Crime Fiction Dossier

New Releases: Mysteries and Thrillers (May 22, 2012)

The following is a list of mystery, thriller and suspense novels that are being published this week. They should be in stores now. If you don't find them on the shelves, any bookstore can order them for you. Visit the IndieBound website to find the indepedent bookstore nearest you.

If you'd like to order books online, you can easily do so via Indiebound, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Publishing on May 22, 2012:

Greg Rucka - Alpha (Mulholland Books, Hardcover)

 

F. Paul Wilson - Nightworld (Tor Books, Hardcover)

Bruce DeSilva - Cliff Walk (Forge Books, Hardcover)

 

Also:

• Jane Casey - The Reckoning (Minotaur Books, Hardcover)
• Daniel Friedman - Don't Ever Get Old (Minotaur Books, Hardcover)
• Paul Theroux - The Lower River (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hardcover)
• Patrick Conrad - No Sale (Bitter Lemon Press, Paperback)
• Peter Farris - Last Call for the Living (Forge Books, Hardcover)
• Catriona McPherson - Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder (Minotaur Books, Hardcover)

Note: This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all new releases. Rather, it's a list of those books that look the most interesting, promising, etc. Or I just really liked the cover.

Read This Book: "The Girl Next Door" by Brad Parks

Brad Parks is one of the best new mystery writers to come along in the past several years. Not only does he have talent, but he has an original voice that makes his books stand out from the pack. His first two novels were winners (both of awards and cheers from the fans) and his third is no different.

The Girl Next Door finds Carter Ross back on the beat, reporting on crime on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Newark has more than enough crime to keep any dozen reporters busy, but Carter's feeling kind of bored until he comes across an obituary in his own newspaper. One of the paper's carriers was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Carter decides to write a story about her, but when he starts investigating her life, he uncovers details that he never expected to find.

Carter Ross is the best thing going in Parks' books. He's smart, funny and original. Sure he's a bit of a button-down pain in the ass at times, but you have to respect his commitment to telling the truth in his stories, regardless of the cost. The Girl Next Door is like the rest of Parks' work: a gritty mystery (although it's not dark), with plenty of humor and even a little sex. All in all, it adds up to a very entertaining story.

The Girl Next Door is highly recommended as a good read.

Deal Report: Benjamin Percy - "The Dead Lands"

Sounds like a cool idea.

From Publishers Marketplace:

Whiting Award, Plimpton Prize, NEA grant winner, and author of The Wilding and the forthcoming Red Moon, Benjamin Percy's The Dead Lands, a post-apocalyptic reinvention of Lewis and Clark's epic journey across the West, again to Helen Atsma at Grand Central, in a major deal, by Katherine Fausset of Curtis Brown (world).

New Releases: Mysteries and Thrillers (May 15, 2012)

The following is a list of mystery, thriller and suspense novels that are being published this week. They should be in stores now. If you don't find them on the shelves, any bookstore can order them for you. Visit the IndieBound website to find the indepedent bookstore nearest you.

If you'd like to order books online, you can easily do so via Indiebound, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Publishing on May 15, 2012:

John Sandford - Stolen Prey (Putnam, Hardcover)

Steve Berry - The Columbus Affair (Ballantine, Hardcover)

 

John Grisham - Theodore Boone: The Accused (Dutton Juvenile, Hardcover)

 

Also:

• Craig Johnson - As the Crow Flies (Viking, Hardcover)
• Meg Howrey - The Cranes Dance (Vintage, Paperback)
• Robert Pobi - Blood Man (Thomas & Mercer, Hardcover)

Note: This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all new releases. Rather, it's a list of those books that look the most interesting, promising, etc. Or I just really liked the cover.

New Releases - A New Feature

As you might have noticed last week, I'm trying out a new feature here on the Crime Fiction Dossier. Every Tuesday (it's usually on Tuesday) publishers release their latest books to stores. There are so many books published, though, that it can be hard to keep up with what's coming out and when.

So I'm going to compile a weekly list of the new books coming out that look the most promising or interesting to me. I'm not going to try to list everything, but I will list as many as seems practical. Naturally, I'm going to limit the list to mysteries, thrillers, suspense novels, and the like.

For now, I'm just going to be doing paper books (no ebooks) and just original publications (no reprints). We'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll expand that in the future.

If you're an author or publicist and have a book coming out in the next week, please send me an email with the following information:

• Author Name
• Book Title
• Publisher
• Format (Hardcover, Paperback, etc.)
• Link to Author Website

Please send in the email only a week or so in advance. If you send it in much more than that it's just going to complicate things. I apologize in advance if I can't list your book for one reason or another.

I'm going to try this out for a few weeks and see how it goes. Please spread the word!

New Releases: Mysteries and Thrillers (May 8, 2012)

The following is a list of mystery, thriller and suspense novels that are being published this week. They should be in stores now. If you don't find them on the shelves, any bookstore can order them for you. Visit the IndieBound website to find the indepedent bookstore nearest you.

If you'd like to order books online, you can easily do so via Indiebound, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Publishing on May 8, 2012:

Marcia Clark - Guilt by Degrees (Mulholland Books, Hardcover)

Steve Ulfelder - The Whole Lie (Minotaur Books, Hardcover)

Edward Falco - The Family Corleone (Grand Central Publishing, Hardcover) 

 

Also:

• Jefferson Bass - The Inquisitor's Key (William Morrow, Hardcover)
• Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins - Lady, Go Die! (Titan Books, Hardcover)
• Chuck Greaves - Hush Money (Minotaur Books, Hardcover)
• Tamar Myers - The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots (William Morrow, Paperback)
• Paul Goldstein - Havana Requiem (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Hardcover)

Note: This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all new releases. Rather, it's a list of those books that look the most interesting, promising, etc. Or I just really liked the cover.