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- July 2012 Paperbacks
- Montalbán, Manuel Vâzquez, Off Side (Pepe Carvalho) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- May 2012 Paperbacks
- Montalbán, Manuel Vâzquez, Southern Seas (Pepe Carvalho) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- April 2012 Paperbacks
- Hall, James W., Silencer (Thorn) (r). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Hall, James W., Hit Lit.. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
Author Hall's long-promised, long-awaited survey of bestsellers, subtitled "Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers."
- McGarrity, Michael, Hermit's Peak (Kevin Kerney) (r) .. Buy this book
- Nixon, Fraser, The Man Who Killed (non-P.I.; prohibition-era Montreal)...Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Penzler, Otto, editor, In Pursuit of Spenser (non-fiction)...Buy this book
Fellow mystery writers on Robert B. Parker and the "creation of an American hero."
- Sallis, Driven (non-P.I.; sequel to Drive). Buy this book
- Silverberg, Robert, Blood on the Mink (non-P.I. from HardCaseCrime)
- March 2012 Paperbacks
- Applewhite, Claire, St. Louis Hustle (Elvin Suggs)...Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Greener, Richard, The Lacey Confession (Walter Sherman) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Montalbán, Manuel Vâzquez, The Buenos Aires Quintet (Pepe Carvalho) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Swierczynski, Duane, Point & Shoot (non-P.I. -- but it's Duane!) .. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- February 2012 Paperbacks
- Conway, James L., Dead and Not So Buried (1: Gideon Kincaid)...Buy this book
- Kerr, Phillip, Field Gray (Bernie Gunther) (r). Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Laen, K.J., Sticks and Stones (Cat Deluca)...Buy this book
- Loweecy, Alice, Back in the Habit (Falcone & Driscoll)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Montalbán, Manuel Vâzquez, Murder in the Central Committee (Pepe Carvalho)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Round, Jeffrey, Lake on the Mountain (1: Dan Sharp) . Buy this book
- Webb, Betty, Desert Wind (Lena Jones). Buy this book
- Westlake, Donald E., The Comedy is Finished (non-P.I. from HardCaseCrime)
- Winslow, Don, The Trail to Buddha's Mirror (Neal Carey) (r) . Buy this book. Kindle it!
- January 2012 Paperbacks
- Blackmoore, Stephen, City of the Lost (non-P.I. urban fantasy)...Buy this book.. Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Greener, Richard, The Knowland Retribution (Walter Sherman) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Hendricks, Gay, & Tinker Lindsay, The First Rule of Ten (1: Tenzing Norbu).. Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Leonard, Elmore, Fire in the Whole (collection) (r)., Buy this book
Collects 9 stories, slightly revised edition of When the Women Come Out to Dance.
- Mofina, Rick, The Burning Edge (Jack Gannon). Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Montalbán, Manuel Vâzquez, The Angst-Ridden Executive (Pepe Carvalho) (r).. Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Parks, Brad, Eyes of the Innocent (Carter Ross) (r) .. Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Shrier, Howard, Boston Cream (Jonah Geller)....Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Sims, Michael, editor, The Dead Witness. .Buy this book.. Kindle it!
Sub-titled "A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories," and featuring solid tales from Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Bret Harte, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anna Katharine Green and a covey of people you've probably never heard of, including Australian writer Mary Fortune who is credited with being the first woman to write a detective story.
- Smith, Brad, Red Means Run (1: Virgil Cain; non-P.I.) .. Buy this book. Kindle it!
- December 2011 Paperbacks
- Brod, D.C., Getting Lucky (Robyn Guthrie). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Bruen, Ken, The Hackman Blues (Tony Brady) (r) ..Buy this book. .Kindle it!.
- Coleman, Reed Farrell, Hurt Machine (Moe Prager). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Dodge, David, The Long Escape (Al Colby) (r)..Buy this book
- Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk on the Couch (Adrian Monk) (r). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Herren, Greg, Murder in the Irish Channel (Chanse MacLeod)....Buy this book
- Silvis, Randall, The Boy Who Shoots Crows (non-P.I.). Buy this book. Kindle it!
- sturges, p.g., Shortcut Man (Dick Henry) (r). Buy this book. Kindle it!.
- November 2011 Paperbacks
- Davis, Lindsey, Nemesis (Marcus Didius Falco) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Edmondson, Jill, The Lies Have It (Sasha Jackson)
- Mattson, Joseph, The Speed Chronicles. Buy this book
Akashic, perhaps fearing they'll soon run out of burgs to "noir-ize," kicks off a new crime fiction anthology series dedicated to drugs and other controlled substances. If the stories are all as good as Megan Abbott's "Everything I Want," this series may be as addictive as the noir" series is.
- Pinter, Jason, Zeke Bartholomew: Superspy! (1: Zeke Bartholemew; YA).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Wilson, F. Paul, Fatal Error (Repairman Jack) (r)..Buy this book.. Kindle it!.. Nook it!
- Wood, Simon, The Fall Guy (non-P.I.).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Woods, Stuart, Bel-Air Dead (Stone Barrington) (r). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- October 2011 Paperbacks
- Annand, Alan, Harms' Way (1: Lee Harms) (r). .Buy the book. .Kindle it!
- Block, Lawrence, Afterthoughts, (Block on his career)...Buy this book. .Kindle it!
- Cole, Trevor, Practical Jean (non-PI; middleclass noir)..Buy this book. .Kindle it!
- Faust, Christa, Choke Hold (Angel Dare returns!)...Buy this book. .Kindle it!
- The Monday Murder Club, A Miscellany of Murder: From History and Literature to True Crime and Television, a Killer Selection of Trivia...Buy this book
A Boston-area covey of mystery writers and trivia geeks, including our pals Stephen D. Rogers and Andrew S. McAleer, round up more trivia about murder and mayhem than you can wave a roscoe at. Sure, the compilers divivy up the book into seven chapters, each devoted to one of the deadly sins, but the real attraction here is murder in all it's bloody glory. True crime! Literature! TV! Movies! Wanna know Agatha Christie's career body count? The worst villain of all time? Sherlock Holmes' most botched solution? Why blondes may not have more fun bafter all? It's all here.
- Muller, Marcia, Coming Back (Sharon McCone) (r) .. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Munday, Evan, The Dead Kid Detective Agency (1: The Dead Kid Detective Agency)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Spillane, Mickey, & Max Allan Collins, The Consummata (non-P.I.)...Buy this book. .Kindle it!
- Stein, Joe, That Twisted Thing Called Truth (Garron)...Buy this book. .Kindle it!
- September 2011 Paperbacks
- Block, Lawrence, The Night and the Music (Matthew Scudder collection)...Buy this book ...Kindle it!
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry's Ex (Quarry) ..Buy this book.. Nook it!
- Darrell, James, Nazareth Child (1: Del Shannon) ..Buy this book.. Nook it!
- Engleman, Paul, Dead in Center Field (Mark Renzler) (r)...Buy this book
- King, Laurie R., & Leslie S. Klinger, editors, A Study in Sherlock...Buy this book...Kindle it!
Edited and compiled by Laurie R. King (who knows a little about Holmesian pastiche) and Leslie S. Klinger (a Sherlockian scholar), there are no reheated leftovers here -- just sixteen all new stories by some of the very top writers in the mystery game, many of whose fictional stomping grounds are generally very far indeed from 221B Baker Street. Contributors include such left-of-centre choices as Lee Child, Laura Lippman, Gayle Lynds, Neil Gaiman, Alan Bradley and Jacqueline Winspear.
- Lister, Michael, The Big Goodbye (1: Jimmy "Soldier" Riley & Ray Parker) (r) ..Buy this book.. Nook it!
- Swierczynski, Duane, Hell & Gone (non-P.I. -- but it's Duane!).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Rawson, Keith, Cameron Ashley & Jimmy Callaway, editors, Crime Factory: The First Shift ...Buy this book
First trade paperback anthology collects 28 stories from ezine, including contributions from Dave White, Dave Zeltserman and a number of people not named Dave.
- Stanley, Kelli, City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- White, Robert, Haftmann's Rules (1: Thomas Haftmann) .. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- August 2011 Paperbacks
- Borg, Todd, Tahoe Hijack (Owen McKenna)..Buy this book
- Burke, Declan, Absolute Cool Zero (non-P.I. meta-noir)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Francis, Dick and Felix, Crossfire (Captain Tom Forsyth, Afghanistan vet) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Herren, Greg, and J.M. Redmann, editors, Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir...Buy this book
Arguably the first collection of gay noir. Review here.
- Herren, Greg, and J.M. Redmann, editors, Women of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir...Buy this book
Dyke dicks and other sapphic sleuths.
- Shelby, Jeff, Liquid Smoke (Noah Braddock).. Buy this book
- July 2011 Paperbacks
- Annand, Alan, Scorpio Rising (non-P.I. thriller) . Buy this book . Kindle it!
- Annand, Alan, Hide in Plain Sight (non-P.I. thriller) ..Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Cleave, Paul, Collecting Cooper (Theodore Tate) ..Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Goldberg, Tod, Burn Notice: The Bad Beat (Michael Westen)...Buy this book...Kindle It!
- Hayes, J.M., English Lessons (non-P.I., Mad dog & English)...Buy this book
- Lutz, John, Serial (Frank Quinn). Buy this book. Kindle it!
- Pelecanos, George, Down By The River Where The Dead Men Go (Nick Stefanos) (r). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Pelecanos, George, Shame the Devil (Nick Stefanos) (r). .Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Tierney, Ronald, Bullet Beach (Deets Shanahan) (r)..Buy this book)
- June 2011 Paperbacks
- Ajourni, Jakob, More Beer (Kemal Kayankaya) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Ajourni, Jakob, One Man One Murder (Kemal Kayankaya) (r)...Buy this book
- Ajourni, Jakob, One Man, One Murder (Kemal Kayankaya) (r)....Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Bruen, Ken, The Devil (Jack Taylor) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle It!
- Davis, Lindsey, The Iron Hand of Mars (Marcus Didius Falco) (r). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- DeMille, Nelson, The Lion (John Corey) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it
- Evanovich, Janet, Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Hiaasen, Carl, Star Island (Skink to the rescue) (r)...Buy this book ..Kindle It!
- Krueger, William Kent, Vermillion Drift (Cork O'Connor) (r)...Buy this book ..Kindle It!
- Pelecanos, George, A Firing Offense (Nick Stefanos) (r). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Pelecanos, George, Nick's Trip (Nick Stefanos) (r).. Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Sakey, Marcus, The Amateurs (non-P.I.) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it
- Stallings, Josh, Out There Bad (Moses McGuire)., Buy this book., Nook it!
- Stark, Kio, Follow Me Down (non-P.I. dark thriller) .. Buy this book
- Starr, Jimmy, A Jimmy Starr Omnibus (Joe Medford) ...Buy this book
Includes all three novels featuring Hollywood newshawk Joe Medford from the 1940s.
- Swierczynski, Duane, Fun & Games (non-P.I. noir hijinx).. Buy this book.. Kindle it
- May 2011 Paperbacks
- Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out (Monk) (r). .Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Littlefield, Sophie, A Bad Day for Pretty (Stella Hardesty) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Lippmann, Laura, I'd Know You Anywhere (non-P.I., standalone) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Rosenfelt, David, Dog Tags (Andy Carpenter) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Tierney, Ronald, Mascara: Death in the Tenderloin (Noah Lang) (novella).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Tierney, Ronald, Bullet Beach (Deets Shanahan) (r)..Buy this book..Kindle it!
- Turow, Scott, Innocent (non-P.I.) (r). Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- April 2011
- Bergen, Andrez, Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat (1: Floyd Maquin)..Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Child, Lee, Worth Dying For (Jack Reacher) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Dewhurst, Rick, The Good Book Club (1: Jane Sunday). Buy this book
- Grabien, Deborah, Graceland (non-P.I., J.P. Kincaid)
- Joshi, J.T., Tragedy at Sarsfield Manor/Conspiracy of Silence (Joe Scintilla).. Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Kerr, Philip, If the Dead Rise Not (Bernie Gunther) (r).. Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Larson, Nathan, The Dewey Decimal System (1: Non-P.I. P.I. Dewey Decimal).. Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Mackenzie, Jassy, Random Violence (Jade De Jong) (r).. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Montrose, David, Murder Over Dorval (Russell Teed) (r) ...Buy this book
- Ross, James L., Long Pig (1: Hayes Rutherford)...Buy this book
- Spillane, Mickey, & Max Allan Collins, The Big Bang (Mike Hammer) (r)... Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Zimmerman, David, The Sandbox (non-P.I., set in Iraq) (r)... Buy this book....Kindle it!
- March 2011 Paperbacks
- Ard, William, Perfect .38 (Timothy Dane) (r).. Buy this book
Great two-fer featuring two Dane novels, The Perfect Frame and .38
- Black, Cara, Murder in the Paliais Royal (Aimée Leduc) (r).. Buy this book ...Kindle it!
- Butcher, Jim, Changes (Harry Dresden) (r)...Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Collins, Max Allan, & Matthew Clemens, No One Will Hear You (non-P.I.; serial killer on TV)..Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Connelly, Michael, The Reversal (Harry Bosch & Mickey Haller) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Halliday, Brett, Murder is My Business (Mike Shayne) (r)... Buy this book
- Hamil, Pete, The Guns of Heaven (Sam Briscoe) (r).. Buy this book
- Hamilton, Steve, The Lock Artist (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Harvey, Michael, The Third Rail (Michael Kelly) (r) ..Buy this book..Kindle it!
- Lippman, Laura, Don't Look Back (non-P.I.) (r)... Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Mofina, Rick, In Desperation (Jack Gannon)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Pelecanos, George, Soul Circus (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Rabkin, William, Psych: Mind-Altering Murder (Shawn Spencer & Gus).. Buy this book
- Smith, Troy D., Cross Road Blues (non-P.I.).. Buy this book
- Stallings, Josh, Beautiful, Naked and Dead (1: Moses McGuire)., Buy this book., Nook it!
- Top Suspense: 13 Classic Stories by 12 Masters of the Genre.. Buy this book . Kindle it!
13 stories by the "Top Suspense" gang. Includes stories by Ed Gorman, Max Allan Collins, Harry Shannon, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Vicki Hendricks, Bill Crider, Naomi Hirahara and others, plus a group effort entitled "The Chase."
- Winslow, Don, A Cool Breeze on the Underground (Neal Carey) (r). Buy this book. Kindle it!
- February 2011 Paperbacks
- Ajourni, Jakob, Happy Birthday Turk! (Kemal Kayankaya) (r) ...Buy this book
- Bludis, Jack, The Last Sellout (Brian Kane)..Download it!
- Loweecy, Alice, Force of Habit (1: Falcone & Driscoll)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Mosley, Walter, Known to Evil (Leonid McGill) (r) ...Buy this book ...Kindle It!
- January 2011 Paperbacks
- Black, Cara, Murder in the Marais (Aimée Leduc) (r) ...Buy this book ...Kindle It!
- Davis, Lindsey, Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco) (r). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Faherty, Terrence, The Hollywood Op (Scott Elliott).. Buy this book
Collects eight stories featuring retro eye Scott Elliott.
- Goldberg, Tod, Burn Notice: The Reformed (Michael Westen)... Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Hockensmith, Steve, The Crack in the Lens (Old Red & Big Red Amlingmeyer) (r) ...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Lippman, Laura, The Girl in the Green Raincoat (Tess Monaghan) ...Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Macdonald, Ross, Blue City (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Macdonald, Ross, The Three Roads (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Moore, Christopher G., The Cultural Detective (non-fiction)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
The creator of Bangkok detective Vincent Calvino muses on Thailand, crime fiction & politics. Fascinating.
- Moore, Christopher G., Zero Hour in Phnom Penh (non-P.I., thriller) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Parker, T. Jefferson, Iron River (non-P.I., Charlie Hood, guns) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Schenkar, Joan, The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
Dark, twisted biography of the dark, tweisted Queen of Noir...
- Smith, Roger, Wake Up Dead (non-P.I.; South African noir) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Smoke, Stephen, Cathedral of the Senses (Nick Sands)....Buy this book....Kindle it!
- December 2010 Paperbacks
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry (Quarry) (r) . Buy this book
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry's List (Quarry) (r) . Buy this book
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry's Deal (Quarry) (r) . Buy this book
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry's Cut (Quarry) (r) . Buy this book
- Collins, Max Allan, Quarry's Vote (Quarry) (r).. Buy this book
- Crais, Robert, The First Rule (Joe Pike) (r) .. Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Danticat, Edwidge, editor, Haiti Noir...Buy this book
36th entry in Akashic's Noir series features stories from the hardluck Caribbean island, with brand-new stories by Edwidge Danticat, Smartt Bell, and a slew of writers you probably haven't heard of. Blow your mind.
- Edmondson, Jill, Dead Light District (Sasha Jackson)...Buy this book
- Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out (Monk) (r). .Buy this book.. Kindle it!
- Green, Simon R., The Good, The Bad and the Uncanny (John Taylor) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Macdonald, Ross, Meet Me at the Morgue (P.O. Howard Cross) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Macdonald, Ross, The Ferguson Affair (non-P.I.) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Moore, Christopher G., 9 Gold Bullets (Vinnie Calvino)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- November 2010 Paperbacks
- Coleman, Reed Farrel, Empty Ever After (Moe Prager) (r)..Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Davis, Jada M., One for Hell (non-P.I., 50s noir classic). Buy this book
- Dewhurst, Rick, My Fear Lady (Joe LaFlam)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Dewhurst, Rick, Bye Bye, Bertie (Joe LaFlam) (r)...Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Grafton, Sue, U is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone) (r)..Buy this book....Kindle it!
- Moore, Christopher G., Paying Back Jack (Vinnie Calvino) (r) ..Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Portis, Charles, True Grit (western) (r). .Buy this book...Kindle It!
Hmmm... since Rooster's working for Hattie, does that make him a private eye? I'm just asking...
Pronzini, Bill, Savages (Nameless) (r). Buy this book...Kindle It!
- Vachss, Andrew, Haiku (1: Ho). Buy this book...Kindle it!
- Woods, Stuart, Lucid Intervals (Stone Barrington) (r).. Buy this book...Kindle it!
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