The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in May 2012. Please note that some titles may publish early, and may already be available, and some may be delayed, published at a later date.
Below we're listing those authors with returning series characters, new series characters, and non-series or stand-alone mysteries in separate sections. All titles are available on our May new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on May 1st.
• Authors with mysteries featuring returning series characters (in italics) this month:
Barbara Allan (Brandy Borne, Trash and Treasures, 6th) — Ace Atkins (Quinn Colson, 2nd) — Ace Atkins (Spenser, 40th) — Jefferson Bass (Bill Brockton, Body Farm, 7th) — Raymond Benson (Judy Cooper, "Black Stiletto", 2nd) — Gyles Brandreth (Oscar Wilde, 5th) — Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan, 2nd) — Chris Cavender (Eleanor Swift, 4th) — Paul Charles (Christy Kennedy, 10th) — Marcia Clark (Rachel Knight, 2nd) — Darwyn Cooke (Parker Graphic, 3rd) — Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (NUMA Files, 10th) — Judith Cutler (Lina Townend, 5th) — Bruce DeSilva (Liam Mulligan, 2nd) — David Downing (John Russell, 5th) — Gillian Galbraith (Alice Rice, 5th) — Sally Goldenbaum (Seaside Knitters, 6th) — Paul Goldstein (Michael Seeley, 3rd) — Chris Grabenstein (John Ceepak, 7th) — Sarah Graves (Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree, Home Repair is Homicide, 15th) — J. M. Gregson (Inspector Percy Peach, 16th) — Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire, 12th) — Graham Hurley (Faraday and Winter, 12th) — Lisa Jackson (Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez, 4th) — Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire, 8th) — Jim Kelly (Peter Shaw, 4th) — Mike Knowles (Wilson, 4th) — Camilla Lackberg (Bertil Mellberg, 3rd) — Robert McCammon (Matthew Corbett, 4th) — Catriona McPherson (Dandy Gilver, 6th) — Barbara Nadel (Cetin Ikmen, 14th) — Chris Nickson (Richard Nottingham, 3rd) — Katherine Hall Page (Faith Fairchild, 20th) — Bernadette Pajer (Benjamin Bradshaw, 2nd) — James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Women's Murder Club, 11th) — Pauline Rowson (Andy Horton, Marine, 7th) — Kirk Russell (Ben Raveneau, 2nd) — John Sandford (Lucas Davenport, 22nd) — Sarah R. Shaber (Louise Pearlie, 2nd) — Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (Mike Hammer, 17th) — Marc Strange (Orwell Brennan, 2nd) — Jon Talton (Will Borders, 2nd) — Victoria Thompson (Gaslight, 14th) — Steve Ulfelder (Conway Sax, 2nd) — Elaine Viets (Helen Hawthorne, Dead-End Job, 11th) — F. Paul Wilson (Adversary Cycle, 6th) — Qiu Xiaolong (Chen Cao, 7th) — Elizabeth Zelvin (Bruce Kohler, 3rd)
• Authors with mysteries introducing characters (in italics) in a new series this month:
Charles Atkins (Lil Campbell and Ada Strauss) — David Freed (Cordell Logan) — Daniel Friedman (Buck Schatz) — Alex Grecian (The Murder Squad) — P. F. Lennon (Charlie Blanco) — David Lyons (Jock Boucher) — James McGee (Matthew Hawkwood) — Sara Sheridan (Mirabelle Bevan)
• Authors with non-series or stand-alone mysteries this month:
Alessandro Baricco — Jeremy Bates — Anne Berry — Steve Berry — Robin Blake — Lawrence Block — Larry Bond — Lisa Brackmann — Kevin Brophy — Jeffrey B. Burton — Víctor del Árbol — Peter T. Deutermann — Edward Falco — Peter Farris — Brian Freeman — Tess Gerritsen — Robert Goddard — Chuck Greaves — Richard Helms — Mark Henshaw — Joseph Kanon — Korey Kaul — Eleanor Kuhns — Nicolai Lilin — Gerard Macdonald — Douglas MacKinnon — Emily St. John Mandel — Robert Pobi — Piero Rivolta — Jeremy Robinson — Greg Rucka — Mark Harril Saunders — J. Thomas Shaw — Lynn Shepherd — Todd Shimoda — Jon Steele — James Swain — Jan Wallentin — Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin — Richard Zimler
For more information on any of these titles, please visit the May 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 mystery, suspense and thriller books, also updated with May 2012 releases.
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