Best Books of 2005
Top 10 Editors' Picks: Mystery & ThrillersA 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'
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Two Trains Running: A Novel
Andrew Vachss
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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 to win new fans and delight those familiar with ...
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Six Bad Things: A Novel
Charlie Huston
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Ballantine Books
June 28, 2005
Paperback
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From Publishers Weekly
More than fulfilling the promise of Huston's 2004 debut, ...
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Cinnamon Kiss: A Novel (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
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Little, Brown and Company
September 19, 2005
Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. As shown in the superb 10th entry in Mosley's Easy Rawlins series (...
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Citizen Vince: A Novel
Jess Walter
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Harper
April 12, 2005
Hardcover
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From Bookmarks Magazine
Jess Walter, who steps back in history for his third novel, brings back an "utterly inventive" tale of crime and politics (...
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The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
Michael Connelly
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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...
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The Right Madness
James Crumley
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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 ...
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The Closers
Michael Connelly
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Little, Brown and Company
May 16, 2005
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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 ...
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The Color of Law: A Novel
Mark Gimenez
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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...
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Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
James Lee Burke
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Simon & Schuster
July 12, 2005
Hardcover
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From Publishers Weekly
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 ...
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One Shot (Jack Reacher Novels)
Lee Child
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Delacorte Press
June 14, 2005
Hardcover
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The final sentence of Child's ninth suspenser (after ...
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