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2023

August 2023 Paperbacks

• Lincoln, John, Grey in the Dark (Gethin Grey) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

April 2032 Paperbacks

• Last, Jerold, Bloody Delta Dawn (Roger & Suzanne)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Wiebe, Sam, Sunset and Jericho (Dave Wakeland) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

March 2023 Paperbacks

January 2023 Paperbacks

• Block, Lawrence (editor), Playing Games (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Darter, Larry, China Doll (Rick Bishop) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hamilton, Ian, The General of Tianamen Square (Ava Lee) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Last, Jerold, Peril in Paradise (Roger & Suzanne) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Perry, Thomas, The Left-Handed Twin (Jane Whitefield)(r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Shames, Laurence, Relative Humidity (Pete Amsterdam) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Zafiro, Frank, Hope Dies Last (Stefan Kopriva) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

2022

December 2022 Paperbacks

• Cosby, S.A., My Darkest Prayer (1: Nathan Waymaker) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Levine, Paul, Early Grave (Jake Lassiter) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Richards, K.D., Dark Water Disappearance (West Investigations) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Vallere, Diane, Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Kindle it

November 2022 Paperbacks

• Chambers, Whitman, The Duchess Pulls a Fast One: The Complete Cases of The Duchess (Katie “The duchess” Blayne) | Buy this book 
• Coyle, Matt, Last Redemption (Rick Cahill) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Walter, Jess, editor, The Best American Mystery & Suspense Stories (anthology) | Buy this book  | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Ware, Edward Parrish, The Fifth Gate: The Complete Cases of Tug Norton, Volume 1 (Tug Norton) | Buy this book
• Wassmer, Julie, Murder at Mount Ephraim (Whitstable Pearl Nolan) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

October 2022 Paperbacks

• Beetner, Eric, There and Back (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Bellis, Anders, The el Toro Problem and Other Stories (1: Larry Carmody) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Block, Lawrence, The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown (Bernie Rhodenbarr) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Capri, Diane, Lone Star Jack (The Hunt for Jack Reacher) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Chambers, Christopher, Standalone (Dickie Cornish) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Gumpaw, Felix, Battle of the Bands (Rider Woofson & The P.I. Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Gumpaw, Felix, Pup Detectives The Graphic Novel Collection #2 (Rider Woofson & The P.I. Pack; collection) | Buy this book
• Lacy, Ed, Room to Swing (Toussaint Moore) | Buy this book
  Library of Conngress Crime Classic edition. Intro by Leslie Klinger.
• Ravenel, M., The Blackmail (Tootsie Carter) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Spotswood, Stephen, Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost & Parker) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

September 2022 Paperbacks

• Bilal, Parker, The Trenches (Crane & Drake) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Devlin, A.J., Five Moves of Doom (Hammerhead Jed) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Edwards, Martin, (editor), Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles (collection) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Mofina, Rick, Into the Fire (1: Ray Wyatt) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Paretsky, Sara, editor, The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Phillips, Gary, editor, South Central Noir (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

August 2022 Paperbacks

• Ames, Dan, The Man from the Shadows (The Jack Reacher Cases) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Darter, Larry, Follow the Money (Rick Bishop) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Orgain, Diana, Double Trouble (Kate Connolly) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Patterson, James, & Candice Fox, 2 Sisters Detective Agency (Rhonda & Baby Bird) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Van Dine, S.S., The Benson Murder Case (1: Philo Vance) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

July 2022 Paperbacks

• Borg, Todd, Tahoe Moon (Owen McKenna) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hamilton, Ian, Finale: The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung (Ava Lee) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Harris, Ken, See You Next Tuesday (Steve Rockfish) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Jakubowski, Maxim, editor, The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories: The Best New Original Stories of the Genre Featuring Female Villains, Detectives, and Other Mysterious Women (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  Apparently the contributors are on a need-to-know basis.
• Richards, K.D., Shielding Her Son (West Investigations) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

June 2022 Paperbacks

• Bradshaw, Cheryl, The Broken Soul (Sloane Monroe) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Bradley, Tom Jr., The Saddle Road Samba (Noelani Lee)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Brazil, Paul D., Guns of Brixton: Double Barrel (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Bush, Nancy, The Neighbors (Mackenzie Laughlin/River Glen) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Cudmore, Libby, & Art Taylor, editors, Lawyers, Guns & Money (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  The shit has hit the fan. Short stories inspired by the music of Warren Zevon, by the likes of excitable boys & girls such as William Boyle, Dana Cameron, Libby Cudmore, Hilary Davidson, Paul D. Marks, Josh Pachter, Charles Salzberg, Laura Ellen Scott, Alex Segura, Kevin Burton Smith (who?) and Brian Thornton.
• Gilstrap, John, Lethal Game, (Jonathan Grave) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Goldberg, Lee, Movieland (non-P.I.; Eve Ronin) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Gumpaw, Felix, The Big Bad Woof (Rider Woofson & The P.I. Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Gumpaw, Felix, Pup Detectives The Graphic Novel Collection #2 (Rider Woofson & The P.I. Pack; collection) | Buy this book 
• Kalteis, Dietrich, Nobody from Somewhere (1: Fitch Henry Haut) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Knecht, Rosalie, Vera Kelly: Lost and Found (Vera Kelly) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Starr, Jason, The Next Time I Die (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Zimcosky, Steve, The Polish Dragon: Murder at Manzanar (Tom Sipowicz) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

May 2022 Paperbacks

• Butcher, Jim, & Kerrie Hughes, editors, Heroic Hearts (sci-fi anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
  Includes a new Harry Dresden tale.
• Frost, Adam, The Damned Lovely (non-P.I. noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Greenwood, Kerry, The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions (Phryne Fisher; collection) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, Gravedigger (Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hart, Liliana, Dirty Minds (J.J. Graves) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Jantunen, John, In for a Dime (Deacon Riis) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Kelilkoa, Mary, Deceived (Kelly Pruett) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Lacy, Ed, Traquenoir (Toussaint Moore) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
  New French translation of Room to Swing by our pal Roger Martin.
• Niles, Steve, Criminal Macabre (collection; Cal McDonald) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Pace, Ray, Sea Change in Crimson (Wise Guys; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Powell, William Dylan, Dixon Guidry Gets Lost (1: Roughneck Mike) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Spillane, Mickey, Stand Up and Die!: A Crime Fiction Collection (collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Swanson, Cynthis, editor, Denver Noir (Akashic noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Valentine, Carla, The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Vilharo, Will, All Souls are Final (1: Vic Valentine) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Wieland, Chris, The Crabtree Monsters (1: Kat Dylan; YA)  | Buy this book | Kindle it!

April 2022 Paperbacks

• Albert, Neil, Angela’s Path (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Bracken, Michael, editor, Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Browda, G.R., Champagne & Thongs Take Control (Gloria Morris) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Daly, Carroll John, Unremembered Murder: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories Vol. 7 (Race Williams) | Buy this book
• Darter, Larry, Trouble in Paradise (Rick Bishop) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Foster, Lori Duffy, Never Broken (1: Lisa Jamison) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Knief, Charles, A Handful of Dust: Wyatt Earp’s Last Gunfight (Wyatt Earp) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Leininger, Rob, Gumshoe Outlaw (Mortimer Angel) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Nigozyu & Umibouzu, The Detective is Already Dead, Vol. 3 (Kimitsuka Kimihiko & Siesta) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Rendon, Marcie R., Girl Gone Missing (Cash Blackbear) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Salzberg, Charles, Canary in the Coal Mine (1: Pete Fortunato ) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Sanders, J.R., Dead-Bang Fall (1: Nate Ross) | Buy this book
• Stevenson, Richard, Knock Off The Hat (1: Clifford Waterman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Stringer, Jay, Roll With It (1: Chloe Medina) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Weinberger, Andy, The Kindness of Strangers (Amos Parisman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

March 2022 Paperbacks

• Capri, Diane, Jack Knife (The Hunt for Jack Reacher) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Collins, Max Allan, Tough Tender (Nolan) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Doyle, Kevin R., Double Frame (Sam Quinton) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, Skinflick (Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Helms, Richard, A Kind and Savage Place (non-P.I.) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Kolakowski, Nick, Payback is Forever (1: Miller) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Lansdale, Joe R., Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap & Leonard (Hap & Leonard) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Ralston, Gilbert, Dakota (1: Clay Dakota) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Ralston, Gilbert, Red Revenge (Clay Dakota) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Ralston, Gilbert, Cat Trap (Clay Dakota) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Ralston, Gilbert, Murder’s Money (Clay Dakota) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Ralston, Gilbert, Chain Reaction (Clay Dakota) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Stanton, Dave, The Asylum Thread (Dan Reno) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Stewart, Gary, The Tenth Virgin (1: Gabe Utley) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Stewart, Gary, The Zarahelma Vision (Gabe Utley) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Wiebe, Sam, Hell and Gone (Dave Wakeland) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Zimcosky, Steve, The Polish Dragon P.I. Protectors of the Inner Sanctum (Tom Sipowicz) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

February 2022 Paperbacks

• Alex, Kirk, Hush Hush Holiday (1: Doc Holiday) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Alex, Kirk, Hubba Hubba Holiday (Doc Holiday) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Alex, Kirk, Hollow Point Holiday (Doc Holiday) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Alex, Kirk, Hard Noir Holiday (Doc Holiday) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Collins, Max Allan, Quarry’s Blood (Quarry) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Fuller, William, Back Country (Brad Dolan) (r) | Buy this book
• Gran, Sara, The Book of the Most Precious Substance (non-P.I., but it’s Sara!) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of (Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Messman, Jon, The Revenger (1: Ben Martin; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Pitts, Delia C., Murder Take Two (S.J. Rook & The Ross Agency) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Westlake, Donald, Call Me a Cab (non-P.I.; non-crime) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

January 2022 Paperbacks

• Bradshaw, Cheryl, The Shadow Children (Sloane Monroe) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Darter, Larry, Dead End (Rick Bishop) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Darter, Larry, Frisky Business (T.J. O’Sullivan) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Darter, Larry, What’s Done is Done (Ben Malone) | Buy this book  | Kindle it!
• Finnegan, Robert, The Lying Ladies/The Bandaged Nude/Many a Monster (Dan Banion) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hamilton, Ian, Sultan of Sarawak: The Triad Years (Ava Lee) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, Fade Out (1: Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, Death Claims (Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Hansen, Joseph, Troublemaker (Dave Brandstetter) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Harris, Ken, The Pine Barrens Stratagem: From the Case Files of Steve Rockfish (1: Steve Rockfish) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Herren, Greg, #shedeservedit (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Johnstone, Doug, The Great Silence (The Skelfs) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Mofina, Rick, Her Last Goodbye (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
• Van Dover, J.K., The Truman Gumshoes (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
• Zandri, Vincent, Moonlight Kills (Dick Moonlight) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

(nv) = novella
(ss) = short story.
(r) = reprint.
(LP) = large print