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Recent and Upcoming Paperbacks (Trade and Mass)

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January 2009 Paperbacks
Block, Lawrence, Killing Castro (non-P.I. political thriller; HardCase) (r)...Buy this book
Fulmer, David, The Blue Door (1: Eddie Cero and Sal Giambroni) (r)...Buy this book
December 2008 Paperbacks
Ardai, Charles, Fifty-to-One (HardCase)...Buy this book
Cook, Glen, Dread Brass Shadows (Garrett) (r)...Buy this book
November 2008 Paperbacks
Schaw, David J. Gun Work (HardCase)...Buy this book
October 2008 Paperbacks
Collins, Max Allan, The First Quarry (Quarry)...Buy this book
Cook, Glen, Old Tin Sorrows (Garrett) (r) ...Buy this book
Lanyon, Josh, Death of a Pirate King (Adrien English, non-P.I.)
Parker, Robert B., Now and Then (Spenser) (r) ..Buy this book
September 2008 Paperbacks
Bruen, Ken, and Jason Starr, The Max (non-P.I., Max & Angela)...Buy this book
Muller, Marcia, The Ever-Running Man (Sharon McCone) (r)...Buy this book
Pelecanos, George, editor, DC Noir 2 (anthology) ....Buy this book
Akashic reworks the same vein, this time settling for reprints. But what reprints! They include Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos (of course), Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, and others.
Stevenson, Richard, Death Vows (Donald Strachey)...Buy this book
August 2008 Paperbacks
Doogan, Mike, Capitol Offense (Nik Kane) (r) ..Buy this book
Farris, John, Baby Moll (non-P.I.; (HardCase) (r)....Buy this book
Stevenson, Richard, Ice Blues (Donald Strachey) (r)...Buy this book
July 2008 Paperbacks
Fisher, Steve, No House Limit (non-P.I.; HardCase) (r)...Buy this book
Greenlaw, Linda, Slipknot (Jane Bunker) (r) ...Buy this book
Lewis, Robert, Swansea Terminal (Robin Llwelyn) .. Buy this book
Segura, Jonathan, Occupational Hazards: (1: Bernard Cockburn)...Buy this book
Stevenson, Richard, On the Other Hand, Death (Donald Strachey) (r)...Buy this book
Wood, Simon, We All Fall Down (non-P.I.)...Buy this book
June 2008 Paperbacks
Burke, James Lee, The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux) (r) .. Buy this book
Evanovich, Janet, Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum) (r) .. Buy this book
Flacco, Anthony, The Hidden Man (non-P.I.; Randall Blacburn).. Buy this book
Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk in Outer Space (Monk) (r).. Buy this book
Guthrie, Allan, Hard Man (Pearce) (r).. Buy this book
Magson, Adrian, No Kiss for the Devil (Gavin and Palmer).. Buy this book
Millar, Sam Bloodstorm (1: Karl Kane)....Buy this book
Parker, Robert B., Spare Change (Sunny Randall) (r)...Buy this book
Powell, Richard, A Shot in the Dark/Shell Game (2 non-P.I. classics)...Buy this book
Robinson, Todd, editor, Hardcore Hardboiled (anthology) ....Buy this book
The Thuglit boys and some of their pals get hard.
Stout, Rex, Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men (Nero Wolfe & Archie) (r) ....Buy this book
Thomas, Richard J., The Devil's Chautauqua (D.B. Murphy)...Buy this book
Westlake, Donald E., Somebody Owes Me Money (non-P.I.) (r) ...Buy this book
White, Dave, The Evil That Men Do (Jackson Donne)...Buy this book
May 2008 Paperbacks
Collins, Max Allan, Strip for Murder (Jack Starr) ...Buy this book
Another romp through the early days of the comic-book industry. Illustrated by Terry Beatty.
Collins, Max Allan, Criminal Minds: Killer Profile (TV tie-in, non-P.I.) ...Buy this book
Cook, Glen, Cruel Zinc Melodies (Garrett)...Buy this book
Easton, Don, Angel in the Full Moon (non-P.I., undercover Mountie)...Buy this book
Michaels, Kasey, Dial M for Mischief (1: Jade Sunshine)...Buy this book
Rifkin, Shepard, The Murderer Vine (1: Joe Donne) (r) ...Buy this book
Ruttan, Sandra, What Burns Within (non-P.I.) ...Buy this book
Siverling, Michael, The Sorceror's Circle (Jason Wilder) (r) ...Buy this book
Swierczynski, Duane, Severance Package (non-P.I., but it's Duane!) (r) ...Buy this book
April 2008 Paperbacks
Bloch, Robert, Shooting Star/Spiderweb (a HardCase twofer) (1: Mark Clayburn) (r)...Buy this book
Carrington, Tori, Foul Play (Sofie Metropolis) (r) .. Buy this book
Culhane, Patrick, Black Hats (Wyatt Earp) (r)..Buy this book
Duffy, Stella, Mouths of Babes (Saz Martin) (r)...Buy this book
Gorman, Ed, The Night Remembers (1: Jack Walsh) (r)...Buy this book
Hellman, Libby Fischer, Easy Innocence (!: Georgia Davis) (r)...Buy this book
Jose, Virgil, The Examined Life (1: Gil Rodrigues) (r)...Buy this book
Killian, Diana, Corpse Pose (Yoga-themed cozy by Mrs. Thrilling)...Buy this book
Leonard, Elmore, Up in Honey's Room (escaped POWs & U.S. Marshal Carl Webster) (r).. Buy this book
Macdonald, Ross, The Instant Enemy (Lew Archer) (r)...Buy this book
Shannon, John, The Dark Streets (Jack Liffey) (r).. Buy this book
March 2008 Paperbacks
Banks, Ray, No More Heroes (Cal Innes) ...Buy this book
Black, Cara, Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis (Aimée Léduc) (r).. Buy this book
Chercover, Sean, Big City, Bad Blood ( (Ray Dudgeon) (r). Buy this book
Harwood, Seth, Jack Wakes Up (1: Jack Palms)
Lange, John, Zero Cool (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book
Leonard, Elmore, Killshot (r). Buy this book
Macdonald, Ross, The Blue Hammer (Lew Archer) (r) ..Buy this book
Miller, Linda Lael, Deadly Deceptions (Mojo Sheepshanks) ..Buy this book
Parker, Robert B., High Profile (Jesse Stone) (r) ..Buy this book
Smith, Alexander McCall, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (Precious Ramotswe) (r),. Buy this book
February 2008 Paperbacks
Butcher, Jim, White Night (Harry Dresden) (r)...Buy this book
Hall, James W., Magic City (Thorn) (r)...Buy this book
Hughes, Declan, The Color of Blood (Ed Loy) (r)...Buy this book
Lippman, Laura, What the Dead Know (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book
Lutz, Lisa, The Spellman Files (1: Izzy Spellman) (r) ...Buy this book
Martinez, A. Lee, The Automatic Detective (1: Mark Megaton)...Buy this book
Webb, Betty, Desert Run (Lena Jones)...Buy this book
January 2008 Paperbacks
Bruen, Ken, Priest (Jack Taylor) (r).. Buy this book
Crais, Robert, The Watchman (Joe Pike) (r) ...Buy this book
Faust, Christa Faust, Money Shot ("'I, the Jury with tits") ...Buy this book
Hockensmith, Steve, On the Wrong Track ("Old Red" & "Big Red" Amlingmeyerr) (r) ...Buy this book
Kohl, J.B., The Deputy's Widow (1: Hamilton Baker) ., Buy this book
Martin, Andrew, The Lost Luggage Porter (Jim Stringer) ., Buy this book
Parker, T. Jefferson, Storm Runners (1: Matt Stromsoe) (r) ., Buy this book
Sweeney, Leann, Pushing Up Bluebonnets (Abby Rose) ., Buy this book
Yancey, Richard, The Highly Effective Detective (1: Teddy Ruzak) (r)... Buy this book

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