• The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard (HarperCollins)
• The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG)
• Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (HarperCollins - William Morrow)
• The Dead Hour by Denise Mina (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown and Company)
• The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (Random House - Ballantine Books)
• The Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin's Minotaur)

• The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Random House)
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Crown - Shaye Areheart Books)
• King of Lies by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur - Thomas Dunne Books)
• Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read (Warner Books - Mysterious Press)

• The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto (Europa Editions)
• The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
• Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara (Bantam Dell Publishing - Delta Books)
• The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine (Bantam Dell Publishing - Bantam Books)
• City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate (Penguin Group - Riverhead Books)

• Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir by John T. Irwin (Johns Hopkins University Press)
• The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear by E.J. Wagner (John Wiley & Sons)

• Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger (W.W. Norton and Co.)
• Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine by Capt. Joseph K. Loughlin & Kate Clark Flora (University Press of New England)
• Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer by Robin Odell (The Kent State University Press)
• The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower (Dutton)
• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (HarperCollins - William Morrow)

• "The Home Front" - Death Do Us Part by Charles Ardai (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown and Company)
• "Rain" - Manhattan Noir by Thomas H. Cook (Akashic Books)
• "Cranked" - Damn Near Dead by Bill Crider (Busted Flush Press)
• "Building" - Manhattan Noir by S.J. Rozan (Akashic Books)

• The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (Scholastic - The Chicken House)
• The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson (Penguin YR - Sleuth/Viking)
• Crunch Time by Mariah Fredericks (Simon & Schuster - Richard Jackson Books/Atheneum)
• Buried by Robin Merrow MacCready (Penguin YR - Dutton Children's Books)
• The Night My Sister Went Missing by Carol Plum-Ucci (Harcourt Children's Books)

• Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake by Jennifer Allison (Penguin Young Readers - Sleuth/Dutton)
• The Stolen Sapphire: A Samantha Mystery by Sarah Masters Buckey (American Girl Publishing)
• Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• The Bloodwater Mysteries: Snatched by Pete Hautman & Mary Logue (Penguin Young Readers - Sleuth/Putnam)
• The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer (Penguin Young Readers - Philomel/Sleuth)

• Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Steven Dietz (Arizona Theatre Company)
• Curtains by Rupert Holmes (Ahmanson Theatre)
• Ghosts of Ocean House by Michael Kimball (The Players' Ring)

• The Closer - "Blue Blood", Teleplay by James Duff & Mike Berchem (Turner Network Television)
• Dexter - "Crocodile", Teleplay by Clyde Phillips (Showtime)
• House - "Clueless", Teleplay by Thomas L. Moran (Fox/NBC Universal)
• Life on Mars - Episode 1, Teleplay by Matthew Graham (BBC America)
• Monk - "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink", Teleplay by Hy Conrad (USA Network/NBC Universal)

• Conviction, Teleplay by Bill Gallagher (BBC America)
• Cracker: A New Terror, Teleplay by Jimmy McGovern (BBC America)
• Messiah: The Harrowing, Teleplay by Terry Cafolla (BBC America)
• Secret Smile, Teleplay by Kate Brooke, based on the book by Nicci French (BBC America)
• The Wire, Season 4, Teleplays by Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon & William F. Zorzi (Home Box Office)

• Casino Royale, Screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & Paul Haggis, based on novel by Ian Fleming (MGM)
• Children of Men, Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, based on a novel by P.D. James (Universal Pictures
• The Departed, Screenplay by William Monahan (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• The Good Shepherd, Teleplay by Eric Roth (Universal Pictures)
• Notes on a Scandal, Screenplay by Patrick Marber (Scott Rudin Productions)

• William Dylan Powell "Evening Gold" - EQMM November 2006 (Dell Magazines)

Stephen King

• Books & Books (Mitchell Kaplan, owner)
• Mystery Loves Company Bookstore (Kathy & Tom Harig, owners)

• Bloodline by Fiona Mountain (St. Martin's Minotaur)