7 January 2009

Good Crime Fiction we read in 2008

Here is the full list that resulted from What were your Best Crime Fiction reads for 2008?

40 crime fiction readers listed 396 books
On Monday I posted the top 21 books, and yesterday the top 37 authors.
Today I am listing all the books by author.

Literary zines - DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN, POWDER BURN FLASH, TWIST OF NOIR
Adrian Hyland - DIAMOND DOVE (aka MOONLIGHT DOWNS)
Adrian McKinty - DEAD I MAY WELL BE, HIDDEN RIVER, THE BLOOMSDAY DEAD, THE DEAD YARD
Agatha Christie - CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, NEMESIS, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
Ãke Edwardson - FROZEN TRACKS, SUN AND SHADOW
Alex Auswaks - SHERLOCK HOLMES IN RUSSIA
Aline Templeton - LYING DEAD
Allan Guthrie - SAVAGE NIGHT
Amara Lakhous - CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS OVER AN ELEVATOR IN PIAZZA VITTORIO
Andrea Camilleri - THE PAPER MOON, THE PATIENCE OF THE SPIDER
Andrea Maria Schenkel - THE MURDER FARM
Andrew Taylor - BLEEDING HEART SQUARE
Ann Cleeves - WHITE NIGHTS
Antonia Fraser - A SPLASH OF RED
Arnaldur Indridason - ARCTIC CHILL, THE DRAINING LAKE
Asa Larsson - THE SAVAGE ALTAR (a.k.a THE SUN STORM)
Barry Maitland - BRIGHT AIR
Bart Schneider - THE MAN IN THE BLIZZARD
Benjamin Black - CHRISTINE FALLS
Betty Webb - THE ANTEATER OF DEATH
Boileau and Narcejac - THE PRISONER
Boris Akunin - THE STATE COUNSELLOR
Brian McGilloway - GALLOWS LANE
C J Box - BLUE HEAVEN
C.S. Harris - WHAT ANGELS FEAR, WHEN GODS DIE
Carlo Lucarelli - VIA DELLE OCHE
Carol O'Connell - BONE BY BONE
Castle Freeman - GO WITH ME
Catherine Arley - WOMAN OF STRAW
Catherine O'Flynn - WHAT WAS LOST
Charlaine Harris - AN ICE COLD GRAVE
Charles Ardai - FIFTY-TO-ONE
Charlie Huston - ALREADY DEAD, NO DOMINION
Chris Grabenstein - HELL HOLE, MAD MOUSE, THE CROSSROADS, TILT A WHIRL, WHACK A MOLE
Christa Faust - HOODTOWN, MONEY SHOT
Christopher Fowler - THE VICTORIA VANISHES
Colin Bateman - ORPHEUS RISING
Colin Cotterill - ANARCHY AND OLD DOGS, THE CORONER'S LUNCH
Cormac McCarthy - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Craig Holden - FOUR CORNERS OF THE NIGHT
Craig Johnson - DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY, KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED, THE COLD DISH
Craig McDonald - TOROS & TORSOS
Cyril Hare - AN ENGLISH MURDER
Daniel Woodrell - GIVE US A KISS
Dave Diotalevi - MIRACLE MYX
Dave Zeltserman - SMALL CRIMES
David Corbett - THE DEVIL'S REDHEAD
David Peace - 1980
David Rosenfeld - OPEN AND SHUT
Deanna Raybourn - SILENT IN THE GRAVE, SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY
Deborah Crombie - DREAMING OF THE BONES, WATER LIKE A STONE
Declan Burke - EIGHTBALL BOOGIE, THE BIG O
Declan Hughes - THE COLOUR OF BLOOD
Denise Mina - A SLIP OF THE KNIFE, THE DEAD HOUR
Deon Meyer - DEVIL'S PEAK
DL Sayers - GAUDY NIGHT
Dominique Manotti - LORRAINE CONNECTION
Don Winslow - THE DAWN PATROL
Donald E. Westlake - DROWNED HOPES
Donna Leon - THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS
Doris Miles Disney - ROOM FOR MURDER
Dorothy B. Hughes - IN A LONELY PLACE
Duane Swierczynski - THE BLONDE
Ed Gorman - SLEEPING DOGS
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - THE BLANK WALL
Elizabeth George - CARELESS IN RED
Elizabeth Hand - GENERATION LOSS
Elizabeth Peters - THE APE WHO GUARDS THE BALANCE, THE FALCON AT THE PORTAL
Elizabeth Zelvin - DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER
Evelyn Berckman - THE BECKONING DREAM
Felicity Young - A CERTAIN MALICE, AN EASEFUL DEATH
Frank Tallis - FATAL LIES
Fred Vargas - SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR, THIS NIGHT'S FOUL WORK, WASH THIS BLOOD CLEAN FROM MY HAND
Friedrich Glauser - THE CHINAMAN
Gabriel Cohen - THE GRAVING DOCK
Gabrielle Lord - DIRTY WEEKEND
Garbhan Downey - YOURS CONFIDENTIALLY
Georges Simenon - LOCK 14, MONSIEUR MONDE VANISHES, THE WIDOW
Giancarlo De Cataldo - CRIMINI
Grace Brophy - THE LAST ENEMY
Gyles Brandreth - OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS
Hakan Nesser - THE MIND'S EYE
Harlan Coben - THE WOODS
Helen Fitzgerald - DEAD LOVELY
Henning Mankell - FACELESS KILLERS
Henry Wade - RELEASED TO DEATH
Ian Rankin - EXIT MUSIC
Ian Sansom - THE DELEGATES' CHOICE
J D Robb - PURITY IN DEATH, SEDUCTION IN DEATH
Jacqueline Winspear - MESSENGER OF TRUTH
Jakob Arjouni - KISMET
James Crumley - THE LAST GOOD KISS
James Reasoner - DUST DEVILS
Jean Stubbs - DEAR LAURA
Jennifer Egan - THE KEEP
Jo Nesbo - NEMESIS, THE DEVIL’S STAR, THE REDBREAST
Joan Paton Walsh and DL Sayers - THRONES DOMINATIONS
Joanne Harris - GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS
Joe Hill - HEARTSHAPED BOX
Johann Theorin - ECHOES FROM THE DEAD
John Connolly - THE UNQUIET
John Franklin in Bardin - THE DEADLY PERCHERON
John Hart - DOWN RIVER
John Harvey - COLD IN HAND
John Lawton - SECOND VIOLIN
John Levitt - NEW TRICKS
John McFetridge - DIRTY SWEET, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
Joseph Caldwell - PIG DID IT
Joseph O'Connor - THE STAR & THE SEA
Joseph Skvorecky - SINS FOR FATHER KNOX
Julia Spencer-Fleming - I SHALL NOT WANT, OUT OF THE DEEP I CRY
Julie Hyzy - STATE OF THE ONION
Karen E. Olson - SHOT GIRL
Karin Alvtegen - MISSING, BETRAYAL
Karin Fossum - BLACK SECONDS
Karin Slaughter - FRACTURED
Kate Atkinson - WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS
Kate Ellis - THE BLOOD PIT
Kate Morton - HOUSE AT RIVERTON
Katherine Howell - FRANTIC, THE DARKEST HOUR
Kathleen Kent - HERETIC'S DAUGHTER
Kathryn Fox - MALICIOUS INTENT:
Kaye C. Hill - DEAD WOMAN'S SHOES
Keith Snyder - COFFIN'S GOT THE DEAD GUY ON THE INSIDE
Kelley Armstrong - EXIT STRATEGY
Kelli Stanley - NOX DORMIENDA
Ken Bruen - AMERICAN SKIN, CROSS, ONCE WERE COPS, PRIEST
Kenneth Fearing - THE BIG CLOCK
Kerry Greenwood - EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Kevin Michaels - THE CHEATER
Kjell Eriksson - DEMON OF DAKAR
Laura Lippman - EVERY SECRET THING, WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
Laura Wilson - STRATTON’S WAR
Lawrence Alexander - RUBICON
Lawrence Block - 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE
Leah Giarratano - VODKA DOESN'T FREEZE, VOODOO DOLL
Lee Child - BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE
Leighton Gage - BLOOD OF THE WICKED
Linda Barnes? - DEATH WAS THE OTHER WOMAN
Linwood Barclay - NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
Lisa Gardner - SAY GOODBYE
Lisa Lutz - CURSE OF THE SPELLMANS
Loren Estelman - GAS CITY
Louis Bayard - THE BLACK TOWER
Louise Penny - THE CRUELEST MONTH
Louise Ure - THE FAULT TREE
Lynn Brittney - NATHAN FOX:TRAITOR'S GOLD
Magdalen Nabb - VITA NUOVA
Marcus Sakey - THE BLADE ITSELF
Margaret Maron - DEATH’S HALF ACRE
Margery Allingham - THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE
Marta Stephens - THE DEVIL CAN WAIT
Martin Edwards - DANCING FOR THE HANGMAN, THE ARSENIC LABYRINTH
Martin Millar - LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
Matt Beynon Rees - A GRAVE IN GAZA, THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM (a.k.a. THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS)
Maurice Leblanc - THE EXTRAVAGANT LIFE OF BALTHAZAR
Megan Abbott - BURY ME DEEP, QUEENPIN, A HELL OF A WOMAN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FEMALE NOIR (edit)
Michael Chabon - THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
Michael Connelly - BRASS VERDICT, ECHO PARK
Michael Cox - GLASS OF TIME
Michael Dobbs - THE LORDS' DAY
Michael Koryta - ENVY THE NIGHT
Michael Robotham - SHATTER
Michael Stanley - A CARRION DEATH
Michel Guibert - PIANO NOBILE
Mick Herron - RECONSTRUCTION
Mike Carey - VICIOUS CIRCLE
Mike Marshall - BAD THINGS
Minette Walters - THE CHAMELEON'S SHADOW
Nancy Pickard - RING OF TRUTH, THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS
Natsuo Kirino - OUT, GROTESQUE
Newton Thornberg - CUTTER AND BONE
Ngaio Marsh - DEATH IN A WHITE TIE
Nicci French - BENEATH THE SKIN
Nick Quantrill - BLACK& WHITE
Nigel McCrery - STILL WATERS
Olen Steinhauer - THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
P D James - AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS, THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P.D. Martin - BODY COUNT, FAN MAIL, THE MURDERERS' CLUB
Patricia Highsmith - THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Paul Goldstein - A PATENT LIE
Paul Halter - LES LARMES DE SIBYL
Peter Bowen - CRUZATTE AND MARIA, THE STICK GAME
Peter James - DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS, NOT DEAD ENOUGH
Peter Lovesey - BERTIE AND THE SEVEN BODIES, THE HEADHUNTERS
Peter Robinson - FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
Peter Temple - BAD DEBTS, THE BROKEN SHORE
Philip Kerr - A QUIET FLAME
Pierre Bayard - SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS WRONG: REOPENING THE CASE OF THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Pierre Darcis - L'ESTOMPE
Qiu Xialong - RED MANDARIN DRESS
R.D. Wingfield - KILLING FROST
R.J. Ellory - A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS
Rachel Caine - GALE FORCE
Ray Banks - NO MORE HEROES
Raymond Chandler - FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
Reginald Hill - A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES, DEADHEADS, THE DEATH OF DALZIEL
Richard Matheson - I AM LEGEND
Robert Crais - CHASING DARKNESS
Robert Fate - BABY SHARK
Roddy Doyle - A STAR CALLED HENRY
Ross Macdonald - THE BARBAROUS COAST
Russell Hill - ROBBIE'S WIFE
Ruth Rendell - NOT IN THE FLESH
Sam Reeves - MEAN TOWN BLUES
Sandra Ruttan - WHAT BURNS WITHIN
Sandra Scoppettone - SOME UNKNOWN PERSON
Sara Banerji - BLOOD PRECIOUS
Sara Young - MY ENEMY'S CRADLE
Sean Chercover - BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD; TRIGGER CITY
Sean Doolittle - THE CLEANUP
Selden Edwards - LITTLE BOOK
Shepard Rifkin - THE MURDERER VINE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Sophie Hannah - LITTLE FACE
Stephanie Barron - A FLAW IN THE BLOOD
Steve Hockensmith - THE BLACK DOVE
Steven F. Havill - THE FOURTH TIME IS MURDER
Stewart O'Nan - SONGS FOR THE MISSING
Stieg Larsson - THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stona Fitch - GIVE AND TAKE
Stuart MacBride - BROKEN SKIN
Susan Hill - THE PURE IN HEART, THE RISK OF DARKNESS, VOWS OF SILENCE
Tana French - IN THE WOODS, THE LIKENESS
Tasha Alexander - AND ONLY TO DECEIVE
Tess Gerritsen - THE KEEPSAKE
Timothy Hallinan - A NAIL THROUGH THE HEART
Tom Rob Smith - CHILD 44
Ursula Curtiss - DON'T OPEN THE DOOR
Val McDermid - BENEATH THE BLEEDING
Vanda Symon - OVERKILL
Vicki Delaney - IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLACIER
Wilkie Collins - THE MOONSTONE
Yrsa Siggarddottir - LAST RITUALS
Zoe Ferraris - FINDING NOUF

5 comments:

Marg said...

This kind of dissection of reading lists is fascinating. Thanks for all the hard work.

BTW, There's an award waiting for you at my blog!

http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-buddy-award.html

Kerrie said...

Many thanks Marg. I have decided who to give it to.
http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-buddy-award.html

Marta Stephens said...

Kerrie, what an amazing list!! Thank you so much for including "The Devil Can Wait" among your pick.

Best,
Marta Stephens
www.martastephens-author.com

Kerrie said...

Thanks for the feedback Marta. I hope the list means more readers for your book in 2009

Paul D Brazill said...

Kerrie, smashing work! Ta! P

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