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 |
 |
|
| Alexander, Bruce |
Rules of Engagement |
0399152423 |
 |
|
| Andrews, Donna |
Owls Well That Ends Well: Meg Langlsow |
0312329385 |
Agatha Nominee Best Novel |
|
| Anscombe, Roderick |
The Interview Room |
0312323999 |
  |
|
| 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 |
|
| Aubert, Rosemary |
Red Mass: Ellis Portal |
1882593960 |
 
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 |
|
|
| Baxter, Holly |
Tears of the Dragon |
1590581466 |
 |
|
| Bebris, Carrie |
Suspense and Sensibility or First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery |
0765305097 |
 |
|
| Berry, Steve |
The Third Secret |
0345476131 |
LJ Best Thrillers |
|
| Billingham, Mark |
The Burning Girl |
0060745266 |
 |
|
| Blake, Victoria |
Bloodless Shadow (paper) |
0425203093 |
 |
|
| Block, Lawrence |
All The Flowers Are Dying: Matthew Scudder |
0060198311 |
 |
|
| Bloom, Elizabeth |
See Isabelle Run |
0892967854 |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Blunt, Giles |
Black Fly Season: John Cardinal & Lisa Delorme |
0399152555 |

Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Braver, Gary |
Flashback |
0765302519 |
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|
| Broadbent, Tony |
Spectres in the Smoke |
0312290268 |
Booklist Best Recent Spy Novels |
|
| Brownstein, Gabriel |
The Man from Beyond |
0393051528 |
 |
|
| Bruce, Maggie (ed) |
Murder Most Crafty |
0425202062 |
 |
|
| Burdett, John |
Bangkok Tattoo |
1400040450 |

Washington Post Editors' Picks Summer Reading |
|
| Burke, James Lee |
Crusader's Cross: Dave Robichaux |
0743277198 |
 
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
|
| Burke, Jan |
Bloodlines: Irene Kelly |
074322390x |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Burton, Milton T. |
The Rogue's Game |
0312336810 |
  |
1st |
| Carr, Jospehine |
My Very Own Murder (paper) |
0451216466 |
|
|
| Chan, Cassandra |
The Young Widow: Jack Gibbons |
03123378485 |
 |
1st |
| Child, Lee |
One Shot: Jack Reacher |
0375433384 |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
LJ Best Thrillers |
|
| Clark, Clare |
The Great Stink |
0151011613 |

Washington Post Book World Raves |
|
| Coben, Harlan |
The Innocent |
0525948740 |
 
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Coel, Margaret |
Eye of the Wolf |
0425205460 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Connelly, Michael |
Closers: Harry Bosch |
0316734942 |
  
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Cook, Robin |
Marker |
0399152938 |
 |
|
| Cook, Thomas |
Red Leaves |
0151012504 |
Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
|
| Copp, Rick |
The Actor's Guide to Greed |
0758209606 |
|
|
| Corrigan, John |
Bad Lie |
1584654546 |
 |
|
| Cotterill, Colin |
Thirty-Three Teeth: Siri Paiboun |
1569473889 |
Dilys Winner |
|
| Craig, Peter |
Blood Father |
1401300456 |
 |
|
| Crais, Robert |
The Forgotten Man: Elvis Cole |
0385504284 |
 
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Cray, David |
Dead Is Forever: Philip Beckett |
0786714409 |
 |
|
| Crumley, James |
The Right Madness: C.W. Sughrue |
0670034061 |
 |
|
| Cullin, Mitch |
A Slight Trick of the Mind |
0385513283 |

Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
|
| Daley, Robert |
The Enemy of God |
015101244x |
  |
|
| Damsgaard, Shirley |
Witch Way to Murder (paper) |
0060793481 |
Agatha Nominee Best First Novel |
|
| Daniel, John M. |
The Poet's Funeral |
159058144x |
 |
|
| Denby, Joolz |
Billle Morgan (paper) |
1852428651 |
|
|
| Deutermann, P.T. |
The Cat Dancers |
0312333773 |
 |
|
| Durham, Laura |
Better Off Wed: Annabelle Archer |
0060738316 |
Agatha Winner Best First Novel |
|
| Edwardson, Ake |
Sun and Shadow: Erik Winter |
0670034150 |
 |
|
| Eidson, Bill |
The Mayday: Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard |
1932112332 |
 |
|
| Eisler, Barry |
Killing Rain |
0399152849 |
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
|
| Ellis, David |
In the Company of Liars |
0399152474 |
 
LJ Best Thrillers |
|
| Emerson, Earl |
The Smoke Room |
0345462904 |
 |
|
| Engel, Howard |
Memory Book: Benny Cooperman |
0786716444 |
 |
|
| Estleman, Loren D. |
Little Black Dress: Peter Macklin |
0765308940 |
 |
|
| Evanovich, Janet |
Eleven On Top: Stephanie Plum |
0312306261 |
 |
|
| 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 |
 |
|
| Finder, Joseph |
Company Man |
0312319169 |

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 |
 |
|
| Fowler, Earlene |
Delectable Mountains: Benni Harper |
0425202496 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Galgut, Damon |
The Quarry (paper) |
0802141617 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Gardner, Lisa |
Alone |
0553802534 |
 |
|
| Gaspar De Alba, Alicia |
Desert Blood: the Juarez Murders |
1558854460 |

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 |

Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
LJ Best Mysteries |
1st |
| George, Elizabeth |
With No One As Witness |
0060545607 |
  |
|
| 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 |
 |
|
| Grabenstein, Chris |
Tilt-a-whirl |
0786715847 |

Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries
Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Grabien, Deborah |
Matty Groves |
0312333897 |
|
|
| Grafton, Sue |
S is for Silence |
0399152970 |
 |
|
| Greenwood, Kerry |
Away With the Fairies: Phryne Fisher |
1590580222 |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Greer, Robert O. |
Resurrecting Langston Blue |
1583941363 |
|
|
| Gruber, Michael |
Valley of Bones: Jimmy Paz |
0060577665 |
  
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Guilfoile, Kevin |
Cast of Shadows |
1400043085 |
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels |
1st |
| Gunn, Elizabeth |
Crazy Eights: Jake Hines |
0765308061 |
 |
|
| Guthrie, Allan |
Kiss Her Goodbye (paper) |
0843953551 |
Edgar Nominee Best Paperback Original |
|
| Guttridge, Peter |
Two to Tango (paper) |
1931108002 |
 |
|
| Haddam, Jane |
The Headmaster's Wife: Gregor Demarkian |
0312313144 |
 |
|
| Haig, Brian |
The President's Assassin: Sean Drummond |
0446576670 |
 |
|
| Hall, James W. |
Forests of the Night |
|
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Hamilton, Denise |
Savage Garden: Eve Diamond |
0743261925 |
 |
|
| Hammett, Dashiell |
Lost Stories |
0972589813 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Harris, Joanne |
Sleep, Pale Sister (paper) |
0060787112 |
|
|
| Hayder, Mo |
The Devil of Nanking |
0802117945 |
 
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Hecht, Daniel |
Puppets (trade Paper) |
1582344957 |
 |
|
| Heley, Veronica |
Murder in the Garden |
072786145x |
 |
|
| Hill, Reginald |
The Stranger House |
0060820810 |
|
|
| Hirahara, Naomi |
Gasa-gasa Girl (paper) |
0385337604 |
 |
|
| Holmes, Rupert |
Swing |
140006158x |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Huston, Charlie |
Alread Dead: Joe Pitt (paper) |
034547824x |
 |
|
| Indridason, Arnaldur |
Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller |
0312340702 |
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 |
|
|
| Jacobs, Jonnie |
The Only Suspect |
0758208006 |
 |
|
| James, Bill |
Easy Streets: Harpur & Iles |
039306042x |

Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
|
| James, P.D. |
The Lighthouse: Adam Dalgliesh |
030726291x |
Booklist Best New Installments in Long-Running Series |
|
| Jenkins, Emyi |
Stealing with Style |
1565124456 |
 |
|
| Johnson, Craig |
Cold Dish |
0670033693 |
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
Dilys Nominee |
1st |
| Joss, Morag |
Funeral Music (paper) |
044024214x |
 |
|
| Joss, Morag |
Half Broken Things |
0385339402 |
 
CWA Silver Dagger Award
Washington Post Book World Raves
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Dilys Nominee |
|
| Kanon, Joseph |
Alibi |
080507886x |

SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
|
| Keizer, Gregg |
Midnight Plague |
0399153195 |
 |
|
| Kelly, Jim |
The Moon Tunnel: Philip Dryden |
031234922x |
 |
|
| Kerley, Jack |
The Death Collectors: Carson Ryder & Harry Nautilus |
0525948775 |
  
Kirkus Best Mysteries
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Kernick, Simon |
The Crime Trade |
9780312340599 |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Kerr, Philip |
Hitler's Peace |
0399152695 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Knopf, Chris |
The Last Refuge |
157962118x |
 |
|
| Koontz, Dean |
Forever Odd |
0553804162 |
 |
|
| Koontz, Dean |
Velocity |
0553804154 |
 |
|
| Kozak, Harley Jane |
Dating Is Murder: Wollie Shelley |
0385510349 |
  
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Kronenwetter, Michael |
First Kill |
0312347375 |
2004 PWA/SMP Best Private Eye Novel Contest |
|
| Lasdun, James |
Seven Lies |
0393057542 |
|
|
| Lashner, William |
Falls the Shadow |
0060721561 |
 |
|
| Latour, Jose |
Comrades in Miami |
0802118100 |
|
|
| Lawrence, David |
Nothing Like the Night: Det Stella Mooney |
031232880x |
 |
|
| Lawson, Michael |
The Inside Ring |
0385515316 |
 |
1st |
| Lawton, John |
Flesh Wounds |
0871136988 |
 |
|
| Leon, Donna |
Blood from a Stone: Guido Brunetti |
0871138875 |
   
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Kirkus Best Mysteries |
|
| Leonard, Elmore |
The Hot Kid |
0060724226 |
 
SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Washington Post Book World Raves |
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Lindsay, Jeff |
Dearly Devoted Dexter |
0385511248 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Lovesey, Peter |
Circle |
1569473927 |
  |
|
| MacBride, Stuart |
Cold Granite |
031233995x |
  
Booklist Best Crime Debuts |
1st |
| Mankell, Henning |
Before the Frost |
1565848357 |
 
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Maron, Margaret |
Rituals of the Season: Deborah Knott |
0892968095 |
 
Agatha Winner Best Novel |
|
| Martinez, Michele |
Most Wanted |
006072398x |

Sun Sentinel Best Debuts |
1st |
| Mason, Sarah |
Society Girls (paper) |
0345469577 |
 |
|
| Mathews, Francine |
Blown |
0553803301 |
 |
|
| McBain, Ed |
Alice in Jeopardy |
0743262506 |
  
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| McBain, Ed |
Fiddlers: 87th Precinct |
0151012164 |
 |
|
| McBain, Ed (ed) |
Transgressions |
0765308517 |
   |
|
| McCall Smith, Alexander |
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: Sunday Philosophy Club |
0375422994 |

Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction |
|
| McCall Smith, Alexander |
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies |
0375422714 |
 
Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Kirkus Best Mysteries |
|
| McDermid, Val |
The Torment of Others |
9780312339197 |
  |
|
| McDonnell, Nick |
The Third Brother |
080211802x |
 |
|
| McGown, Jill |
Unlucky for Some: A Novel by Suspense (Lloud and Hill) |
0345476557 |
 |
|
| Mcintyre, Hope |
How to Seduce a Ghost |
|
  |
|
| McKinty, Adrian |
Hidden River |
0743247000 |

SF Gate Best Crime Fiction |
|
| McMahon, Neil |
Revolution No. 9 |
0060529180 |
 |
|
| McNab, Claire |
Kookaburra Gambit: Kylie Kendall (paper) |
1555839045 |
 |
|
| McPherson, Catriona |
After the Armistice Ball |
0786716088 |
 |
|
| Meyer, Deon |
Dead At Daybreak |
0316000124 |
   |
|
| Mills, Kyle |
Fade |
0312335776 |
 |
|
| Mina, Denise |
Field of Blood |
0316735930 |
  |
|
| Mosley, Walter |
Cinnamon Kiss: Easy Rawlins |
0316073024 |
 |
|
| Muller, Marcia |
Cape Perdido |
089296006X |
Washington Post Book World Raves |
|
| Murphy, Margaret |
Weaving Shadows: Clara Pascal |
0312328532 |
 |
|
| Myers, Beverle Graves |
Painted Veil |
1590581407 |
 |
|
| Nadelson, Reggie |
Disturbed Earth: Artie Cohen |
0802733832 |
  |
|
| Nelscott, Kris |
War At Home: Smokey Dalton |
0312325274 |
 |
|
| Nisbet, Jim |
The Syracuse Codex |
093976752x |
 |
|
| Nugent, Andrew |
The Four Courts Murder |
0312327587 |
 |
1st |
| O'Hehir, Diana |
Murder Never Forgets |
0425205851 |
  |
|
| 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 |
   |
|
| Parker, Robert B. |
Cold Service: Spenser |
0399152407 |
 |
|
| Parker, Robert B. |
School Days: Spenser |
0399153233 |
  |
|
| Parry, Owen |
The Rebels of Babylon |
0060513926 |
 |
|
| Patterson, James |
Lifeguard |
0316057851 |
 |
|
| Patterson, Richard North |
Conviction |
0345450191 |
 |
|
| Pelecanos, George P. |
Drama City |
0316608211 |

SF Gate Best Crime Fiction
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries
Edgar Nominee Best Novel |
|
| Penzler, Otto (ed) |
Dangerous Women |
0892960043 |
 |
|
| Penzler, Otto (ed) |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 |
0618517448 |
 |
|
| Peritti, Frank E. |
Monster |
084991180x |
 |
|
| Peters, Elizabeth |
The Serpent On the Crown: Amelia Peabody |
0060591781 |
 |
|
| Pilkington, John |
The Mapmaker's Daughter |
0727861603 |
 |
|
| Posadas, Carmen |
The Last Resort |
0375508864 |
 |
|
| Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child |
Dance of Death |
0446576972 |
 |
|
| Preston, Douglas J. |
Tyrannosaur Canyon |
0765311046 |

LJ Best Thrillers |
|
| Pronzini, Bill |
Nightcrawlers: Nameless |
0765309319 |

Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005 |
|
| Rabb, Jonathan |
Rosa |
1400049210 |
 |
|
| Rabe, Peter |
Murder Me for Nickels/Benny Muscles In (paper) |
0974943843 |
 |
|
| Rankin, Ian |
Fleshmarket Alley: Rebus |
0316095656 |
 
Booklist Year's Best Crime Novels
Deadly Pleasures Best of 2005
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Rendell, Ruth |
13 Steps Down |
1400098424 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Robotham, Michael |
The Suspect |
0385508611 |
  
Deadly Pleasures Best First Novels
Kirkus Best Mysteries |
1st |
| Roby, Kinley |
Now Comes Death: Harry Brock |
1594142874 |
 |
|
| Roosevelt, Kermit |
In the Shadow of the Law |
0374261873 |

Christian Science Monitor Best Mysteries |
1st |
| Rosenfelt, David |
Sudden Death |
0892967838 |
 |
|
| Ross, Joel N. |
Double Cross Blind |
0385513887 |
 |
1st |
| Rowe, Rosemary |
The Chariots of Calyx (paper) |
0747265194 |
  |
|
| Rudolph, Penny |
Thicker Than Blood |
1590581482 |
 |
|
| Rusch, Sheldon |
For Edgar |
042520409x |

Kirkus Best Mysteries |
|
| Russell, Kirk |
Dead Game: John Marquez |
0811850781 |

Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction |
|
| Sallis, James |
Drive |
1590581814 |
 
Washington Post Book World Raves
Sun Sentinel Best Mysteries |
|
| Sandford, John |
Broken Prey |
0399152725 |
  |
|
| Saylor, Steven |
A Gladiator Dies Only Once: Gordianus the Finder |
0312271204 |
 |
|
| Schlink, Bernhard |
Self's Punishment (paper) |
037570907x |

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 |
  |
|
| Sefton, Maggie |
Knit One, Kill Two (paper) |
042520359x |
Agatha Nominee Best First Novel |
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| 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 |
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1st |
| Sheehan, James |
The Mayor of Lexington Avenue (paper) |
097674421x |
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| Shelby, Jeff |
Killer Swell: Noah Braddock |
0525948805 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Weber, Richard |
Miss Gazillions |
0312331401 |
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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 |
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