• February 2010 Hardcovers
• Crais, Robert, The First Rule (Joe Pike) .. Buy this book
• Estleman, Loren D., Alone (Valentino) .. Buy this book
  
  
• January 2010 Hardcovers
• Deaver, Jeffrey, et al, Watchlist: A Serial Thriller .. Buy this book
  This ambitious multi-part thriller, dreamed up by Deaver, ventures deep into Dan Brown territory, as former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton tries to save the world with the aid of a long lost musical score by Chopin. Aiding and abetting Deaver is a veritable who's who of the International Thriller Writers (ITW). among the contributors are Deaver himself, Linda Barnes, Brett Battles, Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap James Grady, David Hewson Gayle Lynds and P.J. Parrish.
• Hamilton, Steven, The Lock Artist (non-P.I.)..Buy this book
  
  
• December 2009 Hardcovers
• Grafton, Sue, U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone)...Buy this book....Kindle it!
  
  
• November 2009 Hardcovers
• Coggins, Mark, The Big Wake-Up (August Riordan).. Buy this book
• Cole, Sam, Cape Greed (1: Vincent Saldona and Mullet Mendes).. Buy this book
• Curnutt, Kirk, Dixie Noir (1: Ennis Skinner).. Buy this book
• Guthrie, Allan, Slammer (non-P.I., prison guard gets squeezed) .. Buy this book
• Roker, Al, and Dick Lochte, The Morning Show Murders (non-P.I., TV star wants to detect) .. Buy this book
• Whitelaw, Stacey, Fold and Die (Jordan Lacey)....Buy this book
• Zeltserman, Dave, Bad Karma (Bill Shannon)....Buy this book
  

• October 2009 Hardcovers
• Arsenault, Mark, Loot the Moon (Billy Povich)...Buy this book
• Belzer, Richard, I Am Not a Psychic (non-P.I., Detective Munch)...Buy this book
• Brady, Joanne, Final Approach (Richard Cole & Emily Locke)...Buy this book
• Connelly, Michael, Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch)...Buy this book
• Gorman, Ed, and Martin Greenberg, editors, Between the Dark and the Daylight...Buy this book
  Gorman & Greenberg's annual collection is always a blast. This year's includes 27 short stories by Michael Connelly, Charlaine Harris, T. Jefferson Parker, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Phillips, Megan Abbott, Charles Ardai, Sean Chercover, Nancy Pickard, Bill Crider, Gary Phillips, Patricia Abbot, Peter Robinson, Martin Edwards, Jeremiah Healy, Martin Lim and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert S. Levinson, Bill Pronzini, Doug Allyn, Brett Battles, Norman Partridge, N.J. Ayres, David Edgerly Gates, Dominique Mainard, and John Harvey, plus "The Mystery Year in Review" by Jon L. Breen.
• Hellman, Libby Fischer, Double Cross (Georgia Davis)...Buy this book
• Knowles, Mike, Grinder (Wilson) ..Buy this book
• Moore, Christopher G., Paying Back Jack (Vinnie Calvino) ..Buy this book
• Mortimer, John, A Rumpole Christmas (Horace Rumpole; collection) ..Buy this book
• Muller, Marcia, Locked In (Sharon McCone).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Parker, Robert B., The Professional (Spenser)...Buy this book
  
  
• September 2009 Hardcovers
• Ellroy, James, Blood's a Rover (non-P.I., but it's Ellroy). Buy this book
• Grabien, Deborah, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (J.P.Kincaid, non-P.I.)...Buy this book
• Paretsky, Sara, Hardball (V.I. Warshaski).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
• Robinson, Peter, The Price of Love and Other Stories (collection)...Buy this book
  A shotgun blast of short crime stories, including a couple featuring Inspector Banks. But the real treat for P.I. fans will, of course, be the reprinting of "The Cherub Affair," about a Toronto P.I.
• Wilson, F. Paul, Ground Zero (Repairman Jack)..Buy this book.. Kindle it!
  
  
• August 2009 Hardcovers
• Barclay, Linwood, Fear the Worst: (non-P.I.; dometic noir) ...Buy this book
• Dunlap, Susan, Civil Twilight (Darcy Lott; trouble-prone stuntwoman) ...Buy this book
• Hallinan, Timothy, Breathing Water (Poke Rafferty) .. Buy this book
• Koryta, Michael, The Silent Hour (Lincoln Perry) ...Buy this book
• Larsson, Stieg, The Girl Who Played with Fire (Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander) ...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
• Pynchon, Thomas, Inherent Vice (1: Doc Sportello)... Buy this book
• Resnick, Michael, Stalking the Dragon (John Justin Mallory)....Buy this book
  
  
• July 2009 Hardcovers
• Banks, Ray, Beast of Burden (Cal Innes).. Buy this book
• Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop (Monk) ...Buy this book
• Hockensmith, Steve, The Crack in the Lens (Old Red & Big Red Amlingmeyer) ...Buy this book
• Levien, David, Where the Dead Lay (Frank Behr) ...Buy this book
• Walker, Robert W., Dead On (1: Marcus Rydell & Kat Holley) ...Buy this book
• Ward, Robert, Total Immunity (non-P.I.)...Buy this book
• Westlake, Donald, Get Real (Dortmunder) .. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
  
  
• June 2009 Hardcovers
• Connolly, John, The Lovers (Charlie Parker) ...Buy this book
• Cussler, Clive, editor, Thriller 2 (anthology)...Buy this book
  Second collection from the International Thriller Writers, featuring stories by Ridley Pearson, Marcus Sakey, David Montgomery, Sean Chercover, Simon Wood and Lisa Jackson, among others.
• Evanovich, Janet, Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum) ...Buy this book
• Hamilton, Laurell K., Skin Trade (Anita Blake) ...Buy this book
• Hall, Tarquin, The Case of the Missing Servant (1: Vish Puri) ...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
• Hill, A.W., Nowhere Land (Stephan Raszer) ...Buy this book
• Hughes, Declan, All the Dead Voices (Ed Loy) ...Buy this book
• Lange, Richard, This Wicked World (non-P.I. crime) ...Buy this book
• Lansdale, Joe R., Vanilla Ride (Hap Collins & Leonard Pine) ...Buy this book
• Mandel, Emily St. John, Last Night in Montreal (Do imaginary P.I.s count?) ...Buy this book
  
  
• May 2009 Hardcovers
• Bruen, Ken, Sanctuary (Jack Taylor) ...Buy this book
• Child, Lee, Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Connelly, Michael, The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy)...Buy this book
• Deutermann, P.T., Nightwalkers (1: Cam Richter)...Buy this book
• Hayes, J.M., Server Down (non-P.I., Mad Dog & Englishman)...Buy this book
• Hilton, Matt, Dead Man's Dust (1: Joe Hunter)...Buy this book
• Housewright, David, Jelly's Gold (Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie)...Buy this book
• Leonard, Elmore, Road Dogs (.Jack Foley returns!)....Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Parker, Robert B., Brimstone (western; Cole and Hitch)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Parker, Robert B., Chasing the Bear (2009; Spenser/YA)....Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Penzler, Otto, editor, Black Noir (anthology)...Buy this book
• Pelecanos, George, The Way Home ...Buy this book
  
  
• April 2009 Hardcovers
• Atkins, Ace, Devil's Garden (1: Dashiell Hammett)...Buy this book
• Baldacci, David, First Family (Michelle Maxwell & Sean King)...Buy this book
• Blunt, Giles, No Such Creature (non-P.I.) ...Buy this book
• Butcher, Jim, Turn Coat (Harry Dresden) ...Buy this book
• Clark, Carol Higgins, Cursed (Regan Reilly) ...Buy this book
• Haddam, Jane, Living Witness (Gregor Demarkian) ...Buy this book
• Kellerman, Jonathan, True Detectives (1: Aaron Fox & Moses Reed) ...Buy this book
• Rucka, Greg, Walking Dead (Atticus Kodiak) ...Buy this book
• Shannon, John, Palos Verdes Blue (Jack Liffey) ...Buy this book
• Smith, Alexander McCall, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (Precious Ramotswe) ...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
• Tafoya, Dennis, Dope Thief (non-P.I., but recommended) ...Buy this book
• Tierney, Ronald, Death in Pacific Heights (1: Carly Paladino & Noah Lang) ...Buy this book
  
  
• March 2009 Hardcovers
• Black, Cara, Murder in the Latin Quarter (Aimée LeDuc) ...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
• Bowen, Rhys, In a Gilded Cage (Molly Murphy) ...Buy this book
• Coben, Harlan, Long Lost (Myron Bolitar) ...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
• Depp, Daniel, Loser's Town (1: David Spandau) ..Buy this book ..Kindle It!
• Heley, Veronica, False Step (Abbot Agency) ..Buy this book
• Kerr, Philip, A Quiet Flame (Bernie Gunther) ...Buy this book
• Lippman, Laura, Life Sentences (non-P.I., standalone) ...Buy this book
• Mosley, Walter, The Long Fall (1: Leonid McGill) ...Buy this book ...Kindle It!
• Perry, Anne, Execution Dock (William Monk) ..Buy this book
• Pronzini, Bill, Schemers (Nameless)....Buy this book
• Roman, A.E., Chinatown Angel (Chico Santana) ...Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Stahl, Jerry, Pain Killers (1: Manny Rupert) ...Buy this book
• White, Randy Wayne, Dead Silence (Doc Ford) ...Buy this book
• Wilson, F. Paul, Aftershock & Others: 19 Oddities ...Buy this book
  Including several Repairman Jack tales.
  
  
• February 2009 Hardcovers
• Banks, Ray, Sucker Punch (Cal Innes) (r) .. Buy this book
• Bazell, Josh, Beat tthe Reaper (1: Dr. Peter Brown, non-P.I., ex-hitman doctor) .. Buy this book
• Berry, Jedediah, The Manual of Detection (1: Charles Unwin) .. Buy this book
• Eisler, Barry, Fault Lines (standalone) .. Buy this book
• Forman, Steven M., Boca Knights (1: Eddie Perlmutter) .. Buy this book
• Gores, Joe, Spade and Archer (Sam Spade) .. Buy this book...Kindle it!
• Lasher, William, Blood and Bone (standalone, non-P.I.) .. Buy this book
• Parker, Robert B., Night and Day (Jesse Stone) .. Buy this book
• Parker, T. Jefferson, The Renegades
• Rozan, S.J., The Shanghai Moon (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith) .. Buy this book
• Simmons, Dan, Drood (What the Dickens?) .. Buy this book
• Stabenow, Dana, Whisper to the Blood (Kate Shugak) .. Buy this book
• Winspear, Jacqueline, Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs) .. Buy this book
  
  
• January 2009 Hardcovers
• Evanovich, Janet, Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum) .. Buy this book ..Kindle it!
• Fulmer, David, Lost River (Valentin St. Cyr) .. Buy this book
• Green, Norman, The Last Gig (1: Al Martillo) .. Buy this book
• Grisham, John, The Associate (most likely non-P.I.)...Buy this book
  
• Hiaasen, Carl, Scat (YA)...Buy this book
• Lutz, Lisa., Revenge of the Spellmans (Izzy Spellman) .. Buy this book
• Perry, Thomas, Runner (Jane Whitefield) ...Buy this book
• Richards, Linda, Death Was in the Picture (Kitty Pangborn & Dexter Theroux) .. Buy this book
  
• Woods, Stuart, Mounting Fears (Stone Barrington) .. Buy this book
  
  
• December 2008 Hardcovers
• Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk is Miserable (Adrian Monk) .. Buy this book
• Randisi, Robert J., Hey There (You with the Gun in Your Hand) (a Rat Pack mystery) .. Buy this book
• Stone, Nick, King of Swords (Max Mingus) ..Buy this book ..Kindle it!
• Vachss, Andrew, Another Life (Burke) .. Buy this book
• Wilson, John Morgan, Spider Season (Benjamin Justice) .. Buy this book
  
  
• November 2008 Hardcovers
• Black, Michael A., & Julie Hyzy, Dead Ringer (Ron Shade and Alex St. James) .. Buy this book
• Clark, Carole Higgins and Mary Higgins Clark, Dashing Through the Snow (Regan Reilly & Alvirah Meehan). Buy this book
• Davies, David Stuart, Without Conscience (Johnny Hawk) .. Buy this book
• Tierney, Ronald, Bloody Palms (Deets Shanahan) .. Buy this book
  
  
• October 2008 Hardcovers
• Bruen, Ken, Once Were Cops (non-P.I.) .. Buy this book
• Connelly, Michael, The Brass Verdict (Harry Bosch AND Mickey Haller!) .. Buy this book
• Estleman, Loren, The Branch and the Scaffold (western; with Judge Parker) .. Buy this book
• Knowles, Mike, Darwin's Nightmare (non-P.I.) ...Buy this book
• Lippman, Laura, Hardly Knew Her (collection) ....Buy this book
  A rock-solid collection from the creator of the Tess Monaghan.
• Mosley, Walter, The Right Mistake (Socrates Fortlow)... Buy this book
• Muller, Marcia, Burn Out (Sharon McCone)... Buy this book
• Parker, Robert B., Rough Weather (Spenser) ..Buy this book
• Spillane, Mickey, and Max Allan Collins, The Goliath Bone (MIKE HAMMER!)... Buy this book
• Spinosa, Tony, The Fourth Victim (Joe Serpe & Bob Healy) ..Buy this book
• Wilson, F. Paul, By the Sword (Repairman Jack) . Buy this book
  
  
• September 2008 Hardcovers
• Beinhart, Larry, Salvation Boulevard (1: Carl Van Wagener) .. Buy this book
• Blum, Howard, American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century .. Buy this book
  True crime about the notorious 1911 LA Times bombing, featuring Clarence Darrow and real-life P.I. William J. Burns among the cast of thousands.
  
• Carrington, Tori, Working Stiff (Sofie Metropolis) .. Buy this book
• Ford, Clyde, Precious Cargo (Charlie Noble) (r) .. Buy this book
• Harvey, John, Cold in Hand (D.I. Charlie Resnick, with help from Jack Kiley) ..Buy this book
• Helton, Peter, Rainstone Falls (Chris Honeysett) .. Buy this book
• Krueger, William Kent, Red Knife (Cork O'Connor) .. Buy this book
• Lehane, Dennis, The Given Day (non-P.I.) .. Buy this book
• Peacock, Justin, A Cure for Night (non-P.I., public defender) .. Buy this book
• Pronzini, Bill, The Other Side of Silence (1: Rick Fallon) .. Buy this book
• Schechter, Harold, editor, True Crime: An American Anthology (true crime anthology) .. Buy this book
  Crime is evidently as American as apple pie, and this anthology goes out of its way to prove it, with a boffo selection of red, white and blue mayhem from a star-studded list of contributors that includes everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Jim Thompson.
• Tapply, William G., Hell Bent: (Brady Coyne).. Buy this book
• Woods, Stuart, Hot Mahogany (Stone Barrington) .. Buy this book
  
  
• August 2008 Hardcovers
• Bayard, Louis, The Black Tower (1: Vidocq).. Buy this book
• Chercover, Sean, Trigger City (Ray Dudgeon)... Buy this book
• Doogan, Mike, Skeleton Lake (Nik Kane)... Buy this book
• Koryta, Michael, Envy the Night (non-P.I. standalone)... Buy this book
• Pelaconos, George, The Turnaround (non-P.I., but where were you in '72?)... Buy this book
• Pyper, Andrew, The Killing Circle (non-P.I., murder in a writers' group)... Buy this book
• Schneider, Bart, The Man in the Blizzard (1: Augie Boyer)... Buy this book
• Yancey, Richard, The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs (Teddy Ruzak)... Buy this book
  
  
• July 2008 Hardcovers
• Adler, Elizabeth, One of Those Malibu Nights (1: Mac Reilly)...Buy this book
• Burke, James Lee, Swan Peak (Dave Robicheaux)...Buy this book
• Crais, Elvis, Chasing Darkness (Elvis Cole) ...Buy this book
• Culhane, Patrick, Red Sky in Morning (WWII on-board mystery, by Max Collins) ...Buy this book
• Evanovich, Janet, Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum) .. Buy this book
• Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (Monk) .. Buy this book
• Greenlaw, Linda, Fisherman's Bend (Jane Bunker) .. Buy this book
• Konrath, J.A., Fuzzy Navel ("Jack" Daniels; non-P.I.) .. Buy this book
• Lecard, Marc, Tiny Little Troubles (well, there's a P.I. in there somewhere) .. Buy this book
• McFetridge, John, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (non-P.I., Toronto noir) .. Buy this book...Watch the promo

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