The Rap Sheet

 

 

Best Books of 2007

Best of
Crime Fiction

Our crew loved so many of the books they read in 2007, we had to give the genre two pages. Here's from A-I, alpha by title and look here for crime fiction from J-Z.

 

A

Previous reviews alphabetically by author:


Megan Abbott Queenpin | Harold Adams Lead, So I Can Follow | Dick Adler The Mozart Code | Rennie Airth River of Darkness | Boris Akunin The Winter Queen | Richard Aleas Songs of Innocence | Meredith Anthony and Lawrence Light Ladykiller | Rosemary Aubert The Feast of Stephen |

 

B

Robert E. Bailey Dying Embers | Pat Barker Border Crossing | Nevada Barr Hunting Season | Richard Barre Blackheart Highway | Louis Bayard Mr. Timothy | Andrew Bergman Tender Is LeVine | Ira Berkowitz Family Matters | William Bernhardt Silent Justice | Mark Billingham  The Burning Girl | Cara Black Murder in the Sentier | Lawrence Block  All the Flowers Are Dying | Lawrence Block Hit List | Lawrence Block Enough Rope | James O. Born Shock Wave | Rhys Bowen Evan and Elle | Marshall Browne Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools | Ken Bruen and Jason Starr Bust | Bill Bryan Keep It Real | Stephen Burgen Walking the Lions | Alafair Burke Dead Connection | Alafair Burke Judgment Calls |

 

C

Chelsea Cain Confessions of a Teen Sleuth | Bill Cameron Lost Dog | Patricia Carlon Crime of Silence | Caleb Carr Killing Time | Michael Chabon The Final Solution | Henry Chang Chinatown Beat | Leonard Chang Underkill | Barbara Cleverly The Last Kashmiri Rose | Harlan Coben Darkest Fear | Harlan Coben The Final Detail | Gabriel Cohen Red Hook | Curt Colbert Sayonaraville | Reed Farrell Coleman  The James Deans | Reed Farrel Coleman Soul Patch | Max Allan Collins Angel in Black | Max Allan Collins Chicago Confidential | Max Allan Collins Flying Blind | Max Allan Collins The Titanic Murders | John Connolly  The Black Angel | John Connolly Every Dead Thing | Michael Connelly Angels Flight | Michael Connelly A Darkness More Than Night | Michael Connelly City of Bones | Michael Connelly Lost Light | Michael Connelly Void Moon | Mark T. Conard Dark As Night | K.C. Constantine Blood Mud | K.C. Constantine Saving Room For Dessert | Elizabeth M. Cosin Zen and the City of Angels | Robert Crais Demolition Angel | Robert Crais The Forgotten Man | Robert Crais The Last Detective | Robert Crais The Two Minute Rule | Robert Crais The Watchman |

 

D

Jeffery Deaver The Stone Monkey | Michael Dobbs The Buddha of Brewer Street | Michael Dobbs Whispers of Betrayal | David Downing Zoo Station | Laurie Lynn Drummond  Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You |

 

E

Bill Eidson The Repo | Barry Eisler Rain Fall | Barry Eisler Rain Storm | Earl Emerson Catfish Cafe | Kjell Eriksson The Cruel Stars of the Night | Loren D. Estleman The Hours of the Virgin | Loren D. Estleman Nicotine Kiss | Janet Evanovich High Five | Robert Eversz  Burning Garbo | Robert Everesz Digging James Dean | Robert Eversz Zero to the Bone |

F

Linda Fairstein The Deadhouse | Terence Faherty The Confessions of Owen Keane | Terence Faherty In a Teapot | John Farrow City of Ice | Robert Ferrigno Prayers for the Assassin | Robert Ferrigno Scavenger Hunt | Dan Fesperman The Small Boat of Great Sorrows | Dan Fesperman The Warlord's Son | Jasper Fforde The Eyre Affair | Jasper Fforde Lost in a Good Book | Julia Spencer Fleming A Fountain Filled With Blood | G.M. Ford The Deader the Better | G.M. Ford Last Ditch | R.A. Forster The Mentor | Kinky Friedman Blast from the Past | David Fulmer Jass | Jim Fusilli Hard, Hard City | Jim Fusilli Tribeca Blues |

 

G

Eric Garcia Anonymous Rex | Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza December Heat | Glen David Gold Carter Beats the Devil | Ron Goulart Groucho Marx, Private Eye | Sue Grafton N Is for Noose | Sue Grafton "O" is for Outlaw | Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh Holmes for the Holidays | Ed Gorman Save the Last Dance for Me | Susanna Gregory A Plague on Both Your Houses | Martha Grimes Belle Ruin | James Grippando Under Cover of Darkness | John Grisham The Street Lawyer | Elizabeth Gunn Seventh-Inning Stretch |

 

H-J

James W. Hall Magic City | Denise Hamilton  Prisoner of Memory | Steve Hamilton The Hunting Wind | Steve Hamilton North of Nowhere | Dashiell Hammett Nightmare Town | Dashiel Hammett  Vintage Hammett | Jonathan Harrington The Second Sorrowful Mystery | Jana Harris The Pearl of Ruby City | Simon Hawke The Slaying of the Shrew | Richard Helms Joker Poker | Joe L. Hensley Robak in Black | April Henry Circles of Confusion | Reginald Hill Arms and the Women | Reginald Hill On Beulah Height | Tony Hillerman The Wailing Wind | Naomi Hirahara Snakeskin Shamisen | Steve Hockensmith On the Wrong Track | Craig Holden The Jazz Bird | Sheri Holman The Dress Lodger | Rupert Holmes Where the Truth Lies |  Victoria Houston Dead Madonna | Fredrick Huebner Shades of Jutice | Harry Hunsicker The Next Time You Die | Graham Hurley The Take | Charlie Huston Caught Stealing | Arnaldur Indridason Voices | Roberta Isleib Putt to Death | Jane Jakeman  Fool's Gold | J.A. Jance Breach of Duty | J.A. Jance Rattlesnake Crossing | Craig Johnson Kindness Goes Unpunished | Stan Jones White Sky, Black Ice | Tim Junkin Good Counsel |

 

K

Stuart M. Kaminsky Now You See It | Stuart M. Kaminsky Vengeance | Susan Kandel Not a Girl Detective | Alex Kava Whitewash | Joseph Kanon The Prodigal Spy | Larry Karp The Ragtime Kid | Faye Kellerman Moon Music | Jonathan Kellerman Monster | Jack Kelly Line of Sight | Simon Kernick A Good Day to Die | Jonathon King Shadow Men | Laurie R. King The Game | Daniel Klein Kill Me Tender | Leslie S. Klinger The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes | Michael Koryta Sorrow's Anthem | William Kent Krueger  Blood Hollow | Ken Kuhlken The Do-Re-Mi |

L

Thomas Lakeman The Shadow Catchers | William Landay Mission Flats | Terrill Lee Lankford Blonde Lightning | Terrill Lee Lankford Earthquake Weather | Åsa Larsson Sun Sleuth | William Lashner A Killer’s Kiss | William Lashner  Falls the Shadow | José Latour Outcast | Marc Lecard Vinnie's Head | Dennis Lehane Prayers for Rain | Dennis Lehane Shutter Island | Danny Leigh The Monsters of Gramercy Park | Jonathan Lethem Motherless Brooklyn | Elmore Leonard The Hot Kid | Elmore Leonard Pagan Babies | Elmore Leonard Tishomingo Blues | Elmore Leonard Up in Honey’s Room | Elmore Leonard When the Women Come Out to Dance | Allan Levine The Bolshevik's Revenge | Lawrence Light Fear & Greed | Laura Lippman Every Secret Thing | Laura Lippman In Big Trouble | David Liss The Ethical Assassin | Dick Lochte Lucky Dog | Dashiell Loveless Five Shots and a Funeral | Gayle Lynds The Coil |

 

M

Mike McAlary Sore Loser | Ed McBain Fat Ollie's Book | Ed McBain The Last Dance | Ed McBain Transgressions | Stuart MacBride Bloodshot |Tom McCrory Company Confidential | Val McDermid A Place of Execution | Henning Mankell The Fifth Woman | Valerie Martin Italian Fever | Phillip Margolin Wild Justice | Archer Mayor Occam's Razor | Keith Miles Saint's Rest | Keith Miles Wanton Angel | Keith Miles Honolulu Play-Off | Larry Millett Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders | John A. Miller Tropical Heat | Walter Mosley Bad Boy Brawly Brown | Walter Mosley Six Easy Pieces | Walter Mosley Fear Itself | Walter Mosley Little Scarlet | Tamar Myers Baroque and Desperate |

 

N-O

Kris Neri Revenge of the Gypsy Queen | Tom Nolan Strangers in Town | Martin O'Brien Jacquot and the Waterman | Anthony O'Neill The Lamplighter |

 

P-Q

Abigail Padgett Blue | Robert B. Parker Hush Money | Robert B. Parker Family Honor | Robert B. Parker Sudden Mischief | T. Jefferson Parker  California Girl | T. Jefferson Parker Cold Pursuit | T. Jefferson Parker Storm Runners | Peter Pavia Dutch Uncle | Ridley Pearson The First Victim | Ridley Pearson Parallel Lies | Ridley Pearson Middle of Nowhere | George Pelecanos The Night Gardener | George Pelecanos Hard Revolution | George Pelecanos Hell to Pay | George Pelecanos Soul Circus | Anne Perry A Breach of Promise | Anne Perry Brunswick Gardens | Anne Perry No Graves As Yet | Anne Perry Southampton Row | Thomas Perry Blood Money | Thomas Perry Death Benefits | Elizabeth Peters Children of the Storm | Bill Pronzini Mourners | Michael Pye Taking Lives |

 

R

Ian Rankin The Falls | Ian Rankin Set in Darkness | Sam Reaves Dooley's Back | Mary Reed and Eric Mayer Two for Joy | J.D. Rhoades Safe and Sound | Craig Rice Home Sweet Homicide | John Ridley Everybody Smokes in Hell | Stella Rimington At Risk | Rick Riordan The Last King of Texas | Candace Robb The Gift of Sanctuary | Peter Robinson Aftermath | Arthur Rosenfeld Diamond Eye | Greg Rucka Shooting At Midnight | Robert Reuland Semiautomatic |

 

S

Marcus Sakey The Blade Itself | James Sallis Cripple Creek | James Sallis Ghost of a Flea | Walter Satterthwait  Cavalcade | Walter Satterthwait Masquerade | Dylan Schaffer I Right the Wrongs | Dylan Schaffer Misdemeanor Man | John Shannon The Dark Streets | Roger L. Simon Director's Cut | Gammy L. Singer Down and Dirty | Josef Skvorecky Two Murders in My Double Life | Edward Sklepowich The Last Gondola | Martin J. Smith Shadow Image | Roger L. Simon The Lost Coast | Peter Spiegelman Red Cat | Domenic Stansberry The Big Boom | Jason Starr Lights Out | Jason Starr Nothing Personal | David Stone The Echelon Vendetta | Nick Stone Mr. Clarinet |

 

T

Charles Todd Search the Dark | Charles Todd Watchers of Time | Nichelle D. Tramble The Last King | Scott Turow Personal Injuries | Helene Tursten Detective Inspector Huss | Helene Tursten The Torso |

 

U-Z

Ayelet Waldman Death Gets a Time-Out | Minette Walters The Breaker | Betty Webb Desert Wives | Donald E. Westlake Bad News | Penn Williamson Mortal Sins | Don Winslow California Fire and Life | Don Winslow The Power of the Dog | Andrew Vachss Choice of Evil | Ilona van Mil Sugarmilk Falls | M.J. Zellnik Murder at the Portland Variety | Dave Zeltserman Bad Thoughts | Richard Zimler Guardian of the Dawn |