The Buzz (Jan 9)

What was hot this week at The Thrill of it All ...

01. Best Crime Fiction 2009
02. Detectives: ELLERY QUEEN and INSPECTOR QUEEN
03. Detectives: Carol Higgins Clark's REGAN REILLY
04. Detectives: Ruth Rendell's CHIEF INSPECTOR WEXFORD
05. Detectives: Charlaine Harris's AURORA TEAGARDEN
06. Detectives: Joanne Fluke's HANNAH SWENSON
07. Detectives: M.C. Beaton's AGATHA RAISIN
08. Detectives: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's SHERLOCK HOLMES
09. Detectives: Tony Hillerman's JOE LEAPHORN and JIM CHEE
10. Interview: AL ROKER ... MYSTERY WRITER? (The Morning Show Murders)
11. Crime Fiction Alphabet: L is for LOCKED ROOM PUZZLES
12. Paying tribute to NERO WOLFE
13. ThrillerFest 2009: MYSTERIES VS. THRILLERS
14. Detectives: Alexander McCall Smith's MMA PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE / NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY
15. Detectives: Faye Kellerman's PETER DECKER and RINA LAZARUS
16. Detectives: Robert Parker's SPENSER
17. Crime Fiction Alphabet: K is for Laurie R. King
18. Mystery Scene nabs Lawrence Block
19. Interview: SUE GRAFTON (U Is For Undertow)
20. Interview: ELMORE LEONARD
21. Detectives: Agatha Christie's HERCULE POIROT
22. Murderous Beginnings: 40 Detective Fiction Firsts
23. Detectives: J.A. Jance's JOANNA BRADY
24. Detectives: Sue Grafton's KINSEY MILLHONE
25. Sherlock Holmes: The Hamlet of Detective Fiction