Best Books of 2005

Top 10 Editors' Picks: Mystery & Thrillers

A debut novel and paperback original are represented along with a crew of veteran Mystery & Thriller authors in our favorite titles of 2005, topped by our No. 1 pick, Two Trains Running by Andrew Vachss. See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2005 Store.

1. Two Trains Running: A Novel
Two Trains Running: A Novel
Andrew Vachss 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.6
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Pantheon
June 14, 2005
Hardcover

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Amazon.com Exclusive Content Justice, Rage, Retribution & Vachss Best known for his series about Burke, a career criminal with a uniquely larcenous family, Andrew Vachss has penned a standalone novel sure ... Read more
2. Six Bad Things: A Novel
Six Bad Things: A Novel
Charlie Huston 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
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Ballantine Books
June 28, 2005
Paperback

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More than fulfilling the promise of Huston's 2004 debut, ... Read more
3. Cinnamon Kiss: A Novel (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Cinnamon Kiss: A Novel (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
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Little, Brown and Company
September 19, 2005
Hardcover

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Starred Review. As shown in the superb 10th entry in Mosley's Easy Rawlins series (... Read more
4. Citizen Vince: A Novel
Citizen Vince: A Novel
Jess Walter 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
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Harper
April 12, 2005
Hardcover

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Jess Walter, who steps back in history for his third novel, brings back an "utterly inventive" tale of crime and politics (... Read more
5. The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
Michael Connelly 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.6
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Little, Brown and Company
October 3, 2005
Hardcover

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Best-selling author Michael Connelly, whose character-driven literary mysteries have earned him a wide following, breaks from the gate in the over-crowded field of legal thrillers and leaves every other contender from Grisham to Turow in the dust with this... Read more
6. The Right Madness
The Right Madness
James Crumley 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.0
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Viking Adult
May 9, 2005
Hardcover

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"This is not my kind of job, man," Montana private eye C.W. Sughrue insists when his psychiatrist pal, Dr. William "Mac" MacKinderick, asks him to find out who surreptitiously duplicated minidisks containing his conversations with seven long-term analysis ... Read more
7. The Closers
The Closers
Michael Connelly 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.2
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Little, Brown and Company
May 16, 2005
Hardcover

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"A city that forgets its murder victims is a city lost. This is where we don't forget," Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is told by his new boss, as he ends a three-year retirement and rejoins the Los Angeles Police Department at the start of ... Read more
8. The Color of Law: A Novel
The Color of Law: A Novel
Mark Gimenez 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.1
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Doubleday
October 18, 2005
Hardcover

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A. Scott Fenney, the hotshot young Dallas attorney of Gimenez's debut, has a beautiful house, an idle, social-climbing wife and a spoiled daughter; his most lucrative client is local magnate Tom Dibrell, whom he regularly rescues from sexual harassment sui... Read more
9. Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
James Lee Burke 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
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Simon & Schuster
July 12, 2005
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Starred Review. Superb writing and a throbbing pace lift two-time Edgar-winner Burke's powerful, many-layered 14th Dave Robicheaux novel (after 2003's Last Car to Elysian Fields), which involves venal and arrogant members of a wealthy family that can trace its lineage to fifth-century France as well as the machinations of ... Read more
10. One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9)
One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9)
Lee Child 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.2
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Delacorte Press
June 14, 2005
Hardcover

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