Abramson, Mark.
California dreamers. Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, 2012. (Beach Reading #6) [Summary (from author’s website)]
Barnes, B. Kim.
Murder on the 33rd floor: a corporate mystery. [United States]: Johari Press, 2012. 168 pp. [Summary]
Blackwell, Juliet.
In a witch’s wardrobe. New York: Obsidian, 2012. 322 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Murder on the house. New York: Obsidian, 2012. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Tarnished and torn. New York: Obsidian, 2013. [forthcoming, July 2013]
Browne, S. G.
Lucky bastard. New York: Gallery Books, 2012. 358 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Butcher, Amy.
Paws for consideration. San Francisco: Got G’nads Press, 2012. 248 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Buzbee, Lewis.
Bridge of time. New York: Feiwel & Friends, 2012. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Carlisle, Kate.
One book in the grave. New York: Signet, 2012. (A Bibliophile Mystery #5) 291 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Carnoy, David.
The big exit. New York: Overlook Press, 2012. 319 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Carroll, Grace.
Died with a bow. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2012. (An Accessories Mystery #2) 281 pp. [Summary]
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Sonoma rose. New York: Dutton, 2012. (An Elm Creek Quilts Novel) 405 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Coulter, Catherine.
Backfire. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2012. 403 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Covino, Joseph, Jr.
San Francisco’s finest: gunning for the Zodiac. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Epic Press, 2012. 463 pp. [Summary]
Dawson, Janet.
What you wish for. Palo Alto; McKinleyville, Calif.: Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Company, 2012. 284 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Dunlap, Susan.
No footprints. Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2012. 265 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Fitzstephen, Owen.
* Hammett unwritten. Amherst, N.Y.: Seventh Street Books, 2013. 176 pp. [Summary]
French, James Robert.
Lady Midnight. Richmond, Calif.: Concrescent Letters, 2012. 278 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Goldberg, Lee.
Mr. Monk is a mess. New York: Obsidian, 2012. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Mr. Monk gets even. New York: Obsidian, 2012. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Gordon, William C.
King of the bottom. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012. 281 pp. [Summary]
The ugly dwarf. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012. 239 pp. [Summary]
Fractured lives. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012.
Gore, Steven.
Power blind. New York: Harper, 2012. 512 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
* A criminal defense. New York: Harper, 2013. [forthcoming, July 2013] [Summary (from author’s website)]
Grabien, Deborah.
Uncle John’s band. San Francisco: Plus One Press, 2012. 282 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Dead flowers. San Francisco: Plus One Press, 2012. 290 pp. [Summary]
Grace, Margaret.
Mix-up in miniature. Palo Alto, Calif.: Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Company, 2012. 241 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Grant, M. C.
Angel with a bullet. Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, 2012. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Hale, Rebecca M.
How to tail a cat. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2012. (Cats and Curios Mystery #4) 298 pp.
Halliday, Gemma.
Play nice. New York: Minotaur Books, 2012. 258 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Hammett, Dashiell.
* Return of the Thin Man. New York: Mysterious Press, 2012. 233 pp. [Summary]
Haven, Heather.
Death runs in the family. Pierrefonds, Quebec: MuseItUp Publishing, 2012. [e-book]
Hilborne, Jenny.
Hide and seek. [United States]: Severn Press, 2012. 316 pp. [Summary]
Jayne, Hannah.
Under the gun. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2013. 312 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Under a spell. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2013. [forthcoming, August 2013]
Kang, Jay Caspian.
The dead do not improve. New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2012. 272 pp.
Kelly, David A.
The San Francisco splash. New York: Random House, 2013. 112 pp. [Summary]
Landes, Paul H., and K. Rogers.
Wings to redemption. Davis, Calif.: Hunter and Gatherer Publishing Company, 2012. 380 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Lancet, Barry.
Japantown. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. [forthcoming, September 2013] [Summary]
Lescroart, John.
The hunter. New York: Dutton, 2012. 387 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
The Ophelia cut. New York: Atria Books, 2013. [forthcoming, May 2013]
Lewis, Robert K.
Untold damage. Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, 2013. [forthcoming, April 2013]. [Summary]
Lutz, Lisa.
Trail of the Spellmans. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. 373 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
McDowell, James E.
Look into the darkness. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 2012. 393 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
McMullen, Beth.
To Sin again : another Sally Sin adventure. New York: Hyperion/Voice, 2012. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Martel, John.
The American lawyer. Great Barrington, Mass.: Vantage Point, 2012. 593 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Messel, Greg.
Last of the Seals. [Edmonds, Wash.]: Sunbreaks Press, 2012. 390 pp. [Summary]
Deadly plunge. [Edmonds, Wash.]: Sunbreaks Press, 2012. 406 pp. [Summary]
San Francisco secrets. [Edmonds, Wash.]: Sunbreaks Press, 2013. [forthcoming, April 2013] [Summary]
Muller, Marcia.
Looking for yesterday. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2012. 293 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Muller, Marcia, and Bill Pronzini.
The bughouse affair. New York: Forge, 2013. [Summary]
Nardizzi, John F.
Telegraph Hill. Boston: Libboo, Inc., 2012. 218 pp. [e-book] [Summary (from author’s website)]
Nisbet, Jim.
Old and cold. New York: Overlook Press, 2012.
Pandian, Gigi.
Artifact. El Cerrito, Calif.: Gargoyle Girl Productions, 2012.
Patterson, James, and Maxine Paetro.
11th hour. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 416 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
12th of never. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013. [forthcoming, April 2013] [Summary (from author’s website)]
Pronzini, Bill.
Hellbox. New York: Forge, 2012.
Kinsmen. Forest Hill, Md.: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2012. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Femme. Forest Hill, Md.: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2012. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Rae, Jenna.
The writing on the wall. Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, 2012. 263 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Randall, Gregory C.
12th man for death. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Windsor Hill Publishing, Inc., 2012. 295 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Richtel, Matt.
The Cloud. New York: Harper, 2013. 420 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Robe, Jane T.
* The panther resurrection. Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, 2012. 172 pp. [Summary]
Russell, Kirk.
Counterfeit road. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2012. 248 pp.
One through the heart. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2012.
Schneider, Bart.
Nameless dame: murder on the Russian River. Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, 2012. 296 pp. [Summary]
Sigler, Scott.
Nocturnal New York: Crown Publishers, 2012. 566 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Tallman, Shirley.
Death on Telegraph Hill. New York: Minotaur Books, 2012.
Tierney, Ronald.
Death in the Haight. New York: Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries, 2012. 93 pp. [e-book] [Summary (from author’s website)]
Warner, Penny.
How to dine on killer wine. New York: Obsidian, 2012. 307 pp.
Weiss, Kirsten.
The metaphysical detective. [United States]: Misterio Press, 2012. 242 pp. [e-book]
Zellerbach, Merla.
Dying to dance. Canyon, Calif.: Firefall Editions, 2012.
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OBSCURITIES, or, TITLES MISSED THE FIRST TIME AROUND
Bain, Donald, and Jessica Fletcher.
Blood on the vine: a Murder, she wrote mystery. New York: Signet, 2001. [Summary]
Beringela, Robert.
Dead meat. San Francisco: Modern Luxury, 2008-2009 (serialized in San Francisco magazine, Aug. 2008-Apr. 2009).
Brody, Irene.
Winners bitch. San Jose, Calif.: Malpensa Press, 2001.
Carnoy, David.
Knife music. New York: Overlook Press, 2010. 349 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Chang, Leonard.
Crossings. Mill Creek, Wash.: Black Heron Press, 2009. 315 pp. [Summary]
Ciambrone, David.
Napa nights. San Jose, Calif.: Mystery and Suspense Press, 2001. 265 pp. [Summary]
Daniel, John.
Play melancholy baby. Menlo Park, Calif.: Perserverance Press, 1986. 228 pp.
Dove, Michael A..
CRIM 279. New York: iUniverse, 2004. 135 pp.
Gore, Steven.
Final target. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2010. 420 pp. [Summary]
Grafton, Sue.
“K” is for killer. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. 284 pp.
Hall, Mary Bowen.
Emma Chizzit and the Queen Anne killer. New York: Walker, 1989.
Haven, Heather.
Murder is a family business. Pierrefonds, Quebec: MuseItUp Publishing, 2011.
A wedding to die for. Pierrefonds, Quebec: MuseItUp Publishing, 2011.
Hawley, Noah.
A conspiracy of tall men. New York: Harmony Books, 1998. 295 pp. [Summary]
Henn, Henry.
China Alley. New York: Manor Books, Inc., 1978. 241 pp.
Hughston, Dana.
You stand accused. New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1937. 286 pp. [Summary]
Lupoff, Richard A.
Quintet: the cases of Chase & Delacroix. Norfolk, Va.: Crippen & Landru, 2009. 213 pp. [Summary]
Nathan, Will.
Book of business: a novel of the law. Philadelphia, Pa.: Philadelphian Press, 2006. 307 pp. [Summary]
Norris, Kathleen.
Mystery House. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. 305 pp. [Summary]
Nottenkamper, Andy.
Rule number one: a Harrison Pius mystery. Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., 2006.
Rule number two: a Harrison Pius mystery. Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press, Inc., 2007.
Rule number three: a Harrison Pius mystery. Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., 2008.
Payne, Christopher C.
Duncan’s diary: birth of a serial killer. Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, 2009.
Perry, Thomas.
Silence. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. 439 pp. [Summary]
Piliero, Christopher Rocco.
Sharpshooters. Edmonton, Canada: Commonwealth Publications, 1997.
Pronzini, Bill.
Small felonies. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.
Randall, Gregory C.
Land swap for death. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Windsor Hill Publishing, Inc., 2010.
Containers for death. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Windsor Hill Publishing, Inc., 2011.
Toulouse for death. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Windsor Hill Publishing, Inc., 2011.
Rittenhouse, Rob.
* Slain in San Ramon. Livermore, Calif.: WingSpan Press, 2007.
* Dead in Danville. Livermore, Calif.: WingSpan Press, 2011.
Roizen, Ron.
On the field of honor: a history of science mystery. [United States]: Lulu, 2006.
Sawyer, Meryl.
Trust no one. New York: New York: Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Corp., 2000. 416 pp. [Summary]
Sherrell, Susan.
Grace. Seattle, Wash.: Workwomans Press, 2009.
Taylor, John.
Days on the beach. Taylorville, Ill.: Oak Tree Press, 2009.
Tuttle, George Everett.
Death in the vineyard. Bloomington, Ind.: 1stBooks Library, 2003.
Weber, Lin.
The wine cellar. St. Helena, Calif.: Wine Ventures Pub., 2006.
Wiley, Barry H.
Revelations of the impossible Piddingtons. [United States]: Barry H. Wiley, 2010. [e-book]
Zapata, Kurt.
Forty-ouncer. San Francisco: Manic D Press, 1996.
Zellerbach, Merla.
Love to die for. Canyon, Calif.: Firefall Editions, 2011.