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2022

April 2022

Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe (Perry Mason) (r) | Buy the hardcover | Buy the paperback | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

January 2022

Atkins, Ace, Bye Bye Baby (Spenser) | Buy the hardcover | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

2021

December 2021 Hardcovers

Bryndza, Robert, Darkness Falls (Kate Marshall) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Straley, John, So Far and Good (Cecil Younger) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

November 2021 Hardcovers

Connelly, Michael, The Dark Hours (Bosch & Ballard)
Evanovich, Janet, Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (Stephanie Plum) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Reuland, Robert, Brooklyn Supreme (Will Way; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

October 2021 Hardcovers

Gumpaw, Felix, Mystery Mountain Getaway (Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Kestrel, James, Five Decembers (non-historical; 1940s noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lovesey, Peter, Diamond and the Eye (non-P.I.; Peter Diamond) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Quinn, Spencer, It’s a Wonderful Woof (Chet & Bernie Little) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Tursten, Helene, An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (non-P.I. senoir noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

September 2021

Block, Lawrence, The Night and the Music (Matt Scudder) (r) | Buy this book
New, expanded collector’s edition, now including “A Time to Scatter Stones.” A signed and numbered limited edition is also available.
Child, Lee, The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Otto (and Michele) ride again.
Estleman, Loren D., Cutthroat Dogs (Amos Walker) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lupica, Mike, Stone’s Throw (non-P.I.; Jesse Stone) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
McIlvanney, William, & Ian Rankin, The Dark Remains (non-P.I.; DI Laidlaw) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Sim, Dave, The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (non-P.I.; biography) | Buy this book
An astounding piece of work, this graphic novel charts the stories of comics’ greatest creators, including Alex Raymond, Stan Drake, and Hal Foster, using their own techniques, exploring their lives and work, and “highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together.”

August 2021 Hardcovers

Abbot, Megan, The Turnout (non-P.I.; bad luck streak in dancing school) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Burke, James Lee, Another Kind of Eden (non-P.I.; The Holland Family Saga) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Gumpaw, Felix, The Missing Magic Wand (Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hawke, Ethan, & Greg Ruth, Meadowlark: A Coming of Age Crime Story (non-P.I.)| Buy the comic | Kindle/ComiXology it!
Hirahara, Naomi, Clark & Division (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
King, Stephen, Billy Summers (non-P.I.; Straight crime!) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kotzwinkle, William, Felonious Monk (non-P.I.; 1: Tommy Martini) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Krueger, William Kent, Lightning Strike (Cork O’Connor) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, Velvet Was the Night (noir) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Mullen, Thomas, Midnight Atlanta (The Darktown Series) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Muller, Marcia, Ice and Stone (Sharon McCone) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Rice, Craig, Eight Faces at Three (John J. Malone) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Tingle, Steven, Graveyard Fields (1: Davis Reed) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

July 2021 Hardcovers

Atkins, Ace, The Heathens (non-P.I.; Sheriff Colson) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Cosby, S.A., Razorblade Tears (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Davis, Lindsey, A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Gumpaw, Felix, Ghosts, Goblins and Ninjas (Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hamilton, Glen Erik, Island of Thieves (Van Shaw) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Parks, Brad, Unthinkable (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Penzler, Otto, editor, Golden Age Detective Stories (anthology) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Quinn, Spencer, Tender is the Bite (Chet & Bernie) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Roberts, Terry, My Mistress’ Eyes are Raven Black (1: Stephen Robbins; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Rosenfelt, David, Dog Eat Dog (Andy Carpenter) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Schecter, Harold, & Eric Powell, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (true crime; graphic novel) | Buy this book

June 2021 Hardcovers

Block, Lawrence, A Writer Prepares (memoir) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Child, Lee, A Little Gold Book of Unconsidered Trifles (collection, limited edition) | Buy the book
Clark, Tracy, Runner (Cass Raines) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Clinton, Bill, & James Patterson, The President’s Daughter (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Ellroy, James, Widespread Panic (Freddie Otash) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Greenwood, Kerry, Death in Daylesford (Phryne Fisher) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Gumpaw, Felix, The Soccer Mystery (Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hitchens, Dolores, The Cat Saw Murder (non-P.I.) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lansdale, Joe R., Moon Lake (non-P.I. standalone) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Leininger, Rob, Gumshoe in the Dark (Mortimer Angel) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lippman, Laura, Dream Girl (non-P.I.; standalone) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Neilan, Paul, The Hollywood Spiral (1: Harrigan) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Nicieza, Fabian, Suburban Dicks (1: Andie Stern & Kenneth Lee ) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

May 2021 Hardcovers

Abrams, Stacey, While Justice Sleeps (non-P.I.; 1: Avery Keene) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Barclay, Linwood, Find You First (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Block, Lawrence, Collectibles | Buy this book
Mystery geeks and collectors should keep an eye peeled for this collection of crime tales about… collecting, by some of our best crime writers. With obsession-drenched stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, S.J. Rozan, Thomas Pluck, S.A. Crosby, Lee Goldberg, Joe R. Lansdale, Alex Segura and more.
Deaver, Jeffrey, The Final Twist (Colter Shaw) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Gordon, David, Against the Law (Joe the Bouncer) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Housewright, David, What Doesn’t Kill Us (Mac McKenzie) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Jones, Stephen Mack, Dead of Winter (August Snow) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lupica, Mike, Payback (Sunny Randall) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Swinson, David, City on the Edge (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Tapper, Jake, The Devil May Dance (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
White, Randy Wayne, Stingers (Doc Ford & Sharks Inc.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

April 2021 Hardcovers

Ames, Jonathan, A Man Named Doll (1: Happy Doll) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Baldacci, David, A Gambling Man (Aloysius Archer & P.I. Willie Dash) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Child, Lee, & Laurie King, editors, How to Write a Mystery (reference) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Collins, Max Allan, & Mickey Spillane, Shootout at Sugar Creek (Caleb York) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kendrick, Baynard, The Odor of Violets (Duncan Maclain) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lawson, BV, Deadly Dance (Scott Drayco) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Lelchuk, S.A., One Got Away (Nikki Griffin) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Parks, Adele, Just My Luck (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Rosenfelt, David, Animal Instinct (The K-Team) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Sandford, John, Ocean Prey (non-P.I.; Davenport & Flowers) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Sears, Michael, Tower of Babel (1: Ted Molloy) | Buy this book | Buy the audio| Kindle it!
Stroby, Wallace, Heaven’s a Lie ( non-P.I. Jersey noir) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Swinson, Kiki, Public Enemy #1 (1:Khloé Mercer) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Takamura, Kaoru, Lady Joker (non-P.I.; classic Japanese caper) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Thomas, Will, Dance With Death (Barker & Llewelyn) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Vlautin, Willy, The Night Always Comes (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
White, Edward, The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock (biography/criticism) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Wiley, Michael, Head Case (Sam Kelson) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

March 2021 Hardcovers

Capri, Diane, Jack Frost (Hunt for Jack Reacher) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Coben, Harlan, Win (1: Windsor “Win” Horne Lockwood III) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Deverell, William, Stung (Arthur Beauchamp) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Estleman, Loren D., The Eagle & the Viper (Napoleonic true crime) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Evanovich, Janet, & Steve Hamilton, The Bounty (non-P.I.; O’Hare & Fox) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Hughes, Dorothy B., Ride the Pink Horse (non-P.I. noir classic) (r) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Kenda, Joe, Killer Triggers (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
TV’s Homicide Hunter on why we kill.
Owen, Erika, Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History (reference) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Robinson, Peter, Not Dark Yet (non-P.I.; Inspector Banks) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Verdon, John, On Harrow Hill (Dave Gurney) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Winspear, Jacqueline, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Woods, Stuart, Double Jeopardy (Stone Barrington) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

February 2021 Hardcovers

Block, Lawrence, Hunting Buffalo with Bent Nails (non-fiction essays) | Buy this book
Dezenhall, Eric, False Light (1: Fuse Petty) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Finch, Charles, An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Grillo, Ioan, Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs & Cartels (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Is murder and violence our best-selling export?
Gumpaw, Felix, The First Case (1: Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Gumpaw, Felix, The Tiger’s Eye (Rider Woofson & The PI Pack) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Hart, John, The Unwilling (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Ide, Joe, Smoke (I.Q.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Koryta, Michael, Never Far Away (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Mosley, Walter, Blood Grove (Easy Rawlins!) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Patrick, Renée, The Sharpest Needle (non-P.I.; Edith Head & Lillian Frost) | Buy this book
Shnayerson, Michael, Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream (biography) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Stabenow, Dana, Spoils of the Dead (non-P.I.; Liam Campbell) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Tefler, Tori, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters & Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

January 2021 Hardcovers

Ames, Dan, The Man Who Dies Here (The Jack Reacher Cases) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Atkins, Ace, Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bradford, Richard, Devils, Lusts & Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith (biography) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
In this Winter of Discontent, this bio of Little Miss Sunshine might be just what we need.
Goldberg, Lee, Bone Canyon (non-P.I.; Eve Ronin) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Petrie, Nick, The Breaker (Peter Ash) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Pronzini, Bill, The Paradise Affair (Quincannon & Carpenter) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Quartey, Kwei, Sleep Well, My Lady (Emma Djan) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Woolrich, Cornell, The Bride Wore Black (non-P.I.; noir classic) (r) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

2020

December 2020 Hardcovers

Brubaker, Ed, & Sean Phillips, Reckless (1: Ethan Reckless) | Buy the comic | Kindle/ComiXology it!
Coyle, Matt, Blind Vigil (Rick Cahill) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Gattis, Ryan, The System (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Perry, Thomas, Eddie’s Boy (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Raman, RV, A Will to Kill (1: Harith Athreya) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Rozan, S.J., The Art of Violence (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Willberg, T.A., Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder (1: Marion Lane) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Woods, Stuart, Hush-Hush (Stone Barrington) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

November 2020 Hardcovers

Amore, Anthony, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer (true crime) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Blassingame, Wyatt, The Complete Cases of John Smith, Vol. 1 (collection) | Buy this book
Breck, Elizabeth, Anonymous (1: Madison Kelly) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Bruen, Ken, A Galway Epiphany (Jack Taylor) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Bryndza, Robert, Shadow Sands (Kate Marshall) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Capri, Diane, Full Metal Jack (The Hunt for Jack Reacher) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Connelly, Michael, The Law of Innocence (Mickey Haller) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Cooper, Becky, We Keep the Dead Close (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Cummings, Ray, The Complete Cases of Uncle Tubby (collection) | Buy this book
Daly, Carroll john, Gang Man’s Gallows (Race Williams) | Buy this book
The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Volume Six
Daly, Carroll John, Satan’s Vengeance (2020; Satan Hall) | Buy this book
The Casebook of Satan Hall
Dana, Jan, The Complete Cases of the Acme Indemnity Op, Vol. 1 (collection) | Buy this book
Davis, Frederick C., The Complete Cases of Bill Brent, Vol. 2 (collection) | Buy this book
Edwards, Martin, editor, Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club (reference) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Evanovich, Janet, Tantalizing Twenty-Seven: Fortune & Glory (Stephanie Plum) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Fleishman, Jeffrey, Last Dance (non-P.I.; Sam Carver) | Buy this book |Buy the audio |Kindle it!
Footner, Hulbert, The Viper: The Complete Cases of Madame Storey, Vol. 2 (collection) | Buy this book
Haddam, Jane, One of Our Own (Gregor Demarkian) | Buy this book |Buy the audio |Kindle it!
Krishtalka, Leonard, The Camel Driver (Harry Przewalski) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Kutscher, Volker, The March Fallen
McGarrity, Michael, Head Wounds (Kevin Kerney) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
McPartland, John, I’ll See You in Hell (non-P.I; classic noir) (r) | Buy this book
Collector’s edition reprints 1956 Gold Fawcett PBO. With intro by Duane Swierczynski.
March, Nev, Murder in Old Bombay (1: Captain Jim Agnihotri) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Searls, Hank, The Complete Cases of Mike Blair (collection) | Buy this book
Sigel, Efrem, Juror Number 2 (true crime) | Buy this book | Kindle it!

October 2020 Hardcovers

Cannell, Michael, A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise & Fall of Murder, Inc. (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Child, Lee & Andrew, The Sentinel (Jack Reacher) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Grisham, John, A Time for Mercy (non-P.I.; Jake Brigance) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Neville, Stuart, The Traveler & Other Stories (non-P.I. collection) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Rosenfelt, David, Silent Bite (Andy Carpenter) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Smith, Ian K., The Unspoken (1: Ashe Cayne) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Spotswood, Stephen, Fortune Favors the Dead (1: Will Parker & Lillian Pentecost) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Woods, Stuart, Shakeup (Stone Barrington) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!

September 2020 Hardcovers

Butcher, Jim, Battle Ground (Harry Dresden) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Child, Lee, editor, The Nicotine Chronicles (anthology) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Doherty, Thomas, Little Lindy Is Kidnapped (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Douglas, John E., & Mark Olshaker, The Killer’s Shadow (true crime) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Galbraith, Robert, Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Hannah, Sophie, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (Hercule Poirot) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Hiaasen, Carl, Squeeze Me (non-P.I., but it’s Carl!) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Howzell Hall, Rachel, And Now She’s Gone (1: Grayson Sykes) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Lupica, Mike, Fool’s Paradise (non-P.I.; Jesse Stone) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Mannion, Elizabeth, & Brian Cliff, editors, Guilt Rules All (non-fiction; essays) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Maroney, Tyler, The Modern Detective: Inside The Secret World Of Private Investigators (non-fiction) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Martin, Heather, The Reacher Guy (Lee Child biography) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Mosley, Walter, The Awkward Black Man (collection; non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Norman, August, Sins of the Mother (Caitlin Bergman) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
Palahniuk, Chuck, The Invention of Sound (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!
Parks, Brad, Interference (non-P.I.) | Buy this book | Buy the audio | Kindle it!