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Archer, Jeffrey, "A Twist in the Tale"

Bazell, Josh, "Beat the Reaper"

Bohjalian, Chris, "Skeletons at the Feast"

Cain, Chelsea, "Sweetheart"

Casey, Kathryn, "Singularity"

Child, Lee, "Die Trying"

Child, Lee, "Echo Burning"

Child, Lee, "Killing Floor"

Child, Lee, "Nothing to Lose"

Crais, Robert, "Chasing Darkness"

Crais, Robert, "Demolition Angel"

Crais, Robert, "The Forgotten Man"

Crais, Robert, "Free Fall"

Crais, Robert, "The Last Detective"

Crais, Robert, "L.A. Requiem"

Crais, Robert, "Lullaby Town"

Crais, Robert, "The Monkey's Raincoat"

Crais, Robert, "Sunset Express"

Crais, Robert, "The Two Minute Rule"

Crais, Robert, "Voodoo River"

Crais, Robert, "The Watchman"

Davidson, Diane Mott, "Sweet Revenge"

de Pontes Peebles, Frances, "The Seamstress"

Ellis, David, "Eye of the Beholder"

Ellis, Robert, "City of Fire"

Fowler, Karen Joy, "The Jane Austen Book Club"

Fulmer, David, "The Blue Door"

Goldstone, Lawrence, "Anatomy of Deception"

Grafton, Sue, "N is for Noose"

Grafton, Sue, "Q is for Quarry"

Grafton, Sue, "S is for Silence"

Haigh, Jennifer, "The Condition"

Hall, Parnell, "Detective"

Hall, Parnell, "Hitman"

Hall, Parnell, "Stalking the Puzzle Lady"

Harvey, Michael, "The Chicago Way"

Harvey, Michael, "The Fifth Floor"

Idridason, Arnaldur, "The Draining Lake"

Idridason, Arnaldur, "Voices"

Just, Ward, "An Unfinished Season"

Kaminsky, Stuart M., "Bright Futures"

Kinsella, Sophie, "Remember Me?"

Kisor, Henry, "Cache of Corpses"

Klavan, Andrew, "Man and Wife"

Klempner, Joseph T., "Flat Lake in Winter"

Loehfelm, Bill, "Fresh Kills"

Lustbader, Victoria, "Stone Creek"

Maloy, Kate, "Every Last Cuckoo"

Mayor, Archer, "The Catch"

Mayor, Archer, "Chat"

Mayor, Archer, "The Marble Mask"

Mayor, Archer, "The Second Mouse"

Mayor, Archer, "The Surrogate Thief"

Mills, Mark, "Amagansett"

Mills, Mark, "The Savage Garden"

Mills, Mark, "The Whaleboat House"*

Monninger, Joseph & Luanne Rice, "The Letters"

Nash, Jennie, "The Last Beach Bungalow"

O'Farrell, Maggie, "The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox"

Ouida, "Under Two Flags"

Parker, Robert B., "High Profile"

Parker, Robert B., "Melancholy Baby"

Parker, Robert B., "Night Passage"

Parker, Robert B., "Now & Then"

Parker, Robert B., "Paper Doll"

Parker, Robert B., "School Days"

Parker, Robert B., "Stranger in Paradise"

Parker, Robert. B., "Widow's Walk"

Parker, T. Jefferson, "Storm Runners"

Peterson, Keith, "The Scarred Man"

Pronzini, Bill, "Mourners"

Pronzini, Bill, "The Other Side of Silence"

Rice, Luanne & Joseph Richmond, "The Letters"

Richmond, Michelle, "No One You Know"

Riordan, Rick, "Rebel Island"

Sayers, Dorothy L., "Busman's Honeymoon"

Sayers, Dorothy L., & Jill Paton Walsh, "Thornes, Dominations"

Setterfield, Diane, "The Thirteenth Tale"

Spiegelman, Peter, "Black Maps"

Spiegelman, Peter, "Death's Little Helpers"

Spiegelman, Peter, "Red Cat"

Walsh, Jill Paton, and Sayers, Dorothy L., "A Presumption of Death"

White, Karen, "The House on Tradd Street"

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz, "The Shadow of the Wind"

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A+

"AMAGANSETT" by Mark Mills

"HITMAN" by Parnell Hall

"L.A. REQUIEM" by Robert Crais

"THE MONKEY'S RAINCOAT" by Robert Crais

"RED CAT" by Peter Spiegelman

"THE SHADOW OF THE WIND" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

"SKELETONS AT THE FEAST" by Chris Bohjalian

"THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX" by Maggie O'Farrell

"THE WHALEBOAT HOUSE" by Mark Mills*

A

"ANATOMY OF DECEPTION" by Lawrence Goldstone

"THE CHICAGO WAY" by Michael Harvey

"CITY OF FIRE" by Robert Ellis

"DEATH'S LITTLE HELPERS" by Peter Spiegelman

"DEMOLITION ANGEL" by Robert Crais

"THE DRAINING LAKE" by Arnaldur Idridason

"ECHO BURNING" by Lee Child

"THE FIFTH FLOOR" by Michael Harvey

"MELANCHOLY BABY" by Robert B. Parker

"NO ONE YOU KNOW" by Michelle Richmond

"PAPER DOLL" by Robert B. Parker

"THE SEAMSTRESS" by Frances de Pontes Peebles

"STRANGER IN PARADISE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE SURROGATE THIEF" by Archer Mayor

"VOODOO RIVER" by Robert Crais

"THE WATCHMAN" by Robert Crais

"WIDOW'S WALK" by Robert B. Parker

A-

"AN UNFINISHED SEASON" by Ward Just

"THE BLUE DOOR" by David Fulmer

"CACHE OF CORPSES" by Henry Kisor

"THE CATCH" by Archer Mayor

"THE CONDITION" by Jennifer Haigh

"DIE TRYING" by Lee Child

"EYE OF THE BEHOLDER" by David Ellis

"FLAT LAKE IN WINTER" by Joseph T. Klempner

"FREE FALL" by Robert Crais

"FRESH KILLS" by Bill Loehfelm

"HIGH PROFILE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE LAST DETECTIVE" By Robert Crais

"THE LETTERS," Luanne Rice & Joseph Monninger

"LULLABY TOWN" by Robert Crais

"MOURNERS" by Bill Pronzini

"NIGHT PASSAGE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE" by Bill Pronzini

"REBEL ISLAND" by Rick Riordan

"S IS FOR SILENCE" by Sue Grafton

"THE SAVAGE GARDEN" by Mark Mills

"SINGULARITY" by Kathryn Casey

"SUNSET EXPRESS" by Robert Crais

"THRONES, DOMINATIONS" by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

"A TWIST IN THE TALE" by Jeffrey Archer

"THE TWO MINUTE RULE" by Robert Crais

B+

"BEAT THE REAPER" by Josh Bazell

"BLACK MAPS" by Peter Spiegelman

"BRIGHT FUTURES" by Stuart M. Kaminsky

"BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON" by Dorothy L. Sayers

"CHASING DARKNESS" by Robert Crais

"DETECTIVE" by Parnell Hall

"EVERY LAST CUCKOO" by Kate Maloy

"THE FORGOTTEN MAN" by Robert Crais

"THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET" by Karen White

"KILLING FLOOR" by Lee Child

"MAN AND WIFE" by Andrew Klavan

"NOW & THEN" by Robert B. Parker

"Q IS FOR QUARRY" by Sue Grafton

"REMEMBER ME?" by Sophie Kinsella

"THE SCARRED MAN" by Keith Peterson

"SCHOOL DAYS" by Robert B. Parker

"STONE CREEK" by Victoria Lustbader

"THE THIRTEENTH TALE" by Diane Setterfield

"VOICES" by Arnaldur Idridason

B

"CHAT" by Archer Mayor

"THE MARBLE MASK" by Archer Mayor

"N IS FOR NOOSE" by Sue Grafton

"NOTHING TO LOSE" by Lee Child

"A PRESUMPTION OF DEATH" by Jill Paton Walsh and Dorothy L. Sayers

"THE SECOND MOUSE" by Archer Mayor

"STALKING THE PUZZLE LADY" by Parnell Hall

"STORM RUNNERS" by T. Jefferson Parker

"UNDER TWO FLAGS" by Ouida

B-

"THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB" by Karen Joy Fowler

"SWEETHEART" by Chelsea Cain

C

"THE LAST BEACH BUNGALOW" by Jennie Nash

"SWEET REVENGE" by Diane Mott Davidson


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