Hardcovers
1 – Dennis Lehane, The Given Day, Morrow
2 – Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict, LittleBrown
3 – Larry Karp, The King of Ragtime, Poisoned Pen
4 – tie
P.D. James, The Private Patient, Knopf
Robert B. Parker, Rough Weather, Putnam
6 – tie
Jeffery Deaver, The Bodies Left Behind, Simon & Schuster
Ken Bruen, Once Were Cops, St. Martin’s
8 – tie
Reginald Hill, The Price of Butcher’s Meat, Harper
Katherine Neville, The Fire, Ballantine
10 – Rita Mae Brown, Santa Clawed, Bantam
Trade Paperbacks
1 – Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Consequences of Sin, Penguin
2 – Earl Derr Biggers, The House without a Key, Academy Chicago Press
3 – Clare Langley-Hawthorne, The Serpent and the Scorpion, Penguin
4 – tie
Alexander McCall Smith, The World According to Bertie, Anchor
Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs, Penguin
6 – tie
Eliot Pattison, Prayer for the Dragon, Soho
Åke Edwardson, Frozen Tracks, Penguin
8 – tie
Matt Ruff, Bad Monkeys, Harper
L.R. Wright, The Suspect, Felony & Mayhem
Eric Stone, The Living Room of the Dead, Bleak House
Charlie Huston, Every Last Drop, Del Rey
Barbara Cleverly, Bright Hair About the Bone, Delta
Mass Market
1 – J.A. Jance, Hand of Evil, Pocket
2 – tie
Earl Emerson, Primal Threat, Ballantine
Stephen Hunter, The 47th Samurai, Pocket
Karen Olsen, Shot Girl, Obsidian
5 – tie
Greg Rucka, Patriot Acts, Bantam
Archer Mayor, Chat, Grand Central
Jennifer Bentley, Fatal Fixer-Upper, Berkley
Cynthia Baxter, Murder Packs a Suitcase, Dell
9 – tie
Jo Dereske, Miss Zukas and the Library Murders, Avon
Zoë Sharp, First Drop, St. Martin’s
Zoë Sharp, Second Shot, St. Martin’s
Ann Rule, Mortal Dangers: Case Files #13, Pocket
M.C. Beaton, Kissing Christmas Goodbye, St. Martin’s
Elaine Viets, Murder with All the Trimmings, Obsidian
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