A listing of mysteries published in December 2014
Following is a
list of mysteries announced for publication this month. Although Murder by the Book no longer
sells books, I want you to have the most current information on upcoming titles.
I have noted the section where MBTB would
have shelved each title. Abbreviations are as follows:
CHER =
Cherchez La Femme ( by & about modern women) CRIM =
Criminal Pursuits (suspense & crime fiction) EOS= Enemies of the
State (political & international thrillers) FC = A Fair Cop (American-style
police procedurals ) FAV =
MBTB Picks GOLD = The Butler
Did It (classic writers from mystery’s Golden Age) HIGH = High
Crimes (literary mysteries) HB = Hard-boiled heroes (from Spade to
Spenser) HOME = On the
Home Front (Northwest authors/ locations)
HOR = Horrors! (supernatural thrillers) IA = Illegal Aliens (science fiction or fantasy mysteries) MED =
The Cutting Edge (medical mysteries) NOIR
= Through A Glass Darkly (classic and modern noir ) ONCE = Once Upon a Crime (historical
mysteries) OTW = Off The Wall (offbeat humor) PTC = Prime Time Crime (related to
movies or TV) RD = A Reasonable Doubt...at a reasonable price!
(legal thrillers) REF = Reference works) SB = Soft-boiled sleuths (cozies
with amateur detectives) SHER = Sherlockiana (by Doyle or about
Holmes) SHOT = Shot
on Location (featuring other cultures) TALL = Tall, Dark &
Deadly (romantic suspense) WW = Wild Women (sassy & a little trashy!) YB = Yardbirds (British police detectives)
Author | Title | Price | Section | Series | Theme |
Alan, Isabella | Murder
Served Simply | 7.99 | SB | Amish Quilt Shop |
Archer, Ursula | Five
| 25.99 | SHOT | DI Kaspary | Austria |
Becker, James | Knights
of the Lord | 9.99 | EOS |
Bishop, Patrick | Reckoning
| 26.99 | TRUE | WWII |
Blackwell,
Juliet
| Keeper
of the Castle | 7.99 | IA | Haunted Home |
Brown, Duffy | Geared
for the Grave | 7.99 | SB | Cycle Path |
Burdette, Lucy | Death
with All the Trimmings | 7.99 | SB | Key West |
Camilleri, Andrea | Brewer
of Preston | 15.00 | SHOT | Non series |1870s Sicily|
Chandler,
Raymond
| World
of Raymond Chandler | 27.95 | HB |
Childs, Laura | Eggs
in a Casket | 7.99 | SB | Cackleberry Club |
Childs, Laura | Scorched
Eggs | 25.95 | SB | Cackleberry Club|
Cleland, Jane | Blood
Rubies | 25.99 | SB | Josie Prescott |Antiques |
Cleverly,
Barbara
| Enter
Pale Death | 26.95 | SHOT | Joe Sandilands |
Conrad, Hy | Mr.
Monk Is Open for Business | 7.99 | PTC | Monk TV show |
Cook, Robin | Cell | 9.99|
MED |
Copperman, E.J. | Inspector
Specter | 7.99 | IA | Haunted Guesthouse |
Coyle, Cleo | Once
upon a Grind | 26.95 | SB |Coffee Shop|
Davis, Krista | Ghost
& Mrs. Mewer | 7.99 |SB | Paws & Claws |
Deaver, Jeffrey | Trouble
in Mind | 15.00HB |Short stories
Doyle, Arthur
Conan
| Hound
of The Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four | r | 25.95
| SHER | Sherlock Holmes |
Elo, Elizabeth | North
of Boston | 16.00 | CHER |
Estleman, Loren |You
Know Who Killed Me | 24.99 | HB |Amos Walker |
Fargeon, J.
Jefferson|
Mystery
in White | r | 15.00 | GOLD | Christmas |
Fowler,
Christopher
|Bryant
& May & the Bleeding Heart | 26.00 |YB | Bryant & May |
Gerritsen, Tess | Die
Again | 27.00| MED | Rizzoli & Isles |
Greaney, Mark | Full
Force & Effect | 29.95 | EOS | Jack Ryan Jr.|
Grippando, James | Black
Horizon | 9.99 |RD | Jack Swyteck |
Hale, Rebecca | Aground
on St. Thomas | 7.99 | SB |
Hall, James W. | Big
Finish | 25.99 |HB | Thorn |
Hamilton, Donald | Poisoners
| r | 7.99 | NOIR | Matt Helm |
Hannibal, James | Shadow
Catcher | 9.99 | EOS |
Harrison, Mette
Ivie
| The
Bishop's Wife | 26.95 | CHER |
Hayes, Scott | I Am
Pilgrim | 16.00 | EOS |
Horowitz,
Anthony
| Moriarty
| 26.99 | SHER | Sherlock Holmes |
Hunter, Stephen | Sniper's
Honor | 9.99 | EOS | Bob Lee Swagger |
James, Rebecca | Sweet
Damage | 25.00 | HIGH |
James, Steven | Checkmate
| 9.99 | FC | Patrick Bowers |
Jance, J.A. | Moving
Target | 9.99 | HOME | Ali Reynolds |
Kellerman,
Jonathan
| Killer
| 9.99 | FC | Alex Delaware |
Kernick, Simon | Last
10 Seconds | 15.00 | YB | DI Boyd |
King, Maggie | Murder
at the Book Group | 7.99 |SB |
King, Stephen | Mr.
Mercedes | 16.00 | HOR |
Knott, Robert | Bridge
| 26.95 | HB | Cole & Hitch |Western |
Knott, Robert | Bull
River | 9.99 | HB | Cole and Hitch | Western |
Laukknen, Owen | Kill
Fee | 9.99 | EOS | Kirk Stevens |
Lavene, Joyce
& Jim
| Spell
Booked | 7.99 | IA | Retired Witches |
LoTempio, T.C. | Meow
If It's Murder | 7.99 | SB | Nick and Nora |
Mansbach, Adam | Dead
Run | 7.99 | IA |
Margolin,
Phillip
| Woman
with a Gun | 26.99 | HOME |
Matthews, Jason | Red
Sparrow | 17.00 | EOS |
McHugh, Laura | Weight
of Blood | 16.00 | HIGH |
Miller, Carol | Nip
of Murder | 25.99 | SB |Appalachia |
Monday, T.T. | Set-Up
Man | 15.00 | HB | Baseball |
Oust, Gail |
Kill 'Em With Cayenne | 25.99 | SB | Spice Shop |
Patterson, James | Hope
to Die | 29.00 | FC | Alex Cross |
Purser, Ann | Scandal
at Six | 7.99 | SB |Lois Meade |
Purser, Ann | Suspicion
at Seven | 25.95 | SB | Lois Meade |
Pyne, Daniel | Fifty
Mice | 26.95 | CRIM |
Rotella,
Sebastian
| Convert's
Song | 26.00 | EOS |
Rowland, Laura
Joh
| Iris
Fan | 25.99 | ONCE | Sano Ichiro | Feudal Japan |
Sansom, C.J. | Dominion
| 17.00|ONCE | Non series |
Sayers, Dorothy
L.
| Five
Red Herrings |r |14.99 |GOLD | Lord Peter Wimsey |
Sayers, Dorothy
L.
| Murder
Must Advertise |r |14.99 |GOLD | Lord Peter Wimsey |
Shoham, Liad | Asylum
City | 25.99 | SHOT | Israel |
Spector, Liv | Beautiful
& the Wicked | 14.99 |IA |Time travel |
Straley, John | Cold
Storage Alaska | 15.95 | HOME |
Sullivan, Mark | Thief
| 25.99 |EOS | Robin Monarch |
Taylor, Brad | No
Fortunate Son | 26.95 | EOS | Pike Logan |
Thomas, Sam | Harlot's
Tale | 15.99 | ONCE |1600s | England |
Todd, Charles | Hunting
Shadows | 14.99 |ONCE |Ian Rutledge |WWI|
Tursten, Helene | Fire
Dance | 15.95 | SHOT |DI Huss | Sweden |
Williams,
Timothy
| Persona
Non Grata | 14.95 | SHOT |Comm. Trotti |Italy |
Woods, Stuart | Carnal
Curiosity | 9.99 | CRIM | Stone Barrington |