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2017

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
The Ghosts of Galway by Ken Bruen
Sleep No More by P.D. James
Alive in Shape and Color edited by Lawrence Block
Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer
Violent Mind: The 1976 Psychological Assessment of Ted Bundy by Al Carlisle
Seventh Decimate by Stephen R. Donaldson
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Unsub by Meg Gardiner
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton
Saratoga Payback by Stephen Dobyns
Ararat by Christopher Golden
Ill Will by Dan Chaon
Quicksand: What it Means to be a Human Being by Henning Mankell
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin

2016

In Sunlight or in Shadow edited by Lawrence Block
The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith
Hap and Leonard by Joe R. Lansdale
Revolver by Duane Swierczynski
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay
Rise the Dark by Michael Koryta
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
What We Become by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

2015

Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
The Crossing by Michael Connelly
Dead Wake by Erik Larson
Dead Ringers by Christopher Golden
Zer0es by Chuck Wendig
Dexter is Dead by Jeff Lindsay
Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? by Stephen Dobyns
Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay
The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
Last Words by Michael Koryta
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
Charlie Martz and Other Stories by Elmore Leonard
The Complete Crime Stories by James M. Cain
Tin Men by Christopher Golden
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
Archie in the Crosshairs by Robert Goldsborough
The Witches of Echo Park by Amber Benson

2014

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And other Conversations with Sam Weller
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
The Job by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
400 Things Cops Know by Adam Plantinga
World Gone By by Denins Lehane
The Martini Shot by George Pelecanos
Amnesia by Peter Carey
What If? by Randall Munroe
The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café by Alexander McCall Smith
The Day of Atonement by David Liss
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Buster Voodoo by Mason James Cole
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Riders on the Storm by Ed Gorman
Bathing the Lion by Jonathan Carroll
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta
The City by Dean Koontz
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay
The Drop by Dennis Lehane
Murder by Sarah Pinborough
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
The River of Souls by Robert McCammon
Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner
One Kick by Chelsea Cain
Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Six edited by Ellen Datlow
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
The Son by Jo Nesbų
FaceOff edited by David Baldacci
The Vacationers by Emma Straub
The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black
Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd
The Fever by Megan Abbott
The Keeper by John Lescroart
The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Killer by Jonathan Kellerman
The Fading Place by Mary SanGiovanni
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Hammett Unwritten by Owen Fitzstephen
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson

2013

The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Cockroaches by Jo Nesbų
Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein
Snowblind by Christopher Golden
Sycamore Row by John Grisham
The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson
Police by Jo Nesbų
The Abominable by Dan Simmons
The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, edited by Sarah Weinman
The Double by George Pelecanos
Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith
The Truth by Michael Palin
The Cuckoo's Calling by J.K. Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith
Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet
Hit Me by Lawrence Block
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce
Light of the World by James Lee Burke
If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Inferno by Dan Brown
Joyland by Stephen King
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
The Last Whisper in the Dark by Tom Piccirilli
Little Green by Walter Mosley
The Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Redeemer by Jo Nesbų
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin
Double Feature by Owen King
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith

2012

Guilt by Jonathan Kellerman
The Black Box by Michael Connelly
The Racketeer by John Grisham
Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough
Phantom by Jo Nesbų
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
Killer Move by Michael Marshall
Fallen by Karin Slaughter
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashio
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
Love is the Cure by Elton John
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon
Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
Flashback by Dan Simmons
Long Gone by Alafair Burke
The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli
The Providence Rider by Robert McCammon
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh
The Garner Files by James Garner
Calico Joe by John Grisham
Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman
Raylan by Elmore Leonard

2011

The Litigators by John Grisham
The Drop by Michael Connelly
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
The Cut by George Pelecanos
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Five by Robert McCammon
Satori by Don Winslow
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Started Early, Took my Dog by Kate Atkinson
Pacific Heights by Paul Harper (David Lindsey)
The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
Devil Red by Joe R. Lansdale
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
The Silent Land by Graham Joyce
Our Kind of Traitor by John le Carré
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

2009

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Ford County by John Grisham
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Complaints by Ian Rankin
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
9 Dragons by Michael Connelly
The King's Gold by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Way Home by George Pelecanos
A Twisted Ladder by Rhodi Hawk
How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
This is Not a Game by Walter John Williams
Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll
The Rules of the Game by Leonard Downie, Jr.
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
The Private Patient by P.D. James
The Associate by John Grisham
Spade & Archer by Joe Gores
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
Drood by Dan Simmons

2008

The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner
The Spy Who Came for Christmas by David Morrell
Black & White and Dead All Over by John Darnton
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
The Tenth Case by Joseph Teller
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
The Reapers by John Connolly
Cross by Ken Bruen
Still Waters by Nigel McCrery
Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh
The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
Trauma by Patrick McGrath
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser
Fireworks by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Comfortably Numb by Mark Blake
The Appeal by John Grisham
Restitution by Lee Vance
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Painter of Battles by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith

2007

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Exit Music by Ian Rankin
Who's Killing the Great Writers of America? by Robert Kaplow
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
The Missing by Sarah Langan
The Friends of Meager Fortune by David Adams Richards
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Blaze by Richard Bachman
The Overlook by Michael Connelly
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
The Intruders by Michael Marshall
Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
Hollywood Station by Joseph Wambaugh
The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Next by Michael Crichton
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Soul Kitchen by Poppy Z. Brite
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Terrorist by John Updike
Kamikaze by Michael Slade
Candles Burning by Tabitha King and Michael McDowell
The Closers by Michael Connelly
The Third Translation by Matt Bondurant
Transgressions edited by Ed McBain
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
Challenger Park by Stephen Harrigan
Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath
The Lighthouse by P.D. James
Fiddlers by Ed McBain
Drama City by George P. Pelecanos
Gone by Jonathan Kellerman

2006

City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Cell by Stephen King
Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
Death's Door by Michael Slade

2005

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
The Seasoning of a Chef by Doug and Michael Psaltis
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Saturday by Ian McEwan
We're All In This Together by Owen King
Inside Out by Nick Mason
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan
All the Flowers are Dying by Lawrence Block
I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
The Limits of Enchantment by Graham Joyce
Double Homicide by Jonathan and Faye Kellerman
Prime by Poppy Z. Brite
In the Night Room by Peter Straub
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin
Faithful by Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King
State of Fear by Michael Crichton

Older reviews

Against the Odds by Gwyneth Atlee
Animosity by David Lindsey
Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Back Story by Robert B. Parker
Bad Men by John Connolly
Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
Baudolino by Umberto Eco
The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
Bed of Nails by Michael Slade
The Best American Mystery Stories (1999) edited by Ed McBain and Otto Penzler
Bet Your Life by Richard Dooling
Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Bleachers by John Grisham
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
Boy in the Water by Stephen Dobyns
The Brethren by John Grisham
The Broker by John Grisham
The Burglar in the Rye by Lawrence Block
The Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen
Candyland by Evan Hunter and Ed McBain
Captains Outrageous by Joe R. Lansdale
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Cherry by Mary Karr
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Closer Than the Bones by Dean James
Codex by Lev Grossman
The Color of Night by David Lindsey
The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman
Cruel as the Grave by Dean James
Cuba by Stephen Coonts
To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
A Darkness More than Night by Michael Connelly
Darwin's Blade by Dan Simmons
Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James
December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith
Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
Dreamside by Graham Joyce
Ella in Bloom by Shelby Hearon
The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
The Falls by Ian Rankin
Family Honor by Robert B. Parker
Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain
The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Flashfire by Richard Stark
Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Gravity by Tess Gerritsen
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Hardcase by Dan Simmons
Hard Freeze by Dan Simmons
Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith
Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos
Hit List by Lawrence Block
Hong Kong by Stephen Coonts
Hope to Die by Lawrence Block
Hostage by Robert Crais
The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Hugger Mugger by Robert B. Parker
Hunted Past Reason by Richard Matheson
Indigo by Graham Joyce
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
The Journals of Eleanor Druse by Richard Dooling
The King of Torts by John Grisham
K-PAX III by Gene Brewer
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
The Last Dance by Ed McBain
The Last Juror by John Grisham
Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Magic Terror by Peter Straub
The Marble Mask by Archer Mayor
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales edited by Michael Chabon
Memorial Day by Harry Shannon
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Monster by Jonathan Kellerman
Mr. X by Peter Straub
The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman
The Murder Room by P.D. James
My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
The Narrows by Michael Connelly
The Nautical Chart by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan
Nightmare Town by Dashiell Hammett
999 by Al Sarrantonio
No Second Chance by Harlen Coben
On A Beam of Light by Gene Brewer
On Writing by Stephen King
Pagan Babies by Elmore Leonard
A Painted House by John Grisham
Parallel Lies by Ridley Pearson
Prey by Michael Crichton
Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon
A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King
Right As Rain by George P. Pelecanos
Roses are Red by James Patterson
Rough Draft by James W. Hall
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
The Rules of Silence by David Lindsey
Run by Douglas E. Winter
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Running Mate by Joe Klein
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
The Second Chair by John Lescroart
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Smoking Poppy by Graham Joyce
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert R. McCammon
Spook by Bill Pronzini
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
The Storyteller by Arthur Reid
The Summons by John Grisham
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
The Testament by John Grisham
Timeline by Michael Crichton
The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
Tucker Peak by Archer Mayor
Twelve Mile Limit by Randy Wayne White
Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
Void Moon by Michael Connelly
The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman
Wake of the Perdido Star by Gene Hackman & Daniel Lenihan
Whiskey Sour by JA Konrath
White Apples by Jonathan Carroll
Widow's Walk by Robert B. Parker
A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll