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Authors and Characters Added in August 2016
New Lisa Black series: Maggie Gardiner, a forensic expert, and Jack Renner, a homicide detective, in Cleveland, Ohio
Oscar de Muriel: Ian Frey, a disgraced Scotland Yard Inspector, and Adolphus “Nine-Nails” McGray, responsible for investigating apparitions, beginning in 1888 Edinburgh, Scotland
Sara Driscoll: Meg Jennings, FBI Special Agent, and Hawk, her search-and-rescue Labrador, in the FBI K-9 mysteries (Jen J. Danna pseudonym)
New Stephen Gallagher series: Sebastian Becker, a former Pinkerton detective working as the special investigator for the Lord Chancellor’s Visitor in Lunacy, charged with determining sanity, in turn-of the-20th-century London
Alexandra Oliva: non-series thrillers
Bryon Quertermous: Dominick Prince, a student with thesis problems, later working at a university cancer center, in Detroit, Michigan
Linda Reilly: Talia Marby, serving English deep fried fare at Fry Me a Sliver, in the heart of the Berkshires, New York, in the Deep Fried mysteries
Terry Roberts: non-series historical thrillers set in North Carolina
New Todd Robinson series: William “Boo” Malone, a bouncer in a Boston nightclub, and his best friend Junior, another survivor from Saint Gabriel’s Home for Boys
Mark Twain: non-series mystery & crime fiction
Carl-Johan Vallgren: Danny Katz, a private investigator, in Stockholm, Sweden
Julie Weston: Nellie Burns, a photographer, and her Labrador dog, Moonshine, in 1920s Idaho
Gina Wohlsdorf: non-series thrillers
Hideo Yokoyama: non-series
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Authors and Characters Added in July 2016
Claire Booth: Hank Worth, the new Sheriff, in Branson, Missouri
Bonnie MacBird: Sherlock Holmes adventures
Jason Miller: Slim, a private investigator with Redneck Investigations, in the coal country of Little Egypt, in southern Illinois
New James Patterson & Candice Fox series: Harriet Blue, a detective in the Sydney police department sex crimes unit
Cay Rademacher: Frank Stave, an Oberinspektor of police in 1947 Hamburg, Germany
Iain Ryan: Laura Romano, a dishonored cop and an addict, reassigned to Tunnel Island, Australia
Viveca Sten: Thomas Andreasson, a police detective on Sandhamn island, east of Stockholm, Sweden, in the Sandhamn Murders series
Wendy Walker: non-series psychological thriller
David Young: Karin Müller, an Oberleutnant detective in the Volkspolizei in mid-1970s Berlin, East Germany
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Authors and Characters Added in June 2016
Yukito Ayatsuji: non-series
New Michael Bowen series: Josie Kendall, a Washington DC fundraiser
Grant Bywaters: non-series
Robert Daniels: Jack Kale, a retired FBI agent, and Beth Sturgis, an APD robbery-homicide detective, in Atlanta, Georgia
O’Neil De Noux: Dino LaStanza, a Vietnam veteran homicide detective, in New Orleans, Louisiana; Lucien Caye, a private detective starting in late 1940s New Orleans, Louisiana; John Raven Beau, a half-Cajun and half-Sioux homicide detective in New Orleans, Louisiana
C. Michele Dorsey: Sabrina Salter, a former Boston meteorologist, now an innkeeper on St. John, in the US Virgin Islands
Barbara Early: Liz McCall, managing her father’s vintage toyshop purchased with his police retirement money, in East Aurora, New York (Beverly Allen pseudonym)
Wendy Sand Eckel: Rosalie Hart, moving from the DC suburbs to her late aunt’s farmhouse, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
T.W. Emory: Gunnar Nilson, a private investigator in 1950s Seattle, Washington
Max Everhart: Eli Sharpe, an ex-ballplayer turned private detective, based in Asheville, North Carolina
Matthew FitzSimmons: Gibson Vaughn, a computer hacker and ex-Marine, in the Washington, DC area
Two new Barbara Fradkin series: Cedric O’Toole, a handyman living on a farm growing organic vegetables, in Ontario, Canada [Rapid Reads]; Amanda Doucette, a former medical worker in Nigeria, returning to Newfoundland, Canada
Tetsuya Honda: Lt. Reiko Himekawa, a homicide detective with the metropolitan police, in Tokyo, Japan
R. Franklin James: Hollis Morgan, an amateur sleuth working as a paralegal, later a lawyer, and member of the Fallen Angels Book Club who must have a white collar felony record, in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
Spencer Kope: Magnus “Steps” Craig, the lead investigator for the FBI’s Special Tracking Unit, who can see a “shine” people leave behind, living on Chuckanut Mountain in northwest Washington
New Karen MacInerney series: Lucy Resnick, a Houston reporter buying her grandmother’s farm in Buttercup, Texas, in the Dewberry Farm mysteries
Mary Marks: Martha Rose, and a coterie of quilters, in the San Fernando Valley, California
Julie Mulhern: Ellison Russell, an artist with a philandering husband, in the country club set in mid-1970s Kansas City, Missouri, in the Country Club Murders series
Sharon Potts: non-series thrillers and suspense
Lev AC Rosen: non-series
William Wells: Jack Starkey, a retired Chicago homicide detective living on a houseboat permanently docked in Fort Myers Beach, Florida
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Authors and Characters Added in May 2016
Patricia Abbott: non-series
New Annamaria Alfieri series: Vera McIntosh, a Scottish missionaries’ daughter, and Justin Tolliver, Assistant District Superintendent of Police, in early 20th century British East Africa
Sascha Arango: non-series
New Shannon Baker series: Kate Fox, wife of the county sheriff, surrounded by a large family and living on a ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska
Tim Baker: Nick Alston, a private investigator in early 1960s Los Angeles, California, with multiple time-lines and places
Fiona Barton: non-series
Bill Beverly: non-series
Michelle Birkby: Martha Hudson, Sherlock Holmes’s landlady, and Mary Watson, Dr. Watson’s wife, sleuthing out of 221B Baker Street, London, England
Jana Bommersbach: non-series and true crime
Jennifer Chiaverini: non-series Civil War suspense
New Michael Craven series: John Darvelle, a private detective in Los Angeles, California
Katerina Diamond: non-series
Elizabeth Edmondson: The Vintage mysteries; The Very English mysteries
New Eileen Goudge series: Tish Ballard, a property manager in Cypress Bay, California
New Elsa Hart series: Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China
Julia Heaberlin: non-series suspense set in Texas
David Hood: Culligan Baxter, a detective inspector in 1899 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Delia James: Annabelle Britton, an artist, a gray cat named Alastair, and a coven, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the Witch’s Cat mysteries (Sarah Zettel pseudonym)
Matt Johnson: Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royalty Protection team, in 2001 London, England
R.J. Koreto: Lady Frances Ffolkes, an Edwardian-era suffragette, and her maid Miss June Mallow, in London, England
New Al Lamanda series: Duncan Wyatt, a retired FBI agent, and his exotic-dancer girlfriend Lo-Lo Del Ray, in Key West, Florida
Diane Les Becquets: non-series thrillers
New Ed Lin series: Jing-nan, running a food stand in Taipei, Taiwan, in the Taipei Night Market
New D.P. Lyle series: Jake Longly, an ex-professional baseball player working as an investigator for his PI father Ray, in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Janey Mack: Maisie McGrane, the baby sister of three Chicago police officers and two defense attorneys, who becomes a Traffic Enforcement agent after being expelled from the police academy, in Chicago, Illinois
New Brad Meltzer & Tod Goldberg series: Hazel Nash, daughter of Jack Nash, the host of The House of Secrets, America's favorite conspiracy TV show
Ottessa Moshfegh: non-series
New Stuart Neville series: Serena Flanagan, a Detective Chief Inspector, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Idra Novey: non-series
Matthew Palmer: non-series spy and international intrigue
S.G. Redling: Dani Britton, an intuitive data analyst with an elite security firm, in the suburbs of Washington, DC, later in Florida
Nicholas Searle: non-series
Fiona Veitch Smith: Poppy Denby, the young Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Daily Globe, in 1920s London, England
Anton Svensson: non-series thrillers (joint pseudonym of Anders Roslund & Stefan Thunberg)
Darcie Wilde: Rosalind Thorne, a minor heiress in 19th century London, England, in the Useful Woman mysteries (Sarah Zettel pseudonym)
New Stuart Woods series written with Parnell Hall: Teddy Fay, an ex-CIA agent and master of disguise (from Stone Barrington series)
A.J. Wright: Michael Brennan, a detective sergeant in 1890s Wigan, Lancashire, England, in the Lancashire Detective series
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Authors and Characters Added in April 2016
Stefan Ahnhem: Fabian Risk, a Stockholm policeman moving to Tågaborg, near his old home town, in Sweden
Sally Andrew: Tannie Maria, a middle-aged Afrikaans widow who writes an advice column with recipes for the Klein Karoo Gazette in rural South Africa
New Mike Befeler series: Mark Yeager, an amateur sleuth, in the Platform Tennis mysteries
New Don Bruns series: Quentin Archer, a former Detroit cop, now a homicide detective in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli series: Jenny Weston, returning home after a bitter divorce, to Bear Falls, Michigan, in the Little Library mysterie
New Laura Bradford series: Winnie Johnson, a bake shop owner delivering desserts in an inherited ambulance, in the Emergency Dessert Squad mysteries
New Mollie Cox Bryan series: Cora Chevalier, a 30-something blogger running a craft retreat business, in fictional Indigo Gap, North Carolina, in the Cora Crafts mysteries
Ian Caldwell: non-series religious thrillers
Two new Rebecca Cantrell series: Joe Tesla, a software genius, crippled by agoraphobia, living in the tunnels under New York City; Sofia Salgado, former star of kid's TV show, Half Pint Detective, now a private investigator, in Los Angeles, California, in the Malibu mysteries [written with Sean Black]
New Joe Clifford series: Jay Porter, an estate clearer dealing with family troubles, later an investigator at NorthEastern Insurance, in New Hampshire
Two new Peg Cochran series: Monica Albertson, running a cranberry farm on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, in Michigan, in the Cranberry Cove mysteries; Shelby McDonald, a recipe and gardening blogger running Love Blossom Farm, in the small town of Lovett, in western Michigan, in the Farmer’s Daughter mysteries
Jonathan Craig: Pete Selby, an NYPD detective in the Sixth Precinct, New York City
Mike Craven: Avison Fluke, a detective inspector recovering from Burkitt’s Lymphoma in Cumbria, England
Katerina Diamond: non-series
Claire Douglas: non-series thrillers
John Dufresne: Wylie “Coyote” Melville, a professional therapist and forensic consultant, in Eden, Florida
Janet Finsilver: Kelly Jackson, the manager of Redwood Cove Bed-and-Breakfast, assisted by dogs with special abilities and a group of senior citizen sleuths, the “Silver Sentinels,” in fictional Redwood Cove, California
New Amanda Flower series: Violet Waverly, working in her grandmother Daisy's store, Charming Books, near Niagara Falls, in Cascade Springs, New York, in the Magical Bookshop mysteries
Jean Flowers: Cassie Miller, leaving a position in the Boston main post office, returning to her hometown to be postmistress, in North Ashcot, Massachusetts, in the Postmistress mysteries [Camille Minichino pseudonym]
New Shelley Freydont series: Deanna Randolph, a headstrong heiress, in 1890s Newport, Rhode Island, in the Newport Gilded Age series
LS Hawker: non-series thrillers
New James Henry series: Nick Lowry, a detective inspector in early 1980s Colchester, England
New Chris Holm series: Michael Hendricks, a former covert operative for the US military presumed killed in Afghanistan, now a hitman who only targets other hitmen
Matt Johnson: Robert Finlay, a police officer on the Royalty Protection team, in 2001 London, England
Alexis Koetting: Bella James, an actress in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
New Kylie Logan series: Laurel Inwood, a former Hollywood personal chef now helping her aunt Sophie run a restaurant, in Hubbard, Ohio, in the Ethnic Eats mysteries
Clare Mackintosh: non-series psychological thriller
New Priscilla Masters series: Dr. Claire Roget, a forensic psychiatrist
Andrew Mayne: Chronological Man, scientific thriller series set in 1890s Boston and New York City; Jessica Blackwood, a magician turned FBI agent
New Matt Rees series: Dominic Verrazzano, an ICE Special Agent
New Candace Robb series: Kate Clifford, a widow running a guesthouse in late 14th century York, England
New M.J. Rose series: The Daughters of La Lune series set in 1890s Belle Époque Paris
Two new Sara Rosett series: Zoe Hunter, a Jill of all trades, freelance copy-editor, property manager, and dog walker, in the On the Run series; Kate Sharp, a location scout and Jane Austen aficionado, in England, in the Murder on Location series
Emelie Schepp: Jana Berzelius, a public prosecutor, in Norrköpping, Sweden
Gerry Schmitt: Afton Tangler, a family liaison officer with the police department, in Minneapolis, Minnesota [Laura Childs real name]
New Amy Stewart series: Constance Kopp, one of the first female deputy sheriffs, and her two younger sisters, in 1910s Paterson, New Jersey
New Elaine Viets series: Angela Richman, a death investigator in Chouteau Forest, a wealthy suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
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Authors and Characters Added in March 2016
Kristi Belcamino: Gabriella Giovanni, a newspaper reporter, in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
John A. Connell: Mason Collins, a US Army criminal investigator, in post-World War II Germany
New E.J. Copperman series: Rachel Goldman, author of a series featuring missing persons investigator Duffy Madison, in the Mysterious Detective series (Jeffrey Cohen pseudonym)
New Elizabeth Darrell series: Ben Norton, a former WWI Royal Flying Corps Flight Sergeant, beginning in 1930
New Jeannette de Beauvoir series: Martine LeDuc, publicity director for the city of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Anthony Franze: non-series legal thrillers
Abby Geni: non-series suspense
Laurent Guillaume: non-series
Joe Hart: Liam Dempsey, a former homicide detective, in the small town of Tallston, Minnesota; the Dominion dystopian thriller trilogy
Ragnar Jónasson: Ari Tho, a young policeman, in Siglufjörður, Iceland, in the Dark Iceland series
New Adrian Magson series: Ruth Gonzales, a former British police offier, and Andy Vaslik, formerly with the NYPD and Homeland Security, operatives with the Cruxys Solutions special security firm
New Nick Oldham series: Steve Flynn, a former Royal Marine, ex-cop and sportfishing skipper in the Canary Islands
Two new Paige Shelton series: Chester Henry and his granddaughter Clare, running the Rescued Word typewriter and book repair shop, in the ski resort town of Star City, Utah, in the Dangerous Type mysteries; Delaney Nichols, an American working for Edwin MacAlister at his Cracked Spine bookshop, in Edinburg, Scotland, in the Scottish Bookshop mysteries
Erik Storey: Clyde Barr, an adventurer and soldier of fortune returning after 16 years to western Colorado
Erik Axl Sund: Jeanette Kihlberg, a detective superintendant, and psychotherapist Sofia Zetterlund, in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Victoria Bergman trilogy
A.J. Tata: the Garrett family combats international terrorism in the Threat military thriller series; Jake Mahegan, a Delta Force captain
New Wendy Tyson series: Megan Sawyer, a former lawyer returning home to run the family farm in Winsome, Pennsylvania, in the Greenhouse mysteries
Ruth Ware: non-series thrillers
Robin Yocum: non-series mysteries
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Authors and Characters Added in February 2016
Tessa Arlen: Lady Clementine Montfort, in the early 1900s in England
Cindy Brown: Ivy Meadows, an off off off Broadway aspiring actress, in Phoenix, Arizona
Julianne Holmes: Ruth Clagan, an expert clockmaker at Cog & Sprocket, inherited from her grandfather, in the small Berkshire town of Orchard, Massachusetts, in the Clock Shop mysteries
Eric Rickstad: non-series thrillers set in Vermont
Sofie Sarenbrant: Emma Sköld, a police inpector in Stockholm, Sweden
Stu Strumwasser: non-series
Art Taylor: non-series
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Authors and Characters Added in January 2016
Ellen Byron: Maggie Crozat, returning home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast, in Louisiana, in the Cajun Country mysteries
Heather Haven: the Alvarez Family, running Discretionary Inquiries, a Silicon Valley agency investigating theft of intellectual property, in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California; Persephone “Percy” Cole, one of the first female private detectives in 1940s Manhattan, New York City
David Joy: non-series
Jessica Knoll: non-series
Gilly Macmillan: non-series
New Jo Nesbø series: the Blood on Snow saga revolving around Oslo’s biggest crime lord, the Fisherman, in Norway
Viet Thanh Nguyen: non-series
Rebecca Scherm: non-series
Jane Shemilt: non-series psychological thrillers
Josh Stallings: Moses McGuire, an ex-Marine, ex-con bouncer at a strip club, in Los Angeles, California
David C. Taylor: Michael Cassidy, an NYPD cop with an unusual background, in 1950s New York City
New Diane Vallere series: Margo Tamblyn, a former magician's assistant, returning home to run Disguise DeLimit, her family's costume shop, in Proper City, Nevada, in the Costume Shop mysteries
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