Authors and Characters Added in January 2012

New Aileen G. Baron series: Tamar Saticoy, an archaeological consultant for Interpol

Roberto Ampuero: Cayetano Brulé, a Cuban-born private investigator based in Valparaiso, Chile

Robert Jackson Bennett: non-series speculative fiction horror thrillers

H.S. Bhabra: David Medina, a slightly sinister billionaire and power broker, in Egypt and elsewhere (written as A.M. Kabal)

Lisa Brackmann: non-series thrillers

New Christopher Brookmyre series: Catherine McLeod, a detective superintendent, and Jasmine Sharp, a former actress, now a private investigator, in Glasgow, Scotland

Thomas Caplan: non-series

Sally Carpenter: Sandy Fairfax, a ’70s teen idol from Indiana, trying to make a comeback and put his family back together, in southern California, in the Teen Idol mysteries

Philippe Claudel: non-series crime fiction

William Doonan: Henry Grave, an 80-something investigator for the Association of Cruising Vessel Operators

David Duffy: Turbo Vlost, an ex-KGB operative, now a private investigator in New York City

New Janet Evanovich series: Diesel, from the Stephanie Plum series, with pastry chef Lizzie Tucker, in North Shore, Boston, Massachusetts

Tricia Fields: 2010 Hillerman Prize

Stephen Gallagher: non-series suspense and thrillers

Eli Gottlieb: non-series crime fiction

Paul Grossman: Willi Kraus, a decorated soldier in WWI, and the most celebrated Jewish detective in Weimar Germany

Darrell James: Del Shannon, a young, female missing-persons investigator, based in Tucson, Arizona

June Hampson: Daisy Lane, caught up in gangster life starting in 1960s London and Gosport, England

Sara J. Henry: Troy Chance, an independent young woman and freelance writer, in the Adirondacks in upstate New York

Tammy Kaehler: Kate Reilly, an aspiring race car driver and amateur sleuth on the racing circuit

Jessie Keane: Annie Bailey, later Annie Carter, on the streets of London, a gangster’s moll, and more, in early 1970s London, England

M.E. Kemp: Hetty Henry, a twice-widowed and wealthy young Puritan, and Increase “Creasy” Cotton, a young minister, based in 1690s Boston, Massachusetts

William Kennedy: The Albany Cycle, some criminous/noir or political thrillers, some not, following an ensemble of characters with Albany, New York, in common

Robert Knightly: Harry Corbin, a homicide detective in New York City

Michael Ondaatje: mysterious literary fiction

Daniel Palmer: non-series thrillers

Leonard Rosen: Henri Poincaré, a veteran Interpol agent

Lori Roy: non-series

Rochelle Staab: Liz Cooper, a clinical psychologist who didn't believe in paranormal stuff, in Los Angeles, California, in the Mind for Murder mysteries

Dan Vyleta: non-series crime fiction

Tina Whittle: Tai Randall, running a Confederate-themed gun shop, and Trey Seaver, a corporate security expert, in Atlanta, Georgia

Merla Zellerbach: Hallie Marsh, a publicist, breast cancer survivor, and accidental detective, based in San Francisco, California

Richard Zimler: the Sephardic Cycle thrillers with a Portuguese-Jewish theme

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