New Hardcover Mysteries for August 2011

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in August 2011. 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 August new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on August 1st).

• Authors with mysteries featuring returning series characters, in italics) this month:

Jane A. Adams (Rina Martin, 5th) — Ray Banks (Cal Innes, 4th) — Sara Blaedel (Louise Rick, 2nd) — Alison Bruce (Gary Goodhew, 3rd) — Judy Clemens (Casey Maldonado, Grim Reaper, 3rd) — Max Allan Collins (Nathan Heller, 15th) — Susan Conant (Holly Winter, 19th) — Cleo Coyle (Clare Cosi, Coffeehouse, 10th) — Ellen Crosby (Lucie Montgomery, Wine Country, 6th) — Mary Daheim (Bed-and-Breakfast, 26th) — Garry Disher (Wyatt, 7th) — Carole Nelson Douglas (Midnight Louie, 23rd) — Anthony Eglin (Lawrence Kingston, English Garden, 5th) — Gerald Elias (Daniel Jacobus, 3rd) — Kjell Eriksson (Ann Lindell, 4th) — Chris Ewan (Good Thief's Guide, 4th) — Duncan Falconer (John Stratton, 7th) — Irene Fleming (Emily Weiss, 2nd) — Karin Fossum (Konrad Sejer, 9th) — Sara Fraser (Thomas Potts, 4th) — Kathleen George (Richard Christie, 5th) — David L. Golemon (Event Group, 6th) — W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth I (Honor Bound, 6th) — Jane Haddam (Gregor Demarkian, 26th) — Michael Jecks (Knights Templar, Medieval West Country, 30th) — Darynda Jones (Charlotte Davidson, 2nd) — Christobel Kent (Sandro Cellini, 3rd) — Tracy Kiely (Elizabeth Parker, 3rd) — William Kent Krueger (Cork O'Connor, 11th) — David Levien (Frank Behr, 3rd) — Laura Levine (Jaine Austen (10th) — Scott MacKay (Clyde Deacon, 2nd) — Elizabeth C. Main (Jane Serrano, 2nd) — Catriona McPherson (Dandy Gilver, 5th) — Louise Penny (Armand Gamache, 7th) — Anne Perry (William Monk, 17th) — David Poyer (Dan Lenson, 13th) — Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Pendergast, 11th) — Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan, 14th) — Stella Rimington (Liz Carlyle, 5th) — Jeff Shelby (Noah Braddock, 3rd) — Jeffrey S. Stephens (Jordan Sandor, 2nd) — Marcia Talley (Hannah Ives, 10th) — Charles Todd (Bess Crawford, 3rd) — Peter Tonkin (Richard Mariner, 24th) — Martin Walker (Bruno, Chief of Police, 3rd) — Matthew Williams (Vince Marshall, 2nd) — Don Winslow (Boone Daniels, 2nd).

• Authors with mysteries introducing characters, in italics) in a new series this month:

Jussi Adler-Olsen (Carl Mørck, Department Q) — Matthew Dunn (Will Cochrane) — Merry Jones (Harper Jennings) — Tammy Kaehler (Kate Reilly, Racing) — Eileen Key (Maggie Price, Plants Alive!) — M. J. McGrath (Edie Kiglatuk) — George P. Pelecanos (Spero Lucas) — Michael Ridpath (Magnus Jonson) — Amanda Kyle Williams (Keye Street).

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

Neil Abramson — Toby Ball — Jo Bannister — Linwood Barclay — C. J. Box — Jane Casey — Ernest Cline — F. G. Cottam — Vanessa Diffenbaugh — Joe Domenici — Tess Gerritsen — Robert Gleason — J. L. Hammer — Gerald Hammond — Patti Callahan Henry — Reginald Hill — Gordon Jenkinson — John Larison — Deborah Lawrenson — Laura Lippman — Tom MacDonald — Carole Marshall — Glenn Meade — Carson Morton — James Patterson and Marshall Karp — Ulrich Peltzer — Daniel Polansky — Gordon Reece — Sebastian Rotella — Brandi Lynn Ryder — James Sallis — Moacyr Scliar — Sarah R. Shaber — Alex Shakar — Lisa Unger — Jesmyn Ward — Kate White — Austin Wright — Thomas W. Young.

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the August 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 August 2011 releases.

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