The year in mystery and crime fiction: 2004 / Jon L. Breen
A 2004 yearbook of crime and mystery / Edward D. Hoch
The mystery in Great Britain
The newest four-letter word in mystery / Sarah Weinman
The adventure of the missing detective / Gary Lovisi
The Westphalian ring / Jeffery Deaver
The hit / Robert S. Levinson
The last case of Hilly Palmer / Duane Swierczynski
Everybody's girl / Robert Barnard
Imitate the sun / Luke Sholer
Father Diodorus / Charlie Stella
A nightcap of hemlock / Francis M. Nevins
The best in online mystery fiction in 2004 / Sarah Weinman
Just pretend / Martyn Waites
Geoffrey says / Aliya Whiteley
The consolation blond / Val McDermid
The shoeshine man's regrets / Laura Lippman
For benefit of Mr. Means / Christine Matthews
East side, west side / Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens
The promotion / Larry D. Sewazy
Me and Mitch / Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg
The necromancer's apprentice / Lillian Stewart Carl
The banshee / Joyce Carol Oates
Sounds of silence / Dennis Richard Murphy.
