Mail.app hangs on address autocomplete

This is an odd one. I'm having a hard time finding anyone else who's had a similar situation. Here's where the problem is:
open Mail.app
create new message
begin typing in contact's name
autocomplete fills in the name and email address
get the pinwheel and Mail.app freezes
approximately 2 minutes later Mail.app unfreezes and the contact name is filled in
This happens with any name or email address that Mail.app recognizes in my address book. If I put in an unstored email address it works like usual without freezing. What's causing this?

Thanks for the suggestions.
Address Book works just fine. I can search, edit, add, and delete just fine. No hangs, no freezes. I tried searching in Spotlight as well, everything was fine.
I went to Mail.app, pulled up the Previous Recipients window and removed all entries. Shut down Mail, restarted it, tried out a new message, and the same problem occured.
I'm pretty sure the problem is with Mail, not with Address Book.

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