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Alphabetical list of killer books through June 2009 - click on link for full review - |
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18 SECONDS BY GEORGE D. SHUMAN (POCKET) $7.99 An ACCIDENTAL AMERICAN BY ALEX CARR (RANDOM HOUSE) 9.95 The ACCOMPLICE BY ELIZABETH IRONSIDE (FELONY & MAYHEM,) 14.95 AFTER THE ARMISTICE BALL BY CATRIONA MCPHERSON (CARROLL & GRAF) 25.00 ALL MORTAL FLESH BY JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING (ST MARTINS MINOTAUR) 7.99 ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS by Gillian Roberts (Ballantine) $23.95 The ALTO WORE TWEED BY MARK SCHWEIZER (ST. JAMES MUSIC PRESS) 10.00 ANARCHY AND OLD DOGS by Colin Cotterill (Soho, $24.00) THE ANATOMY OF DECEPTION, by Lawrence Goldstone (Random House, $24.00) THE ARSENIC LABYRINTH by Martin Edwards (Poisoned Pen Press) $24.95 AS DOG IS MY WITNESS BY JEFFREY COHEN (BANCROFT PRESS) $16.95 AT RISK BY STELLA RIMINGTON (BERKELEY) 7.99 AT THE CITY'S EDGE by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin’s Minotaur, $24.95) BEAT THE REAPER by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown, $24.95) BABY GAME BY RANDALL HICKS (WORDSLINGER PRESS,) 22.95 BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD by Sean Chercover (William Morrow, $23.95)
The
BIG BOTH WAYS
by John Straley ( THE BIG O by Declan Burke (Harcourt, $24.00) BITCH CREEK BY WILLIAM TAPPLY (OP) The BLACK HATS BY PATRICK CULHANE (WM MORROW,) 24.95 The BLACK WIDOW AGENCY, by Felicia Donovan ($12.95, Midnight Ink) The BLADE ITSELF BY MARCUS SAKEY (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 6.99 The BLIGHT WAY BY PATRICK MCMANUS (SIMON & SCHUSTER) 14.00 BLITZ BY KEN BRUEN (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS $12.95) BLOOD ALONE by James R. Benn (Soho, $24.00) BLOODSHOT BY STUART MACBRIDE (ST. MARTIN'S) 24.95 The BOOK OF LOST THINGS BY JOHN CONNOLLY (WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS) $15.00 The Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby BUM BAGS AND FANNY PACKS BY JEREMY SMITH (CARROLL & GRAF,) 14.95 BURNING OF RACHEL HAYES BY DOUG ALLYN (OP) THE CALLING by Inger Ash Wolfe h CALUMET CITY by Charlie Newton. (Touchstone, $14.00) The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom, (Harper Collins) $12.95 THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT by Tarquin Hall (Simon Schuster, $24), The CASTLEMAINE MURDERS BY KERRY GREENWOOD (POISONED PEN) $14.95 CAVALCADE BY WALTER SATTHERTHWAIT (ST MARTIN'S MINOTAUR) 23.95 CHILD 44, by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing, $24.95) The CHICAGO WAY BY MICHAEL HARVEY KN (OPF,) 23.95 The CIPHER GARDEN BY MARTIN EDWARDS (POISONED PEN) 14.95 CITY OF FIRE BY ROBERT ELLIS (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 24.95 CITY OF THE SUN by David Levien (Doubleday $24.95) CLEAN KILL BY LESLIE GLASS (BANTAMM) 6.50 The COLD DISH BY CRAIG JOHNSON (PENGUIN USA) $14.00 Cold in Hand by John Harvey (Harcourt, $26.00), The Coldest Blood by Jim Kelly, (St. Martin's Press) $24.95 THE CON ARTIST OF CATALINA ISLAND by Jennifer Colt (Tessera Books, $22.95 ) CONFESSION OF A DEATHMAIDEN BY RUTH FRANCISCO (GRAND CENTRAL) 6.99 CONFESSIONS OF A TEEN SLEUTH BY CHELSEA CAIN (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 10.95 CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE BY JAN BROGAN (GRAND CENTRAL) 6.99 The CONJURER BY CORDELIA FRANCES BIDDLE (THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS,) 23.95 The CORONERS LUNCH BY COLIN COTTERILL (SOHO) 11.00 COSMIC CLUES BY MANJIRI PRAHBU (BANTAM) 6.99 The COUPLE NEXT DOOR -- Collected Short Mysteries BY MARGARET MILLAR (TOM NOLAN, EDITOR) (CRIPPIN & LANDRU) 29.00 THE CRAFTY TEDDY by John J. Lamb (Berkley, $6.99) THE CRAZY SCHOOL by Cornelia Read (Grand Central Publishing) The CRIME WRITER BY GREG HURWITZ (VIKING) 25.00 CROSSING THE DARK, by Heidi W. Boehringer, (Serpent’s Tail, $14.95) A CURE FOR NIGHT by Justin Peacock (Doubleday, $24.95) The DAMASCENED BLADE BY BARBARA CLEVERLY (DELTA) 13.00 DANCING WITH DEMONS by Peter Tremayne. (St. Martin’s Press, $24.95) DARK FIRE BY C.J. SANSOM (LEISURE BOOKS) 7.99 A DARKER DOMAIN by Val McDermid (Harper, $24.95). DARKLING by Yasmine Galenorn (Berkley, $7.99) DATING IS MURDER BY HARLEY JANE KOZAK (BROADWAY BOOKS) 12.95 The DAWN PATROL by Don Winslow (Knopf, $23.95) DEAD AND BERRIED BY KAREN MACINERNEY (MIDNIGHT INK) 12.95 DEAD AS A SCONE BY RON AND JANET BENRY (BARBOUR PUBLICATIONS) 13.00 DEAD MAN IN TANGIERS BY MICHAEL PEARCE (CARROLL & GRAF) DEAD RUN BY P. J. TRACY (NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY) 7.99 DEADGAME BY KIRK RUSSELL (CHRONICLE BOOKS,) 23.95 DEADLY SLIPPER BY MICHELLE WAN (VINTAGE,) 13.95 DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER BY JEFF LINDSAY (BDD) 12.95 DEATH BY DISCOUNT BY MARY VERMILLION (ALYSON BOOKS) 13.95 DEATH IN THE GARDEN BY ELIZABETH IRONSIDE (FELONY & MAYHEM PRESS,) 14.95 DEATH IN THE TRUFFLE WOOD BY PIERRE MAGNAN (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 23.95 The DEATH OF CORINNE BY R.T. RAICHEV (CARROLL & GRAF) 13.95 DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY BY CRAIG JOHNSON (PENGUIN USA) 14.00 DECEPTION BY DENISE MINA (BDD) 13.00 DECEPTION'S DAUGHTER by Cordelia Frances Biddle (St. Martin's $24.95 The DEEP BLUE ALIBI BY PAUL LEVINE (BANTAM) 6.99 DESERT BLOOD BY ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA (ARTE PUBLICO PRESS) 23.95 The DEVIL'S OWN RAG DOLL BY MITCHELL BARTOY (ST. MARTIN'S) 25.00 DIE A LITTLE BY MEGAN ABBOTT (SIMON & SCHUSTER,) 23.95 DIE WITH ME, by Elena Forbes DISMANTLED by Jennifer McMahon (Harper, $24.95) DISORDERLY ELEMENTS BY BOB COOK (FELONY & MAYHEM) 14.95 THE DIVA RUNS OUT OF THYME by Krista Davis (Berkley, $6.99) The FALSE-HEARTED TEDDY BY JOHN J. LAMB (BERKELEY) 6.99 FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVING MEN BY DEBORAH GRABIEN (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 22.95 A FATAL GRACE, BY LOUISE PENNY (ST MARTIN'S) 23.95 A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH, by Dolores Gordon-Smith (Carroll & Graf, $14.95) FILE M FOR MURDER BY INDIA EDGHILL (FIVE STAR) 25.95 FIRST DROP BY ZOE SHARP (ST MARTINS) 6.99 FOOTPRINTS OF THE DEVIL BY OLIVE ETCHELLS (CARROLL & GRAF) 25.00 FOUR KINDS OF RAIN BY ROBERT WARD (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 13.95 FRIEND OF THE DEVIL by Peter Robinson (Willliam Morrow, $24.95) GAS CITY by Loren D. Estleman (Forge, $24.95) GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS BY JOANNE HARRIS (HARPER PERENNIAL) 14.95 GHOST SEA BY FERENC MAT (NORTON) 24.00 GHOSTWALK, by Rebecca Stott (Random House) $24.95 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson (Knopf; $24.95) GOD’S SPY by Juan Gomez-Jurado (Dutton; $24.95) GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT BY REGINALD HILL (HARPER) 7.99 GOOD PEOPLE. by Marcus Sakey (Dutton Adult, $24.95) GRAVE IMPORTS, by Eric Stone (Bleak House Books, $14.95) GRAVE GOODS by Ariana Franklin (Putnam, $25.95) GRAVE MISTAKE BY STELLA CAMERON (MIRA) 7.99 GRAVE SIGHT BY CHARLAINE HARRIS (BERKELEY) 7.99 GRAVE SURPRISE BY CHARLAINE HARRIS (BERKELEY) 7.99 GREYWALKER BY KAT RICHARDSON (NWAMT) 14.00 The HARD WAY BY LEE CHILD (BANTAM) 7.99 HEAD GAMES BY THOMAS B. CAVANAGH (ST. MARTIN'S) 24.95 HEAD GAMES by Craig McDonald (Bleak House, $14.95) HEADCASE BY PETER HELTON (CARROLL & GRAFF) 25.00 The HEAT OF THE MOON BY SANDRA PARSHALL (POISONED PEN) 14.95 HELL HOLE by Chris Grabenstein (St. Martin's Minotaur) A HELL OF A WOMAN edited by Megan Abbott (Busted Flush Press, $26.00 , trade paper $18.00 ) HER ROYAL SPYNESS BY RHYS BOWEN (BERKELEY PRIME CRIME,) 23.95 A HOLE IN JUAN BY GILLIAN ROBERTS (BALLANTINE,) 6.99 HOLMES ON THE RANGE BY STEVE HOCKENSMITH (ST. MARTIN 'S MINOTAUR,) 12.95 HOLY MOLY, by Ben Rehder (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) HOODOO by Susan Cummins Miller (Texas Tech, $25) HOT PLASTIC BY PETER CRAIG (HYPERION) 13.00 IN A TEAPOT BY TERENCE FAHERTY (THE MYSTERY COMPANY 18.00) 0.00 IN THE COMPANY OF LIARS BY DAVID ELLIS (BERKELEY) 7.99 IN THE WOODS, by Tana French (Penguin, $14) INNOCENCE BY KAREN NOVAK (HARPER) 12.95 The INSIDE RING BY MICHAEL LAWSON (BANTAM) 6.99 The INTERLOPER BY ANTOINE WILSON (HANDSEL BOOKS) 13.95 IRON GIRL BY ELLEN HART (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 14.95 JACK WAKES UP by Seth Harwood (Three Rivers, $14) The JAMES DEANS BY REED FARREL COLEMAN (PENGUIN USA) 13.00 JUDGMENT OF THE GRAVE BY SARAH STEWART TAYLOR (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 6.99 KEEP IT REAL BY BILL BRYAN (BIG EARTH) 13.95 KILL ME BY STEPHEN WHITE (NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY) 9.99 A KILLING NIGHT BY JONATHON KING (NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY) $6.99
KING'S
GOLD by Yxta Maya KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY BY JESS LOUREY (MIDNIGHT INK) 13.95 The KISS MURDER by Mehmet Murat Somer (Penguin, $14.00), L.A. REX BY WILL BEALL BERKELEY ($14.00) 0.00 LARK'S LAMENT BY ALAN GORDON (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 24.95 The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books, $24.95) LAST RITUALS BY YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR (WILLIAM MORROW) 23.95 LAST SEEN IN ABERDEEN BY M.G. KINCAID (POCKET,) 6.50 LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NEW YORK DETECTIVE by John Babbinton Williams (Westholme, $14.95) LEGACY: AN ANNA STRONG VAMPIRE NOVEL by Jeanne Stein
LIARS
ANONYMOUS by Louise Ure
( LOSING GROUND by Catherine Aird (St. Martin's Press, $23.95). THE LOST LUGGAGE PORTER by Andrew Martin (Harcourt, $14.00) LOCKED ROOMS BY LAURIE R. KING (BANTAM) 6.99 LOST BY MICHAEL ROBOTHAM (RANDOM HOUSE) 14.95 MADMAN ON A DRUM by David Housewright (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) MADONNA OF THE APES BY NICHOLAS KILMER, (POISONED PEN PRESS) 24.95 MAIDEN ROCK, by Mary Logue (Bleak House Books) $14.95 The MAN WHO DIED LAUGHING BY DAVID HANDLER (BUSTED FLUSH PRESS) $18.00 The MARK OF THE LION BY SUZANNE ARRUDA (NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY) 14.00 MEMORY BOOK BY HOWARD ENGEL (CARROLL & GRAF) 13.95 MISSING by Karin Abvtegen (Felony and Mayhem, $24.00) A MOST WANTED MAN by John Le Carre (Scribner, $28.00) MR LUCKY BY JAMES SWAIN (BALLANTINE) 7.99 MURDER AT MADDINGLY GRANGE by Caroline Graham (Felony & Mayhem, $14.95) MURDER IN THE MUSEUM OF MAN by Alfred Acorn (Zoland, $14.95), MURDER IN THE RUE DE PARADIS, by Cara Black (Soho Crime, $24) MYSTERY MUSES edited by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar (Crum Creek Press, $15.00) The MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH by Charlie Huston (Ballantine, $25.00) NIGHT FALLS ON DAMASCUS by Frederick Highland (St. Martin’s, $24.95) THE NIGHT FOLLOWING, by Morag Joss (Delacorte Press, $22.00) NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY ELLEN HART (FAWCETT) 6.99 NOBLE LIES by Charles Benoit (Poisoned Pen Press, $24.95) OH DANNY BOY BY RHYS BOWEN (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS) 6.99 OLD WOUNDS BY VICKI LANE (DELL) 6.99 ONE MINUTE ASSASSIN BY TROY COOK (SCRIBNERS) 14.95 ORACLE LAKE BY PAUL ADAM (ST. MARTIN'S,) 24.95 OUT OF ORDER BY CHARLES BENOIT (POISONED PEN) 14.95
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks (Viking, $26.95) PLAY DEAD by David Rosenfelt (Warner, $24.99) The POETS FUNERAL BY JOHN M. DANIEL (POISONED PEN PRESS) 14.95 POINT NO POINT by Mary Logue The POWER OF THE DOG BY DON WINSLOW (VINTAGE) 14.95 PRAYERS FOR THE ASSASSIN BY ROBERT FERRIGNO (POCKET) 7.99 The PRICE OF SILENCE BY KATE WILHELM (MIRA) 6.99 PRODIGY BY DAVE KALSTEIN (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS) 23.95 PUSHING UP DAISIES by Rosemary Harris (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95) QUEER STREET BY CURT COLBERT (UGLYTOWN) 14.95 RAVEN BLACK BY ANN CLEEVES (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 24.95
ROGUE
MALE by Geoffrey Household ( Red Cat, by Peter Spiegelman (Knopf $22.95) THE RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $23.95), RESTLESS WATERS BY JESSICA SPEART (AVON BOOKS,) 6.99 RESURRECTION ROAD BY KATHRYN WALL (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 6.99 REVELATION by C.J. Sansom (Viking, $26.95) The RIGHT MADNESS BY JAMES CRUMLEY (PENGUIN USA) 14.95 A
ROYAL PAIN by
Rhys Bowen. ( RUMPOLE AND THE REIGN OF TERROR BY JOHN MORTIMER (PENGUIN USA) 14.00 RUNNER by Thomas Perry (Otto Penzler, $25.00) Running from the Devil, by Jamie Freveletti (Morrow $24.99) SACRIFICE by S. J. Bolton (St. Martin’s $24.95) Safer by Sean Doolittle (Delacorte Press, $24) SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU by Michael Stanley (Harper, $24.95) SECOND SHOT BY ZOE SHARP (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 23.95 SECOND VIOLIN by John Lawton (Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00) The SECRET HANGMAN BY PETER LOVESEY (SOHO,) 24.00 SEE ISABELLE RUN BY ELIZABETH BLOOM (GRAND CENTRAL) 6.99 SHAKEDOWN by Andie Ryan (Lenox Press, $24.95 or $16 trade paperback) THE SHANGHAI MOON by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin’s, $24.95) THE SHANGHAI TUNNEL by Sharan Newman (Forge, $24.95) Shatter by Michael Robotham (Doubleday $24.95) SHOCK WAVE BY JAMES O. BORN (POCKET) 6.00 Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard (Delta) $12.00 SILENCE OF THE GRAVE by Arnaldur Indridason (St. Martin’s, $14.95) SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY by Deanna Raybourn (Mira, $13.95) SIX GEESE A-SLAYING by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur, $22.95) SLEEP WITH THE FISHES BY BRIAN WIPRUD (BANTAM) 6.99 Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake (Hardcase Crime $6.95) The Song Is You, by Megan Abbott (Simon and Schuster) $24 The SOUND OF BUILDING COFFINS by Louis Maistros (Toby Press, $24.95) SORROW'S ANTHEM BY MICHAEL KORYTA ST MARTIN'S PRESS (ST MARTINS) 6.99 SPEAK NOW BY MARGARET DUMAS (POISONED PEN) 24.95 SPEAK OF THE DEVIL BY RICHARD HAWKE (BALLANTINE) 7.99 SPECTRES IN THE SMOKE BY TONY BROADBENT (ST. MARTIN 'S) 23.95 THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz ($25) Simon & Schuster A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton (St. Martin’s Press, $24.95) STALKING SUSAN by Julie Kramer (Doubleday, $22.95) STEALING THE DRAGON by Tim Maleeny (Midnight Ink) $15 A STOLEN SEASON BY STEVE HAMILTON (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 22.95 The STRANGER HOUSE BY REGINALD HILL (HARPER) 7.99 STALKING DEATH by Kate Flora (The Mystery Company, $25) STARVATION LAKE by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone, $14.00), STREETS OF BAYLON by Carina Burman (Boyars, $16.95) SUMMER SNOW BY REBECCA PAWEL (SOHO) 12.00 The SURROGATE THIEF BY ARCHER MAYOR (GRAND CENTRAL) 6.99 The SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE by Alan Bradley (Delacourte Press, $23.00) SWING BY RUPERT HOLMES (RANDOM HOUSE) 13.95 THIRST BY PETE LARSON (BLEAK HOUSE) 24.95 THREE BAGS FULL BY LEONIE SWANN (FLYING DOLPHIN PRESS) 22.95 THREE STRIKES YOU'RE DEAD BY ROBERT GOLDSBOROUGH (ECHELON PRESS) 12.99 THUMBPRINT BY FRIEDRICH GLAUSER BITTER LEMON PRESS (BITTER LEMON PRESS) 13.95 THUNDER BAY BY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER (ATRIA) 24.00 TICKET TO RIDE BY JANET NEEL (OSI) TKO by Tom Schreck (Midnight Ink, $14.95) TO KINGDOM COME BY WILL THOMAS TOUCHSTONE (TOUCHSTONE) 13.00 A TOAST TO TOMORROW by Manning Coles (Rue Morgue $14.95) TOO BIG TO MISS BY SUE ANN JAFFARIAN (MIDNIGHT INK) 13.95 The TOURIST by Olen Steinhauer (Minotaur, $24.95) TRIGGER CITY by Sean Chercover (William Morrow, $23.95) TRIP WIRE BY CHARLOTTE CARTER (BALLANTINE) 12.95 The TWO MINUTE RULE BY ROBERT CRAIS (POCKET) 7.99
UNCOMMON GROUNDS BY SANDRA BALZO (OP) UNLUCKY FOR SOME BY JILL McGOWN (BALLANTINE) 6.99 The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Bantam, $24.00) The VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS BY NANCY PICKARD (BALLANTINE) 13.95 WAY PAST LEGAL BY NORMAN GREEN (HARPER) 6.99 A WELCOME GRAVE BY MICHAEL KORYTA (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 23.95 WHAT ANGELS FEAR BY C. S. HARRIS (SIGNET) 6.99 WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (William Morrow, $24.95) The WHEELMAN BY DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 13.95 The WHITE LEAGUE BY THOMAS ZIGAL (TOBY PRESS) 19.95 WHITE NIGHTS by Ann Cleeves (Thomas Dunne Books, $24.95) A WHOLE NEW LIFE BY BETSY THORNTON (ST. MARTIN'S) 23.95 WILEY'S SHUFFLE BY LONO WAIWAIOLE (ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR,) 23.95 WIT’S END, by Karen Joy Fowler (A Marian Wood Book, $24.95) The WOODEN OVERCOAT BY PAMELA BRANCH (RUE MORGUE) 14.95 WRITTEN IN BONE, by Simon Beckett (Delacorte, $24.00) The YEAR OF THE HYENAS BY BRAD GEAGLEY (SIMON & SCHUSTER) 23.00 YESTERDAY'S FATAL BY JAN BROGAN (ST MARTIN'S PRESS) 24.95 |
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