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2009 Titles by Popularity - Best of DorothyL, copyright 2009 only
Of the Best Books of 2009 rated by DorothyL members, 618 (representing 312 unique titles) were copyright 2009.
| Title and Author | Count |
|---|---|
| The Brutal Telling - Penny, Louise | 15 |
| The Language of Bees - King, Laurie R | 11 |
| Necessary as Blood - Crombie, Deborah | 10 |
| The Shanghai Moon - Rozan, S.J. | 10 |
| The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Bradley, Alan | 10 |
| Among the Mad - Winspear, Jacqueline | 9 |
| Heaven's Keep - Krueger, William Kent | 9 |
| The Dark Horse - Johnson, Craig | 9 |
| The Scarecrow - Connelly, Michael | 9 |
| Nine Dragons - Connelly, Michael | 8 |
| The Girl Who Played With Fire (Swedish: 2006) - Larsson, Stieg | 8 |
| U is for Undertow - Grafton, Sue | 8 |
| Starvation Lake - Gruley, Bryan | 7 |
| A Night at the Operation - Cohen, Jeffrey | 6 |
| Awakening - Bolton, S.J. | 6 |
| Baby Shark's Jugglers At The Border - Fate, Robert | 6 |
| Borderline - Barr, Nevada | 6 |
| Lethal Legacy - Fairstein, Linda | 6 |
| Mind Scrambler - Grabenstein, Chris | 6 |
| The Last Child - Hart, John | 6 |
| 13 1/2 - Barr, Nevada | 5 |
| Gone Tomorrow - Child, Lee | 5 |
| Hardball - Paretsky, Sara | 5 |
| Life Sentences - Lippman, Laura | 5 |
| Midnight Fugue - Hill, Reginald | 5 |
| The Dead of Winter - Airth, Rennie | 5 |
| A Bad Day For Sorry - Littlefield, Sophie | 4 |
| A Trace of Smoke - Cantrell, Rebecca | 4 |
| Dog On It - Quinn, Spencer | 4 |
| Execution Dock - Perry, Anne | 4 |
| Her Deadly Mischief - Myers, Beverle Graves | 4 |
| In the Shadow of Gotham - Pintoff, Stefanie | 4 |
| Judas Kiss - Ellison, J.T. | 4 |
| Leaden Skies - Parker, Ann | 4 |
| Little Lamb Lost - Fenton, Margaret | 4 |
| Locked In - Muller, Marcia | 4 |
| Revenge of the Spellmans - Lutz, Lisa | 4 |
| Silent on the Moor - Raybourn, Deanna | 4 |
| Undone - Slaughter, Karin | 4 |
| A Duty to the Dead - Todd, Charles | 3 |
| Air Time - Ryan, Hank Phillippi | 3 |
| Black Water Rising - Locke, Attica | 3 |
| Death and the Lit Chick - Malliet, G.M. | 3 |
| Death Will Help You Leave Him - Zelvin, Elizabeth | 3 |
| Evil for Evil - Benn, James R. | 3 |
| Faces of the Gone - Parks, Brad | 3 |
| Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Evanovich, Janet | 3 |
| Grave Goods - Franklin, Ariana | 3 |
| Grave Secret - Harris, Charlaine | 3 |
| Merry, Merry Ghost - Hart, Carolyn | 3 |
| Roadside Crosses - Deaver, Jeffery | 3 |
| Rough Country - Sandford, John | 3 |
| Royal Flush - Bowen, Rhys | 3 |
| Spin a Wicked Web - McRae, Cricket | 3 |
| The Body in the Sleigh - Page, Katherine Hall | 3 |
| The Merry Misogynist - Cotterill, Colin | 3 |
| The Unseen - Sokoloff, Alexandra | 3 |
| The Way Home - Pelecanos, George | 3 |
| Turn Coat - Butcher, Jim | 3 |
| Vanilla Ride - Lansdale, Joe R. | 3 |
| Wicked Prey - Sandford, John | 3 |
| A Wee Christmas Homicide - Dunnett, Kaitlyn | 2 |
| Angel’s Advocate - Stanton, Mary | 2 |
| Beat the Reaper - Bazell, Josh | 2 |
| Blind Eye - MacBride, Stuart | 2 |
| Bloodhound - Pierce, Tamora | 2 |
| Bookplate Special - Barrett, Lorna | 2 |
| Bryant and May on the Loose - Fowler, Christopher | 2 |
| Bury Me Deep - Abbott, Megan | 2 |
| Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof - Clement, Blaize | 2 |
| Cat Striking Back - Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | 2 |
| Dare to Die - Hart, Carolyn | 2 |
| Death Loves a Messy Desk - Maffini, Mary Jane | 2 |
| Desert Lost - Webb, Betty | 2 |
| Desolate Angel - McGee, Chaz | 2 |
| Devil's Garden - Atkins, Ace | 2 |
| Die for You - Unger, Lisa | 2 |
| Get Real - Westlake, Donald E. | 2 |
| In a Gilded Cage - Bowen, Rhys | 2 |
| In the Guise of Mercy - Hornsby, Wendy | 2 |
| Iron River - Parker, T. Jefferson | 2 |
| Mating Season - Loomis, Jon | 2 |
| Mourning in Miniature - Grace, Margaret | 2 |
| Murder in Four Parts - Crider, Bill | 2 |
| Murder In The Raw - Challinor, C.S. | 2 |
| Murder on a Midsummer Night - Greenwood, Kerry | 2 |
| New Tricks - Rosenfelt, David | 2 |
| No Sanctuary - Meredith, Marilyn | 2 |
| Racing the Devil - Terrell, E. Michael | 2 |
| Red Bones - Cleeves, Ann | 2 |
| Sand Sharks - Maron, Margaret | 2 |
| Swan for the money - Andrews, Donna | 2 |
| Sworn to Silence - Castillo, Linda | 2 |
| The Broken Teaglass - Arsenault, Emily | 2 |
| The Chalk Circle Man (French: 1990) - Vargas, Fred | 2 |
| The Cold Light of Mourning - Duncan, Elizabeth | 2 |
| The Crossing Places - Griffiths, Elly | 2 |
| The Fleet Street Murders - Finch, Charles | 2 |
| The Gift of Murder - Floyd, John M. (editor) | 2 |
| The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Swedish: 2007) - Larsson, Stieg | 2 |
| The Help - Stockett, Kathryn | 2 |
| The Kill Call - Booth, Stephan | 2 |
| The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers - Penzler, Otto (editor) | 2 |
| The Mao Case - Qiu, Xiaolong | 2 |
| The Monster in the Box - Rendell, Ruth | 2 |
| The Neighbor - Gardner, Lisa | 2 |
| The Renegades - Parker, T. Jefferson | 2 |
| The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu - Stanley, Michael | 2 |
| The Sky Took Him - Casey, Donis | 2 |
| The Twelve aka The Ghosts of Belfast - Neville, Stuart | 2 |
| To Hell in a Handbasket - Groundwater, Beth | 2 |
| Tommy Gun Tango - Randall & Cook, Brant & Bruce | 2 |
| Trust No One - Hurwitz, Gregg | 2 |
| Vengeance Road - Mofina, Rick | 2 |
| Wild Sorrow - Ault, Sandi | 2 |
| 206 Bones - Reichs, Kathy | 1 |
| 2666 - Bolano, Roberto | 1 |
| A Beautiful Place to Die - Nunn, Malla | 1 |
| A Darker Domain - McDermid, Val | 1 |
| A Date You Can't Refuse - Kozak, Harley Jane | 1 |
| A Matter of Justice - Todd, Charles | 1 |
| A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder - Flint, Shamini | 1 |
| A Christmas Promise - Perry, Anne | 1 |
| A Plague of Secrets - Lescroart, John | 1 |
| About Face - Leon, Donna | 1 |
| All the Colors of Darkness - Robinson, Peter | 1 |
| Aloha Candy Hearts - Bidulka, Anthony | 1 |
| An Old Chaos: A Latouche County Mystery - Simonson, Sheila | 1 |
| As if by Magic - Gordon-Smith, Dolores | 1 |
| Aunt Dimity slays a dragon - Atherton, Nancy | 1 |
| Await Your Reply - Chaon, Dan | 1 |
| Bad Things Happen - Dolan, Harry | 1 |
| BEAST OF BURDEN - Banks, Ray | 1 |
| Below Zero - Box, C.J. | 1 |
| Blackbird Fly - McClendon, Lise | 1 |
| Blindman’s Bluff - Kellerman, Faye | 1 |
| Blood Atonement - Waddell, Dan | 1 |
| Blood Hollow - Krueger, William Kent | 1 |
| Blood Safari - Meyer, Deon | 1 |
| BLOODY WOMEN - FitzGerald, Helen | 1 |
| Booby Trap - Jaffarian, Sue Ann | 1 |
| Born to Run - McDougal, Christopher | 1 |
| Breathing Water - Hallinan, Timothy | 1 |
| Bright Futures - Kaminsky, Stuart M. | 1 |
| BURIED STRANGERS - Gage, Leighton | 1 |
| Capitol Offense - Bernhardt, William | 1 |
| Cat Playing Cupid - Murphy, Shirley Rousseau | 1 |
| Change-up - Feinstein, John | 1 |
| City of Silver - Alfieri, Annamaria | 1 |
| Covenant Hall - Wall, Kathryn | 1 |
| Curse of the Kissing Cousins - Kelner, Toni | 1 |
| Cut, Crop & Die - Campbell-Slan, Joanna | 1 |
| Dark of Night - Brockmann, Suzanne | 1 |
| Daughter Am I - Bertram, Pat | 1 |
| Dead LIke Her - Regan, Linda | 1 |
| Death at Hilliard High - Shmurak, Carole B. | 1 |
| Death of a Witch - Beaton, M.C. | 1 |
| Deaths on Pleasant Street - Fowler, Giles | 1 |
| Deep Waters - Charles, Kate | 1 |
| Dexter by Design - Lindsey, Jeff | 1 |
| Dial Om for Murder - Killian, Diana | 1 |
| Dismantled - McMahon, Jennifer | 1 |
| Dispel the Mist - Meredith, Marilyn | 1 |
| Doggie Day Care Murder - Berenson, Laurie | 1 |
| Doubleback - Hellman, Libby Fischer | 1 |
| Dust and shadow - Faye, Lynsay | 1 |
| Earthway - Thurlo, Aimee & David | 1 |
| Even Money - Francis, Dick | 1 |
| Fatally Flaky - Davidson, Diane Mott | 1 |
| Fault Line - Eisler, Barry | 1 |
| FED UP - Conant & Conant-Park, Jessica & Susan | 1 |
| Fell Purpose - Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | 1 |
| Fifty Grand - McKinty, Adrian | 1 |
| Floodgates - Evans, Mary Anna | 1 |
| Flyaway - Gilbert, Suzie | 1 |
| For Better For Murder - Bork, Lisa | 1 |
| GUTTED - Black, Tony | 1 |
| Homer's Odyssey - Cooper, Gwen | 1 |
| Honolulu - Brennert, Alan | 1 |
| Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Ford, Jamie | 1 |
| Identity Crisis - Mack, Debbi | 1 |
| KILLER KEEPSAKES - Cleland, Jane K | 1 |
| LAND OF MARVELS - Unsworth, Barry | 1 |
| Law & Disorder - Maffini, Mary Jane | 1 |
| Liars Anonymous - Ure, Louise | 1 |
| Living Witness - Haddam, Jane | 1 |
| Londongrad-NYPD - Nadelson, Reggie | 1 |
| Long Lost - Coben, Harlan | 1 |
| Look Again - Scottoline, Lisa | 1 |
| Loot the Moon - Arsenault, Mark | 1 |
| Mahu Vice - Plakcy, Neil | 1 |
| Manna From Hades - Dunn, Carola | 1 |
| Miss Zukas and the Island Murders - Dereske, Jo | 1 |
| Missing Presumed Wed - Wildwind, Sharon | 1 |
| Mother’s Day Murder - Meier, Leslie | 1 |
| Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings - Brightwell, Emily | 1 |
| Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time - Brightwell, Emily | 1 |
| Mud to Ashes - Wigglesworth, Gayle | 1 |
| Murder in Mykonos - Siger, Jeffrey | 1 |
| Murder in the Dark - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
| Murder in the Latin Quarter - Black, Cara | 1 |
| Murder on Camac - DeMarco, Joseph R. G. | 1 |
| Murder Takes the Cake - David, Evelyn | 1 |
| My Soul to Take - Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | 1 |
| My Soul to Take - Sigurdardottir, Yrsa | 1 |
| Nemesis - Nesbo, Jo | 1 |
| Never Tell a Lie - Ephron, Hallie | 1 |
| New River Blues - Gunn, Elizabeth | 1 |
| No Escape - Cooper, Natasha | 1 |
| No Place To Run - Sawyer, Thomas B. | 1 |
| Not in the Flesh - Rendell, Ruth | 1 |
| Now You May Weep - Crombie, Deborah | 1 |
| Old City Hall - Rotenberg, Robert | 1 |
| Old Flame - Berkowitz, Ira | 1 |
| On the Grind - Cannell, Stephen | 1 |
| Palos Verde Blue - Shannon, John | 1 |
| Persona Non Grata - Downie, Ruth | 1 |
| PORTRAIT OF A LADY - Stuckart, Diane A.S. | 1 |
| Promises in Death - Robb, J.D. | 1 |
| Queen of the Flowers - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
| Rain Gods - Burke, James Lee | 1 |
| Ravens - Green, George Dawes | 1 |
| Red, Green, or Murder - Havill, Steven F. | 1 |
| River of the dead - Nadel, Barbara | 1 |
| Rock and Roll Never Forgets - Grabain, Deborah | 1 |
| Rotten to the Core - Connolly, Sheila | 1 |
| Sand Sharks - Maron, Margaret | 1 |
| Schemers - Pronzini, Bill | 1 |
| Secondhand Spirits - Blackwell, Juliet | 1 |
| Secret of the Seventh Son - Cooper, Glen | 1 |
| Secrets To Die For - Sellers, L.J. | 1 |
| Serpent in the Thorns - Westerson, Jeri | 1 |
| Server Down - Hayes, J. M. | 1 |
| Shades of Grey - Simon, Clea | 1 |
| Shadow of Betrayal - Battles, Brett | 1 |
| SHADOWS STILL REMAIN - De Jonge, Peter | 1 |
| Six Seconds - Mofina, Rick | 1 |
| Skeleton Hill - Lovesey, Peter | 1 |
| Skull Duggery - Elkins, Aaron | 1 |
| SLAMMER - Guthrie, Allan | 1 |
| So Cold the River - Koryta, Michael | 1 |
| Something Missing - Dicks, Matthew | 1 |
| Stalked by Shadows - Collett, Chris | 1 |
| STILL BLEEDING - Mosby, Steve | 1 |
| Stone's Fall - Pears, Iain | 1 |
| Strangle a loaf of Italian bread - Dietz, Denise | 1 |
| Suitable for Hanging - Maron, Margaret | 1 |
| Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - McCall Smith, Alexander | 1 |
| The Bellini Card - Goodman, Jason | 1 |
| The Big Dirt Nap - Harris, Rosemary | 1 |
| The Blood Dimmed Tide - Airth, Rennie | 1 |
| The Brass Verdict - Connelly, Michael | 1 |
| The Burning - Walker, Sue | 1 |
| The Crack in the Lens - Hockensmith, Steve | 1 |
| The Darkness - Pinter, Jason | 1 |
| The Darkness - Printer, Jason | 1 |
| The End of the Road - Henry, Sue | 1 |
| The Fall Girl - Hill, Kaye C. | 1 |
| The Fever of the Bone - McDermid, Val | 1 |
| The Fitzgerald Ruse - de Castrique, Mark | 1 |
| The Forgotten Garden - Morton, Kate | 1 |
| The Fury - Printer, Jason | 1 |
| The Hidden Man - Ellis, David | 1 |
| The Innocent Spy - Wilson, Laura | 1 |
| THE LAST OLYMPIAN - Riordan, Rick | 1 |
| The Little Stranger - Waters, Sarah | 1 |
| The Lord God Bird - Hill, Russell | 1 |
| The Lord of Death - Pattison, Eliot | 1 |
| The Lost Art of Gratitude - McCall Smith, Alexander | 1 |
| The Lost Symbol - Brown, Dan | 1 |
| The Messenger - Burke, Jan | 1 |
| The Morning Show Murders: A Novel - Roker, Al | 1 |
| The Mystic Art of Erasing All Signs of Death - Huston, Charlie | 1 |
| The Night Monster - Swain, James | 1 |
| The Pain Nurse - Talton, John | 1 |
| The Price of Love - Robinson, Peter | 1 |
| The Professional - Parker, Robert B. | 1 |
| The Riesling Retribution - Crosby, Ellen | 1 |
| The Shimmer - Morrell, David | 1 |
| The Siege - White, Stephen | 1 |
| The Silent Spirit - Coel, Margaret | 1 |
| The Spire - Patterson, Richard North | 1 |
| The Surest Poison - Campbell, Chester D | 1 |
| The Tourist - Steinhauer, Olen | 1 |
| The Truth about Truman School - Butler, Dori Hillestad | 1 |
| The Water's Edge (Danish 2007) - Fossum, Karin | 1 |
| The White Garden - Barron, Stephanie | 1 |
| THE WITCH DOCTOR'S WIFE - Myers, Tamar | 1 |
| The Writer's Journey Journal - Burton, Tony (editor) | 1 |
| The Dark Horse - Johnson, Craig | 1 |
| The Dead of Winter - Airth, Rennie | 1 |
| There Goes the Bride - Beaton, M.C. | 1 |
| Thicker Than Water - Fraser, Anthea | 1 |
| This Thing of Darkness - Fradkin, Barbara | 1 |
| This Wicked World - Lange, Richard | 1 |
| Three Weeks to Say Goodbye - Box, C.J. | 1 |
| TOWER - Bruen & Reed, Ken & Farrel Coleman | 1 |
| Treasure of the Golden Cheetah - Arruda, Suzanne | 1 |
| Trick or Treat - Greenwood, Kerry | 1 |
| True Blue - Baldacci, David | 1 |
| True Compass - Kennedy, Edward M. | 1 |
| Vanished - Finder, Joseph | 1 |
| Vi agra Falls - Daheim, Mary | 1 |
| Walking Dead - Rucka, Greg | 1 |
| What Remains of Heaven - Harris, C.S. | 1 |
| When A Man Loves A Weapon - Causey, Toni McGee | 1 |
| Where the Dead Lay - Levien, David | 1 |
| Whisper to the Blood - Stabenow, Dana | 1 |
| Wicked City - Atkins, Ace | 1 |
| Winter Study - Barr, Nevada | 1 |
| Working Stiff - Ryan, Annelise | 1 |
| Wormwood - Albert, Susan Wittig | 1 |
