The Bloodstained Bookshelf is a (more-or-less) monthly list of recent and forthcoming print mysteries published in the US. If you are an author, publisher, or agent and have information about a forthcoming book, please let me know for inclusion in this list. For more information, please check out the Notes.*Okay, December too. Its been one of those months, folks. Sorry!
Titles in boldface are new since the last publication of the Bookshelf.
2009: October - November - December -
2010: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - AugustAlexander, Bruce Blind Justice $15.00 Berkley (r) (1st, Sir John Fielding)
Ames, Delano Corps Diplomatique $14.95 Rue Morgue
Arsenault, Mark Loot the Moon $24.99 Minotaur (Billy Povich)
Bain, Donald A Fatal Feast $22.95 NAL (Murder She Wrote)
Baldacci, David True Blue $27.99 Grand Central
Baxter, Cynthia - Murder Had a Little Lamb $7.99 Bantam (Reigning Cats and Dogs)
Bayard, Pierre Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles $14.00 Bloomsbury (r)
Beaton, M. C. There Goes the Bride $24.99 Minotaur (Agatha Raisin)
Belzer, Richard I Am Not A Psychic! $24.00 Simon & Schuster
Billingham, Mark Death Message $25.99 Harper (Tom Thorne)
Bishop, Claudia A Plateful of Murder $15.00 Berkley (Compendium, first two Hemlock Falls)
Brady, Rachel Final Approach $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Brant, Kylie - Waking Evil $7.99 Berkley Sensation (Mindhunters)
Brown, Dale, and Jim Defelice - Whiplash $7.99 Harper (Dreamland)
Caine, Leslie Holly and Homicide $7.99 Dell (Interior Design)
Carl, JoAnna The Chocolate Cupid Killings $21.95 NAL (Chocoholic)
Carl, JoAnna The Chocolate Snowman Murders $6.99 Signet (r) (Chocoholic)
Carr, Glyn Murder on the Matterhorn $14.95 Rue Morgue
Childs, Laura Tragic Magic $24.95 Berkley (Scrapbooking)
Childs, Laura Death Swatch $7.99 Berkley (Scrapbooking)
Collins, Max Allan Quarry in the Middle $7.99 Hard Case Crime
Connolly, John The Gates $24.00 Simon & Schuster
Connelly, Michael Nine Dragons $27.99 Little, Brown (Harry Bosch)
Cornwell, Patricia -- The Scarpetta Factor $27.95 Putnam (Scarpetta)
Coyle, Cleo Espresso Shot $7.99 Berkley (Coffeehouse)
Crombie, Deborah Necessary as Blood $24.99 William Morrow
Cummings, Barbara A Killing in Retrospect $25.95 Five Star
Daniels, Casey Dead Man Talking $7.99 Berkley (Pepper Martin)
Deleon, Jana Mischief in Mudbug $7.99 Love Spell (Ghost-In-Law)
Dent, Lester - Honey in His Mouth $6.99 Hard Case Crime
Deverell, William Snow Job $25.95 McClelland & Stewart
Doss, James D. The Widows Revenge $24.99 Minotaur (Charlie Moon)
Doss, Charles D. Snake Moon $7.99 Minotaur (r) (Charlie Moon)
Downie, Ruth Persona Non Grata $24.00 Bloomsbury (Gaius Petreius Ruso)
Ferris, Monica Blackwork $24.95 Berkley (Needlecraft Betsy Devonshire)
Fiffer, Sharon Scary Stuff $24.99 Minotaur (Jane Wheel)
Evans, Christy Sink Trap $6.99 Signet (Georgiana Neverall)
Folsom, Allan The Hadrian Memorandum $25.99 Forge
Flynn, Vince Pursuit of Honor $24.99 Atria (Mitch Rapp)
Folsom, Allan The Hadrian Memorandum $24.99 Forge
Garwood, Julie -- Killjoy $5.99 Ballantine (r)
Gaspar, Stephen To Know Evil $17.95 Pemberley
Grace, Margaret Mourning in Miniature $7.99 Berkley (Dollhouse)
Greenwood, Kerry Trick or Treat $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Corinna Chapman)
Gussin, Patricia The Test $24.95 Oceanview (Laura Nelson)
Halliday, Gemma Scandal Sheet $6.99 Dorchester (1st, Hollywood Headlines)
Hamilton, Barbara The Ninth Daughter $14.00 Berkley (1st, Abigail Adams)
Harris, Charlaine A Touch of Dead $23.95 Penguin (anthology, Sookie Stackhouse)
Harris, Charlaine Grave Secret $24.95 Penguin (Harper Connelly)
Hart, Carolyn - Merry, Merry Ghost $24.99 William Morrow (Bailey Ruth)
Hellman, Libby Fischer - Doubleback $14.95 Bleak House (Georgia Davis)
Hellman, Libby Fischer - An Image of Death $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Ellie Foreman)
Hess, Joan Closely Akin to Murder $6.99 Minotaur (Claire Malloy)
Hill, Reginald Midnight Fugue $25.99 Harper (Dalziel and Pascoe)
Hill, Susan The Vows of Silence $24.95 Overlook (Simon Serailler)
Howard, Linda Kiss Me While I Sleep $5.99 Ballantine (r)
Hunt, James Patrick Maitlands Reply $25.95 Five Star
Huston, Charlie My Dead Body $14.00 Del Rey (Charlie Pitt)
Hyatt, Elise Dipped, Stripped, and Dead $6.99 Berkley (Daring Finds)
Johansen, Iris Blood Game $27.99 St. Martins (Eve Duncan)
Judson, Daniel The Violet Hour $25.99 Minotaur
Kava, Alex Black Friday $24.95 Mira (Maggie ODell)
Kellerman, Jonathan Evidence $27.00 Ballantine (Alex Delaware)
Kettenbach, Hans Werner, and Anthea Bell (tr) Davids Revenge $14.95 Bitter Lemon
Keyes, Daniel The Asylum Prophecies $7.99 Dorchester
Khadra, Yasmina Dead Mans Share $14.95 Toby Press (Inspector Llob
Lyons, C.J. Urgent Care $7.99 Jove (Angels of Mercy)
MacBride, Stuart Blind Eye $26.99 Minotaur (Logan McRae)
MacBride, Stuart Flesh House $15.99 Minotaur (r) (Logan McRae)
Maitland, Barry Dark Mirror $24.99 Minotaur (Brock and Kolla)
Manfredo, Lou Rizzos War $24.99 Minotaur
Markowitz, Jeff Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder $25.95 Five Star
May, Peter Chinese Whispers $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Li Yan)
May, Peter Firemaker $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Li Yan)
Mayle, Peter The Vintage Caper $24.95 Knopf
Mayor, Archer The Price of Malice $24.99 Minotaur
McCoy, Judi Heir of the Dog $6.99 Signet (Dog Walker)
McDermid, Val A Place of Execution $14.99 Minotaur (r)
McFadyen, Cody Abandoned $25.00 Bantam (Smoky Barrett)
McGilloway, Brian Gallows Lane $23.99 Minotaur (Inspector Devlin)
McInerny, Ralph Stained Glass $24.99 Minotaur (Father Dowling)
McManus, Patrick F. The Double-Jack Murders $24.00 Simon & Schuster (Sheriff Bo Tully)
Moore, Christopher G. Paying Back Jack $19.95 Grove (Vincent Calvino)
Mortimer, John A Rumpole Christmas $21.95 Viking (Rumpole; collection)
Muller, Marcia Locked In $24.99 Grand Central (Sharon McCone)
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau Cat Striking Back $19.99 William Morrow (Joe Grey)
Neri, Kris High Crimes on the Magical Plane $16.95 Red Coyote
Nikitas, Derek The Long Division $24.99 Minotaur
Nunn, Malla A Beautiful Place to Die $13.00 Simon & Schuster
Page, Katherine Hall The Body in the Sleigh $15.99 William Morrow (Faith Fairchild)
Palmer, Stuart The Puzzle of the Silver Persian $14.95 Rue Morgue
Parker, Robert B. - The Professional $26.95 Putnam (Spenser)
Perry, Anne A Christmas Promise $18.00 Ballantine
Rendell, Ruth The Monster in the Box $26.00 Simon & Schuster (Inspector Wexford)
Rosenfelt, David Dont Tell a Soul $7.99 Minotaur
Rowland, Laura Joh The Cloud Pavilion $24.99 Minotaur (Sano Ichiro)
Rowland, Laura Joh The Fire Kimono $24.99 Minotaur (r) (Sano Ichiro)
Saul, John House of Reckoning $26.00 Ballantine
Terrell, E. Michael Racing the Devil $14.95 Night Shadows (Jared McKean)
Thurlo, Aimee and David Earthway $24.99 Forge (Ellah Clah)
Tremayne, Peter The Council of the Cursed $24.99 Minotaur (Fidelma)
Viets, Elaine - The Fashion Hound Murders $6.99 Signet (Mystery Shopper)
Washburn, Livia J. Huckleberry Finished $22.00 Kensington (Delilah Dickinson)
Watson, Wendy Lyn I Scream, You Scream $6.99 Signet (Murder α la Mode)
Zeltserman, Dave Bad Karma $25.95 Five Star
Zelvin, Elizabeth - Death Will Help You Leave Him $25.95 Minotaur
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November 2009
Barrett, Lorna Bookplate Special $7.99 Berkley (Booktown)
Brant, Kylie - Waking the Dead $7.99 Berkley Sensation (Mindhunters)
Brett, Simon The Poisoning in the Pub $25.95 Five Star (Charles Paris)
Brightwell, Emily -- Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings $23.95 Berkley
Bruen, Ken London Boulevard $24.99 Minotaur
Bruns, Don Stuff to Spy For $24.95 Oceanview (Skip Moore)
Carl, Lillian Stewart - The Charm Stone $25.95 Five Star (Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron)
Challis, Joanna Murder on the Cliffs $24.99 Minotaur (Daphne Du Maurier #1 of 3)
Chaney, Roy The Ragged End of Nowhere $24.99 Minotaur
Clark, Cassandra The Red Velvet Turnshoe $24.99 Minotaur
Coggins, Mark The Big Wake-Up $14.95 Bleak House (r) (August Riordan)
Cole, Sam Cape Greed $23.99 Minotaur
Coyle, Cleo Holiday Grind $23.95 Berkley (Coffeehouse)
Curnutt, Curt Dixie Noir $25.95 Five Star
Cussler, Clive, and Justin Scott The Wrecker $27.95 Putnam (Isaac Bell)
Delany, Vicki Winter of Secrets $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Constable Molly Smith)
Delany, Vicki Valley of the Lost $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Constable Molly Smith)
Drummond, Jack Dive $10.23 Sphere
Dunne, Dominick Another City, Not My Own $15.00 Ballantine (r)
Finch, Charles The Fleet Street Murders $24.99 Minotaur (Charles Lenox)
Fowler, Christopher Bryant & May on the Loose $25.00 Bantam (Peculiar Crimes)
Glynn, Alan Winterland $24.99 Minotaur
Gorman, Ed Ticket to Ride $25.00 Pegasus (Sam McCain)
Graham, Barbara Murder by Artifact: The Murder Quilt $25.95 Five Star
Graves, Sarah A Face at the Window $7.99 Bantam (r) (Home Repair is Homicide)
Griffin, H. Terrell Wyatts Revenge $24.95 Oceanview (Matt Royal)
Guthrie, Alan Slammer $26.00 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harris, C. S. What Remains of Heaven $23.95 NAL (Sebastien St. Cyr)
Harris, C. S. Where Serpents Sleep $7.99 Signet (r) (Sebastien St. Cyr)
Harrison, Cora The Sting of Justice $25.99 Minotaur (Medieval Ireland)
Hart, Ellen The Mirror and the Mask $25.99 Minotaur (Jane Lawless)
Havill, Steven - Red, Green, or Murder $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Posadas County)
Havill, Steven - Out of Season $14.95 Poisoned Pen (Posadas County)
Henry, Sue The End of the Road $23.95 NAL (Maxie and Stretch)
Hill, Reginald Midnight Fugue $25.99 Harper (Dalziel and Pascoe)
Hime, James Where Armadillos Go to Die $25.99 Minotaur (Jeremiah Spur)
Howard, Linda - Ice $22.00 Ballantine
Jecks, Michael No Law in the Land $24.95 Headline (Knights Templar)
Kingsbury, Kate Ringing in Murder $6.99 Berkley (Pennyfoot Hotel)
Killian, Diana Dial Om for Murder $6.99 Berkley (Mantra for Murder)
Koontz, Dean Breathless $20.00 Ballantine
Lehane, Dennis (ed.) Boston Noir $15.95 Akashic (anthology)
Lovelace, Merline All the Wrong Moves $6.99 (Samantha Spade)
Lyons, C. J. - Urgent Care $7.99 Jove (Angels of Mercy)
Magnan, Pierre The Murdered House $24.99 Minotaur
Michaels, Richard The Fall of Eden $15.00 Berkley
OConnell, Carol Bone by Bone $9.99 Berkley (r)
Patterson, James I, Alex Cross $27.99 Little, Brown
Purser, Ann Warning at One $7.99 Berkley
Rankin, Ian Let It Bleed $16.99 Minotaur (Inspector Rebus)
Rankin, Ian Black and Blue $16.99 Minotaur (r) (Inspector Rebus)
Robb, J. D. Kindred in Death $26.95 Putnam (Eve Dallas)
Sandford, John Winter Prey $9.99 Berkley (r)
Sefton, Maggie Fleece Navidad $7.99 Berkley (r) (Knitting)
Stewart, Mary My Brother Michael $12.95 Chicago Review Press (r)
Teller, Joseph Depraved Indifference $7.99 Mira (Jaywalker)
Thompson, Richard Frag Box $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Thompson, Richard Fiddle Game $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Vachss, Andrew Haiku $24.95 Pantheon
Viets, Elaine The Fashion Hound Murders (Mystery Shopper) $6.99 Signet
Washburn, Livia J. The Christmas Cookie Killer $6.99 Signet (Fresh-Baked)
West, Eugenia Lovett Overkill $25.99 Minotaur (Emma Street)
Whitelaw, Stella Fold and Die $27.95 Severn House (Jordan Lacey)
Williams, Liz The Shadow Pavilion $7.99 Night Shade (r)(Inspector Chen)
Woods, Stuart Loitering With Intent $9.99 Signet (r)
Zeltserman, Dave Bad Karma $25.95 Five Star
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December 2009
Ash, Maureen Murder for Christs Mass $7.99 Berkley (Templars)
Barbieri, Maggie Final Exam $24.99 Minotaur (Murder 101)
Benoit, Charles Noble Lies $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Berry, Steve The Charlemagne Pursuit $9.99 Ballantine (r) (Cotton Malone)
Berry, Steve The Paris Vendetta $26.00 Ballantine (Cotton Malone)
Bliss, Miranda Murder Has a Sweet Tooth $6.99 Berkley (Cooking Class)
Brookins, Carl Devil Island $13.49 Echelon (Mary Whitney)
Bruhns, Nina If Looks Could Chill $7.99 Berkley
Cardieri, Anthony Luck of the Draw $24.99 Minotaur
Childs, Laura Eggs Benedict Arnold $7.99 Berkley (Cackleberry Club)
Colley, Barbara Dusted to Death $22.00 Kensington (Maid for a Day)
Dennison, Hannah Exposι! $6.99 Berkley (Vicky Hill)
Douglas, Carole Nelson Vampire Sunrise $7.99 Pocket (Delilah Street)
Edwards, Martin Dancing for the Hangman $25.95 Five Star
Ferris, Monica Sew Far, So Good $15.00 Berkley (omnibus Betsy Devonshire Unraveled Sleeve, A Murderous Yarn, and Hanging by a Thread)
Ferris, Monica Thai Die $7.99 Berkley (r) (Needlecraft)
Frazer, Margaret A Play of Treachery $7.99 Berkley (r) (Joliffe the Player)
Gash, Jonathan Faces in the Pool $24.99 Minotaur (Lovejoy)
Goldberg, Lee Mr. Monk in Trouble $22.95 NAL (tie-in)
Grafton, Sue U Is For Undertow $27.95 Putnam (Kinsey Millhone)
Graves, Sarah Crawlspace $25.00 Bantam (Home Repair is Homicide)
Griffin, W. E. B. The Honor of Spies $26.95 Putnam
Hall, M. R. The Disappeared $24.99 Simon & Schuster (Jenny Cooper)
Harrison, Cora Writ in Stone $27.95 Severn House (Burren)
Havill, Stephen F. Dead Weight $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Sheriff Bill Gastner)
Hebert, Brandon My Own Worst Enemy $25.95 Five Star
Heinzmann, David A Word to the Wise $25.95 Five Star
Herkert, Gabriella Horsewhipped $7.99 Signet (Animal Instinct)
Hill, Kaye C. The Fall Girl $14.95 Crθme de la Crime (Lexy Lomax)
Hoag, Tami Deeper Than the Dead $26.95 Dutton
Holt, Hazel Mrs. Malory and Any Mans Death $6.99 Signet (Mrs. Malory)
Hunter, Stephen I, Sniper $26.00 Simon & Schuster
Garwood, Julie -- Sizzle $26.00 Ballantine
Jance, J. A. Trial By Fire $25.99 Touchstone
Johnston, Linda O. Howl Deadly $7.99 Berkley (Pet-Sitter)
Jones, Stan Village of the Ghost Bears $24.00 Soho Crime (Nathan Active)
Krentz, Jayne Ann Fired Up $25.95 Putnam
May, Peter Virtually Dead $24.95 Poisoned Pen
McLean, Russel D. The Good Son $24.99 Minotaur
Palov, C. M. Ark of Fire $7.99 Berkley
Parks, Brad Faces of the Gone $25.99 Minotaur
Pearce, Michael A Dead Man in Naples $25.00 Soho Constable (Dead Man)
Pickens, Cathy Cant Never Tell $6.99 Minotaur (Southern Fried)
Purser, Ann Tragedy at Two $23.95 (Lois Meade)
Ramsay, Frederick - Predators $24.95 Poisoned Pen (1st, Leo Painter)
Roberts, John Maddox Oracle of the Dead $14.99 Minotaur (SPQR XII)
Roberts, Wendy Dead and Kicking $6.99 Signet (Ghost Dusters)
Sandiford, Les Deal with the Dead $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Deal)
Shlian, Deborah, and Linda Reid - Dead Air $25.95 Oceanview (1st, Sammy Greene)
Stanley, Jennifer Stirring Up Strife $7.99 Minotaur (Hope Street Church)
Stabenow, Dana Whisper to the Blood $7.99 Minotaur (r) (Kate Shugak)
Suarez, Daniel -- Daemon $9.99 Signet (r)
Vining, Dan Among the Living $15.00 Berkley (compendium: The Quick and The Next)
Wambaugh, Joseph Hollywood Moon $26.99 (Hollywood Station)
Webb, Betty Desert Lost $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Lena Jones)
Webb, Betty Desert Wives: Polygamy Can Be Murder $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Lena Jones)
Williams, Liz, and Jon Foster The Iron Khan $24.95 Night Shade (Inspector Chen)
Wilson, David Niall Vintage Soul $25.95 Five Star
Woods, Stuart Kisser $25.95 Putnam (Stone Barrington)
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January 2010
Adam, Paul Paganinis Ghost $24.99 Minotaur
Armstrong, Lori No Mercy $25.00 Touchstone (1st, Mercy Gunderson)
Ault, Sandi Wild Sorrow $14.00 Berkley
Bartulin, Lenny Death by the Book $24.99 Minotaur (Jack Susko)
Beaton, M. C. Death of a Valentine $23.99 Grand Central (Hamish Macbeth)
Berg, Carol - The Spirit Lens $15.00 Roc (Collegia Magica)
Brennan, Allison Original Sin $7.99 Ballantine (1st, Seven Deadly Sins)
Burcell, Robin The Bone Chamber $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Sydney Fitzpatrick)
Burdett, John The Godfather of Kathmandu $25.95 Knopf (Sonchai Jitpleecheep)
Clement, Blaize Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs $23.99 Minotaur (Dixie Hemingway)
Clinch, Wendy Double Black $24.99 Minotaur (Ski Diva)
Conant-Park, Jessica, and Susan Conant Fed Up $7.99 Berkley (r)
Crais, Robert The First Rule $26.95 Putnam (Joe Pike)
Damsgaard, Shirley The Seventh Witch $7.99 Avon (Ophelia and Abby)
del Franco, Mark Unperfect Souls $7.99 Ace (Connor Grey)
Dobson, Joanne Death Without Tenure $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Karen Pelletier)
Edwards, Martin Serpent Pool $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Lake District)
Emerson, Earl Cape Disappointment $7.99 Ballantine (Thomas Black)
Francis, Dick Driving Force $7.99 Berkley (r)
Gage, Leighton Dying Gasp $24.00 Soho (Chief Inspector Mario Silva)
Gordon, Alan The Parisian Prodigal $25.99 Minotaur (Fools Guild)
Hale, Rebecca M. How to Wash a Cat $6.99 Berkley
Hall, James W. -- Silencer $24.99 Minotaur (Thorn)
Hall, Parnell The Puzzle Lady vs. the Soduku Lady $24.99 Minotaur (Puzzle Lady)
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist $24.99 Minotaur
Hayder, Mo Skin $22.00 Grove
Hess, Joan Merry Wives of Maggody $24.99 Minotaur (Arly Hanks)
Hiassen, Carl Skin Tight $14.00 Berkley
Higgins, Jack The Wolf at the Door $26.95 Putnam
Hoag, Tami Deeper Than the Dead $26.95 Dutton
Hosp, David Among Thieves $24.99 Grand Central
Huston, Charlie Sleepless $25.00 Ballantine
Hyzy, Julie Eggsecutive Orders $7.99 Berkley (White House Chef)
Jones, J. Sydney The Empty Mirror $14.99 Minotaur (r) (Viennese Mysteries)
Jones, J. Sydney Requiem in Vienna $24.99 Minotaur (Viennese Mysteries)
Kelner, Toni L. P. Who Killed the Pinup Queen? $6.99 Berkley (Where Are They Now?)
Kennedy, Mary Dead Air $6.99 Signet (Talk Radio)
Kent, Rebecca Murder Has No Class $6.99 Berkley (Bellehaven House)
Knopf, Chris Short Squeeze $24.99 Minotaur
Lescroart, John Treasure Hunt $26.95 Dutton
Mahon, Annette Bits and Pieces $25.95 Five Star (St. Rose Quilting Bee)
May, Peter Virtually Dead $24.95 Poisoned Pen
May, Peter The Runner $24.95 Poisoned Pen (China Thrillers)
Morgan, Kaye Ghost Soduku $6.99 Berkley
Morrell, David The League of Night and Fog $15.00 Ballantine (r)
Morris, Bob Baja Florida $24.99 Minotaur (Zach Chasteen)
Myers, Tamar Better Off Dead $6.99 Signet (Pennsylvania Dutch)
Parker, Robert B. Appaloosa $14.00 Berkley (r)
Parker, T. Jefferson Iron River $26.95 Dutton
Perry, Anne Cain His Brother $15.00 Ballantine (r) (William Monk)
Quinn, Spencer Thereby Hangs a Tail $25.00 Atria (Chet and Bernie)
Rabkin, William The Call of the Wild $6.99 Signet (tie-in) (Psych)
Rankin, Ian Doors Open $24.99 Reagan Arthur
Reilly, Matthew The Five Greatest Warriors $25.00 Simon & Schuster (Jack West, Jr.)
Saylor, Steven The House of the Vestals $14.99 Minotaur (r) (Gordianus the Finder)
Siger, Jeffrey The Assassins of Athens $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Stroby, Wallace Gone til November $24.99 Minotaur
Stuckart, Diane A.S. A Bolt From the Blue $14.00 Berkley (Leonardo da Vinci)
Suarez, Daniel Freedom $26.95 Dutton (Daemon)
Thompson, James Snow Angels $24.95 Putnam
Willig, Lauren The Betrayal of the Blood Lily $25.95 Dutton (Pink Carnation)
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February 2010
Atherton, Nancy Aunt Dimity Down Under $26.95 Viking (Aunt Dimity)
Ault, Sandi Wild Penance $24.95 Berkley
Banville, Michael The Infinities $25.95 Knopf
Berenson, Alex The Midnight House $25.99 Putnam
Bernhardt, William Capitol Offense $7.99 Ballantine (r)
Blair, J. M. C. The Pendragon Murders $7.99 Berkley (Merlin Investigation)
Brennan, Allison Original Sin $7.99 Ballantine (Seven Deadly Sins)
Brooke, P. J. A Darker Night $25.00 Soho Constable (Max Romero)
Carlisle, Kate If Books Could Kill $6.99 Signet (Bibliophile)
Collins, Kate Sleeping with Anemone $6.99 Signet (Flower Shop)
Compton, Julie Rescuing Olivia $25.99 Minotaur
Davis, Krista The Diva Paints the Town $6.99 Berkley (Domestic Diva)
Dean, Anna Bellfield Hall $23.99 Minotaur (Dido Kent)
Doherty, P. C. The Spies of Sobeck $24.99 Minotaur
Eccles, Marjorie Last Nocturne $24.99 Minotaur
Edwards, Martin The Serpent Pool $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Lake District)
Glynn, Alan -- Winterland $25.99 Minotaur
Green, Tim False Convictions $25.99 Grand Central
Haddam, Jane Living Witness $7.99 Minotaur (Gregor Demarkian)
Harris, Rosemary The Big Dirt Nap $7.99 Minotaur (r) (Dirty Business)
Haywood, B. B. Town in a Blueberry Jam $6.99 Berkley (Candy Holliday)
Hechtman, Betty A Stitch in Crime $7.99 Berkley (Crochet Murders)
Kellerman, Jonathan -- Evidence $9.99 Ballantine (r) (Alex Delaware)
Kurland, Michael Sherlock Holmes: The American Years $24.99 Minotaur
McDonald, Craig Print the Legend $24.99 Minotaur
McFetridge, John Let It Ride $24.99 Minotaur
Mercer, Ken Slow Fire $24.99 Minotaur
Parker, Robert B. Split Image $25.95 Putnam (Jesse Stone)
Parker, T. Jefferson Iron River $26.95 Dutton (Charlie Hood)
Parrish, PJ - The Little Death $7.99 Pocket Star (r) (Louis Kinkaid)
Parshall, Sandra Broken Places $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Rachel Goddard)
Patterson, James, and Michael Ledwidge Worst Case $27.99 Little, Brown
Peace, David Occupied City $25.95 Knopf
Perry, Anne Execution Dock $7.99 Ballantine (r) (William Monk)
Ramirez, Misa -- ‘Hasta la Vista, Lola! $23.99 Minotaur (Lola Cruz)
Robb, J. D. Big Jack $7.99 Berkley
Roberts, John Maddox The Year of Confusion $24.99 Minotaur (SPQR XIII)
Stabenow, Dana A Night Too Dark $24.99 Minotaur (Kate Shugak)
Stanley, Kelli City of Dragons $24.99 Minotaur (San Francisco)
Stanton, Mary Avenging Angels $7.99 Berkley (Beaufort and Company)
Steinhauer, Olen The Tourist $14.99 Minotaur (r)
Rees, Matt Beynon The Fourth Assassin $24.00 Soho (Omar Yussef)
Stanley, Kelli City of Dragons $24.99 Minotaur (San Francisco
Webber, Heather Truly, Madly $7.99 St. Martins
Wells, Melinda The Proof is in the Pudding $7.99 Berkley (Della Cooks)
White, Randy Wayne Dead Silence $7.99 Berkley (r)
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March 2010
Atkins, Ace Devils Garden $15.00 Berkley (r)
Bannister, Jo Liars All $25.99 Minotaur (Brodie Farrell)
Beck, Jessica Glazed Murder $7.99 Minotaur (Donut Shop)
Bentley, Jennie Plaster and Poison $7.99 Berkley (Do It Yourself)
Barclay, Linwood Never Look Away $25.00 Delacorte
Bradley, Alan The Weed that Strings the Hangmans Bag $24.00 Delacorte (Flavia de Luce)
Bowen, Rhys The Last Illusion $24.99 Minotaur (Molly Murphy)
Bowen, Rhys In a Gilded Cage $7.99 Minotaur (r) (Molly Murphy)
Cannell, Dorothy She Shoots to Conquer $7.99 Minotaur (r) (Ellie Haskell)
Casey, Elizabeth Lynn Death Threads $6.99 Berkley (Southern Sewing Circle)
Childs, Laura The Teaberry Strangler $24.95 Berkley (Tea Shop)
Childs, Laura Oolong Dead $7.99 Berkley (r) (Tea Shop)
Coben, Harlan Long Lost $27.95 Dutton
Conant-Park, Jessica, and Susan Conant Cook the Books $23.95 Berkley
Connolly, Sheila Red Delicious Death $6.99 Berkley (Orchard)
Corbett, David Do They Know Im Running? $15.00 Ballantine
Cussler, Clive, and Jack Du Brul The Silent Sea $27.95 Putnam (Oregon Files)
Dahl, K. O. The Last Fix $24.99 Minotaur
Dahler, Don Water Hazard $24.99 Minotaur
Djian, Phillipe Unforgiven $24.00 Simon & Schuster
Fairstein, Linda Hell Gate $26.95 Dutton
Fitzgerald, Conor The Dogs of Rome $25.00 Bloomsbury (Comissario Alec Blume)
Francis, Dick Comeback $7.99 Berkley (r)
Freeman, Brian The Burying Place $24.99 Minotaur
Freeman, Brian In the Dark $7.99 Minotaur (r)
Gordon, David The Serialist $14.00 Simon & Schuster
Green, James Stealing God $14.95 Luath
Green, Norman Sick Like That $24.99 Minotaur
Hansen, Jim Michael Hong Kong Laws $13.95 Dark Sky (Bryson Coventry)
Harris, Gardiner Hazard $24.99 Minotaur
Hirahara, Naomi Blood Hina $24.99 Minotaur (Mas Arai)
Karp, Marshall Flipping Out $14.99 Minotaur (Lomax and Biggs)
Kaufman, Thomas Drink the Tea $24.99 Minotaur
Kellerman, Jonathan Deception $28.00 Ballantine (Alex Delaware)
Laurie, Victoria Ghouls Gone Wild $6.00 Signet (Ghost Hunters)
Lin, Ed Snakes Cant Run $24.99 Minotaur
Lowe, Tom The 24th Letter $25.99 Minotaur
Lutz, Lisa The Spellmans Strike Again $25.00 Simon & Schuster
Martin, Nancy Our Lady of Immaculate Deception $24.99 Minotaur (1st, Roxy Abruzzo)
May, Peter Blacklight Blue $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Enzo Files)
May, Peter Freeze Frame $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Enzo Macleod)
McKinlay, Jenn Sprinkle With Murder $6.99 Berkley (Cupcake)
Mosley, Walter The Long Fall $25.95 Riverhead (1st, Leonid McGill)
Norman, Michael On Deadly Ground $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Orgain, Diana Motherhood is Murder $6.99 Berkley (Maternal Instincts)
Qui Xiaolong The Mao Case $13.99 Minotaur (Inspector Chen Cao)
Rosenfelt, David - Down to the Wire $24.99 Minotaur
Smallman, Phyllis Sex in a Sidecar $19.95 McArthur and Co. (Sherri Travis)
Smith, Martin Cruz The Golden Mile $25.99 Simon & Schuster (Arkady Renko)
Stansberry, Dominic Naked Moon $24.99 Minotaur (North Beach)
Swierczynski, Duane Expiration Date $13.99 Minotaur
Tallman, Shirley Scandal on Rincon Hill $24.99 Minotaur (Sarah Woolson)
Thurlo, Aimee and David Bad Samaritan $24.99 Minotaur (Sister Agatha)
Torres, Steven Blackout in Precinct Puerto Rico $24.99 Minotaur (Luis Gonzalo)
Walters, Michael -- Shadow Walker $7.99 Berkley (r)
White, Jenny The Winter Thief $24.95 W. W. Norton (Kamil Pasha)
Wiley, Michael The Bad Kitty Lounge $24.99 Minotaur
Yancey, Richard The Highly Effective Detective Plays the Fool $24.99 Minotaur
Yessayan, Rafi 8 in the Box $7.99 Ballantine (r)
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April 2010
Albert, Susan Wittig Holly Blues $24.95 Berkley (China Bayles)
Alt, Madelyn A Witch in Time $23.95 Berkley (Bewitching)
Barr, Nevada -- Borderline $9.99 Berkley (r) (Anna Pigeon)
Box, C. J. Below Zero $7.99 Berkley (r) (Joe Pickett)
Brown, Rita Mae Cat of the Century $26.00 Bantam (Mrs. Murphy)
Bruen, Ken -- Sanctuary $24.99 Minotaur (Jack Taylor)
Butcher, Jim Changes $25.95 Roc (Dresden Files)
Carrell, Jennifer Lee Haunt Me Still $25.95 Dutton
Cleland, Jane K. Silent Auction $24.99 Minotaur (Josie Prescott Antiques)
Corleone, Douglas One Mans Paradise $24.99 Minotaur
Curzon, Claire Off Track $24.99 Minotaur (Superintendent Mike Yeadings)
Depp, Daniel Losers Town $14.00 Simon & Schuster (r) (David Spandau)
Doiron, Paul The Poachers Son $24.99 Minotaur (Mike Bowditch)
Evans, Christy Lead-Pipe Cinch $6.99 Berkley (Georgiana Neverall)
Finger, Gerrie Ferris The End Game $24.99 Minotaur
Grace, Margaret Monster in Miniature $7.99 Berkley (Miniatures Mysteries)
Grieman, Lois Not One Clue $7.99 Dell
Grimes, Martha The Black Cat $25.95 Viking (Richard Jury)
Harris, Rosemary Dead Head $24.99 Minotaur (Dirty Business)
Harvey, Michael The Third Rail $24.95 Knopf (Michael Kelly)
Hermans, Danielle The Tulip Virus $24.99 Minotaur
Karp, Larry The King of Ragtime $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Karp, Larry The Ragtime Fool $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Killian, Donna Murder on the Eightfold Path $7.99 Berkley (Mantra for Murder)
Lawrence, Lucy Cut to the Corpse $6.99 Berkley (Decoupage)
Liss, David The Devils Company $15.00 Ballantine (r)
McEvoy, John The Significant Seven $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Jack Doyle)
McInery, Ralph Sham Rock $24.99 Minotaur (Roger and Phillip Knight)
Pearce, Michael The Mark of the Pasha $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Mamur Zapt)
Peters, Elizabeth A River in the Sky $25.99 William Morrow (Amelia Peabody)
Pickard, Nancy The Scent of Rain and Lightening $25.00 Ballantine
Reed, Mary, and Eric Mayer Seven for a Secret $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (John the Lord Chamberlain)
Reed, Mary, and Eric Mayer Eight for Eternity $24.95 Poisoned Pen (John the Lord Chamberlain)
Scott, Michele A Toast to Murder $7.99 Berkley (Wine Lovers)
Shelton, Paige Farm Fresh Murder $7.99 Berkley (Farmers Market)
Spencer-Fleming, Julia One Was a Soldier $24.99 Minotaur (Claire Fergusson)
Swanson, Denise Murder of a Wedding Belle $6.99 Signet (Scumble River)
Talton, Jon The Pain Nurse $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Tolkein, Simon The Inheritance $24.99 Minotaur
Tracy, P. J. - Shoot to Thrill $24.95 Putnam (Monkeewrench)
Waldman, Ayelet Nursery Crimes $14.99 Berkley
Wan, Michelle A Twist of Orchids $24.99 Minotaur (Death in the Dordogne)
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May 2010
Cohen, Gabriel The Ninth Step $24.99 Minotaur (Detective Jack Leightner)
Cole, Meredith Dead in the Water $24.99 Minotaur
Daheim, Mary The Alpine Uproar $7.99 Ballantine (r) (Emma Lord)
Duncan, Elizabeth A Brush with Death $23.99 Minotaur (Penny Brannigan)
Fister, Barbara - Through the Cracks $25.00 Minotaur (Anni Koskinen)
French, Nicci The Other Side of the Door $25.99 Minotaur
Gore, Stephen Final Target $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Grant, Andrew Die Twice $24.99 Minotaur (David Trevellyan)
Greenwood, Kerry Death by Water $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Phryne Fisher)
Hawke, Richard House of Secrets $25.00 Random House
Hunt, James Patrick The Silent Places $25.99 Minotaur (Detective George Hastings)
Hyatt, Elise French Polished Murder $6.99 Berkley (Daring Finds)
Kellerman, Jonathan Over the Edge $9.99 Ballantine (r) (Alex Delaware)
Kelly, Jim Death Watch $25.99 Minotaur (Detective Shaw)
Kuhlken, Ken The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Pintoff, Stephanie A Curtain Falls $24.99 Minotaur
Pratt, Scott Injustice for All $7.99 Signet (Joe Dillard)
Steiner, Peter The Terrorist $23.99 Minotaur
Steinhauer, Olen The Nearest Exit $25.99 Minotaur
Swain, James The Night Monster Ballantine (r)
Sweeney, Leeann The Cat, the Professor and the Poison $6.99 Signet (Cats in Trouble)
Talton, Jon Deadline Man $24.95 Poisoned Pen
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June 2010
Adams, Ellery A Killer Plot $7.99 Berkley (Books by the Bay)
Bishop, Claudia Toast Mortem $6.99 Berkley (Hemlock Falls)
Blackwell, Juliet A Cast-Off Coven $6.99 Signet (Witchcraft)
Bolton, S. J. Blood Harvest $25.99 Minotaur
Brennan, Allison Carnal Sin $7.99 Ballantine (Seven Deadly Sins)
Brightwell, Emily Mrs. Jeffries Speaks Her Mind $6.99 Berkley
Cameron, Kenneth The Bohemian Girl $24.99 Minotaur
Castillo, Linda Pray for Silence $24.99 Minotaur (Kate Burkholder)
Chisolm, P.F. A Murder of Crows $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Cole, Julian The Amateur Historian $23.99 Minotaur
Copperman, E. J. Night of the Living Deed $7.99 Berkley (Haunted Guest House)
Cronin, Justin The Passage $26.00 Ballantine
Crouch, Blake -- Snowbound $25.99 Minotaur
Daheim, Mary The Alpine Vengeance $25.00 Ballantine (Emma Lord)
Dunn, Carola A Colourful Death $24.99 Minotaur (Cornish)
Eisler, Barry Inside Out $25.00 Ballantine
Gardiner, Meg The Memory Collector $7.99 Signet (r) (Jo Beckett)
Greenwood, Kerry Forbidden Fruit $24.95 Poisoned Pen (Phryne Fisher)
Haines, Carolyn Bone Appetit $24.99 Minotaur (Sarah Booth Delaney)
Hale, Rebecca M. Nine Lives Last Forever $14.00 Berkley
Hayman, James The Chill of Night $24.99 Minotaur (Det. Michael McCabe)
Holmes, Jeanne Blood Law $7.99 Dell
Housewright, David The Taking of Libbie, SD $24.99 Minotaur
Hyzy, Julie Grace Under Pressure $7.99 Berkley (Manor of Murder)
Karp, Marshall Cut, Paste, Kill $24.99 Minotaur (Lomax and Biggs)
Kennedy, Mary Reel Murder $6.99 Signet (Talk Radio)
Lakin, Rita Getting Old is Tres Dangereaux $7.99 Dell
Littlefield, Sophie A Bad Day for Pretty $24.99 Minotaur
Matthews, Jeanne Bones of Contention $24.95 Poisoned Pen
McCoy, Judi Death In Show $6.99 Signet (Dog Walker)
Paretsky, Sarah Bitter Medicine $9.99 Signet (r) (V. I. Warshawski)
Rankin, Ian Set in Darkness $16.99 Minotaur (Inspector Rebus)
Robinson, Cynthia The Dog Park Club $24.99 Minotaur
Sefton, Maggie Skein of the Crime $24.95 Berkley (Knitting)
Tafoya, Dennis The Wolves of Fairmont Park $25.99 Minotaur
Thompson, Victoria Murder on Lexington Avenue $24.95 Berkley (Gaslight)
Truman, Margaret Murder Inside the Beltway $7.99 Ballantine (r) (Capitol Crimes)
Wiprud, Brian M. Buy Back $24.99 Minotaur
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July 2010
Aames, Avery The Long Quiche Goodbye $7.99 Berkley (Cheese Shop)
Adams, Riley Delicious and Suspicious $7.99 Berkley
Albert, Susan Wittig The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree $24.99 Berkley
Andrews, Donna Stork Raving Mad $24.99 Minotaur (Meg Lanslow)
Barber, Christine The Bone Fire $24.99 Minotaur
Baron, Aileen G. The Gold of Thrace $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Baron, Aileen G. Scorpions Bite $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Bishop, Claudia Death in Two Courses $15.00 Berkley
Blair, Annette Death by Diamonds $7.99 Berkley (Vintage Magic)
Carafiglio, Gianrico and Howard Curtis The Past is a Foreign Country $24.99 Minotaur
Carcaterra, Lorenzo Midnight Angels $25.00 Ballantine
Chakraborti, Rajorshi Shadow Play $24.99 Minotaur
Daniels, Kasey Tomb with a View $7.99 Berkley (Pepper Martin)
Davidson, Eileen Diva Las Vegas $6.99 Signet (Soap Opera)
Duncker, Patricia The Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge $15.00 Bloomsbury
Goldberg, Tod The Giveaway $6.99 Signet (tie-in) (Burn Notice)
Greenwood, Kerry Murder on a Midsummers Night $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r) (Phryne Fisher)
Haddam, Jane Wanting Sheila Dead $25.99 Minotaur (Gregor Demarkian)
Johnston, Linda O. Feline Fatale $7.99 Berkley (Kendra Ballantine)
Kent, Christobel The Drowning River $24.99 Minotaur (Florence)
Laurie, Victoria A Glimpse of Evil $6.99 Signet (Psychic Eye)
Maffini, Mary Jane Closet Confidential $6.99 Berkley (Charlotte Adams)
Ramsay, Frederick Eye of the Virgin $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Silva, Daniel The Defector $9.99 Signet (r) (Gabriel Allon)
Thayer, Terri False Impressions $6.99 Berkley (Stamping Sisters)
Watson, Wendy Lyn Scoop to Kill $6.99 Signet (Mystery a la Mode)
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August 2010
Barrett, Lorna Chapter and Hearse $7.99 Berkley
Church, James The Man with the Baltic Stare $24.99 Minotaur (Inspector O)
Clemens, Judy Embrace the Grim Reaper $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Clemens, Judy The Grim Reapers Dance $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Coyle, Cleo Roast Mortem $24.99 Berkley (Coffee House)
Crider, Bill Murder in the Air $24.99 Minotaur (Dan Rhodes)
Follett, Ken World Without End $9.99 Signet (r)
Ibe, Adimchinma Treachery in the Yard $22.99 Minotaur
James, Dean Murder Past Due $7.99 Berkley
Lee, Amanda The Quick and the Thread $6.99 Signet (Embroidery)
Littlewood, Ann Did Not Survive $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Littlewood, Ann Night Kill $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
McGee, Chaz Angel Interrupted $6.99 Berkley
Palumbo, Dennis Mirror Image $24.95 Poisoned Pen
Pape, Sharon Sketch Me If You Can $7.99 Berkley
Rabkin, William Psych: A Fatal Frame of Mind $6.99 Signet (tie-in)
Roman, A. E. The Superman Project $25.99 Minotaur (Chico Santana)
Sims, Elizabeth On Location $25.99 Minotaur (Rita Farmer)
Swarup, Vikas Six Suspects $14.99 Minotaur
Thornton, Betsy Dream Queen $25.99 Minotaur (Chloe Newcombe)
Warner, Penny How to Crash a Killer Bash $6.99 Signet (Party Planning)
Webb, Betty Anteater of Death $14.95 Poisoned Pen (r)
Webb, Betty The Koala of Death $24.95 Poisoned Pen
White, Stephen The Siege $9.99 Signet
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The Bloodstained Bookshelf would like to extend its thanks and appreciation to Dave Robeson, who created and was responsible for the original Bloodstained Bookshelf for so many years, and to Kate Derie, who published it at her Cluelass website. Without their inspiration, cooperation, and permission, this page would not exist.
