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      Selected 2020 Paperback Releases | 
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        paperback, [SS] short stories, 
        [s] simultaneous hardcover/paperback release,
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      January
        2020 | 
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      The Decent Inn of Death [John Madden #6] by Rennie Airth 
        Dreamland [NS] by Nancy Bilyeau 
        The Killer in the Choir [r] [Fethering #19] by Simon Brett 
        Coral Reef Views [Ashley Grant #3] by Vicki Delany 
        All Kinds of Ugly [Jim Hardman #13] by Ralph Dennis 
        Lost Hills [s] [Eve Ronin #1] by Lee Goldberg 
        Purgatory Bay [s] [Bleak Harbor #2] by Bryan Gruley  | 
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      Near Prospect Park [Mary Handley #4] by Lawrence H. Levy 
        The Poison Garden [NS] by Alex Marwood [1st US edition] 
        If She Were Dead [NS] by J.P. Smith 
        Wolves at the Door [Varg Veum #21] by Gunnar Staalesen 
        Facets of Death [Detective Kubu prequel] by Michael Stanley 
        Turn to Stone [Ellie Stone #7] by James W. Ziskin 
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      February
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      Outfox [r] [NS] by Sandra Brown 
        Blues for Outlaw Hearts and Old Whores [Alligator Buratti #9] by Massimo Carlotto 
        A Cold Trail [Tracy Crosswhite #7] by Robert Dugoni 
        Smokescreen [r] [NS] by Iris Johansen  | 
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      The Lucky One [NS] by Lori Rader-Day 
        The Possession [r] [Anomaly Files #2] by Michael Rutger 
        Nairobi Noir [SS] edited by Peter Kimani  | 
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      March
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      The Secret Guests [r] [NS] by Benjamin Black 
        The Double Mother [NS] by Michel Bussi 
        The Safety Net [Inspector Montalbano #25] by Andrea Camilleri  
        The Sea of Lost Girls [s] [NS] by Carol Goodman 
        Execution in E [Gethsemane Brown #5] by Alexia Gordon 
        Less Than a Moment [s] [Posadas County #24] by Steven F. Havill  | 
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      No Quiet Among the Shadows [Old San Francisco #3] by Nancy Herriman 
        A Deathly Silence [Helen Lavery #3] by Jane Isaac 
        Hide Away [Rachel Marin #1] by Jason Pinter 
        The Panda of Death [Gunn Zoo #6] by Betty Webb 
        Columbus Noir [SS] edited by Andrew Welsh-Huggins 
        Santa Fe Noir [SS] edited by Ariel Gore  | 
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      April
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      Hiding from the Past [Pliny the Younger #8] by Albert A. Bell, Jr. 
        Death in Fancy Dress [NS, 1933 reissue] by Anthony Gilbert 
        That Affair Next Door [Ebenezer Gryce #7,1897 reissue] by Anna Katharine Green 
        A Stroke of Malice [Lady Darby #8] by Anna Lee Huber 
        Cheater’s Game [Jake Lassiter #14] by Paul Levine 
        Cage [Reykjavik Noir #3] by Lilja Siurdardóttir  | 
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      The Best Friend [Broden Legal #3] by Adam Mitzner 
        Little Siberia [NS] by Antti Tuomainen 
        Alabama Noir [SS] edited by Dan Noble 
        The Faking of the President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir [SS] edited by Peter Carlaftes 
        The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street [SS] edited by Josh Pachter  | 
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      May
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      Rolling Thunder [“Hammerhead” Jed Ounstead #2] by A.J. Devlin 
        Ball Park [r] [Émile Cinq-Mars#7] by John Farrow 
        Archie Goes Home [Nero Wolf Mysteries #15] by Robert Goldsborough 
        Killing Eve: Die for Me [Killing Eve #3] by Luke Jennings 
        Shepherd [NS] by Catherine Jinks  | 
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      Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years [SS] by Joe R. Lansdale 
        The Girl Beneath the Sea [Underwater Investigation Unit #1] by Andrew Mayne 
        Bitter Paradise [Dr. Zol Szabo #5] by Ross Pennie 
        A Mother’s Lie [NS] by Sarah Zettel 
        Berkeley Noir [SS] edited by Jerry Thompson & Owen Hill  | 
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      June
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      The Corpse with the Crystal Skull [Cait Morgan #9] by Cathy Ace 
        Legacy of Lies [Bocephus Haynes #1] by Robert Bailey 
        Beating About the Bush [r] [Agatha Raisin #29] by M.C. Beaton 
        Let Justice Descend [r] [Gardiner & Renner #5] by Lisa Black 
        Mission Road [Frank Yakabuski #3] by Ron Corbett 
        Snowed Under [Maggie McDonald #6] by Mary Feliz 
        Arrowood and the Thames Corpses [Arrowood #3] by Mick Finlay 
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          Rat Began To Gnaw the Rope [1942 reissue] by C.W. Grafton  | 
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      The Swap [NS] by Robyn Harding 
        Deep as Death [Hella Mauzer #2] by Katja Ivar 
        Seven Years of Darkness [NS] by You-Jeong Jeong 
        Running From the Dead [NS] by Mike Knowles 
        The Blues Don’t Care [NS] by Paul D. Marks 
        The Summer of Kim Novak [NS] by Håkan Nesser [1st US edition]  
        Love & Other Crimes [SS, including Warshawski]  by Sara Paretsky 
        Don't Make a Sound [Sawyer Borrks #1] by T.R. Ragan 
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      July
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      The Fate of a Flapper [Speakeasy Murders #2] by Susanna Calkins 
        Puppies for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone [Bastards of Pizzofalcone #5] by Maurizio de Giovanni 
        Find Me [NS] by Anne Frasier  | 
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      The Night of Shooting Stars [Martin Bora #12, #7 in English] by Ben Pastor [1st US edition] 
        Golden in Death [r] [Eve Dallas #50] by J.D. Robb 
        I Saw Him Die [Agatha Christie #4] by Andrew Wilson  | 
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      August
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      Murder in the East End [Below Stairs #4] by Jennifer Ashley 
        Goodnight Moo [Buttermilk Creek #2] by Mollie Cox Bryan 
        Death of a Telenovela Star [NS novella] by Teresa Dovalpage 
        Dead-End Detective [Piper & Porter #1] by Amanda Flower 
        The White Lady [Owen Burns #8] by Paul Halter  | 
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      Case
        Pending [Luis Mendoza #1 1960 reissue] by Dell Shannon 
        No Woods as Dark as These [Ryan DeMarco #4] by Randall Silvis 
        Still Here [Clare O’Dey #3] by Amy Stuart 
        The Silence [NS] by Luca Veste 
        Addis Ababa Noir [SS] edited by Maaza Mengiste 
        Tampa Bay Noir [SS] edited by Colette Bancroft  | 
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      September
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      Deep Dark Night [Lori Anderson #4] by Steph Broadribb 
        Mortmain Hall [Rachel Savernake 32] by Martin Edwards 
        The Ninja’s Blade [Lily Wong #2] by Tori Eldridge 
        The Big Man’s Daughter [NS] by Owen Fitzstephen 
        White Out [NS] by Danielle Girard 
        Chasing Jack [NS] by Parnell Hall 
        Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings [Mrs. Claus #1] by Liz Ireland 
        Remember My Face [Willie Cuesta #5] by John Lantigua 
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      For the Best [NS] by Vanessa Lillie 
        One Step Behind [NS] by Lauren North 
        The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing [Hubert Schuze #9] by J. Michael Orenduff 
        In the Clearing [NS] by J.P. Pomare 
        Crooked River [r] [Aloysius  Pendergast #19] by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 
        Broken [NS] by John Rector 
        The Silent Conspiracy [Jack Logan #2] by L.C. Shaw  | 
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      October
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      The Solace of Bay Leaves [Spice Shop #5] by Leslie Budewitz 
        The Sicilian Method [Inspector Montalbano #26] by Andrea Camilleri 
        Scavenger [NS] by Christopher Chambers 
        Sister [Oslo Detectives #9] by Kjell Ola Dahl 
        Wrecked [Faye Longchamp #13] by Mary Anna Evans  | 
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      A Pretty Deceit [Verity Kent #4] by Anna Lee Huber 
        Bending the Paw [Paw Enforcement #10] by Diane Kelly 
        The
          Christmas Egg [Brett Nightingale #3 1958 reissue] by Mary Kelly 
        Murder on Cold Street [Lady Sherlock #6] by Sherry Thomas 
        In the Deep [NS] by Loreth Anne White  | 
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      November
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      Crossed Skis [1952 reissue] by Carol Carnac 
        The Cutting Place [Maeve Kerrigan #9] by Jane Casey 
        Do Not Disturb [NS] by Claire Douglas [1st US edition] 
        Shills Can’t Cash Chips [Cool Detective Agency] by Erle Stanley Gardner [1961 reissue written as A.A. Fair] 
        A House Divided [Rowland Sinclair #1] by Sulari Gentill [APA: A Few Right Thinking Men, 2021]  | 
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      Kill Chain [Pascual Rose #4] by Dominic Martell 
        Out of Her Mind [Sawyer Brook #2] by T.R. Ragan 
        Thunder Storme [Wyatt Storme #5] by W.L. Ripley 
        Little Threats [NS] by Emily Schultz 
        The Haunting of Brynn Wilder [NS] by Wendy Webb 
        The Best American Mystery Stories [SS] edited by C.J. Box  | 
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      December
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      Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers [Woman of WWII #2] by Tessa Arlen 
        Under the Alaskan Ice [s] [Alaska Wild #2] by Karen Harper  | 
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      The
        Spoilt Kill [Hedley Nicholson #1, 1960 reissue] by Mary Kelly 
        Accra Noir [SS] edited by Nana-Ama Danquah  | 
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