Crime Fiction Notables 2005

Author
Title ~ Main Characters
ISBN
Stars
Notes
1st
Abbott, Jeff Panic 0525949046 star image  
Abbott, Megan E. Die a Little 0743261704 star image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Edgar Nominee Best First Novel
1st
Ablow, Keith The Architect 0312323921 star image  
Abrahams, Peter Oblivion 0060726571 star image  
Airth, Rennie The Blood-Dimmed Tide 06708999968 star image  
Albert, Susan Wittig Tale of Holly How: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter 0425202747 star image  
Alexander, Bruce Rules of Engagement 0399152423 star image  
Andrews, Donna Owls Well That Ends Well: Meg Langlsow 0312329385 Agatha Nominee Best Novel  
Anscombe, Roderick The Interview Room 0312323999 star imagestar image  
Argula, Anne Homicide My Own (paper) 1929355211 Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original  
Arsenault, Mark Speak Ill of the Living 1590581393 star image  
Arvin, Reed Blood of Angels 0060596341 star imagestar image
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction
 
Aubert, Rosemary Red Mass: Ellis Portal 1882593960 star imagestar image
LJ Best Mysteries
 
Bannister, Jo Breaking Faith: Brodie Farrell 0312343019 Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee  
Bartoy, Mitchell The Devil's Own Rag Doll: Pete Caudill 0312340885 star image  
Baxter, Holly Tears of the Dragon 1590581466 star image  
Bebris, Carrie Suspense and Sensibility or First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery 0765305097 star image  
Berry, Steve The Third Secret 0345476131
LJ Best Thrillers
 
Billingham, Mark The Burning Girl 0060745266 star image  
Blake, Victoria Bloodless Shadow (paper) 0425203093 star image  
Block, Lawrence All The Flowers Are Dying: Matthew Scudder 0060198311 star image  
Bloom, Elizabeth See Isabelle Run 0892967854 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Blunt, Giles Black Fly Season: John Cardinal & Lisa Delorme 0399152555 star image
Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction
 
Bonanno, Bill The Good Guys 0446529656 star image  
Box, C.J. Out of Range: Joe Pickett 0399152911 star imagestar image
Kirkus Best Mysteries
Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction
 
Bradford, Laura Jury of One (paper) 1591330947 Agatha Nominee Best First Novel  
Brady, Joan Bleedout 0743270088 star image  
Brandon, Jay Running With the Dead: Chris Sinclair 0765308932 star image  
Braver, Gary Flashback 0765302519 star image  
Broadbent, Tony Spectres in the Smoke 0312290268 star image
Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels
 
Brownstein, Gabriel The Man from Beyond 0393051528 star image  
Bruce, Maggie (ed) Murder Most Crafty 0425202062 star image  
Burdett, John Bangkok Tattoo 1400040450 star image
Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading
 
Burke, James Lee Crusader's Cross: Dave Robichaux 0743277198 star imagestar imagestar image
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series
 
Burke, Jan Bloodlines: Irene Kelly 074322390x star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Burton, Milton T. The Rogue's Game 0312336810 star imagestar image 1st
Carr, Jospehine My Very Own Murder (paper) 0451216466 star image  
Chan, Cassandra The Young Widow: Jack Gibbons 03123378485 star image 1st
Child, Lee One Shot: Jack Reacher 0375433384 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
LJ Best Thrillers
 
Clark, Clare The Great Stink 0151011613 star image
Washington Post Book World Raves
 
Coben, Harlan The Innocent 0525948740 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Coel, Margaret Eye of the Wolf 0425205460 star image  
Coleman, Reed Farrel The James Deans (paper) 0452286506 Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original  
Compton, Jodi Sympathy Between Humans: Det Sarah Pribek 0385337140 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Connelly, Michael The Lincoln Lawyer 0316734934 star imagestar image
Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
LJ Best Thrillers
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Edgar Nominee Best Novel
 
Connelly, Michael Closers: Harry Bosch 0316734942 star imagestar imagestar image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Cook, Robin Marker 0399152938 star image  
Cook, Thomas Red Leaves 0151012504 Edgar Nominee Best Novel  
Copp, Rick The Actor's Guide to Greed 0758209606 star image  
Corrigan, John Bad Lie 1584654546 star image  
Cotterill, Colin Thirty-Three Teeth: Siri Paiboun 1569473889 star image
Dilys Winner
 
Craig, Peter Blood Father 1401300456 star image  
Crais, Robert The Forgotten Man: Elvis Cole 0385504284 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Cray, David Dead Is Forever: Philip Beckett 0786714409 star image  
Crumley, James The Right Madness: C.W. Sughrue 0670034061 star image  
Cullin, Mitch A Slight Trick of the Mind 0385513283 star image
Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries
 
Daley, Robert The Enemy of God 015101244x star imagestar image  
Damsgaard, Shirley Witch Way to Murder (paper) 0060793481 Agatha Nominee Best First Novel  
Daniel, John M. The Poet's Funeral 159058144x star image  
Denby, Joolz Billle Morgan (paper) 1852428651 star image  
Deutermann, P.T. The Cat Dancers 0312333773 star imagestar image  
Durham, Laura Better Off Wed: Annabelle Archer 0060738316 Agatha Winner Best First Novel  
Edwardson, Ake Sun and Shadow: Erik Winter 0670034150 star image  
Eidson, Bill The Mayday: Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard 1932112332 star image  
Eisler, Barry Killing Rain 0399152849
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
 
Ellis, David In the Company of Liars 0399152474 star imagestar image
LJ Best Thrillers
 
Emerson, Earl The Smoke Room 0345462904 star image  
Engel, Howard Memory Book: Benny Cooperman 0786716444 star imagestar image  
Estleman, Loren D. Little Black Dress: Peter Macklin 0765308940 star image  
Evanovich, Janet Eleven On Top: Stephanie Plum 0312306261 star image  
Faherty, Terence In a Teapot: Scott Elliott 1932325042 Dliys Nominee  
Fasman, Jon The Geographer's Library 1594200386 star image
Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
1st
Fforde, Jasper The Big Over Easy 0670034231 star image  
Finder, Joseph Company Man 0312319169 star image
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
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 star image  
Fowler, Earlene Delectable Mountains: Benni Harper 0425202496 star image  
Freeman, Brian Immoral 0312340427 star image
Sun Sentinel Best Debuts
Edgar Nominee Best First Novel
1st
Frost, Scott Run the Risk 0399152482 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
Edgar Nominee Best First Novel
1st
Fulmer, David Jass 0151010250 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
LJ Best Mysteries
 
Galgut, Damon The Quarry (paper) 0802141617 star image  
Gallaway, Gregory As Simple as Snow 0399152318 Alex Awards  
Garcia-Roza, Luiz A. A Window in Copacabana: Inspector Espinosa 0805074384 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Gardner, Lisa Alone 0553802534 star image  
Gaspar De Alba, Alicia Desert Blood: the Juarez Murders 1558854460 star image
LJ Best Mysteries
 
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 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
LJ Best Mysteries
1st
George, Elizabeth With No One As Witness 0060545607 star imagestar image  
Gerritsen, Tess Vanish 0345476972 Edgar Nominee Best Novel  
Gimenez, Mark The Color of Law 0385516738 star imagestar image 1st
Goldberg, Lee The Man With the Iron-on Badge 1594143722 star image  
Grabenstein, Chris Tilt-a-whirl 0786715847 star imagestar image
Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries
Sun Sentinel Best Debuts
1st
Grabien, Deborah Matty Groves 0312333897 star image  
Grafton, Sue S is for Silence 0399152970 star imagestar image  
Greenwood, Kerry Away With the Fairies: Phryne Fisher 1590580222 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Greer, Robert O. Resurrecting Langston Blue 1583941363 star image  
Gruber, Michael Valley of Bones: Jimmy Paz 0060577665 star imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Guilfoile, Kevin Cast of Shadows 1400043085 Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels 1st
Gunn, Elizabeth Crazy Eights: Jake Hines 0765308061 star image  
Guthrie, Allan Kiss Her Goodbye (paper) 0843953551 Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original  
Guttridge, Peter Two to Tango (paper) 1931108002 star image  
Haddam, Jane The Headmaster's Wife: Gregor Demarkian 0312313144 star image  
Haig, Brian The President's Assassin: Sean Drummond 0446576670 star image  
Hall, James W. Forests of the Night   Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries  
Hamilton, Denise Savage Garden: Eve Diamond 0743261925 star image  
Hammett, Dashiell Lost Stories 0972589813 star image  
Harper, Karen Dark Angel (paper) 0778321797 Mary Higgins Clark Award Nominee  
Harper, Tom The Mosaic of Shadows: A Byzantine Mystery 0312339678 star image 1st
Harris, C.S. What Angels Fear 0451216695 star image  
Harris, Joanne Sleep, Pale Sister (paper) 0060787112 star image  
Hayder, Mo The Devil of Nanking 0802117945 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Hecht, Daniel Puppets (trade Paper) 1582344957 star image  
Heley, Veronica Murder in the Garden 072786145x star image  
Hill, Reginald The Stranger House 0060820810 star image  
Hirahara, Naomi Gasa-gasa Girl (paper) 0385337604 star image  
Holmes, Rupert Swing 140006158x star image  
Hosp, David Dark Harbor 044657693x star image 1st
Hunt, James Patrick Maitland 1594142726 star image
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 star image
Edgar Nomination Best Paperback Original
 
Huston, Charlie Alread Dead: Joe Pitt (paper) 034547824x star image  
Indridason, Arnaldur Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller 0312340702 star image
Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel - 2002
 
Irby, Lee 7000 Clams 0385511892 Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels 1st
Izzo, Jean-Claude Total Chaos (paper) 1933372044 star image  
Jacobs, Jonnie The Only Suspect 0758208006 star image  
James, Bill Easy Streets: Harpur & Iles 039306042x star imagestar image
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series
 
James, P.D. The Lighthouse: Adam Dalgliesh 030726291x star image
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series
 
Jenkins, Emyi Stealing with Style 1565124456 star image  
Johnson, Craig Cold Dish 0670033693 Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
Dilys Nominee
1st
Joss, Morag Funeral Music (paper) 044024214x star image  
Joss, Morag Half Broken Things 0385339402 star imagestar image
CWA Silver Dagger Award
Washington Post Book World Raves
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Dilys Nominee
 
Kanon, Joseph Alibi 080507886x star image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
 
Keizer, Gregg Midnight Plague 0399153195 star image  
Kelly, Jim The Moon Tunnel: Philip Dryden 031234922x star imagestar image  
Kerley, Jack The Death Collectors: Carson Ryder & Harry Nautilus 0525948775 star imagestar imagestar image
Kirkus Best Mysteries
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Kernick, Simon The Crime Trade 9780312340599 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Kerr, Philip Hitler's Peace 0399152695 star image  
King, Laurie R. Locked Rooms: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes 055380197x star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Kirkus Best Mysteries
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series
 
Knopf, Chris The Last Refuge 157962118x star image  
Koontz, Dean Forever Odd 0553804162 star image  
Koontz, Dean Velocity 0553804154 star image  
Kozak, Harley Jane Dating Is Murder: Wollie Shelley 0385510349 star imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Kronenwetter, Michael First Kill 0312347375 2004 PWA/SMP Best Private Eye Novel Contest  
Lasdun, James Seven Lies 0393057542 star image  
Lashner, William Falls the Shadow 0060721561 star image  
Latour, Jose Comrades in Miami 0802118100 star image  
Lawrence, David Nothing Like the Night: Det Stella Mooney 031232880x star image  
Lawson, Michael The Inside Ring 0385515316 star image 1st
Lawton, John Flesh Wounds 0871136988 star image  
Leon, Donna Blood from a Stone: Guido Brunetti 0871138875 star imagestar imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Kirkus Best Mysteries
 
Leonard, Elmore The Hot Kid 0060724226 star imagestar image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Washington Post Book World Raves
 
Levack, Simon Demon of the Air: An Aztec Mystery 0312348347 star imagestar image
Winner of the CWA Debut Dagger Award
LJ Best Mysteries
1st
Limon, Martin Door to Bitterness 1569474044 star image  
Lindsay, Jeff Dearly Devoted Dexter 0385511248 star image  
Lippman, Laura To the Power of Three 0060506725 Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries  
Littell, Robert Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation 1585676969 star image
Washington Post Book World Raves
 
Lovesey, Peter Circle 1569473927 star imagestar image  
MacBride, Stuart Cold Granite 031233995x star imagestar imagestar image
Booklist Best Crime Debuts
1st
Mankell, Henning Before the Frost 1565848357 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Maron, Margaret Rituals of the Season: Deborah Knott 0892968095 star imagestar image
Agatha Winner Best Novel
 
Martinez, Michele Most Wanted 006072398x star image
Sun Sentinel Best Debuts
1st
Mason, Sarah Society Girls (paper) 0345469577 star image  
Mathews, Francine Blown 0553803301 star image  
McBain, Ed Alice in Jeopardy 0743262506 star imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
McBain, Ed Fiddlers: 87th Precinct 0151012164 star image  
McBain, Ed (ed) Transgressions 0765308517 star imagestar imagestar image  
McCall Smith, Alexander Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: Sunday Philosophy Club 0375422994 star imagestar image
Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction
 
McCall Smith, Alexander In the Company of Cheerful Ladies 0375422714 star imagestar image
Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Kirkus Best Mysteries
 
McDermid, Val The Torment of Others 9780312339197 star imagestar image  
McDonnell, Nick The Third Brother 080211802x star image  
McGown, Jill Unlucky for Some: A Novel by Suspense (Lloud and Hill) 0345476557 star image  
Mcintyre, Hope How to Seduce a Ghost   star imagestar image  
McKinty, Adrian Hidden River 0743247000 star image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
 
McMahon, Neil Revolution No. 9 0060529180 star image  
McNab, Claire Kookaburra Gambit: Kylie Kendall (paper) 1555839045 star image  
McPherson, Catriona After the Armistice Ball 0786716088 star image  
Meyer, Deon Dead At Daybreak 0316000124 star imagestar imagestar image  
Mills, Kyle Fade 0312335776 star image  
Mina, Denise Field of Blood 0316735930 star imagestar image  
Mosley, Walter Cinnamon Kiss: Easy Rawlins 0316073024 star image  
Muller, Marcia Cape Perdido 089296006X Washington Post Book World Raves  
Murphy, Margaret Weaving Shadows: Clara Pascal 0312328532 star image  
Myers, Beverle Graves Painted Veil 1590581407 star image  
Nadelson, Reggie Disturbed Earth: Artie Cohen 0802733832 star imagestar image  
Nelscott, Kris War At Home: Smokey Dalton 0312325274 star image  
Nisbet, Jim The Syracuse Codex 093976752x star image  
Nugent, Andrew The Four Courts Murder 0312327587 star image 1st
O'Hehir, Diana Murder Never Forgets 0425205851 star imagestar image  
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 star imagestar imagestar image  
Parker, Robert B. Cold Service: Spenser 0399152407 star image  
Parker, Robert B. School Days: Spenser 0399153233 star imagestar image  
Parry, Owen The Rebels of Babylon 0060513926 star image  
Patterson, James Lifeguard 0316057851 star image  
Patterson, Richard North Conviction 0345450191 star image  
Pelecanos, George P. Drama City 0316608211 star image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Edgar Nominee Best Novel
 
Penzler, Otto (ed) Dangerous Women 0892960043 star image  
Penzler, Otto (ed) The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 0618517448 star image  
Peritti, Frank E. Monster 084991180x star image  
Peters, Elizabeth The Serpent On the Crown: Amelia Peabody 0060591781 star image  
Pilkington, John The Mapmaker's Daughter 0727861603 star image  
Posadas, Carmen The Last Resort 0375508864 star image  
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child Dance of Death 0446576972 star image  
Preston, Douglas J. Tyrannosaur Canyon 0765311046 star image
LJ Best Thrillers
 
Pronzini, Bill Nightcrawlers: Nameless 0765309319 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Rabb, Jonathan Rosa 1400049210 star image  
Rabe, Peter Murder Me for Nickels/Benny Muscles In (paper) 0974943843 star image  
Rankin, Ian Fleshmarket Alley: Rebus 0316095656 star imagestar image
Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Rendell, Ruth 13 Steps Down 1400098424 star image  
Rhoades, J. D. The Devil's Right Hand 0312334192 star image
Booklist Best Crime Novel Debuts
1st
Robinson, Peter Strange Affair: A Novel of Suspense 0060544333 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Robotham, Michael The Suspect 0385508611 star imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
Kirkus Best Mysteries
1st
Roby, Kinley Now Comes Death: Harry Brock 1594142874 star image  
Roosevelt, Kermit In the Shadow of the Law 0374261873 star image
Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries
1st
Rosenfelt, David Sudden Death 0892967838 star image  
Ross, Joel N. Double Cross Blind 0385513887 star image 1st
Rowe, Rosemary The Chariots of Calyx (paper) 0747265194 star imagestar image  
Rudolph, Penny Thicker Than Blood 1590581482 star image  
Rusch, Sheldon For Edgar 042520409x star image
Kirkus Best Mysteries
 
Russell, Kirk Dead Game: John Marquez 0811850781 star image
Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction
 
Sallis, James Drive 1590581814 star imagestar image
Washington Post Book World Raves
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
 
Sandford, John Broken Prey 0399152725 star imagestar image  
Saylor, Steven A Gladiator Dies Only Once: Gordianus the Finder 0312271204 star image  
Schlink, Bernhard Self's Punishment (paper) 037570907x star image
Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels
 
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 star imagestar image  
Sefton, Maggie Knit One, Kill Two (paper) 042520359x Agatha Nominee Best First Novel  
Seymour, Gerald The Unknown Soldier 1585676349 star imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers
 
Shannon, John Dangerous Games: Jack Liffey 078671543x star image  
Sharp, Zoe First Drop 0312341695 star image 1st
Sheehan, James The Mayor of Lexington Avenue (paper) 097674421x star image  
Shelby, Jeff Killer Swell: Noah Braddock 0525948805 star image 1st
Sholes, Lynne & Joe More The Grail Conspiracy (paper) 0738707872 star image  
Siegel, James Detour 0446531855 star image  
Silva, Daniel Prince of Fire 0399152431 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best Thrillers
 
Skibbins, David Eight of Swords 0312339062 Winner Minotaur/Malice Best First Traditional Mystery
Sun Sentinel Best Debuts
1st
Sloane, Kit Extreme Cuisine (paper) 193075468x star image  
Spencer-Fleming, Julia To Darkness and To Death: Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne 0312334850 star imagestar image
Kirkus Best Mysteries
 
Spiegelman, Peter Death's Little Helpers 1400040795 star imagestar image  
Sprague, Gretchen Death by Thunder 0312347677 star image  
Steinhauer, Olen 36 Yalta Boulevard 0312332017 star imagestar image
Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels
 
Stroby, Wallace The Heartbreak Lounge: Harry Raine 0312300956 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Swain, James Mr. Lucky: Tony Valentine 0345475445 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Kirkus Best Mysteries
 
Swindells, Madge Ripples On a Pond 0749083670 star image  
Taichert, Pari Noskin The Belen Hitch: Sasha Solomon 0826339158 Agatha Nominee Best Novel  
Tallman, Shirley The Russian Hill Murders: Sarah Woolson 0312328575 star image  
Tierney, Ron Nickel Plated Soul 0727861735 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Tillman, Lisa Blood Relations (paper) 1591331226 Agatha Nominee Best First Novel  
Todd, Charles A Cold Treachery: Ian Rutledge 0553803492 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Trobaugh, Augusta The Tea Olive Bird Watching Society 0525948791 star image  
Turow, Scott Ordinary Heroes 0374184216 star imagestar imagestar image  
Tusset, Pablo The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant (paper) 1841957151 star image
Booklist Best Crime Debuts
1st
Twelve Hawks, John The Traveler 038551428x star image
Booklist Best Crime Debuts
1st
Ure, Louise Forcing Amaryllis 0892960094 star image  
Vachss, Andrew Two Trains Running 1400043816 star imagestar image  
Visman, Janni Yellow 0670034029 star image  
Walter, Jess Citizen Vince 0060394412 star image
Edgar Winner Best Novel
 
Webber, Heather S. Trouble in Spades: Nina Quinn (paper) 0060723483 Agatha Nominee Best Novel  
Weber, Richard Miss Gazillions 0312331401 star image 1st
Weinberger, Casper and Peter Schweizer Chain of Command 074343773x star imagestar image  
Well, Chris Forgiving Solomon Long (paper) 0736914056 star image  
Westlake, Donald E. Watch Your Back! Dortmunder 0892968028 star imagestar imagestar image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
White, Kate Over Her Dead Body: Bailey Wiggins 0446531766 star image  
Wildwind, Sharon Some Welcome Home: Elizabeth Pepperhawk/Avivah Rosen 1594142750 star image  
Wilson, Robert Vanished Hands 0151008418 star image
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
 
Winslow, Don Power of the Dog 0375405380 star image
Dilys Nominee
 
Winspear, Jacqueline Pardonable Lies: Maisie Dobbs 0805078975 star imagestar imagestar image
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Agatha Nominee Best Novel
 
Wright, Nina Whisky on the Rocks: Whiskey Mattimoe (paper) 073870749x star image  
Zevin, Gabrielle Margarettown 1401352421 star image