New Hardcover Mysteries for April 2012

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

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

Gary Alexander (Buster Hightower, 2nd) — Wayne Arthurson (Leo Desroches, 2nd) — Nancy Atherton (Aunt Dimity, 17th) — Tilly Bagshawe ("Sidney Sheldon", 3rd) — Gail Bowen (Joanne Kilbourn, 13th) — Rita Mae Brown (Mrs. Murphy, 20th) — Carol Higgins Clark (Regan Reilly, 15th) — Susan Rogers Cooper (Milt Kovak, 11th) — Miles Corwin (Ash Levine, 2nd) — Anna Dean (Miss Dido Kent, 3rd) — P. C. Doherty (Hugh Corbett, 17th) — Diane Fanning (Lucinda Pierce, 5th) — Christopher Farnsworth (Nathaniel Cade, 3rd) —  Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain (Murder, She Wrote, 37th) — Dorothy Francis ("Key West", 6th) — June Hampson (Daisy Lane, 7th) — Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand, 22nd) — Tony Hays (Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, 4th) —  Quintin Jardine (Primavera Blackstone, 3rd) — Iris Johansen (Catherine Ling, 2nd) — Paul Johnston (Alex Mavros, 4th) — Mitzi Kelly (Silver Sleuths, 2nd) —  Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, 8th) —  Stephen King (The Dark Tower, 8th) — Donna Leon (Guido Brunetti, 21st) — Ed Lin (Robert Chow, 3rd) — Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger, 2nd) — Jassy Mackenzie (Jade de Jong, 3rd) — Phillip Margolin (Dana Cutler, 3rd) — Liza Marklund (Annika Bengtzon, 6th) — G. A. McKevett (Savannah Reid, 17th) — Katy Munger (Kevin Fahey, Dead Detective, 3rd) — Colin Murray (Tony Gerard, 2nd) — Michael Norman (J. D. Books, 2nd) — Nick Oldham (Henry Christie, 17th) — Randall Peffer (Seahawk Trilogy, 3rd) — Anne Perry (Thomas Pitt, 28th) — R. T. Raichev (Antonia Darcy and Major Hugh Payne, Country House Crime, 7th) — Ann B. Ross (Julia Springer, 13th) — Robert Rotenberg (Ari Greene, 3rd) — James Sallis ("Driver", 2nd) — Clea Simon (Dulcie Schwartz, 4th) — Clea Simon (Pru Marlowe, Pet Noir, 2nd) — Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 13th) —  M. J. Trow (Kit Marlowe, 2nd) —  M. J. Trow (Peter Maxwell, 17th) — Michael Lee West (Teeny Templeton, 2nd) — Lis Wiehl and April Henry (Triple Threat, 4th) — Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington, 23rd)

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

Jens Lapidus (Stockholm Noir Trilogy) — Jim Lilliefors (Mallory) — Sharon Linnea (Movie Mysteries) — Mark Allen Smith (Geiger) — David Whellams (Peter Cammon)

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

Alex Adams — Brian Andrews — David Baldacci —  Mary Higgins Clark — Nick Dybek —  Joel Engel —  Brian Evenson — John Grisham — Brenda Hill — Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton — Helen Knode — Simon Lewis — Michael Lister — Rosamund Lupton —  Patricia Macdonald — Charles Martin — Margaret McLean — Mark Mills — Joseph Olshan — Michael Olson — Regina O'Melveny — S. J. Parris — David Prete — Linda Rodriguez — Nick Santora — Lisa Scottoline — Scott Sigler — Wallace Stroby —  Graham Swift — James M. Tabor —  Anne Tyler — Cecilia Velastegui —  Penny Vincenzi — Joseph Wambaugh

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the April 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 April 2012 releases.

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