Best Books of 2006
Top 10 Editors' Picks: Mystery & Thrillers

Gillian Flynn's deliciously dark and twisted Sharp Objects tops our list of the best mysteries and thrillers of 2006. See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2006 Store.








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Sharp Objects: A Novel
Gillian Flynn
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Shaye Areheart Books
September 26, 2006
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As loyal Entertainment Weekly subscribers, we have been fans of Gillian Flynn for her smart, funny, and spot-on reviews of books, movies, and TV, but we were not prepared for her stunning debut novel Sharp Objects, a wickedly dark thriller that Stephen King calls a "relentlessly creepy family saga" ... Read more



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Beautiful Lies: A Novel
Lisa Unger
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Shaye Areheart Books
April 18, 2006
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Starred Review. After an act of heroism garners instant fame for 30-something New York freelancer Ridley Jones, she receives a faded photo of a man, a familiar-looking woman and a little girl along with a note asking, "Are you my daughter?" Shaken, she confronts her parents, who affirm ... Read more



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Cell: A Novel
Stephen King
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Scribner
January 24, 2006
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Witness Stephen King's triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that made him famous. ... Read more



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The King of Lies
John Hart
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St. Martin's Minotaur
May 16, 2006
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Starred Review. Hart's stunning debut, an exceptionally deep and complex mystery thriller, compares favorably to the best of Scott Turow. Jackson Workman Pickens, whom most people call "Work," is a struggling North Carolina criminal defense attorney. Work has wrestled with inner demons for most of his life, especially after ... Read more



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The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Novels)
Lee Child
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Delacorte Press
May 16, 2006
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Starred Review. In bestseller Child's 10th novel to feature ex-army MP Jack Reacher (after 2005's One Shot), a sidewalk cafe encounter in New York City plunges Reacher into one of his most challengingand thoroughly engrossingadventures to date. Acting out of "reflex and professional curiosity" (and the promise of ... Read more



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The Rabbit Factory
Marshall Karp
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MacAdam Cage
April 28, 2006
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About 30 pages into The Rabbit Factory you will find yourself hoping that the book's author Marshall Karp is at home typing. He has created two LAPD cops, Mike Lomax and his partner Terry Biggs, who are smart, drop-dead funny (especially Terry), and as irreverent as two guys ... Read more



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The Winter of Frankie Machine
Don Winslow
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Knopf
September 26, 2006
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Elmore Leonard fans who have not yet discovered Winslow (... Read more



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L.A. Rex
Will Beall
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Riverhead Hardcover
September 21, 2006
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Delicate readers be forewarned--Will Beall's gritty, gangland drama, ... Read more



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The Night Gardener
George Pelecanos
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Little, Brown and Company
August 8, 2006
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Starred Review. Pelecanos (Drama City) delivers a dignified, character-driven epic that succeeds as both literary novel and page-turner. In 1985, the body of a 14-year-old girl turns up in a Washington, D.C., park, the latest in a series of murders by a killer the media dub "The Night ... Read more



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Shadow Man
Cody Mcfadyen
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Bantam
June 13, 2006
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This disturbing serial killer drama set in California marks a promising debut for McFadyen, who combines many conventions of the genre but with far more exquisite, intricate results than the norm. FBI agent Smoky Barrett, a haunted, complicated woman, lead... Read more


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