The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books recently updated its list of October 2009 hardcover mysteries as well shelved new October paperbacks on The Mystery Bookshelf. In this post, which we're calling Firsts on the 1st, we're introducing readers to new series characters who will make their debut during October.
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Title: Seeking the Dead
Author: Kate Ellis
Series Character: Joe Plantagenet
Format: Mass Market Paperback
What we know about the character: Joe Plantagenet is a new police Detective Inspector in Yorkshire.
His first case: A killer is on the prowl who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their naked bodies in isolated country churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man. Joe believes the case may have occult connections. When a young woman becomes aware of a malevolent presence in her flat and starts to receive mysterious threats, she turns to Joe, who is forced to get into the mind of a cunning -- and scarily ruthless -- killer.
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Title: Sink Trap
Author: Christy Evans
Series Character: Georgiana Neverall
Format: Mass Market Paperback
What we know about the character: Former software engineer Georgiana Neverall is a plumber's apprentice in Oregon.
Her first case: Georgiana loves her new occupation as a plumber's apprentice, but is a bit surprised when she finds the favorite brooch of Martha Tepper, the town's former librarian, clogging a sink. Georgiana has a sinking feeling that Martha may have been retired permanently -- and suddenly it's up to a plumber's apprentice to flush out a killer.
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Title: Scandal Sheet
Author: Gemma Halliday
Series: Hollywood Headlines
Format: Mass Market Paperback
What we know about the series: The Hollywood Headlines series of romantic mysteries feature tabloid magazine L.A. Informer editor Felix Dunn.
His first assignment: Felix Dunn has just been promoted to managing editor. Now, he's got his work cut out for him keeping the magazine running smoothly while keeping his staff in line. Case in point: Tina Bender is the Informer's gossip columnist extraordinaire. She knows everything about everyone who's anyone. And she's not afraid to print it. That is, until she receives a threatening note, promising, "If you don't stop writing about me, you're dead." Teaming with a built bodyguard, a bubbly blonde, and an alcoholic obituary writer, Tina sets out to uncover just which juicy piece of Hollywood gossip is worth killing over.
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Title: Dipped, Stripped, and Dead
Author: Elise Hyatt
Series Character: Candyce "Dyce" Dare
Format: Mass Market Paperback
What we know about the character: Candyce "Dyce" Dare is the owner of Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business.
Her first case: Divorced and strapped for cash, Dyce starts up Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business. But when she goes dumpster diving for discarded furniture -- and uncovers a corpse -- Dyce may find herself redecorating a jail cell.
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Title: The Midnight Guardian
Author: Sarah Jane Stratford
Series Characters: The Millennials
Format: Hardcover
What we know about the characters: Millennials are vampires who have lived over 100 years and whose age and wisdom make them close to invulnerable.
Their first case: It’s 1938, and the tentacles of Hitler’s terrifying Third Reich have commenced their stranglehold on Europe. The Nazi empire will soon be clean of all bloodlines deemed tainted or undesirable … including vampires. London’s ancient tribunal of vampires is aghast at the destruction taking place on the Continent. Though vampires try not to interfere with human politics, Hitler’s terrible plans force them into action. They resolve to send five of their most formidable vampires to Berlin to destroy the growing Nazi war machine. But as the millennials attempt to penetrate and sabotage Hitler’s armies, they discover that the Nazis are more capable than any human force they’ve yet encountered and more monstrous than they'd ever imagined. Forced to take bolder, more dangerous steps, they soon attract the attention of specially trained vampire hunters loyal to Hitler and his vision of a vampire-free Europe.
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Title: I Scream, You Scream
Author: Wendy Lyn Watson
Series Character: Tallulah "Tally" Jones
Format: Mass Market Paperback
What we know about the character: Tallulah "Tally" Jones is the proprietor of Dalliance, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor in Texas.
Her first case: Recently divorced Tallulah is mortified when she's stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband -- and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie -- at his company luau. But when Brittanie drops dead, Tally is suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch the killer, Tally will have to dip deep into her small Texan town's darkest secrets and churn up stories some would prefer to keep in the past. But can she uncover the real culprit before a murder charge puts her dreams on ice for good?
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For a list of more mysteries scheduled for publication during October, please visit our New Mysteries home page. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where you can discover a library of new mysteries, also updated with October 2009 releases.
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