New Hardcover Mysteries for August 2008

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in August 2008.

For this announcement we're trying something a bit different. Below we've listed those authors with returning series characters, new series characters, and non-series or stand-alone mysteries. All titles are available on our August mystery books page.

Authors with mysteries having returning series characters (in parentheses) this month:

Jo Bannister (Brodie Farrell), Linda Barnes (Carlotta Carlyle), Nancy Bell (Jackson Crain), Cordelia Frances Biddle (Martha Beale), Gail Bowen (Joanne Kilbourn), Simon Brett (Fethering), Matt Bronleewe (August Adams), Carl Brookins (Sean NMI Sean), Mary Jane Clark (Sunrise Suspense Society), Barbara Cleverly (Joe Sandilands), Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar), Stephen Coonts (Tommy Carmellini), Susan Rogers Cooper (E. J. Pugh), Colin Cotterill (Dr. Siri Paiboun), Ellen Crosby (Lucie Montgomery, Wine Country), Mary Daheim (Judith McMonigle Flynn, Bed-and-Breakfast), Mike Doogan (Nik Kane, Alaska), Kaitlyn Dunnett (Liss MacCrimmon), Geraldine Evans (Rafferty and Llewellyn), Charles Finch (Charles Lennox), Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (Inspector Espinosa), Louise Gaylord (Allie Armington), David Lynn Golemon (Jack Collins, Event Group), Ann Granger (Lizzie Martin), Michael Harvey (Michael Kelly), Jack Higgins (Sean Dillon), Suzette A. Hill (Francis Oughterard), Steven James (Patrick Bowers), J. A. Jance (Joanna Brady), Quintin Jardine (Skinner), Stuart M. Kaminsky (Inspector Rostnikov), Janice Kaplan (Lacy Fields), Faye Kellerman (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus), Margaret Maron (Deborah Knott), Keith McCarthy (John Eisenmenger and Helena Flemming), Richard Montanari (Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano), Nick Oldham (Henry Christie), Elizabeth Peters (Vicky Bliss), Frederick Ramsay (Ike Schwartz), Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan), Priscilla Royal (Prioress Eleanor), David Skibbins (Warren Ritter, Tarot Card), Kate Wilhelm (Barbara Holloway), Richard Yancey (Teddy Rusak, Highly Effective Detective)

Authors with mysteries introducing new series characters (in parentheses) this month:

Sibylle Barrasso (Macy Adams), Edna Buchanan (Michael Venturi), Sally Goldenbaum (Seaside Knitters), Thomas White (Clemson Yao)

Authors with non-series or stand-alone mysteries this month:

Brunonia Barry, Greg Bear, Stella Cameron, Jacqueline Carey, Esteban Martin and Andreu Carranza, Robin Cook, Chet Cunningham, Dick Francis and Felix Francis, Stephen Frey, John Gardner, Michael Hogan, John R. King, Michael Koryta, Bill Loehfelm, Eric Van Lustbader, Amy Mackinnon, George Pelecanos, Donald Pfarrer, Jim Proebstle, John Ringo, Luis Miguel Rocha, Marcus Sakey, John Saul, Carolyn D. Wall, Edward Wright

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the New Mysteries page on our website. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where you can discover a library of new mysteries.

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