New Hardcover Mysteries for July 2012

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in July 2012. Please note that some titles July publish early, and July already be available, and some July 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 July new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on July 1st.

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

Jeff Abbott (Sam Capra, 2nd) —  Esri Allbritten ("Tripping Magazine", 2nd) —  Donna Andrews (Meg Langslow, 14th) —  Lorna Barrett (Tricia Miles, Booktown, 6th) —  Daniel Blake (Franco Patrese, 2nd) —  James Lee Burke (Dave Robicheaux, 19th) —  Alexander Campion (Capucine Le Tellier, 3rd) —  Rebecca Cantrell (Hannah Vogel, 4th) —  Jill Churchill (Grace and Favor, 7th) —  Ben Coes (Dewey Andreas, 3rd) —  Catherine Coulter (FBI Suspense, 16th) —  Mary Daheim (Bed-and-Breakfast, 27th) —  David Duffy (Turbo Vlost, 2nd) —  Linda Fairstein (Alex Cooper, 14th) —  Shamini Flint (Inspector Singh, 3rd) —  Tana French ("Dublin Murder Squad", 4th) —  David L. Golemon (Event Group, 7th) —  Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway, 4th) —  David Hagberg (Kirk McGarvey, 16th) —  Patricia Hall (Kate O'Donnell, 2nd) —  Tarquin Hall (Vish Puri, 3rd) —  Timothy Hallinan (Poke Rafferty, 5th) —  Steve Hamilton (Alex McKnight, 9th) —  Janice Hamrick (Jocelyn Shore, 2nd) —  Deborah Harkness (All Souls Trilogy, 2nd) —  Kay Hooper (Special Crimes Unit, 2nd) —  Maria Hudgins (Dotsy Lamb, 4th) —  J. A. Jance (Joanna Brady, 15th) —  Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell, 10th) —  Lars Kepler (Joona Linna, 2nd) —  Dean Koontz (Odd Thomas, 5th) —  Jon Land (Caitlin Strong, 4th) —  Victoria Laurie (Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye, 10th) —  Martin Limon (George Sueño and Ernie Bascom, 8th) —  Ann Littlewood (Iris Oakley, 3rd) —  Jon Loomis (Frank Coffin, 3rd) —  Carol McCleary (Nellie Bly, 3rd) —  Susan Oleksiw (Anita Ray, 2nd) —  James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Michael Bennett, 5th) —  Bill Pronzini (Nameless Detective, 36th) —  J. R. Ripley (Tony Kozol, 6th) —  David Rosenfelt (Andy Carpenter, 10th) —  Rosemary Rowe (Libertus of Roman Britain, 13th) —  Kate Sedley (Roger the Chapman, 21st) —  Daniel Silva (Gabriel Allon, 12th) —  Karin Slaughter (Will Trent, 4th) —  Brad Thor (Scot Harvath, 11th) —  Peter Tonkin (Richard Mariner, 25th) —  Peter Tremayne (Sister Fidelma, 22nd) —  John Verdon (Dave Gurney, 3rd) —  Martin Walker (Bruno, Chief of Police, 4th) —  Simon Wood (Aidy Westlake, 2nd) —  Reavis Z. Wortham (Ned Parker, Red River, 2nd)

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

Jeff Crook (Jackie Lyons) —  Barry Fantoni (Harry Lipkin) —  Jeanine Pirro (Dani Fox) —  Andy Siegel (Tug Wyler) —  Marco Vichi (Inspector Bordelli)

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

Megan Abbott —  Annamaria Alfieri —  John A. Andrews —  J. I. Baker —  Sara Blaedel —  Christopher Brookmyre —  Joy Castro —  Sean Chercover —  Mark de Castrique —  Peter de Jonge —  Guy Endore —  Giorgio Faletti —  Meg Gardiner —  K. B. Gibson —  David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt —  Camilla Grebe and Åsa Träff —  Andrew Gross —  Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen —  David John —  Graham Joyce —  I. J. Kay —  Jesse Kellerman —  Tabish Khair —  Liza Klaussmann —  Bernard Knight —  Jim Kohlberg —  Scott Lasser —  Allison Leotta —  Francine Mathews —  Stephen Miller —  Steve Mosby —  Steven Owad —  Eric Red —  Rob Reid —  Jeffrey Robinson —  M. L. Stedman —  Daniel Suarez —  Cathi Unsworth —  Norb Vonnegut —  Dan Wells —  Thomas W. Young —  Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

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