The identity club / Richard Burgin
Disaster stamps of Pluto / Louise Erdrich
Delmonico / Daniel Handler
Jack Duggan's law / George V. Higgins
Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones
The shooting of John Roy Worth / Stuart M. Kaminsky
Until Gwen / Dennis Lehane
The shoeshine man's regrets / Laura Lippman
When all this was Bay Ridge / Tim McLoughlin
Case closed / Lou Manfredo
Sault Ste. Marie / David Means
Public trouble / Kent Nelson
Officers weep / Daniel Orozco
The last man I killed / David Rachel
One Mississippi / Joseph Raiche
Reconstruction / Sam Shaw
The love of a strong man / Oz Spies
Other distinguished mystery stories of 2004