Authors and Characters Added in May 2006

A character added to the Beth Amos page: Mattie Winston, a nurse and deputy coroner, in a small town in Wisconsin

Tonino Benacquista: dark comic mysteries

A new series added to the George Chesbro page: John “Chant” Sinclair, Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam and martial arts master turned artist,

Joan Druett: Wiki Coffin, half New Zealand Maori and half American linguister (translator) aboard American South Seas Exploring Expedition in 1838

A new series added to the Martin Edwards page: Daniel Kind, retired Oxford historian, and Detective Chief Inspector Hannah Scarlett of the Cold Case Squad, in the Lake District of England

A character added to the Janet Evanovich page: Alexandra “Barney” Barnaby, garage mechanic in Philadelphia

Oakley Hall: Journalist Ambrose Bierce and his sidekick Tom Redmond, in 1880s San Francisco

Misa Yamamura: first American publication of the work of this prize-winning Japanese author

Qiu Xiaolong: Chen Cao, Inspector in the Shanghai, China, Police Department

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Authors and Characters Added in June 2006

A character added to the Charlotte Carter page: Cassandra Lisle, a college student in late-1960s Chicago, Illinois, in the Cook County mysteries

A character added to the Susan Conant page, written with her daughter Jessica Conant-Park: Chloe Carter, a boy-crazy 20-something gourmand, in Brighton, Massachusetts

Kerry Greenwood: early books in the Phryne Fisher series, previously only available in Australia, are now being issued in the United States

A series added to the Charlaine Harris page: Harper Connelly, a lightning survivor who can find bodies, and stepbrother Tolliver, in Sarne, Arkansas

Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke, a 50-ish widow and amateur sleuth, in the suburbs of London, England

Naomi Hirahara: Mas Arai, Japanese-American Hiroshima survivor, gardener in Los Angeles, California, and sleuth

A character added to the Mary Kruger page: Ariadne “Ari” Evans, the 29-year-old owner of Ariadne's Web, a knitting shop in Freeport, Massachusetts, in the Knitting Mysteries

A character added to the Rick Mofina page: Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter, in Seattle, Washington

A character added to the Tim Myers page: Benjamin Perkins, working in his family's specialty soap store Where There’s Soap, in the Soapmaking Mysteries

Matthew Pearl: Literary historical mysteries

A character added to the Robert J. Randisi page: Dennis McQueen, a detective sergeant in New York City

James Rollins: Action thrillers set in extreme environments

A character added to the James Sallis page: John Turner, an ex-con and ex-psychotherapist, now a deputy sheriff in Cripple Creek, Tennessee

Jason Starr: Non-series books set in New York City

A series added to the Olen Steinhauer page: Emil Brod, Ferenc Kolyeszar, Brano Sev, and other police and intelligence agents in Communist-era Eastern Europe

A character added to the Rebecca Tope page: Thea Osborne, a house-sitter in the Cotswolds, in England

A character added to the Elaine Viets page: Josie Marcus, undercover store spy in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Mystery Shopper series

Jennifer Weiner: bestselling author Jennifer Weiner’s first mystery

Stanley Gordon West: Cal Grant and high school friends in the late 1940s, in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gayle Wigglesworth: Claire Gulliver, a middle-aged librarian turned travel bookshop owner

A character added to the Stuart Woods page: Ed Eagle, a lawyer in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nina Wright: Whiskey Mattimoe, a recently widowed, 30-something real estate broker, in the small resort town of Magnet Springs, Michigan

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Authors and Characters Added in July 2006

Megan Abbott: 2006 Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel

A character added to the Boris Akunin page: Sister Pelagia, a nun in a province beyond the Volga, in 19th century Russia

A new series added to the Mary Kay Andrews (Kathy Hogan Trocheck) page: Eloise “Weezie” Foley, a recently divorced antique dealer, and BeBe Loudermilk, a triple-divorced restaurant owner, in Savannah, Georgia

Margot Arnold: Penny Spring, a 60-something anthropologist, and Sir Toby Glendower, a 60-something archaeologist, in Cambridge, England

Charles Benoit: 2005 Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel

Tony Broadbent: Jethro, a cat burglar recruited by MI5, in post-WWII London, England

Dave Case: Stacey MacBeth, a cop in Chicago, Illinois

Daniel Chavarria: 2002 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Douglas Clark: George Masters, a Scotland Yard DCI and later Chief Superintendent, and Bill Green, a Detective Inspector and later DCI, in London, England

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 1985 Edgar Grand Master Award: Julie Hayes, an actress turned gossip columnist and fortune teller, in New York City; Mrs. Norris, a Scottish housekeeper and amateur sleuth, and Jasper Tully, a DA investigator, in New York City; Lieutenant Marks, a detective in New York City

Jimmie Ruth Evans (Dean James): Wanda Nell Culpepper, an over-worked single mother, in Tullahoma, Mississippi, in the Trailer Park mysteries

Ron Faust: Non-series mysteries

A character added to the Brian Freeman page: Jonathan Stride, a detective lieutenant in Duluth, Minnesota

A character added to the Stephen Frey page: Christian Gillette, the CEO of Everest Capital, a Manhattan-based investment firm, in New York City

Scott Frost: Alex Delillo, a police detective lieutenant, in Pasadena, California

Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza: Inspector Espinosa, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A new series added to the Lisa Gardner page: Bobby Dodge, a state police sniper, and D.D. Warren, a police detective, in Boston, Massachusetts

Alison Gaylin: Samantha Leiffer, a preschool teacher in New York City

Victor Gischler: 2002 Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel

Mark Graham: Wilton McCleary, a Civil War veteran and policeman, in 1870s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Allan Guthrie: 2006 Edgar Finalist for Best Paperback Original

Derek Hansen: Ramon, Lucio, Milos, and Neil meet for lunch and take turns to tell their stories in the Lunch series

Mollie Hardwick: Doran Fairweather, an antiques seller, married to vicar Rodney Chelmarsh, in Kent, England

Mike Harrison: Eddie Dancer, an ex-cop private investigator in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chris Haslam: Martin Brock, a stoned-out small-time drug dealer who fled Britain

A new character added to the Richard Helms page: Eamon Gold, a private investigator in San Francisco, California

David Hewson: Nic Costa and Gianni Peroni, police detectives in Rome, Italy

James Hime: Jeremiah Spur, a retired white Texas Ranger, and Clyde Thomas, the first black deputy sheriff, in Brenham, Texas

Steve Hockensmith: Cowboys Otto “Big Red” Amlingmeyer and his brother Gustav “Old Red” in 1890s Montana, who got interested in being detectives after reading a Sherlock Holmes story

Dorothy B. Hughes: 1978 Edgar Grand Master Award

A character added to the Charlie Huston page: Joe Pitt, a rogue private investigator and vampire, in Manhattan, New York City

Christopher Hyde: Non-series mysteries

Dean James: Simon Kirby-Jones, a gay American writer who became a vampire in Houston, now living in Snupperton Mumsley, a small village in England

A character added to the Maureen Jennings page: Christine Morris, a forensic profiler from Canada, in the Hebrides, Scotland

Ira Levin: 2003 Edgar Grand Master Award

Anna Maclean: Louisa May Alcott, an amateur sleuth before becoming a famous author, in pre-Civil War Boston, Massachusetts

Kam Majd: Kate Gallagher, a commercial airline pilot

Julia Wallis Martin: 1999 Edgar Finalist for Best Mystery Novel

Peter May: Li Yan, a Chinese detective, and Margaret Campbell, an American pathologist, in Beijing, China

Sam McCarver: Professor John Darnell, a detective debunking supernatural theories early in the 20th century

Helen McCloy, 1990 Edgar Grand Master Award: Basil Willing, a psychiatrist and sleuth, in New York, and later Boston, Massachusetts

Chris Mooney: 2005 Edgar Finalist for Best Mystery Novel

Bob Morris: Zack Chasteen, a former Miami Dolphin linebacker, in Florida and the Caribbean

I.J. Parker: Sugawara no Akitada, a sleuth in 11th century Japan

Jill Paton Walsh: Imogen Quy, a nurse in St. Agatha's College, in Cambridge, England

Scott Phillips: Non-series books set in Kansas

Talmage Powell: Ed Rivers, a private investigator in Tampa, Florida

Emilie Richards: Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, the wife of the minister of the Consolidated Community Church, in Emerald Springs, Ohio, in the Ministry Is Murder series

D.R. Schanker: Nora Lumley, a public defender in Marion County, Indiana

Theresa Schwegel: 2006 Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel

David Skibbins: Warren Ritter, formerly in the Weather Underground, now a tarot card reader, in Berkeley, California, in the Tarot Card mysteries

Peter Moore Smith: 2001 Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel

Domenic Stansberry: Dante Mancuso, a private investigator AKA the Pelican, in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California

Aaron Marc Stein, 1979 Edgar Grand Master Award: Tim Mulligan and Elsie Mae Hunt, professional archeologists and amateur sleuths; Matt Erridge, a construction engineer; Inspector Schmidt, the colorless cop with the brilliant mind, in New York City; Jeremiah X. Gibson, an assistant district attorney in New York City

Three new series added to the Julian Symons page: Inspector Crambo; Francis Quarles; Sheridan Haynes, a Sherlock Holmes actor, in England

A new series added to the Andrew Taylor page (written as Andrew Saville): Jim Bergerac, a detective sergeant in the Bureau des Etrangers, on the island of Jersey in the English Channel novelizations of the BBC TV series

Peter Temple: Jack Irish, a lawyer and gambler, turned debt collector and people finder, in Melbourne, Australia

Brad Thor: Scot Harvath, an ex-Navy Seal, Secret Service agent, and counter-terrorism operative working all over the world

Jack Vance: Joe Bain, a sheriff in fictional San Rodrigo County, California; Kirth Gersen, a hunter of nonhuman killers in the United States, in the Demon Princes series

Hillary Waugh, 1989 Edgar Grand Master Award: Frank Sessions, a homicide detective lieutenant, Manhattan North, in New York City; Fred Fellows, chief of police in a small town, Stockford, Connecticut; Sheridan Wesley, a private investigator in New York City; Simon Kaye, a private investigator in New York City

Anne White: The Lake George mysteries, in upstate New York

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Authors and Characters Added in August 2006

Ted Bell: Alex Hawke, British Lord, jet-setter, and free-lance secret operative out to save the free world

Mark Bouton: Max Austin, an ex-FBI agent, now private investigator also interested in astronomy and things cosmic, in Kansas

David Dickinson: Lord Francis Powerscourt, an ex-Indian army intelligence officer and Irish peer, working as an investigator in the late Victorian period, in England and elsewhere

Daniel Easterman: non-series mysteries

Clive Egleton: Peter Ashton, a secret agent in the British SIS; Dave Garnett, a resistance fighter in Soviet-occupied Britain

Mark Gimenez: non-series mysteries

Susan Kandel: Cece Caruso, a 40-something biographer of dead mystery writers and fan of vintage fashions, in Southern California

Tucker Malarkey: non-series mysteries

Beverle Graves Myers: Tito Amato, sold as a child to be a castrato opera singer, in 18th-century Italy, in the Baroque Mystery series

Ann Parker: Inez Stannert, a saloon owner, around 1880 in Leadville, Colorado, in the Silver Rush mysteries

Cathy Pickens: Avery Andrews, 30-something lawyer, in South Carolina

Zelda Popkin: Mary Carner, department store detective, in New York City

Christine Poulson: Cassandra James, a professor and administrator at St. Etheldreda’s College, in Cambridge, England, in the Cambridge mysteries

Shelly Reuben: Fritillary “Tilly” Quilter, an arson investigator, and Isaac “Ike” Blessing, a private detective, in New York City

Lisa See: Liu Hulan, a Chinese police inspector, and David Stark, an American attorney, combining talents to solve mysteries in modern-day China

Evelyn E. Smith: Susan Melville, a spinster art teacher and painter, who becomes a freelance assassin, in New York City

Paco Ignacio Taibo II: Hector Belascoaran Shayne, one-eyed, half-Irish, half-Basque, Coca-Cola-swilling private investigator in Mexico City

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Authors and Characters Added in September 2006

Arnaldur Indridason: Erlendur Sveinsson, a detective inspector, and his colleagues Sigurdur Oli and Elinborg, in Reykjavik, Iceland

Donna Ball: Raine Stockton, a retired tracker, and her golden retriever Cisco, in the Smoky Mountains of Hanover County, North Carolina

Steve Berry: Cotton Malone, an ex-US Justice Department agent

Bruce Cook: Sam Haine, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in the US Department of Homeland Security

George Harmon Coxe, 1964 Edgar Grand Master Award: Kent Murdock, a hard-drinking crime photographer, and frequent co-star, tough guy Jack Fenner, in Boston, Massachusetts; Jack “Flashgun” Casey, a crime photographer in Boston, Massachusetts; Sam Crombie, a plodding, methodical detective; Max Hale, a reluctant detective

William Deverell: Pomeroy and Partners, a law firm in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

New series on the Bill Fitzhugh page: Rick Shannon, FM rock disc jockey and private investigator in the Mississippi Delta

New series on the Anthea Fraser page: Rona Parish, a biographer and amateur sleuth, in England

Lee Goldberg: Dr. Mark Sloan, the Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital who consults with the LAPD, in Los Angeles, California, in the Diagnosis Murder TV novelizations; Adrian Monk, an obsessive-compulsive police detective, in San Francisco, California, in the Monk TV novelizations; Charlie Willis, an ex-cop turned studio security agent, in Los Angeles, California

Graham Greene, 1976 Edgar Grand Master Award

New series on the Bill James page: Kerry Lake, a detective in England; Sally Bithron, a detective constable in Cardiff, Wales (written as David Craig); David Brade and Glyndwr Jenkins, police detectives in Cardiff, Wales (written as David Craig)

Jerry B. Jenkins: Margo Franklin, a waitress, and Philip Spence, an artist, in Chicago, Illinois

Linda O. Johnston: Kendra Ballantyne, an attorney and freelance pet sitter; non-series books of romantic suspense

Baynard Kendrick, 1967 Edgar Grand Master Award: Captain Duncan Maclain, blinded by gas in WWI, working as a detective, assisted by his wife Rena and Spud Savage, in New York City; Miles Standish Rice, a deputy sheriff in Florida

Rita Lakin: Gladdy Gold, Florida’s Oldest Private Eye and her gang of retirees, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Josh Lanyon: Adrien English, a mystery writer and bookseller, in Los Angeles, California

Medieval Murderers: mysteries written by the Medieval Murders Group—Bernard Knight, Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Philip Gooden, Ian Morson, and Simon Beaufort

William D. Montalbano: Non-series mysteries, some written with Carl Hiaasen

Fiona Mountain: Natasha Blake, a genealogist in the Cotswolds, in England

Jonathan Nasaw: E.L. Pender, a retirement-aged FBI Special Agent, in Oregon, California, and the Virgin Islands

Chris Nyst: 2006 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel

Martha Powers: non-series suspense thrillers

Leigh Redhead: 2006 Ned Kelly Finalist for Best Novel

Graham Reilly: 2006 Ned Kelly Finalist for Best Novel

C.J. Sansom: Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer in mid-16th century England

Catherine Shaw: Vanessa Duncan, a schoolteacher in late 19th-century Cambridge, England Cambridge mysteries

New series on the J.B. Stanley page: James “Professor Puff” Henry, a divorced librarian, in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, in the Supper Club mysteries

Vincent Starrett, 1958 Edgar Grand Master Award: Walter Ghost, an amateur detective

Nichelle D. Tramble: Maceo Redfield, a disillusioned baseball star and college dropout, in Oakland, California

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Authors and Characters Added in October 2006

Thomas B. Dewey: Singer Batts, a Shakespearean scholar running a hotel in a small town in Ohio; Mac, an ex-cop private investigator, in Chicago, Illinois, and later in Los Angeles, California; Pete Schofield, a private investigator, and his wife Jeannie, in Los Angeles, California

New series on the Eileen Dewhurst page: Tim LePage, a detective inspector, and Anna Weston, a veterinarian, on the island of Guernsey, UK

New series on the Paul Doherty page: The Egyptian Mysteries; Mathilde of Westminster, a physician and former lady-in-waiting, in the court of Edward II, in 14th century, London, England

New series on the Susan Dunlap page: Darcy Lott, a movie stuntwoman and Zen practitioner, in northern California

Kathryn Fox: Dr. Anya Crichton, a forensic pathologist in Sydney, Australia

Ashley Gardner: Captain Gabriel Lacey, a former cavalry officer in Regency-era London, England

New series on the Ed Gorman page: Noah Ford, a military investigator for the Army in the post-Civil War US, in the Cavalry Man series; Dev Mallory, a Secret Service Agent in the post-Civil War US; books written as Daniel Ransom

New series on the Ron Goulart page: Cleopatra Jones, a special agent fighting drug trafficking; Ben Spanner and H.J. Mavity, ex-spouses in Connecticut

Winston Graham: non-series mysteries

Jane Stanton Hitchcock: Jo Slater, a sociopathic socialite in New York City

New series on the Jerry Kennealy page: Carroll Quint, an entertainment critic for a newspaper in San Francisco, California

L. Lee Kimler: non-series

New series on the Alanna Knight page: Tam Eildor, mystery-solving historical time-traveller

Ed Lynskey: Frank Johnson, a private investigator in Viginia and then West Virginia

Karen MacInerney: Natalie Barnes, an inn proprietor on Cranberry Island, Maine, in the Gray Whale Inn mysteries

Claire Matturro: Lillian (Lilly) Belle Rose Cleary, an eco-conscious junior partner in a prestigious law firm in Sarasota, Florida

New series on the Denise Mina page: Patricia “Paddy” Meehan, a crime reporter for the Scottish Daily News, in Glasgow, Scotland

Herbert Resnicow: Alexander Gold, a construction engineer and puzzle maven, in New York City; Giles Sullivan, a retired attorney, and Isabel Macintosh, a faculty dean, in Vermont, in the Crossword Puzzle mysteries; Ed and Warren Baer, a father and son detective team, in Long Island, New York

Nicholas Rhea (Peter Walker pseudonym): Constable Nick, a policeman in Aidensfield, North Yorkshire, England; Mark Pemberton, a Detective Superintendent in North Yorkshire, England; Montague Pluke, a Detective Inspector in North Yorkshire, England

T. Dawn Richard: May List, a senior sleuth on her own after 35 years of marriage

Linda L. Richards: Madeline Carter, a former stockbroker in New York, turned day trader in Los Angeles, California

New series on the Michael Ridpath page: Alex Calder, former RAF fighter pilot, now a City bond trader based in London, England

New series on the W.L. Ripley page: Cole Springer, a former Secret Service agent and saloonkeeper, in Aspen, Colorado

John Wainwright: Superintendent Charles Ripley, head of the uniform branch in Yorkshire, England; Superintendent Gillant, chief constable in Yorkshire, England; Chief Inspector Lennox, detective chief inspector in Yorkshire, England; Inspector Lyle, a detective inspector in Yorkshire, England

Peter Walker: Carnaby, a police detective with the CID in North Yorkshire, England; Jock Patterson, a constable in England

H.O. Ward: Dr. Galimatias, a semi-retired physician based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Aramus P. Limpkin, professor of history at a college in Georgia

Charles Williams: John Ingram in South Pacific thrillers

Derek Wilson: Tim Lacy, a security expert investigating crime and fraud in the international art world; Nathanial Gye, a paranormal investigator based in Cambridge, England; George Keene, a spy in William Pitt’s intelligence service during England’s war with France in the 1790s

New series on the Ted Wood page (written as Jack Barnao): John Locke, an ex-SAS counterterrorist operative, now a globetrotting bodyguard, based in Canada

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Authors and Characters Added in November 2006

New series on the Cecil Dawkins page: Ginevra Prettifield, an art museum assistant director, in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Shelly Fredman: Brandy Alexander, a reporter returning home after four years in L.A, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimitri Gat: Yuri Nevsky, an information specialist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

New series on the Robert Goldsborough page: Steve “Snap” Malek, a police reporter for the Tribune, in 1930-40s Chicago, Illinois

Dulcie Gray: Inspector Superintendent Cardiff, in England

Leonard Gribble: Anthony Slade, Superintendent at Scotland Yard, in London, England

Ed Lacy: Dave Wintino, a brash new cop in New York City; Toussaint Moore, a black postal worker turned private detective; Lee Hayes, a black police detective, in New York City

New series on the Lynda La Plante page: The Trial and Retribution series; Anna Travis, a rookie detective, in London, England; Helen Hewitt, the female governor of an all-male high security prison

Hilda Lawrence: Mark East, a private investigator from New York City, and spinsters Beulah Pond and Bessy Petty, in New England

New series on the Terry Lewis page: Ted Stevens, a hard-luck attorney, and his law partner Paul Morganstein, in Tallahassee, Florida

Irene Lin-Chandler: Holly-Jean Ho, a bisexual Anglo-Chinese computer fraud consultant and private investigator, in London, England

New series on the Richard & Frances Lockridge page: Nathan Shapiro, a Jewish cop usually working in homicide under Bill Weigand, in New York City; Bernie Simmons, an assistant district attorney in New York City

New series on the Arthur Lyons page (written with Thomas Noguchi): Dr. Eric Parker, chief coroner for Los Angeles County, in California

New series on the Gladys Mitchell page (written as Malcolm Torrie): Timothy Herring, running a society for Preservation of Buildings of Historic Interest, in London, England

New series on the Kay Mitchell page (written as Sarah Lacey): Leah Hunter, a 25-year-old tax inspector, in England

New series on the Amy Myers page: Peter Marsh, a wheelchair-bound ex-policeman, and his daughter Georgia, who investigate unsolved murders in Kent, England

Simon Quinn: Francis Xavier Killy (“The Inquisitor”) a lay brother investigator for the Vatican

New series on the Alan Rustage page: Inspector Blackstone, in Victorian England and the Empire

New series on the Mary Saums page: Jane Thistle, a British lady, and Phoebe Twigg, a Southern lady, both widows in their 60s, in Tullulah, Alabama

New series on the Louise Shaffer page: three elderly friends named Margaret (and then two), in Charles Valley, Georgia

Leonardo Sciascia: non-series mysteries

New series on the Simon Shaw page: Grace Cornish, a private investigator in London, England

Peter Spiegelman: John March, the black sheep of a staid merchant-banking family, now an ex-deputy sheriff working as a private investigator, in Manhattan, New York City

Eric Stone: Ray Sharp, an American expatriate journalist and detective, in east Asia

New series on the Ian Stuart page: David Grierson, a bank inspector, in London England; Graham Lorimer, an investigator for the Home Office concerning infringements on British interests overseas; Alan Craig, an ex-Scotland Yard detective, now a private enquiry agent, in England (written as Malcolm Gray)

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Authors and Characters Added in December 2006

New series on the Paul Adam page: Mike McLean, a freelance journalist in England

Martha Albrand: non-series mysteries

William Ard: Timothy Dane, a private investigator in New York City; Danny Fontaine; Lou Largo, a private investigator in New York City

A.C. Baantjer: Jurrian De Cock (DeKok in US publications), a detective inspector in the police department, in Amsterdam, Netherlands

New series on the David Baldacci page: Michelle Maxwell and Sean King, Secret Service agents, in Washington, DC, and Virginia; The Camel Club, four men who investigate political conspiracies, in Washington, DC

Robert Banfelder: Justin Barnes, a black American maverick with his own brand of justice

New series on the Colin Bateman page: Jimmie Murphy, an undercover police officer in London, England

New series on the Claudia Bishop page: Austin McKenzie, a veterinarian, and his wife Madeline, in Trumansburg in upstate New York

Mike Bradford: Davis and Kitty Winthorpe, in Louisville, Kentucky

New series on the Christianna Brand page: Inspector Charlesworth, in England; Inspector Chucky, in England

Suzanne Brockmann: Navy SEALs and civilian counterterrorists in the Troubleshooter series

Carter Brown: Mavis Seidlitz, a blonde private investigator with Gracie Allen tendencies; Al Wheeler, a sheriff's homicide investigator, in fictional Pine County, near Los Angeles, California; Danny Boyd, a private investigator; Larry Baker, a screenwriter, and his perpetually drunk partner Boris Slivka, in Hollywood, California; Rick Holman, a private investigator, in Hollywood, California; Randy Roberts, a lawyer in San Francisco, California; and more!

New series on the Maggie Bruce page: Lili Marino, moving from Brooklyn to Walden Corners, New York, in the Gourd Craft mysteries

New series on the John Buchan page: Sir Edward Leithen, a lawyer in Scotland and Canada; Dickson Mc’Cunn, a grocer, and the Gorbals Die-Hards, in Scotland

New series on the Gwendoline Butler page: William Winter, a police inspector, later superintendent, in south London, England; Major Mearns and Sergeant Denny, special agents for William Pitt to watch George III, in England

New series on the Henry Cecil page: Mr. Tewkesbury, in England; Ambrose Low, an ex-criminal, and Colonel Brain, an ex-army officer, in England; Roger Thursby, in England

New series on the Peter Cheyney page: Everard Peter Quayle, part of a top-secret British counter-intelligence unit working against Nazi agents; Alonzo MacTavish, a debonair rogue in Englan

Joseph Conrad

Gina Cresse: mysteries featuring Devonie Lace

New series on the Gerald Hammond page: Grace Gillespie, a nurse-physiotherapist, in the UK; Honey Laird, a detective sergeant, then inspector, in Edinburgh, Scotland

New series on the Tim Heald page: Doctor Tudor Cornwall, Reader in Criminal Studies at the University of Wessex, in England

New series on the Bonnie Hearn Hill page: newspaper reporters, including Geri LaRue, a hearing-impaired 20-something, in San Francisco, and elsewhere in California

Isabelle Holland: Rev. Claire Aldington, a psychologist and Episcopal priest at St. Anselm’s, in Manhattan, New York

New series on the Mary Ellen Hughes page: Jo McAllister, the proprietor of Jo’s Craft Corner, in the small town of Abbotsville, Maryland

Åsa Larsson: Rebecka Martinsson, a lawyer in Stockholm, called back to her hometown Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle, in Sweden

Guillermo Martinez: math and murder mystery translated from Spanish

New series on the Priscilla Masters page: Martha Gunn, the coroner in Shrewsbury, England

New series on the A.E. Maxwell page (writing as Elizabeth Lowell): Members of the Donovan family, involved in a global gem-trading empire, based in Seattle, Washington; The Rarities Unlimited series

Philip McCutchan: Esmonde Shaw, a Commander in the English Naval Intelligence Division, later with a semi-official intelligence agency called 6D2; Simon Shard, a Detective Chief Inspector at Scotland Yard, in London, England; James Packard, a British spy (written as Robert Conington Galway)

Jo-Ann Power: Carly Wagner, a Texas congresswoman, and Mr. Jones, a bodyguard and private investigator, in Washington, DC

Will Thomas: Cyrus Barker, a private detective, and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, an ex-student and ex-thief, in Victorian London, England

Lawrence Treat: Carl Wayward, a professor of psychology, based in New York; Commander Bill Decker, Mitch Taylor, a veteran police officer, and his sidekick Jub Freeman, police detectives in New York City