Friday, January 1, 2010

A Preview of Coming Attractions!

HANK: Thanks so much for the kind words about yesterday's New Years Eve poem! Next year, more verses. I’m already keeping notes on rhymes for next year: Lesa (piece-a cake?) and Rhonda (easy one. Quite fond a).

A funny thing happened on the way to the 2010 preview. I thought it would be fun, you know, to compile a list of upcoming books and stories from the friends of Jungle Red. Fun to see the coming attractions. So I asked around, requesting just the basics and figuring I’d just put it all together, slap it on the blog, and have a fun look into he future.

But it turned out to be more than that. As I sat at the computer, copying and pasting and downloading and alphabetizing, it became more than an edit session. Forgive me for being sappy, but it became a lovely ritual. Here were so many peoples’ hopes and hard work and years of devotion and persistence. Each time I made name bold, or put a title in caps, I thought of the person who created it. How often they’re thought about it, how they certainly struggled , and how excited they must be to have their pub date draw near.

It started as a kind of little gift to you—a way to let fellow authors have a tiny moment in the spotlight. (Such as it is.) But it turns out, it’s a gift you have given to me. To allow me to think of each of you, separately, and as part of our writing and reading community. And to share in your happiness. Thank you.

Anyone who’s not listed—put yourself in the comments!

(And the covers are randomly interspersed…and some didn't work at all. Blogger wins that round. Sigh. Think of the spacing as...surprising.)

And happy happy new year from all of us at Jungle Red Writers.

COMING IN 2010!

Ellery Adams
A KILLER PLOT
(A Books By The Bay Mystery)
6/1/2010
Berkley Books

Avery Aames
THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE
A Cheese Shop Mystery
Berkley Prime Crime
July 2010






Jina Bacarr
The BLONDE SAMURAI
Harlequin Spice
February 2010



Lorna Barrett
CHAPTER & HEARSE
#4 in the Booktown Mystery Series
Berkley Prime Crime,
August 3, 2010
According to the gossip around Stoneham, New Hampshire, Tricia Miles cannot put down a real murder mystery. After all, the owner of the mystery bookstore, Haven’t Got a Clue, has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them…


Lee Barwood
SOME COST A PASSING BELL
January 2010
Double Dragon Publishing
Love can survive death, but so can hate; the two collide in this haunted Ozarks tale of murder, betrayal, and heroism -- on both sides of the grave.









Brant, Marilyn
FRIDAY MORNINGS AT NINE
Kensington Books
October 1, 2010.





Brown, Pat
L.A. BYTES
Digital Armageddon descends on the city of Angels.

BETWEEN DARKNESS & LIGHT
Downtown Los Angeles' financial center is the heart of this thrilling murder mystery and the unwanted love that grows between a cop with a dark secret in his troubled past and an up and coming world class artist.

Kate Carlisle
IF BOOKS COULD KILL
NAL Obsidian
February 2010

Jessie Crockett
LIVE FREE OR DIE
Mainly Murder Press
August 15, 2010

Krista Davis
THE DIVA PAINTS THE TOWN
Berkley Prime Crime
February 2010
Sophie Winston could hardly turn down her deceased neighbor’s last request for a bequest party, but she had no idea that the crafty old man brought the guests together for a deadly reason .

Jenny Gardiner
WINGING IT: A MEMOIR OF CARING FOR A VENGEFUL PARROT WHO’S DETERMINED TO KILL ME
Simon & Schuster
March 2010
Barb Goffman
"VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR"
in Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'.
Wildside Press
Spring 2010


Rosemary Harris
DEADHEAD
A Dirty Business Mystery
St. Martins Minotaur
April 2010
(Ro! Your cover would not download! CLick here to see it! Http://www.rosemaryharris.com )






Angela Henry
SCHOOLED IN LIES
A Kendra Clayton Mystery
Boulevard West Press
December 31, 2009

Stacy Juba
SINK OR SWIM
Mainly Murder Press
December 1, 2010


Teresa Leigh Judd
ALLIGATOR DREAMS”
Anthology: Ghostly Dreamspell

THE PURRSISTANT CAT”
“Mystery, Mischief and Mayhem”
Anthology: Cats in a Dreamspell

“HIRED HELP”
Anthology: Revenge
L & L Dreamspell.


Liskow, Steve
WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF DEATH?
May, 2010
Mainly Murder Press

"Strangle Hold"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
July/August issue.


Rebbie Macintyre
A CORNER OF UNIVERSE
Five Star/Gale
Feb. 17, 2010


Nancy Martin
OUR LADY OF IMMACULATE DECEPTION
(A Roxy Abruzzo Mystery)
March 2010
Minotaur Books




Donna Russo Morin
THE SECRET OF THE GLASS
Kensington Publishing
March 1, 2010


Kris Neri
REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE
(A Tracy Eaton Mystery)
March 30, 2010


Susan Oleksiw
UNDER THE EYE OF KALI
An Anita Ray Mystery
by Five Star
May 2010.
At a seaside hotel in South India four women tourists find far more than sandy beaches and palm trees under a romantic moon, and Anita Ray must find a missing tourist and a murderer before her aunt's hotel is ruined.


Jessica Conant-Park and Susan Conant
FED UP (paperback)
the fourth Gourmet Girl mystery
January 4, 2010
Berkley Prime Crime.

Jessica Conant Park and Susan Conant
COOK THE BOOKS
(the fifth Gourmet Girl mystery )
March 2, 2010
Berkley Prime Crime.


Sandra Parshall
BROKEN PLACES
(Third in the Agatha Award-winning Rachel Goddard series)
Poisoned Pen Press
February 2010
Blackmail. Murder. Summer is deadly in the mountains of Virginia.


Christina Phillips
FORBIDDEN
Berkley Heat
September 2010

Caridad Pineiro
STRONGER THAN SIN
Forever from Grand Central Publishing
October 2010
A football player sidelined by a degenerative bone disease would risk anything to return to the game he loves, including a radical gene therapy--but when obtaining a cure threatens his family and doctor, he must change his plan to protect them.

Linda Rettstatt
NEXT TIME I'M GONNA DANCE
Champagne Books
January 1, 2010
SHOOTING INTO THE SUN
Champagne Books
May 1, 2010

Hank Phillippi Ryan
DRIVE TIME
(Fourth in the Agatha-winning Charlotte McNally Mysteries)
Feb 2, 2010
MIRA Books
When everyone has a secret, reporter Charlotte McNally learns it’s possible to know too much--and the real secret is knowing when to tell.


JB Stanley
BLACK BEANS AND VICE
(A Supper Club Mystery)
October
Midnight Ink


Jennifer Stanley
STIRRING UP STRIFE
(A Hope Street Church Mystery)
St. Martin's
January 1
Cooper Lee and the members of the Sunrise Bible Study find murderers while they search for friendship, romance, and answers to life's biggest questions.

THE PATH OF THE WICKED
(A Hope Street Church Mystery)
St. Martin's
April 27
Cooper Lee and the members of the Sunrise Bible Study must discover the identity of a killer preying on the elderly.

THE WAY OF THE GUILTY
(A Hope Street Church Mystery)
St. Martin's
September
Cooper's sister finds a body in the trunk of her car and the members of the Sunrise Bible Study must foil a smuggling ring dealing in illegal aliens, forged documents, and heroin.


Elaine Viets
HALF-PRICE HOMICIDE:
(A Dead-end Job mystery)
May 2010.
Helen Hawthorne solves the murder of a dead customer -- and really, truly gets married this time.

Elaine Viets
AN UPLIFTING MURDER
(A Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper paperback)
November 2010
Josie mystery shops lingerie this time!

Heather Webber
TRULY, MADLY
Feb 2
St. Martin's Press
A romantic paranormal mystery.


Liz Zelvin
"THE GREEN CROSS"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
2010
A young Marrano sailor on Columbus's first voyage

Hurray for everyone! If you have a new book or story coming out next year, tell us all about it in the comments!

44 comments:

  1. Thanks for including my upcoming release from Berkley, Hank! Happy Twenty-Ten!

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  2. Happy New Year all. So glad I discovered this blog. Next year I have a romantic suspense, NOWHERE TO HIDE coming out on July 16th. I've also got two short stories in a mystery anthology, but no title or release date yet.

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  3. Orchard #3 is coming out in March: Red Delicious Death, which is all about opening a new restaurant, complicated by the death of the sous chef. Lots of good food!

    I'd tell you more about my new Museum Series, but we still haven't named Book 1. Berkley's marketing department and my editor are deep in discussion... Look for it in October. I think. Nobody tells me anything--I'm just the author.

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  4. Wow, what a lot of work on your part, Hank. But thanks for listing all those book. I see my 2010 TBR pile growing into a tower.
    Happy new year.

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  5. Thanks for including Broken Places. Happy new year to all the Jungle Red Writers!

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  6. Happy New Year to the lovely (and prolific) Jungle Red Writersm, bloggers and respondents alike!

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  7. What a generous gift of time and effort, Hank! Thanks for including my upcoming release on the list. Happy New Year.

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  8. To Hank and everyone at Jungle Red,
    Happy New Year!!! Here's hoping 2010 will be a marvelous year for all of you!

    p.s. Thanks for including my book in the lineup ;). And, Hank, you were right about the struggling part... It'll be exciting to see this one in print. And I'm looking forward to Drive Time next month!!

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  9. Thanks so much for including Sink or Swim, Hank. Wishing everyone much happiness and success in the new year!

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  10. Happy New Year. Thanks so much, Hank, for including NEXT TIME I'M GONNA DANCE and SHOOTING INTO THE SUN. Readers can see the cover and excerpts on my website: www.lindarettstatt.com

    Happy 2010!

    Linda Rettstatt

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  11. Thanks for including Chaper and Hearse in your list of coming attractions, Hank! You rock!

    Happy New Year, everyone. Stay warm (or cool, if you're in Australia).

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  12. Hank, thank you for including Schooled In Lies : ). Hope you and the rest of the Jungle Red Writers have a great New Year!

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  13. Oh, this is fun...and now we know about our resolu--er, goals for 2010. At least we know which books to look for!

    Who else? I know there are lots more... Got a friend with a new release? Send 'em here for some New Years-approved BSP!

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  14. And don't forgot Susannah Charleson's memoir, SCENT OF THE MISSING. April/Houghton Miflin. There's amazing advance buzz on this heartwarming tale of Susannah's partnership with her golden search and rescue dog Puzzle. I loved it.
    (Hallie)

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  15. What a wonderful way to start the New Reading Year.

    I have 2 books coming out in 2010, both from Midnight Ink: Corpse on the Cob (Feb.) and Murder In Vein (September).

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  16. What a wonderful year it will be! My novel LIFE WITHOUT SUMMER comes out in paperback in June and my next novel, SEA ESCAPE in hardcover in July!

    Can't wait to add all of yours to my tbr pile. Lynne

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  17. Happy New Year, Ladies. Hank, thank you for the invite to post my AWESOME news. My first release, OBSESSED BY WILDFIRE, a fun, sexy western read will be released by The Wild Rose Press on high noon on January 27, 2010. Then, in July, my Golden Heart finalist, EVIL'S WITNESS will also be released. 2010 promises to be an exciting year for me and I hope it will be great for you too!

    (((HUGS)) AJ
    www.autumnjordon.com

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  18. Thank you Hank!! I added all these plus the ones in the comments to my desktop Stickynote - which is now filling one whole side of my monitor (and I have to scroll to see all of it). Guess I know what I'm doing in 2010!

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  19. Thanks for all your hard work on the list, Hank. Let me add that my story is not the only one in Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin'. The anthology (the fourth in the Agatha- and Anthony-award-winning series) will feature 20 stories from members of the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime. It should be out in March or April. Happy new year everyone!

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  20. Oh no! Ah--the spam filter strikes again!

    Avery Aames cover! Stuck in the spam filter! Check it out at http://www.AveryAames.com

    Also in the filter!

    Meredith Cole
    DEAD IN THE WATER
    May 11, 2010
    St Martin's
    http://www.culturecurrent.com/cole/


    And also:

    "Silver Bells"
    Gail Farrelly
    Mysterical-E (http://mystericale.com/)
    January 2010


    Pat Dale
    DON’T BET ON IT
    Red Rose Publishing
    January 7, 2010.


    Pat Dale
    A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND
    Whimsical Publications
    summer 2010


    Sorry gang! xoxo

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  21. "The Death of an Ambitious Woman" comes out from Five Star, August, 2010. Hank and Rosemary were kind enough to read it and give me quotes. No website yet, but it's coming really soon.

    Happy New Year everyone!

    Barb

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  22. Yay, Barb! Your book is terrific...can't wait to see the real thing! (You'll back here, of course, when it comes out!)

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  23. Hank, what a wonderful thing to do! And some great books now on my reading horizon.

    My first paranormal/time travel, FAERIE FATE, comes out April 9, 2010. The second one, FAERIE FIRE, at some point after. I'm still in revisions for it.

    May the coming year be bright, wonderful and filled with magic for all of us!

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  24. Hey Hank! Thanks for including Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me! Looks like lots of fabulous books (with awesome covers!) to look forward to in 2010~

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  25. This list is amazing! My TBR pile is growing by leaps and bounds!

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  26. Lots to look forward to, I see!

    I have a spinoff/standalone coming September 28. THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS relates the unusual life story of Miss Birdie, my Elizabeth Goodweather's octogenarian neighbor.

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  27. Thanks for the opportunity to say that Last Writes, my fourth Forensic Handwriting Mystery is scheduled for July. Just waiting for the cover to post the first chapter at www.claudiaroseseries.com

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  28. I am grateful for this exciting list, and also grateful for the opportunity to share my news. My first mystery, Deadly Dues (TouchWood Editions) will be released February 18, 2010. Deadly Dues is the first in a series of rollicking Lulu Malone mysteries, set in the world of film and television, from the POV of a 40ish actress who moves between fame, and anonymity, while discovering dead bodies, dodging overweight and inept assailants, shopping for shoes and reveling in thrift store finds.
    I would attach the cover but don't have the faintest idea of how to do it for this list. It is lime green with a black patent stiletto with a tasteful drop of blood on the toe. I especially like how my name is really BIG at the bottom of the page. :)
    Linda Kupecek

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  29. Great list of new books. I especially enjoyed seeing all the covers. Don't you think cover art has taken a huge step forward during the past few years? It is not only provocative concerning a particular story, but most of it really is...art! The cover art for my upcoming book, JOURNEY TO DIE FOR (sixth in the "To Die For" series featuring Carrie and Henry)isn't complete yet, but here's a hint: Not since "Silver Streak" has a train ride led to such danger. Thanks for the list! Radine

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  30. Gosh, I didn't mean to be Anonymous! I'm not, however, the swiftest kid on the block when it comes to managing my Internet communications. By the way, I love your word verification, uh, words. Easy to read...fun to pronounce. Radine

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  31. Thanks for including my book! I appreciate the mention. What a lot of great books to read!
    AveryAames.com

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  32. Great list! The 5th Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery will be out in April -- SILENT AUCTION. Warm regards to all, Jane

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  33. I have a new release coming from Shadowline press this year, my debut psychological suspense novel In Jen's Words: Facing the Issues. No release date yet, but check out www.jenniferbrownauthor.weebly.com for updates!

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  34. Gosh. Many excellent books. Irene Fleming (that's me) will have The Edge of Ruin coming out April 27.

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  35. I'd like to see that, Hank, you rhyming something with Lesa. We'll see! (grin) Great list! I'm looking forward to some of these books by favorite authors. Review copies anyone? (smile)

    Lesa - http://www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com

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  36. What a great list! I'm just getting ready to purchase new books for my library and now I have lots to add.

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  37. And I will throw in my 2010 publication: "Midnight Fires: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft"--coming in April from Perseverance Press. For the cover, see my website (www.nancymeanswright.com)or my Facebook fan page "Becoming Mary Wollstonecraft."
    Cheers and thanks, Nancy

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  38. I'm so late to this party, it's embarrassing, but thanks for mentioning IMMACULATE DECEPTION. What a gracious bunch of writers you ladies are!

    Today, though, is the launch for Mary Kennedy's DEAD AIR. (The protag is a radio psychologist.) I got a sneak peek, and it's terrific!

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  39. Mystery Series will be coming out this summer. Its working title is A Case of Identification. My first book, A Case of Infatuation, came out last summer. Both are published by Oak Tree Press.
    W.S. Gager

    www.wsgager.com

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  40. Happy New Year, Everyone,
    A BREWSKI FOR THE OLD MAN comes out in March from McArthur & Co. This is #3 in the Sherri Travis series. The second book, SEX IN A SIDECAR, comes out in paperback in February.

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  41. Hi All--this is so wonderful--how great to see you here! We're getting new visitors here every day--so keep adding!

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  42. This just in!! Here is a list of the new Charlaine Harris books to be released in 2010.

    April 6, 2010: CRIMES BY MOONLIGHT (Charlaine Harris - editor) Prime Crime, Berkley ISBN: 978-0-425-23563-8.

    May 4, 2010: DEAD IN THE FAMILY Ace, ISBN: 978-0-441-01864-2.
    August 3, 2010:


    DEATH’S EXCELLENT VACATION (Charlaine Harris, Toni L. P. Kelner - editors) Ace, ISBN: 978-0-441-01868-0.

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  43. This is a really great list of titles! Thanks for posting it! My debut cozy MAID OF MURDER from Five Star/Gale will be released June 16th. Stop by my website http://www.amandaflower.com/ to read the first chapter. Happy New Year!

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