A List of Favorite 2006 Mysteries

The Chair of Left Coast Crime 2007, the 17th Annual Mystery Fan Convention, has posted her favorite mysteries of 2006, with a few other titles thrown in... Instead of a list from review sources, we thought we'd offer you this somewhat less mainstream selection. Notice that she includes New Mexico author Steven Havill (and that we already have nearly everything mentioned):

"Best Books of 2006"
MYSTERY
KILL ME, Stephen White
THE VIRGIN OF SMALL PLAINS, Nancy Pickard
CRIPPLE CREEK, James Sallis
A FIELD OF DARKNESS, Cornelia Read
STILL LIFE, Louise Penny
DISCO FOR THE DEPARTED, Colin Cotterill

All very good but not quite "best":
SNAKESKIN SHAMISEN, Naomi Hirahara
A STOLEN SEASON, Steve Hamilton
VANISHING POINT, Marcia Muller
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, Steven F. Havill
AN UNACCEPTABLE DEATH, Barbara Seranella
TERROR TOWN, Stuart Kaminsky
NO GOOD DEEDS, Laura Lippman
ALL MORTAL FLESH, Julia Spencer-Fleming
NICOTINE KISS, Loren Estleman

SF/FANTASY
HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON, Naomi Novik
OLD MAN’S WAR, John Scalzi
CROSSOVER, Joel Shepherd
FIREBIRD, J Ortega y robertson

??? (the 'in a league of their own' category)
WINTERSMITH, Terry Pratchett
FARTHING, Jo Walton
A DIRTY JOB, Christopher Moore

Non-Fiction
JAMES TIPTREE, JR: The Double life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips
MYSTERY MUSES: 100 Classics that Inspire Today’s Mystery Writers, ed by Jim Huang & Austin Lugar
MOCKINGBIRD: A PORTRAITOF HARPER LEE, Charles J. Shields