New Hardcover Mysteries for October 2013

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in October 2013. 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 October new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on October 1st.

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

Jane A. Adams (Naomi Blake, 8th) —  Gary Alexander (Buster Hightower, 4th) —  Tasha Alexander (Lady Emily Ashton, 8th) —  Donna Andrews (Meg Langslow, 16th) —  Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain (Murder, She Wrote, 40th) —  Allison Brennan (Lucy Kincaid, 7th) —  Emily Brightwell (Mrs. Jeffries, 33rd) —  Rita Mae Brown (Mrs. Murphy, 22nd) —  Robert Olen Butler (Christopher Marlowe Cobb, 2nd) —  JoAnna Carl (Lee McKinney, Chocoholic, 13th) —  Joelle Charbonneau (Rebecca Robbins, 4th) —  Laura Childs and Diana Orgain (Carmela Bertrand, Scrapbooking, 11th) —  Chris Collett (Tom Mariner, 6th) —  Max Allan Collins (Nathan Heller, 18th) —  Isis Crawford (Mystery with Recipes, 9th) —  Elizabeth J. Duncan (Penny Brannigan, 5th) —  Paul M. Edwards (Toom Taggart, 2nd) —  Elizabeth George (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers, 18th) —  Tarquin Hall (Vish Puri, 4th) —  Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse —  Carolyn Hart (Bailey Ruth Raeburn, 4th) —  Ellen Hart (Jane Lawless, 21st) —  Steven F. Havill (Posadas County, 19th) —  Anne Hillerman (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, 19th) —  Peter James (Roy Grace, 9th) —  Iris Johansen (Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn, 17th) —  Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire Short Stories, 4th) —  Raymond Khoury (Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin, 6th) —  Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (Walking Dead, 3rd) —  Gail Lukasik (Leigh Girard, 3rd) —  G. M. Malliet (Max Tudor, 3rd) —  Archer Mayor (Joe Gunther, 24th) —  Val McDermid (Tony Hill, 8th) —  Susan McDuffie (Muirteach MacPhee, 3rd) —  Magdalen Nabb (Salvatore Guarnaccia, 10th) —  Jo Nesbo (Harry Hole, 10th) —  Weston Ochse (SEAL Team 666, 2nd) —  Tim O'Mara (Raymond Donne, 2nd) —  Sara Paretsky (V. I. Warshawski, 16th) —  James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Angel Family, Confessions, 2nd) —  George Pelecanos (Spero Lucas, 2nd) —  Peter Quinn (Fintan Dunne, 3rd) —  Norman Russell (Inspector Jackson, 9th) —  John Sandford (Virgil Flowers, 7th) —  Lisa Scottoline (Rosato and Associates, 12th) —  Michael Sears (Jason Stafford, 2nd) —  Wilbur Smith (Hector Cross, 2nd) —  Sally Spencer (Sam Blackstone, 10th) —  Mark Sullivan (Robin Monarch, 2nd) —  Jane Tesh (David Randall, Grace Street, 3rd) —  Jeri Westerson (Crispin Guest, Medieval Noir, 6th) —  F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack, Early Years, 2nd) —  Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington, 27th)

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

Michael Nethercott (O'Nelligan and Plunkett) —  Valerie Plame and Sarah Lovett (Vanessa Pierson) —  A. L. Shields (Church Builder) —  Toby Speed (Emma Trace) —  Vidar Sundstol (Minnesota Trilogy)

• Authors with non-series or stand-alone mysteries, novels of suspense, or thrillers this month:

Daniel Alarcon —  Filippo Bologna —  William Boyd —  Emma Chapman —  John Connolly —  Sandra Dallas —  Jeffery Deaver —  Nelson DeMille —  Dave Eggers —  R. J. Ellory —  Gwen Florio —  John Grisham —  Glenn Kaplan —  Nate Kenyon —  Susan Klaus —  Justin Kramon —  Margit Liesche —  Mike Maden —  Richard North Patterson —  William Petrocelli —  Christopher Rice —  James Sheehan —  Dan Simmons —  F. R. Tallis —  Donna Tartt —  Scott Turow —  P. D. Viner —  Peter Warner —  Christopher J. Yates

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the October 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 October 2013 releases.

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