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December 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in December 2011:

Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): The Last Word (This will be the 3rd in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series…)

Sandra Balzo: Triple Shot (This will be the 7th in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery Series…)

Juliet Blackwell (aka Hailey Lind): Dead Bolt (This will be the 2nd in the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Series…)

Barbara Bretton: Spells & Stitches (This will be the in the 4th in the Chloe Hobbs’ Paranormal Mystery Series…)

Stephen J. Cannell: Vigilante (This will be the 11th in the Shane Scully Mystery Series…)

Patricia Cornwell: Red Mist (This will be the 19th in the Kay Scarpetta Mystery Series…)

Monica Ferris: Threadbare (This will be the 15th in the Needlecraft Mystery Series…)

Christopher Fowler: Hell Train (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Gar Anthony Haywood: Assume Nothing (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Tami Hoag: Down the Darkest Road (This will be the 3rd in the Oak Knoll Mystery Series…)

Deryn Lake: Death at the Wedding Feast (This will be the 14th in the John Rawlings, Apothecary Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: Ghoul Interrupted (This will be the 6th in the Ghost Hunter Mystery Series…)

Joyce & Jim Lavene: A Spirited Gift (This will be the 3rd in the Missing Pieces Mystery Series…)

Virginia Lowell: A Cookie Before Dying (This will be the 2nd in the Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series…)

Edward Marston (aka Keith Miles & Conrad Allen): A Bespoke Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Home Front Detective Mystery Series…)

Ralph McInerny (aka Monica Quill): The Compassion of Father Dowling (This will be a collection of Father Dowling short stories…)

Leslie Meier: Chocolate Covered Murder (This will be the 18th in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series…) (This is a Valentine theme mystery…)

J. J. Murphy: You Might As Well Die (This will be the 2nd in the Algonquin Round Table Mystery Series…)

Amy Myers: Murder in Abbot’s Folly (This will be the 8th in the Marsh and Daughter Mystery Series…)

Ann Purser: Foul Play at Four (This will be the 11th in the Lois Meade Mystery Series…)

Al Roker & Dick Lochte: The Talk Show Murders (This will be the 3rd in the Billy Blessing Mystery Series…)

Mark Schweizer: The Christmas Cantata (This will be the 10th in the Liturgical Mystery Series…) (This will be a Christmas theme mystery…)

Paige Shelton: Crops and Robbers (This will be the 3rd in the Farmers’ Market Mystery Series…)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Forgotten Affairs of Youth (This will be the 8th in the Isabel Dalhousie Sunday Philosophy Club Series…)

Ann Summerville: The Berton Hotel (This will be a Stand Alone…)

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Starting My Christmas Reading Way Too Early…

I have decided to start reading my Christmas mystery books early. I want to make it through a few of my Christmas theme mysteries this year, and as I have said before, I am finding less and less of my time is spent reading. Also, I am in the mood for frost on the windows, hot coco, and cold weather, and bodies >>> which can usually be found in mystery books.

When I start a new mystery, I usually have a “back-up book” sitting on my night table. If the author is someone who I consider a favorite author, I don’t need the back-up… but if I am trying a new-to-me author I always have a “spare mystery” ready to grab in the middle of the night.

I am going to begin reading a Christmas anthology tonight. One of the things that I really like about anthologies is that I can “try” new authors and decide if I want to add them to my list of authors who I read… I get to sample their writing by reading a mystery novella rather than a whole book.

I am not familiar with any of the authors in the book I have chosen to start with, so I have my “spare” ready to grab… just in case. The mystery book is called The Last Noel, and the authors are: Steve Brewer, Catherine Dain, Mat Coward, and Linda Berry. I am really looking forward to reading it, so that I can try out all of these new-to-me authors.

Next on the agenda: Mistletoe and Mayhem. This is another anthology, but with this one, I am already familiar with (and enjoy!) some of the authors. The authors include Katherine Hall Page, Christie Ridgway, Judi McCoy, and Joanne Pence. I’m looking forward to reading this mystery anthology right after I finish the first one… and then I’m on to a Kate Kingsbury Christmas mystery.

Enough about me! Are any of you reading a mystery book that you wouldn’t mind telling us about? (I’m always nosy and want to know what you all are reading!)

P. D. James & Jane Austen: Death Comes to Pemberley with Pride and Prejudice

Here is some very important news for all of you P. D. James fans: She has just finished a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice! Yes, it’s true! The book, Death Comes to Pemberley, will be available in the USA in December, and a month earlier in Great Britain.

According to James, it took her two years to complete this project, and she does not plan on doing anything like this again. James has long been a fan of Jane Austen, as well as crimes. So, what better way to follow up Pride and Prejudice than with a murder at Pemberley?!?

If you want more information, go check out The Associated Press. They are responsible for “breaking the story.”

November 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in November 2011:

Riley Adams (aka Elizabeth Spann Craig): Hickory Smoked Homicide (This will be the 3rd in the Memphis Barbeque Mystery Series…)

Maureen Ash: A Deadly Penance (This will be the 6th in the Templar Knight Mystery Series…)

David Baldacci: Zero Day (This will be a Stand Alone…) (Actually, October 31…)

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause (This will be the 2nd in the Miss Dimple Mystery Series…)

Maggie Barbieri: Physical Education (This will be the 6th in the Murder 101 Mystery Series…)

Alan Bradley: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (This will be the 4th in the Flavia de Luce Mystery Series…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

Simon Brett: Bones Under the Beach Hut (This is the 12th in the Fethering Mystery Series…)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up (This will be the 29th in the Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

Edna Buchanan: A Dark and Lonely Place (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Elizabeth Lynn Casey (aka Laura Bradford ): Dangerous Alterations (This will be the 5th in the Southern Sewing Mystery Series…)

Kate Collins: To Catch a Leaf (This will be the 12th in the Flower Shop Mystery Series…)

Michael Connelly: The Drop (This will be the 17th in the Harry Bosch Mystery Series…)

Gary Corby: The Ionia Sanction (This will be the 2nd in the Ancient Greece Mystery Series…)

Mary Daheim: The Alpine Winter (This will be the 23rd in the Emma Lord Alpine Mystery Seires…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

Phillip DePoy: A Corpse’s Nightmare  (This will be the 6th in the Fever Devilin Mystery Series…)

James D. Doss: Coffin Man (This will be the 16th in the Charlie Moon Mystery Series…)

Janet Evanovich: Explosive Eighteen (This will be the 18th in the Stephanie Plum Mystery Series…)

Charles Finch: A Burial at Sea (This will be the 5th in the Charles Lenox Mystery Series…)

Sue Grafton: V Is for Vengeance (This will be the 22nd in the Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series…)

Susanna Gregory: Murder in the Minster (This will be the 17th in the Matthew Bartholomew Mystery Series…)

Betty Hechtman: Behind the Seams  (This will be the 6th in the Crochet Mystery Series…)

Iris Johnasen: The Bronzed Hawk (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Kate Kingsbury (aka Allison Kingsley & Rebecca Kent): Herald of Death (This will be the in the Special Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

Margaret Maron: Three-Day Town (This will be the 18th in the Deborah Knott Mystery Series…)

Amy Patricia Meade: Well- Offed in Vermont (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pret’ Near Perfect Mystery Series…)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy: Cat Telling Tales (This will be the 17th in the Joe Grey Cat Mystery Series…)

Joyce Carol Oates: The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares (This will be a Short Stories Stand Alone…)

Joyce Carol Oates, editor: New Jersey Noir (This will be an anthology…)

James Patterson: Kill Alex Cross (This will be the 18th in the Alex Cross Mystery Series…)

Cynthia Robinson: The Barbary Dogs (This will be the 2nd in the Max Bravo Mystery Series…)

Katherine Spencer (aka Anne Canadeo) & Thomas Kinkade: Christmas Treasures (This will be a Christmas theme novel, it is not a mystery…)

Mary Stanton (aka Claudia Bishop): Angel Condemned (This will be the 5th in the Beaufort & Company Mystery Series…)

Elaine Viets: Death on a Platter (This will be the 7th in the Mystery Shopper Mystery Series…)

Livia J. Washburn: The Gingerbread Bump-Off (This will be the 6th in the Fresh-Baked Mystery Series…) (This is a Christmas theme mystery…)

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