Fiction

John Nichols, The Empanada Brotherhood, (Chronicle Books)

Pari Noskin Taichert, The Socorro Blast, (University of New Mexico Press)

John McLaughlin, Runs in the Fam’ly, (University of Tennessee Press)

Janet LaPierre, Family Business – A Mystery (Perseverance Press)

Mary Guterson, We are all fine here (Berkely Books)

Phil Jennings, Nam-a-Rama (Tor)

Laurie R. King, Locked Rooms (Bantam)

Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood, The Juarez Murders (Arte Publico)

Rob Roberge, More Than They Could Chew (Dark Alley)

Morteza Baharloo, The Quince Seed Potion (Bridgeworks)

Virginia Wollf and the Raverats, Edited by William Pryor (Clear Press) (UK)

Mylene Dressler, The Floodmakers (Putnam)

Sara Sue Hoklotubbe, Deception on All Accounts, A Sadie Walela Mystery, (University of Arizona Press)

Amy Koppelman, A Mouthful of Air (MacAdam/Cage Publishing)

Nick Smith, Milk Treading(Luath Press)

Cara Black, Murder in Belleville (Soho Press)

Paul McElroy, TRACON (Japphire Publishing)

Tod Goldberg, Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV)

Dianne Highbridge, In the Empire of Dreams (Soho Press)

Cara Black, Murder in the Marais; An Aimée Leduc Investigation (Soho Press)

Edwidge Danticat, the farming of bones (Soho Press)

Roy Parvin, The Loneliest Road in America: Stories by Roy Parvin (Chronicle Books).

Kathryn Winter, Katarina (F, S & G)

May-Lee Chai, My Lucky Face (Soho Press)

Jim Paul, Medieval in LA (Counterpoint)

Sandra Scofield, A Chance to See Egypt (HarperCollins)

Jonnie Jacobs, Murder Among Friends (Kensi)