Booklist | |
| Knopf, Chris | Two Time | 1579621295 | PW, LJ, Booksense Pick, PW Best Books | |
| Koontz, Dean | The Husband | 0553804790 | Booklist | |
| Koryta, Michael | Sorrow's Anthem | 0312340109 | Booklist, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction | |
| Krueger, William Kent | Copper RIver: Corcoran O'Connor | 0743278402 | LJ | |
| Kulhken, Ken | The Do-Re-Mi | 159058337x | Kirkus, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Kunzmann, Richard | Bloody Harvests | 0312360339 | Booklist | |
| Lakeman, Thomas | The Shadow Catchers | 0312347995 | Gumshoe Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| Lamb, John J. | The Mournful Teddy (paper) | 0425211126 | Dilys Award Nominee | |
| Landrigan, Linda (edt) | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magzine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense | 1933648031 | Kirkus, LJ | |
| LaPlante, Lynda | Above Suspicion | 0743284801 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals | |
| Larsson, Asa | Sun Storm | 038533981x | LJ | |
| Lashner, William | Marked Man | 0060721553 | LJ, Gumshoe Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Lawrence, David | Cold Kill: Det Stella Mooney | 0312347413 | LJ | |
| Le Carre, John | The Mission Song | 0316016748 | PW, LJ, Washington Post Bests | |
| Leather, Stephen | Cold Kill | 0340834102 | Kirkus, Thriller Award Best Novel Finalist, Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Lee, Rachel | The Crimson Code (paper) | 0778322718 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Lehane, Dennis | Coronado: Stories | 006113967x | Kirkus, LJ | |
| Levack, Simon | The Shadows of the Lords | 031234841x | PW | |
| Levine, Paul | Kill All the Lawyers (paper) | 0440242754 | PW | |
| Levine, Paul | The Deep Blue Alibi (paper) | 0440242746 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals, Thriller Award Best Paperback Original Finalist | |
| Light, Lawrence | Fear & Greed (paper) | 0843957425 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Lind, Hailey | Feint of Art: Annie Kincaid (paper) | 0451216997 | Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| Lippman, Laura | No Good Deeds: Tess Monaghan | 0060570725 | Kirkus, Booksense Pick, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries | |
| Liss, David | The Ethical Assassin | 140006421x | Kirkus | |
| Littell, Robert | Vicious Circle: A Novel of Mutual Distrust | 1585678554 | Kirkus, Booklist, Booklist Top Crime Novels | |
| Long, Jeff | The Wall | 0743266161 | PW | |
| Lynds, Gayle | The Last Spymaster | 0312301596 | LJ Best Genre Books, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction | |
| MacBride, Stuart | Dying Light | 0312339976 | Booklist, LJ | |
| MacInerney, Karen | Murder on the Rocks (paper) | 0738709085 | Agatha Award Nominee Best First Novel | 1st |
| MacLarty, Jay | Live Wire: Simon Leonidovich (paper) | 1416503471 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals, Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | |
| Maitland, Barry | No Trace: Brock and Kolla | 031235892x | Kirkus, LJ, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries | |
| Malarkey, Tucker | Resurrection | Booksense Pick | ||
| Malmont, Paul | The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril | 0743287851 | Kirkus Hot Debuts | 1st |
| Mankell, Henning | Man Who Smiled: Kurt Wallander | 1565849930 | PW | |
| Margolin, Leslie | The Adultress | 1594144818 | Kirkus | |
| Maron, Margaret | Winter's Child | 0892968109 | PW, LJ | |
| Martin, Nancy | Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too: Blackbird Sisters | 0451217632 | LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Martinez, Michele | The Finishing School | 0060724005 | LJ, RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Masters, Priscilla | Wings over the Watcher | 0749082127 | Deadly Pleasures Best British Novels | |
| Mathews, Francine | The Alibi Club | 055380331x | PW, PW Best Books | |
| May, Peter | Extraordinary People | 1590583353 | Kirkus | |
| Mazya, Edna | Love Burns (paper) | 1933372087 | Kirkus | |
| McBain, Ed | Learning to Kill: Stories | 0151012229 | LJ | |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | Blue Shoes and Happiness: No 1 Ladies Detective Agency | 0375422722 | Kirkus, Booklist, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | Right Attitude to Rain: Philosophy Club | 0375423001 | Booklist | |
| McEvoy, John | Riders Down | 1590582586 | Booklist, Ben Franklin Award Winner | |
| Mcfadyen, Cody | Shadow Man | 0553804650 | 1st | |
| McGovern, Cammie | Eye Contact | 0670037656 | Booksense Pick | |
| McGowan, Kathleen | The Expected One | 0743299426 | LJ | |
| McKinty, Adrian | The Dead Yard | 0743266439 | Booklist, PW Best Books | |
| McManus, Patrick F. | The Blight Way: Sheriff Bo Tully | 0743280474 | Kirkus | |
| Meltzer, Brad | The Book of Fate | 044658018x | LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Meno, Joe | Boy Detective Fails (paper) | 1933354100 | Kirkus, LJ, Booklist Editors' Choice | |
| Meyer, Deon | Dead Before Dying | 0316000132 | LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Mina, Denise | The Dead Hour | 0316735949 | PW, Kirkus, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Edgar Best Novel Nominee | |
| Ming, Wu | 54 | 0151013802 | Kirkus | |
| Moore, Donna | Go to Helena Handbasket | 0809557363 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | 1st |
| Mortimer, John | Rumpole and the Reign of Terror | 0670038040 | Booklist | |
| Mosse, Kate | Laybrinth | 0399153446 | Booksense Pick, Washington Post Bests | |
| Mountain, Fiona | Bloodline: Natasha Blake | 0312323255 | PW, Mary Higgins Clark Award | |
| Muller, Marcia | Vanishing Point | 0892968052 | LJ | |
| Nance, John J. | Orbit* | 0743250524 | LJ | |
| Neate, Patrick | City of Tiny Lights (paper) | 1594481865 | Booklist, Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction | |
| Nelscott, Kris | Days of Rage: Smoky Dalton | 0312325290 | PW, Kirkus, Booklist, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Spotted Owl | |
| Nesser, Hakan | Borkmann's Point: Inspector Van Veeteren | 0375421963 | Booklist | |
| Nisbet, Jim | Dark Compaion | 0939767546 | PW, Hammett Prize Nominee | |
| Nugent, Andrew | Second Burial for a Black Prince | 0312327617 | Booksense Pick | |
| O'Brien, Martin | Jacquot and the Waterman | 031234998x | LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| O'Hehir, Diana | Erased From Memory | 0425212165 | Kirkus | |
| Page, Katherine Hall | The Body in the Ivy: Faith Fairchild | 0060763655 | LJ | |
| Parker, Ann | Iron Ties | 1590582624 | PW | |
| Parker, I.J. | Black Arrow (paper) | 0143035614 | PW | |
| Parker, T. Jefferson | The Fallen | 0060562382 | Kirkus, PW, Booklist, Booksense Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction | |
| Parrish, P.J. | An Unquiet Grave (paper) | 0786016078 | PW, RT Book Club Top Pick, Thriller Award Best Paperback Original Finalist | |
| Parshall, Sandra | The Heat of the Moon | 159058256x | Agatha Award Winner Best First Novel | 1st |
| Patterson, Jame (edt) | Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night | 0778322998 | LJ, PW | |
| Pawel, Rebecca | Summer Snow | 1569474087 | PW, PW Best Books | |
| Pelecanos, George | The Night Gardner | 0316156507 | Booklist, LJ, PW, PW Best Books, Washington Post Bests, US Best Books, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Gumshoe Best Mystery Nominee, Barry Award Best Novel Nominee | |
| Penny, Louise | Still Life | 0312352557 | Booklist, PW, Kirkus, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, Dilys Award Winner, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Penzler, Otto (edt) | The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 | 0618517472/0618517464 | Booklist | |
| Penzler, Otto (edt) | Uncertain Endings: the World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery Stories | 1933648163 | PW | |
| Pessl, Marisha | Special Topics in Calamity Physics | 067003777x | PW, Booksense Pick, NYTBR Notable - Top Ten | 1st |
| Peters, Elizabeth | Tomb of the Golden Bird | 0060591803 | PW | |
| Pickard, Nancy | Virgin of the Small Plains | 0345470990 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction, Dilys Award Nominee, Edgar Best Novel Nominee, Agatha Award Winner Best Novel | |
| Pirie, David | Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | 1933648112 | PW, Kirkus | |
| Porter, Henry | Brandenburg Gate | 0871139405 | PW, LJ, Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Powers, Martha | Death Angel | 1933515031 | Booksense Pick | |
| Powers, Tim | Three Days to Never | 0380976536 | PW, Kirkus, Booksense Pick, Washington Post Bests | |
| Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child | Book of the Dead | 0446576980 | LJ Best Genre Books | |
| Pronzini, Bill | Mourners: Nameless | 0765309327 | Kirkus, Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Pronzini, Bill | The Crimes of Jordan Wise | 0802714935 | Kirkus, LJ, Hammett Prize Nominee | |
| Quinlan, Patrick | Smoked | 0312349343 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | 1st |
| Ramsay, Frederick | Impulse | 1590582837 | PW, PW Best Books | |
| Randisi, Robert J. | Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime | 0312338627 | Booklist | |
| Read, Cornelia | A Field of Darkness | 089296023x | Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction, Booklist Best Crime Fiction Debuts, Deadly Pleasures Best, Edgar Best First Novel Nominee First Novels, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Gumshoe Nominee Best First Novel, Barry Award Best First Novel Nominee | 1st |
| Reilly, Matthew | Seven Deadly Wonders | 0743270533 | Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers | |
| Riccio, Dolores Stewart | Ladies Courting Trouble (paper) | 0758209878 | Booklist | |
| Rigosi, Gaimpero | Night Bus (paper) | 1904738117 | PW | |
| Robb, J.D. | Memory in Death | 0399153284 | RT Book Club Top Pick | |
| Robbins, David L. | The Assassins Gallery | 0553804413 | Booksense Pick | |
| Robinson, Peter | Piece of My Heart | 006054435x | Kirkus, Booksense Pick | |
| Robotham, Michael | Lost | 0385508662 | LJ | |
| Rose, M.J. | The Venus Fix (paper) | 077832317X | Gumshoe Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Rosenfelt, David | Dead Center: Andy Carpenter | 0892960027 | PW | |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | The Red Chrysanthemum | 0312355327 | PW | |
| Royal, Priscilla | Sorrow Without End: A Medieval Mystery | 1590582144 | PW | |
| Rubenfeld, Jed | The Interpretation of Murder | 0805080988 | Booklist, Booksense Pick | |
| Sallis, James | Cripple Creek: Turner | 0802733824 | PW, Kirkus, Booklist, LJ, Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Schreiber, Joe | Chasing the Dead | 0345487478 | Kirkus | |
| Schwegel, Theresa | Probable Cause | 0312343167 | Kirkus | |
| Scottoline, Lisa | Dirty Blonde | 0060742909 | RT Bookclub Top Pick | |
| Seranella, Barbara | Unacceptable Death: Munch Mancini | 0312347987 | Booklist, PW, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Setterfield, Diane | The Thirteenth Tale | 0743298020 | Kirkus, Alex Award, Dilys Award Nominee | |
| Seymour, Gerald | Traitor's Kiss | 1585676330 | Kirkus | |
| Shaara, Lila | Dark Circles | 0345485653 | Kirkus Hot Debuts | 1st |
| Sharfeddin, Heather | Mineral Spirits | 1882593987 | Kirkus, Booklist | |
| Shepard, Karen | Don't I Know You? | 0060782374 | PW | |
| Shuman, George D. | 18 Seconds | 0743277163 | Thriller Award Best First Novel Finalist | |
| Sierra, Javier | The Secret Supper | 0743287649 | Booksense Pick | |
| Silva, Daniel | The Messenger | 0399153357 | LJ, Thriller Award Best Novel Finalist, Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Smith, Anthony Neil | The Drummer | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | ||
| Smith, Scott | The Ruins | 1400043875 | PW, Washington Post Bests, US Books | |
| Spanogle, Joshua | Isolation Ward | 0060543337 | Kirkus | 1st |
| Speart, Jessica | Unsafe Harbor | 0727864300 | PW | |
| Spencer, Sally | Long Time Dead | 0727863630 | Booklist | |
| Spencer, Sally | Stone Killer | 0727862944 | Booklist, Kirkus, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best British Novels | |
| Spencer-Fleming, Julia | All Mortal Flesh: Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alsytne | 0312312644 | LJ, PW, Kirkus, PW Best Books, Kirkus Top 10 Mysteries, LJ Best Genre Fiction, Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel, Gumshoe Best Mystery Nominee, Nero Award Finalist | |
| Stabenow, Dana | Blindfold Game | 031234323x | PW, Booklist, Booksense Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers | |
| Stacey, Lyndon | Six to One Against (paper) | 009179675x | Kirkus | |
| Stansberry, Domenic | The Big Boom | 0312324707 | LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Stark, RIchard | Ask the Parrot: Parker | 089296068x | Kirkus, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction | |
| Starr, Jason | Lights Out | 0312359721 | LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Steinhauer, Olen | Liberation Movements | 0312332041 | PW, LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction, Edgar Best Novel Nominee | |
| Stella, Charlie | Shakedown | 1933648058 | Kirkus, Booklist | |
| Swain, Jim | Deadman's Poker (paper) | 0345475496 | Deadly Pleasures Best Paperback Originals, Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | |
| Swierczynski, Duane | The Blonde | 0312343795 | LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Tallis, Frank | Death in Vienna | 0802118151 | Kirkus | |
| Taylor, Chad | Departure Lounge (paper) | 1933372095 | PW | |
| Thomas, Will | The Limehouse Text (paper) | 0743273346 | Booklist, Booklist Top Crime Novels | |
| Thornton, Betsy | A Whole New Life | 0031235759 | PW | |
| Todd, Charles | A Long Shadow: Inspector Ian Rutledge | 006078671x | PW, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Torres, Steven | Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico | 0312321112 | LJ | |
| Tremayne, Peter | Master of Souls: Mystery of Ancient Ireland | 0312348320 | Kirkus | |
| Turrill, David | Long in the Tooth | 1592641660 | Kirkus | |
| Tursten, Helene | Torso | 1569474257 | PW | |
| Unger, Lisa | Beautiful Lies | 0307336689 | PW, Booklist, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Thriller Award Best Novel Finalist | 1st |
| Vargas, Fred | Seeking Whom He May Devour (paper) | 074328402x | Kirkus | |
| Vine, Barbara | The Minotaur | 0307237605 | Gumshoe Nominee Best European Crime Novel | |
| Waites, Martyn | Mercy Seat: Joe Donovan | 1933648007 | PW, LJ, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels | |
| Wall, Kathryn R. | Bishop's Reach: Bay Tanner | 0312337957 | LJ | |
| Walter, Jess | The Zero | 0060898658 | Kirkus, Booksense Pick, National Book Award Finalist, Washington Post Bests, Booklist Top Crime Novels | |
| Walters, Minette | The Devil's Feather | 0307264629 | Kirkus, PW | |
| Walton, Jo | Farthing | 0765314215 | PW | |
| Wambaugh, Joseph | Hollywood Station | 0316066141 | Booklist, PW, LJ, Gumshoe Best Mystery Nominee | |
| Wan, Michelle | The Orchid Shroud: A Novel of Death in the Dordogne | 0385514581 | LJ | |
| Ward, Robert | Four Kinds of Rain | 031235780x | Hammett Prize Nominee | |
| White, Jenny | The Sultan's Seal | 0393060993 | Booklist, Booklist Top 10 First Novels, Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels | 1st |
| White, Stephen | Kill Me | 0525949305 | LJ, Booksense Pick, Deadly Pleasures Best Novels, Barry Award Best Thriller Nominee | |
| Williams, T.J. | 5 Minutes and 42 Seconds (paper) | 0060837683 | Kirkus Hot Debuts | 1st |
| Wilson, Robert | The Hidden Assassins | 0015102393 | Kirkus, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Winegardner, Mark | The Godfather's Revenge | 0399153845 | Kirkus | |
| Winslow, Don | The Winter of Frankie Machine | 1400044987 | January Magazine Best Crime Fiction | |
| Winspear, Jacqueline | Messenger of Truth: Maisie Dobbs | 0805078983 | Booksense Pick, Agatha Award Nominee Best Novel | |
| Wiprud, Brian | Crooked | Barry Award Best Paperback Original Nominee | ||
| Wiprud, Brian M. | Sleep With the Fishes (paper) | 0440243130 | PW | |
| Woodrell, Daniel | Winter's Bone | 031605755x | Booklist, Kirkus, LJ, January Magazine Best Crime Fiction, Chi Trib (Dick Adler) Best Crime Fiction, Booklist Editors' Choice, Booklist Top Crime Novels | |
| Woods, Stuart | Short Straw | 0399156383 | Kirkus | |
| Wozencraft, Kim | The Devil's Backbone | 0312290632 | PW | |
| Xiolang, Qiu | A Case of Two Cities: Inspector Chen | 0312359853 | PW | |
| Yancey, Rick | The Highly Effective Detective | 0312347529 | PW, LJ | 1st |
| Zerries, A.J. | The Lost Van Gogh | 0765312506 | Booklist | |