Saturday, March 29, 2008

New Hardcover Mysteries for April 2008

New Hardcover Mystery Books

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of with books scheduled for publication in April 2008.

For our series fans, we've listed those titles with their series character(s) separately below:

Nightshade by Susan Wittig Albert. China Bayles (16th).

Winter Study by Nevada Barr. Anna Pigeon (14th).

Angels Fall by Baron R. Birtcher. Mike Travis (3rd). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Vodka Neat by Anna Blundy. Faith Zanetti (3rd).

Goodbye, Ms. Chips by Dorothy Cannell. Ellie Haskell (13th).

The Enchanter's Forest by Alys Clare. Hawlenlye Abbey (10th).

Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark. Regan Reilly (11th).

Antiques to Die For by Jane K. Cleland. Josie Prescott (3rd).

The Unraveling of Violeta Bell by C. R. Corwin. Maddy Sprowls, Morgue Mama (3rd). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Death on the Holy Mountain by David Dickinson. Lord Francis Powerscourt (7th). Scheduled to be reviewed by . Scheduled to be reviewed by .

The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich. Ethan Gage (2nd).

Waterloo Sunset by Martin Edwards. Harry Devlin (8th). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Barrington Street Blues by Anne Emery. Monty Collins (3rd).

The Demon of Dakar by Kjell Eriksson. Ann Lindell (3rd).

Frames by Loren D. Estleman. Valentino (1st).

Lethal Vintage by Nadia Gordon. Sunny McCoskey (4th).

Days of Atonement by Michael Gregorio. Hanno Stiffeniis (2nd).

The Butcher of Smithfield by Susanna Gregory. Chaloner (3rd).

To Kill or Cure by Susanna Gregory. Matthew Bartholomew (13th).

Pastures New by J. M. Gregson. Inspector Peach (12th).

Cheating at Solitaire by Jane Haddam. Gregor Demarkian (23rd).

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders by Parnell Hall. Puzzle Lady (9th).

Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart. Annie Laurence, Death on Demand (18th). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Sleight of Hand by Robin Hathaway. Jo Banks (3rd).

Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann. Georgia Davis (1st).

Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry. Jessie Arnold (12th).

Mummy Dearest by Joan Hess. Claire Malloy (17th).

The Templar, The Queen and Her Lover by Michael Jecks. Medieval West Country (24th).

An Instinctive Solution by Roderic Jeffries. Inspector Alvarez (32nd).

Quicksand by Iris Johansen. Eve Duncan (7th).

Roux Morgue by Claire M. Johnson. Mary Ryan (2nd). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Still Shot by Jerry Kennealy. Carroll Quint (2nd).

The Stranger from Home by Frederic Lindsay. Jim Meldrum (8th).

Headhunters by Peter Lovesey. Hen Mallin (2nd).

Artist's Proof by Lander Marks. D. J. Singer (1st).

The Painted Man by Graham Masterton. Sissy Sawyer (2nd).

Hoodoo by Susan Cummins Miller. Frankie MacFarlane (4th).

City of the Dead by Ian Morson. Nick Zuliani (1st).

The Warriors by Mark Andrew Olsen. Abby Sherman (2nd).

The Fire Waker by Ben Pastor. Aelius Spartianus (2nd).

Assassins at Ospreys by R. T. Raichev. Antonia Darcy and Major Hugh Payne, Country House Crime (3rd). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Seven for a Secret by Mary and Eric Mayer Reed. John the Eunuch (7th). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

Unholy Domain by Dan Ronco. Ray Brown (2nd).

Getting Away Is Deadly by Sara Rosett. Ellie Avery, Mom Zone (3rd).

Separated at Death by Sheldon Rusch. Liz Hewitt (3rd).

The Devils of Bakersfield by John Shannon. Jack Liffey (10th).

The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander Mccall Smith. Precious Ramotswe, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (9th).

A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley. David "Kubu" Bengu (1st).

Dirty Money by Richard Stark. Parker (25th).

No Stone Unturned by Peter Turnbull. Hennessey and Yellich (16th).

The Mercy Oak by Kathryn R. Wall. Bay Tanner (7th).

Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods. Ed Eagle (3rd).

Death Will Get You Sober by Elizabeth Zelvin. Bruce Kohler (1st). Scheduled to be reviewed by .

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the page on our website. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit where you can discover a library of new mysteries.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Mystery Bestsellers for March 28, 2008

Mystery Bestsellers

A list of the top 15 for the week ending March 28, 2008 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.

Although there was just a bit of reshuffling of titles in the top 8 positions this week, 4 new books enter the mystery bestsellers list this week.

Black Widow by Randy Wayne White

Revenge becomes very personal for Doc Ford in Black Widow, the 15th mystery in this series by . When Ford's goddaughter, Shanay, called one day, he assumed it was with details of her imminent wedding, but the news was anything but cheerful. She and her bridesmaids had thrown a pretty wild bachelorette party on St. Arcs in the Windward Islands and someone had secretly videotaped it. Now that person was threatening to blow up her future unless she came across with enough money. "But don't worry, Doc," she said. "I negotiated it down. All I need you to do is make the exchange. Please?" Ford knew it was a mistake but he agreed. And now one of the bridesmaids is near death. The blackmailer took the money and released the tape on the Internet anyway, and the panicked bridesmaid took an overdose of pills washed down with alcohol. Fueled by guilt and an overpowering rage, Ford and his friend Tomlinson swear to destroy the person responsible, but she - and it is a woman - has other ideas. An agent of corruption like no one they have ever met, the black widow is just getting started.

Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

Psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a series of unusual crimes in Compulsion, the 22nd mystery in this series by . A tipsy young woman seeking aid on a desolate highway disappears into the inky black night. A retired schoolteacher is stabbed to death in broad daylight. Two women are butchered after closing time in a small-town beauty parlor. These and other bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology are linked only by the killer’s use of luxury vehicles and a baffling lack of motive. The ultimate whodunits, these crimes demand the attention of LAPD detective Milo Sturgis and his collaborator on the crime beat, psychologist Alex Delaware. What begins with a solitary bloodstain in a stolen sedan quickly spirals outward in odd and unexpected directions, leading Delaware and Sturgis from the well-heeled center of L.A. society to its desperate edges; across the paths of commodities brokers and transvestite hookers; and as far away as New York City, where the search thaws out a long-cold case and exposes a grotesque homicidal crusade. The killer proves to be a fleeting shape-shifter, defying identification, leaving behind dazed witnesses and death - and compelling Alex and Milo to confront the true face of murderous madness.

The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross

There are twists aplenty in the 2nd thriller by , The Dark Tide. An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead. On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen's hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut. Ty Hauck, a detective, becomes emotionally caught up in the case and finds a clue that shockingly connects the two seemingly unrelated events. Months later, two men show up at Karen's home digging into Charles's business dealings. Hundreds of millions of dollars are missing and the trail points squarely to Charles. With doubt suddenly cast on everything she has ever known, Karen, with Hauck, steps into a widening storm of hedge fund losses, international scams, and murder. And as the investigations converge, these two strangers touched by tragedy are pulled into a deepening relationship and unwittingly open the door to a twisted - and deadly - conspiracy.

Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry

Thomas Pitt must exercise all his diplomatic and deductive skills in Buckingham Palace Gardens, the 25th mystery in this long-running series by . The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to the palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But, alas, the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute hired for a late-night frolic (after the wives have retired to bed) turns up among the queen’s monogrammed sheets in a palace linen closet. With great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts’ cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited - to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests’ conversations, scan their bedrooms, and scrutinize their troubled faces for clues to hidden rivalries and attachments that could have lead to murder. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman - as seems increasingly likely - Pitt’s career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.

On our bestseller page, we've added an icon next to every title that is available for immediate download onto the Amazon Kindle. To learn about this wireless reading device, visit the Amazon Kindle page for more information. And don't forget to check our page where you can save an additional 5% when you purchase your mystery books prior to their publication date.

The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey ArcherKiller Heat by Linda FairsteinBetrayal by John Lescroart

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

First Clues: More Mystery Series for Kids

First Clues: Mysteries for Kids

We've updated our website by adding three mystery series each of which has a new title being published early next month.

Reynie, Kate, Constance, and Sticky are the Mysterious Benedict Society, a group of gifted children who are recruited by the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened (LIVE) to prevent a master criminal from taking over the world.

The first book in the series, aptly titled The Mysterious Benedict Society, was published in March 2007. The second book, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, is being published next month and is available for pre-order.

The are appropriate for readers aged 9 to 12.

Bitsy Burroughs is a 12-year-old tomboy who finds mystery and adventure on the islands off the southeastern coast of the US in the by Vonda Skinner Skelton.

There are currently two books published in the series: Bitsy and the Mystery at Tybee Island and Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island. The third, Bitsy and the Mystery at Hilton Head Island is being published next month and is available for pre-order.

The Bitsy Burroughs mysteries are appropriate for young sleuths aged 8 to 12.

by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue feature high school students Roni Delicata, a reporter for her school's newspaper, and Brian Bain, a science geek. Together they investigate mysteries in their home town of Bloodwater, .

Published in 2006, the first book in the series, Snatched, was nominated for an . The second, Skullduggery, was published last year with the third, Doppelganger, scheduled to for publication next month and available for pre-order. The books in this series are appropriate for readers aged 11 and older.

is also the author of several other books, including the Mary Watkins mystery series.

is pleased to provide information on over 90 mystery series for children and young adults. Each series is conveniently listed under three different age categories (New Sleuth, ages 4 to 7; Future Sleuth, aged 7 to 10; and Sleuth in Training, ages 10 and older). If you have a favorite mystery series you'd like to see added to our site, please contact us.

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Mystery Books News Welcomes Tinisha Nicole Johnson

Tinisha Nicole Johnson
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in partnership with the is pleased to welcome Tinisha Nicole Johnson on her virtual book tour to promote her new book, Searchable Whereabouts.

Tinisha Nicole Johnson was born in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and grew up and still resides in Denver, Colorado. She is an entrepreneur, an only child, a wife and mother of two. Tinisha's new book, Searchable Whereabouts, is published by Xpress Yourself Publishing and was released in February 2008. She has written three books, but Searchable Whereabouts is her first in print. Tinisha is also editor and co-founder of the non-profit organization Authors Supporting Authors (ASA). Tinisha also publishes a quarterly newsletter for the group.

Mysterious Reviews: Searchable Whereabouts is your first published novel. Tell us a bit about the pathway you took to get it in print.

Answer: I knew I wanted to have it published the traditional way so I began by sending out a lot of query letters to various agents and publishers. After several rejections, I was finally accepted by a publisher.

Tinisha Nicole Johnson: Searchable Whereabouts

The book has an unusual title. Is it something you had in mind all along, or was it suggested to you by your editor or publisher?

Yes, I know the book title is unusual. I get that a lot. It’s a funny thing because the book title was really hard for me to come up with. I’d like to think the title adds mystery and invites people to know what is inside. Since the book has a lot to do with the main character Rahkel searching for answers about her uncles murder and not knowing where to find them, that led me to the title.

Is Searchable Whereabouts a stand-alone mystery, or do you envision a series developing from its characters?

No, no series. I have been asked that. It’s just a stand-alone mystery.

You were already a published poet before you began this book. What prompted you to write a crime novel?

Yes, I was already a published poet and I had even published a short story in one of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. As far as writing a mystery novel, I’ve always loved watching crime shows and movies. I’m a big fan of that. I love the problem solving and figuring out whodunit. So by being a fan of mysteries, I finally thought I’d just sit down and write one myself.

Was the plot of the book inspired by a real event? Or is it completely fictional?

Searchable Whereabouts is completely fictional. There may be some characters with personalities that are derived from real people, but that’s about it.

The principal character of Searchable Whereabouts, Rahkel Williams, has a romantic relationship with the private investigator she hires to investigate her uncle's mysterious death. How would you characterize your book for potential readers? Thriller ... romantic suspense ... chick-lit mystery ... something else?

As one reviewer said, “It’s a thriller with charm.” That had a nice ring to it, but really, I’d say thriller and suspense. Although there is a romance that evolves within the story, the focus is mainly on unraveling the whereabouts of the person who murdered Rahkel’s uncle.

As a first-time novelist, what advice would you offer to others who may be interested in publishing a book?

I really believe everyone has a book in them. However, when most people even think of writing a book it seems like trying to climb a mountain. At least that’s what one person told me. But the advice I’d offer is that you have to be passionate about writing. And you also have to be consistent. Do your best to set a schedule, and stick to it. If you don’t, you could find yourself one day writing a few pages and then weeks later adding to it, and then months later trying to sit down again and writing some more in a book that you have forgotten what the first paragraph was about.

Your website states you have two other books written but not yet published. Are these books also mysteries? And if so, what can you tell us about them?

Yes, I do have two other books I’ve written that are not published. The very first book I wrote will be coming out early 2009. I won’t give too much away, but I’ll say its contemporary and drama - no mystery. The book is sort of like a fictional biography of one woman’s troubled life from her teen years into adult years. The other book I have is a non-fiction, self-help book. And, I am also working on my fourth book. And that is definitely classified as Thriller/Suspense. It involves a serial killer.

You're the co-founder of the non-profit group Authors Supporting Authors. Can you tell us a little more about the organization?

Yes, this group was formed in September 2007. This group has helped me out tremendously and I’ve formed a lot of positive relationships. The group basically helps promote avid reading, and also helps support other authors. Some of the ways we help each other is by e-blasting a quarterly newsletter that I run which promotes authors and their books. The newsletter discusses tips and information on other literary information in the industry. Our group also discusses ways to promote ourselves and to reach the readers. We have online contests and book give-a-ways. We also take each other's promotional materials with us to our own book signings, book events, etc. You can learn more about Authors Supporting Authors at our website: www.freewebs.com/asanetwork.

We'd like to offer our special thanks to Tinisha for speaking with us. For more information about Tinisha, visit her website at TinishaNicoleJohnson.com.

We'd also like to thank Pump Up Your Book Promotion for organizing Tinisha's virtual book tour and inviting us to participate.

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