Monday, January 4, 2010

Some of the Poisoned Pen Staff Pick the Best of 2009



Joanne HamiltonSelway
1. Stockton, Kathleen. The Help ($25)
2. Collins, Suzanne Catching Fire ($18)
3. Walls, Jeannette. GlassCastle ($15)
4. Shaffer, Mary Ann. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ($14)
5. Krakauer, John. Where Men Win Glory: the Odyssey of Pat Tillman ($28)
6. Harris, Charlaine. Dead and Gone ($26)
7. Kingsolver, Barbara. The Lacuna ($40) Signed
8. Schenkar, Joan. The Talented Miss Highsmith ($40)
9. Larsson, Stieg. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (15)
10 Barbery, Muriel. Elegance of the Hedgehog ($15)

John Goodwin
1. Ferrigno, Robert. Heart of the Assassin ($28) Signed
2. Ghelfi, Brent. Venona Cable ($25) Signed
3. Fesperman, Dan. Arms Maker of Berlin ($27) Signed
4. Burke, James Lee. Rain Gods ($28) Signed
5. Rankin, Ian. Complaints ($25)
6. Kanon, Joseph. Stardust ($28) Signed
7. Ellroy, James. Bloods a Rover( $28)
8. Bradley, Alan. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($15)
9. Pattison, Eliot. Lord of Death ($26) Signed
10. God. Green Bible ($30)

John Nadeau
1. Burke, James Lee. Rain Gods ($28 Signed)
2. Sandford, John Wicked Prey ($28)
3. Leather, Stephen. Live Fire ($15)
4. Koryta, Michael. Silent Hour ($25 Signed)
5. Lakeman, Thomas. Broken Wing ($26)
6. Box, CJ. Three Weeks To Say Goodbye ($7.99)
7. Morrell, David. The Shimmer ($26) Signed
8. Gage, Leighton. Buried Strangers ($13)
9. Atkins, Ace. Devil's Garden ($25)
10. White, Randy Wayne. Dead Silence ($26)

Lea Love
1. Bazell, Josh. Beat the Reaper ($15)
2. Ryan, Andie. Shakedown ($16)
3. Bauermeister, Erica. School of Essential Ingredients ($15)
4. Quinn, Spenser. Dog on It ($15)
5. Stockton, Kathleen. The Help ($25)
6. Larsson, Stieg. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (15)
7. Larsson, Stieg. Girl Who Played with Fire ($26)
8. Littlefield, Sohie. Bad Day For Sorry ($25)
9. Barr, Nevada. 13 1/2 ($26) Signed
10. Cain, Chelsea. Evil at Heart ($25) Signed

Lorri Amsden
1. Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire ($18)
2. Correia, Larry. Monster Hunter International ($8) Signed
3. Levitt, John. Unleashed ($8)
4. Clare, Cassandra. City of Glass ($18)
5. Snyder, Maria V. Storm Glass ($14)
6. Simner, Janni Lee. Bones of Faerie ($17)
7. Dann, Jack. The Dragon Book ($25)
8. Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures ($18)
9. Harris, Charlaine. Grave Secrets ($27) Signed
10. Kingsolver, Barbara. The Lacuna ($40) Signed

Patrick Millikin
1. Abbott, Megan. Bury Me Deep ($15)
2. Ellroy, James. Bloods a Rover ($28)
3. Green, Norman. The Last Gig. ($28)
4. Huston, Charlie. The Mystic Arts of Erasing all Signs of Death.($15)
5. Lange, Richard. This Wicked World ($24)
6. Littlefield, Sohie. Bad Day For Sorry ($25)
7. Neville, Stuart. Ghosts of Belfast ($25) Signed
8. Nikitas, Derek. The Long Division ($27) Signed
9. Rabb, Jonathan. Shadow And Light ($26)
10. Rayner, Richard. A Bright and Guilty Place ($25)

Pat King
1.Larsson, Steig. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ($15)
2. Correia, Larry. Monster Hunter International ($8)
3. Butcher, Jim. Turn Coat. ($26)
4. Quinn, Spencer. Dog On It ($15)
5. Carey, Mike. Dead Men's Boots ($26)
6. Penny, Louise. Brutal Telling ($25) Signed
7. Fesperman, Dan. Arms Maker of Berlin ($25) Signed
8. Sanderson, Brandon. Gathering Storm ($30) Signed
9. Walker, Martin. Bruno Chief of Police ($25)
10. Crombie, Deborah. Necessary As Blood ($25) Signed

Will Hanisko
1. Wambaugh, Joseph. Hollywood Moon ($27) Signed
2. Sanderson, Brandon. The Gathering Storm ($30) Signed
3. Connolly, John. The Gates ($24) Signed
4. Bruen, Ken and Reed Farrel Coleman. Tower ($15)
5. Millikin, Patrick. Phoenix Noir ($16) Signed
6. Grafton, Sue. U is for Undertow ($28) Signed
7. Abbott, Megan. Bury Me Deep ($15)
8. Bradley, Alan. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($15)
9. Simmons, Dan. Drood ($27)
10. Siger, Jeffrey. Murder in Mykonos ($15)

OK, what about me, Barbara?
All the Club Picks but the Hardboiled Club represent favorites for me.
The 2009 Club Picks list will be posted shortly.

Meanwhile here are some of my favorites available in trade paperbacks:

Abbott, Megan. Bury Me Deep ($15)
Barron, Stephanie. WhiteGarden ($15)
Bauermeister, Erica. School of Essential Ingredients ($15)
Bazell, Josh. Beat the Reaper ($15)
Bradley, Alan. The Sweetness in the Bottom of the Pie ($15)
Clements, Rory. Martyr ($15)
Dillon, Eilis. Death at Cranes Court ($15)
Gage, Leighton. Buried Strangers ($13)
Hall, MK. Coroner ($16)
Lee, Janice. The Piano Teacher ($15)
Myers, Tamar. The Witch Doctor's Wife ($15)
Nunn, Mala. A Beautiful Place to Die ($15).
Ryan, Andie. Shakedown ($15)
Siger, Jeffrey. Murder in Mykonos ($15)

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