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Selected 2020 Paperback Releases |
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Codes: [r] reprint from hardcover or earlier
paperback, [SS] short stories,
[s] simultaneous hardcover/paperback release,
[NS] non-series |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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
2020 |
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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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