| Betty Webb | Desert Noir |
| Desert Wives | |
| Aimee Thurlo | Blackening Song |
| Death Walker | |
| James Patterson | 1st to Die |
| 2nd Chance | |
| Sara Paretsky | Windy City Blues |
| Lillian O’Donnell | Lockout |
| Carol O’Connell | Mallory’s Oracle |
| Stone Angel | |
| Margaret Maron | Fugitive Colors |
| Laurie R. King | A Grave Talent |
| Folly | |
| J.A. Jance | Dead to Rights |
| Joanna Brady Series | |
| Tami Hoag | Night Sins |
| Sue Grafton | A through S; A is for Alibi |
| Leslie Glass | Hanging Time |
| Noreen Gilpatrick | Final Design |
| Katherine V. Forrest | Murder by Tradition |
| Susan Dunlap | Cop Out |
| Eleanor Taylor Bland | See No Evil |