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October 2013 Mystery Book New Releases

The following Mystery Books will be released in October 2013:

Ellery Adams (aka J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, ½ of Lucy Arlington): Poisoned Prose (This will be the 5th in the Books by the Bay Mystery Series.)

Tasha Alexander: Behind the Shattered Glass (This will be the 8th in the Lady Emily Mystery Series.)

Donna Andrews: Duck the Halls (This will be the 16th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Close-up on Murder (This will be the 40th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

Jessica Beck (aka Elizabeth Bright, Melissa Glazer, Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, & Tim Myers): Assault and Batter (This will be the 11th in the Donut Shop Mystery Series.)

Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Buried in Bargains (This will be the 3rd in the Good Buy Girls Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen (This will be the 32nd in the Victorian Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Sallies Forth (This is an omnibus of Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series books 10, 11, & 12.)

Rita Mae Brown: The Litter of the Law (This will be the 22nd in the Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery book.)

JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): The Chocolate Book Bandit (This will be the 13th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.)

Joelle Charbonneau: Skating Under the Wire (This will be the 4th in the Rebecca Robbins Mystery Series.)

Jennifer Chiaverini: The Spymistress ’13 (This will be the 2nd in the Elizabeth Van Lew Civil War Sery Series. This is not a mystery book.)

Laura Childs: Gilt Trip (This will be the 11th in the Scrapbooking Mystery Series.)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Golden Malicious (This will be the 7th in the Orchard Mystery Series.)

E. J. Copperman: An Open Spook (This will be a Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series novella.)

Isis Crawford (aka Barbara Block): A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange (This will be the 9th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Waverly Curtis: The Big Chihuahua (This will be the 3rd in the Barking Detective Mystery Series.)

Jeffery Deaver: The October List (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery.)

Elizabeth J. Duncan: Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes By (This will be the 5th in the Penny Brannigan Mystery Series.)

“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Close-Up on Murder (This will be the 40th in the Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series.)

Elizabeth George: Just One Evil Act (This will be the 18th in the Inspector Lynley Mystery Series.)

John Grisham: Sycamore Row (This will be the 2nd in the Jake Brigance Mystery Series.)

Rebecca M. Hale: Afoot on St. Croix (This will be the 2nd in the Mystery in the Islands Mystery Series.)

Tarquin Hall: The Case of the Love Commandos (This will be the 4th of the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator Mystery Series.)

Charlaine Harris: After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (This will be the 14th in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Series. It will be perfect for Sookie’s fans, so they get answers to their many “What happened to…?” questions.)

Carolyn Hart: Ghost Gone Wild (This will be the 4th in the Bailey Ruth Ghost Mystery Series.)

Ellen Hart: Taken by the Wind (This will be the 21st in the Jane Lawless Mystery Series.)

Inherit the Dead anthology of 20 mystery authors, including Mary Higgins Clark & Charlaine Harris

Iris Johansen: Silencing Eve (This will be the 17th in the Eve Duncan Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream (This will be the 6th in the Death and Taxes Mystery Series.)

Sofie Kelly: Final Catcall (This will be the 5th in the Magical Cats Mystery Series.)

Kate Kingsbury (aka Allison Kingsley & Rebecca Kent): Mulled Murder (This will be 9th in the Special Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery Series.) (This is a Christmas theme mystery.)

Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J. J. Cook & Ellie Grant): A Finder’s Fee (This will be the 5th in the Missing Pieces Mystery Series.)

Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Con Carnage (This will be the 1st in the NEW Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series.)

Gail Lukasik: Peak Season for Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Leigh Girard Mystery Series.)

Debbie Macomber: Starry Night (This will be a Stand Alone Christmas theme novel. This is not a mystery.)

G. M. Malliet: Pagan Spring (This will be the 3rd in the Max Tudor Mystery Series.) (This is an Easter theme mystery.)

Archer Mayor: Three Can Keep a Secret (This will be the 24th in the Joe Gunther Mystery Series.)

Miss Read: Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love (This is a Miss Read novel. It is not a mystery.)

Sara Paretsky: Critical Mass (This will be the 17th in the V.I. Warshawski Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Maxine Paetro: Confessions: The Private School Murders (This will be the 2nd in the Confessions Mystery Series.)

Richard North Patterson: Loss of Innocence (This is the 2nd in a planned trilogy.)

Sara Rosett: Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder (This will be the 8th in the Mom Zone Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Accused (This will be the 12th in the Rosato and Associates Mystery Series.)

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Comments

    • Tessa, I always look especially forward to the October releases. It seems like that is when we are treated to the most holiday Cozy Mysteries. Love it!

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    • Sheila, mine does, too. Now I just have to wait patiently for some of my favorite authors’ mysteries to finally be released.

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    • Patti S, because this is only Tarquin Hall’s fourth Vish Puri mystery, I am all caught up with them. I have been waiting patiently to find out what new mysteries “India’s Most Private Investigator” will take on.

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  7. Danna, October looks good. Sorry I haven’t been posting for awhile. DH and I did go on vacation. We went to the Marion/ Paducha, Ky. area for several days, then traveled to Colorado Springs. We spent a week there. We did go to the top of Pike’s Peak. My brother and DH both got altitude sickness. I got sort of dizzy and my legs were rather weak. But once we were down from the mountain awhile, we were tired out but fine otherwise. Beautiful up there. We did get to see quite a lot of that area. Simply beautiful.
    Leaving Colorado Springs we traveled to South Dakota by way of Nebraska . We Americans are very lucky to be able to travel
    as much as we are able to.
    The main reason I haven’t been in this forum is because something happened to my computer modem while I was gone. I got a new computer but I had to wait on a new modem. Today I spent all day talking to this very very nice guy from AT&T trying to get me hooked up. I don’t know about getting my email yet. Can’t seem to get connected right.
    Wish me luck with this new computer. I see this thing has a spell check on it. So I will either have to learn to spell the words right, have a dictionary close by or try to find a different word that I can use that means the same thing as the words that I want to use that is easier to spell!!

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    • Linda C, my family used to visit Colorado Springs every summer (while our children were growing up) so I have many fond memories of the city. (Actually I lived there before I married my husband, and one of his Air Force tours was there.) Pike’s Peak is a treat. I’m sorry to hear both of your men got altitude sickness. (My older brother used to have problems with the altitude up there, also.)

      It sounds like you had a terrific vacation. How unfortunate that it was followed by computer problems. I know I am very lucky to have my own “tech support” living with me. My husband just happens to be very, very interested in computers, so whenever I have a problem, I’m able to simply go upstairs and ask him for help.

      I hope AT&T is able to help get you back online.

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  8. I don’t see CC Benison’s Eleven Pipers Piping listed on the site. I believe its the second book in the Father Tom Christmas series. I was looking to see when the next book Ten Lords A-Leaping was coming out.

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  9. Hi! I was wondering if you knew why there is a co-author (Diana Orgain)on the new Laura Childs book Gilt trip?
    As always, thank you so much for this amazing site. What would I do without you.

    Best,
    Anne

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    • Anne, I certainly don’t know the reason, and have to admit that I didn’t even notice that Diana Orgain was listed as an author on the book. Thanks for mentioning it. Now you have me wondering…

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  10. Danna

    I just finished 3 books great cozy mysteries. 1 Dyer Consequences by Maggie Sefton. I am reading another of her series. Very good. 2 Mama Rides Shotgun by Deborah Sharp. Second of her Mama series. Also very good. 3 Dammed if you do by Michael Brandman. ( Robert Parker’s Jessie Stone series}.
    A great diversity but all highly recommended to your readers. I know I have said it before. Your website is great. Keep it going

    JMW

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  11. I love the cozy mystery site & the monthly new releases I was surfing around the site & came across another new release coming out in Oct.
    a new Italian Kitchen Mystery Series
    Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova
    Can’t wait to read this one as it takes place at the Jersey Shore
    being a Jersey lady it’s a must.read

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    • Thank you Roe..I just added this to my book list to read. Sounds like a good series. I hope it continues. I hesitate buying a book of 1 of a series, then having to wait patiently for book #2.

      I feel the same way about Hannah Reed’s Queen Bee Series. Living in Wisconsin, the book mentions many area sites: Oconomowoc River, Keetle Moriane.

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  12. If you read Lee Child his new book ” Never Go Back ” is as good as all his other Jack Reacher books. It was great. Highly recommend

    JMW

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  13. Hello! I’m driving myself crazy trying to remember the author of a book I recently read. It was her first book in a trilogy maybe? It’s about a woman who was blind as a child, had surgery, her vision was restored and she assists the police in solving crimes. Now here comes the tricky part, I can’t remember if she see’s ghosts or has total recall of a crime scene or both! I may be confusing two different stories. I know a 2nd book was/is due to come out. Please help!
    Thanks!

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