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2008
The Fifth Floor (Michael Harvey)
The Turnaround (George Pelecanos)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction (Eric van Lustbader)
Swan Peak (James Lee Burke) (=)
Illegal Action (Stella Rimington) (-)
The Evil That Men Do (Dave White)
Chasing Darkness (Robert Crais)
The Broken Window (Jeffery Deaver) (+)
Sail (James Patterson & Howard Roughan)
The Dawn Patrol (Don Winslow) (+)
Nothing To Lose (Lee Child)
Blood Trail (C.J. Box)
The Boxer and the Spy (Robert B. Parker)
Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith) (=)
The Whole Truth (David Baldacci) [v]
Hold Tight (Harlan Coben)
Devil's Peak (Deon Meyer)
Hollywood Crows (Joseph Wambaugh)
The Final Warning (James Patterson)
The Law of Second Chances (James Sheehan)
The Amateur Spy (Dan Fesperman)
God's Spy (Juan Gomez-Jurado)
Red Cat (Peter Spiegelman)
Blasphemy (Douglas Preston)
Stranger In Paradise (Robert B. Parker)
L.A. Outlaws (T. Jefferson Parker)
7th Heaven (James Patterson & Maxine Paetro)
The Blue Door (David Fulmer)
Salt River (James Sallis)

2007
Half the Blood of Brooklyn (Charlie Huston)
Double Cross (James Patterson)
Stone Cold (David Baldacci)
Protect and Defend (Vince Flynn)
Try Dying (James Scott Bell)
Blonde Faith (Walter Mosley) (=)
Deceit (James Siegel) (-)
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event (James H. Cobb)
When One Man Dies (Dave White)
Now & Then (Robert B. Parker) (+)
Dexter In the Dark (Jeff Lindsay) (+)
The 47th Samurai (Stephen Hunter) (=)
You've Been Warned (James Patterson & Howard Roughan)
California Fire and Life (Don Winslow) (+)
Hundred-Dollar Baby (Robert B. Parker) (=)
The Wheel of Darkness (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)
The Shotgun Rule (Charlie Huston)
The Chicago Way (Michael Harvey)
Power Play (Joseph Finder)
Dead Ex (Harley Jane Kozak) (-)
Exposure (Kurt Wenzel)
The Tin Roof Blowdown (James Lee Burke) (+)
The Ever-Running Man (Marcia Muller) (-)
The Way Some People Die (Ross MacDonald)
The Quickie (James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge)
Secret Asset (Stella Rimington)
Dead Connection (Alafair Burke)
The Sleeping Doll (Jeffrey Deaver) (+)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal (Eric Van Lustbader)
Hooked (Matt Richtel)
Play Dead (David Rosenfelt)
The Overlook (Michael Connelly)
Bad Luck and Trouble (Lee Child)
Free Fire (C.J. Box)
The 6th Target (James Patterson, Maxine Paetro)
Los Angeles Noir (Denise Hamilton)
The Blue Cheer (Ed Lynskey)
What's So Funny? (Donald E. Westlake) (=)
American Outrage (Tim Green)
Simple Genius (David Baldacci)
The Edenville Owls (Robert B. Parker)
The Woods (Harlan Coben)
Body of Lies (David Ignatius) (+)
Turquoise Girl (Aimee & David Thurlo)
The Naming of the Dead (Ian Rankin) (-)
Con Ed (Matthew Klein)
The Watchman (Robert Crais) (+)
Lost Echoes (Joe R. Lansdale)
High Profile (Robert B. Parker)
The Dying Crapshooter's Blues (David Fulmer) (=)
[Interview with David Fulmer]
Sliver of Truth (Lisa Unger)

2006
No Dominion (Charlie Huston) (=)
Hollywood Station (Joseph Wambaugh) (+)
The Mission Song (John le Carre')
Bleeding Hearts (Ian Rankin)
Nature Girl (Carl Hiaasen)
Cross (James Patterson)
The Collectors (David Baldacci)
Act of Treason (Vince Flynn) (=)
Echo Park (Michael Connelly) (=)
Wild Fire (Nelson DeMille) (=)
The Winter of Frankie Machine (Don Winslow)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
Fear of the Dark (Walter Mosley)
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
Damnation Street (Andrew Klavan)
The Book of Fate (Brad Meltzer)
The Interpretation of Murder (Jed Rubenfeld)
Death in West Wheeling (Michael Allen Dymmoch) (=)
Fear (Jeff Abbott)
The Night Gardener (George Pelecanos)
A. Night in Hollywood Forever (Andrew J. Fenady) (=)
A Race Against Death (Timothy Sheard) (-)
The Keep (Jennifer Egan)
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Prisoner of Guantanamo (Dan Fesperman)
Darkness & Light (John Harvey)
Flesh & Blood (John Harvey [PB])
Too Darn Hot (Sandra Scoppettone) (-)
Parting Shot (Jonathan Stone)
Pegasus Descending (James Lee Burke) (+)
Blue Screen (Robert B. Parker)
The Skirt Man (Shelly Reuben) [A]
Learning To Kill (Ed McBain
The Drummer (Anthony Neil Smith
The Cold Moon (Jeffrey Deaver)
Eye of Vengeance (Jonathan King)
The Hard Way (Lee Child) (=)
Killer Instinct (Joseph Finder) (=)
Dead Before Dying (Deon Meyer) (+)
Dead Watch (John Sandford)
In Plain Sight (C.J. Box)
Hard Boiled Brooklyn (Reed Farrel Coleman)
The Law Clerk (Scott Douglas Gerber) (-)
One Drop of Blood (Thomas Holland)
Vital Force (Trevor Scott)
Promise Me (Harlan Coben)
Shotgun Opera (Victor Gischler)
Dark Harbor (Stuart Woods)
Fortunate Son (Walter Mosley)
Cripple Creek (James Sallis)
Penumbra (Carolyn Haines)
18 Seconds (George D. Shuman) (+)
False Impression (Jeffrey Archer)
Nightlife (Thomas Perry)
Blood Hunt (Ian Rankin)
The Two Minute Rule (Robert Crais) (=)
Isolation Ward (Josh Spanogle) (=)
A Hole In Juan (Gillian Roberts) (-)
Zero To the Bone (Robert Eversz)
Sea Change (Robert B. Parker)
Sweetie's Diamonds (Raymond Benson)
Rampart Street (David Fulmer) (+) [A]
Blindfold Game (Dana Stabenow)
Jass (David Fulmer) (=)
The Vanished Hands (Robert Wilson) (=)
The Hostage (W.E.B. Griffin)

2005
Already Dead (Charlie Huston) (+)
Ash & Bone (John Harvey)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Michael Connelly) (=)
School Days (Robert B. Parker) (=)
The Mayor of Lexington Avenue (James Sheehan) (+)
Cinnamon Kiss (Walter Mosley)
Fiddlers (Ed McBain) (-)
Cold Hit (Stephen J. Cannell)
Tabula Rasa (Shelly Reuben) (+) [A]
No Country For Old Men (Cormac McCarthy) (+)
Lifeguard (James Patterson, Andrew Gross) (-)
The Twelfth Card (Jeffrey Deaver) (+)
The Enemy of God (Robert Daley)
Crusader's Cross (James Lee Burke) (=)
One Shot (Lee Child)
Red Leaves (Thomas H. Cook)
Rage (Jonathan Kellerman)
The Closers (Michael Connelly)
The Inside Ring (Michael Lawson)
The Power of the Dog (Don Winslow) (+)
Shock Wave (James O. Born)
Company Man (Joseph Finder) (=)
Two Dollar Bill (Stuart Woods) (=)
Cold Service (Robert B. Parker)
Mr. Lucky: A Novel of High Stakes (James Swain) (=)
The Loch (Steve Alten)
The Broker (John Grisham) (=)
Run the Risk (Scott Frost) (=)

2004
Hour Game (David Baldacci)
London Bridges (James Patterson) (-)
California Girl (T. Jefferson Parker)
State of Fear (Michael Chrichton)
The Exile (Allan Folsom) (+)
Amagansett (Mark Mills)
The Program (Greg Hurwitz)
Trophy Hunt (C.J. Box) (+)
Dark Justice (Jack Higgins) (-)
Skinny Dip (Carl Hiaasen) (+)
Little Scarlet (Walter Mosley)
Coma (Alex Garland)
The Bourne Legacy (Eric Van Lustbader)
The Blackbird Papers (Ian Smith)
Bury the Lead (David Rosenfelt)
Kill the Messenger (Tami Hoag) (=)
Loaded Dice (James Swain)
Killer Smile (Lisa Scottoline)
The Enemy (Lee Child)
Memorial Day (Vince Flynn)
Hidden Prey (John Sandford)
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
Just One Look (Harlan Coben) (+)
3rd Degree (James Patterson) (=)
Bad Business (Robert B. Parker)
The Last Juror (John Grisham)
Vertical Coffin (Stephen J. Cannell) (+)
The Zero Game (Brad Meltzer)
Paranoia (Joseph Finder)
Mr. Paradise (Elmore Leonard) (+)


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