The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in December 2009. 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 December mystery books page. We're also using the "carousel" widget by Amazon.com to display a random selection of titles; refreshing this page will change the selection displayed.
• Authors with mysteries having returning series characters (in parentheses) this month:
Maggie Barbieri (Alison Bergeron), Steve Berry (Cotton Malone), Robin Burcell (Sydney Fitzpatrick), Stephen Coonts (Tommy Carmellini), Isis Crawford (Murder with Recipes), Loren D. Estleman (Valentino), Jonathan Gash (Lovejoy), Lee Goldberg (Mr. Monk), Ed Gorman (Sam McCain), Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone), Sarah Graves (Home Repair is Homicide), W. E. B. Griffin (Honor Bound), Cora Harrison (Mara, Brehon of the Burren), Stephen Hunter (Bob Lee Swagger), J. A. Jance (Ali Reynolds), Stan Jones (Nathan Active), Laura Lippman (Tess Monaghan), Colleen McCullough (Carmine Delmonico), Christopher Nicole (Anna Fehrbach), Barbara Parker (C. J. Dunn), Michael Pearce (Sandor Seymour), Ann Purser (Lois Meade), Betty Webb (Lena Jones), Liz Williams and Jon Foster (Inspector Chen)
• Authors with mysteries introducing new series characters (in parentheses) this month:
M. R. Hall (Jenny Cooper), Jayne Ann Krentz (Dreamlight Trilogy), Russel D. McLean (J. McNee), Brad Parks (Carter Ross), James Patterson (Witch & Wizard), Deborah Shlian and Linda Reid (Sammy Greene), David Niall Wilson (DeChance Chronicles)
• Authors with non-series or stand-alone mysteries this month:
Colin Campbell, Anthony J. Cardieri, Michael Crichton, Barbara D'Amato, Jeanne M. Dams, and Mark Richard Zubro, Philip K. Dick, Richard Doetsch, Dominick Dunne, Martin Edwards, Julie Garwood, David Handler, Brandon Hebert, David Heinzmann, Tami Hoag, Ryan David Jahn, Bill James, Alex Markman, Shira Nayman, Frederick Ramsay
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, also updated with December 2009 releases.
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